Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 58
Just when the father and daughter of the Wen family were hesitating whether to go in, Sun Dalang's daughter-in-law Xiaoqian happened to go out to pour water. Seeing the father and daughter standing outside the door, she hurriedly greeted them, smiled and said a few auspicious words, and welcomed them in. .

The movement outside came into the house, and as soon as the talking stopped, Sun Heping and Mrs. Li also looked over.

"Uncle Sun, Mrs. Sun has an auspicious new year, Gong Xi Fa Cai."

"Hey, thanks to your good words, I haven't seen you in half a month, girl Aning is really becoming more and more outstanding, and I don't know which bastard will take advantage of it in the future." Mrs. Li laughed.

This boast is also sincere. Wen Shu is good-looking. Although he is not all over the country, he is smart and beautiful. On his slightly fat face, a pair of round almond eyes seem to reflect a clear spring. , Qingqing moist and exceptionally clever, looks like you can talk when looking at you, even more like a crescent moon when you smile.

In addition, today is the New Year, and Wen Shu is not as casual and rough as usual. The crimson short jacket and small jacket paired with the begonia red skirt are even more like peach blossoms quietly blooming in spring, bright and moving.

The eyes of another woman and a young man sitting in the main room also brightened.

"Who is this?" The woman with the loud voice just now asked.

Mrs. Li paused and coughed lightly: "Neighbors in the same alley, Shopkeeper Wen and Mrs. Wen."

At this time, Sun Heping also introduced: "Brother Wentai, this is my second sister-in-law and nephew Sun Xing. They rushed over from their hometown two days ago. My second brother caught a cold two days ago, and now he feels a little dizzy and is resting in the west wing. I’ll have time to introduce you some other day.”

Wen Tai nodded, and then said goodbye: "The New Year is also over. Since the eldest brother has guests, I will go back first. When I am free, I will bring my second brother and sister-in-law to my house."

"sure."

After the father and daughter of the Wen family left, the woman immediately chatted with Mrs. Li, what is the name of this little lady?How old is this year?Has it been promised?
Ask all you can.

Mrs. Li is someone who has been there, she still can't understand when she hears this question, she immediately glanced at Sun Xing who was sitting at the bottom, and saw that he was also looking over, she couldn't help being a little funny.

The questions Sun Xingniang asked were not private, even if they were not asking her, you could find someone in the alley to find out, so Li Niangzi didn't hide anything, she said everything.

The woman heard that there was no one, her eyes lit up, and then she heard that the little lady had gone to school and could read, she was even more satisfied in her heart, and subconsciously looked at her son.

Sun Xing was very happy when he heard that the little lady just now was also literate.

When the woman saw that there was a door, her mind suddenly became active, but after a second thought, she pressed the matter again.Anyway, their family will live in the city for a long time in the future, and they have time to investigate, so they just smiled and praised Wen Shu.

Mrs. Li didn't care too much, she knew what kind of temperament her sister-in-law was. Although she hadn't seen her for nearly ten years, it was difficult to change a character that had already formed.

Don't look at her looking at Wenshu's good looks now, after she knows that the Wen family is a birthday girl, and the Wen family only has such a daughter, and she may have to recruit a husband in the future, this thought will disappear. Er Jing would even turn his head around and despise him.

Wen Shu didn't know anything about the matter at the Sun's side, nor did she know that this strange woman in the Sun's family had taken a great interest in her. Now she was shopping with Wen Tai, because there would be three days of traffic jams on the street starting today. She also wanted to try her luck at the Guanpu event, to see if she could make a big difference with a small one.

Gambling was strictly prohibited in the Song Dynasty, but every three major festivals, namely Yuan Day, Winter Solstice, and Cold Food, would be open for three days.

Its specific method of playing is: when a buyer takes a fancy to a product and chooses to trade it in cash, the merchant will offer a bet amount and winning conditions that are equivalent to the price of the product. The most common way to specify the winning conditions is tossing A specific combination obtained by a set of copper coins. If the buyer wins, the bet is returned and the product is free, otherwise the bet goes to the seller.

The things sold in Pupu are big and small, ranging from gold and silver jewelry, rare and beautiful women, to needles and thread brains, which can be closed for daily food.

Wen Shu naturally didn't have such a big heart to rush to buy some treasures, what he thought were just some everyday things, as soon as the father and daughter turned onto Xizi Street, they saw many shops on both sides surrounded by people, and there were sighs and exclamations from time to time. The sound came from inside.

The stalls selling food and odds and ends on the street also displayed the sign of Guanpu. In front of a small stall selling sweets and cakes on the left front, there were two women standing, one old and one young, and the young one was clasping his hands together. Shaking the copper coins in her palm, after a while, she threw the three copper coins in her hand on the stall.

Two positives and one negative, lose!

The stall owner cheerfully accepted the deposit of five coins placed on the side, and said with a smile: "Young lady, do you want to play again?"

The girl said angrily: "I won't come, I lost the game twice. With this money, I can buy two sugar cakes."

The stall owner was not angry either, he still said cheerfully: "Then lady, would you like to bring some white sugar cakes back to eat?"

"No need." The girl angrily dragged the older woman to the stall selling flowers on the opposite side.

The stall owner shook his head and laughed. The father and daughter watched for a while, and Wen Tai asked, "Ah Ning, do you want to try it too?"

Wen Shu shook her head: "I don't want to eat white sugar cake."

"Then go see the head flower?"

Wen Shu thought for a while and nodded, but instead of going to the stall where the mother and daughter went, they went to the nearest stall on the right.

The stall was a woman in her early thirties. Seeing them coming, she hurriedly greeted them with a smile: "Young lady wants to buy hairpins. They are the most fashionable ones here. They sold a lot of them a few years ago."

Wen Shu didn't speak, and quickly scanned the stall with his eyes. The stall owner was not lying. Most of the hair flowers and hairpins on the stall were exquisite and novel, and they didn't seem to be the styles that can be seen everywhere.

After a while, she pointed to a gilt silver butterfly hairpin and asked, "How do you sell this?"

"Little lady, do you buy it normally, or do you rush to buy it?"

"What is the normal price for buying, and what is the rule for rushing to buy?"

"Usually buy, eighty coins a piece without counter-offering, sell quickly, bet fifty coins as a deposit, I will give the little lady five copper coins, if the little lady throws it down, all the copper coins will be positive or all will be negative, it will be counted as the little lady wins." , On the other hand, if there is a flower, then the slave family wins, and the betting money of fifty coins is mine."

Wen Shu nodded, a little hesitant. She didn't care whether the hairpin was or not. The reason why she wanted to buy this hairpin was because Wang Ling's birthday was approaching.

Every year on her birthday, Wang Ling would personally make a box of rouge for her, and she would mostly return it with food, but she felt shameful to always give food away, so she wanted to change it this year.

A single purchase costs [-] cents a piece, which is expensive but the real deal, while a rush purchase seems to be cheap, but the risk involved is extremely high, and if one fails, you will lose fifty cents in vain.

(End of this chapter)