Early in the morning, Tang Xiu was still lying in bed and didn't get up, and Yu Younian, the owner and big shopkeeper of Jingcizhai, rushed over in a hurry.

In fact, not only today, since they made all the dentures that Tang Xiu needed two days ago and sent them to the Tang Mansion, Yu Younian has become a frequent visitor to the Tang Mansion, and he has to come over every now and then to investigate.

"First lead him to Mrs. Tai, and let him talk with Mrs. Tai for a while."

Getting up from the bed, Tang Xiu put on his clothes unhurriedly, and said a word in a light voice to Tang Lu, who had always called him, after washing up, he sat in the small hall and ate breakfast slowly, without going out to meet him.

Yu Younian's mind Tang Xiu has always been very clear, he still wanted to hang first, don't let him think that this matter is simple, and he will have more chips when bargaining in the future, so as not to ask for too high a price when he gets it, Yu Younian will feel unbalanced in his heart.

But the frequent visits in the past two days made Tang Xiu very annoyed, and it felt very bad to be woken up every morning when he was sleeping lazy, and every time Tang Xiu had an urge to get up and beat people.

Since he wants it, then fulfill him, and think of it as spending money to buy tranquility.

Drinking delicious gruel and eating delicious side dishes, Tang Xiu thought carefully about this hammer deal with Yu Younian in his heart, hoping that after a while, this hammer would go down, and Yu Younian would not vomit blood.

"Shopkeeper Yu, slow down, you are so rampage, it doesn't matter if you hit yourself, but what if you damage the flowers and plants in the house?"

This is Tang Lu's voice, this kid is becoming more and more unruly, but hearing Tang Lu's ridicule of Yu Younian's words, Tang Xiu's mood instantly changed a lot.

In the end, he is a personal servant who knows the roots, and he knows the mind of their young master.

Tang Xiu put down the dishes and chopsticks, picked up the silk scarf at hand, wiped the rice stains on the corner of his mouth, and slowly raised his head to look out of the door.

Yu Younian rushed in from outside the courtyard gate like crazy, his little short legs ran fast, and the expression on his face was a little hideous with joy, and he came to Tang Xiu with a gust of wind.

"I didn't ...... Unexpectedly, Brother Tang would ...... And it did! ”

Standing at the edge of the table, pressing his hands on the corner of the table, Yu Younian panted and looked at Tang Xiu with an excited face. is quite old, but he still shamelessly calls Tang Xiu his brother.

"The shape is neat, the fit is true, and more importantly, there is no obstacle to eating, even the most difficult watermelon seeds in the Western Regions can be easily opened, which is magical!"

"Watermelon seeds?" Tang Xiu couldn't help but turn his head to look at Tang Lu who was following behind, when did there be watermelon seeds in the house? Also, Was there a watermelon in the Tang Dynasty?

Understanding what Tang Xiu meant, Tang Lu replied softly: "It was brought with him by the shopkeeper Yu when he came, and there were not many in total, but Mrs. Tai liked it very much." ”

"Go, ask Mrs. Tai for a few grains, let me see!"

Waving his hand at Tang Lu, Tang Xiu was a little excited in his heart, watermelons, especially those grown under the watering of the space spring, have always been Tang Xiu's favorite among all fruits, and he originally thought that if he wanted to eat watermelons again in the Tang Dynasty, he would have to spend a lot of effort to explore and search, but he didn't want to send it to the door by himself now.

"No need, there are still a few more on my brother's body." Stretching out his hand to stop Tang Lu, Yu Younian took out a handful of about twenty yellow-brown watermelon seeds from his arms and put them on the table, "Although these watermelon seeds are rare, if my brother likes it, I can get a lot more for my brother." ”

Yu Younian's mind was obviously not on this watermelon seed, he was more concerned about the pair of dentures in the mouth of the old lady he saw just now, and put the melon seeds on the table, Yu Younian hurriedly asked: "I don't know when the old brother will have time to create a pair of usable teeth for Jia Yanye?" ”

"No hurry, no hurry."

