Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 29 Public Privacy
50 miles, at most half an hour on a fast horse.

Even though the carriage was much slower, it entered the capital at about 4 pm.

The news of their return to the city was quickly reported to Xia Shouzhong by the eunuch Xia Shouzhong's son.

Then Xia Shouzhong ordered someone to find out what the relationship between Jia Lian and Shi Zhongkui was like.

At the gate of the city, Shi Guangzhu pulled Shi Zhongkui's hand, and said courteously, "Boqian, I must go to my uncle's house as a guest today."

Shi Zhongkui refused without even thinking about it. If he didn't prepare a gift when he came to the door, he might be troubled by Shi Huaiyong, the head of Duke Shan.

After all, I just wrote a poem scolding him.

The third goal is Jia Lian, and if I get in touch with Jia Baoyu again, I won't have the time to repair the Duke's mansion.

Grabbing Shi Guangzhu's wrist, who was chattering in Luo Li, with a little effort, Shi Guangzhu suddenly felt as if his wrist was being clamped by iron clamps.

I was sure again in my heart that Shi Zhongkui was a hidden trainer, and his character of being soft and afraid of hard will inevitably be revealed directly.

Seeing that Shi Guangzhu had stopped talking, Shi Zhongkui let go of his hand, and stood outside the carriage to salute Mrs. Yu Shi who was in the carriage.

Then he and Yu Tongfu made an appointment to travel together during the Qingming Festival, and watched the chariots and horses leave from Shan Guogong's mansion.

Just as Shi Zhongkui thought, Jia Lian winked with Xue Pan and pulled him towards Jude Tower.

Shun'er wanted to persuade him, but before he could speak, he saw Shi Zhongkui waving his hand, so he gave up.

Following Jia Lian, Xue Pan and Feng Ziying, they soon came to a wooden three-story restaurant.

Entering an ancient restaurant for the first time, Shi Zhongkui was quite curious.

But after a while, he lost his freshness. It looked good from the outside, but the interior decoration was more refined than modern antique restaurants.

It didn't take long for the food and wine to be brought into the private room on the second floor one by one by Xiao Er. The taste of the food was not bad, but what surprised him was that five spice powder seemed to be used in several meat dishes.

Pretending to be casual, he asked a question like the second child, but Jia Lian and Xue Pan both knew something, so they said everything they knew.

It took a while for Shi Zhongkui to understand that although it is commonly used in big restaurants, it is because he dared to buy a tael or a few taels of silver for a single dish.

The price of spices is more expensive than ordinary medicinal materials, and even wealthy families don't use much.

On the contrary, the proportion of incense and medicine is larger.

Jia Lian complained that a kind of rouge called Qinrenxiang was only worth adding some saffron to gold, and even Jia's family could use it, not many people could use it.

Xue Pan interjected again, when his father went out to buy, he heard that someone in Sichuan and Tibet had been trying to plant it, but unfortunately the effect was not very good.

A few years ago, some people in Jinling also planted them as potted plants, and the flowers were able to survive, but the flower buds produced were not as good as those from the Western Regions, so they have not been able to be planted on a large scale.

Shi Zhongkui's heart moved, it must be no problem to plant it in the space.

Then he looked at Jia Lian with sympathy.

Even if I don't know much about saffron, I know that it is forbidden for pregnant women. Thinking about how many times Wang Xifeng was pregnant but only had one daughter, and hearing Jia Lian's words just now, it is impossible not to be suspicious.

But these words can't be said, after all, people who have just met are most taboo to speak lightly.

Besides, Wang Xifeng is not a good person, and he and Jia's family have no relatives or reasons, so persuasion makes people feel that he has ulterior motives.

After eating and drinking and feeling a little drunk, he didn't refuse the next persuasion, and the wine directly entered the space.

And to be honest, he didn't expect that Da Zhou's wine could be bought in restaurants at will.

According to Xue Pan, wine is no longer a fruit wine that only nobles can enjoy.

Shi Zhongkui originally thought about brewing wine himself, but after thinking about it carefully, drinking it by himself, or giving some to relatives and friends is no problem.

If you want to sell in large quantities, businessmen won't care where you brew it from, but the government will come to your door to make trouble.

Ancient salt and iron wine was basically controlled by every dynasty, and it was also one of the main sources of tax revenue.

It only took half an hour for Xue Pan, Jia Lian, and Feng Ziying, who were drinking wine as beer, to blush.

Jia Lian and Feng Ziying knew that if they drank any more, they would definitely be drunk by Shi Zhongkui.

He stopped Xue Pan who wanted to win or lose, but after drinking, Xue Pan couldn't be persuaded so easily.

In the end, it was Jia Lian who took advantage of Xue Pan to release the water, and went out to use what Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai had asked him to do, so he persuaded Xue Pan.

It can be said that the mother and younger sister are the Achilles' heel of the Dumb King.

Although this guy is cute, it doesn't mean he is a good person.

It can only be said that he is not bad enough to bleed pus, so bad that he has no bottom line.

Seeing that Shi Zhongkui's face was only reddish, Jia Lian thought for a while, and said plainly, "Brother Bofeng, I have an unfeeling request for my brother, please don't blame me."

Shi Zhongkui put down his chopsticks, and asked with a smile, "My younger brother probably guessed something about what Second Brother Lian meant, but I also have a problem."

Speaking of this, Shi Zhongkui deliberately looked at the servants in the private room, and when he attracted the attention of Jia Lian and the other three, he smiled and said, "Why don't you go to my brother's house for a cup of tea?"

When Jia Lian and Xue Pan first heard him say that they had difficulties, their hearts skipped a beat, but when they heard him talk about going to his house, they knew there was more to this matter.

It's just that it's not easy to say it in a restaurant, so as not to be heard and spread.

Feng Ziying wanted to leave when she saw that a personal matter was involved, but this time she was stopped by Shi Zhongkui, who insisted on inviting him to drink tea at home before continuing the chat.

A group of people arrived at Shi Zhongkui's house not long after.

It was only five days before the supplementary examination, so Shun'er and others were asked to wipe and wipe the table, and Jia Lian and the three were invited to sit in the living room.

Shi Zhongkui entered the bedroom and took out a wooden box containing 15 fans from the space.

After thinking about it, he left 9 fans behind, and walked out holding a box containing 6 fans, and a fruit plate containing some preserved peaches, persimmon cakes, dried dates, and raisins.

Shun'er hurriedly put the fruit plate on the table, took over the 3 catties of tea that Shi Zhongkui had bought on the street in the past three months, and asked three servants of Yu Honggao's family to boil water and make tea in the kitchen.

The tea was not good, and Jia Lian and the three of them were sure of it once they ate it, but the preserved peaches, dried persimmons, dried dates, and raisins tasted surprisingly good.

Drink tea and eat preserved fruit.

Xue Pan asked where he bought these candied fruits.

It wasn't that Xue Pan wanted to do the preserved fruit business, but to buy some for Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai to taste.

By the way, send some to Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion. After all, the Xue family has been living in Lixiangyuan in the northeast corner of Rongguo Mansion for a year. If there are any good things, they should also give some to the Jia family.

"Brother Xue likes it. When we leave, I'll have someone prepare for you, Second Brother Lian and Brother Feng to take it back. Don't mention the money."

These words surprised Jia Lian and Feng Ziying. Before, they heard that Shi Zhongkui could hardly afford to eat, but now it seems that this guy should get some money from Yu's family.

Xue Pan's expression was unavoidably ugly.

(End of this chapter)