August 15 is the annual Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the joy is beaming.

On the streets and alleys, the traffic is busy, the crowds are crowded, the bazaar is bustling, and the cries of selling come and go, endlessly.

Tokyo City is the capital of a country in the Great Wei Dynasty, in the past ten years, such as the beginning of the spring of the Northern Han Rouran raised troops to invade the south and other external wars broke out in other places, the military disaster did not affect this place, and at the foot of the Son of Heaven, compared with the desolation of Hedong and other places, here is densely populated, the market is noisy, like a peaceful scene, just like two worlds.

Shen's Jewellery Shop.

One of the largest jewelry and jade shops in the city of Tokyo, it is famous in the area north of the Yangtze River.

Naturally, he is here today for something.

When I went out, I called the third sister out, and the little girl couldn't stay at home, it would be moldy.

When I went out, I saw that the street was bustling with activity, and there was a festive atmosphere.

So, Chen Xu said to the third sister who followed him: "Third sister, follow me later, don't get separated."

"Hmm." The little girl looked at him and nodded. The little lady is very quiet, rarely speaks, and her words are also accented, which should be the dialect of their Hedong area.

I haven't given a gift to Nian Zhen yet, thinking that women like some jewelry and jewelry, so I walked all the way to the Shen jewelry store in front of me.

As soon as I entered the jewelry store, the lively hall scene came into view, and Xiao Er, who was in charge of receiving guests, was very busy, and even noticed Chen Xu's arrival.

Chen Xu took the third sister and walked straight to the counter in the store.

He came to the cabinet.

"Guest officer, I don't know if you want to buy gold and silver jewelry, or jade and jade?" The shopkeeper was very busy, sweating on his forehead, and asked with a smile on his face.

"I wonder if the shopkeeper can tell me what jewelry women generally like?" Chen Xu didn't know much about this, he didn't call Nian Zhenlai today, he wanted to surprise her, and the third sister was too young to understand, so he had to ask the shopkeeper who seemed to be well-informed to help refer to it.

"Guest officer, I guess I want to sell something to my wife." The shopkeeper said, "With the old man's many years of experience, if you want to buy jewelry for your wife, it is better to give a hairpin." ”

"The shopkeeper, you first bring the hairpin in good condition, and I'll take a look and then choose." Chen Xu nodded and listened to the shopkeeper's suggestion, "By the way, in addition, bring up the jewelry that is more commonly used by ordinary women, and I'll see which one is better." ”

Chen Xu decided to take a look at the appearance of these jewelry.

"Gotcha. Guest, please wait. The shopkeeper answered, and hurriedly went to get the jewelry.

Chen Xu didn't wait long, and the shopkeeper came back, with a few more sandalwood boxes in his hands.

He put the sandalwood box on the cabinet, opened the box, and presented the jewelry inside to Chen Xu to see.

"Guest officer, please look at this hairpin, this is a chiseled blonde hairpin, the upper end of the hollow carved pattern, and with jade, tortoiseshell decoration production...... "The shopkeeper is worthy of having many years of experience in the jewelry industry, can speak well, it is like a line of writing like flowing water, so good.

It's just that Chen Xu was not led by him and was the commentator. He carefully looked at the jewelry in these sandalwood boxes, these jewelry not to talk about the material, but also the process, just by virtue of this, in ancient times without a modern industrial system, to have this level, it is really amazing.

There were so many skilled craftsmen in ancient times!

The chisel blonde hairpin mentioned by the shopkeeper just now is really good, and this point did not fool him.

"Huh. What is it? Chen Xu looked at a piece of jewelry and asked. The jewelry he saw was a bit like a necklace, it looked like it was all around his neck, but it wasn't quite the same as what he had seen before.

"Objectively speaking, this is called Yingluo." The shopkeeper listened to Chen Xu's question and explained.

"Oh." Chen Xu nodded, he didn't know much about ancient jewelry, he hadn't seen much of this type of jewelry.

