The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 383 Xu Xian, Mourning Clothes (Full Order)
Not only the old man who sold glutinous rice balls left, but also a group of scholars who were talking loudly about state affairs just now went boating on the West Lake to embrace Mei Jiao'e on the flower boat, and left the shore of West Lake.

It's a little lonely here.

Only three or four pedestrians pass here occasionally.

"It's time to go back."

"Although the law stipulates that the trafficking of children under the age of ten, even if the other party's family is voluntary, will be regarded as robbing people and will be severely punished. Those who are sold as slaves will be hanged. People who become wives, concubines, and grandchildren will be sentenced to three years in prison..., "Song Huiyao" is even clearer, if officials ignore the trafficking of people, the court will impose severe punishment."

"But I am only six or seven years old after all. My parents in this life must be worried after a long time."

Looking at the sparkling lake water, Bai Gui thought to himself.

Lin'an is now the new capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, the law and order is acceptable, and the West Lake is a tourist attraction, so it is not a big deal for him to run away from home to play for a while, but if it takes a long time and he has not returned, he will let him go. Parents in this world are worried.

(Lin'an is not the capital city of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is officially defined as a "temporary place to stay", referred to as "Lin'an" for short, and it is regarded as the place where the imperial court "walks in real time", meaning the place where the emperor lived when he toured the world, not the capital This is to tell the common people in the world that Zhao Song will not forget the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and return to the old capital.)
Although he doesn't mind whether his parents in this life worry about such trivial things, but if he wants his parents in this life to treat him as an equal, he must show a stable character and win trust step by step.

Although the water droplets are small, they gradually fill up the big vessel.

But just as Bai Gui was about to go home, when he had just walked a dozen steps, he ran into a Zongjiao boy who was about his age.

The Zongjiao boy stood at the place where the glutinous rice balls were sold just now, complaining to himself, "I only went home to collect the money for a short while, and the glutinous rice balls seller left."

Although his voice was undetectable, when his lips moved, it fell into the ears of those who cared.

Bai Gui's heart skipped a beat and he made a slight guess.

"I see that Xiongtai is kind-hearted. I don't know your name and where does he live?"

he asked, arching his hands.

Although the two of them are children, by looking at their clothes and manners, one can tell that they are children who have entered elementary school.Children who have entered elementary school are different from children playing in the market. They are very particular about etiquette, just like adults.

"My family lives at Guanxiangkou."

"At the mouth of Guanxiang, Li Jiangshi's raw medicine shop, I was an apprentice there. By the way, my surname is Xu Mingxian, and my name is Xu Xian. The shopkeeper of the raw medicine shop is my cousin."

The Zongjiao boy was stunned for a moment, seeing that he was a boy who was about the same size as him, he felt relieved, he didn't put much defense on his face, and told his story outright.

"That's why."

"My family lives on Qinghe Street, close to Qiantangmen. My family owns Baishibuzhuang. The last time I bought medicine, I went to the Herbal Medicine Shop at Guanxiangkou to grab the medicine. No wonder I'm so familiar with it."

Bai Gui smiled and revealed his identity.

In Lin'an City, Guanxiangkou is not far from Qinghe Street, and herbal medicine shops are places where people come and go.Therefore, what he said was not a lie, he had indeed gone to the herbal medicine shop at Guanxiangkou to get medicine, but he had never met Xu Xian at the herbal medicine shop.

Although the two had no relationship before, Xu Xian was young and Bai Gui was as old as him, so they quickly became acquainted, and complained to Bai Gui that he came late this time and missed buying glutinous rice balls.

"The old man said tomorrow, he will come again."

"Brother Xu, don't worry."

Bai Gui comforted.

Although Lu Zu said that he would come to sell glutinous rice balls again tomorrow, he understood that this opportunity is only once, and the gods don't have that much time.Perhaps tomorrow the old man selling glutinous rice balls will come again, but this old man selling glutinous rice balls is no longer Lu Zu, but an ordinary man.

This seemed to be his opportunity to steal Xu Xian.

actually not.

Two elixir, the first elixir was given to him by Lu Zu, who considered him intelligent and a child prodigy.The second elixir was given by Lu Zu knowing about Bai Fugui's previous life, in order to achieve karma.The two elixir have nothing to do with Xu Xian.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Xu Xian took the "tangyuan" cooked by Lu Zu, he would not be able to digest it, because there is no Taoist method of serving bait, and the Taoist inner strength digestion elixir, so after taking it, it will be blocked in the abdominal cavity instead. Difficult to digest and excrete.Xu Xian's family will definitely come to look for Lu Dongbin again, so that Lu Dongbin can take the elixir from Xu Xian's belly and donate it to the white lady who is practicing in the lake.

To put it simply, Xu Xian is not blessed to accept this opportunity.

So Xu Xian came to buy glutinous rice balls and took the elixir, just as a medium to pass on the cause and effect. Lu Zu borrowed Xu Xian's hand to give the elixir to the white lady.

