As soon as he poured it into the bowl, the worker urged outside the room, "Go away, the steward is coming up." ”

Qiao Su hurriedly picked up two bowls of noodles and left the room.

She didn't dare to go too fast, for fear that the soup would be spilled, but the wall of the bowl was as hot as fire, and her temples jumped suddenly in pain, and she ran back to the cabin with gritted teeth, and as soon as she entered, she said, "Hurry up and take it, it's burning me!" ”

A pair of big hands took the two bowls of noodles, Qiao Su looked down and saw that Qin Shen had woken up at some point and was redressing his wounds.

"Is your wound healing? Does it still hurt? ”

"I'll leave you." Qin Shen lowered his eyes and suddenly said this.

"Where can I go, and leave you alone?" Qiao Su didn't think much about it, desperately rubbed his hands that were burned red, and inhaled the cold air in pain, "Eat quickly, there is a bowl of Wang Daxia's, the humidity in this place is too heavy, and I can't stand it if I stay for a long time." ”

Wang Baiyu came to his senses as soon as he heard this, crawled to Qiao Su's side to look at the bowl of noodles, swallowed his saliva spinelessly, but quickly frowned again, "How do you let me eat?" Eating with your hands? ”

The smile on Josu's face froze, and she ran in a hurry and forgot to take her chopsticks.

Click-

Qin Shen broke off a long strip of wood from the wooden box, and with force between his index finger and middle finger, the wooden strip was broken in half, and then rubbed off the wooden thorns with each other, it was a pair of chopsticks, he handed one pair to Wang Baiyu, and the other pair to Qiao Su.

"It's made for you to eat." Josu shook her head.

Qin Shen grabbed her hand and didn't let go, and the cold palm rubbed back and forth against the hot place of her palm, numb, it didn't hurt so much.

"I can't hold the chopsticks with cold hands, it's warm." Qin Shen's voice didn't fluctuate.

Qiao Su paused, then "snapped" Qin Shen's hand in the middle, rubbed his slender fingers back and forth, and said with a smile: "My hands are hot, give you warmth." I said this place is not good, it is cloudy and cold. ”

Wang Baiyu gobbled it up, rolled her eyes at her, and buried her face in the bowl again.

"What kind of noodles is this, you made it out of safflower? I've never eaten it, it's so delicious! ”

"It's called cross-bridge rice noodles." As Qiao Su answered her, she took out the steamed bun from her bosom and placed it next to the two brothers' baggage, and she didn't know where they had gone.

"It is said that the wife wanted to bring food to her husband, but the rice was cold when she crossed the bridge, so she invented the red oil to lock the temperature, and it would not be cold when crossing the bridge, so she took this name."

After hearing this, Wang Baiyu was thoughtful, his eyes swirled back and forth on the two of them, and said with a smile: "Your husband and wife are really affectionate." ”

Qiao Su was stunned, rubbed his nose and blushed and said, "He is my family, of course I am good to him." ”

Qin Shen didn't speak, the dim oil lamp reflected his handsome face, and the corners of his lips hooked up a beautiful arc.

"By the way, Wang Daxia, do you know where this kind of safflower is produced the most?" Josu asked her, pointing to the peppers on the ground.

"This is our Shunzhou flower, big families use it for decoration, and some people eat it, but it's not as delicious as what you make."

Qiao Su nodded thoughtfully, and fell silent after listening.

It seems that Shunzhou is a place rich in chili peppers, but she remembers that the steward said that the ship departed from Shunzhou and went all the way north, so can her money pay for the journey back to Shunzhou?

She didn't know how much silver the pearl necklace could sell for, what the consumption level was in various places, and what the housing prices were.

"Wang Daxia, I see that you are well-informed, why don't you help me see, how much silver is my pearl necklace worth?" As he spoke, Qiao Su took out the necklace from his arms and handed it over.

Qin Shen held the noodle bowl, raised his eyes and glanced at it, but did not speak.

Wang Baiyu carefully held the necklace in both hands and carefully examined it, but after a while, she said: "Each of these pearls is round, I estimate, it is worth a thousand taels!" ”

Not only Qiao Su, but even Qin Shen was taken aback.

Soon, Wang Baiyu touched his hair and said, "I guessed blindly, my pearl necklaces are as round as this one, they must be valuable!" ”

Qiao Su took back the necklace with tears and laughter, only to think that this girl was a little cute.

She slept in the cabin for a few hours, during which Qin Shen seemed to have changed the medicine, and in a trance, a faint smell of blood wafted into her nose, and Qiao Su whispered softly in her sleep: "I'm sorry, I won't bandage-"

Qin Shen, who was dressed, was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly, grabbed her body, let her lean on her thick shoulder, and whispered, "I don't hurt, forgive you." ”

Wang Baiyu, who was not yet married, looked at the two of them, you and me, her face was so hot that she got up and went outside the cabin to breathe, Qin Shen didn't know what to think, and called her softly.

"Wang Daxia, can you bring some pen and paper back?"

"What do you want those? Are you literate as a countryman? ”

"Naturally useful."

The merchant ship departed from Shunzhou all the way north, and will dock at five wharves, more than ten states and counties, and the first thing Qiao Su did when he woke up was to go to the steward and inquire about the situation in each state and county along the way.

"What's wrong with you? Listen to it, and I'll help you. Qin Shen helped her remove the straw on her skirt and looked up to ask her.

"You can recuperate with peace of mind, I will take care of it, rest assured!" Qiao Su was a person who couldn't hide her thoughts, but in order to reassure Qin Shen, she forced a smile, patted Qin Shen's shoulder and left.

Qin Shen pondered for a moment, took out a pen and paper from behind him, and wrote something by the light of the oil lamp.

It was already noon when Josu boarded the deck, and the steward was directing the workers to cast nets to fish, and when he heard that Josu was going to ask about the pearl necklace, the steward immediately became interested and pulled her into the corridor to talk.

Qiao Su took the pearl necklace and hung him, first asked about the situation of the various docks along the way, the consumption level, and finally mentioned the necklace, and the steward immediately stretched out five fingers and said, "Why don't I pay five taels, and you sell the remaining two necklaces to me." ”

Qiao Su immediately became vigilant in his heart.

The voyage lasted about ten days, and the boat fare and food alone amounted to a few taels of silver, and this man's bid was simple, which proved that there was water in it, and bullied her for not knowing the goods.

So if she goes to the pawnshop, will she also be deceived by the pawnshop shopkeeper?

"My chain is ancestral, my mother said it is worth thousands of taels, don't lie to me."

"Joke, how is that possible!" The steward smiled contemptuously, but there was a little more weakness in his eyes, "Why don't I pay ten taels and you sell it to me?" ”

Qiao Su smiled, stretched out five fingers and said to him: "Why don't you take me to meet the owner of this ship, Shopkeeper Ge, he is well-informed, if he is willing to ask for my necklace, I will give you ten taels of silver." Anyway, you've already taken one, and you won't lose it. ”

The steward swallowed, thinking that her words made sense, and thought of a way to introduce her to the upper cabin.

When Qiao Su boarded the ship last night, he heard that this shopkeeper Ge was from Shunzhou and was engaged in maritime trade, so he must know whether the pearl necklace was worth anything.