Tang Xiu's attention was all focused on the watermelon seeds on the table, picked up a few and put them in his hand to take a closer look, there was no doubt that they were watermelon seeds, but these melon seeds seemed to have been fried, and they had lost their vitality and had no possibility of planting.

Put it in your mouth and knock it lightly, the skin is slightly salty, the seeds are crisp, and it is cooked.

"It's a pity that it's all fried!"

Gently throwing the remaining melon seeds in his hand on the table, Tang Xiu looked disappointed.

"Brother, don't care if it's cooked or raw, let's talk about dentures first, okay?" Seeing that Tang Xiu was still lacking in interest, Yu Younian said: "If you give birth to melon seeds, there are still some in my brother's house, if my brother likes it, I will send it to my brother when I turn around, now let's talk about the dentures first?" ”

"Oh?" Tang Xiu's eyebrows raised: "Shopkeeper Yu still has raw watermelon seeds?" ”

Yu Younian was completely defeated by Tang Xiu, and the focus he had always emphasized was whether dentures were good or not, what raw watermelon seeds were ripe watermelon seeds or something, were they really that heavy?

"Yes." Yu Younian tried his best to calm down, although he didn't know why Tang Xiu was so interested in watermelon seeds, but he knew that if he couldn't satisfy Tang Xiu's curiosity today, it was estimated that Tang Xiu wouldn't satisfy his curiosity about dentures.

"Jing Porcelain Zhai has been established for more than 100 years, and there is some business abroad, and these watermelon seeds are brought back by the guy in the store when he went to the Western Regions to sell porcelain."

"In fact, I originally brought a big and sweet watermelon that was a specialty of the Western Regions, thinking about how to sell it at a good price when I came back, but halfway through, the watermelon began to show signs of deterioration, and what is even more sad is that the location they were in was very desolate at that time, and there was no market house within a radius of hundreds of miles, so those guys had to eat the melon themselves, and only brought some watermelon seeds back."

Speaking of this, Yu Younian felt a little bitter in his heart, if he knew that watermelons could not last for a long time, he would not let those guys transport so many watermelons back at once.

In the final analysis, he only blamed himself for his greed, only knew that watermelons were precious and were rare tributes, but he didn't know that the countries of the Western Regions were all sent to Chang'an day and night when they paid tribute to watermelons.

Tang Xiu nodded in understanding, although he was a little stupid, but the idea of buying and selling was good, the only pity was that they didn't have trains, cars and other means of transportation, so they couldn't transport them back in good condition within the shelf life of the watermelons.

However, Tang Xiu is most concerned about the whereabouts of those watermelon seeds now.

"If my brother wants those raw melon seeds to grow for himself, I advise my brother to stop as soon as possible." Yu Younian glanced at Tang Xiu and kindly reminded: "Brother Wei also found someone to try to plant it at this time last year, but although it really produced a watermelon, the size of the watermelon is really pitiful, and more importantly, it is not sweet at all!" ”

"This time last year?"

Tang Xiu smiled dumbly, of course you can grow watermelons in March and April, but it is in the Western Regions, the climate and environment are different, and the planting time will naturally be different, anyway, here in Taiyuan, in the absence of greenhouses and mulch protection, it is already good to be able to produce watermelons, as for the taste of watermelons, then don't count on it, the temperature is not enough, the sugar accumulated in watermelons is insufficient, how can it be sweet?

"So, Shopkeeper Yu fried all the remaining melon seeds?"

"Hmm." Yu Younian nodded: "I fried most of it, and left some to try it again this year, but I ignored it as soon as I got busy, if my brother wants it, all the rest will be given to my brother!" ”

"In this way, the little brother will be disrespectful!" Tang Xiu was not polite at all and smiled, and then looked at Yu Younian with a smile and said, "I think now, we can talk about dentures." ”

ps: Watermelon was also known as cold melon in the Tang Dynasty, and the name watermelon is subject to the name for writing and reading convenience. In addition, by the way, I will ask for favorites and recommendations......

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