Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 13

Chapter 14 Probe with Money

Then the two went shopping. It was Huang Ying's first visit to a big place, and the excitement in her eyes was self-evident.With a silver bill of 50 taels in his pocket, Jinsha fixed his eyes on a gambling house.

This gambling hall is called "Changle Fang". It is a gambling hall when you go in. The upper floor is also engaged in skin and meat business. During the day, the sisters who are sent to us are resting, and the gambling hall downstairs is very lively.Jin Sha felt itchy, so she led Huang Ying in confidently.

"Two honored guests, please come inside..." Xiao Er warmly greeted the two of them. Jin Sha and Mr. Xu had also been here in the past, and he was particularly envious of Mr. Xu who was accompanied by a beautiful woman.Usually at the gambling table, Mr. Xu often asks his girlfriend to draw cards instead of him, euphemistically calling it "beautiful little hands for a change of luck". Usually, the cards drawn by his girlfriend will win money.

Today, Jinsha is also secretly happy, Huangying is still a girl with yellow flowers, she is many times better than those broken flowers and willows around Mr. Xu.If I am unlucky today, it will definitely be my luck to change to Huang Ying.

Many gamblers had already gathered around the two gaming tables. The arrival of Jinsha attracted the attention of the four people on the table. One of them seemed to be flattering and gave up his seat to Jinshan. Jinsha said politely and led Huang Ying joined.

Huang Ying was a little puzzled when she entered the casino, but when she saw the environment inside, she immediately understood that this was Liu Tao's so-called gambling venue.She immediately thought of Liu Tao's reminder, and immediately pulled Jin Sha to leave here.Now that Sands has come to the land of the casino, and the gambling addiction that has occurred for several months is about to be rewarded, where will it be easy to leave?Regardless of Huang Ying's pull, he immediately joined the game.

Huang Ying hated the noisy atmosphere here and people's aggressive gazes, so she resolutely walked out to a place she was not familiar with. After going out alone for a while, she couldn't tell the east, west, south, north, and south, so she had to go back to Changlefang.

At this time, Jinsha had already won 20 taels of silver, which was already a small pile together with the chips he exchanged at the beginning. He was full of energy and smiled, and he just smiled at Huang Ying's return and then plunged into his world. .This time the cards were played in a stalemate. It is estimated that the cards held by everyone were not bad, and they were unwilling to show their hole cards first. Jinsha drew a pair of double lands, which is a rare good card. Normally, I haven't had such good luck for a few days, and I can't help but feel happy.The other three people guessed that the cards in their hands were also good, and they called out the same number as him, and kept adding chips to it, and many onlookers couldn't help booing and applauding.It wasn't until Jin Sha and his opponents put all their chips in that they showed their cards.

The lucky one was of course cheering, but this lucky one was not Jinsha.The land card of Jinsha met the sky card of the opposite family, and this time they lost everything. Huang Ying cried in anger, and he returned to Yushanju with Huang Ying dejected.Since there is no money to order pots and spoons and buy things, I can only borrow them from the shopkeeper Jin.

"Haha, Mr. Jin, when your father paid back the money you borrowed for you, he once told me not to lend you any more money..."

"Treasurer Jin, I won't use it to gamble again this time, can you lend me another 50 taels, not 30 taels?"

"What's the use of your promise with me? Haven't you made a promise with your parents? It's useless to them who gave birth to you and raised you, let alone me, an irrelevant person?" I have seen a lot of sexual people, and with one sentence, I pinched Jin Shan's sore feet.

This sentence can be said to hit the nail on the head. Jin Sha once promised his parents that way, but now he can't borrow money, and he has no money to hire a carriage when he goes back.We can only find the carriage and negotiate a good price first, and then pay the money after returning home.

Apart from pointing out the route to the coachman along the way, the two of them basically didn't say a word.Jin Sha didn't want to face her parents and Liu Tao and the others, so she took a shortcut and jumped off the carriage to go home.Huang Ying went to Liu Tao's house and cried and told about Jinsha. After Liu Tao and Jin Yang heard this, they smirked at each other, as if the plot had succeeded.

Liu Tao persuaded Huang Ying: "Brother Jin Yang and I knew this would happen a long time ago. What is 50 taels of silver? If you don't have it, you can earn more. If you marry a gambler, it will be a mistake that will last forever." .”

"I said Liu Tao, after a long time of trouble, you planned it out. Aren't you a scammer? You even threw away 50 taels of silver..."

"Sister Huang Ying, this is not cheating, this is testing people. It is worthwhile to test a person's quality with 50 taels of silver! He dares to gamble with you by his side. Think about it, if you get married in the future , will you have a good life?"

Jin Sha was beaten back to his original shape, and was scolded by his father-in-law and mother-in-law. If it wasn't for his bad legs, his father-in-law would have used a big stick to teach him a lesson.Fortunately, their family is no longer the landowners of the past, and the loss this time is almost indifferent.However, their vigilance against Jinsha has reached a new level. They followed Liu Tao's advice and hid all their money, except for a small pile of copper coins for ordinary family expenses.

That day they went to the city again, and they still took Uncle Liu's carriage along the way. Liu Taojinyang and Huang Ying went to the city together.

When they arrived at Yushanju, they met the shopkeeper Jin, and the two discussed with him about the prospect of rice crust.Shopkeeper Jin knows that rice crust is a by-product that clings to the bottom of the pot when making rice. It is usually eaten by children, and rich families use it to feed pigs.It was the first time I heard that someone would specially make rice crackers, so I didn’t dare to agree immediately. I just said: “After it’s done, you can use it for a test sale here. If it sells well, I can recommend it to the surrounding areas through the caravan. And those in the capital!"

When we arrived at the ironware shop, Jin Yang took out the blueprint of the earthen oven and showed it to the shopkeeper. This earthen oven looks like half a single bed, and inside is a drawer-style rice crust forming mold with a circular reserved opening, which is specially placed flat bottomed spoon.The conversion between raw and cooked crispy rice is completed by pushing and pulling. There are five such drawers in each oven, and each drawer has reserved openings for eight flat-bottomed spoons. The internal and external baking method is adopted. , to ensure that the rice crust is evenly heated.The crispy rice is baked in an almost airtight drawer, avoiding the pollution of carbon dust and the mixing of smoke and fire.

This oven is a set of two, both of which are exactly the same. They went to three iron shops in a row, but they were afraid to accept the order because the oven was too huge, because they estimated that each of them could use four hundred iron materials. Jin, such a large object, has never been made by any iron shop in Fucheng.When Jin Yang arrived at the fourth ironware shop, he heard that it could not be done, so he had to temporarily modify the design and change the oven to a three-stage combination, so that many problems were avoided in the segmental pouring and splicing installation. Because weight distribution is also made easier.Liu Tao gave enough processing fee of 100 taels, and then took out 30 taels of 'security seal fee', and issued a non-disclosure agreement valid for ten years and signed by the shopkeeper. was spread out.If the problem of leaking secrets lies in this iron shop, then go to court and pay ten times as much as 30 taels of silver according to the agreement.

(End of this chapter)