Chapter 102 Pearl
After going to the government office in the morning, Xin Nuo had nothing to do. After lunch, she called Xiao Shan, who was also having nothing to do, and went to the street together.

There is a vegetable market not far from the government office. According to Xiao Shan, there are not only vegetables and meat sellers, but also a series of seafood shops and grocery stores.

The prices are also very affordable, which is most attractive to ordinary people.

The two of them were walking, and Xiao Shan was still holding a big basket in his hand and asked: "New lady, what are you going to buy? Wouldn't it be best to let the comprador in the yamen buy it together?"

Xinnuo, who was walking lightly and skillfully, heard this and looked sideways at him, "Don't you want to do something for me?"

Xiao Shan waved his hand quickly, "The villain is already free."

But I didn't think about it until I went out. It seemed that it would be better to ask an adult to accompany the new girl.

Xinnuo: "Then just carry the basket. There are many kinds of things I want to buy, and I have many requirements. I may not like those who are purchased by compradors."

"Yes, girls' families like all kinds of strange things." Xiao Shan originally wanted to please the new girl, but when he said this, something seemed wrong.

Fortunately, Xinnuo didn't argue with him. The vegetable market was indeed very close, so he just spoke. The first store he entered was a ceramics shop.

Da Yue's porcelain is still a mid-to-high-end luxury product. Xinnuo walked in and walked around, and found that the place was called a ceramics shop, but most of it was black and brown black pottery.

There are beautiful white porcelain cups. When I asked about the price, a small one cost more than 20 yuan.

Xinnuo grew up in a small county town. Although he didn't suffer much when living with his grandparents, he still knew the purchasing power of a penny.

A small porcelain cup costs more than 20 Wen, which is indeed a bit expensive.

There was only one middle-aged man in this shop, who should be the owner and shopkeeper. There were no other customers at this time. Seeing that Xinnuo was well-dressed, he smiled and said, "Miss, you can buy a kiln product from the official kiln for only twenty coins." The white porcelain bowls are already cheap enough. My family has relatives in the official kiln, so we can sell them at such a cheap price."

Xin Nuo picked up another white porcelain plate and looked at it. There was no pattern on it, and the glaze was not smooth enough. She didn't like it based on the quality alone, regardless of the price.

Seeing that she was about to leave, the shopkeeper smiled and said: "If you look inside again, you will know that our place is of high quality and low price. There was a girl who just looked at my place first and she thought it was expensive. She walked in for a while. I came back again and ordered five or six of these porcelain cups at once."

Xiao Shan smiled and said: "Thank you, shopkeeper, for the introduction. Let's go in and take a look first."

After coming out, he said to Xinnuo who was walking in front: "Girl, if you want good porcelain, you don't need to ask the adults. There is an official kiln in the north mountain of the capital, and the porcelain produced is specially for the palace. Please write down the style you like. Come out and the villain will send you there."

Then Xiaoshan started to squabble, saying that things related to the new girl were different from handling the case. The emphasis should be on handling it in a timely manner, but who should be called to handle it.

It's such a good opportunity to please a girl, I should tell you to go there.

While I was feeling annoyed, I heard the new girl in front of me say: "You often have to go on business trips. When you get back, I will draw the pattern and give it to Mr. Chu, so he can help."

Xiao Shan smiled and said: "Okay."

It seems that the new girl may not have any intention towards my father. She can remind him after returning home.

At this time in the government office, Chu Wei had just escaped from some complicated official matters, and suddenly felt that the surroundings were unusually clean. He looked around and realized that the girl was no longer there.

When I went out, the lady I hired to clean the study area was watering the flowers on the side of the road.

The woman's surname seems to be Ji?

"Aunt Ji."

The clear and gentle voice startled Aunt Ji. She put down the kettle and saw that it was an adult. She quickly said, "I don't dare. If you have anything to say, please give me your instructions."

Chu Wei asked: "Where is the girl?"

There was only one girl in the yamen, and everyone called her that.But Mrs. Ji always listened, the word "adult" is much more intimate than what ordinary people shout out.

"I just saw that I went out with Guard Xiao."

Although the four Xiaoshan people also had official positions in the yamen, because they only worked with Chu Wei, everyone was more accustomed to calling them guards.

Chu Wei asked: "What's the matter?"

Aunt Ji smiled and said: "I heard from the girl that she wants to buy some pots and things for barbecue. I don't know."

