Chapter Twenty-Four: Buying and Returning the Pearl
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Coming upstairs, Zhao Yuannu did not rush to invite Cai Ying and Hua Xiangrong into her boudoir, but asked, "Cai Gongzi is the first time to come to Fan Lou?" ”
Cai still replied: "Exactly." ”
Zhao Yuannu listened and said: "This Fan Lou was originally called Bai Alum Building, which was a distribution center for distributing white alum, and was later transformed into a restaurant, and the legend was built by Yu Hao, a skilled craftsman who presided over the construction of Kaibao Temple Tower. ”
Zhao Yuannu pointed to the north again and said, "My small building is facing Genyue, which is being built by the official family, so the prince might as well take a look at the holy mountain from this angle." ”
Cai still looked in the direction of Zhao Yuannu's finger, and saw in front of him, the mountain peaks were standing, the water was as bright as a mirror, and the Jiamuqi flowers were lush and vast, so a paradise and a holy place of immortals.
Zhao Yuannu's voice sounded in Cai Ying's ears: "Now that the sky is dark, if it is daytime, the smoke there is faint, and it is even more magical." ”
Cai still said leisurely: "It will cost at least a few hundred million yuan to build it, right?" ”
"Uh......"
Zhao Yuannu was speechless.
All along, all that Zhao Yuannu heard was praise for Gen Yue, and Cai was still the first to mention that Jian Gen Yue had to spend a lot of money.
But this is also normal, Zhao Yuannu is good at it, this kind of family and country affairs, how can she understand it as a dusty woman?
Cai still looked south again, and saw that the two lines of Qiaonan Street were full of shops selling all kinds of snacks, although it was dark, the night row on the side of the road was still bustling, drinking and guessing, so lively, so indulgent.
Cai still felt it: "Jingxi Stone is cautious, and it doesn't hear about overturning people all year round." But it is a place where there is no stone in the advection, and it is always heard that there is sinking. ”
When Zhao Yuannu heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said in his heart: "It's another good poem, this Cai Gongzi is really a first-class talent in the world!" ”
After savoring it again, Zhao Yuannu's expression changed slightly.
On the surface, the principle of this poem is "hindering but not passing", the boat travels on the water, does not capsize in distress, but the advection is overturned, which does not seem to be reasonable.
However, a closer look reveals that this is not the case, because the ship is controlled by man, and the sinking of the ship does not depend on the safety of the waterway, but on the person at the helm.
When the boat is in the dangerous section of the stream, people's fear and vigilance will be strengthened, so they usually "don't hear about capsizing people all year round" and can pass safely.
However, "there is no stone in the advection", people are easy to slack off, and they may often be overwhelmed.
In other words, "born in sorrow, die in peace."
This is clearly a cautionary tale.
Zhao Yuannu looked at Cai Ying's deep eyes and asked, "Childe, what are you worried about?" ”
Cai still heard the words, and he was excited, and said secretly: "I said too much." ”
Everyone in the world doesn't like to listen to bad remarks, thinking that they are alarmist, and the speaker is usually disgusted, and likes to listen to praise, and likes those who sing praises all day long, and Zhao Ji and others who are so happy are even more so.
Cai still didn't want to be hated by Zhao Ji and other powerful people because of his debts, and he didn't have any hope for Da Ji, a dynasty that should have perished.
Therefore, Cai still shook his head and said, "It's nothing." ”
Zhao Yuannu would look at people's faces and act, and when she saw that Cai was still reluctant to say more, she immediately changed her words and said, "Childe went into the house to drink a glass of water and wine?" ”
Cai still gave a salute and said, "I'm bothered." ”
Under the guidance of Zhao Yuannu, the group entered Zhao Yuannu's door.
Zhao Yuannu's maid opened the green cloth curtain, lifted the bamboo curtain, and everyone turned to the middle gate.
Cai still took a look, and saw that there was a bowl of mandarin duck lamps hanging on the beams of the house, and there was a Boshan bronze incense burner on the rhino skin incense table below, and the incense was sprayed out in the furnace, and there were four celebrity landscape paintings hanging on the two walls, and there were four rhino skin chairs.
Everyone turned into the patio, and there was another hall, which was equipped with three small beds carved and exquisitely carved by fragrant nan wood, covered with purple brocade mattresses with falling flowers and flowing water, hung a good lamp in a jade shed, and placed all kinds of antiques, and a table in the middle, on which were placed ten dried fruits - fried chestnuts, rubber dates, Hebei goose pears, Heshuo pomegranates, longans, lychees, olives, warm oranges, kumquats, hazelnuts.
Obviously, Zhao Yuannu has been prepared for a long time, and the specifications of the preparation are still very high.
