Chapter 13
After the first seven days, the Grand General's Mansion was quickly replaced with the plaque of Uncle Zhongyi's Mansion.Xia Tingquan officially moved to the main courtyard of the mansion and lived in the main room.

Xia He didn't let Xia Tingquan propose to ask Xia Shiheng to hand over the power of the family, but asked him to go to the patriarch and the clan's hometown with a ceremony to thank him.

A few days later, Xia Tingquan held another banquet at home, hosting the clan chief and several clan elders.

Xia Shichang accompanied him.

In less than a month, Xia Shiheng couldn't bear the pressure from the clan elders, and offered to hand over part of the family property to Xia Tingquan to try to take care of it.

Xia He has not been idle these days, and has been practicing unremittingly every day. He has achieved a little success in lightness kungfu, and his martial arts has begun to take shape.Occasionally, when I stop to rest, I will read medical books and poisonous scriptures.

Today, the weather is fine.Xia He had the idea of ​​going out for a walk.

When Xia Tingquan heard that she was going out for a stroll, he begged for nothing and insisted on following her.

"I'll accompany you if you really want to go out!" He hadn't had to go shopping for a long time.

want to go.

"No." Xia He refused without thinking, and pushed him out of the room. "You have to follow Mr. Min to learn how to keep accounts!"

Mr. Min was hired by Xia He with a lot of money to teach Xia Tingquan how to do accounting, and also to guide him in some business matters.

When Xia He can spare time, he will also listen in.

Xia Tingquan reluctantly left the room. "Definitely don't want me to accompany you."

"No." Xia He shook his head affirmatively.

"Humph!"

Xia Tingquan snorted coldly, leaving Xia He with a cool back, and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Xia He watched him leave with his hands behind his back, feeling a little sad.

Why does this walking posture with hands behind his back look so much like the third uncle!

After lunch, Xia Tingquan asked Dongzi to bring him 2000 taels of silver bills, and specially asked Dongzi to bring a very arrogant sentence: Master is not short of money, use it as you like.

Xia He smiled, took the money generously, changed into a simple white skirt, took off the white flower on her head, and took Cui Liu out of the mansion in a sedan chair.

"Miss, we are on Chang'an Avenue."

The voice of Cui Liu came from outside the sedan chair.

Xia He raised a corner of the curtain, only to see people coming and going outside, very lively.

Along the way, Cui Liu bought several foods on the street and handed them to her in the sedan chair.

Xia He tasted a little of everything, and ate very happily.

"Xia He, buy more." She said to Xia He outside the sedan chair. "I'll go back later. Let's send some to Brother Quan. I'll give some to Lan Xin and Grandma Sun."

"Okay, Miss." Cui Liu followed beside the sedan chair, also full of satisfaction.

Xia He put a small piece of chestnut cake in his mouth, and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

Eating chestnut cake and listening to the yelling of street vendors outside the sedan chair, Xia He's mouth cracked into a smile.

When she was eight percent full, she raised the curtain again.

Xia He looked at the dazzling array of shops on both sides, and saw a few students walking out of a study, dressed in Confucian shirts, holding calligraphy, painting and ink in their hands.

Xia He was silent in his heart, and asked Cui Liu to call the bearer to stop the sedan chair.

"Cui Liu, is there a pharmacy around here?" Xia He asked.

"Miss Hui, yes. Not far from the corner ahead is the largest and most famous Sifang Pharmacy in Kyoto," Cui Liu pointed to the front.

Xia He looked from a distance, and saw that there was indeed a corner separated by about a dozen shops. "Very good. You go and give the bearers some money and say that I want to go shopping in the study and choose a set of four treasures for the young master. Tell them to rest and wait for us at the tea shop near the Sifang Pharmacy you mentioned."

Cui Liu thought about it, and felt that it was not too far away, and nothing would happen, so she readily agreed.

After entering the study, I saw that the study was huge, and there were all kinds of pens, inks, papers and inkstones in it.There are still many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and Shutong told them that these calligraphy and paintings are all put here for consignment.

Under the introduction of the book boy, Xia He quickly chose the pen, ink and paper, but she was not very satisfied with the inkstone after all.

The book boy saw that the pens, inks and paper she bought were of the best quality, and he knew that she was someone who could afford the money, so he took her to the counter and the shopkeeper personally received her.

"I wonder if you bought this inkstone for your own use or as a gift?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Send it to my brother at home."

"Since it is for men, I have a good one here. Girl, let's see if it suits your eyes." The shopkeeper said, and took out a brocade box from the cabinet behind him and opened it. "This inkstone is called Feiying Inkstone. The inkstone is hard, delicate and smooth."

Xia He saw that the inkstone was composed of two parts: the inkstone cover and the inkstone body. The inkstone cover was raised, and a flying eagle was engraved on it, which was lifelike.

"Boss, how do you sell this square inkstone?" At the first glance, Xia He felt that Brother Quan would like it.

"If the girl likes it, you can pay 300 taels." The shopkeeper replied with a smile.

"300 taels! OK, I bought it."

Only a female voice came from behind Xia He.

Xia He turned around and saw two women coming to the counter with their maids.

These two were Xia Mingyue who was wearing a veil and Qin Keyue who was flamboyant and glamorous.

Xia He thought to himself: Enemy's road is narrow.

The maid beside Qin Keyue walked to the counter two steps ahead of them, raised her hand, and put the 300 taels of silver bill on the counter. "Boss, 300 taels. Our lady wants this inkstone."

The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed for a while, their study is a century-old shop, and their reputation has always been very good.At this moment, he felt that the bank note on the counter was a bit hot, and he didn't know whether he should accept it or not.

"You said you want it if you want it? This square inkstone is the one that our young lady took a fancy to first!" Cui Liu was not convinced.

She had never seen Qin Keyue before, so she didn't know her; as for Xia Mingyue, she didn't recognize her either because she was wearing a veil.

She simply felt that the two people in front of her were so rude, and wanted to steal the inkstone that her young lady liked.

"Fancy? Did you pay?" Qin Keyue crossed her hands in front of her chest.

Thinking of what happened to Shui Se a few days ago, she wished she could tear this bitch apart.

"Since you haven't made a decision, then you haven't formed a deal." Xia Mingyue tilted her head slightly, resting her chin with her right hand, giving off a hazy beauty because of the veil!

She was originally wronged by Xia He because of what happened in Zhongtang last time, and she was unable to explain herself, became depressed and ill, and spent these days recuperating in the mansion.

Today Qin Keyue came to the door, and under Qin's instigation, he dragged her out to relax. How could he have met Xia He, the mourner, by such a coincidence.

Xia He raised his forehead and thought to himself: Even wearing a veil is still so dishonest!

In the past, when she was young and ignorant, she was innocent, and she just thought how could there be someone as elegant and decent as Xia Mingyue, every frown and smile was beautiful, and every gesture was touching!Only now do I know that this woman is really showing off all the time, pretending all the time.

Xia He suddenly put his hands on his stomach, turned around and looked at the shopkeeper pitifully. "How can I do this! It was hard for me to choose the inkstone I like to give to my younger brother!"

"This, it's true that this girl was the first to see it." The shopkeeper looked at the three delicate girls in front of him, feeling embarrassed.

Before Qin Keyue could speak, Xia Mingyue gently grabbed her arm. "But my younger sister really loves this inkstone, and asked the shopkeeper to wrap the inkstone for us."

(End of this chapter)

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