Chapter Thirty-Eight: Grandma Comes Again
Xiao Ding turned around and saw that it was Hu Zhixian, and his heart was disgusted.
Hu Zhixian was dressed in casual clothes, shaking a paper fan, and was still dressed as a middle-aged scholar. On the surface, it's hard to see how cunning he is.
Today is the day of rest, Hu Zhixian is idle and wants to come to his father-in-law's house to have a look, I heard that my uncle Han Jun brought back a distinguished guest from the capital, I don't know who it is.
The Han family's mansion is actually at the back of the Xiangman Building. Hu Zhixian bypassed Xiangmanlou but saw Xiao Ding in the back kitchen, so he also walked over.
"I've seen Lord Zhixian!" Xiao Ding Shili said. Although I was disgusted in my heart, I still had to make a show of etiquette on the surface, after all, I was just a civilian.
"Brother Tian Xian, they all said that they would be commensurate with brothers in the future, how could they still be called adults." Hu Zhixian pretended to be unhappy and said.
"Yes, the little brother has seen Brother Hu!" Xiao Ding had no choice but to clench his fists again, he didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd in Huzhi County, why did he have to be commensurate with his brother?
"Alas, that's right......" Hu Xianling said with a pretended to be happy again.
"Brother-in-law, why are you here, you know?" Han Lu'er said curiously.
"That's natural, Brother Tian Xian and I hit it off at first sight, and we recognized them as brothers. Brother Tian Xian, this girl is the sister-in-law Han Lu'er that I mentioned to you, she is gentle and virtuous, with a beautiful face, and she just ...... this year," Hu Xianling said in a familiar tone.
"Brother Hu......"
"Brother-in-law......"
Xiao Ding and Han Luer stopped Hu County's order at the same time.
Xiao Ding Xin said that you came with me again, I don't know what idea you have in your heart.
Han Lu'er secretly wondered, how could this Tian fool know my brother-in-law, why did my brother-in-law still be commensurate with his brother, and he also mentioned himself to this fool? I am a girl who has not yet come out of the cabinet, how can my brother-in-law do this, what a shame!
"Oh, haha, haha, by the way, what are you doing here? So you've known each other for a long time! Hu Zhixian said with a haha. Looking at it on the left and looking at it on the right, it made Xiao Ding and Han Luer feel uncomfortable.
"The younger brother hunted a brown bear and was about to sell it to Xiang Manlou." Xiao Ding said.
He thought about taking the money and leaving as soon as possible. Xiao Ding didn't want to stay with this old slippery head. First, this guy is an official of the imperial court, and he can't afford to mess with him; Second, this guy is cunning and cunning, maybe when he is not careful, he will be tricked by this guy.
"Oh, I see. Is this the pile of meat you're talking about? Hu Xianling asked, pointing to the brown bear meat.
"Yes." Xiao Ding said.
"Well, it looks like it's a few hundred catties, and it should be worth twenty taels of silver......," Hu Xianling muttered.
Xiao Ding's nose on the side was almost crooked, and he said in his heart, I obviously planned to sell it for a hundred taels, but it will become twenty taels by you......
"Your virtuous brother is a hundred taels ......" Han Lu'er pursed her lips and snickered on the side, seeing Xiao Ding's aggrieved appearance, she didn't know why she was so happy.
"A hundred taels? That's not worth it! Brother Xian, I think this bear meat sells for twenty taels is already very high, why don't you foolish brother make the decision for you, you can sell it to Xiangmanlou for twenty taels, Xiangmanlou is opened by my father-in-law's family, suffer a little loss! Hu Xianling said on his own.
Xiao Ding was so angry that he couldn't wait to go up and slap Hu Zhixian twice, and said in his heart what kind of green onion are you, what are you doing here!
Then I thought about it, after all, this guy is the son-in-law of the shopkeeper Han, and he is a family, so he is naturally on the same front. It seems that with this-stirring stick, I am afraid that one hundred taels will not be able to sell, but twenty taels will definitely not be able to sell by itself.
Xiao Ding was about to continue bargaining a little more, when he suddenly saw another middle-aged man walking over from the gate of the backyard.
"Brother-in-law, Lu'er, why are you here?" The middle-aged humane.
