During the Spring and Autumn Period, Xu State, as the lowest baronal state, was weak and often invaded by large countries, and the monarch twice put down his dignity and apologized for his sins to avoid the attack of Chu and Zheng. In the struggle for hegemony among the great powers, Xu Guo is like a boat in a stormy manner, which may capsize at any time.

"It's not easy for your sister to bring you all the way here, what's your sister's name?" Song Yu felt that a woman could have such an ability in an era of great powers, and how many dangers she had to eliminate on the way, she might encounter robbers, she might encounter wild beasts, not to mention arriving in the Jin Kingdom, and it was the destiny of heaven and man-made to be able to save her life.

"My sister's name is Xu Lu, she is very beautiful, and she knows everything about bells, drums and pianos."

"Is it the Yulu who often follows Zhengqing?"

"yes, you know that." Cai'er nodded happily, in her eyes, her sister was favored, which was something to be proud of.

Xu Lu is smart, good at learning, proficient in quyi, coupled with outstanding appearance, born with a good figure, left and right among the powerful, exquisite in all directions, no wonder Zhengqing took her with him. In contrast, Xu Lu's sister Cai'er is much more naïve and naïve.

Cai'er said to herself: "Sister is not only reused by Zhengqing, but even the father-in-law who has a terrible temper likes her very much, and often stays in the house with her, no one else can get close, my sister also performed a dance for Jun Shang a few days ago, and Jun Shang also rewarded her with a pair of gold hairpins, I have never seen such good jewelry...... "Xu Lu is Cai'er's role model, and when it comes to her sister, Cai'er gushes endlessly.

Song Yu looked at Cai'er, she was wearing a blue-colored kudzu cloth dress that had been washed a little white, with bast shoes on her feet and a horned bun on her head. The treatment of the two sisters is very different, even if the elder sister is powerful, she can't give the valuable items she is rewarded to the younger sister, this is the etiquette system.

Cai'er is also a beautiful embryo, but at first glance, she is innocent and romantic, has no heart, does not know accidents, does not know how to be clever and catering, and caters to the powerful girl. Xu Lu either wanted to gain grace alone, or she didn't want her to become the plaything of the nobles, so she didn't teach her the ability to communicate tactfully, otherwise with Xu Lu's intelligence, how could she not bring this innocent sister to enjoy happiness together.

"Cai'er, where did this cake come from?" Song Yu took a bite, crispy and fragrant, with an endless aftertaste, and it was still hot.

"This is given to me by Brother Ming." Cai'er's face was happy, swinging with spring light.

"Poof." Song Yu couldn't hold back, laughing so much that he almost choked on the cake, "Ahem, then your brother Ming can go out of Zhengqing's Mansion and buy a lot of delicious food." ”

"He's a butcher, he can go out of the house to get food, but he doesn't have any money." Cai'er drooped her head.

"When will he be able to leave the house?"

"He's going to go out of the house tomorrow to deliver food."

The corners of Song Yu's mouth rose: "Cai'er likes to eat sugar." ”

Cai'er's eyes lit up and she nodded immediately!

"I know where the best sugar is in Jiangdu, and I don't want cloth coins."

"How can there be such a good thing, where is it?" Cai'er asked while shaking Song Yu's arm.

"Then I say, you have to remember, in the jade sugar shop in Nanchai Village."

"Jade Sugar Shop." Cai'er read these three words again.

"If you want to buy candy and don't want a coin, you can bring my hair to the shopkeeper there." Song Yu handed the headband to Cai'er.

This is a hairband woven with Su Mang grass, this grass does not die all winter, it is still green and shiny, the hairband is ordinary, ordinary and unremarkable, and it can be exchanged for endless candy.

Cai'er wrote the headband and looked at it carefully: "Sister Yu, this is a headband, not jade, not gold, why can I have a lot of sugar with it?" ”

"Because the shopkeeper did business with our family before and was my business partner, he remembered that I had this headband, and when he saw the headband, he naturally took care of it more."

Cai'er was surprised: "It turns out that Sister Yu's family used to be a businessman, I heard my sister say that businessmen are very rich, and many antiques and jewelry in the house are sent by businessmen." ”

"Haha, it's all in the body, it's mine now, maybe it's someone else's in the future, I can't eat more than three meals a day, I can't lie on the couch more than seven feet, gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, there are not many things that can be used to the fullest."

Cai'er didn't understand: "But it's better than nothing, I don't have any money, I don't have any knowledge, if it weren't for my sister, I wouldn't be able to eat sugar." The first time I ate sugar, my sister was rewarded, and I was rewarded with a lacquered plate of sugar dates, which were red and shining, but they were beautiful, and my sister said that this was used to heat and melt into a pulp and pour it on the dates, I asked what is sugar? My sister said it was a sweet thing, and I asked what is sweet? My sister said it was the taste of these sugar dates on the plate......"

Cai'er thinks that the benefit of being rich is being able to get sugar, which is a slightly higher requirement than eating, which makes Song Yu both sympathetic and gratified, because slaves usually have no other idea than to eat, and Cai'er knows that it is already great to eat sweet.

In this era of huge disparity between the rich and the poor, and wars raging, many people are poorly clothed and hungry, let alone slaves. Slaves were large and low-class social classes, from vagrants, prisoners of war, etc., military slaves, gourmet slaves, chieftains, and other slaves engaged in different careers. Their life was quite miserable, and the only requirement for life was to be able to eat, for which they were burdened with heavy labor, and were given only food rations, no wealth, no land, and the rations they received were far lower than those of the rest of the class. However, some slaves engaged in singing and dancing, drumming, and taro literature and art were much luckier than other slaves engaged in heavy labor, and could be rewarded by the powerful, such as Cai'er and her sister Xu Lu, one was a domestic servant, and the other was a Lingyou.

"Hey, don't say it, if you say it, the saliva is about to flow out, you give the hairband to your brother Ming, and he will exchange it for sugar, and then you can eat sugar."

Cai'er wiped her saliva with her sleeve and said with a smile: "I don't need him to change it, I'll go myself, I can sneak out in the car that transports vegetables, and the vegetables in Zhaofu happen to be transported from the vegetable garden in Nanchaizhai." ”

Nanchaizhai and the nearby fertile land belonged to Zhao Meng.

"Okay, then you can eat candy tomorrow."

"It's not good to take too much sugar and be seen by others."

With that, the two began to chat...... In the bedroom of the courtyard, the bamboo curtain swayed gently with the breeze, the warm sunlight shone into the window, Xu Lu was sleeping soundly, and the bronze incense burner burned a calming herb from the Chu State - Du Heng......

Early the next morning, the sun is rising, the grain ox cart drives into the noisy market, people are up early in the morning by the well water to line up to fetch water, hawkers, and those who want to exchange goods begin to set up stalls on the side, waiting for the willing to take the bait, barter, buy things with money, people while fishing for water while bartering, bustling, so lively, this is the origin of the word "market".