Xianghua was amazed and asked, "My Buddha." Where did you get it from, and how much thought did it take to get such a long way without being broken or broken? ”

Qian Xiaoman said proudly: "Your Zhuangzi is so elegant and elegant, and all the utensils at home are also simple and natural, which is also very good, but I think I should also decorate some of these gadgets, so as not to be underestimated by people who have no knowledge." ”

Xianghua is not easy to refuse, so I can only thank you.

"And this. I heard that there are now two Xiucai in your village, and Donglin is also one of them, so I specially prepared something for him. ”

Xianghua looked at it in the past, it turned out to be several good ink, a few good sheep's hairbrushes, at the bottom of which were many books, and several calligraphy and paintings from famous hands, one of which was worth a lot.

Xianghua saw it and hurriedly refused: "Your big gift, even if you win the Jinshi, it is enough to send it." How old is Donglin, if you win a show, you have to accept these, and you must not be spoiled. Your heart has been received by our family, just give him a pen and ink. ”

Qian Xiaoman said with a smile: "I won't tell you, our family has not won a reputation for how much money it has spent, Donglin is a good boy and talented, and I will naturally have a better gift if I win the promotion of people in the future." You don't want to excuse yourself, we don't have anything else in our family, but there is no shortage of these things. ”

When Xianghua heard her say this, she could only say, "Then wait for Donglin to come back later, and thank you in person." ”

Qian Xiaoman was satisfied, took her hand and walked to the edge of the last big box, and said with a smile: "The things in this box are all the same as mine, and they are specially given to you, you can open it and take a look." ”

Xianghua had already received a lot of things from her before, and thought that her skin was thick enough that she would not make a fuss about anything again, so she opened the box with a smile.

There were a lot of small boxes inside.

Xianghua picked one up and opened it.

"How, do you like it?"

Xianghua narrowed her eyes, almost blinded by the golden light inside.

Good guys, this box is full of hairpins. What cloud sideburns flower face gold step shake, gilt point cui step shake, emerald inlaid tourmaline flower flat square, gold hollow bat shou bian square, gold inlaid treasure tourmaline point emerald hairpin, dazzling.

Qian Xiaoman opened another box, which was full of pearls, necklaces and bracelets, and the big pearls were the size of quail eggs.

"I went back to the South China Sea, where the pearls are much better than the usual ones, so I bought two sets, and this one is for you."

The remaining boxes, which contained bracelets, necklaces, earrings, etc., were all bought by her on the road.

Although Xianghua doesn't look at the quality, she looks at the jewels tightly, and she also knows that this is definitely not a small amount of money.

"You've given me enough of what you gave me before, and I don't usually need these things, so why bother spending money?"

Qian Xiaoman pointed to his head full of pearls and said with a smile: "You think I like to wear these, and my neck is weird." It's just that you need to put on some lines when you talk and do things, and when these things come out, sometimes it's more useful than you say it. If you go to the capital with me this time, you have to visit those big guys, don't you? Where is all this stuff wasted? ”

Xianghua heard that she was reasonable, so she could only accept it, thinking about when to give her a big gift.

But Qian Xiaoman had already seen through her thoughts, and said with a smile: "What are you trying to use in return?" Don't go shopping, think about more novel and delicious dishes, it will help me a lot. ”

Xianghua smiled: "This doesn't make sense, I told you that these secret recipes are all paid for, unless you don't give money, I will give you one for nothing." ”

Qian Xiaoman immediately smiled when he heard this, and said happily: "Could it be that you have a ready-made one?" ”

Xianghua smiled: "When I go to the capital to see, what do you have there, I will tell you what the recipe is." ”

Qian Xiaoman was overjoyed when he heard it.

Because he was in a hurry, Qian Xiaoman only had lunch at Chengjia, and the two set off.

Cheng Linchang said a lot of words in a thousand words, so that Qian Xiaoman almost wrote a letter of guarantee, and Xianghua hurriedly urged him to go on the road.

The carriage drove out of Qingshan Village in a round, and Xianghua looked at the slowly flowing Qingshui River, thinking about all the things she had encountered here, and her mood was a little complicated for a while.

Qian Xiaoman has 360 days a year, and 200 days are on the road, but it is not difficult to understand Xianghua's mood, so he smiled and chatted with her. The ingots dozed quietly on their stomachs on the side.

Qian Xiaoman looked at Ying'er, who was sitting quietly next to Xianghua, and asked, "Who is this little girl?" ”

Xianghua smiled: "She was met by us in Taiping Town, and it is fate." Her father and mother are gone, so she follows us, and her name is Ying'er. ”

Qian Xiaoman looked at her for a moment, and said to Xianghua with a smile: "It looks very alert, and it is a little similar to the taro brothers." ”

Xianghua glanced at her angrily and said with a smile: "She is a little girl, what is she compared to a man." ”

Qian Xiaoman said: "Speaking of which, why do you want to go to the border when you have a good taro?" The border has not been peaceful in recent years. ”

Xianghua didn't want to talk about it in detail, so she said: "Zhao Lei and Zhao Shen have lived in our village for a while, and Brother Taro and Brother Tiezhu have listened to some of the stories he said, and they want to go there to see it." ”

Qian Xiaoman smiled and said: "Men are like this, on a whim, they want to come out of one out of the other, and they can't worry about other people's feelings." ”

Xianghua remembered the twisting of the taro before parting, and laughed secretly, but these words were not easy to tell others, so she was quiet for a while and did not speak.

Qian Xiaoman was idle, so he said: "Since I came back, Qingshan Village has changed a lot. Xianghua, you tell me about it, and when you're done, we'll go to the capital. ”

Xianghua smiled and said, "Okay, what I'm best at is storytelling." ”

The carriage went all the way, and gradually went out of Linshui Mansion and Jinzhou, and the rest of the places had never seen fragrant flowers, Ying'er didn't speak much, but she was looking at the scene outside the car window all the way.

In order to arrive in the capital early, they only stopped once during the day to rest, found an inn to sleep in at night, and set off at dawn the next day. After walking like this for more than ten days, the capital finally arrived.

Qian Xiaoman was the first to get out of the car, stretched his waist happily, and said to Xianghua: "Come down, we're finally here!" ”

Xianghua also got out of the car, and saw that the gate of the capital was magnificent, a few feet higher than that of Jinzhou. The city gates were bustling with people entering and exiting, and officers and soldiers were checking one by one.

Qian Xiaoman said: "After entering the city, let's go eat a delicious meal first, I have eaten dry food every day these days, and my mouth is almost tasteless." ”

Xianghua smiled and nodded.

The group entered the city and went straight to Xiangmanlou. The Xiangmanlou in the capital has one on East Street and one on West Street, and they are now the closest to this one on West Street.

When the shopkeeper saw that the boss was coming, he hurriedly came up to greet him warmly, and Qian Xiaoman ordered some appetizing and delicious dishes to prepare first. The three of them went upstairs to bathe and change their clothes, and then came down to eat later.