Chapter 197
Xiangru 'handed over' the cloak to Sanni to take it down and wash it, and wait for the next time Guo Jin or whoever came over to return it, she took the gift and got up and went back to the bedroom with the support of Gui 'Hua', and only after grooming and dressing up did she sit down to open the gift, after opening the wrapping paper, it was a small wooden box, which was larger than the box that gave her coral to Fei last time, and it was also heavier, Xiangru took it in her hand and shook it gently, and heard a sound similar to the rolling of small beads inside.
Xiangru opened the box, and there was a short note in the box, and when she opened the short note, there was a box full of dazzling fine pearls.
Gui 'Hua' covered her mouth with her hands in surprise, and Xiangru couldn't keep her composure, whistling loudly before she began to read the short note.
The above is written by Xiang Fei himself, indicating the origin of this box of pearls, which is one of the commodities brought back by the merchant ship, all of which are high-grade saltwater pearls, with a total of 60 pearls.
The short note only wrote these contents, and did not say why she gave her so many pearls, but since Xiang Fei came today, then Xiangru will accept it as a birthday gift, anyway, there will be a chance to see Xiang Fei in the future, and I will ask him next time.
Xiangru happily closed the lid and put away the pearls, planning to go to the front for a while to inquire with the shopkeeper about several big gold buildings in the city, and make these pearls into jewelry and give them to the master and uncle and other elders.
After washing her hands and face, Xiangru went to the previous routine to give a lecture, and then asked the shopkeeper about the situation of the nearby Jinlou and wrote down the address. In the next few mornings, Xiangru traveled to several nearby Dajin Mansions, and everything from the level of craftsmanship to the price was within the scope of her investigation.
In the past few days, Guo has come in once to take down the list of ingredients and raw materials to be used in the 'medicine' restaurant last month, and when Xiangru asked him to bring back the cloak that was washed and ironed, he mentioned the pearl to him by the way. Guo Jin honestly told Xiangru that these pearls were given to her by the young master as a birthday gift, and the second one was also a gratuity, because of Xiangru's good idea, those spices were sold very well, and they had all been cleared, and the young master made a lot of money on them.
Xiangru asked Guo Jin to thank Xiang Fei on her behalf.
Xiangru has inspected the few Jinlou learned that Xiangru has a large number of high-quality seawater pearls in her hands to make jewelry, the shopkeepers are vigorously attracting customers, take out the best goods in their own stores for Xiangru to taste, pick and choose, Xiangru finally picked one, asked the shopkeeper to design a pattern for her to see.
Negotiate a good business with the shopkeeper, Xiangru hurriedly went back to the store to do her own business, *** Shi Erni sent in a short note, Xiangru opened it and saw that it was written by the master Xie Ziyan, and asked her to go to Yong'an Temple outside the city to incense on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, saying that she and the Xia family sisters would go that day, and asked Xiangru to bring a few good snacks to meet in the temple, and come back in the afternoon after eating fast in the temple at noon.
The master's date Xiangru didn't have to refuse, anyway, if I was free that day, it was good to go out to play, and the weather would be cold after the festival, and then there would be no more thoughts of outing until next year's 'spring' warm 'flowers' bloomed.
Xiangru 'handed over' the business with her shopkeeper, and Gui 'Hua' led the girl to prepare for Xiangru's outing that day, and prepared for her the clothes and face to be used that day.
Last year, Gui 'Hua' and Xiangru went to Yong'an Temple, and knew how many people there would be in that temple that day, how many men and women, and how many young single men and women. For this reason, Gui 'Hua' specially went to the street to buy new rouge gouache head oil incense tablets and spices for smoking clothes for Xiangru.
The shopkeeper of the Golden Building came to a trip in the past few days, and showed the jewelry design drawings drawn by the craftsman to Xiangru, Xiangru put forward some of his own requirements and opinions, and the shopkeeper went back with the drawings to modify, and came again three days later.
The shopkeeper counted it clearly in person, accepted the deposit, wrote down the receipt, made an appointment for the 'delivery' date, carefully wrapped several layers of the box with a piece of soil and woolen furnishings, and personally carried it on his back, and left with the bodyguard and the buddy.
Thinking that she would soon have beautiful pearl jewelry, Xiangru hummed a song that others couldn't understand and read a book in the study.
When Xiangru was reading, Guo Jin also came to the store to find the shopkeeper to settle the accounts of the previous month, and the shopkeeper gave Guo Jin the money prepared earlier, and chatted with Guo Jin, asking how Chongyang was spending that day, and told Guo Jin about Xiangru Chongyang going to Yong'an Temple to incense.
Guo Jin reacted quickly, and directly said that he could arrange a car pick-up, and it also saved Xiangru from hiring a car on the street, and a group of girls who were strangers would not regret anything if there was an accident, Xiangru was the second owner, and everyone was so familiar with each other, so if you want to use something in private, just tell the big owner that it doesn't matter.
When the shopkeeper heard it, he thought that this suggestion was good, so he agreed to come down for Xiangru, made an appointment with Guo Jin to set off, and then told Xiangru after the end of the daily lecture before the official opening of today's business.
