A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 519
Yin Heng hugged Meng Yan in his arms, selected two paintings for her that could be hung in the room, and asked casually: "Tell me about the shopkeeper who was deceived by you, how much did you pay for it?"

Meng Yan casually pointed to the box on the table and said, "The price of half a box of pearls."

Yin Heng raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.

Meng Yan said: "It was the box that you and I knocked over in the warehouse last time. I think the pearls are still there. When the dust fades, the value will be greatly lost, so I took it out and used it."

Yin Heng smiled faintly, and said: "Madam is really thoughtful."

The remaining half box of pearls, Meng Yan, hadn't figured out what to do with it, so she put it aside.

Later, Meng Yan thought about it, she took something from the warehouse, and she had to record it in the warehouse entry and exit ledger.Last time she and Yin Heng took a box of jadeite beads from the storeroom, didn't they let the butler remember it.

This time, when Meng Yan went to ask the steward to remember it, he only mentioned it a little, and the steward remembered it, "Oh" and said: "Is that the box of imperial beads that Li Guo paid tribute to at the beginning of last year? This old slave still has a little impression. There were only thirty of them sent by Li Guo, and the emperor was sympathetic to the prince when he was going out to conquer Lang, so he sent twenty of them to the palace."

The steward also said: "Li country is rich in pearls, and this imperial pearl is the highest grade pearl in their country. Li country produces less than a hundred pearls a year. It is said that the luster and luster can last for hundreds of years, and it will be as bright as new without fading."

Meng Yan asked tentatively, "In your opinion, how much does one cost?"

The butler smiled and said, "In the black market, if the market is good, I guess one can fetch about 5000 taels."

Meng Yan: "..."

She lost twelve of Li Guo's highest-grade imperial beads in one fell swoop... It's really cheap for that profiteer, Xu Shenfang.

In that room, the calligraphy and painting shop opened smoothly, and welcomed and sent a group of guests.

When the shopkeeper is free and completes the accounts, he sends them to his boss with anxiety.

At that time, when the boss heard that all the paintings of King Yin Wu had been bought by the same buyer, his face darkened, and he said, "If she wants to buy them all, you will sell them all?"

It's really hard to guard against house thieves.

When Xu Shenfang heard this, who else could have done this besides Meng Yan?Only she is so nervous about Yin Heng's painting!
At that time, I really shouldn't have talked to her too much, but came to poach his corner without saying a word!

The housekeeper wiped off his cold sweat, and said: "I don't know where the villain got the news from, but he is determined to buy them all. If the villain doesn't sell them, the guest officer will declare to other customers in the store The calligraphy of King Yin Wu in the store is fake, and the business in the store is unsustainable, and the subsequent auction of King Yin Wu’s calligraphy will also fail, so the villain weighed the pros and cons, so he decided to sell it... The villain still heard him say ,Say……"

Xu Chenfang crossed her slender legs, with the account book on her lap, very lazily, she propped her forehead and said, "What else did she say?"

The shopkeeper said: "He said that the boss only spent 100 taels of silver for each of these paintings..."

Xu Shenfang looked at him, and said, "What's wrong with 100 taels of silver? If 100 taels, there is no real product?"

The shopkeeper: "... 100 taels for the painting of King Wu of Yin, I'm afraid... it's not easy to buy."

Xu Shenfang said: "Usually it's not easy to buy, so who doesn't have a time when they can't turn around?"

The shopkeeper glanced at him: "There will be times when King Yin Wu will not be able to turn around?"

Xu Chenfang glanced at him indifferently, and he quickly held up another box, saying: "This is something that the guest official easily painted. Ruoruo, Ruruo, those paintings were bought for a hundred taels of silver each. , then we don’t seem to be at a loss.”

Xu Chenfang took it casually, put it on the ledger, and picked the lock with her finger, and saw the shining light burst out.

It turned out to be twelve pearls.

Xu Chenfang picked one with his fingers, and the pearls made his fingertips look beautiful, he squinted his black eyes for a long time, and then a slight smile appeared in his eyes, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "Well, indeed No loss. You did a good job."

Here, after Meng Yan listened to the butler's explanation of the pearls, the butler asked with a smile: "Does the princess want to make jewelry with those imperial pearls? This old slave can help the princess to invite a master craftsman."

Meng Yan waved her hand and said, "Let's talk about it later." She asked the housekeeper to record the account, then turned her head and went back to her courtyard.

She can also think about it, although she lost twelve at once, but those twelve were not lost to outsiders, and she also exchanged for what she wanted most.

Anyway, she still has eight left.

So Meng Yan has to go back quickly and re-examine the little cuties in her room.

As a result, after Meng Yan returned to the room, she searched left and right, but she couldn't find it no matter how hard she searched.

Meng Yan asked the nanny who was in charge of cleaning the house, "I remembered that there was half a box of pearls on the counter, where did it go?"

The mother smiled and replied, "Oh, that's the box of pearls. The servant girl found it when she was tidying up the room earlier, so she asked the prince if the pearls were for the princess to make jewelry. As jewelry, do you want to wear it to sing opera?"

Meng Yan twitched the corners of her mouth, subconsciously, Yin Heng's tone and expression appeared in her mind when she said this.

Mammy went on to say: "So the maidservant just left it and waited for the concubine to dispose of it, but at this time, Old Chai brought over some medicines that he always prepared, and happened to bump into them, so he said that the pearls are good, ground them into powder and applied externally to beautify the skin and be taken internally. It can strengthen the physique, especially good for women. Once the prince heard about it, he handed it over to Lao Chai for grinding."

Meng Yan: "..."

It's powdered... powdered... it's...

She felt that she was defeated enough, but there was someone who was more reckless than her...

When Meng Yan took Yan'er and Chongyi to Lao Chai's place in a hurry to rescue those cuties, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Lao Chai pounding pearls...

Meng Yan went over to take a look, and saw broken pearls laying in the pestle and mortar specially used for pounding medicine, none of them were whole.

Meng Yan's heart was bleeding, and she couldn't bear to look directly at it.

I heard Lao Chai laughing and said: "Is the princess worried about my production skills, afraid that I will grind too coarsely? Don't worry, I will definitely work slowly and meticulously. The pearl powder that will be grinded in a few days will definitely be fine. Delicate and smooth, Princess Bao is satisfied after using it."

Meng Yan patted him on the shoulder, and said very seriously: "Okay, you work hard."

A few days later, Lao Chai sent back the grinding results he was proud of.

When Meng Yan watched half a box of bright, clear and smooth top-grade pearls turn into a bowl of powder, her mood was sour.

Old Chai said: "Princess, see if I grind finely or not? Do you like it?"

It was originally a handful of valuable treasures, but now it is broken into a bowl of cream powder, and you still ask her if she likes it?
Meng Yan said, "Happy to your mother."

Just when Yin Heng entered the room, he looked at Lao Chai and the bowl of powder on the table, and said, "It's been ground so quickly?"

(End of this chapter)