Chapter 221: The Autumn Society Ceremony
In the early morning of the next day, not long after the city gate opened, Yuan Lao Er and Yuan Lao San returned to Bofu.
Yuan Lao Er is not stupid, how could he be willing to give his son and find such a child daughter-in-law to come back?
He only asked Fan Qinghe: "Do you want to go back to your parents' house with your eldest brother and them?" ”
Fan Qinghe only felt that her face was hot at that time, and she was touted by her sister-in-law for her little half moon's arrogance, and she was ruthlessly hit by the people of Yuan's mansion.
Yuan Laosan, who was not stingy, pulled his daughter-in-law back to the room, closed the door and scolded him:
"Are you stupid? The three heads and the four heads are easy to get their uncle's light, and they can barely be regarded as a side branch of the honor.
If you marry the daughter of your eldest brother's family, can you get ten miles of red makeup? Or can you get the support of the Yue family?
Aren't you two sisters used to live a rich life in this uncle's mansion?
Or then? Let's leave the girl and mother-in-law in the house, and you and I will go back to Dali Village to live!
Our family has a big blue brick yard in the village, and it can be regarded as a family with a head and a face in the village! ”
Fan Qingju pulled Yuan Laosan's sleeve and cried in fright: "I'm used to it, I'm used to it, I'm not going to listen to my sister-in-law's nonsense anymore, woo, my father, don't drive me back to the village."
didn't give his daughter-in-law any face at all, the two brothers made a effort, and the next day they let the eldest brother's family get out.
The sister-in-law of the Fan family originally planned to make a big fuss at the gate of Zhongqinbo's mansion.
Ma told her that if she didn't even want the last face, their government wouldn't mind, and sent someone to Peach Blossom Town to preach the virtues of their family again.
After a trip to the capital, the family of four changed their clothes from head to toe, and their children also got the meeting gifts from their aunts. If this relationship is clarified in her hometown, who can look down on her family?
The couple had no brotherhood and greed for money, their brains were still online, and they didn't dare to make any more trouble, so they went back to their hometown in a gloomy way.
After listening to Cuihua's gossip, Heiwa sighed a few words: "The ancients liked to marry close relatives, so we should really pull out those fools born to close relatives and make everyone sober up." ”
"After all, fools are still a minority, and most of them are normal, and these cases can't change the status quo. It's about kissing and kissing, isn't it just for the sake of a stronger bundle of interests. ”
"Daughter-in-law, you are always so sharp and sober!"
The couple didn't mention this topic again, and Heiwa began to tell Cuihua about what they had seen and heard in the Falklands.
During the period when they were repairing and replenishing, Yuan Wenjie and the others were taken by the general tuo translator, and they were quite energetic to shop.
On their first day on the island, they saw a number of trees, which are said to have grown on the island for thousands of years, and are called the Monkey Tree by the local natives.
Pu Mop took them to the onlookers, the thickest of the most sturdy trees on the island.
It grows no more than 20 meters tall, but the tree is so fat that it takes 20 or 30 people to enclose it.
"Wow, this is probably the big tree we've seen in our lives!" The teenagers exclaimed in amazement, and gathered around the largest tree.
"Ladies and gentlemen, don't look at these monkey trees so strong, but the trunks are very loose, and most of them are hollow. When there is little rainfall on the island and there is a shortage of water, you can dig a hole in the tree and you can get clean water from the trunk to drink. The water stored in this tree alone can be drunk by our entire clan for more than ten days! ”
"Good tree, good tree!" The friends applauded in unison, when there is a shortage of water, such a tree is definitely a life-saving tree.
"Huh? Why does this flower smell of rotting flesh? "It's not to blame them for their good sense of smell, it's that the smell is really big.
When everyone looked up, the flowers were huge and white, extremely dazzling, and there were a large number of dangling stamens, which looked good and smelled.
"Hehe, we don't feel bad when we smell it, in a year, except for the driest season, it can bloom three times and bear fruit three times."
"Can you eat so much fruit?" Looking at the fruit on the tree, everyone began to fantasize about its taste.
"It can be eaten, not only the flesh can be eaten, but the leaves that grow fresh and tender can be eaten as vegetables or dried and ground as seasonings." Putuo is a man of action, not only said, but also let a few indigenous children climb a slightly shorter tree to pick fruit for the nobles to eat.
The fruit that was dropped from the tree was oblong, grayish-white, and the size of an ostrich egg.
When broken, the flesh is white, and the flesh is wrapped with black seeds.
"You can just eat it raw, roasted and eaten, we Javanese people like to grind these pulps into powder and add some honey to drink as juice." Pu Tuo said as he took the lead in eating.
"This fruit doesn't have a lot of water, and it's a little sour, so it tastes average." Yuan Wenwu took a few bites and said that he didn't like the taste.
"Noble people, don't look at its taste, the monkey is cute and eats this thing, and when the food is not enough, people can take care of it. The slurry of the fruit can be used to reduce fever and malaria, and it can be said that it is a treasure all over its body! ”
When Imperial Physician Shangguan heard about the tree, he indulged in the slurry that collected them, wanting to extract the essence.
