Chapter 358: The Little Wife of Orion (17)

Town.
There are not many people in the afternoon. There are various vendors and stalls selling various items in two rows of the street. At the entrance of the restaurant and teahouse, Xiao Er had a smile on his face and an enthusiastic attitude, greeting the visiting officials.
Ji Huai carried a bamboo basket on his back and held a few hats in his hand, which he had woven during this time. Tang Xiu'er also carried a basket with embroidery in it.
The two went to the hospital first.
There are three medical clinics in the town. Ji Huai went to the most famous one—Yonghetang.
Upon entering the door, the doctor was in the clinic and the apprentice was busy grabbing medicine. Seeing the two of Ji Huai coming in, he glanced up and continued to grab the medicine.
Ji Huai walked to the counter and asked the apprentice, "Do you collect medicinal materials here?"
The apprentice saw that he was neither seeing a doctor but also taking medicine, so his attitude was quite casual, without raising his head, he asked casually, "What medicine? Take it out."
Their medical hall is large, so many people will send in processed medicinal materials and just weigh them and check out.
"Ginseng dug up the mountain." Ji Huai replied.
Hearing this, the apprentice's busy hand stopped and looked at him several times. Wild ginseng is valuable. If it is good in appearance, you can make a fortune if you dig one.
The man standing in front of the counter was dressed in coarse cloth, with a sturdy figure, sturdy features, and carrying a few bamboo baskets and hats. At first glance, he was a rough man in the country, who came to the town to sell knitting products. Most of the medicinal materials they sent were wild in the mountains, and the appearance was better.
"There are some Ganoderma lucidum." Ji Huai took out from the bamboo basket.
The apprentice glanced twice, his eyes fixed on the ginseng he took out. This wild ginseng is not big, and its shape is not beautiful, but it is the most expensive and has the highest medicinal value. He immediately put down the scale in his hand, and his tone improved a bit, "Wait a moment, I'll call Dr. Zhang."
The medical hall was opened by Doctor Zhang. This kind of precious medicinal material cannot be weighed and settled. He needs to come and see it in person.
After the apprentice left, Ji Huai and Tang Xiu'er stayed where they were. She looked at the hospital, and her behavior was somewhat restrained. She came over and asked in a low voice, "I heard that ginseng is very expensive. You can't be deceived."
Although this root of ginseng looks small and ugly, it is also ginseng at any rate, maybe it can sell for hundreds of texts.
Just after she finished speaking, Doctor Zhang came out of Ji Huai before he could reply. He looked round and his eyes were a bit small. He looked at the ginseng on the counter, narrowed his eyes, and looked at the two of them, "This Was it dug on the hill?"
Ji Huai nodded, "It was dug today."
Doctor Zhang: "I have to look at this pattern and guess about the age. We have to send wild ginseng to the major mansions if we collect it in our store. If we can't sell it, we lose money."
"Although the ginseng is small, the reed bowls are dense and high, and the age is definitely a lot. The quality is good, you can't lose it." Ji Huai asked him to see it and mentioned it, revealing how much he understands.
The long reed bowl of ginseng is usually one year long. The higher the density, the longer the life span.
Seeing what he said, Doctor Zhang carefully picked it up and looked at it in order to avoid smashing the signboard and not to be fooled.
Tang Xiu'er also moved forward slightly, staring at Doctor Zhang for fear of being deceived.
After a while, Doctor Zhang looked at Ji Huai, "You are indeed a long ginseng, and I think it has been for decades, but the quality is not good, I don’t know if Li Fu accepts it. Let me give you thirty-two. ."
Li Mansion is the richest family in the town, and his son is an official in the capital.
Before he finished his words, he saw the pregnant woman next to the other party's eyes widened, as if he had misheard, and he felt that he was sure of ten, and he said, "Ganoderma lucidum is not very valuable. I will give you another one or two and two hundred. Text."
For ordinary people, three or four is the cost of one year. I dug a piece of ginseng and sold it for thirty taels. That is the cost of the past few years. Normal people are excited. That was a huge windfall.
Tang Xiu'er hadn't reacted yet. The money was too much, and Ji Huai was indifferent. "This ginseng has deep and tight horizontal stripes. Even if it doesn't break a hundred years, it will take decades. I just went to Chengrentang and the prices they offered were all Higher than yours, if it is thirty taels, I will not sell it."
After he finished speaking, he acted and wanted to put it away, and the reaction Tang Xiuer had just said was no longer a surprise in the eyes of Doctor Zhang, but why there was so little anger.
"They are fooling you? No matter how high the price is, then you will have to lose money." Doctor Zhang said as he stopped his movements, "How can it be broken for a hundred years? The price is really not high, thirty-three taels, you see. Is it the highest price."
