The beautiful pastoral field of Jiangmen girl

Chapter 140 Sad Step Five (1)
There are about forty volumes of various miscellaneous notes, agricultural books, travel notes, local chronicles, etc.There are also wooden knives, swords, guns, and slingshots that boys like.There are more than a dozen small objects with organs.There are also seven or eight wooden carvings of cattle, horses, birds, etc.There are also some stones and shells of different shapes that are only found on the seashore.

Qingyang had never seen anything by the sea before, so he touched it again and again with a curious expression on his face, asking what this was for a while, and what was that for a while?Zhou Boyan answered one by one, as if there was nothing in the world that he didn't understand.In this way, Zhou Boyan's image in the little Qingyang's heart became even bigger.

Of course, Zhou Boyan sent not only these small things, but also a whole carload of dried fish and sea rice (shrimp) from the sea, five hundred catties of sun-dried kelp, ten bolts of silk from the south, four bolts of cotton cloth different from the north, There are also some pastries and snacks from the south.

It was rare for Qingyang to be so happy. Although Qingshu didn't want to see Zhou Boyan, he arranged a sumptuous lunch for Qingyang to entertain his elder brother Yan.

The younger brother wanted to entertain guests, so Qing Shu ate at home by himself.After eating, she picked up the gift list sent by Su's mother to read.When she saw the dried fish, seaweed and kelp on the gift list, her heart was beating so hard, these are all good things!Well, for the sake of Zhou Boyan's winking gift, she can treat him a little bit more, just a little bit.

Before going to bed at night, Qingyang took Qingshu to see a box of treasures he got, and introduced the contents to Qingshu just like Zhou Boyan.

When Qingyang took a white cat's eye-sized bead and said that there were more than 100 of them, and it was brother Yan who used it as marbles for him, Qingshu couldn't calm down for a while.

Qingshu snatched it excitedly, looked left and right halfway, and finally took something to barely hold the beads and roasted them on the fire of the oil lamp.After roasting for only a few seconds, she took the beads away from the fire under Qingyang's suspicious gaze, and then wiped the charred color of smoke formed on the outside of the beads with a cloth.After wiping, the beads are still white beads without any damage.

Qingshu grabbed Qingyang's little hand with a happy face, "Xiaoyang, do you know what these beads are?"

Qingyang replied hesitantly, "Brother Yan said he was playing marbles for Xiaoyang, but he didn't say what it was."

Qing Shu smiled so that her almond eyes curved, "Xiaoyang, this can't be used as a marble, this is a treasure, a treasure that can be exchanged for a lot of money."

Qingyang's eyes widened, "How much silver can I exchange?"

"Well, well, Xiaoyang will give it to my sister, and my sister will make marbles for you with other things. Can I give these treasures to my sister?"

Qingyang nodded heavily, "Okay, give it to my sister to exchange for silver. With silver, we can eat delicious food, don't need to be hungry, and wear nice clothes."

Qingshu was very happy, and kissed Qingyang's fleshy little face.

Qingyang asked shyly, "Xiaoyang, Xiaoyang wants to kiss too."

"Mm, um, Xiao Yang wants to kiss too." Qing Shu said with a smile on her face.

Qingyang pouted, imitating Qingshu's appearance, and kissed Qingshu's face, immediately felt embarrassed, so he rushed forward, put his arms around Qingshu's neck and refused to let go, for fear of seeing his sister will laugh at him.

Qingshu's Le can also be shy, her younger brother is so cute.

The siblings stuck together for a while, and then they separated. They brought a fur skin, and the two of them lay on the wooden box, head to head, picking out the scattered beads lying in every corner of the box, and then put them away In the furoshiki, all I think about is the white money.

At this moment they forgot that Zhou Boyan gave Qingyang to play with the beads, not for them to sell them for silver.

At night, Qing Shu locked one hundred and nine beads into a box, lay down on the hot kang, hugged the quilt and fell asleep in a good mood.

When it was almost dawn, Qingshu had a dream, dreaming that he took one hundred and nine beads and offered them for sale, and a man covered in silver and whose appearance couldn't be seen clearly handed out a lot of white silver.Qing Shu was about to embrace Yin Zi happily, the silver light on the man's body dissipated, revealing Zhou Boyan's face with cold eyes.Qingshu was startled, but Zhou Boyan said, "Return my precious beads."

This shock was not small, and Qing, who was sleeping, sat up comfortably.She was confused for a moment, blinked, blinked again, touched her forehead, and was actually sweating from fright.Qing Shu frowned, and muttered: I really can't wait to see you.

Because of this dream when she got up early, Qingshu's good mood last night disappeared completely, leaving nothing behind.After thinking about it, she showed Gu Qiang a bead, and asked Gu Qiang if he recognized it.

Gu Qiang looked at it for a long time, and said that it seems to be a kind of beads produced by the sea in the south, for children to play with, and there is no such thing in the north.He also said that such a big one is rare in the south, and asked where Qingshu came from.

Qing Shu was very surprised, pearl, this is a pearl, it is still such a big one, and it is also natural, not artificially cultivated.Pearls can not only be beautiful jewelry, but also beautify the skin, it is a treasure.She told Gu Qiang that Zhou Boyan gave Qingyang to play.Gu Qiang was not surprised at all, because Zhou Boyan came back from the south.

Qing Shu thought for a long time, but still asked, "Has Mr. Yan left Kangxi Town?"

"I'll stay for two more days, it seems like I'm waiting for someone." Gu Qiang replied.

"Well, you can find a time to find Mr. Yan, see when it is convenient for Mr. Yan, and invite him to the house for a light meal. The reason is to thank him for sending the special products from the south." Of course, the invitation to dinner is just a pretense. It's serious about pearls and business.

As soon as Qingshu explained in the morning, Gu Qiang called back at noon, saying that Mr. Yan would arrive before noon tomorrow.As soon as the matter was settled, Cheng Yaren came to the door and said that a grocery store in the town was about to be sold, and asked if Gufu was interested.

Qingshu's eyes lit up when she heard this, she was short of a shop, so she immediately asked Gu Qiang to prepare a carriage, and followed Cheng Yaren to see the shop.

Zhangji Grocery Store is one of the largest stores in Kangxi Town, and it is also a time-honored brand. It has been in business for five or sixty years, and its business has been very good.However, the old owner fell ill more than a year ago. After seeing many doctors, he couldn't be cured, so he could only support him.The old owner was tortured by illness, and he had no heart and energy to keep an eye on the business of the store. The children and grandchildren under his knees would only bury their heads in their books, and they had always looked down on merchants. Naturally, no one was willing to take over the business of the grocery store.His sons and grandchildren were unwilling to pick it up, but their daughters-in-law were all vying to take the shop for themselves.

Zhang Laodong's family resolutely does not allow women to get involved in the business of the shop, dragging their sick bodies to take care of the business in the shop.During this period, some of his descendants were imprisoned in other places, and Zhang Laodong's family spent a lot of money to get him out.This time, his descendants no longer underestimated the merchants. Instead, they all thought about the prosperous shop and plotted against each other openly and secretly, just to monopolize the shop.

(End of this chapter)