Don't stick to cause and effect, do it with skillful hands.

And because Xu Xian had the kindness of donating the elixir, karma was formed. After the white lady attained the Tao, she promised Xu Xian with her body in this life.

But for Xu Xian, this was really not a good thing.

Just a marriage.

There will be many hardships in the future.

It's better not to have this kind of marriage, the ordinary is the truth.

Therefore, Xu Xian just acted as a pawn in the calculations. It seemed that he gained some benefits, but in fact he lost even more.

But this matter is different for Bai Gui.

Xu Xian is a mortal, so he can let the white lady make a promise with her body in this life.But Bai Gui is an Earth Immortal who is about to cultivate immortality, so this kindness is not so easy to repay.

"Hey."

"I'll do it again tomorrow."

Xu Xian sighed.

If I eat glutinous rice balls tomorrow, I won’t be as hungry as I am now.

……

After bidding farewell to Xu Xian.

Bai Gui sent a copper coin and carried an ox cart, and after a while, he returned to his home in this world, Bai's Cloth Village on Qinghe Street.

"Well, I am a rich little master, if you are gone, how will I live for your mother."

Seeing that the servant called the young master back, a plump and beautiful woman hurriedly came out from the backyard and complained.

"I went to the West Lake."

"No big deal..."

"A few days ago, I heard from my father that the business is not good recently, and there are more people in the West Lake for a spring outing, so I went to the West Lake to have a look, and I got something."

Bai Gui let Mrs. Bai Li hold his chubby little hand and explained patiently.

"West Lake? Silk business?"

Bai Li was stunned for a moment, looked at his six-year-old son, and was stunned. He really didn't expect his son to be so "promising", and he ran out not to play secretly, but to observe the family's business.

"What do you get?"

She was born in a scholarly family, and although she came from a small family, her knowledge is much better than that of ordinary village women.

"The imperial court does not want the Northern Expedition, and the army is bound to return to the imperial court and fill the forbidden area..."

"And the Northern Expedition has been so many years, the number of casualties is countless, and there must be no family members. At this time...white cloth will be sold much better than usual. Mother can tell Dad to buy a large number of white cloth immediately for backup. And the northerners used it for mourning battles. Most of them are willow wood, the price of willow wood is cheap, our family can hoard it..."

"However, everything should be done in moderation. It doesn't cost a lot of money to mourn. When you buy mourning clothes or white cloth, you can give it as a gift. This will protect the reputation of the store and make money."

Bai Gui analyzed calmly.

Although it seems immoral to earn this money, whoever earns it is not earning it.This is where businessmen light up their righteousness.In the same way, he asked Baishi Cloth to buy a large amount of white cloth to make willow wood mourning battles. Although the price was slightly higher than the usual price when it was sold, if it was at the normal market price, the price would be even higher if others went to other shops to buy it. , even more outrageous.

"My son is a child prodigy..."

Bai Li's beautiful eyes lit up, and she said happily.

When the troops of the Northern Expedition return to the court, every family is bound to be untouched.Bai's Cloth Shop has also received news of this point, and is planning to stockpile white cloth secretly as a backup, so there is nothing surprising about Bai Gui's first half sentence.But the second half of the sentence makes people feel great wisdom.

For mourning sticks (weeping sticks) you can use paulownia, bamboo poles, willows, etc. For example, it is said in "Children's Learning Qionglin" that "the father's day is outside, so the stick is based on bamboo, and the mother's day is inside, so the stick is based on tung, ", but it is best to use willow wood, because Liu Tong's "stay" means to remember and retain.As the saying goes, "Acacia trees are planted with lumps, and willows are planted with sticks." Planting willows, the offspring can prosper.

In addition, in addition to this point, the materials used for mourning are also different in different places.Northerners mostly use willow or rooted sorghum poles for mourning battles, but southerners mostly use bamboo poles and paulownia poles.

Many members of the Northern Expeditionary Army were from the north. After death or injury, at the time of burial, in the custom, willow poles would definitely be the first to be chosen as mourning battles. When Baishibuzhuang sold mourning clothes, they would give willow poles as gifts, which is equivalent to throwing willow poles into their funeral clothes. All in all, business will definitely prosper a lot.

Even if only a thousand people go to Bai's Cloth to buy mourning clothes, Bai's Cloth will make money!
And this, most people can't think of it at all.

Even if you think of it, you won't announce it to the public, let alone sell it in a bundle like Bai Gui.Because selling cloth will not be involved in mourning battles.

The customs of the northerners... how could the southerners think of it!
"My son has done mother and your father a great favor."

"I'm going to find your father right away, and ask your father to quickly buy and cut down willows near Lin'an."

Bai Li's eyes sparkled, and he said hastily.

She was not only happy because of a big deal, but also because her son was so smart.The latter is more joyful than the former.

(End of this chapter)