Lord, don't be afraid, the princess is not angry

Chapter 42 Resting Fennel
Outside the city of Daqing Mansion, Uncle Li was sitting in the carriage waiting for them.The winter wind blowing on his face made his skin ache, but Uncle Li didn't care. He was wearing a brand new navy blue padded jacket, and the cotton inside was fully stuffed. It was all this year's new cotton, so it was loose and warm. .He hasn't made a new cotton-padded jacket for several years. He was old a few days ago, and it would be nice to have a stutter. Who would spend money on clothes? Besides, he already has an old cotton-padded jacket that is better than others. Well done.But now, he naturally didn't want that old coat that was hard and not warm. The Cheng family's Renyi gave him a good job, and he started to pay attention to food and clothing when he had money in his hand.

He thought well of the Cheng family, and when he heard that Jinhua and the others were coming, he wanted to entertain them well.Fearing that something might happen to them on the way, Uncle Li came to guard the city gate early in the morning.Cheng's carriage had its own brand on it, and Uncle Li recognized it at a glance.The driver driving the carriage in front also recognized Uncle Li, so he told the two ladies, and the carriage stopped in front of Uncle Li.

"Uncle Li, Happy New Year." As soon as Qiuyun raised the curtain, Zhuhua waved happily to Uncle Li, and Jinhua also called out.

"Okay, don't come down, it's cold outside, I'll lead the way, and I still have to walk for a long time." Uncle Li greeted, changed cars with the driver, and sat in front of their carriage to drive for them.

"it is good."

The two agreed together, and obediently sat back in the carriage. When they entered the city, Zhuhua bumped into Jinhua's arm, and Jinhua asked through the curtain, "Uncle Li, is there a seasoning shop near here? We want to buy some spices." You can use it when you go back to barbecue."

Uncle Li thought for a while and said, "There is one nearby. I don't know if it's open for Chinese New Year. Let's go and have a look first."

The seasoning shop that Uncle Li mentioned was a grocery store on their way to Zhuangzi. When they were about to arrive, he took a look from a distance, and saw that the door was really open, and there was only one boy inside.No one came to the door during the Chinese New Year, the guy was bored by the cabinet, and came out to say hello when he saw someone coming in.Uncle Li has also come to buy it a few times before, and he bought some commonly used fennel star anise pepper noodles, and he didn't pay attention to other seasonings.

"Brother, do you have any seasonings for barbecue?" Zhuhua asked.

"Yes, miss, wait a moment." The young man saw Zhuhua's attire and guessed that she came from a wealthy family, and couldn't help but respect her a bit.

Both Jinhua and Zhuhua were wearing newly made clothes for the Chinese New Year when they went out this time. Mrs. Sun was very particular about the uniformity of their clothes, so the three sisters all wore beige blouses with bright red skirts, and a dark fur-trimmed skirt was added on the outside. The red long jacket, and the embroidered pictures on the clothes are all related to plum blossoms.Jinhua embroiders white plums, Yinhua embroiders pink plums, and Zhuhua embroiders magpies climbing plums, and small and cute magpies are embroidered on the sleeves and necklines, which finally add some childishness to the clothes .

By the way, Jinhua and Yinhua are both in a single bun, with gold and jade ornaments.Originally, Mrs. Sun wanted to prepare silver ornaments for Yinhua, but Yinhua felt that silver ornaments were not as valuable as gold ornaments, so she chose jade ornaments.On the other hand, the bead flowers with two buns are strung with small pearls and red thread around the bottom of the buns, and the intersections are tied with butterfly knots with red ribbons. red velvet flower.Seeing Yinhua was quite enticing. When she was a child, she always wanted red velvet flowers, but now she is wearing jade ornaments, and red flowers obviously don't match, so she had to give up.

Regardless of the aesthetics of Sun's choice of fabrics, the material of the clothes is good. For ordinary people, it is necessary to dress festively for the New Year. The two of them are dressed like red lanterns, which is quite good-looking.Zhuhua is actually very casual about her clothes. In her previous life, her mother was a sewing worker in a garment factory, and many of her clothes were processed products of the garment factory. She is tall and can wear adult clothes at a very young age. At that time, she was wearing a whole set of yellow suit skirts that her mother brought from the clothing factory. At that time, she still thought it looked good, and even some classmates envied her. Later, she saw the female secretary wearing the same clothes on TV.At that time, she still felt that she was quite mature and trendy. It was not until she was in college that she realized that she was a local girl.

Even so, she can only change her old clothes to make herself less rustic as much as possible.Studying design is very expensive, and she didn't have spare money to buy clothes. At that time, she was very clear about her future, which was to work in the factory where her mother worked after graduation.That factory does not require clothing designers. The boss will designate the main style. The designer only needs to change the designation a little bit so that it is not exactly the same as the original version. Chinese elements.What Zhuhua is best at is improvement, and it is still the same now.

The clerk of the grocery store immediately found a cloth bag from the corner of the store. When he opened the bag, a layer of dust flew up. The clerk pretended that the dust did not exist, and enthusiastically introduced: "This is a spice from a foreign country, called sedum anise." , I heard it smells good when you put a little on the barbecue, Miss, can you smell it?"

The man took the cloth bag over and wanted Zhuhua to smell it, but Zhuhua didn't want to smell a dusty nose, so he picked up a handful, sniffed it carefully, and thought to himself, why these slender grains are a bit like cumin, and the smell is also Like, isn’t it fennel at all, or is cumin now called benzo anise?

"Miss, would you like to try it?"

Zhuhua frowned and shook her head, put the fennel back in her hand, pretending to be reluctant and asked: "How do you sell it?"

"This is a product imported from a foreign country. It was very expensive when I purchased it. It's Chinese New Year, if Miss really likes it... one tael per catty."

"Why is it so expensive!" Uncle Li immediately retorted when he heard that Zhuhua was afraid of being cheated.

"This is already a loss-making price." The man said with a bitter face.

Zhuhua also thought it was quite expensive, although she didn't know the price of condiments in this era, but her personal maid, Qiu Yunyue, only had five renminbi. It is too expensive to buy a catty of cumin!In fact, she was wrong in saying this. Usually people have salt, vinegar and soy sauce. Who would buy other fancy seasonings? These are originally used by rich people.

"It's too expensive. If it's cheaper, I'll buy more..." Zhuhua said maturely. Bought all of these bags."

"Too many, you can buy one catty for a year." Uncle Li quickly reminded.

Zhuhua pretended to look at Uncle Li in disbelief, and then looked at the buddy ignorantly.

The guy wanted to get rid of this bag of fennel for a long time, but no one bought it for a while after buying it, and the shopkeeper also said that if someone came to ask, he would sell it at a cheaper price.He picked up the bag of anise fennel in his hand, which was about six catties.

"How about five taels of silver, and this bag will be a lady?" asked the man.

"Three taels." Zhuhua said, but stretched out four fingers and waved them in front of the buddy.

This is still a person who does not know how to count, the man thought to himself, with a sad face, "Three taels is not good, five taels are all losses, and three taels will be lost to the hometown. Or four taels, miss what do you think?"

Zhuhua hesitated for a moment, and felt that although the price was still high, it should be the reserve price.She looked at Uncle Li, but Uncle Li didn't know the prices of these things, nor did he know if the prices were right.

At this moment, Jin Hua, who had been watching from the sidelines, said indifferently: "It's only three taels, and it's fine if you don't sell it. Zhuhua, let's go."

"Oh." Zhuhua agreed without hesitation, although she was a little surprised in her heart, but the elder sister will always give her face.

(End of this chapter)