Bai Jiawang stood in the front hall and stopped for a moment, thinking for a moment, and then quickly kept up with the pace of everyone leaving the house.

"Madam, those Persian merchants have rented an inn in the downtown on the west side of the city, and I will go and make an appointment with them to the teahouse." Walking on the lively street, Steward Li approached the carriage and said.

Qin Ranran nodded and said, "Uncle Li, you can just look at it." ”

Steward Li said to Bai Jiawang, who was following him: "Mr. Bai, come with me, and by the way, I can also see the Persian style." ”

Bai Jiawang did not hesitate to give up his hand, indicating that he had no problem.

Qin Ranran lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the noisy scene outside, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but purses.

"Uncle Li, is it still far from the teahouse?" She asked.

Steward Li pointed to a Jiangnan-style building at the intersection in front of him and said, "It's there, remember Jiangnan." ”

Qin Ranran nodded, motioned for the carriage to stop, put on a cone, got out of the car, and said, "I'll take a walk around here, and I'll go directly to the teahouse to see them later." ”

Steward Li glanced at Lu Jiu and Lu Shi, and motioned to the two of them to protect Mrs. with his eyes, and then he arched his hand and said: "Then I will go with Mr. Bai first, Mrs. must not go to a place with many people, this Suzhou is not better than other places, the people are strong, and Mrs.'s safety is important." ”

On the way to Suzhou, Lu Jiu had already told her the specific situation of Suzhou in detail, especially the fierce customs of the people of Suzhou, who had to say it many times a day, and she could memorize it by herself.

She smiled and straightened her cone hat and said, "Uncle Li, I know, don't worry, I'll let Lu Jiulu follow me every step of the way." ”

After Steward Li and Bai Jiawang left, Qin Ranran stood on the street and looked left and right, and then walked slowly to the stall where a group of women wearing various colors gathered on the side of the road.

Lu Jiu and Lu Shi hurriedly followed, and the red sleeves followed closely by Qin Ranran's side, for fear that she would get separated by herself.

Qin Ranran stood on the side of the stall with few people, looking at the various delicate gadgets placed there.

The bronze and gem-inlaid mirror reflects the person clearly, which is much clearer than the bronze mirror.

The earrings and necklaces are also different from the style of Shangjing and Jinling, which are both gentle and lovely symbols of women with flowers and auspicious clouds, and are auspicious patterns.

The jewelry style of this Suzhou is rough, and it is rare to see small and delicate flowers, and some earrings are a pattern on the side, which looks very fresh.

"How do you sell this?" Qin Ranran picked up a forehead ornament on the stall, the turquoise was surrounded by a circle of ancient silver, strung with small gemstone beads of various colors, and a hairpin was worn at the end, fixing the forehead ornament to his hair.

"A tael of silver, if it's exchanged for something else, then I need to see your belongings." The woman at the stall replied in a broken Da Zhou dialect.

Qin Ranran was surprised in her heart, just this large piece of emerald could not be bought with a tael of silver in Shangjing, not to mention that there were small beads next to it.

She thought for a while, took out a bottle of hemostatic powder on her body and threw it over: "Look at this medicine, can you exchange it?" ”

The stall owner took the medicine bottle with his hands and feet, opened it and smelled it, his face was a little shocked, and he hurriedly stuffed the medicine bottle into his arms, took a large box of earrings and handed it over: "Pick two more pairs." ”

Seeing this, Qin Ranran knew in her heart that even if she picked two more earrings and added this forehead ornament, it was estimated that she would not be able to withstand the price of her bottle of medicine.

She smiled, took a pair of large triangular earrings made of thin gold tubes from the box, and took a pair of white glass beads with a polygonal shape pierced with gold wire, next to which were complex earrings made of thin gold bars into the shape of flower vines, and then welded into a complete floral frame, she raised the earrings in her hand to the stall owner, handed them to Lu Jiu, and motioned for her to put them away.

Seeing that she had picked these two, especially the first one, there were no gems on it at all, the stall owner hesitated for a moment, and said to Qin Ranran, who was just about to turn around and leave, "Wait." ”

Hearing this, Qin Ranran stopped, turned to look at her, she picked up the bronze mirror on the stall and threw it to Lu Jiu next to her: "This is also for you." ”

After that, the stall owner seemed to be much more relaxed, and he no longer bothered with Qin Ranran, but instead entertained other guests.

"Ah Jiu, remember this stall and see if you can cooperate in the future." Qin Ranran admonished Lu Jiu and continued to look elsewhere.

The patterns are complicated, the satin with strong colors, all kinds of rough gemstones, and even the whole big stone, many people gather there, pick and choose, muttering, some people are responsible for polishing the stones they picked out little by little, some people hold the stone headache and cry, and some people hold the stone and are ecstatic.

"What are they doing here?" Qin Ranran stood aside and watched for a while and asked.

Before Lu Jiu could speak, Lu Shi hurriedly said, "This is gambling on the original stone." The large pieces next to it are all rough stones that have not been opened, and it is completely up to luck to cut whether there is jade or not, and some people may make a fortune because of this, and some people may also lose their money because of this. ”

"It's the same as the casino in Beijing, except that the dice pai gow is gambled there, and the stone is here." Qin Ranran nodded, and suddenly lost interest in this place, "Let's go to the teahouse to drink tea." ”

Lu Jiu hurriedly said: "Let's go, let's go and taste this unique milk tea in Suzhou, it tastes pretty good." ”

"You say, if I make more medicine, will I be able to save the money I purchased?" Qin Ranran walked a few steps and suddenly spoke.

Lu Jiulu looked at each other on all sides, and before he came back to his senses, he heard Red Sleeves say with a smile: "Madame, don't you have to use silver to make medicine?" Unless we raise the price of medicine and exchange a bottle of medicine for more things. ”

Qin Ranran gnawed on her red sleeves for a while, and suddenly reached out and pinched her face: "I really used you right." ”

As soon as they walked to the door, they saw Steward Li coming down from upstairs, and when he saw several of them, he beckoned and said, "Madam, it's upstairs." ”

Qin Ranran held Lu Jiu's hand, her back was straight, and she walked up the stairs without hurrying.

A few guests downstairs praised it: "Look at this bearing, it must be from a rich and noble family." ”

"Rich and noble? Where can a rich family have this kind of bearing, this look is from a big family. ”

"Don't say it, I know the person on the stairs just now, he is the steward of the newly appointed General Ganshan's family, didn't you hear him call him Mrs., this must be the wife of the Ganshan General's family."

Soon, the news that the newly appointed wife of the general Ganshan was a woman with a noble temperament and a dignified demeanor quietly spread throughout Suzhou.

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