In the face of people who do not know the goods, he will lower the price, but at the beginning, he did not regard Ji Huai as a person who did not know the goods, and the price he said was still high.
Ji Huai did not continue to pull with him, but his attitude was tough, "Thirty-five taels."
"You" Doctor Zhang took a closer look at the ginseng again, gritted his teeth, "Okay, thirty-five taels is thirty-five taels!"
Tang Xiu'er saw that the two were bargaining, and she was shocked by the number she said. She waited until Ji Huai got the money and took her out, but she didn't get over it.
A total of thirty-six taels and two hundred wen were sold, how can they sell so much money? She had never seen so much money.
"What do you want to eat, what do you want to buy?" Ji Huai asked her with a side face.
"Huh?" Tang Xiuer hadn't reacted yet.
"We have money now, and I will buy everything you want to eat and buy. I will buy it for you." Before he finished speaking, a carriage was about to pass by the road. He grabbed her by the arm and gently pulled her aside.
Tang Xiu'er leaned slightly towards him, getting close to him, waves in the eyes were stirred up, and she still subconsciously refused, "I don't want anything."
"Aren't you hungry? Give you pastry? Mung bean cake?" Ji Huai ignored it, and continued to ask. Before she could answer, he gently grabbed her arm and pulled her to the opposite side of the road. The bamboo basket, I’ll buy you something to eat first, if you don’t eat it, you can eat it on the road for a while."
Tang Xiu'er still couldn't bear the money, but the mung bean cake was really fragrant. The person who sells the cakes is so enthusiastic, he only talked a few words with Ji Huai, and then he started to pretend.
"Enough is enough," she kept saying. The man only listened to Ji Huai's words, and finally bought a pound.
The mung bean cake was just made, it was still warm, and the faint fragrance made her swallow unconsciously.
Ji Huai took her to the market, found a location, and put down the bamboo basket and the hat. Tang Xiu'er stood beside him, watching people coming and going, carrying mung bean cake in her hand.
"Don't you taste it? If it doesn't taste good, I'll buy you something else later." Ji Huai glanced at the pastry, and his eyes fell on her petite face.
"Okay." Tang Xiuer hesitated for a moment, and then came down.
I don't know if it tastes good, but she is really greedy.
How can there be any pastries to eat before? There will be rice cakes during the New Year, but brown sugar is needed to make rice cakes. Brown sugar is very expensive, and Ji Mu is very reluctant. Ji's rice cakes are made less, so she can eat only so little cakes.
When she was just pregnant, Ji's mother told her that when she had a baby, she would buy brown sugar and boil her brown sugar eggs and give her a few more meals. But before she had a baby, Ji's mother was already sick and passed away, and the family's money was spent completely for the treatment.
She carefully picked up a piece of mung bean cake, instead of eating it first, she handed it to Ji Huai.
The other party shook his head, "You can eat."
The pastry is a rare good thing for their family. He bought it for her. She was naturally embarrassed to eat it by herself. Somehow, she was so bold that she stretched the pastry forward again and reached his mouth.
Shui Lingling's eyes looked at him, cool and bright. Ji Huai looked at her as soon as he turned his eyes.
At that moment, his eyes were startled, and his eyes flickered slightly, as if he hadn't expected it.
Tang Xiu'er didn't expect that she herself was so bold and unreserved, so she hurriedly put the cake in his hand, embarrassed and hurriedly said, "Try it too."
When the words were over, he turned his back and lowered his head. He also picked up a piece of pastry and gnawed at it, and his cheeks were flushed.
Fortunately, there were no people around, she actually made such a frivolous behavior, if she was seen, it would be ridiculed.
"We are a husband and wife, don't be so shy."
His words came from the side. Tang Xiu'er looked over and saw him looking forward, putting the pastry into his mouth, the corners of his mouth seemed to be curved upwards.
The words of those daughter-in-laws in the morning echoed in her ears again.
Others are not as shy as her, and she does things that are extraordinarily bold, and she is even as shy as she feeds a cake. How can she have a good relationship with him? So there is no interest, men will not pity her.
Tang Xiu'er sighed in her heart, lost in thought with the melty pastry in her mouth.
Ji Huai looked at the crowds coming and going, and he didn't drink much. Today, the sale of ginseng has already made a lot of money. When selling bamboo baskets and straw hats, there are many concessions to bargaining with the other party.
It was sold out in less than an hour. Tang Xiu'er embroidered embroidery is also on the floor, but this street is not easy to sell, only a purse is sold.
While Tang Xiu'er was waiting, she unknowingly ate most of the mung bean cake. When she tried her best to resist too much gluttony, Ji Huai reminded instead, "There are only a few pieces left. What are you keeping? Hurry up? Finish some."
She looked at it and handed him the pastry.
