Chapter Fifty-Eight: Guan Pu
Just when the father and daughter of the Wen family hesitated to go in, Sun Dalang's daughter-in-law Xiao Qian happened to go out to pour water, and when she saw the father and daughter standing outside the door, she hurriedly greeted them, smiled and said two auspicious words, and welcomed them in.
The movement outside came into the house, and as soon as the voice stopped, Sun Heping and Li Niangzi also looked over.
"Uncle Sun, Lady Sun has an auspicious New Year, Wishing you prosperity."
"Hey, borrow your auspicious words, I haven't seen you for half a month, A-Ning girl is really getting more and more prominent, and he doesn't know which bastard he is cheaper in the future." Mrs. Li said with a smile.
This boast is also sincere, Wen Shu is good-looking, although it is not a country and a city, but he is smart and beautiful, with a slightly baby fat face, a pair of round apricot eyes, like a reflection of a clear spring, clear and moist and extremely clever, looking at you is like talking, and laughing is like a crescent moon.
In addition, today is the New Year, Wenshu is not as casual and rough as she usually wears, the crimson short coat and small jacket with the begonia red skirt are like the peach blossoms that bloom quietly in spring, bright and moving.
Another woman and boy seated in the hall also lit up.
"Who is this?" The woman with the loud voice asked aloud.
Mrs. Li was stunned and coughed lightly: "The neighbors in the same lane, Shopkeeper Wen and Little Lady Wen." ”
At this time, Sun Heping also introduced: "Brother Wentai, this is my second sister-in-law and nephew Sun Xing, who rushed over from my hometown two days ago, my second brother caught a cold two days ago, and now he is resting in the west chamber with some dizziness, and I will introduce you to you another day." ”
Wentai nodded, and then said goodbye: "The New Year has also passed, since the eldest brother's house has guests, then I will go back first, when I am free, and then bring the second brother and sister-in-law to sit at home." ”
"Definitely, definitely."
After the father and daughter of the Wen family left, the woman immediately asked Mrs. Li to ask, what is the name of this little lady? How old is this year? Did you promise someone?
Whoever could be asked, he asked everything.
Mrs. Li is a person who came over, and when she heard this question, she didn't understand, so she glanced at Sun Xing, who was sitting at the bottom, and saw that he also looked over fixedly, and couldn't help but be a little funny.
The questions asked by Sun Xingniang are not private, so they are not asking her, they can find someone in the alley and find out, because Li Niangzi did not hide it, and said it 1510.
When the woman heard that there was no one allowed, her eyes lit up, and then she heard that this little lady had been to the school and could read, so she was even more satisfied, and subconsciously looked at her son.
Sun Xing was very happy when he heard that the little lady just now was also literate.
When the woman saw that there was a door, her mind suddenly became active, but after thinking about it, she pressed the matter again. Anyway, their family is going to live in the city for a long time in the future, and some of them have time to investigate, so they only smiled and praised Wen Shu a few words.
Li Niangzi didn't care, she knew what kind of character this concubine in her family was, although she hadn't seen her for nearly ten years, but it was difficult to change a character that had been formed.
Don't look at her looking at Wen Shu now, when she knows that the Wen family is a longevity material, and the Wen family only has such a daughter, after she may have to recruit in the future, this idea will disappear completely, and she will even turn around and despise it.
Wen Shu didn't know anything about the Sun family, and she didn't know that the strange woman of the Sun family was very interested in her, and at the moment she was shopping with Wen Tai, because from today there will be three days of shut-off activities on the street, and she also wants to try her luck to see if she can be big with a small one.
Gambling was strictly forbidden in the Great Song Dynasty, but every three major festivals of the Yuan Day, the winter solstice, and the cold food would be open for three days.
Its specific play is: when the buyer takes a fancy to a product, and chooses to close the transaction, the merchant will open a bet amount and win conditions equivalent to the price of the product, the most common way to stipulate the winning conditions is to toss a set of copper coins to get a specific combination, if the buyer wins, get back the bet and get the goods for free, otherwise the bet belongs to the seller.
There are big and small things to sell, from gold, silver and jewelry, to rare beauties, to needles and threads.
Wen Shu didn't have the heart to buy any treasures, all he thought about was some everyday things, and as soon as the father and daughter turned onto Xizi Street, they saw that many shops on both sides were crowded, and sighs and exclamations came from time to time.
In front of a small stall selling sugar cakes in front of the left, there are two women, an old man and a young woman, the younger one is shaking the copper coins in her palms with her hands together, and after a while, she throws the three copper coins in her hands on the stall.
Two positives and one negative, lost!
The stall owner happily accepted the Wuwen deposit on the side, and said with a smile: "The little lady wants to play another game?" ”
The girl said angrily: "I'm not coming, I lost twice after playing, and with this money, I can buy two white sugar cakes." ”
The stall owner was not angry, and still said happily: "Then the little lady wants to bring some sugar cakes back to eat?" ”
"No need." The girl angrily dragged the older woman to the stall selling flowers on the opposite side.
The stall owner shook his head and smiled, the father and daughter watched for a while, and Wentai asked, "Do you want to try it too?" ”
Wen Shu shook his head: "I don't want to eat white sugar cakes." ”
"Then go see the head flower?"
Wen Shu thought about it and nodded, but they didn't go to the stall where the two mothers and daughters went just now, but went to the stall on the right hand side nearby.
The stall was a woman in her early thirties, and when she saw them coming, she greeted them with a smile: "The little lady wants to buy hairpins, and I have the most fashionable ones here, and I sold a lot of them a few years ago." ”
Wen Shu didn't speak, his eyes quickly swept over the stall, the stall owner didn't tell a lie, most of the flowers and hairpins on the stall were delicate and novel, and they didn't look like styles that could be seen everywhere.
After a while, she pointed to an emerald green butterfly hairpin inlaid with broken jade and asked, "How can this be sold?" ”
"Does the little lady buy it ordinarily, or do you buy it?"
"What is the price of ordinary buying, and what are the rules for buying?"
"Ordinary buying, eighty wen a non-counteroffer, selling, gambling deposit fifty wen, I give the little lady five copper coins, if the little lady throws down, all the copper coins are positive or all negative, all of them are counted as the little lady wins, on the contrary, if there is a flower, then the slave wins, fifty wen bet money is mine."
Wen Shu nodded, a little hesitant, whether the hairpin is hairpin or not, she actually doesn't care, the reason why she wants to buy this hairpin is because Wang Ling's birthday is coming.
Every year on her birthday, Wang Ling will personally make a box of rouge for her, and she mostly returns to eat, but she always sends food and she feels uncomfortable, so she wants to change her tricks this year.
A single purchase is 80 yuan, although the price is expensive but real, and the price of buying seems to be low, but the risk is extremely high, one is not good, it will lose 50 yuan in vain.