Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 195 Shopping
"Tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival, and the return date of the Qing family is coming soon, so I wish the Qing family a smooth journey here."

"I thank you for your grace, and the saint takes care."

Before leaving the palace, the sage Li Yuan said goodbye to Xue Lang.He will leave the day after tomorrow. After leaving the palace today, Xue Lang has nothing to do before entering the palace to meet the saint, and it is impossible to say goodbye to the saint before leaving.Therefore, the monarch and his ministers bid farewell at this time.

Saying goodbye to leaving the palace, Xue Lang apart from feeling grateful for the kindness of the saint, counted on his fingers, isn't tomorrow the ninth day of September, the Double Ninth Festival?
Xue Lang's birthday is on the ninth day of September, but, this time travels back to the Tang Dynasty, how should this birthday be counted?Is this one year older or younger?
Feeling so sad!Well, it's better not to celebrate after this birthday, so as not to worry about it.I also felt a little funny, so I couldn't help but smile silently.

When they returned to the mansion, they saw several carriages parked at the door, all of which were filled with chrysanthemums.In the front yard, under the command of Changjian, the male servants are moving in, and in the back yard, Su Siniang is also directing people to place——

"Are these chrysanthemums bought for tomorrow's holiday?"

"Big brother!"

Jiang Lin and his wife greeted Xue Lang.Xue Lang nodded.

During the Double Ninth Festival in the Tang Dynasty, there was a custom of climbing high to appreciate chrysanthemums.Everything in the county mansion is new, although the garden is not bare, but the flowers have not grown yet, tomorrow is the holiday, chrysanthemums can only be bought now.

Who knows that Su Siniang stared at her beautiful eyes, and said: "Brother's words are wrong, why would the He family buy so many chrysanthemums for the festival? These are all given to my brother by other houses. This is from the East Palace, and this is from the Qin Dynasty. This is from the Palace of the Prince, this is from the Palace of Princess Pingyang, this is from the Palace of Li Shangshu, this is from Yang Zhengqing from Sinong Temple, and this is from me, Aye..."

"Dalang, someone from the palace, the sage bestowed wine and chrysanthemums in the palace, and let Dalang enjoy the chrysanthemums during the festival."

Before Su Siniang finished speaking, Changjian came to report, and the saint sent chrysanthemums again.

Xue Lang was speechless, but Su Siniang smiled and said: "Brother is a capable minister, the cost of buying chrysanthemums for this festival can be saved."

Xue Lang thought about it, really, so many people gave chrysanthemums, didn't they just save him the money to buy chrysanthemums himself?I couldn't help laughing, I adjusted my clothes, and received the holy gift from the saint.

The one who came was the little yellow gate next to the saint, who had met Xue Lang several times.Comrade Li Yuan, a sage, also gave Xue Lang a cart full of chrysanthemums. The flower branches were blooming, the flowers were graceful, and the flower pots were all made extremely delicate and beautiful.

In addition to chrysanthemums, there is also chrysanthemum wine and a set of exquisite wine utensils produced by official kilns.After Xue Lang thanked him, Xiao Huangmen immediately took his leave and left. Looking at the string of carriages behind him, it is estimated that there are still many families to send.

After sending Xiao Huangmen away, Xue Lang went back to the backyard, and said directly to Su Siniang: "As long as Xiuniang cooks some more food tomorrow, everything for the festival will be complete!"

That's what I said!Everyone laughed.

It can only be said that people at that time gave gifts more boldly and boldly, and the quantifiers were all cars.One car for each family... the county government is full.If you receive too many gifts, there is a headache, which is to return the gift.

Of course, the Crown Prince's East Palace, Prince Qin's Mansion, and Saint's Palace do not need to return gifts, but those sent by Li Gang's Mansion, Yang Zhengqing's Mansion, and the Su Family must return gifts.Xue Lang is not prepared for the same thing, so he can't buy it outside and give it away casually, right?It feels so insincere.

I couldn't think of a reason, so I pulled Jiang Lin over: "Ah Lin, tell me, how should I return gifts to Li Shangshu, Yang Zhengqing and your father-in-law? Or buy a cart full of chrysanthemums?"

Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Why is elder brother so sad? What are the strengths of elder brother's house that other houses don't have?"

Xue Lang thought about it, the customs and ways of celebrating the Double Ninth Festival, in addition to climbing high and planting dogwood to enjoy the chrysanthemums, it seems that there is also eating.When Chinese people celebrate festivals, they are always inseparable from food.No matter what festival it is, eating and eating in different ways is the key point.

So, Xue Lang tentatively asked, "Food?"

"Of course!"

"Thank you Lin. Changjian, come here and go shopping."

He called Changjian to go shopping, mainly because Xue Lang wanted to buy some high-quality rice wine.How can you rest assured if you don't go and see for yourself when you buy wine!It happened that after coming to Chang'an, he hadn't done much shopping, so he called Shang Jianglin, brought Su Siniang with him, and with the guards, a group of people went shopping in a mighty manner.

Go to Dongshi first.It must be a holiday, and there are quite a lot of people in Dongshi today. Once inside, Xue Lang said to Jiang Lin, "It's a rare time to come out, Ah Lin, let's take my younger siblings around and see if I can buy something for my younger siblings."

Jiang Lin thought for a while, and said, "That's it, I'll take Ranran around, Sun Chang, you don't have to follow me, just continue to protect my elder brother."

"Here."

A group of people split up.Xue Lang first asked Changjian to buy materials according to the list, while he himself took a group of guards and went to wine shops to see which one had better rice wine.

It is said that the history of rice wine can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties in ancient times. Although Xue Lang was skeptical about this, rice wine was sold in Tang Dynasty.

"Youyang."

While shopping, I ran into Li Gang unexpectedly.Xue Lang was sitting in the wine shop, tasting wine with a glass.Hearing someone calling him, he looked back and saw that it was Li Gang. The old man was dressed up today... It can be said to be gorgeous, with a chrysanthemum already on his head wrapped in a fur.

Seeing this, Xue Lang said with a smile: "I've seen Mr. Li. Mr. Li, it will be Chongyang tomorrow, so I'm wearing chrysanthemums today, which shows that I'm very interested."

Li Gang smiled and said: "This is the idea of ​​the great-granddaughter of the family. The old man is getting old, I don't know if I can spend a few more days with my granddaughter, she can do as she likes."

Considering Li Gang's longevity in ancient times... the single dog Xue Lang cautiously asked: "Dare to ask Li Gong, the little granddaughter you are talking about is your grandson?"

Li Gang smiled and replied: "It is the fifth grandson of the old man. He is just three years old this year, just at the age of innocence and fun."

The first grandson is a son, the second grandson is a grandson, the third grandson is a great-grandson, the fourth grandson is a great-great-great-grandson, and the fifth grandson... I feel so miserable losing!Single dog Xue Lang received [-] points of critical damage!Beg milk beg shaman!

Probably the expression on Xue Lang's face was too obvious, which made Li Gang laugh out loud. The old man patted Xue Lang on the shoulder while laughing: "My Da Lang is at your age, and his son has already started to study. You Yang needs to work hard." It is."

Xue Lang... arched his hands, and said neatly: "Goodbye, Mr. Li!"

You can still hear Li Gang's triumphant laugh even after walking a long distance.Who are these people!Laughing at such an inhuman thing as a single dog, and doing it so skillfully, no matter who says Lao Li is upright, Xue Lang will definitely send a pair of freshly baked big white eyes.

Probably stimulated by Li Gang, Xue Lang had a rare outburst of shopping desire, and bought a lot of things, some of which were needed for tomorrow's festival, and some of which were to be taken back to Weize Pass.

Fortunately, there are money and silk rewards from the sages, otherwise, Xue Lang would be able to pass the festival from a small rich class to a poor and lower-middle peasant.I bought a lot of things in one go and asked the store to send them to the county government.After visiting the East Market, I still felt that it was not enough, so I went to the West Market again, and when I met a Hu merchant who made good grape wine, Xue Lang bought two more tanks of wine in one go.

(End of this chapter)