Chapter 15: Families Reunited

Rushed forward to give a salute and asked, "Uncle Hui, do you have something to do with the kid?" ”

Gong Yihui looked at a few people and said, "Father, please bring Yi'er to my house tomorrow for a while", after finishing speaking, he turned around and walked out of the medicine hall without waiting for Xiao Zheng's answer.

"Ruoyi, your father is really interesting, I'll leave later" Xiao Zheng said to Ruoyi with a smile.

"He's like this, tomorrow I'll take Brother Xiao and sister-in-law to my house together." Xiao Zheng thought that he had been in Chang'an City for some days, and he had been busy with miscellaneous things, so it was time to go and see Gong Yi and Sun Daochang.

Early the next morning, Gongyi Ruoyi took Xiao Zheng and Jin'er to prepare to go out, and when they set off, Jin'er and Xiao Zheng complained that they hadn't been on the street for so long in Chang'an, and they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to go out for a walk. Xiao Zheng thought about it, it was right, what he gave to the public was nothing more than a few bottles of liquor, and the three of them didn't have any weight, so they went out slowly with it.

Gongyi Ruoyi took the two of them for half an hour, passed through the East Market to a place called Liuyi Lane in Xingyifang, entered the alley, and saw the ancient willow with a thick hug, there is a courtyard gate under the willow tree, and the steps at the door are paved with blue stone, although there is no family guard, it also looks very magnificent. Gong Yi Ruoyi rhythmically slapped the courtyard door a few times, and after the courtyard door opened, he saw Gong Lose Hui coming out, and Gong Lose Ruoyi said a word to the two and went to the backyard to find his family.

Entering the courtyard gate, I saw that the courtyard was very spacious, and there were a few disciples dressed as people cleaning in the courtyard, and the courtyard was not surrounded by pavilions and terraces like the homes of dignitaries, but the ground of the blue stone paved made people walk in very comfortably, and when I looked up, I saw my husband walking out with a dragon head crutch on his back.

"Boy, when you arrive in Chang'an City, have you climbed the high branch of King Qin, your eyelids are high, and the dog's eyes look down on people, and you won't come to my old Han's house to see" The old guy didn't have anything to say as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Old man, don't keep carrying a cane when your leg is going to be healed, it's also a burden."

"This is a good thing, it's a treasure to teach people and walk with this thing, the old man can't do without it" After speaking, he had the feeling of a second devil holding a box cannon, and Xiao Zheng wanted to laugh.

When he arrived in the room and saw that there were all tables and chairs, Xiao Zheng leaned up comfortably, pointed to a few bottles of liquor on the table and said: "Old man, this is the earliest batch of liquor brewed, which has been hidden in the cave for several years.

After listening to this, the male lost his feet and didn't say a word, picked up the wine bottle, opened the lid, tilted his neck and poured it into his mouth first, squinting his eyes and taking a long breath: "Good wine!" It's too little."

Turning his head to Gong Hui and said: "This time, these bottles of wine must be hidden to prevent those little rabbit cubs from stealing them again, if you can't open all the information organs, I'll let them steal!" ”。

As soon as the wine and food were served, after two glasses of wine, the prince blushed, and said to Xiao Zheng with a big tongue: "Boy, I heard that you saved Li Shimin as soon as you arrived at the Qin Palace, you kid is good enough!" Now there are more or less rumors about you in the market, others don't know about your ability, but I know the old man in my heart. This tree is very popular, so you should be careful in doing things."

"Don't worry, old man, the kid is unknown now, and there are only a few of you who know me in Chang'an City, and besides, I don't have Ruoyi and Rengui on my side to protect me, what else can I do." Who would have nothing to do with the kid, thank you for your concern," Xiao Zheng raised his glass and toasted the public, and replied.

After eating, a few people chatted for a while, seeing that it was still early, and the public loser was close to the East Market, Jin'er proposed to go shopping, so he first let Ruoyi stay at home to accompany his family, and the two said goodbye and followed Jin'er straight to the East Market.

In my memory, I only know that the East and West Cities were the economic activity centers of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, and they were also the industrial and commercial trade centers of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and they were also important places for economic exchanges between Chinese and foreign countries. After waiting until the East Market, Xiao Zheng found that Zhuque Street was far from being as wide as the main road in later generations, probably a few years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and he did not imagine the commercial scene of the prosperous metropolis in later generations.

But it's still a place where shops are adjacent, merchants gather, and crowds are bustling. It was only then that Xiao Zheng knew that the shops that were arranged in the same area to sell similar goods were called Xing, and the inns where commercial goods were stacked were called Di, which not only stored goods for merchants but also handled bulk wholesale transactions.