"Big brother, why are you here?" Han Luer said strangely.
It turned out to be Han Luer's eldest brother! Xiao Ding secretly looked at the middle-aged man, who was about thirty years old, about the same age as Hu Xianling. He was wearing a beautiful blue brocade robe, which was very gorgeous. Although his figure is not as burly as Xiao Ding, he is also a Yushu Linfeng and a talent.
"I wanted to see in the kitchen to see if there was anything delicious to entertain guests at noon today, and he hadn't eaten a good meal for a few times." The middle-aged man was humane, then looked at Xiao Ding, looked at Hu Zhixian, and then said, "...... are you?" ”
"Oh, that's the ......" Han Lu'er said on the side, and then glanced at Xiao Ding secretly, the corners of her mouth slightly curled......
"Oh, that's it......" The middle-aged man was not in a hurry, looked at the bear meat, and then looked at Xiao Ding, and then said, "This little brother, in Xia Han Jun, is Lu'er's eldest brother." Your bear is now incomplete without a bear skin and a bear leg missing. Do you think this will work, how about this bear give you fifty taels of silver? The one hundred taels you said is indeed a bit ......" Speaking of this, he stopped and just stared at Xiao Ding.
In fact, Xiao Ding didn't know that in this era, the most valuable thing on a bear is not a bear paw, but a bear skin. Because the people of this age have not yet mastered the method of cooking bear's paws in later generations, and bear skins are the best leather in this era.
A hundred taels of silver is not a small amount in this day. According to what Zhao Laixi said last time, a hundred taels can buy a slightly smaller house in the county.
In Xiao Ding's opinion, although selling fifty taels is not as much as he expected, it is also a lot more than the twenty taels given by Hu County. So he nodded and said, "Okay, then fifty taels." ”
After receiving the silver, Xiao Ding and a few people left Xiangmanlou with a few simple polite words and went to the largest pharmacy in the county.
What Xiao Ding didn't expect was that the ginseng sold very smoothly. When he took out the ginseng and put it on the counter, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy was immediately surprised, and without saying a word, he offered a price of two hundred taels of silver.
Of course, Xiao Ding gladly accepted it, selling it for two hundred taels was beyond his expectations, and he thought that it would be sold for one hundred taels at most. So he agreed without even paying back.
The boss was very happy, and told him that if there were any good medicinal materials, the price would be fair.
In fact, that ginseng plant is hundreds of years old. Recently, a concubine of a wealthy man happened to be sick and needed to continue her life. The rich man ran all over the pharmacy in Luoxia County and did not find the old ginseng of the high year, so he asked the shopkeeper of the pharmacy to pay attention to it, if there was a high year of old ginseng, he was willing to pay 500 taels of silver to buy it. If there is a higher vintage, he can pay more.
Of course, Xiao Ding didn't know the inside story. He also bought a lot of good bone medicine in the pharmacy, both for internal and external use. The shopkeeper was naturally very happy and gave a lot of discounts.
Out of the pharmacy, Xiao Ding drove the donkey cart to go shopping, asked about the price of a lot of things, and said that in the future, he must have an accurate number in his heart.
I bought some daily necessities and some snacks to drink again, and the snacks were mainly for Xiaozhuer and Xiaofu to eat.
Thinking that Tang Yunzhi was unable to move, and Tian Dabao was also lame, and Xiaofu and Zhu'er were still young, they specially bought a few "wooden horses" and night pots for the people at home to use.
A "wooden horse" is a wooden toilet that people can sit on and excrete. Most of the pottery products used by ordinary people in the night pot are small mouths and big bellies, which are suitable for men and women. It can be used even if the woman is not squatting. This is a lot more convenient for Tang Yunzhi.
This shopping, counting the purchase of medicine, only spent a dozen taels of silver in total. There are still more than 200 taels on his body, and Xiao Ding plans to buy land and build a house first when he goes back this time, and the silver can't be handed over to Tian Dabao.
Driving the donkey cart, Xiao Ding returned to Luoxia Village. Because he walked early in the morning, the donkey cart was much faster than walking, so it was just noon when Xiaoding arrived home.
As soon as I entered the yard, I saw Xiao Zhu'er running over. Mouth shouted:
"Brother Fool, Brother Fool, Grandma is here again today......"