Chapter 374: Buying Charcoal
This small gathering can be said to be a joy and joy for the guests and hosts. What is a little unbeautiful is that just after lunch, the palace happened to come to the queen mother's decree, announcing that the old man of Yunhai entered the palace to give a lecture.
The holy order cannot be violated, the old man of Yunhai sighed, said a few words to Jiang Yunshan, and went into the palace.
Pei Yuze calmly took over the hospitality, and Jiang Yunshan led Jiang Baoqing and them to sit for a while before saying goodbye.
When he was sent out of the door, Pei Yuze called out to Jiang Yunshan leisurely: "Little junior brother...... As the teacher gets older, he loves family reunions more and more, and if he has time in the future, he will bring your younger siblings to the teacher's house to sit down. ”
Jiang Yunshan nodded: "Senior brother is right, I wrote it down." ”
Pei Yuze's eyes fell on Jiang Baoqing, and he smiled slightly: "Sister of the Jiang family, I will often come to play in the future." ”
Jiang Baoqing responded.
When he returned home, Jiang Baoqing led Jiang Qing and Liao Chunyu to take a closer look at the gift list given by the old man Yunhai, and found that the carriage meeting gift given by the old man Yunhai was mostly food, clothing, housing and transportation, which were both exquisite and practical, and it was extremely attentive at first glance, and Jiang Yunshan was more and more grateful for the loving heart of his teacher.
Also because of the generosity of the old man Yunhai, Jiang Qing and Liao Chunyu's study utensils and utensils also came to change blood, and when Mrs. Wen came to teach the next day, she smiled when she looked at the pen wash of the ink plum branches.
"It seems that Mr. Zhu really values you," Mrs. Wen pointed to the pen wash of the ink plum and said with a smile, "This wash is a good thing for some years, when I went to Mr. Zhu's house with my husband as a guest, I also saw this thing in Mr. Zhu's study." Mr. Zhu cherished it very much. Now I see this thing again, and in a few decades, this thing is still the same as yesterday. As she spoke, Mrs. Wen seemed to think of her deceased husband, and a touch of melancholy flashed across her expression.
Zhu is the surname of the old man of Yunhai. Jiang Baoqing was originally adding charcoal to the side, but when he saw Mrs. Wen's lonely expression, he changed the topic: "...... Speaking of which, sir, how is your leg lately? ”
Speaking of this, Mrs. Wen smiled: "I want to thank you very much, the medicine you prescribed is very effective, not only did the legs and feet hurt in the past, but in winter, the legs and feet often had chills, even if the warm room could not cure this problem." After using your medicine, the pain has been greatly relieved, and the cold legs and feet are gone. In the end, Mrs. Wen smiled and sighed, "Baoqing, I want to thank you very much. ”
"Sir is polite," Jiang Baoqing said with a smile, "Mr. Dade, I am willing to teach my younger brothers and sisters to read and learn etiquette, I just happened to meet him." ”
"It can be seen that Aqing and Chunyu are an opportunity given to me by God." Mrs. Wen laughed.
Liao Chunyu interjected on the side: "Sir, can I write less homework on this 'chance'?" ”
Mrs. Wen smiled: "No." Also, Chunyu, two of your big characters were a little scribbled yesterday, and you need to make up two more today. ”
Liao Chunyu let out a scream.
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The weather is getting colder and colder, and there have been several snowfalls in a row a few days ago, and the charcoal fire at home is a little insufficient. On this day, Jiang Baoqing brought some silver and prepared to go to the torch shop to buy some charcoal.
Because Jiang Qing and Liao Chunyu followed Mrs. Wen to study in the small study, Jiang Baoqing was unwilling to let the fireworks smoke the eyes of the two children, and the charcoal used was all good smokeless silver frost charcoal. This is a rarity for the fire shop, the inventory is not much, Jiang Baoqing went to the four fire shops in a row and ran out of stock.
Fortunately, the hard work paid off, and in a torch shop near the center of the capital, Jiang Baoqing finally found smokeless silver frost charcoal.
It's just that the silver frost charcoal is also graded, divided into ordinary, high-quality, and superb. Most of the silver frost charcoal sold in this burner shop with Zhang's plaque is of ordinary quality, and there are not many high-quality left, and there are also the best, but there are only seven or eight baskets left.
Jiang Baoqing is a little rich woman at the moment, but she is not extravagant, and naturally she will not have to buy the best silver frost charcoal with a strange fragrance.
Jiang Baoqing rummaged through the basket of ordinary silver frost charcoal that was placed in the store as a sample.
It's just that as soon as I started it, I noticed that the so-called "ordinary quality" silver frost charcoal in this store is not very good, and it looks very dry on the surface, but there is still a slight dampness on the back, and when it burns, there will still be some smoke.
probably saw Jiang Baoqing frowning there, and the second junior who ran to the hall came over attentively: "This son, but you want to buy charcoal?" Our silver frost charcoal, it is all delivered to the people over there in Fengpingmen. Saying that, Xiao Er lowered his voice mysteriously, "It's just that a group of officials went down last year, and they ordered this charcoal last year, and they can't ask for it at this time this year, so that's what is left." We don't sell it expensive, such a big basket is only seven cents of silver. It's not me saying that you want to buy it, but you have to hurry! Otherwise, there won't be any of these left! ”
Jiang Baoqing smiled slightly, and was not bewitched by Xiao Er's rhetoric. This silver frost charcoal is indeed cheaper than the one outside, but it looks relatively small, not to mention that the quality is not so satisfactory.
Jiang Baoqing's eyes looked at the high-quality silver frost charcoal again, and reached into the basket and touched it, it was indeed better than the ordinary one, dry and refreshing, and the two children could use their eyes more easily when they read - the charcoal burned these days was already good, but there was a little bit of fireworks, but Jiang Baoqing noticed that Liao Chunyu had been rubbing his eyes, and after reading for a long time, his eyes were as red as rabbits. He seems to be the kind of physique that is extremely sensitive to the smoke of charcoal fire.
The shopkeeper is very good at observing words and feelings, seeing that Jiang Baoqing seems to be more satisfied with this high-quality silver frost charcoal, he is busy and strongly recommends this high-quality silver frost charcoal, but Jiang Baoqing really doesn't like to listen to people's nagging, she stretched out her hand to stop the shopkeeper's tirade, and asked concisely: "How much?" ”
In fact, if he could, the shopkeeper didn't want to talk nonsense with customers, and they also liked customers like Jiang Baoqing very much. The shopkeeper stretched out a hand and flipped through it: "This basket costs one or two or three dollars of silver." ”
It's almost doubled.
However, in terms of the money spent, Jiang Baoqing didn't blink when he consumed.
"Let's come to the five baskets first," Jiang Baoqing reported another address, "Can it be delivered here?" ”
Such a simple business has been done, the shopkeeper is overjoyed, and nodded again and again: "This is your home, right?" Send it! …… Hey, I didn't say it, your family is in a very good location, every inch of land is expensive, son. ”
Jiang Baoqing smiled slightly, the location of this small mansion given to Jiang Yunshan by the old man of Yunhai was good, and she already knew it on the first day she came to the capital.
Jiang Baoqing paid the money, and when he was about to leave, a swaggering maid came in at the door, her eyes seemed to be on her nose, and her voice was very arrogant: "What about Xiao Er?" Thirty baskets of fine silver frost charcoal. ”