peasant young lady

Chapter 198 Little Ghost VS Old Trickster
"What's the matter?" Yang Dalang, who has been paying attention to Cheng Xia, hastened to support her. Seeing that there were too many people and she was obviously absent-minded, he pulled her into his arms and kept her within his protection range. .

Cheng Xia stared firmly at the closed car curtain, those eyes were so familiar.Although she couldn't tell who it was, the other party obviously knew her, and the moment his eyes swept over her in the crowd, he turned away, just dodging.

Cheng Xia watched the sedan chair drifting away, she turned her head and smiled at Yang Dalang, "It's okay, I was just touched by someone."

Upon hearing this, Yang Dalang held her tighter, "Let's go."

Cheng Xia took a deep look back again, nodded, and turned around to leave the crowd.

The girl in the sedan chair lifted the curtain for the last time and looked back. Jiang Chen noticed her movement and slowed down slightly on horseback. "Have you seen anyone you know?"

"No," Jiang Wei smiled gently, "I told my adoptive father earlier that all my relatives have passed away. This time I came to Chong'an with my adoptive father, and it was just a re-travel of my hometown."

A smile finally crossed Jiang Chen's serious face, "I just saw you staring at someone for a while, thinking it was someone you knew."

"No," Jiang Wei shook her head with a smile, "I just think that girl is a bit different, so I took a second look." Jiang Wei said as she stroked the small butterfly tattoo on the corner of her left eye, which was hers. After the eye was injured, it was specially tattooed to cover the scar.

Jiang Yan noticed her inadvertent movement, his face changed suddenly, and finally he kicked the horse's belly and walked forward without saying anything.

Cheng Xia was absent-minded all the way, but she couldn't figure out who was the owner of those eyes, so she could only give up in the end.When we arrived at the grocery store, the shopkeeper's attitude improved a lot. He directly took the pannier from Yang Dalang's back graciously, counted it, handed over two ingots, and pointed to the direction upstairs thoughtfully, "Miss Cheng, Boss Shao yesterday I came back and waited for the girl to come over."

Yang Dalang was obviously taken aback when he heard the word 'Boss Shao', and Cheng Xia caught his blankness, thinking about the last time Du Zhong asked about Boss Shao, Cheng Xia had an idea in his mind.

She smiled at the shopkeeper, took Yang Dalang's hand and went to the second floor together. She wanted to let Yang Dalang and Boss Shao meet face to face to see what was going on.

Yang Dalang wanted to break free, but hesitated for a moment and followed her up to the second floor.The second floor was quiet, Cheng Xia arrived at the door of the private room where he often talked with Boss Shao, the door was closed, Cheng Xia knocked on the door decently.

"Come in." The rough voice sounded as usual, and the big rock in Cheng Xia's heart suddenly fell down. It was still a familiar voice, and it was Boss Shao. Her last hope finally came.

Cheng Xia pushed open the door and turned to pull Yang Dalang, but there was no one there.Cheng Xia narrowed her eyes slightly, and quickly ran back to the stairs. It was empty and there was no one there.She just dragged Yang Dalang to the door of the private room, but when she knocked on the door, Yang Dalang disappeared, and he disappeared without making any sound.

He was really hiding something.

"What's the matter?" Boss Shao saw that no one came in all the time, and when he walked to the door of the private room, he saw Cheng Xia standing at the stairs in a daze, so he couldn't help asking worriedly.

Cheng Xia came back to her senses and smiled apologetically, and shook her head slightly, "It's okay, I'm just a little excited to see Boss Shao again."

Boss Shao laughed, which made the ferocious face even more terrifying. Cheng Xia quickly looked up, then turned his eyes away and entered the private room.

"Boss Shao, the shopkeeper must have informed me of my intention for coming. I am short of money now. I would like to ask Boss Shao if he can charge me more rose sauce at once."

