183 Hunting Festival
Jian Xuenu thought for a while, he should be referring to the few people in her house, and said, "The older one is Mother Qi, the one who looks beautiful is called Ah Xiang, and the introverted one is called Ah Lan, you don't want to give them a silver reward, right?" ”
Dongfang Jia Luo ignored her, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Ah Xiang......"
Ah Xiang heard the scream, ran in in a panic, lowered her eyebrows and said, "The slave is here, Your Highness, please give me something to command." ”
Dongfang Jia Luo looked at her and said very gently: "Ah Xiang, help us make a pot of hot tea." ”
"Yes." Ah Xiang listened to his tone, a little stunned, I didn't expect him to be so gentle, and after answering, he respectfully withdrew from the room.
Jian Xuenu looked at him and said disdainfully: "Stingy ghost, isn't this pot of tea still hot." ”
Dongfang Jia Luo glanced at her and said, "I don't have any silver on me, can you lend me some?" ”
"Yes, pay me back twice tomorrow."
"Okay."
"Is thirty taels enough?"
"Twenty taels per person, lend me sixty taels, and pay you one hundred and twenty taels tomorrow."
Jian Xuenu smiled, "Okay, a word is a certainty, a gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." ”
In the treasure chest of her magic space, Jian Xuenu turned out six ingots of gold and placed them in front of his seat.
Dongfang Garo was a little dumbfounded, "Gold? Didn't you just say the silver? ”
"Is there one? I just asked you if thirty taels is enough? You said it was not enough, twenty taels per person, a total of sixty taels. I've always been talking about gold, Your Highness, do you want to regret it? ”
Dongfang Jia Luo raised his eyebrows, and said disapprovingly: "Gold is gold." In the future, don't say that I can buy the people around you. ”
"Hmph, you're underestimating me. After a while, I will sue them that I paid the money. ”
"......" Dongfang Jia Luo glared at her for a while before he said, "You mean to say that I don't have to pay you back tomorrow?" ”
", you dare, it's a big deal I'll tell them that you borrowed it from me. Cheapskate. ”
They were talking eagerly, and Ah Xiang knocked on the door and came in with hot tea. Looking at the pile of gold on the table, I was stunned. Step forward and help them fill up the hot tea, then retreat.
Dongfang Jia Luo saw that Jian Xuenu was silent and stopped her. "Ah Xiang."
Ah Xiang was stunned again. Then he stopped, turned around and raised his eyes, and responded: "The slave is here, Your Highness, please command." ”
"In the future, I will serve your young lady well, and I am not allowed to let her come into contact with other men."
"Yes......" After Ah Xiang replied, she was a little puzzled when she heard the latter sentence, and raised her eyes to sweep over her young lady.
Dongfang Garo pushed the six ingots of gold on the table forward. Said: "This is a reward from His Highness for you." ”
"Thank you, Your Highness, just. Too much, right? Ah Xiang was a little unsure, and looked at her young lady again.
"Your Highness rewarded you, just take it, you're welcome, he has silver."
Ah Xiang got Jian Xuenu's nod before thanking him and withdrew.
After Ah Xiang stepped back, he was excitedly discussing with Alan and Qi's mother outside, it was rumored that Dongfang Jia Luo had a strange temper and never liked women, but it turned out to be wrong rumors.
After Dongfang Jia Luo left, Ah Xiang and the others quickly entered the house and chirped: "Miss, does His Royal Highness Jia Luo like our young lady?" Is that holy decree today trying to stop you? I heard that the county lord of Wu Zimo is the future princess candidate in the eyes of the Holy Monarch. ”
"Our young lady is so pitiful, her future is worrying."
Jian Xuenu said: "Don't think like this in the future, I don't pity them, it's them who are pitied." Pack up and go to bed. ”
Alan replied, "Okay, I'll wait for Miss to wash up." ”
Ah Xiang thought about it and said, "Miss, no one will come again today, right?" ”
Jian Xuenu thought that Concubine Mo must be in the Dongfang Jianan Palace today, so she said, "No one will come." ”
Turning around, she saw that Mother Qi wanted to speak and stopped, so she asked: "Mother Qi, just say anything about it, now in this inner courtyard, I can count it." ”
"Yes, miss, the old slave just wants to ask, Nangong Boda, is he also in charge of our inner courtyard? In the future, all the miscellaneous affairs in the inner courtyard will be consulted by him, and will he arrange them? Mother Qi looked at her young lady with some confusion.
Jian Xuenu thought about it, in the past, the master here was only Dongfang Jialuo, and he didn't come often, of course, every qiē was arranged by Nangong Bo, since the Bian family moved in, during this time, it was indeed the same as before. Now that Mother Qi asked, Nangong Bo was in charge of the business of the refining workshop in the front yard and the backyard, and he was indeed a little busy, and he couldn't be separated.
