Chapter 50: Blessings and Misfortunes
With wild vegetables as food, Aunt Fang doesn't have to worry about not being able to open the pot for a while, but the weather is getting warmer day by day, and it's time for the children's clothes to change. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhu Qiming is easy to say, anyway, he looks like everything he wears, Xiaohong, Qing'er, and Xiaoju are still young, so they don't have to worry too much. It's just that Nianqing and Cui'er are about to become big girls, and they should have the dress of a big girl; And Daifuku and Xiaolong are tanned, and they wear shabby clothes, which are no different from calling Hanako, and they should also add a few decent clothes.
Aunt Fang urged Zhu Qiming to go to Xun's house to sell the two pairs of embroidery as soon as possible, but Zhu Qiming was reluctant to make the trip, so he persuaded: "Aunt Fang, you have been collecting it for more than ten years, it's a pity to sell it so cheaply!" It's better to embroider some new embroidery for sale. ”
"How?" Aunt Fang was embarrassed: "There is no embroidery frame, and there is no painter to provide patterns, so I can only make my own drawings and embroider some gadgets, which are worthless." ”
Zhu Qiming was helpless, so he hurried out of the door, walked not far, realized that he had forgotten to bring embroidery, and when he returned to the door, he suddenly felt goosebumps on his body, turned his head to look, and saw Ding Ergou staring at him with strange eyes over there, and there were two people who looked like servants around him, probably Hu Hai and Geng Da mentioned by Ding Ergou.
beat Ding Ergou that day, he must have been remembered by this prank, and he even recruited a servant because of this! Thinking of this, Zhu Qiming couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
At this moment, the familiar carriage of Miss Xun slowly galloped in, Ding Ergou and the others seemed to be quite jealous of the owner of the carriage, and after only a few moments, the three of them disappeared without a trace.
If it weren't for the coincidence, Zhu Qiming would probably never have seen a strange group so thoroughly in his life-Xu Servitude. However, at this moment his mind was no longer on the two servants, and the carriage that came slowly made him feel a little uneasy.
I wanted to go back to the room to take refuge, but I felt that I couldn't be so embarrassed, and when I hesitated, the carriage had already arrived in front of the door.
The carriage came to a slow stop, and the curtain was lifted, revealing a pretty face with disgust. "If you want to borrow books from my house again, you can't do it!"
Zhu Qiming was suddenly at a loss, and said secretly: It's obvious that she is pinching me, I didn't provoke her, and I plan to let a prince be her scholar and tea boy, she dares to think about it! Now it's as if she has been wronged, inexplicable!
However, no matter how angry you are, it is not advisable to turn your face openly, and you can't make trouble with borrowing books, otherwise, in this remote village, you can do nothing, and you will inevitably live like a year.
"If you don't dislike it, please go to the cold house and sit down." Zhu Qiming raised his hand very sincerely to invite.
"Humph!" The curtain snapped shut, and the carriage started.
The boundless wheat waves covered the distant car shadow, Zhu Qiming was like falling into the clouds for five miles, he didn't understand why a rich lady with an elegant appearance suddenly ignored the etiquette on her face, and turned her face faster than turning a book.
After a long time, he realized that the way to borrow books had been blocked, and Aunt Fang's dream of selling embroidery for a good price was also frustrated.
Maybe it all started with borrowing food, but is it really that important to her whether to borrow or not to borrow?
Zhu Qiming regretted a little, he was casual for a while, and he actually cut off Aunt Fang's food route, and also cut off her financial route, even if the whole family eats vegetables and swallows chaff, I am afraid that this spring famine will be difficult to pass.
But why was he so casual at that time? The heart was wrapped in this mystery, and there was a trace of trouble, which was endlessly entangled.
Desperately emptying those sudden distracting thoughts, his thoughts gradually fell on Aunt Fang's embroidery, and the memory was opened at this moment. Three years ago, he saw the Western Regions merchant group in the palace, half of the merchant group is from Yili Jiangli, half is from Samarkand, when the people of the Western Regions see the few Su embroidery embroideries in the Cunxin Palace, the eyes of admiration are unforgettable.