Boss Shao sat leisurely on the chair opposite Cheng Xia, with his hands folded on the table. Following the movements of his hands, Cheng Xia noticed for the first time that the table in this private room was actually made of sandalwood. It's not cheap.

Among the existing Ming and Qing court furniture, sandalwood Dalbergia, sandalwood rosewood and Siamese rosewood are known as the "three giants".Boss Shao can be considered to have strong financial resources, and he can actually use this kind of palace stuff.

When Boss Shao saw her gaze resting on the table, he smiled, "I went out a while ago, and I found this table when I came back. Judging by your reaction, you seem to understand what it is."

"I'm a peasant woman from a small family. How can I understand this? Boss Shao is joking. I don't know what answer Boss Shao can give to my question just now." Cheng Xia didn't intend to get entangled in the material of the wood, she wanted a definite answer.

Boss Shao patted his hands three times, and saw the man from last time walking out of the private room. At this moment, he was holding a covered tray in his hand. down.

Cheng Xia was puzzled, Boss Shao smiled and opened the cover, and handed two 100 taels of silver tickets to Cheng Xia, "I want to buy the recipe for rose sauce with 200 taels of silver."

Cheng Xia was taken aback, "Why?"

Boss Shao got up and stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, "To be honest, I have traveled to many places this time. I left Fujian all the way to the west, went to Jiangxi to Hunan, and went north from Hunan to Hubei and Henan to the capital. As for the rose sauce, I am sure that the rose sauce you made is the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty."

Cheng Xia understood in an instant, but couldn't help but look at Boss Shao twice more. This person is really deep in thought, he doesn't believe what others say, and he must prove it himself, so that he can feel at ease.But this is also good, it just happens to increase the value of Rose Sauce, so he just took out 200 taels now.

"I haven't found roses that can bloom twice in these places. It's a pity that I can only wait until next year to make rose sauce. But I want to buy your rose sauce recipe and spread it all over the country next year." For production, so that rose sauce can emerge in the whole country."

Cheng Xia was overjoyed, it turned out that he hadn't discovered that there was a place where roses could bloom twice, which was just right.

"What are you laughing at?" Boss Shao was sensitive to the smile on Cheng Xia's face.

This person is too scary, Cheng Xia suppressed his smile instantly, "Boss Shao wants to buy rose sauce with 200 taels of silver?"

"Can you?" he asked back.

"If I tell you that there is a place where roses are more fragrant and fragrant, and they are not the same as the roses here in Fujian. The roses there are double-petaled deep red, and one rose can match five of ours here, and the quality It is taller and more suitable for making rose sauce, so do you want to consider increasing the price?"

Every time Cheng Xia said something, Boss Shao's face became more happy. Finally, when Cheng Xia finished speaking, he slapped the window, turned back and sat down again, "Add another 200 taels, and buy this place you know."

"Boss Shao is very rich." Cheng Xia sighed sincerely, rich people are different, and they pay 400 taels for a shot.

Boss Shao smiled indifferently, "Compared to the potential value of rose sauce, the 400 taels are nothing at all."

He was telling the truth, once the grocery store has mastered the method of making rose sauce, according to their calculation of selling five taels of silver for a porcelain jar, and after deducting the almost negligible cost, they only need to use [-] jars of rose sauce Earned back, really is not a loss-making business.

After all, the crowd that Rose Sauce is targeting is wealthy and well-to-do. As long as it is done well, making money is a matter of minutes.

"A while ago, Boss Shao specifically asked the shopkeeper not to overcharge my rose sauce, because he was afraid that someone else would make it in other places, and he would suffer a loss if he took mine, right?"

Boss Shao smiled heartily, "That's right. If many people in other places can make rose sauce, then I don't need to invest capital in it. Now it proves that it has great potential. And in your hands It is far from being able to play its value, so are you willing to sell it to me?"