Because of its proximity to the Taiji Palace, there are many residences of royal nobles and dignitaries in the square, and many of the things in the city are high-grade luxury goods to meet the needs of the royal nobles and dignitaries. Along the way, there are many jewelry stores alone, and there are many pearls, agate, crystal and other products in them. In the ironware shop, Xiao Zheng even saw his own iron stove and cocoon carts and other farm tools.

As Xiao Zheng expected, as soon as Jin'er entered the East Market, her eyes were bare-eyed and her feet were windy, and now she has money in her pocket, as long as she likes it, she will buy it regardless of whether it is useful or not.

In less than half an hour, Xiao Zheng had seven or eight burdens on his back, and although the weather was cold, he had already seen sweat on his forehead. Xiao Zheng looked at Jin'er's happy appearance and was thinking about whether to open a few shops in this place, waiting for Li Shimin to become the emperor and be a nail household here when he renovated Dongxi City, I don't know if it will work, I just want to think about it.

It's rare to see Jin'er so happy, and Xiao Zheng also had the feeling of accompanying girls shopping for the first time in later generations, so he played with Jin'er's temperament.

At this time, it was late autumn, Xiao Zheng wanted to buy a few thick blankets for Xiao's mother and Xue Rengui's wife and a few female dependents to protect themselves from the cold, and walked to the place where blankets and spices were sold.

A calmer middle-aged Hu Shang saw the two of them coming over, and said to Jin'er in a stiff official dialect: "Girl, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my life, your beautiful face will light up the sky of this Chang'an City, why did you come to this Tang Kingdom from thousands of miles away?" ”。

Jin'er was a little embarrassed by this person's praise, and said to this Hu Shang with a red face: "Uncle, I am from the Tang Kingdom, and I grew up in the Tang Kingdom since I was a child."

After listening to Jin'er's fluent Chinese, Hu Shang looked at her and waved his hands again and again with an incredible expression, "Impossible, impossible!" Girl, don't lie to me, a beautiful girl like you was brought to earth by Allah from heaven, and the Han people cannot have a face like a saint like you."

Xiao Zheng also smiled on the side and said to this Hu Shang: "Uncle, this is my wife, he is from the Tang Dynasty, and he grew up here, she won't lie to you."

After hearing this, Hu Shang said to Xiao Zheng with an envious expression: "Young man, Allah like you so much, that's why I sent such a beautiful woman to you......." Too lazy to talk to this guy anymore, Xiao Zheng ordered the goods and hurriedly paid the deposit and prepared to leave.

Before the two left, the Hu merchant turned around and ran back to the store to take a small wooden box and handed it to Jin'er and said, "Beautiful girl, this small box of spices I brought from the Western Regions and gave it to you, Allah bless you more and more beautiful!" My name is Du Yiti, I have been doing business here for more than 20 years, my shop is the largest here, if you want to buy or sell in the future, you can always come to me, and I welcome you two to come," he said, stroking his chest and giving a salute.

Jin'er took the box and bowed to Du Yiti and said, "Then thank you uncle."

After walking out of the road, Xiao Zheng looked at Jin'er's praised red face and said with a smile: "How about it, I said that you were beautiful, and you said that you were not good-looking at the time." Look at how many people are praising you now, if you are not a beautiful woman who will give you such a valuable spice for nothing, you can't be arrogant in the future."

Jin'er Qiushui looked at Xiao Zheng with a smile and said, "You are just a poor tongue, do you believe the words of the businessman?" ”。

"Faith! As long as people say that you are beautiful, I will believe anyone! Let's go find a rouge shop to dress you up more beautifully, and finally let those Hu merchants see that you gave us the blanket for nothing."

"You want to be beautiful," Jin'er said coquettishly as Xiao Zheng pushed.

While the two were talking, they saw a big rouge shop, and just as they wanted to go up the steps to enter, four or five men dressed as family members walked out of the door to protect the two women. Before the person arrived, a strong aroma of fat powder rushed Xiao Zheng and almost sneezed. There are as many dignitaries and dignitaries in Chang'an City as dogs, and it is not strange to come out with a few family members to protect the master and buy things.

Xiao Zheng and Jin'er leaned to the side, wanting these people to pass first, but they didn't expect the two women to walk down the steps and see Xiao Zheng and let out an "ah", only to see the elderly woman suddenly said in a weird way: "Who should I be, it turned out to be my eldest nephew."