The jade pendant connects the past and present; the exiled crown prince's wife takes her entire

Unsurprisingly, I ran into the same helpful shop assistant again this time.

The female shop assistant, wearing a white long coat, glanced at Jiang Jinning from head to toe to make sure she was not injured before taking out the muscle-regenerating powder, iodine, and gauze and placing them on the counter.

You can't blame the shop assistant. Anyone would ask a few more questions if they saw someone dressed in rags coming to buy medicine a few days in a row, right?

As usual, Jiang Jinning asked for some paper packets, intending to pack them up again using the same method as before. She inadvertently glanced at a medicine box with a foot drawn on it on the shelf next to her.

The characters here are very different from those in Da Li, and are much simpler. Even though she had read some books with her nanny before and knew how to read, she couldn't fully understand them here. However, she could roughly guess that the tube should be a medicated ointment to be applied to the feet.

She remembered that Song Wanzhen had complained about foot pain during the day, which turned out to be from walking too much and getting her skin chafed. If she could secretly buy some ointment and apply it to her, perhaps her feet wouldn't hurt so much.

Jiang Jinning had dealt with this shop assistant twice before, so she wasn't as intimidated as before. Mustering her courage, she pointed to the medicine on the shelf and asked, "Can I apply that medicine to scraped skin on my feet?"

The shop assistant nodded and explained the effects of the ointment. Jiang Jinning was still confused, but in short, it was a cure-all.

Jiang Jinning glanced at the prices displayed on the shelf. She had secretly memorized the meaning of these numbers when she first entered the pharmacy, including the fact that the "yuan" and "kuai" in people's mouths actually meant the same thing. So, she knew that this ointment would cost fifteen yuan.

Jiang Jinning mentally calculated the prices: she bought more of the muscle-regenerating powder, iodine, and gauze than she should have, totaling forty yuan. This ointment was fifteen yuan, so she had fifteen yuan left, enough to buy some food.

With enough money, Jiang Jinning didn't hesitate any longer and bought the ointment.

As Liang Cheng had predicted, upon leaving the pharmacy, they indeed saw many round, colorful, and very smooth beads at a nearby stall.

Jiang Jinning had seen these beads on the heads of the guests tonight. Some were jade, some were glass, and some were agate. What surprised her was that these beads could have such a variety of colors, and could be polished to different sizes, without any sharp edges, and so transparent that objects could be seen through them.

Jiang Jinning originally didn't want to look at them for long; she only had fifteen yuan and didn't really have the right to look at them much. However, those colorful beads were just too beautiful. She saw a pretty girl pick out more than ten pink glass beads, string them into a bracelet, and wear it on her wrist. It only cost five yuan.

Perhaps she doesn't fully understand the purchasing power of five yuan, but the pancakes Liang Cheng treated her to last time cost five yuan each.

Too cheap!

In Dali, glass is comparable to mutton fat jade, and is very expensive. It would never be polished into small beads, as that would be too wasteful.

Jiang Jinning's eyes sparkled. She took a deep breath, stepped forward somewhat shyly, and hesitated about how to begin.

"Miss, what kind of beads do you want? I have glass beads, agate, aventurine, and Hetian jade, all of which can be strung into bracelets."

"I... I don't want to use bracelets, can I just have a few beads?"

Jiang Jinning didn't have much money. Although she had a general idea of ​​the price of these exquisite beads, she was still a little uneasy. After all, in Dali, even a small piece of glass bead was worth a fortune.

"Of course! What kind of beads do you want? What size do you need?"

Jiang Jinning didn't quite understand the special vocabulary used here to refer to the size of beads. She wanted red beads to decorate the flower stamens, and they didn't need to be very big.

She glanced around and quickly spotted a red agate of the right size in the corner.

"How much are these six?"

In Dali, agate of this quality is usually used for setting in jewelry, and a single piece can cost a hundred taels of silver. I wonder what the price is here.

"Miss, you have a great eye! These are 7A grade red agate, guaranteed genuine or your money back. If you want six, I'll give you a discount of 1 yuan, hoping to become a repeat customer!"

