peasant girl allure

Chapter 604
Before and after Bailu, the walnuts fell from the tree.

At the beginning of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, many wealthy families sent their servants to pick green walnuts in the wild.

The steward of Xiao'er's family also sent many people into the mountains to pick walnuts.

The walnut trees in Xiao'er's house were ready to bear fruit long ago, but Xiao'er has been waiting.

After the people who went up the mountain to pick wild fruits come back, they will set up a stall to sell them.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, many teams that went to pick green walnuts have returned one after another.

Youdao means that there is no harm if there is no comparison. This year is the first year of betting on green walnuts. If she sets the price of walnuts too high, and a small wild fruit is sold so expensive, everyone will think it is not worth it and will not buy it. , Anyway, people have been sent up the mountain to collect it.

There are too many people going up the mountain to pick it, so are you afraid that no one will sell it?
When Xiao'er received the news that the team that had gone to pick green walnuts in the field came back one after another, Xiao'er hurriedly ordered Zhuangzi's people to pick walnuts.

By the way, inform Du Yijin that he has also picked the walnuts in the village. Some of the walnut trees in Du Yijin's village are adult walnut trees that Xiaoer sold to her.

After the green-skinned walnuts from Zhuangzi were delivered to the mansion, Xiao'er personally took the maids to sort the green-skinned walnuts of different qualities.

Xiao'er said to Gu Rou'er: "Tonight, you can tell the old bustard's mother that the county magistrate Rui'an is going to give a pair of green-skinned walnuts to the sixth prince, and ask him to give it to the emperor. He also said that playing with walnuts is good for the body. In this method, the spikes, protrusions and edges of the walnut are used to move the hands with techniques such as kneading, rubbing, pressing, pricking, pinching, rubbing, rolling, etc., pressing and pricking the acupuncture points on the palms, stimulating the reaction areas on the hands, so as to relax the meridian and dredge the collaterals. Promote blood circulation and remove stasis, and strengthen the body.”

"Is it enough just to say that?" Gu Rou'er was a little confused, so, what's so special about giving green fruits?Is there any special meaning in sending a pair to the emperor?

"That's all." Xiao'er didn't explain much.

In this way, people in the know can understand enough that what the emperor gets is dry, and it is good to play with walnuts.

Although Gu Rou'er didn't understand the deep meaning of it, she was smart enough not to delve into it.

On the second day, on Wenwan Street, Xiao'er and Du Yijin disguised themselves as men, set up a stall respectively, and started selling green walnuts with a maid who was also dressed as a man.

There were three baskets of walnuts in front of them, which were divided into high-quality, special, and top three grades for sale.

Each kind of walnut sells for five hundred to ten taels of silver.

The high-quality green-skinned walnuts in Xiao'er's space are all sold in supermarkets, and the price is sky-high, but they don't start selling now, and they will start selling after the price of green-skinned walnuts skyrockets.

After waiting for so long, walnuts with green skin are finally on the market. Today, there are endless streams of literati on Wenwan Street.

People dressed as scholars gathered in front of many stalls.

Du Yijin looked at the crowds in front of other people's stalls, but the crowds in front of their two stalls, she was a little anxious and said: "Rui'an, is the price of our green walnuts set too high? Everyone who asked about the price shook their heads and walked away. .”

Xiao'er shook her head: "Don't worry, the price is not high. I plan to raise the price a little more tomorrow. Wait a little longer, and someone will come to buy it later."

After waiting for a while, the two brothers Jingrui and Jinghao came over.

They walked to Xiao'er's stall and asked, "How do you sell these three baskets of green-skinned walnuts?"

Xiao'er smiled and said: "This high-quality green-skinned walnut is five hundred yuan a piece, this special-grade green-skinned walnut is five taels of silver a piece, and this top-quality green-skinned walnut is ten taels of silver a piece!"

"It's just such a wild fruit that sells so expensively, are you a golden fruit?" Jing Hao said loudly on purpose.

Xiao'er didn't mind either, she still smiled and said: "The price is actually not expensive, young master, you can ask the young master at the booth next to him, how many pairs of green walnuts have they bought, and is there any pair that they are satisfied with? I will watch him coldly." I have already bought more than a dozen pairs of green-skinned walnuts, and each pair costs 1000 Wen, and I have already spent more than [-] Wen! Although my green-skinned walnuts cost [-] Wen per piece, I can guarantee that my high-quality green-skinned walnuts will definitely be better than green-skinned walnuts. The best one he prescribed was even better! In this way, it is more cost-effective than the fifty cents one."

After hearing this, Jing Rui and Jing Hao glanced at the people in other booths, and sure enough, many people were already holding several pairs of peeled walnuts, looking left and right.

"Brother, why don't we buy a pair for a try?" Jing Hao looked at the walnuts in the basket with a full face and asked.

Jing Rui nodded: "Then buy a pair and try."

The two brothers sifted through a basket of high-quality products for a long time before choosing a pair that would be a good match for their eyes.

The two of them didn't hand over to the man played by Zhao Yong to peel the skin, but took out the knife and started peeling.

"Is there someone who buys such an expensive wild fruit? Isn't that person a fool?" said a person dressed as a scholar.

"It's not a fool, it's just that there is too much money to spend! You can tell by the clothes of those two people that they are either rich or expensive!" Scholar B said.

"What a fool! He is the son of the Marquis of Shengping. I heard that the older one, who is 13 years old, is a scholar!" Scholar C rolled his eyes at this ignorant man.

"And it's the head of the case!" Scholar Ding echoed.

Others echoed.

"Isn't it? How could such a smart person pay such a high price for that wild fruit." The scholar who had just started talking obviously didn't believe it.

"I heard that the eldest son of the Marquis of Shengping has been running around a lot in the past two years, taking care of the family business. Maybe he really has acquired a vicious eye. Let's go over and see where such expensive walnuts are!" Scholar Ding After speaking, he took the lead and walked over.

After hearing this, the others quickly followed suit. They picked walnuts for a long time and opened several pairs, but they were not satisfied, and they were a little disheartened.

Jing Rui and Jing Hao peeled a walnut each.

Jing Rui and Jing Hao moved in unison with the knife and lightly cut into the green peel, not daring to go too deep, and then opened it in one direction, allowing the peel to open naturally under the cutting force of the blade, with a crisp "pop" sound. It sounded, and the green skin naturally split, and then he continued to peel the green skin with the above-mentioned method, and peeled off the green skin in about half a quarter of an hour, just because he was afraid of hurting the walnut, the green skin was not completely removed.

Xiao'er handed them an iron brush: "Use this iron brush to brush along the lines, and don't use too much force to avoid hurting the walnuts."

The two thanked each other, took the brush and continued to peel off the excess skin.

When it was over, Xiao'er handed the two of them a pig hair brush: "Use this brush to brush the rest vigorously."

The two picked it up and brushed it vigorously. The peel residue was washed away in the water in the wooden bucket next to it.

At this time, the general texture and outline of the walnut are exposed.

(End of this chapter)