Exile at the beginning: I rule the world by drawing cards

Chapter 16 Purchasing in the city
Qin Mengshang took the jade pendant back and said, "Don't fool me. My cousin is doing business in Fucheng. This is the best mutton-fat jade. It can be sold for 100 taels, not to mention five taels. If it weren't for me, If we encounter water bandits on this trip, we won’t pawn our personal belongings.”

As soon as these words came out, the guy still believed it a little bit.

Sui'an Town is not a big place, but there are indeed cargo ships coming and going at the mouth of the Xunjiang River. If there are cargo ships, there will naturally be water bandits.

However, the officers and soldiers of the government were used to working as idlers. When encountering the fierce water bandits, they could only run away with their heads in their hands.

Although this little lady was a little poorly dressed, there was no one in the country who looked more outstanding than her. Maybe she was really the daughter of a wealthy family who had been robbed by water bandits.

The waiter laughed and said: "I'm blind, but 100 taels is too high. Our store is small and we really can't afford this price."

Qin Mengshang was also talking nonsense, how could he dare to ask for 100 taels?

She was unfamiliar with the place. She had just wandered around the town and figured out the surrounding situation before she dared to come to the pawn shop to do business. As for how much the jade pendant was worth, Zhou Lingqi didn't tell her, but it was definitely more than five taels.

"Since I can't afford 100 taels, what is the maximum I can give?"

A glint flashed in the clerk's eyes, he rubbed his hands and raised two fingers: "Twenty taels."

Qin Mengshang frowned: "Twenty taels is too little."

In fact, 20 taels is quite a lot, enough to feed ordinary people for five or six years, but her mother has taught her that there is always room for bargaining with the lowest price offered by a vendor.

The clerk muttered to himself that this little lady was really hard to fool, so he gritted his teeth and increased the price to 30 taels.

One-handed payment and one-handed delivery.

After leaving the pawn shop, Qin Mengshang went to the medical clinic first.After giving an overview of Zhou Lingqi's situation to the old doctor sitting in the hall, he grabbed a few pairs of medicines to treat colds and a bottle of medicine to treat trauma. No more, no less, just one tael of silver.

After buying medicine, I thought about buying tiles to repair the roof. It rains a lot in Lingnan, and if the roof is not repaired, people will get moldy.

There is only one brick kiln in Sui'an Town. The owner's surname is Yu. He says it is an ancestral craft. The bricks produced are strong and wind-resistant. Not only the county, but also surrounding counties and towns come to him to buy bricks and tiles.

When Boss Yu heard that Qin Meng Shang wanted 1000 yuan for small gray tiles, he was unambiguous and offered [-] yuan, so he asked her when she would get the tiles.

It was a gloomy day, and we couldn't tell when it would rain again, so we immediately decided to go back together at noon.

After paying the money, I just walked out of the brick kiln house and saw a few puppies sleeping in the corner of the yard.

The last time there was a burglar in her house in the middle of the night, she had always remembered it. Thanks to Zhou Lingqi being awake, it was okay. If it happened again, no one could tell what would happen. It would be good to have a dog that could look after the house.

Boss Yu happily brought all the puppies over and asked her to pick one out and take it away for free.

Qin Mengshang's heart melted when he saw the squirting puppy, and finally he hugged the yellow dog and left.

After solving two major issues, Qin Mengshang walked into the grain store and bought [-] kilograms of rice and [-] kilograms of noodles in one go, as well as some oil and salt seasonings.Thinking that the pot at home was broken, I went to the blacksmith shop and bought a large iron pot.

After shopping for a long time, I spent almost three taels of silver on various items.

Now that I have spare money in my hand, I don’t care about buying more.I went to the pork stall next door to cut a pound of meat, and bought a piece of pork liver and a bucket of pig blood.I picked up two pieces of coarse cloth and took them back to make clothes. I also bought a quilt and put it together.

At noon, the man from the brick kiln took the tiles to Sanjiang Village, and Qin Mengshang took the car back with him.