On this side, in the vegetable market, Xinnuo was asking about the price at a blacksmith's shop, because after shopping for a while, she didn't see any baking pans and grills for sale. Fortunately, the vegetable market had a full range of colors, and she could also customize them in the blacksmith's shop. .

While he was talking, he suddenly sneezed loudly. Xinnuo took out a handkerchief and wiped it, wondering who was missing me.

The muscular man at the blacksmith shop said: "What the girl wants is easy to make. It can be done tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

"Okay, I'll have someone pick it up when the time comes." Xinnuo said, "How much is the deposit?"

She still knows the rules of paying for individually customized items.

The man smiled, showing his snow-white teeth, "You just need to give us thirty cash first."

This is the only good thing about Dayue. The price of iron is not that high. The average price is around four or five cents. Because iron ore is abundant, private control over iron is not that strict.

Xinnuo paid the deposit, and then there was a loud shouting outside the shop.

"How did I cheat you? You bought all the things, and then ran back and said that my things were broken. How do I know if you deliberately blackmailed me by replacing them with broken ones?"

"Gungun, don't disturb our business."

The blacksmith man shook his head, "The second Hou is lying again."

Xin Nuo was curious and asked: "What's the shopkeeper's clear reason?"

The man was not afraid of Hou Er, and said: "Hou Er specializes in crabs. It's a good time when crabs are on the market in large quantities, but he is short of a pound. It's not the season for crabs, and what he buys are all sand-turned products. Although they are cheap, they are still good. It’s impossible to eat.”

He said and shook his head, "In three days and two days, someone will always be cheated."

Xinnuo: "This is a vegetable market set up by the imperial court, so no one cares about it?"

"The imperial court only takes money," said the man angrily.

It seemed that the person who bought the bad crab was arguing. Hou Er's voice became louder and more severe, as if he was about to quarrel with someone.

"You ugly monster, if you keep pestering me at my stall, don't blame me for being rude."

When Xin Nuo and Xiao Shan walked out, they happened to see a short man with dark skin, a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, pushing an ugly woman in front of them to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Xin Nuo hurriedly stepped forward to help the person and turned to Hou Er, "What kind of things did you buy yourself? Don't you have any idea? You dare to bully others like this? Do you think the emperor's feet are screaming for nothing? ?”

Seeing such a beautiful woman coming out to accuse, Hou Er was speechless for a while, but soon became very dissatisfied and said: "Little girl, what are you meddling in?"

Xin Nuo looked at the woman opposite Hou Er with her head lowered in confusion, "Pearl?"

Pearl is a young girl picked up by her master on the road. Because of her ugly face, she keeps her head down and dare not look directly at anyone.

Xin Nuo was a little surprised. After all, with her fear of strangers, it was hard to imagine that she could go shopping in a crowded place like the vegetable market.

pearl!

Hou Er burst out laughing unceremoniously when he heard this, "Such an ugly girl with a face like a toad is called Pearl!"

Hey!
A stone hit the corner of his lip.

Xinnuo walked over to hold Zhuzhu's arm, frowned and said, "If you can't speak, then don't speak."

"If you dare to hit me, pay for it." Hou Er shouted, covering his mouth.

Such a beautiful woman would never receive a good look no matter how courteous she was. Hou Er's slight concession just because of her beautiful appearance disappeared, and now he pushed forward with a dark face.

"How do you want to compensate?" Xiao Shan stood up and asked.

He is eight feet tall and has a tyrannical aura as he practices martial arts all year round.

Hou Er instantly withered and said politely: "It's nothing, it's nothing. Alas, consider me unlucky."

It looked like Xiaomin had to accept his fate.

Xinnuo is annoyed by this kind of people the most, "Let's understand, why are you unlucky? You sold fake goods and bullied others in the first place."

Seeing that this was a serious one, Hou Er had to apologize, and then returned the money to Pearl in great pain.

"Have you bought all your things?"

The master lives in a relatively secluded courtyard, and there are dedicated servants in charge of the kitchen and cleaning. She should not need to go out to buy things.

"I want to buy some daily necessities for the master," said Pearl with her head down, her voice was like a mosquito's, and it required one's full attention to hear it.

Fortunately, Xinnuo is good at martial arts and has excellent ears, so he can hear clearly.

"This place is full of people. Why don't you take two people with you when you go out?" Xinnuo said, "Well, you walk with me. I still have a lot that I haven't bought yet."

She didn't see that while she was talking, Pearl's hand was holding the edge of the basket in her arm until it turned white.