But it's not bad to give a necklace, I don't know if there are any sold here.

"Shopkeeper, is there any jewelry like Yingluo's hanging around the neck?" Chen Xu thought about it, then asked directly, and then gestured.

"Oh. I'll take a look. "The customer is God, and the shopkeeper listened patiently without showing impatience.

The shopkeeper brought a few more pieces of jewelry in boxes, including Yingluo and jewelry that resembled modern necklaces.

"How much does this cost?" Chen Xu picked up the jewelry that looked like a modern necklace and asked. The chain is made of bright silver silver, with a pale blue spar set in the middle, which looks exquisite and gorgeous.

"Ten consistently." The shopkeeper replied.

Then Chen Xu asked the price of the hairpin, the one that the shopkeeper had just enthusiastically introduced.

"Guest officer, this ten-dollar money."

"I bought these two." After Chen Xu finished speaking, he took out the money in his arms.

"Okay." The two things that the shopkeeper bought for Chen Xu took the box and carefully put it on.

Now that he had finished shopping, he turned around and left.

"Welcome to the next visit!" The shopkeeper's farewell.

No matter what the era, the people are eager for reunion and peace.

The lively scene on the street, Chen Xu was in it, and he also felt a kind of festival taste.

As the central axis of the capital, the imperial road has been renovated and expanded many times over the years, and now the distance between east and west is 200 steps, about 280 meters in modern times.

With the development of the times and the increasing prosperity of commerce, some restrictions have also been lifted on both sides of the royal road, allowing the establishment of merchant stores, except for special hours, there are controls, and other times are free to open.

As a result, it has become one of the most prosperous and lively places in the city.

Chen Xu pulled the third sister to look while walking, and at this time, suddenly from the arm, the third sister's footsteps slowed down.

He looked back and saw the third sister's eyes looking at a shop.

The owner of the shop shouted: "Sell moon cakes!" Fragrant and sweet golden mooncakes! ……”

Perhaps it was the shopkeeper's hard shouting that attracted a lot of customers, and there were a lot of people around the container.

"Want to eat mooncakes?" Chen Xu asked with a smile.

He touched the third sister's hair and took her to buy a moon cake.

The mooncakes are golden and buttery, flat and plump, round, and filled with ghee and sugar.

Chen Xu took a bite of the moon cake, nodded and praised: "The moon cakes in this shop are good."

"How's it going, is it delicious?" Chen Xu asked.

"Hmm. Delicious. The third sister looked at him and replied softly. Maybe it's because she used to not have enough to eat, and every time she cooks on the table, she buries her head in eating and eats cleanly.

After shopping, Chen Xu took his third sister for an aimless stroll, and was about to go home, when he saw a circle of people at an intersection in front of him.

Regardless of the era, people always like to watch the excitement.

I saw a large group of people making a lot of noise, holding up paper flags with some big characters written on them, and the direction they walked was to the imperial city north of the Bianhe Bridge.

Like a demonstration, Chen Xu had this idea in his mind.

Sure enough, I heard it.

"The people of Qinzhou have been suffering for a long time, and Wanwang Wangshi will relieve the people of the upside down!" "Shu has made the people of Qinzhou miserable, the people are in a fiery situation, everyone can't survive, please send a general to take back Qinzhou!" "Qinzhou was originally the land of the Great Wei, and the people missed their homeland ......"

This group of people looked like they were dusty, and they looked like they were having big bags and small bags, not like they were putting on a show, listening to their shouts, they should be people from Qinzhou.

Chen Xu said secretly.

Such a large group of people swaggering on the royal road, the government doesn't care? No one stopped or asked.

Chen Xu didn't believe such a big move, and the government didn't know anything about it until now.

There must be someone behind the scenes to instruct and promote, otherwise a group of ordinary people would have been arrested by the people of the government and yamen for no reason to demonstrate without the permission of the imperial court.