Chapter 24: Jade
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"Miss Zhou, what kind of person is your master, and does he still accept apprentices?" Rong Yuanhang asked with a shy face. His idea is that it is good to learn a few tricks to defend himself, and since drinking the blood of the Golden Horn Beast, he has known the benefits of being superhuman. But compared to the people here, even the beginner martial artists can't compare, which makes him a little angry.
"Who wants to learn martial arts, you?" Zhou Peipei asked curiously.
"Hmm!" Rong Yuanhang nodded heavily, "I hope Miss Zhou will introduce me." ”
"No," Zhou Peipei shook her head like a rattle, and pointed out unceremoniously: "Your Kegan is too bad, and you are old and a man, my master and her old man will not accept an apprentice like you." ”
"I—Am I old?" Rong Yuanhang couldn't help blushing and said, "I'...... I'm only twenty-four years old. ”
"Puff...... Zhou Peipei couldn't help laughing, and said with a small smile: "If you really want to learn, it's not impossible, you know my father again, and he will recommend it to you, you can enter our Guanglong Martial Arts Academy to practice martial arts." The martial arts hall is taught by the elder brother of the little sister, starting from the most basic learning. However, you have to pay tuition, three hundred taels of silver a year! ”
"So?" Rong Yuanhang thought for a while and said, "Three hundred taels of silver is nothing, but if your senior brother comes to teach me, then, isn't that why you have become my elder?" Then I will have to call you Aunt or Uncle? ”
Zhou Peipei said: "That's not it, all the disciples who enter the martial arts academy respect my master as a teacher, and they can be regarded as her old man's registered disciples." ”
"Oh...... This, Miss Zhou, is your master a woman, isn't she amazing? What does she like, can you tell us about it? Rong Yuanhang asked cautiously. Doesn't the other party like silver, and when the time comes, give some gifts or pat yourself on the back, maybe you can be directly accepted as a disciple.
"Are you questioning my master?" Zhou Peipei frowned, and said unhappily: "Of course she is amazing!" Hmph, I won't tell you, I can tell you, you don't ask about my respected teacher! With that, she turned her face away from him.
"Uh......" Rong Yuanhang was choked suddenly. This reaction is too big, right?
After a long silence, Rong Yuanhang couldn't stand it a little, looked at her and asked, "Miss Zhou is angry?" ”
"No, I have nothing to be angry about." Zhou Peipei's face softened, and she said to him with a straight face: "Brother Rong, I can tell you that the old man is the first beauty of our Xianyang, which is recognized by others, not that I boast, people call her the phoenix of Xianyang." It is precisely because of her reputation as an old man that there are many wealthy and powerful people, eunuchs, and even heroes and heroes in the rivers and lakes, etc., some of them always visit her, or beat her around, so that Shizun is overwhelmed, except for business matters, Shizun never pretends to be a color for this kind of person with other purposes. So, you better ask less about her situation, Xiaomei doesn't want to break her rules. ”
"Uh...... All right. Rong Yuanhang was speechless, he asked very much: Is your teacher noble? You call her an old man, no matter how beautiful and good-looking she is, she is still an old woman, right? But people had to say it first, so they had to keep it in their hearts and stop asking about it.
He crossed the ocean this time, and came to this place where there is a human society with great difficulty, as long as he wanted to find an opportunity to make money, he was not very keen on practicing martial arts, unless he was ready to survive and develop in this world. Because the people here are generally martial, under this feudal system, the practice of martial arts can not only defend oneself, but also squeeze into the aristocratic society, improve one's personal prestige, and be able to reap the fruits of striving to improve one's own strength. However, Rong Yuanhang grew up in a peaceful environment, and of course preferred to be a rich man in the world he was familiar with and live a comfortable life.
In the afternoon, Rong Yuanhang couldn't sit still, he took Cailong and took the initiative to find Zhou Peipei in the opposite west wing and asked to visit the shops in Xianyang City. In fact, at this time, Zhou Peipei had not been to the dart game all day in order to complete the task that his father asked him to accompany the guests.
"Where is Brother Zhou going, I still have homework to do." Zhou Peipei said with a dark face.
Rong Yuanhang's heart was cold, and he paused for a few seconds before saying, "I just want to tell you, let's just go out by ourselves." Since Miss Zhou is not available, then I won't hinder you and go. ”
"Hey, wait," Zhou Peipei pouted and said, "It's messy outside, you don't know the place well, don't make any trouble." I'll go with you, you wait, I'll go change my clothes. ”
"It's not good, if you have something to do, I won't stop you, really, let's just go by ourselves." Rong Yuanhang felt a little awkward in his heart, he could see that Zhou Peipei was not happy, instead of being so reluctant, it was better to go shopping freely by himself, anyway, with Cailong as a bodyguard, he was not afraid of anything.
"I'll go with you, save my father from blaming, you wait for me." Zhou Peipei said and ignored Rong Yuanhang's reaction, turned around and went into the boudoir.
Rong Yuanhang couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to stand at the door and wait for her to change her clothes. After waiting patiently for more than ten minutes, Zhou Peipei came out of the boudoir, only to see her wearing a light purple dress, wearing beaded flowers, and a pair of gold folded silk plum blossom earrings hanging from her earrings on both sides, with a slight light color on her face. He also carried a free-made blue in his hand, as if he was going to the market to buy vegetables. However, her change of makeup looks like she has a different taste, her eyebrows are full of autumn waves, and the water is out of hibiscus, which is beautiful and beautiful, no matter how you look at it, it is pleasing to the eye.
"Let's go, I'll keep you waiting." Zhou Peipei smiled solemnly, and suddenly made Rong Yuanhang cloudy and sunny, and his mind was refreshed. What an elusive woman.
