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Chapter 195 Here Comes a Big Deal

Xiu Niang came to the main room with a pot of tea and three cups, walked up to Chu Ge, put the cups on the table, and poured the tea.

Chu Ge pushed a cup to the person opposite, and said with a smile, "Come, brother Guixi, let's drink tea."

Guixi took the cups, and before Xiuniang filled all three cups, he took a sip, and then smiled a little embarrassedly when he was done.

"Brother, sister-in-law, I'm dissatisfied with you. I rushed over early this morning and haven't had a sip of water yet. I'm really thirsty right now, so I'll drink it first."

Xiu Niang smiled when she heard what Gui Xi said, put down the teapot, sat next to Chu Ge, and chattered with a smile.

"Guixi, your brother Chu and I are usually busy. There are very few shoppers who come to the shop. There is no tea in this room. You are here now. I have to make you wait and go to the stove. First boil a small pot of water to make tea for you, you think sister-in-law is neglecting you."

Guixi drank two sips of tea, the hot feeling of rolling down his throat really quenched his thirst, he said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, if you want to say that, how can I come here in the future."

Chu Ge looked at Guixi and said, "Hey, brother, when you came to pay back the money, didn't you mean you were going to rest at home for a while, and come back at the end of the year, why did you come out again now?"

Originally, people like Guixi who were hauling goods and walking around the streets usually worked for a few months and then took a break. At the end of the new year, they would do more things and go out for a run. When they came back, it would be Chinese New Year. .

Thinking about Guixi, Xiuniang might be diligent, thinking about earning two more money, so she said, "Guixi, how many boards do you want this time, I'll go down later and let the guys drive yours out first. "

Guixi blew on the tea in the cup, shook it a few times before drinking it, and poured himself another cup when he was done.

He looked at the two of them and smiled, "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm not here to ask for a board."

Chu Ge thought that Guixi was joking, so he said, "Brother, you don't mean to say that you came to see me for tea today, right?"

Gui Xi put his hands on the table, and he wanted to talk about something, but he first looked outside, and then waved his hands to let them get closer to each other.

Chu Ge and Xiu Niang glanced at each other, and Guixi leaned over, but it was still a little funny, what did Guixi want to say, and he made it so carefully, afraid that others might not hear it.

Guixi leaned forward, looked at Chu Ge and the others, and whispered, "Brother, sister-in-law, we're going to do a big deal..."

Chu Ge followed his words, "What's the big deal?"

Guixi raised his eyes to look outside again, looked at Chuge lowering his head, and whispered again, Xiuniang looked at it and smiled secretly, it seems that this is really a big deal, Guixi is so careful.

Chu Ge just watched Guixi's mouth move, but he didn't hear anything, "Hey, Guixi, what are you talking about?"

After hearing what Chu Ge said, Guixi said in a low voice, "Brother, I mean, in a few days..."

Xiu Niang craned her neck to hear the first sentence, but the latter fell silent again. This made her anxious, so she patted the table vigorously.

Two brothers, Chu Ge and Gui Xi, one was talking in a low voice, the other was listening intently, but Xiu Niang was taken aback by some surprise, they both stood up and looked at her.

Xiu Niang pursed her lips tightly, looked at Guixi and said, "Oh, brother Guixi, who can hear you, you little kitten, speak louder, why are you talking so hard."

Guixi paused, looked at Xiuniang and blinked, Xu felt that he was a little too careful, so he cleared his throat and started talking.

"Well, my sister-in-law is right. It's really hard for us to say this... Then brother Chu, it's like this. In a few days, people from the palace will come to our town."

Xiu Niang was taken aback when she heard this, and couldn't help giving Guixi a look, pretending to take a sip of the tea in front of her to cover it up, she thought it was something, this kid was playing tricks for a long time, and that's what he was talking about.

In fact, it's not a new thing for someone from the palace to come to the town. She had heard Mrs. Cao talk about it earlier. Every year before the [-]th day of August, the people in the palace would go shopping everywhere. Shuangyang Town... Oh, that is, the town where Xiuniang and Chu Ge are staying now. It is connected to Shangyang Village and Xiayang Village, so it is called Shuangyang Town.

Because there are many carpentry workshops here, and there are all kinds of seats and benches, people in the palace will come here to buy some, and then bring them back to the palace to replace the ones from the past year.

As for why the people in the palace came here to buy seats instead of making them in the palace themselves, who knows, Xiuniang also asked Mrs. Cao earlier, she was very straightforward He teased this sentence to her.

Chu Ge just heard Guixi's words, he paused for a while, and said to Guixi, "Brother, is that what you said, big deal?"

