The Red Mansions

Chapter 2 Market
The alley was deep and winding, and Jia Yun kept changing directions, fearing that someone would follow her behind.

If he is not mistaken, then the jade he picked up just now is very likely to be the psychic jade worn by Jia Baoyu.

To the Jia family, ten taels of silver was nothing, but if this piece of jade was lost, it would be a big deal.

With excitement and apprehension, Jia Yun came to a quiet and remote place and stopped, feeling empty in her arms.

"Huh? Gone?" Jia Yun panicked, then froze again, "Did it escape my mind?"

He took a breath, and with a thought, Lingyu appeared in his hand.

Open your palm and look carefully, the jade is as big as a bird's egg, as bright as a bright glow, as shiny as a crisp, and surrounded by five-color patterns.

Front seal character: psychic gem, never lose and never forget, immortal longevity and prosperity!

The script on the back reads: one to get rid of evil spirits, two to heal unjust illnesses, and three to know misfortunes and blessings!
"It really is that piece of jade!" Jia Yun took a deep breath and thought to herself.

At this time, he thought again: "Since this jade belongs to Jia Baoyu, why didn't he be recognized as the master before?"

Jia Baoyu's previous life was Shenying's waiter.

Some people say that Lingyu is the body of Shenying's waiter, and Jia Baoyu is the soul of Shenying's waiter transformed into a mortal adult.

But the most reliable saying is that the attendant of Shenying watered the crimson grass to turn it into a crimson fairy.

The waiter of Shenying moved his heart to go to the mortal world, and Fairy Jiangzhu asked to go to the mortal world in order to repay her kindness, and used her tears to repay the love of the waiter Shenying's watering.

The stone is entrained in it, and follows Shenying, Jiangzhu and others to experience "the prosperity of flowers and willows" and "gentleness and wealth".

Thus, the waiter Shenying turned into Jia Baoyu, the fairy Jiangzhu turned into Lin Daiyu, and the stubborn stone turned into the beautiful jade in Jia Baoyu's mouth.

Jia Yun pondered for a moment, then thought to herself: "If this statement is true, then this piece of jade is actually just a ride down to earth with these gods, and it has only an indirect relationship with them, not a direct relationship."

"Could it be that I have some special constitution? As soon as I cross over, Lingyu will recognize the master!"

After thinking for a while, Jia Yun thought, "This jade may be an artifact to protect the Tao. I remember that in the original book, Aunt Zhao invited Ma Daopo to almost kill Jia Baoyu. This jade saved him."

"Since it is an artifact to protect the Dao, those who are virtuous among the artifacts in the world live in it..."

……

On Ningrong Street, Jia Baoyu muttered as he ran, feeling that something was wrong.

He hurriedly stopped and rubbed his body for a moment, then suddenly his heart trembled, and he said to himself, "What the hell, where's my jade?"

He saw that the place where the jade ring was inlaid on his neck was empty, although he usually liked to throw it in front of his sisters when he had nothing to do, but if he really lost it, he suddenly became afraid.

"What to do? Where did you lose it? School? In the mansion? On the street? Tea house? Spring building? Theater? When did you lose it?" Jia Baoyu was so frightened that his eyes were dazed, his whole body was covered in cold sweat, his whole body was stiff, and his lips were trembling. .

"Second Master Bao..." Ming Yan, who was out of breath behind him, shouted loudly, which woke Jia Baoyu up immediately.

At this time, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, blessing came from his heart, and he secretly said: "I can't rush back home now, and I can't let people know that my jade is lost, or the master will be beaten again, how about I simply took the silver, went to find someone, and made an identical one to wear."

He has been wearing that jade since he was a child, no matter its size or shape, he is very clear about it, as long as he finds a skilled craftsman, he will not be disappointed.

As for jade, it's not hard to find. He still has a fist-sized piece of unprocessed suet jade in his room, which is enough for use, and the material is similar to the jade he wears.

There is no better way at the moment, Jia Baoyu turned around, took a good meal on Mingyan, and took out all the bank notes and silver on him, there must be a few hundred taels, thinking that the wages should be enough.

So he quickly ordered Mingyan: "Mingyan, you hurry back to the mansion to find sister Xiren, and ask her to bring you the jade stone I put in the treasure box and bring it to me. I need it urgently right now. Go, I'll be right here waiting for you."

Mingyan was sweating profusely from exhaustion at the moment, and was about to mutter a few words, when Jia Baoyu's eyes were wide open and his face was fierce, so he didn't dare to speak, and trotted towards Jia's mansion.

……

The jade disappeared and returned to my mind.

Jia Yun was overjoyed, and secretly thought that it was indeed a Lingbao. After the jade got into his mind, not only did it not make him feel uncomfortable, but it made him clear-headed, and many vague memories of previous lives flashed like a knife.

What made him even more ecstatic was that inside the jade stone, there was actually a space of a hundred mu and a height of one hundred feet and a fountain as thick as a bowl. The gurgling water of the spring moistened the land of the space.