The big and small bags returned to the village, attracting many people to look around.

Seeing Qin Mengshang bring back a cart of small gray tiles, he didn't feel surprised. After all, it rained heavily last night. The Zhou family's house had been abandoned for many years, and it might be uninhabitable after a rain.

The sharp-eyed woman saw her holding an iron pot on her back and asked insinuatingly: "Such a big pot is not cheap. I bought so many things before I even got paid. It costs two or three taels of silver in total." Meng Shang held a bucket of pig blood in his hand and said, "It's not expensive. This bucket of pig blood and the piece of pig liver only cost [-] coins."

Only then did the woman notice the bucket of pig blood in her hand, covered her nose and took two steps back.

These days, people tend to buy meat that is fat and oily. It is both satisfying and can make lard. Even if it is not good enough, fish is the best choice.Although oily and waterless things like pig blood and pork liver are cheap, they don’t taste good, and only poor people who don’t eat meat will buy them.

The women who were watching smelled the fishy smell and dispersed in silence.

When we got home, the brick kiln workers helped us unload the things.

Zhou Lingqi heard the commotion and glanced outside. When he saw Qin Mengshang coming back after buying a cart of things, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

She also thought that times were different from the past. In the past, there was no shortage of anything in the East Palace, and there was no need for her to go shopping in person.

By chance, Mrs. Ji was passing by the yard with a hoe on her shoulder. When she saw the Zhou family's yard was full of things, she clicked her tongue and said, "Meng Niang, are you getting rich? Buy so much?!"

Qin Mengshang smiled and said ambiguously: "It didn't rain yesterday. Even the pots and pans at home are not enough to collect water. I have no choice but to pawn them off as a piece of jewelry. We can't keep doing this."

After that, he casually mentioned to her that he wanted to find someone to repair the roof.

Ji said: "The third son of the Li Zheng family once studied masonry in the town. He repaired the roof of my house. Didn't he come back yesterday? You can go to Chen's house later and have a look."

It was better to repair the roof sooner rather than later, so Qin Meng Shang naturally agreed.

The matter was settled, he went into the house and brought out the quilt and cloth, and said: "Sister-in-law Zhao, I heard that Chunhua is very handy, can she help make two sets of clothes? The wages will be thirty cents a piece."

Chunhua is the eldest daughter of the Ji family. She does simple embroidery work on weekdays and sews clothes for the family.

Qin Mengshang had seen the patterns on Ji's clothes and thought they were pretty good, but she couldn't embroider them.

Upon hearing this treatment, Mrs. Ji was frightened and quickly declined: "She is just sewing and repairing her own house. She is not worthy of your thirty cents! It's not easy for you to support a family by yourself, and men can't work hard..."

Zhou Lingqi, who was lying in the room: "."

When did he stop getting off the ground?Just these few days.

Two people stood in the yard talking, not knowing what the people in the room were thinking.

Qin Meng Shang's salary of thirty cents is not much, and the cheapest ready-made clothes in the cloth store cost sixty cents. Although the craftsmanship and materials are better, she runs in the village every day, so there is no need to dress so well.

After several discussions, Mrs. Ji asked her to bring the measurements later, saying that she wanted her daughter to try them out, so she took the things and left.

After entering the house, Qin Mengshang took out the medicine and handed it to Zhou Lingqi, saying: "This is medicine for treating trauma. Use it in the morning and evening. I also grabbed a few pairs of medicine for you to take internally. You will fry it and drink it later."

Zhou Lingqi took the medicine and was thinking that she had some conscience. When he looked up, he saw her coming in with pig liver and blood. His expression suddenly changed: "Why did you buy those things?"

Qin Mengshang felt that it was a bit redundant for him to ask this question, but then he thought about it. He had grown up in the palace and had never eaten anything like this.

Explained: "The doctor said that you have lost too much blood and are weak. He asked me to buy some pig blood and liver to replenish you."

This sentence made Zhou Lingqi's face so dark that he almost dripped with ink.

　Zhou Lingqi: Quack doctor! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)