What Boss Shao said was straightforward, but there was nothing wrong with it. Cheng Xia nodded, took the 200 taels of silver note he put on the table, and picked up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table to write down the formula and dosage of rose sauce in detail. I wrote it down, handed it to Boss Shao, and then stretched out my hand to look at him, "There are still 200 taels, I'll tell you where the roses bloom twice."

Boss Shao was taken aback for a moment, clapping his hands for the people inside to bring over two banknotes. Cheng Xia put them away, and then smiled mysteriously, "In Jinan, Shandong, there is a place called Pingyin, where the roses are most suitable for making rose sauce." , the flowers are still in full bloom.”

Boss Shao's face brightened, and he clapped his hands in frustration in an instant. He obviously returned to the capital again, so why didn't he go east a little and visit Shandong, regretting it too late.

Seeing him slapping his thigh angrily, Cheng Xia immediately smiled, "Boss Shao, from now on I will still come to the market every time I come to give rose sauce, until the delivery is finished."

Boss Shao gritted his teeth and looked at her, "Aren't you afraid that I won't accept your rose sauce if I have a recipe and a space?"

Cheng Xia shrugged and shook his head coolly, "No, because you just made it at the fastest speed, and it will be two months later. You won't let go of the two-month gap, so you can only Take my rose jam."

"You're a big kid!" Boss Shao commented harshly.

"Crafty and cunning!" Cheng Xia replied bluntly, obviously he was the one who took advantage of the most.

After leaving the grocery store, Cheng Xia didn't see Yang Dalang, so he went directly to the place where the carriage was parked, and he really saw him sitting beside him.

Cheng Xia didn't ask anything, just let him drive away from Chong'an County to go home.

"You didn't ask me why I left?" In the end, Yang Dalang didn't hold his breath.

Cheng Xia laughed suddenly, "If you don't want to say it, I won't force it." She will not make such a temptation in the future.

Cheng Xia kicked the 400 taels of silver bills and the ten taels of silver, and she was very happy. She saved enough money in an instant, and she was able to save Lin Xiu from the sea of ​​suffering.

As soon as Cheng Xia was in a good mood, she couldn't help but started chattering, "You know, Lin Xiu told me when we went out this morning that she had figured out what she would do in the future, that she was going to leave the Yang family and rely on herself to make money to support her. Xiaolong, let her go to school. Lin Xiu said that she has hands and feet, so she can cheer up and let Xiaolong live a good life." She is really happy that she can transform such a traditional girl into knowing that she can eat with her own ability, What a sense of achievement she is.

Seeing her smug face, Yang Dalang squeezed her face amusedly, he liked her who was so energetic and confident.

Back at the bamboo house, Cheng Xia was stunned for a moment, the door of the bamboo house was closed, and the inside was empty.Cheng Xia's heart suddenly panicked, she clearly told Lin Xiu not to open the door, but what about her and Xiaolong now?

Yang Dalang told her not to panic, and walked quickly towards the mountain by himself, shouting as he walked, but no one responded at all.Cheng Xia's heart turned cold in an instant, she hurried down the mountain, and ran to Yang's house in one breath, Mrs. Chen, who was fetching water in the yard, saw Cheng Xia approaching, her eyes flickered for a while, Cheng Xia's brows were instantly drawn together, and she questioned in a cold voice Mrs. Chen, "Where's Lin Xiu?"

Chen swallowed hard, and said unnaturally, "Lin, isn't she with you?"

"May I ask you where Lin Xiu is?" Cheng Xia suddenly raised his voice.

Chen Shi was startled, and couldn't help shrinking back, Cheng Xia was going crazy seeing her reaction, she took two steps forward and was about to strike, Yang Dalang grabbed her, and stood in front of Chen Shi, with a clear voice Cooling has a shocking penetrating power, "Where is Lin Xiuren?"

After all, Chen couldn't resist Yang Dalang's condensed gaze, and pointed tremblingly at the north where Songwa Village was located.

(End of this chapter)