After a while, I heard a low voice: "Thank you, miss."

Xinnuo said again: "You want to buy crabs, is that what my master wants to eat?"

"Well," Pearl said in a low voice, "Master likes to eat crabs the most, I want to cook for him."

Xin Nuo frowned. This was the second time she met this poor woman picked up by her master. Why did she feel as if she was the closest to her master when she spoke to her?

Xinnuo never ignores his feelings, and said immediately: "I know a place that buys good crabs."

In fact, when she passed by just now, she had already bought several kilograms of hairy crabs from that shop. She knew that Master liked to eat them, and she thought she would wait until the Yamen to steam them and deliver them to Master.

Returning to the hairy crab shop again, Xiao Er greeted him enthusiastically, and immediately let out a hoot involuntarily.

Pearl lowered her head to avoid eye contact with others, but whether she was wearing something to cover her face, the unevenness on her face could still be seen.

Anyone would be shocked to see such a large piece of strange skin without warning.

Xinnuo didn't blame the waiter and said, "Are there any hairy crabs left? I want two more pounds?"

Pearl raised her eyelids.

Xinnuo felt that the younger generation was a little cold, as if he was being targeted by something cold and cold.She turned around, Xiaoshan was standing on the left, and Pearl was looking at the ground with her head lowered.

Xinnuo was curious about how she bought the things she carried in the basket.

The waiter once again introduced his hairy crabs enthusiastically. Xin Nuo listened and watched at the same time. She didn't know how to choose, so she let Xiao Shan do it.

Then she chose two pounds of sea cucumbers.

Put one pound of pearls into her basket and ask her to take it back and cook it for the master to eat. The other pound was roasted and eaten by sea cucumbers.

After that, I walked around the vegetable market for another quarter of an hour, buying all kinds of vegetables before leaving.

Shenjing is worthy of being the capital of Dayue. The small vegetable market allows Xinnuo to buy a lot of fresh vegetables. The price of some seafood is even cheaper than in Xiangshui County.

After leaving the vegetable market, the people on the street were not so crowded. Xinnuo looked at it and asked Pearl, who was walking with his head down: "Do you need me to ask Xiaoshan to take you back?"

Pearl quickly shook her head, her voice was still like a gnat, "I know the way."

Xinnuo didn't want to see her off, and seeing her like this she was very afraid of Xiaoshan. He thought that she could walk to the vegetable market here by herself and find it back, so she didn't insist.

"Then let's go first," she waved.

At the end of the road that turns east is Jingzhao Mansion, which is indeed very close.

Pearl nodded and looked at the two pairs of feet moving away. Then she raised her head slightly and said "hypocrisy" in disgust.

Being so passionate about me, isn’t it because my ugliness can bring out your beauty?
nausea!

How could such a good man accept such a disciple?

She does have a bit of beauty, and I don't know if she will use her beauty to shamelessly seduce the master.

At this time, a fast horse galloped past, and Pearl didn't notice it at all. It was the court's eight-hundred-mile rush, so even if she was carried by the passing wind, the person on the horse did not stop.

Instead, he turned around and scolded: "Don't you watch the road?"

Pearl fell to the ground, the contents of the basket rolled all over the floor, and her arms were stained red due to the momentum.

There were many pedestrians on the road, but no one stopped to ask.

Pearl felt that she had been greatly wronged. She held back her tears and got up, picking up the crabs and vegetables scattered on the ground one by one.

"What's going on here?"

When she limped into the small courtyard with a basket on her arm, and heard that familiar voice full of concern, she finally couldn't help raising her face, revealing her eyes full of tears.

Yin Feiqiao was having tea with the new and old man under the banyan tree in the small courtyard. When he saw the ugly girl limping back in a mess, he asked.

I didn't expect to make the ugly girl cry.

Yin Feiqiao smiled and said: "Falled? It doesn't matter. Go back to the house and change clothes. Aunt Ming will take care of these things from now on."

Pearl said in a panic: "Master, I was just careless, not a useless person."

"It's not that you are useless. The capital is too big, so I'm worried that you won't be able to adapt. Okay, put the basket here. Go back to your room quickly, take some medicine, and change your clothes."

Pearl then smiled and said, "Master, I know you like eating crabs, so I bought this specially for you."

"Really?" Yin Feiqiao said, "Then thank you Pearl."

Pearl said sheepishly: "No need to say thank you, master. I only used the monthly money that master gave me."

Saying that, he sent the basket to the kitchen.
(End of this chapter)

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