Qi said to his mother: "In the past, there was no manager in this inner courtyard, and I and Brother Biancheng were often not at home, and the little girls and domestic servants all listened to the arrangements of Mother Meng beside my grandmother, and now, when you return to me, you can be regarded as a newcomer." Otherwise, I will go to Nangong Bo and grandma tomorrow to discuss, and the inner courtyard will be handed over to Mother Meng, do you have any opinions? ”
Mother Qi hurriedly said: "No, no, how can I have an opinion, Miss don't care, Mother Meng is an old man here, so she naturally listens to her, but just now I asked the little girl outside, and they said that the housekeeper is Nangong Bo, so I want to ask clearly." In the future, if we want to add anything to our courtyard, I will ask whomever I want. ”
"Well, don't worry, your young lady is good at arithmetic, the account of the entire refining workshop, my uncle and I have a copy, when he is too busy, I help calculate, when I want to be lazy, he helps calculate. If you want anything for daily use, starting tomorrow, you will open a bill to Meng's mother to get it. ”
"Yes, our young lady is capable, it's not too early, miss, rest."
"Okay."
From today onwards, the West Wing Courtyard is also lively, and if there is a young master who is running around the door, it will be even more lively.
On the second day, Jian Xuenu and Bian Cheng were walking on the way to school, she saw that Bian Cheng was worried, and knew his thoughts, so she explained: "Brother Bian Cheng, don't worry, there is nothing that can't be solved." Do you believe me, aren't we going to the Hell Continent to exchange and study? It's not easy to make a man hate me, don't worry, it's okay, that bowl will definitely quit automatically. ”
"Well, okay, I trust you." Border City smiled at her.
"Brother Biancheng, why are there so many people on the street today?" Jian Xuenu was very surprised, the streets were full of people, as if they were celebrating a festival, especially the farm products. There are also many hides, bows and arrows, and hunted animal meat.
"Slave, have you forgotten? Today is May 11th, the Hunting Day. The eyes of the border city naturally turned to the animal skins on the side of the street, and when he used to be at home, he used to make the animal skins he had hunted, and when he was at the market, he would take them to the market to exchange them for silver, and then buy medicine for the slaves.
The fur of small animals, which is short, fine and soft, and when hunting, arrows are shot into their eyes, and the fur without holes is the most expensive.
The border city walked towards a snow-white fine fur on the side of the street.
"Hunting festivals? In the past, the hunting festival in our countryside was not so lively, and I thought that it was only this festival in the city. ”
Listen to the old people, summer and autumn, is a good season for hunting, winter animals are generally thinner, spring animals, mostly mating period, some animals are pregnant with cubs, some animals with young children, in order to have more animals mature, good hunters will be after the May hunting day, only into the mountains to start hunting.
Nowadays, fewer and fewer people follow this rule, and in the forest, there is an oversupply of animals, but the festival has always been used.
In order to celebrate this festival, on May 11, the hunters bring their good furs to the market, hoping to sell them for a good price, and at the same time, they will carry their proudest hunting bows and arrows to the streets. He also kept giving people who came to ask for the price, and tirelessly explained how he used this bow and arrow, chased after the raccoon dog, and climbed several mountains before he captured this cunning raccoon dog.
At this time, the border city was listening to the hunter, explaining how he had captured the snow-white marten.
"Slave, this mink hair is very smooth, I'll buy it and let someone make you a scarf, okay?"
Jian Xuenu stepped forward and touched it, and said, "It feels really good." ”
"Well, the eldest brother said just now that after this mink ran quickly, he pounced on it and strangled it instantly, and he didn't suffer any pain at all." Bian Cheng explained for fear that she would not be able to bear it.
Strangled? She pulled Bian Cheng aside and said strangely: "Brother Bian Cheng, if every time I surround it, I think that it was strangled to death, then I will wrap it around my neck and not be scared to death." Forget it, I'll wrap silk or cotton. ”
Bian Cheng was a little dumbfounded when he heard her words, he never thought of this layer, when he used to sell furs, he also explained to others in this way, telling how he had killed these animals at that time, he forgot that the girls were kind-hearted, unbearable, and not as good as the fur dealers.
"Alright, we don't want it." After Bian Cheng said in a comforting tone, he pulled her and left.
Suddenly, there was a commotion ahead, followed by a bang, and billowing smoke rose. People fled in a hurry with their children, shouting everywhere, "Someone is making trouble, someone is making trouble." ”
The men quickly surrounded them, and Jian Xuenu ran up behind the border city, and there was a woman on the ground whose leg was injured and was sitting on the ground holding her leg and howling. An enthusiastic passer-by physician was crouching down to examine her injuries.
At this time, Jian Xuenu found the magician, standing indifferently on the side of the street, holding a copper pipe and observing the 'stars'. She was speechless, and he was really happy to do it.
In the riot, two men held down a man in black and shouted: "It's you, I just saw you run out of here first, and then there was an explosion here." ”
The man in black had a gloomy face and shouted, "It's not me, it's him, I see that he threw it." ”
Everyone's eyes flickered, all at the sorcerer holding the brass pipe to the stars.
The two men slowly let go of their hands and walked towards the magician, one of whom said, "Hey, old man, it's another one, it's exposed." ”
The magician saw someone knock on his arm, put down the binoculars, looked at him and said, "What minced meat?" (To be continued......)