The land in the space is circular, and a hundred mu of land is more than 6000 square meters, with a diameter of more than 250 meters and a circumference of more than 900 meters.

In addition, this spirit treasure also comes with a practice method called "Yin Yang Wuji Gong", a total of 24 chapters, which are the changes of the original 24 characters on the spirit jade.

Among them, the first twelve chapters are cultivated by men, and the last twelve chapters can only be practiced by women.

Jia Yun doesn't know if this skill is good or not, but he believes that the skills that can be passed down by this method can't be much worse.

"Go to the street to buy some things first, and then start practicing exercises." Jia Yun made up her mind.

The speed of time in space is different from that outside, one day outside is one year in space.

Only by practicing the exercises can he enter the space with his real body, so that he will not be affected by the flow of space and time, and at the same time have the means to use various functions of the space.

For example, in planting, after you have the skills, you can move your mind freely, plant whatever you want in the space, and after the farmer matures, you can also do some simple rough processing, such as rice husking, wheat flour, etc., one thought Serve.

"Sure enough!" Jia Yun chuckled, her heart cheered, and after cleaning off the dust on her body and the rouge on her chest, she took the money that Jia Baoyu had thrown to him just now, and walked to the market.

The capital is the largest commercial and trade center in the country, and it is also a place where merchants from all over the world gather.

The major shops are concentrated around the imperial city, gradually developing into a huge comprehensive commercial area, supplemented by various special markets, such as inner market, outer market, lamp market, dawn market, temple market, etc. Make the capital more prosperous.

The so-called inner market is a trading market that is licensed to serve the court and officials within the imperial city. It is located in the imperial city and opened outside the Xuanwu Gate of the Forbidden City. It is held on Thursdays every month for trade.

The goods traded in the inner market are of high specifications and grades, and there are many rare treasures, cultural relics, and antiques handed down from generation to generation, which are not easy for outsiders to see.

Huangmiao City and Dimiao City are called "outside markets".

Chenghuangmiao City is located on Huangmiao Street, north of the downtown area, and is open on the first, fifteenth, and 25th of every month.

At the temple fair, ancient and modern books, antiques, jade jewelry, foreign satin and Shu brocade, ivory and rhinoceros horn, secret collections of the inner palace, foreign rare treasures, etc., which are difficult to see on weekdays, can be seen here at a glance.

The Earth Temple Market is located on Earth Temple Xie Street outside Xuanwumen, and it opens on the third, 23th, and [-]rd of every month.

The temple fair was crowded with tourists, and its prosperity was comparable to that of the Huguo Temple Fair and Longfu Temple Fair.

In Xiaoshi, trading starts automatically at dawn and ends at dawn.

The reason why Xiaoshi chose Dawn as its market was because some run-down officials and sons of rich families in the capital made a living by selling old things for a living, and because of face, they were afraid of being seen by acquaintances, so they could only choose to sell them before dawn.

There are also thieves who take advantage of the dark to sell their stolen goods. At first, they all have the meaning of being shameless and disgraceful, so they are also called black markets and ghost markets.

Xiaoshi is mainly for exchanging and selling second-hand goods. There are a wide variety of goods, such as furniture and woodware, clothing and cloth, books, newspapers, pens and inkstones, gold, silver and jewelry, and daily necessities.

Difficult to distinguish between true and false, high and low.

With ten taels of silver in her arms, Jia Yun came to a market and bought some grain seeds, such as rice, wheat, soybeans, millet and sorghum, and weighed a catty of each.

Vegetable seeds were not pulled down either. Winter melon, pumpkin, cucumber, loofah, pea, eggplant, cabbage, radish, lettuce, chives, green onions, leeks, rapeseed, pepper, ginger, etc., I bought some of each.

After buying the seeds, Jia Yun looked at a spice shop and thought, "Then it's time to spend money."

He intends to buy some stewed ingredients and prepare them back. The stewed ingredients have a strong aroma and were mostly used as spices in ancient times, which are much more expensive than grain.

"Star anise, cinnamon bark, peppercorns, nard pine, cumin, white cockles, meat cockles, amomum, fragrant leaves, male cloves, female cloves, sand ginger, galangal, lemongrass, licorice, grass fruit..."

Buy less of those that can be used as seeds, and buy more of those that cannot be used as seeds.

For example, cinnamon bark can only be obtained by planting laurel trees in the general land. If you want to use it now, you have to spend money to buy it first.

When Jia Yun came out of the market with a sack of things, he had no money on him.

The food and vegetable seeds didn't cost much, mainly because the spices were too expensive, so he didn't buy more.

"I was lucky. I met a fan merchant and bought some potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn on the cob."

When she came to the carrying place, Jia Yun threw the sack into the space, carefully recalled the memory of the original owner, and found that in this era, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn were not grown on a large scale in the Central Plains.

In addition, he also bought two toothbrushes.

Today's toothbrushes are basically the same as those of later generations, except that they don't have to be made of wood.

Of course there was no toothpaste, but there was ointment for sale, but it was too expensive, and Jia Yun was reluctant to waste money, so she planned to make do with salt for a while.

(End of this chapter)