After breakfast, Xia Qingyun received a letter from Yao Xili.

The letter mentioned that it was the brother-in-law of Hejian Zhixian who took over the Tayun Building, and it is said that he bought it from Aunt Jiu for 10,000 taels of silver, and asked someone to simply repair the walls and ground inside, and did not want to do any business, but found a Chinese person who wanted to sell it out again, Yao Xili asked her if she wanted to take over at this time.

Xia Qingyun smiled secretly in his heart, the magistrate of Hejian was very good at doing things, so he asked his brother-in-law to come forward and spend a lot of money to buy a dilapidated building, which saved the face of Aunt Jiu, that is, the face of Prime Minister Nangong Xi.

However, Tayun Building was smashed to pieces by Si Hong Bowen's black-armored soldiers, and she would not pay 10,000 taels of silver to take over such a broken building. She wrote back to Yao Xili and asked him to ask if he could buy it at the market price, otherwise he would find another place.

After sending away the messenger, she went to the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion to see a few newly made tea leaves from Qingmei these days.

The black tea that Huangfu transported to Fanbang last year was very popular with the locals, and she specially instructed her to make more of it this time and press it into tea bricks. And because people in Hejian and Beijing like to drink fragrant jasmine, the number of snow in Bitan and Beixi has doubled compared to last year.

The best white peony and white silver needle, etc., there was still a lot of inventory last year, and Xia Qingyun also made it into tea cakes.

White tea is resistant to storage, and the longer the white tea, the better the efficacy, there is a saying that "one year is tea, three years is medicine, and seven years is treasure", no matter how much you save, you are not afraid, so the number of newly made white tea is also a lot.

In addition to these, the other types of tea only made a thousand catties of excellent tea. Because the Qingyun Tea Garden in Beixi will be able to pick the first batch of spring tea in two months, although the quality is not as good as that in the treasure pavilion, it is enough to make high-quality tea.

After being busy here for a while, I heard Chunxiu outside coming to find her, talking to Qingju at the door. Xia Qingyun was busy out of the treasure pavilion, and when he asked, he learned that it was rare for Si Hong's father and son to come back early this year, and they had lunch at home. Madame asked her to come to Xia Qingyun to get some good purple mushroom and ginseng, and make soup for the two of them.

Xia Qingyun said with a smile: "I'll let Qingju cook it in the small kitchen." I'll take some of the best herbs and come with you. ”

Chunxiu smiled at Qingju. "Then I'm bothering you."

Qingju hurriedly waved her hand. said: "The soup is boiled, but I don't know if the amount is enough." My sister and I will go to the kitchenette to have a look. ”

As she said this, she pulled Chunxiu to the small kitchen, which really gave Xia Qingyun a chance to go to the treasure pavilion to get medicinal herbs.

Xia Qingyun asked Qingguo and Qingye to go to Daqing Mountain to pick some ginseng, purple mushroom, snow lotus, shou wu, and golden hook dendrobium. Put it in a jade box and stack it. Hugged by Ome. Hit the house and come out. I met Chunxiu waiting at the door.

Chunxiu smiled and took the jade box in Qingmei's hand, "Go and get the cloak for the county lord and put it on, be careful of catching a cold." ”

Qingmei went back to the house and got a cloak of rabbit fur red satin sprinkled with plum blossoms. Draped Xia Qingyun on his body, and at a glance saw Si Hong Bowen turning out of the moon gate at the end of the verandah, with a large package under his arm. Then he smiled and said: "Sister Chunxiu, let's go back first, I'm afraid the county lord will have to delay for a while." ”

Chunxiu also heard the footsteps, looked back, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll go back to Madame first." Holding the jade box and turning around, he met Si Hong Bowen on the verandah, bowed lightly, and left with a smile.

Si Hong Bowen walked closer and looked at Xia Qingyun with a smile, "Go into the house, I have something good for you." ”

Qingmei helped the two of them open the curtain, and quietly glanced at Xia Qingyun, reminding her to remember the method she discussed with Xue'er in the treasure pavilion a few days ago.

Si Hong Bowen put the burden in his hand on the table, opened it, took out a snow-white fox fur coat, shook it and put it on his arm, and asked with a smile: "Do you like it?" ”

Xia Qingyun stroked the snow-white fur with some surprise, the tentacles were thick and soft, and it was many times better than ordinary fox skin.

"Where did it come from?" She asked.

Si Hong Bowen smiled, draped the fox fur on Xia Qingyun's body, took a few steps back to admire it, and then replied: "When I was in the northwest, I collected two hundred snow fox belts and returned to the capital, found the best tailor shop, and only took the fur under the armpit to sew this big coat. I just got it yesterday, and I happened to be back early today, so I went to get it. ”

The skin of the snow fox is the rarest of the fox skins, not to mention that only a small piece of the armpit is taken.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the skin of a thousand sheep is not as good as the armpit of a fox", and it is also said that "the armpit is made into a fur", which refers to the fur made of precious fox armpit skin, which is not only more beautiful and lighter than ordinary fox skin, but also several times better than warmth.

Xia Qingyun glanced at him with a smile, "Childe has a heart." I can't afford to wear such a precious thing, so I'd better give it to my wife. ”

"Mother and father have it, although it is not as good as yours, it is also one of the best. What's more, such a style and color only look good if you wear it. ”

Si Hong Bowen said, sat down on the couch, patted the cushion beside him, "Sit down and talk to me for a while." ”

Xia Qingyun took off the fox fur, hung it on the hanger in the corner of the house, took a tall wooden box from the table, hugged it to the kang table, and said with a smile: "I will also show you some good things." ”

"Oh?" Si Hongbowen leaned over with great interest and helped her remove the paper and pen on the kang table. Xia Qingyun opened the wooden box and took out two crystal clear tall glasses from inside.

Si Hong Bowen took it in his hand and looked at it over and over again, raised it up to look at the light, flicked it with his fingers, and made a crisp sound, he praised repeatedly: "What is this thing made of?" Like ice but not cold at all, like jade but more transparent than jade, even the best crystal is not so translucent. Where did you get that? ”

Xia Qingyun smiled and pushed the wooden box aside, lifted a pastel teapot, and increased the Seven Star Spring Water in the pot to half a cup each.

"Do you remember that when I went to the southwest last year, I went to Liwan first and carried some tea on the merchant ship of the Huangfu family."

Si Hong Bowen nodded, "I've heard you talk about it." This cup is what you exchanged for tea leaves? ”

"This is called a glass, and I asked Huangfu to order it in Fanbang in the south." She held the quilt in her hand, shook it, and said with a smile: "You see, the water poured into the cup, it is integrated with the glass, it is crystal bright, and it quenches your thirst when you look at it." ”

As she spoke, she took a sip and asked, "Haven't you been thirsty after a long morning?" ”

Si Hong Bowen looked down at the cup in his hand, and the smile on his face was a little small, "It seems that I am not the only one who has brought you good things." ”

There was a strong vinegar in his tone, and Xia Qingyun couldn't help but feel a little funny when he heard it.

"What are you talking about, it's a serious business, but I sold nearly 5,000 catties of tea to get it back. I wasn't given to me for free. ”

Si Hong Bowen raised his eyebrows, his eyes showed brilliance again, he casually put the cup aside, pulled Xia Qingyun's hand and held it in the palm of his hand, and said domineeringly: "Except for me, all things sent by other men are not allowed to be accepted!" ”

Xia Qingyun shyly withdrew his hand, took the cup again, and said with a light smile, "If you don't dislike it, I'll take these two cups as a return gift, you drink the water quickly, and I'll put it in the wooden box." (To be continued......)