After the adults discussed, they set off for the capital on the sixth day of the eighth month and after the autumn harvest.On the Xu family's side, represented by Xu Maocai, Xu Yuancheng, Wang Xiaohua and Xu Guangyuan, Xu Liu resolutely refused to go far again.In addition to Xu Maocai's uncle, Li Songhe also has two cousins and five cousins.After Li Songhe inquired about their intentions, he decided that the youngest cousin and aunt would take their eldest son and eldest son-in-law to the capital.On the Zhao family's side are Zhao Lingling's father, eldest brother and sister-in-law, as well as her eldest nephew and eldest nephew and daughter-in-law.The number of people was set, and Li Songhe began to contact the caravan.It would be safer to enter Beijing with a caravan.Time blink of an eye to mid-July, and the three pots of lotus planted by Xu Qiaojun bloomed.Each of the three pots of flowers has its own peculiarities, one pot is a silver leaf safflower, one pot is a white lotus as transparent as ice lamp jade dew, and the other pot is an ordinary pink lotus, but its petals are overlapped.Xu Qiaojun counted casually, there should be more than 100 pieces, and the 100-petal lotus flower is in Daqi, which means that 100 "lotus" are in good harmony.Xu Maocai and Xu Shuncheng sent the lotus flower to the agreed place, and the price given by the two guys was not very high, one thousand taels of silver for a pot of lotus.This made Xu Shuncheng unacceptable, a pot of orchids is 10,000 taels, and three pots of lotus flowers are only 3,000 taels, "We won't sell these three pots of flowers." ”"Uncle Xu, don't worry, listen to me.Uncle Xu, the people who like orchids are those who you don't know are in the palace, relatives of the emperor, dignitaries and nobles, and the price of orchids is naturally expensive.Although this lotus flower is peculiar, there are people who like it, but they are all literati and ink writers.Scholars like to be elegant, but they have a lot of books, and the silver is not much, and the price of lotus flowers is naturally not as good as that of orchids.A pot of lotus flowers is 1,000 taels of silver, that's still for the sake of our business in the past few years, I will give you more. ”Dude said."
I know that the price of lotus flowers is not as good as that of orchids, but three or four years ago, the lotus flower was two or three thousand taels of silver per pot, and this year, three pots of lotus flowers are three thousand taels.Xiaohe, it's not that Uncle has to sell it so expensive.Look at these three pots of lotus flowers, they are not ordinary lotus flowers, if I send them to the big families in the city, someone will ask for them, and it is not a problem to sell them for two or three thousand silver in one pot. ”Xu Shuncheng has been selling flowers for three or four years, and he has long known what tricks these two guys are playing, buying flowers at a price, quoting a price to Cai's shopkeeper, and earning the difference.He understood that it was not easy for them to make a living, and he did not go too far, so he didn't bother with them.But this time, these two people actually pushed the price so low that he couldn't bear it anymore.The two guys have always felt that Xu Shuncheng is honest and easy to deceive, they accept flowers, and whatever price is what the price is, thinking that they can make a lot of money this time, but they didn't expect Xu Shuncheng to not agree.After some bargaining between the three of them, the three pots of lotus flowers were sold for 6,900 taels of silver.Xu Shuncheng deposited 2,000 taels of silver into the money village and handed it over to Xu Maocai 3,000 taels of silver.Poor families are rich, bring more money when you go out, just in case.Besides, bring more silver, buy some things, save face for Li Yanze, and tell the Wang family that the relatives of the Li family are not the kind of people who come to fight the autumn breeze after eating the last meal.With the remaining 1,900 taels of silver, Xu Shuncheng plans to buy three small granges, one for each of his three daughters.Since the family has surplus wealth, they cannot treat the children badly.The girls from the rich and noble families in the city all have very rich dowries.Xu Shuncheng is in charge of the purchase of family property, and she doesn't need Xu Qiaojun to worry about it, she does what she likes every day, planting flowers, making bonsai, reading books, and practicing calligraphy.In her spare time, Xu Qiaojun will go to Peaches and play with them, kicking shuttlecocks, throwing sandbags, and hopscotch.The days are peaceful and happy, but when I plant flowers, make bonsai, read books, and pick up stones, I occasionally wander.At the end of July, the private school and the capital began to have autumn vacation, Zhao Xiaojiang rushed to Gu Xizhi, "Sister Qiao'er, where did Brother Xiao go, why didn't you see Brother Xiao?"
"He left." ”Xu Qiaojun said calmly.Zhao Xiaojiang asked, "Where did you go?"
"I don't know." ”Xu Qiaojun put down the small flower pot in his hand, "It's possible to go home." ”"He regained his memory," Zhao Xiaojiang asked in surprise."
I don't know, maybe."
Xu Qiaojun frowned, and suddenly thought that he was seriously injured and rescued, and after recovering his memory, he would definitely go to take revenge.He left quietly, was he afraid that they would stop him, or was he afraid of dragging them down, "Is he still coming back?"
Zhao Xiaojiang asked."
Not coming back."
Xu Qiaojun pouted, no matter what reason he left, it was wrong to say goodbye without saying goodbye.Zhao Xiaojiang looked at her face, licked her lips, and shouted, "Sister Qiao'er." ”"Hmm."
Xu Qiaojun looked at him."
Brother Xiao is gone, are you very reluctant and sad" Zhao Xiaojiang asked cautiously."
Which eye of yours is reluctant to see me, I'm sad," Xu Qiaojun asked in a sharp voice.Zhao Xiaojiang shrunk his neck, "Sister Qiao'er, don't be angry, don't get angry."