For the remaining five yuan, Ji Huai ate two yuan and left three yuan for her. Moreover, she was still waiting for her to finish eating before leaving.
Tang Xiu'er speeded up eating pastries, her cheeks bulging.
"I'm not urging you, why are you so anxious?" He chuckled softly, opened the bamboo tube, and handed the water to her, "Drink some water and choke carefully."
Tang Xiu'er felt ashamed and did not dare to speak. She raised her small hand, covering her mouth, and took the bamboo tube with the other hand.
"What are you afraid of in front of me? I don't know how to laugh at you. Eat slowly and leave after a while." Ji Huai looked at her, his expression unchanged, and didn't seem to care.
This caused Tang Xiu'er's nervous heart to slowly ease, slowed down her chewing movements, and drank a few more sips of water after swallowing.
Ji Huai: "That pastry is good. I'll buy some when I go back later."
She was about to say no and she thought that he would eat too, maybe he liked it, so she didn't say anything.
After a while, Ji Huai walked forward, and Tang Xiuer followed him in small steps.
"There are so many people, you go ahead of me, and I look at you so as not to be hit." Ji Huai said to her.
Tang Xiu'er speeded up again and walked ahead of him. He was very close to her, carrying a bamboo basket on his back and carrying her basket in his hand.
After walking for a while, she asked, "Are we going back now?"
"The rice at home is gone, go and sell some rice." Ji Huai's voice came not far from behind.
"Great."
The two went to the rice shop to buy rice. The rice shop's rice included brown rice and polished rice. Brown rice only cost 35 cents per bucket. The price of polished rice is different, and it costs 50 cents per bucket.
Ji Huai bought polished rice, flour, and a small bag of each.
Tang Xiu'er felt painful, but he made a lot of money today, which is not worth mentioning to him. She doesn't speak from a standpoint. And in Ji's house, she never expressed her opinion.
After buying polished rice and flour, and there was a cloth shop when he went out, Ji Huai took Tang Xiu'er in, and she followed him.
"Your clothes are also short. Winter is coming soon. Choose a few pieces of cloth to make clothes." Ji Huai said to her suddenly.
Tang Xiu'er was stunned, followed his gaze, and looked at her clothes.
Her belly is slightly convex, and the clothes that were originally loose have been shortened. The eldest daughter-in-law, who was still a cow, could not wear it after giving birth, so it was given to her.
This is also one of her best clothes, and she will put it on when she comes to town today. Her clothes were all patches, and Ji Mu used to wear them, but they were also given to her. They were modified, stitched and patched, and the clothes never fit.
"You will also make some clothes for me at that time. What kind of cloth do you want? I bought it together." He did not ask her whether he agreed, chose the cloth he likes, and asked her what color she wanted.
When Tang Xiu'er was still hesitating, he said, "If you don't pick, I'll pick it for you."
She looked at the cloth, really didn't know what to pick, it all looked good.
Ji Huai picked two pieces for her, both of which were relatively plain, light green and light blue. She was a little anxious, "Don't use this color, change to another color."
She is already a woman, and she will soon be a child and his mother, how can she wear this?
"I think they are wearing them, aren't they pretty?" Ji Huai said, making her look aside.
Tang Xiu'er also looked over. There were a few little women nearby who were laughing and chatting. They were wearing similar cloths and were still discussing.
She lowered her eyes and muttered, "That's different."
"Why is it different? Looking at the age, it's not much difference. You can wear it when you have a baby." Ji Huai didn't think there was any problem, but instead looked at her and asked, "Isn't it good-looking?"
Tang Xiu'er lowered her head and said nothing.
Good-looking is good-looking, but she is married, so what does she do in such a good-looking dress?
"Just bought this, and it looks good." He didn't say much, and had asked the man to take a ruler to measure the cloth.
She didn't speak any more, and looked up at the cloth. He said it looks good, then she will like it if she wears it? Thinking of this, she didn't refuse any more, it was a tacit consent.
Before leaving, she took a closer look at the women who were laughing and covering their mouths, and her eyes fell on their clothes.
"Look at the way."
His voice pulled her thoughts back, before she could react, her hand was held by someone again, leading her forward. He only let go when he got out of the door.
After that, the two went to buy pastries again. After buying pastries, he looked at the butcher's stall again and turned to look at her, "Want to eat pork?"
She instinctively shook her head.
Pork is so luxurious, she doesn't eat it.
"I want to eat." Without hesitation, he raised his foot and bought a pound.
Tang Xiuer: ""
Why do you still ask her if this is the case? The money is his.
He bought pork and put it in a bamboo basket. He put all the heavy things in the bamboo basket, and she carried her own basket.
After another walk, Ji Huai saw others selling candied haws, "Do you want to eat it?"