Nowadays, the coastal robbers, bandits are raging, the sea route is not smooth, and the land Silk Road is stuck in the throat by Wara, the precious embroidery of the Ming Dynasty is difficult to export, if there is a caravan from the Western Regions passing here, you can take out the two embroideries to ask them for a price.
Suddenly realizing that he was daydreaming, he slowly shook his head as if laughing at himself.
When his head shook to the west, he could not turn back.
A strangely shaped carriage, as well as the camel team and horse team behind the car, form a peculiar landscape, and the bells along the way bring a strong exotic atmosphere.
Zhu Qiming rubbed his eyes, and then raised his eyes, until he saw the figure on the hunchback and the horseback, he was convinced that what he saw was not a dream, and the team that appeared in front of him was a Samarkand caravan, and the clothes of the person who came were very consistent with his remaining memories.
His heart was beating faster, and a smile was rippling across his face. "Aunt Fang, quickly find those two embroideries!" Zhu Qiming ran into the house and grabbed Aunt Fang, who looked puzzled, and ran to the room.
"Tell the Xun family?" Aunt Fang skillfully opened the box, quickly flipped out the embroidery and handed it to Zhu Qiming.
Zhu Qiming only took the snow picture, ran outside the house, pasted the snow scene on the trunk of the tree, and watched it carefully. After looking at it, I suddenly felt that the snow scene under the strong light was even more amazing, and there seemed to be a charming breath coming to my face.
The ringing of bells and hooves stopped abruptly.
"Childe, can you show me your embroidery?" A woman's voice came, and the woman's Chinese was quite fluent, but with a heavier tone.
Son? Zhu Qiming felt that such a title was put on her head, which was nondescript and ridiculous, but as long as she was tempted by the snow scene, everything else could be ignored.
Zhu Qiming calmly handed the snow scene map to the person in the car. The people in the car wore something that looked like a scarf but not a scarf, like a crown but not a crown, and their blue eyes were projected on the embroidery through the white veil.
Several strangely dressed but kind-looking men got off their horses and gathered around the car, looking at the snow scene in surprise, all of them looking at the blank look. After a while, they began to discuss passionately, babbling endlessly, sometimes shaking their heads, sometimes showing slightly realized expressions.
In the end, the men seemed to reach a consensus and nodded at the woman in the car.
"Childe, is this embroidery for sale? If you sell, you make a price. The woman in the car was very kind.
Aunt Fang longed for this snow scene to be sold for a piece of silver, but now that she met the Samarkand merchant group, she had to multiply it fivefold! Thinking of this, Zhu Qiming stretched out a hand.
When the people of Samarkand saw this, they gathered around and exchanged ears.
At this time, Aunt Fang hurriedly walked over, "Xiao Ming, who are they?" ”
"Samarkand caravan." Zhu Qiming said casually. After saying that, he regretted it, he was worried that such a frank insight would make the Samarkand people and Aunt Fang suspicious.
Fortunately, the woman in the car only said "Childe is very knowledgeable", and hurriedly buried her head in the snow scene, while Aunt Fang was stunned there as if she had not heard it.
Suddenly, a puzzle flashed in Zhu Qiming's mind: Why did Aunt Fang ask the details of the two sons and three daughters she had newly recognized, but she never asked about her own life experience?
Before the doubts dissipated, the woman in the car said: "Okay, just fifty taels of silver!" ”
Fifty taels? Fifty taels! Zhu Qiming couldn't believe his ears, and turned his head to look at Aunt Fang, only to see her standing there stunned, as if she had lost her soul.
"Madam, you are not here, it is your son's price, if you are not satisfied, I can add another ten taels, not more." The woman in the car said.
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The sound of bells and hooves gradually faded away, and Aunt Fang was holding sixty taels of silver, her hands trembling.
She had never been richer than she was today, and she needed it so badly! With this money, she can easily lead her family through the spring famine, and if she saves a little, it is even enough to raise a large group of children!
Her hands trembled, and she accidentally dropped the silver on the ground.
At this moment, a vicious voice sounded not far away.
"Damn, this is Lao Tzu's silver!"