"The eldest is six years old, and the youngest is four years old." Duan Jie replied very carefully.

Wei Youde asked again: "Boy or girl?" ”

Duan Jie said: "Two daughters. ”

"Oh, two daughters!"

Wei Youde said again: "You wait a while, I'll go back." ”

Wei Youde turned around and went back to the inner courtyard, and after a while, he came out again, holding a bamboo basket with a lid in one hand, and a small red lacquered wooden box in the other.

Pomegranate carried a bowl of herbal tea and a few pieces of sliced chilled watermelon, followed Wei Youde out, put down the tea bowl and watermelon plate, and she retreated behind Wei Youde with the empty tray.

"What is this?"

Duan Jie pointed to the bamboo basket that Wei Youde put on the table, and he didn't know what kind of toy it was.

Wei Youde opened the lid on the basket and took out the small buckets, shovels, rakes and other things inside, "This is a tool for playing with soil, this is suitable for children from two to six years old, of course, children over six years old also like to play with such toys."

This toy can train the hands-on ability of the little ones and can also boost their imagination and help children's intellectual development. He said.

Duan Jie picked up a shovel and looked at it, a wooden shovel, the workmanship was very exquisite, and it was also lacquered, and the handle was also wrapped in silver, which was engraved with auspicious patterns.

He pointed to the small box again and said, "What's that toy in there?" ”

Wei Youde opened the box and took out the contents of the house, and said: "This is the main thing we sell in our shop, this is called building blocks, which is suitable for children over four years old; A lot of adults also like to play with this toy. ”

Wei Youde pulled out a chair and sat down, picked up the beautifully made building blocks and built the house.

Duan Jie also looked at the building blocks piece by piece, and after looking at a few pieces, he leaned back in the chair, looked at Wei Youde, and watched him put together those carved wooden blocks to form a two-story house.

"Interesting!"

Wei Youde removed the roof and added another layer on it, "This is the best toy we sell, and the young lady likes to play with it,......"

Duan Jie interrupted him and said, "Who bought it?" How old is the person who bought it? ”

Wei Youde heard him ask like this, and knew that he wanted to know who bought it, and judged whether he would follow the trend and buy one back.

Wei Youde immediately told Duan Jie who had bought such building blocks from several princes and county lords of the palace, and the young ladies and young masters in the families of several first assistants.

Duan Jie smiled and listened to Wei Youde's words, he thought he was surprised, he didn't think that such an inconspicuous little thing would actually enter the mansion of a high-ranking family, and he never thought about selling it to ordinary customers.

"How much silver is a box of this block?" Duan Jie asked.

Wei Youde pointed to the building blocks and said, "This is one hundred and sixty taels of silver, and the toys in that basket are thirty-two taels of silver." ”

"Is it so expensive?!"

Duan Jie looked back and forth at the two toys, looked up at Wei Youde and said, "These are all things that children play with, are there any adults playing with them?" ”

Wei Youde wanted to say that these adults can also have a good time, but he saw that Duan Jie didn't try to play by himself from beginning to end, so he didn't say much, but got up and turned his head to Pomegranate and said, "There is Miss Lao." ”

Pomegranate nodded and turned back to the backyard.

Duan Jie stayed on the back of the pomegranate, what is the identity of this girl? A shopkeeper actually has two respects for her.

Duan Jie and Wei Youde gossiped, asked his name, had been a shopkeeper for a few years, where was the shopkeeper earlier, and finally asked who Pomegranate was.

Wei Youde put away the building blocks and put them in the box, put the small buckets and shovels in the basket, and when he asked, he said his name and where he was doing things before.

Wei Youde estimated that the pomegranate was coming, and said: "The pomegranate girl is the eldest girl next to our young lady, and she is here to help our young lady do things." ”

Pomegranate came out with a box of checkers, and a box of pokers in one hand, she walked to Duan Jie and sat down, putting down the things in her hand, "There are two kinds here, I don't know which one the guest officer wants to play first?" She said.

Duan Jie looked at the checkers that looked like a food box, I don't know what it was, the box was very good, the lid of the box was engraved with the pattern of a rich peony, and the red patent leather was shining with a thief's light, and he knew that it was made by fine craftsmanship when he looked at it.

The one next to it is very ordinary, a small wooden box the size of a palm, unpainted, and it is not worth a few taels of silver when it looks like it.

Duan Jie pointed to the checkers and looked at the pomegranate and said, "This, what is this?" ”

"It's checkers, chess pieces made from six gems.

This checkers can be played by two people or by three people, up to a maximum of six people. ”

Pomegranate opened the lid of the box, took two colored chess pieces, placed them on the corners of the east and west, and first demonstrated himself and played a game with himself.

During the course, he also explained the rules of chess and the skills of chess.

Duan Jie looked at the chessboard full of holes and the triangle with the jewels next to him, the corners of his mouth inadvertently rose, and when he saw the pomegranate put ten sapphire beads on the holes, he couldn't laugh.

It turned out that the holes were for the orb.

Watching Pomegranate play chess and listening to her explanation, Duan Jie also fell into thought, thinking about what to do next.

"Would you like to give it a try?"

Pomegranate rearranged the chess pieces and turned the checkers around half a circle, so that one of the chess pieces was in front of Duan Jie.

"Okay, girl, please."

Pomegranate was not polite either, and made a move first.

Duan Jie played chess very seriously, and it took half an hour to finish the game.

Pomegranate lost by five moves.

Duan Jie leaned into the chair, looked at the pomegranate and asked, "How much does this checkers cost for a box?" ”

"Eight hundred and eighty taels of silver for a box."

Duan Jie pointed to the poker on the side again and asked what it was? How to play and how much is a box?

Pomegranate opened the box containing the poker and poured out the playing cards, "This is called poker, five taels of silver a box, if you buy checkers, this will be given to you." She said.

Duan Jie was about to ask her how to play poker, but the entourage behind him reminded her that it was not too early and it was time to go back.

Duan Jie looked back at the sky outside, turned around and came back and said to Wei Youde that he had bought it all, and calculated a total of one thousand and seventy-two taels of silver.

Duan Jie paid the money, let the entourage hold a few toys, and went home out of the happy house.

Seeing Duan Jie away, Wei Youde turned around and said with a smile: "It's open again today, let's have something good to eat at night, right?" ”

Pomegranate said: "Every time it opens, you have to eat it well, and you will eat up the silver of the third lady." ”

Although she said this, she turned around and asked Deng Jie to go to the restaurant, find the dishes she hadn't eaten, buy a few and come back, and everyone would try it together.

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