Otoharu

Chapter 435
Li Meier reads a lot of miscellaneous books, and what she likes the most is travel notes from various places. Naturally, she opened her mouth to say: "Yao jujube from Yaofangmen, papaya from Qixia Mountain, ginkgo from Niushou Mountain, cherries from Linggu Temple, The watermelons from Xiaolingwei, the water chestnuts from Xuanwu Lake, and the Chinese herbal medicines Zhongshan ginseng and Maoshan atractylodes are all famous.”

Brother Kang was a little disappointed when he heard that, "Speaking of which, only medicinal materials can be bought, and nothing else is in season."

Li Meier was overjoyed when she heard the words, and nodded her younger brother's forehead, "You know how to eat, you kid. There are a lot of snacks in Jiangning Mansion, enough to fill you up. The skill of making ducks here is excellent."

As soon as Brother Kang heard that there was something delicious, he immediately got excited, pulled Li Meier and said, "Sister, let's go and eat duck!"

"The duck is delicious, Brother Jian wants to eat roast duck!" Brother Jian, who had just passed his third birthday and was already speaking fluently, also booed from the side.

"Go! Go! Go! Go right away!" Li Meier hurriedly responded, feeling helpless, not knowing what was going on with her family, all the people she raised were foodies.

They walked around and ate a lot, and ate a lot of Jiangning Mansion's famous snacks. Naturally, Li Meier not only ate, but also bought a lot of portable food, and asked Shanqing to help carry it, and brought it to her mother and grandmother when she went back.

Besides food, Li Meier also bought a lot of silk and satin.In Jiangning Prefecture, the handicraft industry is particularly developed, especially the silk weaving industry. The brocade here is especially famous, and it is also the tribute satin of the imperial court.

Li Mei'er picked a few horses for each of her family members, thinking that it would be almost New Year's Eve when she arrived in the capital, and she was fine on the boat anyway, so she just cut fabrics to make new clothes for the New Year.

A group of people wandered until it was dark, and then reluctantly went back.

When I got back to the big boat, Mrs. Li saw that they had bought so many things, and it was really painful, so she started nagging, "Oh, just go shopping, why did you buy so many things? I'm going to the capital, I don't know how to be frugal!"

Li Mei'er stuffed the food in her hands into Old Lady Li's arms, then smiled and said, "Grandmother, it's just that there are a lot of them, they are all small things for food, and they don't cost much."

Seeing the servants bringing up another pile of materials from behind, Mrs. Li took a deep breath, and her tone changed, "There are not many things here, how much money are these clothes materials worth?"

"Not much! Not much! Grandma, if you feel bad, come out of my private room!" Li Mei'er was also afraid of Mrs. Li, and said hastily.

"You lavish girl, your private house is still my mother's money!" Her old man is the one who regrets it now. If I knew it, I wouldn't let the girl go shopping. How much money will I have to spend at once? A few taels, even if it's the girl's own private house, it's better to keep it in her old man's hands, and she will keep it for the girl.

"Grandmother, you are going to the capital, you can't keep your mouth open like this in the future! It's so vulgar!" Li Mei'er blocked Mrs. Li with words.

"Fart! How can we live without money!" Mrs. Li is not easy to be fooled when it comes to money.

"Grandmother, I'm just reminding you, you can't say 'fart' when you talk in the future, otherwise, you are just an old lady of the family. When you arrive in the capital, my father and brother Shanqing won the Jinshi. You Lao Ke is the old lady of the Jinshi family! Can this be the same! When you come to the capital, you will be the family members of the Jinshi circle, and if you keep talking, you will just talk about it..."

"Go! I just said it casually!" Mrs. Li glanced at her girl, and her voice immediately weakened a lot.

Everyone in the Jiang family watched the grandparents and grandchildren quarreling, thinking that this is really "tofu in brine, one thing for one thing."

Everyone in the Li family rested in the boat for the night. They planned to set off at dawn the next day, but the boat boss came to talk to Li Yan in the morning, saying that the boat was broken.

"Why did the boat break down, didn't it work fine yesterday!" Mrs. Li was in a hurry when she heard this, and complained directly.

The boss of the boat also looked helpless, and explained: "Old lady, I don't want to do this either. It was fine during the inspection yesterday, but I checked again this morning, and the bottom of the boat leaked for some reason. Now I'm looking for masters to fix it."

"How long will it take to repair the ship? When can we leave?" Jiang asked quickly. She was more concerned about this. If she couldn't leave on time and delayed her husband and Shanqing's imperial examination, that would be a big deal.

"Yes! Yes! When will it be repaired?" Mrs. Li also thought of this and asked.

"It's... hard to say..." The boss of the boat replied hesitantly, "I don't know how big the leaking hole is now. If the hole is too big, it may take ten and a half months."

"What, that's so long! Then we can't wait, do you have any other boats here? If it doesn't work, let's change to another boat." Mrs. Li couldn't sit still when she heard that it would take ten days and a half months. asked.

The boss of the boat was in a dilemma again, and replied very apologetically: "You also know that next year will be the day of Chunwei, and this boat is already nervous. This boat is because you booked it early. At this time, there are no big boats that are empty. "

"Master Liu, can you help us think of a way? Our family is also in a hurry to go to the capital for the exam, and we must not delay it." Li Meier looked at the boss of the boat, and said with some sincerity. She knew that she could help him right now. They only have the boss of the boat, and those who complain and blame can't be said anymore, they must try their best to persuade the boss of the boat to help.

The boss of the boat thought for a while, then patted his thigh and said: "By the way, the boat that just arrived in the middle of the night yesterday is also going to the capital. That boat is much bigger than mine. Yes, why don't you go over and ask, see if they can take you with them."

"Is this... okay?" Jiang Shi hesitated when she heard the words, they were from a small family, and the other party was an official family, would she agree to bring them along.

Li Mei'er didn't think as much as Jiang Shi thought, and said directly: "Mother, we have no other choice now, we can only die as a living horse doctor, let's try our luck in the past, we don't sit on other people's boat for nothing, we should We will give you as much as you want, and I think they are all going to Beijing to rush for the exam, so they are willing to make this good relationship."

"Mei Mei'er is right, let's go over and ask, and if we are not sure, we will agree." Mrs. Li also made a decision.

"Then Shanqing and I will go over and ask. We are both jugglers, so it's easy to talk if we want to." Li Yan said.

After the family discussed it without delay, Li Yan took Jiang Shanqing to the ship.

(End of this chapter)