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Zhou Mansion was originally located in the center of Xianyang City, as soon as you go out of the door, and then turn a few alleys, it is the noisy and noisy main street.
"Brother Rong, where are you going?" Zhou Peipei looked left and right, as soon as she went out on the street, she looked lively and cheerful, she had already changed her mood, and she seemed to like shopping very much.
"Me...... Week...... Pepe, I call you Pepe, don't you mind? Rong Yuanhang took advantage of her good mood and took the opportunity to get closer.
"Hmph, whatever you want, you can call it whatever you like."
"Hehe, that's good, I'll call you Pepe in the future. By the way, do you know the jade shop, it's best to be a high-grade jade shop, take me to see it? "Rong Yuanhang wants to see the jade here, and if he wants to make a lot of money, of course, it is to trade precious commodities such as jade and old ginseng medicinal materials, and these things should be the most likely to be missed.
"What, you want to buy jade? Is it an ornament or a ceremonial vessel? Zhou Peipei asked.
"Look first, I don't have any money with me right now. Let's talk about it later. Rong Yuanhang said truthfully.
"Oh," Zhou Peipei nodded, "There is a jade shop on Fuxiang Road, and there is a jade street there, which specializes in custom-making and producing jade. I'll take you there. ”
The three of them walked for a while, and Zhou Peipei suddenly asked, "Brother Rong, where are you from?" How can I listen to your accent, it doesn't look like it's from our Shimen Province? ”
"This ...... My home is far away, from the southern part of the continent," Rong Yuanhang lied as usual, and suddenly his heart moved, in order to find an excuse to get out, he continued: "However, I still have friends here, this, I may just go over after a while, if I want to leave before I have time to say goodbye to your father and them, I hope you explain to them, I will come to visit you in a few days." ”
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Zhou Peipei took Rong Yuanhang's master and servant to walk for a long distance before they came to the Fuxiang Road she said, and there were indeed more than a dozen jade shops here. The products in the store are diverse, including jade wall, jade ring, Juehuang, jade pendant and other ornaments, as well as large ceremonial utensils such as Ge, Gui, Cong, Zhang, etc. There are white jade, topaz, agate, lapis lazuli, Xiuyu, but it is rare to find excellent jade such as jadeite emerald and imperial green.
"Shopkeeper, take the top piece and take it out." Rong Yuanhang said.
"This is," said the shopkeeper, a man in his fifties and sixties with a goatee. When the two men and a woman broke in, he thought it was strange. That girl Zhou Peipei was fine, but she was mainly Rong Yuanhang's master and servant, and she was dressed like he had never seen before.
Rong Yuanhang saw this heart-shaped jade pendant at a glance, and this jade pendant was also connected with a red ribbon. It is eight centimeters in diameter and is carved with very intricate patterns, and when you look closely, it is a picture of a boy shooting out and playing with a goldfish lantern. This kind of Tengtu should mean auspiciousness and wealth.
This is not the point, what makes Rong Yuanhang's heart pound is that this jade pendant is white and flawless, moisturized, very soft, and makes people look comfortable. Looking at its thickness, it is estimated that the scale should have more than 100 grams in the hand.
The shopkeeper said: "This is auspicious and more than mutton fat white jade pendant, not old and rotten bragging, our shop craftsmen are unique in handwork, superb, and the selection of materials is exquisite, this is the best jade." ”
"How much does this thing cost?" Rong Yuanhang asked.
That's what you're waiting for! The shopkeeper remained silent and said lightly: "Thirty taels of silver!" ”
"What? Thirty taels of silver, do you deceive us and don't know how to do it? Before Rong Yuanhang could speak, Zhou Peipei couldn't stand it, and changed his arm and said, "Let's go, Brother Rong, let's go to the next one, hum, black shop!" ”
"Hey, don't go!" The shopkeeper hurriedly walked out around the cabinet, pretending to be annoyed and said: "Girl, what are you talking about, what is a 'black shop', as the saying goes, the price is all over the sky, sit on the ground and pay back, you don't think the price is appropriate, you can pay back the price, don't you even dare to pay back the price?" ”
"Who said they didn't dare to bargain? Five...... Five, five...... Brother Rong, how much money do you think is appropriate? Zhou Peipei braked suddenly, only to realize that Rong Yuanhang was the protagonist. But she forgot that Rong Yuan didn't have a tael of silver on her!
Rong Yuanhang glanced at her with a slightly wry smile, Zhou Peipei's hand was still holding his arm and forgot to let go, "Ah! With an exclamation, she shrank her hand and her face turned red.
"Shopkeeper, let's take a look at the others, excuse me." Rong Yuanhang had no choice but to say this and waved his hand to go out.
"Come back, nine taels! It only sells for nine taels of silver! I sold it at a loss! The shopkeeper saw that they walked out of the door, a single business was about to be ruined, gritted his teeth and said a very real price, the competition here is too great, some guests are not easy to fool, can only be carried out in a small profit but quick turnover.
Rong Yuanhang didn't dare to go back, the more he shouted, the faster he walked. It's just itching, and I secretly want to get some silver when I go back, buy all the beautiful jade here, and make a lot of money!
Now he couldn't wait for a moment, and after he came out, he said to Zhou Peipei: "Pepe, I'm going to my friend's place, let's break up, thank you for your tireless work to accompany me today, and please tell Uncle Zhou for me, I will definitely come to visit you another day!" ”
"Ah, you're leaving?" Zhou Peipei frowned, paused for a moment and said, "Okay, be careful!" I'll tell him Daddy. ”
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