Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Relics?
Xiaohua doesn't know what sarira is.

Fuwa doesn’t know even more.

The mother and daughter looked confused.

But Yang Ruoqing understands!

"Boss, come on, do you think the relics of the great monk who passed away were laid by a hen? They are everywhere?"

The shopkeeper saw that Yang Ruoqing didn't seem to be as easy to fool as the other women, so he put on a smile, added a bit of mystery to his expression, and said to Yang Ruoqing in a low voice: "It's really a relic. My uncle works in Yingjiang Temple. I got it through the back door..."

The shopkeeper has been smoking and drinking for years, has a mouth full of yellow teeth, and has severe bad breath.

Yang Ruoqing pushed him away and said, "Come on, go and fool others instead of talking nonsense to me."

"Twenty cents a string, hurry up!"

"What? Twenty cents? You are robbing me!" The shopkeeper frowned and his eyes almost popped to the ground.

Xiaohua next to her was also stunned.

No matter whether it was a relic or something else, the price was bargained down from two hundred coins to twenty coins. This shopkeeper and my sister were really a pair of evenly matched opponents!

"If I don't sell it, I won't be able to make back my costs," the shopkeeper put the bracelet back on and muttered, "Twenty cents to buy a relic bracelet? What a joke, go buy it from somewhere else, don't delay my business..."

"These are some Bodhi fruits left over by others. I'm giving you twenty cents just for my niece's sake!" Yang Ruoqing said.

The shopkeeper turned around and looked at Yang Ruoqing again in surprise.

Bodhi fruit is not a fruit only found in Qing'an County. It comes from other places, is very rare, and is very expensive.

The core of the Bodhi fruit can be made into a bracelet after being polished. It is very delicate and beautiful. As this material is rare, the shopkeeper makes a small profit by selling these bracelets on this street under the guise of "relics"!

Even though some people doubted the authenticity of the relics, the shopkeeper could convince customers with his clever words that even if the bracelet was not 100% relics, at least it contained 20% to 30% of relics!
Grinding the relics into powder, mixing them with other things and kneading them into small beads, aren't they also rare treasures?

What's two hundred coins a string? Even three hundred coins a string, five hundred coins a string, this shopkeeper has sold several!
"Sixty cents, no less!" The shopkeeper waved his hand.

Yang Ruoqing shook her head. "Twenty cents, I'll buy ten!"

“I can’t sell it!”

"Hua'er, let's go to the next one!"

"Ah? Oh..."

The Fuwa, whose little eyes had been fixed on the bracelet since entering the shop, was carried out by Yang Ruoqing. Originally, Yang Ruoqing and Xiaohua thought that she would ruin the show. If she did, Yang Ruoqing would compromise and say sixty cents would be fine!
Unexpectedly, the girl didn't say a word, and even hugged Yang Ruoqing's neck. She turned her head and looked outside, not even glancing at the bracelet.

"If you really want it, I'll bring you a few. Take it, take it!"

Just as they stepped out of the threshold, they heard the shopkeeper's voice again from behind.

Well, the brave one wins when two meet in a narrow road, so the shopkeeper compromised!

After half a cup of tea, the three of them left the shop contentedly. Fuwa's hands were full of bracelets, and Xiaohua held a wooden box, which was also full of bracelets. By the way, this wooden box was obtained from the shopkeeper by Yang Ruoqing. She bought ten at once. For big customers, it is normal to give a box to store things as a gift!

Several people left the shop and continued walking forward.

I walked to the end of East Street, but still didn't meet Sun and his family.

Xiao Hua guessed, "Maybe we were delayed in buying bracelets in that shop before, so it's possible that we just passed by them."

Yang Ruoqing said, "Don't panic, let's go back and meet your brother-in-law and the others first."

After drinking a cup of tea, Yang Ruoqing met Luo Fengtang in the private room by the window on the second floor of the teahouse where she had made an excuse.

Not only Luo Fengtang, but also Feng'er, Tuantuanyuanyuan, Niu Niu, Jun'er, and the maids and attendants of the two families...

The only people missing were Ms. Sun, Ms. He, and He Lianer.

"Hey, what's going on? My mother and the others went to look for you half an hour ago!" Yang Ruoqing was surprised and asked Linglan Shaoyao and the others, "Didn't you see the old lady and the others?"

Linglan and Shaoyao both shook their heads. "No, we parted ways with some excuses and took the kids to West Street to watch acrobatics."

"After looking for a while, I returned to the teahouse. It's almost half an hour now!"

Is that so?

Yang Ruoqing was calculating the time difference in her mind, that is to say, when they came out of the temple, they were still not satisfied with the act of releasing the animals because of Fuwa.

So Yang Ruoqing and Xiaohua accompanied Fuwa to the incense shop to buy things for releasing the animals, while Sun, He, He Lianer and the others went first to find the other children.

But now, from Shaoyao and Lily of the Valley, Yang Ruoqing guessed that before Sun and the others went to West Street, Lily of the Valley and Shaoyao had already taken the children to the teahouse, and they missed each other on the road and did not see each other.

After Shaoyao and the others returned to the teahouse, although they did not see Sun, He and He Lian'er, it did not arouse their suspicion.

Even Luo Fengtang did not pay attention to the three absent persons. After all, the three of them had left with Yang Ruoqing before, so even if they were not there at the moment, they must be with Yang Ruoqing and the others.

As a result, there was no one on Yang Ruoqing's side.

Even if Sun and her friends didn't find Shaoyao and the children when they went to West Street, they would have gone to the teahouse they had agreed on in advance and waited there, instead of disappearing for so long!
Half an hour is equivalent to an hour. With such a long time, you can walk back to the He family from here.

This street is so long, how is it possible that I can’t walk to the end of it in an hour!

Something is wrong, very wrong!

"Isn't my mother-in-law and the others still walking around the streets looking for the children? I'll go find them!" Luo Fengtang stood up and was about to go downstairs with his men, but Yang Ruoqing stopped him and said, "Well, you take people to look for them on East Street, and I'll take people to look for them on West Street. Whether we find them or not, we'll meet at this teahouse in an incense stick of time."

"Also, Xiaohua, you and the children stay here. Shaoyao, Linglan, Ping'an, Xingwang, and the brothers of the He family, all of you stay here!"

"Tang, leave two secret guards in the teahouse to protect them, and the rest of you can follow us to find them!"

Luo Fengtang was secretly surprised at Yang Ruoqing's arrangement.

In broad daylight, leaving seven or eight adults to watch over the teahouse should be enough, so why did Qing'er leave two secret guards behind for herself?
Is there anything else? (End of this chapter)