In addition to this strange tree on the island, there are bottled grasses that can secrete fragrance and attract insects; a compass tree with rows of fine needles that always point to the south; Grass that grows as tall as a tree, bears blue flame-like seeds, and so on.
Fruit can be described as the culmination of the world's fruits.
In addition to the common bananas and pineapples, there are also "black plums" that look like dates, "oyster melons" that look like oysters, "dates" that are the size of little fingers, and "sea coconut" that looks like human buttocks.
In terms of the courage to try new things, who can compare to these teenagers? As long as it is non-toxic, dare to stuff it into your mouth.
The animals in the Falklands jungle are also eye-opening: the long-necked weevil, whose neck is twice as long as its body; Chameleons as small as the size of a fingernail but can conjure up seven colors; The whole body is a dark blue bird; A snake with a long and pointed nose.
The most common are flocks: monkeys with big round eyes, like foxes and dogs. There are forty or fifty species of lemurs alone.
Qin Ke instigated the twins: "Fifth brother, sixth brother, let's take some back, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't seen these rare things yet, it's better to be happy alone than to be happy!" ”
"Hey! Fourth brother, let's go together, anyway, we all brought so many wild things back, and it's not bad for these ones! "Yuan Wenwu is a rare lemur, with big round eyes, if it weren't for their fear of people, he would have wanted to rua.
Yuan Wenjie also nodded, and whispered in a low voice: "I see, there are many kinds of wild orchids here!" Fourth brother, if you can bring back the appearance and fragrance of these wild orchids, they will not be cheaper than gems! ”
The literati of the Great Xia Dynasty liked vassal elegance the most, orchids, and gentlemen in flowers, who didn't like it?
Qin Ke was bright: "Let's go, let's discuss with the uncle, let's not go to those shippers to grab gems, let's just dig some grass and go back, hehe!" ”
If there are good things, you can't forget that Lu Shaoting, who is good friends with them, and Master Yan said that he can help check the gates, and he can choose orchids.
Of course, Heiwa will not delay his sons to make a little money, and he suggested that the teenagers can pick more orchid varieties, and it is best to pack them away with soil and grass.
It's a big deal, he poured the space water a few more times.
With the help of Master Yan, Zhao Leiting and the others ran deep into the mountains for three days and dug up more than 100 kinds of high-quality bluegrass.
There are thousands of old roots and new seedlings, and the treasures are raised in the pottery clay bowl, and holes are specially drilled under the bowl for ventilation.
The small animals were picked and picked by Zhongqinbo, and in the end they only brought eight pairs of different kinds of lemurs and eight chameleons, and the rest were rejected, and the birds and snakes were not sensitive!
No matter how short the time is, they have stayed on the Falklands for half a month, and Faisal also needs to make clear arrangements for the men on his manor to pull away the rice harvested this year.
Because Putuo knew the language of Da Shi and the official dialect of Daxia, he was hired by Faisal with a high salary and became the interpreter of this trip.
Yuan Wenjie and the eight of them took the initiative to learn the language of food with Faisal.
In their father's words, perhaps, the Great Food Empire will become an important trading partner of the Great Xia Dynasty in the future. If they learn the big food language well, they will have the core competitiveness.
Set off again, with Faisal as the leading party, it was really a smooth journey.
The farther north the ships went, the hotter the temperatures became, and they no longer stayed ashore except for the occasional fresh water supply.
A month and a half later
"It's here, it's here, the Great Food Empire welcomes you!" Faisalbi is thrilled to return home any time she wants.
They were welcomed to a state banquet by Caliph (King) Ahma.
Huang Shangshu finally has the treatment that the scholars of the Great Power Domain should have.
Under the translation of Putuo, the Great Xia Dynasty and the Great Food Empire exchanged letters of the two countries before the banquet began.
On behalf of the Great Xia Dynasty, Huang Shangshu sent:
Two palace embroideries, a picture of a tiger descending from the mountain, and a picture of four beauties.
A set of "auspicious three treasures" pastel porcelain, a set of "six cranes in the same spring" blue and white porcelain, eight pieces of cloud brocade and Shu brocade,
Eight catties of tribute tea.
Putuo translated for Daxia: "Your Majesty, "The Tiger Descending the Mountain" and "The Four Beauties" were embroidered by dozens of embroidery masters of the Daxia court for three years.
Pastel porcelain and blue and white porcelain also belong to the imperial kilns of Daxia, and the pattern of each set of porcelain is unique. ”
Caliph Ahma, who is over fifty years old, only stares at the four beauties among the many gifts, and does not take his eyes off it.
The beauties are embroidered to life-size and lifelike as if they were living in front of them.
There is nothing more to his heart's content than this gift!
Faisal is not an ordinary businessman, and the family has a younger sister who married into the royal family, and can be regarded as a red-capped merchant of the Great Food Empire.
After Zhong Qinbo and the others left, he reported what he had seen and heard from beginning to end.
Caliph Ahma, took a sip of mellow tea soup, and asked slowly: "So, this Great Xia Dynasty is much richer than the Tang Dynasty?" ”
"Your Majesty, it's true, and the one who led the Great Xia Dynasty on this trip, in addition to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and a second-class earl, that general looked very extraordinary!"
"Well, I'll leave this trade to you."