Xiangru heard that she was happy to save trouble when she had a free car, and she also liked the comfortable carriage of Xiangjia, which was much more comfortable than the car of the car driver on the street, so she didn't mind the shopkeeper making her own opinions, and said that the shopkeeper did a good job.
After the end of the business in the evening, the kitchen workers washed the dishes in the yard, and Xiangru tried to make the new dim sum to be used in Chongyang in the kitchen.
The next day, after breakfast, Xiangru continued to make dim sum, improved all the things that she thought could be improved, and then asked the shopkeeper and others to try it.
After everyone tasted it, they all said that it was very good and could be sold to the guests, so Xiangru asked someone to clean up the kitchen, went back to the room to sort out the dim sum recipe, and copied a copy of the big tiger and quickly sent it to the five-flavor pastry shop to 'hand' over to the shopkeeper there, so that the dim sum master Gu Lao Liu would make it on the day of tomorrow's festival and recommend it to the guests as a new dim sum for the festival.
That night, before the end of the evening business, Xiangru went to bed early, got up before the "color" of the two days, and made all the snacks early, part of the packaging box, and the rest were put in the steamer to prepare the afternoon tea time to sell on the counter.
After breakfast, everyone cleaned up, Gui 'Hua' dressed Xiangru up beautifully, Chen Zheng, Xiang Fei's coachman knocked on the street 'door', Gui 'Hua' and the three girls came out, put several food boxes on the carriage first, and then helped Xiangru to get into the car, and then the three girls went in again, leaving the little girls to take care of the house.
When the coachman saw that Xiangru and the others were all seated, he shouted a few times and set off with his whip.
Chongyang as a national autumn travel day, always so lively, Xiangru they set off early, but there are many people on the road, it took a long time to come to the city 'gate', and then queue up slowly out of the city 'gate', after going out of the city and snail-like walking for a while, the road gradually became clear, the carriage ran up to speed, towards Yong'an Temple.
Erni Sanni This is since returning to the capital from other places last year, a trip out of the capital to play, the two sisters occupy a side of the car window, see everything outside the window to cheer and talk a few words, Xiangru smiled and looked at the two of them chattering like noisy little sparrows, along the way with the two of them are 'very' lively.
When it is getting closer and closer to Yong'an Temple, the galloping carriage gradually slows down, after all, it is not only Xiangru who comes to incense today, but also the whole convoy of large families who come to enjoy the incense and enjoy the 'flowers'. Xiangru set off early, there are earlier than her, the mountain 'gate' is already close to the ruler, the smooth 'traffic' is naturally obstructed by the intestines, according to the order of first come, first served, each carriage consciously lined up again to turn onto the path leading to the mountain 'gate', and finally stopped in turn on the big square in front of the mountain 'gate'.
Many welcoming monks maintain order outside the mountain gate, but because of the large number of cars, the order in front of the mountain gate still looks a little 'chaotic' and 'chaotic'. Fortunately, Xiangru and the others are just four young girls, and they are agile, from the moment the carriage stops to the time the four of them get off the car and then take things, but it is only a stick of incense.
Xiangru took a bag of snacks and gave it to the driver, thanking him for his hard work and wishing him a happy holiday by the way. The coachman accepted it with a sense of 'excitement', and watched Xiangru and the four of them go away, before putting away the dim sum and leading the carriage to another place under the guidance of the welcoming monk.
The four of Xiangru turned between the carriage and the crowd and crossed into the mountain 'gate', followed the flow of people along the mountain road up the stairs, listened to the casual or excited chats of the tourists before and after, and looked at the surrounding natural scenery, which was also interesting.
When I came to a major hall, the crowded flow of people along the way suddenly decreased, and in the blink of an eye, they dispersed to the corners of the temple.
Xiangru did not rush into the main hall to offer incense, but first circled around the front and back of the main hall, did not find the master and uncle, and then returned to the front of the main hall to find the temple to buy incense, led the three girls to worship the big incense burner in front of the hall, and then stepped into the main hall, opened the food box and took out a few snacks as offerings on the incense table, and the four of them kowtowed in front of the Buddha statue to incense.
After the incense is a 'draw', the three girls instigated Xiangru to try to ask for a marriage sign again this year, although it is not suitable to marry next year, but there may be a chance to get engaged next year.
Xiangru couldn't resist the instigation of the girls, so she had to take the lottery holder and make a sincere wish and shake out a lot.
The four of them hurriedly went to the signing room next door to unsign, and found her signing poem according to the number in Xiangru's 'drawing'.
"Ah, it's signed! It's so 'great'! "Gui 'Hua' excitedly showed the front of the signed poem to Xiangru Erni and the others.
"Ha, it's a good sign, the girl will be able to get married next year~" Erni and Sanni teased her with Xiangru on the left and right.
Xiangru is also full of smiles, but she is not smiling for her marriage, the wish she made when she asked for a sign just now is not marriage, but career, since God predicts that the career will be signed, of course she laughs more than anyone else.
Of course, she doesn't have to tell these three girls about her 'tricks', they are also kind, but what they ask for is not what they want.
Xiangru took the signing paper and didn't open it to see the content of the signed poem inside, she put it directly into her sleeve and walked out of the signing room with her head held high, "Let's go, enjoy the 'flowers'." ”
Entering the 'Door'