I know, Brother Xiao is gone, you are not reluctant, you are not sad. ”Xu Qiaojun snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards the south house, she was not reluctant to let the person leave, let alone sad for his departure.Zhao Xiaojiang muttered a few words in a whisper, scratched his head, and went home.At the beginning of August, it was time to harvest the rice, the rice with full grains was heavy, and the rice stalks were bent.After three days of cutting, all the rice in the field was cut, and the grain was beaten, and it was picked and spread out in the drying area to dry.Stacks of rice stacks taller than people are piled up everywhere in Sanjia Village, and these rice stacks have become a good place for children to hide from cats.They are small and hide in the rice stacks, and it is difficult to spot them unless they look carefully."
Bao'er, where are you coming out and going home for dinner."
Liu Xiuyun shouted while looking for several large rice stacks next to the entrance of the village.Xu Baoer hid in the rice stack and covered her small mouth, smiling proudly, not making a sound, and not coming out.Liu Xiuyun shouted several times, but no one came out, and she was so anxious that she was sweating profusely.Xu Qiaojun and Peaches were in the open space next to them, hopscotch divided the winners and losers, Peaches and they went first, she greeted Liu Xiuyun, "Sister Xiuyun, go home." ”"Sister Qiao'er, I haven't found Bao'er yet."
Liu Xiuyun said urgently.Xu Qiaojun walked over, "He hid in the rice stack again" "Yes." ”Liu Xiuyun touched the sweat on his forehead, this kid has been playing peek-a-boo for the past two days, and he has had a good time, and he never gets tired of it."
Xu Bao'er, I'll count three times, you come out for me immediately, if you don't dare to come out, let me find it, and I will be beaten to death."
Xu Qiaojun said sharply."
What a clever and spicy girl."
A voice came from the rice stack.Xu Qiaojun and Liu Xiuyun were startled by the abrupt voice, it is impossible for the rice stack to become refined, especially at noon, when the yang energy is in full bloom, the ghost spirit does not dare to come out.Xu Qiaojun frowned and asked, "Who is hiding behind the battlements and is scary?"
”Two people walked out from behind the rice stack, one was ten years old, handsome, wearing a snow-blue embroidered orchid brocade robe, holding his hair with an orchid hairpin, and holding a folding fan painted with orchids.The other is fifteen or sixteen years old, looking at the dress, it should be his little servant."
I'm sorry, I didn't expect to scare the girl."
The prince of the noble family said with a smile.Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, he has a good attitude, Xu Qiaojun is not too careful, and said lightly: "Don't be sorry." ”Xu Bao'er got out of the rice stack, ran to Xu Qiaojun's side, and looked at your son, "Who are you doing in our village?"
”Xu Qiaojun frowned and glared at him, and took his hand, "Your little child's family, ask so much what to do, go home." ”With that, the three of them walked towards the village."
Girl, please stay, I want to ask you someone below."
The noble son is polite and authentic."
Who are you going to inquire," Xu Qiaojun asked back."
Xu Shuncheng."
The noble son smiled.Xu Bao'er said quickly: "Xu Shuncheng is my father." ”Xu Qiaojun shook Xu Bao'er's hand vigorously, this kid didn't have any defense, and said it all with a big grin.The noble son's eyes lit up, and there was nowhere to find him when he stepped on the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it.In front of the children of the person he was looking for, he was afraid that he would not find anyone, and said with a smile: "I am surnamed Sui, and I heard that there are good flowers to sell here, so I came here to buy flowers." ”Since it's a guest who comes to buy flowers, it's not easy to drive people away.Xu Qiaojun brought the pair of master servants back home, "Daddy, this Sui Gongzi is here to buy flowers." ”Xu Shuncheng listened, walked out of the house, bowed his hand, and said a few polite words, because it was noon to eat, he invited the master and servant to eat together.Sui Gongzi excused himself, and then arched his hand and said: "Thank you Uncle Xu for your kindness, but Sui is disrespectful." ”There were guests at home, and Lu Chunjiao asked Liu Xiuyun to scramble a plate of eggs to add vegetables.It is easy to get closer to each other at the dinner table, and the Xu family soon knew that Sui Gongzi's name was Ji Ru, Hezhou Ren's family, and the little maid was called Di Yan.It is a small, creeping shrub with lilac or purplish-red flowers.This Sui Gongzi is really a flower lover, and even the name of the little guy is named after the flower.Hezhou is not close to Quanling, Xu Shuncheng is very curious that Sui Jiru will come from so far away to buy flowers, and asked with a smile: "I don't know where Sui Gongzi learned that I have flowers for sale here" "There is also a Baihui Garden in Hezhou City, but there is nothing surprising about the flowers sold in the store, I heard that there are often strange flowers and plants for sale in Quanling, so I ordered people to inquire around, and learned that these flowers are from Uncle Xu's hands, so I came here to buy flowers thousands of miles away." ”Sui Jiru said with a smile."
It's a misinformation from them, and I grow ordinary flowers and plants."
Xu Shuncheng said with a smile.Sui Jiru's slender eyes flashed with a gleam, and he smiled: "Uncle Xu is too modest." ”"This is not too modest, it is the truth, if the son doesn't believe it, just follow me to the garden and see, it's really just some ordinary flowers and plants."
Xu Shun became enlightened.Sui Jiru said with a smile: "Uncle Xu has been in Baoshan for a long time, even if it is a strange flower and a different grass, it is an ordinary thing in Uncle Xu's eyes. ”Xu Shuncheng saw that he insisted on not believing it, and he didn't say much, anyway, when he saw the flowers, he would naturally know
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