One dollar and fifty cents?

A cornbread costs 50 cents, a small milk-flavored steamed bun costs 50 cents, a large steamed bun costs 50 cents, and six agates only cost 1.5 yuan, which is just over 20 cents each? They're even less expensive than cornbread!

"How much is a small packet of these red glass beads?"

"That one, that one pack has a hundred, and it costs one dollar and fifty cents."

One yuan and fifty cents for a hundred glass beads!

Jiang Jinning was so happy with the bargain that she almost cried.

Clutching the huge sum of fifteen yuan, she waved her hand and bought a bag of red glass beads. After paying, she held them in her hand, feeling as happy as if she had obtained some great treasure.

Her gaze then fell on the cables to the side.

The velvet thread was very cheap; the vendor said it was only a little over two yuan for more than a thousand meters. You should know that in Dali, this kind of thing would cost more than a penny.

She was only making spider lilies for the time being, so she bought a darker shade of red. Velvet yarn comes in knotted and knotless varieties. Knotless yarn is smoother and won't tangle, but the color is duller. Jiang Jinning still chose the knotted yarn.

She decided to hold off on buying anything else for now, mainly because they were all too cheap, and her huge sum of money couldn't withstand the hassle. In the end, she only bought the red glass beads and the red velvet thread.

Jiang Jinning didn't stay at the stall for long, but she secretly made a mental note that she would definitely buy a little of each kind of bead next time she made money!

As I was leaving, I spotted something at a bustling stall that looked remarkably similar to the Great Crossbow. The vendor called it a mini crossbow.

It is about the size of a palm. Unlike the wooden crossbows of the Great Li Dynasty, it is made of iron and solid wood, but it is colder and harder overall.

At this moment, the vendor was demonstrating the crossbow's function to the customers. Only then did Jiang Jinning realize that the crossbow was not a real weapon, but was called a "toy" by others.

It turns out that crossbows are dangerous products here and are regulated; only relatively safe small toys can be sold.

A customer was enthusiastically attaching a special harmless arrow and shooting it at the target prepared by the vendor. With a "whoosh," it missed the target, but the customers were having a great time.

For some reason, Jiang Jinning, who had stopped, thought of the young general in the past, riding a horse and drawing a bow, full of vigor and spirit, instead of being like this now, having to use a broken plank to pull himself along even when traveling.

Although the young general didn't say anything, Jiang Jinning could tell that he was sad.

If we could buy the young general a crossbow, even if it couldn't be used as a weapon, he would be happy, right?

Jiang Jinning clutched the fifteen yuan in her hand and hesitantly asked the vendor about the price. What she found almost made her faint with shock.

What? Five hundred yuan?

With only twelve coins left, Jiang Jinning blushed and ran away. She ran a long way, but she was still unwilling to give up.

Five hundred, earn five hundred and buy the little general a toy, wouldn't that be great?

Putting the crossbow out of her mind for the time being, Jiang Jinning went to the snack stall.

There are so many delicious foods here, the aromas are irresistible. There's chicken coated in flour and fried, topped with red and white sauces, it looks so tempting.

Not to mention the strong smell, she didn't have extra money to buy it.

Next time, I'll definitely buy one to try!

Finally, she bought ten steamed buns, five milk-flavored and five cornmeal-flavored. The vegetable buns were huge and smelled delicious, but each one cost one yuan and fifty cents, and she didn't have the money!

She also saw soy milk with pure white sugar that Dali didn't have. It looked delicious. Some people would add soy sauce and soak long, fried dough sticks in it, which looked very appetizing.

A cup of soy milk costs 1.5 yuan, and that cup can hold about half a water bladder.

They had been secretly drinking from the water pouches they brought back last time, not wanting to finish them, and there was still a little left. This time, the water pouch they brought back was empty. Why don't we take some back and let the little general try it?

Jiang Jinning calculated the price: ten steamed buns cost five yuan, and two cups of soy milk filled with water cost three yuan. We have the money to buy them!

With a wave of her hand, she took it.