She looked at the candied haws, and before speaking, he paid for it, "I want a bunch."
"Good." The vendor took it down quickly.
Tang Xiu'er thought he would buy it for himself, but saw him pass the candied haws to her, "eat it."
She slowly raised her hand, took it, and said, "I'm not a child, so children eat candied haws."
This is true. The children who just passed by eat candied haws, but the older ones don't.
"You are not old, you were originally a little sister." Ji Huai was funny, as if to say casually.
Tang Xiu'er looked at his back, her snow-white teeth sunken in her full lips. Before he could think about it, he turned his head back and the tail sounded slightly.
She took the candied haws and ran after him.
During the period, passing by the place where hairpins were sold, the hairpins were carved from wood and silver. Tang Xiu'er was actually a child, and it was inevitable to look at it more.
"Choose." He said generously.
She shook her head again.
Ji Huai: "It doesn't cost much, it's only a few dozen texts. When you get married, you don't have any jewelry. I will give you a few, and keep them if you don't wear them."
When Tang Xiu'er saw him say that he was married, his thoughts fluctuated.
Where are they married. She is a child bride-in-law who is raised in Ji's family, and naturally there is no betrothal gift.
She doesn't have the big red wedding gown, the only thing she has is the red hijab on the top of her head. Shabby and crude, everything is muddled.
In the morning, several daughter-in-laws said that if a man wants to buy something for himself, he cannot refuse. Women can't live too shabby and humble, otherwise men don't take it seriously, how can they look more?
Tang Xiu'er looked at Ji Huai, "I chose it?"
He replied: "Choose."
She smiled like a little girl, looked at all kinds of hairpins, and dazzled her eyes.
The woman who bought the hairpin also helped her to try it on, and she said one after another, which one looks good. How can Tang Xiu'er be praised so much? I was cautious, but I let it go naturally.
"Does it look good?" She wore one and looked at him expectantly.
"It looks good." He didn't look much, but gave approval.
In the end, she still felt sorry for the money and only bought two wooden hairpins.
"I really like it so much?" Ji Huai asked her after paying the money.
Tang Xiu'er was still happy and didn't slow down, eyebrows were bent, and she nodded vigorously.
Even if it is made of wood, it is also jewelry, and the workmanship is exquisite, and she looks very beautiful.
Who knows, after she said so, Ji Huai took her to the Jinpu.
Tang Xiu'er didn't dare to enter here, and was stuck at the door. The people who came out were dressed in gorgeous robes, some young ladies were accompanied by maids, and some came in a carriage.
She shrank her neck and wanted to take Ji Huai away.
"If you like it, I will buy it for you." He was always strong and straightforward, and walked in first.
Tang Xiu'er looked anxious and could only follow up.
The dressing of the two of them is indeed inconsistent with this place, but they also carry a lot of things, and cloths, and they are not like washes at first glance.
In addition, although Tang Xiu'er was guilty and timid, Ji Huai was generous, and asked her to try jewelry on her inside.
Tang Xiu'er was dazed throughout, trying to resist, but Ji Huai insisted.
He bought her a pair of earrings and a small bracelet. It was golden, almost blinding her.
Tang Xiu'er didn't dare to wear it, so she hid it in her arms on the way back, feeling a little panicked, "I have to find a place to hide it. I can't wear it."
"If you buy it or not, what do you hide it for? Everyone in town wears it." He was puzzled.
Tang Xiu'er: "That's in the town, so I don't wear it in the village, so sassy."
"We will come to live in town from now on?" He didn't want to say.
She only thought he was talking nonsense, how could they live in the town and reluctantly turn to the front, "You have all spent the money, then do?"
"How much is this? There is still a lot of money left to sell ginseng. Buy whatever you want." Ji Huai's words were not salty or not, but they choked her.
The two had just rode in the bullock cart for a while, and had to walk back for the rest of the road. After shopping for too long today, Tang Xiu'er was a little sore, although she didn't carry any heavy objects, and she walked more and more slowly.
Seeing that Ji Huai's pace hadn't slowed down, she couldn't help but said, "Why don't you wait for me?"
The tone was soft, trailing the ending, and the words that came out were a bit complaining about being a baby, she was shocked herself, and she was at a loss for what to do.
"Waiting for you." As if he didn't notice anything, he stopped, stood still, and stretched his hand back. "You can't keep up with your short legs, just hold it."
She blinked, her eyes were stained with a smile, and courageously, she reached out and took his big hand.
The petite and soft little hand was held by the big hand, Ji Huai took a step forward, his faint voice seemed to be caring imperceptibly, "Eat more meat, otherwise it will be difficult."
"Hmm!" She was very obedient.
"Eat more in a while."
"Okay." The smile at the corner of her mouth couldn't hide. :,,