Guixi nodded, and said with a smile, "That's right, this is someone from the palace, the business in the palace, can it be big!"

Chu Ge looked at Gui Xi, and replied dumbly, "Oh, it's quite big."

Gui Xi grinned and looked at Chu Ge stupidly, "Brother, this is a big deal, why, why don't you act like nothing happened."

Xiu Niang smiled at the side, and said, "Guixi, it's not that you brother Chu poured cold water on you, what you mean by brother Chu is that in our workshop, there are no chairs and benches that other people want in the palace. It has nothing to do with us to build this."

After hearing what Xiuniang said, Guixi's mind turned, and he patted himself on the forehead, "Oh, brother, sister-in-law, it's all my fault. I'm so happy and confused. I didn't make it clear just now. When you come here this time, in addition to getting some chairs and benches, you also need to get a batch of washboards."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Ge and Xiu Niang regained their energy, but they thought again, what Guixi said was true or not, people in the palace still need this little thing .

Guixi smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry, I'm telling the truth. I heard this from Gouzi. Gouzi has a relative who works in the palace. One of his friends is in the palace. Gouzi’s relatives came back to visit relatives in the village earlier, seeing how easy his mother used the washboard to wash clothes, and he felt sorry for his good friend, so he secretly brought one to the palace for her... ..."

Xiu Niang interrupted him, "Why, when people in the palace wash their clothes, do they also use laundry sticks to beat them?"

Guixi said, "No, there are four to six carts of people in the palace, how many people can there be in this small clothes washing bureau, who works until late every day, and whose acquaintance has numb hands all year round , isn’t it just a swing.”

Xiu Niang thought about it and said, "Hey, isn't there soap? I heard from Mrs. Liu that it washes clothes clean."

Guixi waved his hand, "Sister-in-law, you don't know about this, how much does it cost to hire a laundry girl for a year, but a piece of soap is very expensive, and everyone in the bureau is paid Then a small piece has to be reserved for those favored empresses, otherwise, the people in this palace will also be able to settle accounts."

Xiu Niang nodded and said, "Oh, I see, then you can continue."

"This..." Gui Xi opened his mouth and said, "Hey, where did I just say?"

Chu Ge said dumbly, "Then who secretly brought a board and gave it to the palace..."

Guixi clapped her hands, "Ah, I remembered, then whoever brings the board to her is a good friend, she is also good at being a good friend, and every time she quickly finishes washing the clothes under her hands, their father-in-law who is in charge saw it , I asked her where the board came from, and she didn't dare to tell who her friend thought it was, but it was bought by a peddler on the way back to the hometown to visit relatives, but their steward took a good look at it. , Just tell the above, the people in the palace sent someone to buy it."

"Oh, so that's what happened." Chu Ge and Xiu Niang nodded, but then looked at Gui Xi in a daze.

Guixi frowned, "Brother, sister-in-law, what, what's the matter?"

Xiu Niang chattered with a half-smile, "I said Guixi, you didn't listen to it from the books, did you? How do you know so clearly about the affairs of the palace?"

Guixi said, "Hey, no, who is not a relative of Gouzi? Earlier Gouzi and his brothers said they were going to visit the imperial city, so his aunt asked him to send something to that person. In the past, someone mentioned this matter when he was chatting with Gouzi, hehe, whoever’s relative happened to work there, he heard it from the people above."

Xiuniang is becoming more and more lazy to talk about him, "I said Guixi, didn't you tell the people in the palace about the lover and where the board was bought and sold? Then why did they come to us? Mile."

This time Guixi didn't speak, but Chu Ge spoke first, "Xiu Niang, people in this palace travel to many places every year, and the things bought and sold in each place are different. , such carpentry work, only our Shuangyang Town is the best, so of course the people from the palace will come here."

Guixi blinked, "Oh, yes, my brother is right, his brain is really clever."

Chu Gemu said, "It's not that I'm clever, it's that the people in this palace can use their brains too."

Guixi chuckled, and said to Xiuniang, "Sister-in-law, what my brother said is right, the people in the palace came here because they saw that the carpentry work in Shuangyang Town was doing well. If they buy it casually outside, I’m afraid it’s not authentic.”

Xiu Niang babbled, and said that the people in the palace are very smart. This washboard is just a few slots on the wooden board. If there is something authentic or not, I dare not buy it outside. I have to go to Shuangyang Town...

She thought for a while, looked at Guixi, and said, "Guixi, you just said that those people in the palace don't want to buy casually outside, so it's possible that other places besides us have started to make Is this the washboard?"

(End of this chapter)