Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 256 Father and Daughter
Lin Xi was carrying a mandarin fish with a piece of meat wrapped in a lotus leaf, and a jar of wine in the other hand, walking briskly towards the house.

Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and there are sellers of quince leaves and quince leaves everywhere on both sides of the street.There are also peddlers standing leisurely by the side of the road carrying a load of rice.There are both glutinous rice and sticky yellow rice.

When I got to the house, I saw a man standing by the roadside with a basket of cherries, leaning against a tree, drowsy.Lin Xi stepped forward, bent down and looked at the basket for a while.Seeing the man open his eyes, he asked, "Are your cherries sweet?"

"Sweet! Sweet! Very sweet!"

Seeing the man's crisp answer, Lin Xi didn't believe it.Picking one and putting it in his mouth, he spit out the core and said, "You don't tell the truth, these cherries are not sweet at all! And the core is big! I won't buy yours!"

After finishing speaking, carrying the wine and meat, he quickly walked into the door.

Father is dozing off under the ginkgo tree.Hearing footsteps, he opened his eyes.Seeing that Lin Xi had mentioned many things, he said happily, "Will you be paid out after working in the yamen for a few days?"

Lin Xi said: "Where is the money paid out so quickly? Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and I have paid two yuan in advance. The past few years have been wandering around, and we haven't had a good holiday for a long time. Now that we have settled down, we should celebrate."

"Okay, okay, let's celebrate!" Father stood up and went to see what Lin Xi had bought. "Wine and meat are fine, mandarin fish is extremely expensive outside, why bother to buy it! You can buy a few common fish for not much money!"

Lin Xi said: "Father, the mandarin fish here is the most delicious! In the past few days, I have learned a new way here, called the squirrel mandarin fish. It tastes the most tender and delicious. If you want to eat it, of course you must eat it well. .”

Father shook his head.I also want to eat good food, but I think mandarin fish is too expensive.There is a lot of water around Xiangyang, and ordinary fish are as cheap as dirt, but is it necessary to buy such expensive fish?It is enough to buy any fish and taste fishy in your mouth.

Put down what's in your hand.Lin Xi said: "Tomorrow will be the Dragon Boat Festival. I bought some zongzi leaves and will make zongzi tomorrow. There is a kind of quince tree on Nanyang Mountain. It is different from the quince leaves and has a special fragrance. The natives nearby all use this kind of leaves. Wrapped with yellow sticky rice, it is called golden zongzi."

Father said: "What's so strange? The zongzi at home are soaked with mugwort leaves, and they are also golden zongzi."

Seeing his father's appearance, Lin Xi didn't say anything, just smiled.Jiangmi Zongzi will also turn yellow when soaked in moxa water. There are quite a few people who have done this over the years.It's just that the golden rice dumplings here have a special taste.

Seeing his daughter tidying up there, the father asked, "You are working with the two Daizhao. Why did you just come back by yourself and not see them?"

Lin Xi said: "They also took the money in advance, and went to the restaurant to drink. If you want them to draw a picture of the Han River, don't you just have to take a look."

"They drink, but don't call me!" My father was a little frustrated, and sat down on the side.

Sitting there for a while, my father said again: "You work in the yamen, how much money do you pay a month? We are father and daughter, and we can't do without less money. I went to the market and asked, and the prices in Xiangyang are really not low. "

Lin Xi said: "I do it six times a month. The two of you will have more orders, and each of you will do it eight times a month."

Father nodded after hearing this: "This Wang Guan is not a stingy person! I heard people say that working in the yamen, the salary is really quite a lot! It is more than the salary given by the previous court! It's just that there is no reward, no salary, all thanks to Cash is a bit bad."

While tidying up the fish, Lin Xi said casually, "What's wrong? You just take the money and go to the store to buy rice. The rice you buy is all new rice, so it's not as delicious as Chen's Lumi? There are things in this world that money can't buy. of?"

My father said: "You are still young, and you don't know many things. The world is peaceful, but when it comes to turmoil, the price of rice is high, and the money is far inferior to Lumi. It is like the current Kaifeng mansion, counting a bucket , where can afford it?"

Lin Xi laughed when she heard this: "What did Dad say? In the turbulent years, even an official can't get Lumi!"

The two fathers and daughters are there, you say a word, I say a word, talking gossip.Since Kaifeng was broken, the two have been wandering for several years, and they have only settled down today.Now that Lin Xi can make money again, she talks too much.

After tidying up the fish, Lin Xi cut the meat and washed the vegetables there.

Father said: "This Xiangyang city is indeed different from other places. I have inquired about it. There is no guild here, no local people, and the business is much better than other places. It is a pity that we have no capital, otherwise we can do some business."

Lin Xi said: "Father, the more it is like this place, the more difficult it is to do business. Think about it, as long as you have capital and brains, you can do business in the city, and there must be more merchants gathered. There are many merchants, each with their own strengths. Ability, wouldn't it be more difficult!"

My father laughed and said: "I have been doing business everywhere since I was an adult. How can ordinary people compare with it! I have done countless businesses in Kaifeng for several years, and I have never lost money. It seems that the yamen in Xiangyang doesn't care about everything, and there are no toothmen. Definitely make money!"

Lin Xi just laughed.My father is indeed a businessman. He has been in business for 20 years and has never lost money.But if you want to do business, you need capital.With the current state of father and daughter, it is rare to worry about food and clothing, how dare they want to save money?

Seeing Lin Xi busy there, his father said: "You are a little lady, you can do everything under the age of [-], and it makes people feel sad to say it. If you were born in a wealthy family at this age, how could you do such rough things? Hey, it's really hard for you."

Lin Xi said: "Where are there so many rich and noble families in the world. Didn't Dad see it when they were living in different places in the past few years? Ordinary families, which one is not a female celebrity who cooks since elementary school! If not, how will they live when they grow up?"

Father looked at the sun on the tree and was lost for a while.Cai said: "In the days of Kaifeng Mansion, although our family was not rich and powerful, it was not a poor family either. It's only been a few years, how could we have fallen into this kind of life?"

In the past five or six years, many families have been destroyed and displaced.Kaifeng City used to be the largest city in the world, with a population of over one million. Are there still 1 people left?It is already rare to be able to survive.Many more people have died on the road.

Speaking of this, my father said again: "This year, the king observed the company's battlefield. At the beginning of the year, he rescued Shanzhou thousands of miles away, and he won a big victory in Jingmen a few days ago. I see that there is no place in the world that can compare with this place. In today's troubled times, you can Living in such a place is really a great blessing! You have to work hard in the yamen, and we save some money. I will go around Xiangyang City more, and do some business when there is an opportunity. You will not be in the yamen for long As a plan, we have to make plans early. When everything settles down, we will find a way."

(End of this chapter)