Zhao Yuannu personally led Cai Ying to the left, Cai was still sitting in the guest seat, Hua Xiangrong consciously stood behind Cai Ying, and declined Zhao Yuannu's invitation to sit.
Then, Zhao Yuannu walked to the right and sat down, accompanied by the master.
The maid brought the tea set, and Zhao Yuannu personally poured a cup of tea for Cai Ying.
At this time, a maid brought over the soap gift box that Cai still gave to Zhao Yuannu.
Zhao Yuannu took the gift box, and then stroked the poems on the gift box and said: "The slave family has learned poetry and songs since childhood, and has seen thousands of poems, and there are three or two hundred quatrains and wonderful sentences...... But there is no poem like this poem of Childe, which makes the slave family so unforgettable......"
As he spoke, Cai Yan in front of Zhao Yuannu turned into another face.
Soon, the scene also changed, and it became all kinds of beauty experienced by Zhao Yuannu and the person she once loved.
Although Zhao Yuannu had fallen into her own memories, her mouth still continued: "Ban Jieyu, Yang Yuhuan, Gongzi can be said to be the most first-class woman. ”
Cai still listened to the words and said leisurely: "It seems that you also have a first love that I still remember. ”
"First love?"
Zhao Yuannu tasted this strange word, and then said: "This word is really appropriate...... If there is resentment and resentment later, and there is no beauty and indifference when we first met, then everything should stay at the time of the first meeting......"
Cai still came to see Zhao Yuannu, not to help Zhao Yuannu recall his first love, he came to promote his soap.
Therefore, Cai still interrupted Zhao Yuannu's reminiscences very ungracefully, and said, "The lady shouldn't have opened the thing I gave you yet, right?" ”
Zhao Yuannu was slightly stunned, and then said: "The slave family steals that no matter what is in the box, it can't compare to this poem by Gongzi." ”
Zhao Yuannu is not a person who has never seen the market, countless people give her all kinds of treasures every day, including some peerless treasures, therefore, she doesn't care what is in the box at all, and she will not go downstairs to invite Cai Yi in person because of the things in the box, the reason why she went downstairs to invite Cai still in person is entirely because of Cai Ying's poetry and Cai Zhen's talent.
Cai Ying's temples jumped, and he said in his heart: "This loser who bought the pearl and returned the pearl is holding a broken box and is not finished, isn't this a delay!" ”
Cai still secretly adjusted his mentality, and then said: "Lady might as well open it and take a look, maybe there will be unexpected surprises." ”
Zhao Yuannu opened the box with some suspicion, and then saw a white and purple oval-shaped unknown object with exquisite patterns carved on it lying quietly in the box.
Zhao Yuannu raised his head to look at Cai Yi and asked, "What are they?" ”
Cai still immediately took out the attitude of a dedicated salesman to introduce the two pieces of soap and said: "It is called soap, it is a personal cleaning product, when taking a bath, it is evenly rubbed on the skin, it has a strong decontamination effect, and it does not hurt the skin, and it has the effect of beauty and beauty, and it is ...... to take a bath for a long time."
Looking at Cai still foaming at the introduction of his soap, Cai in Zhao Yuannu's eyes has still changed, no longer the talented man before, nor the great man with a melancholy temperament before, but a complete philistine businessman.
Zhao Yuannu said in his heart: "He should have wanted to sell his soap under my pretenses, instead of coming to me to talk about poetry and songs, yes, otherwise how could he bring a woman with him, by the way, Ziyuan seems to have said that he first wanted to give this soap to his sister, and then it seems that he listened to the persuasion of the people who came with him, and then transferred it to me...... That means he doesn't like me at all? ”
Suddenly, Zhao Yuannu felt very uncomfortable, and then the more she looked at Cai, who was trying her best to sell soap, the more annoying she became!
Finally, Zhao Yuannu couldn't bear it anymore, she interrupted Cai still and said: "The slave family is tired, next time I will listen to Gongzi talk about Gongzi's soap." ”
didn't give Cai still a chance to speak again, so Zhao Yuannu issued an eviction order: "Ziyuan, send me off." ”
When Zhao Yuannu's maid heard this, she immediately came over and asked Cai Ying and Hua Xiangrong to leave.
Cai is still a little confused, I don't know where I offended Zhao Yuannu?
Cai still wanted to make amends, but Zhao Yuannu didn't even look at Cai Yi anymore.
Helpless, Cai could only lead the flowers to leave first.
When Cai and Hua Xiangrong went out, Zhao Yuannu knocked over the soapbox and said angrily: "Damn! In his eyes, I'm as good as two broken pieces of soap! ”
After sulking for a while, Zhao Yuannu couldn't help but look at the two pieces of soap on the ground.
After looking at it for a while, Zhao Yuannu bent down and picked up the two pieces of soap again......
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