Beautiful step by step

Chapter 43

It's past noon, the sun is a little dull above the head, and even the exchange market is a little listless.

People who finished shopping were sweating and walked back on the hot sand under their feet. Occasionally, people came in, but after all, there were not as many people going out.Some stall owners have already started to put away unsold goods, and they are ready to go back after closing their stalls.

Under such circumstances, the arrival of Yan Heng and Wei Wei, talented men and beautiful women, injected a cool and fresh breath into the mutual market for no reason.As a result, the Wala stall owner, who originally started to hang the grapes together in a drawer-shaped hollow wooden box, couldn't help slowing down the pace.

Wei Wei pointed to him, "Did Uncle Chen buy the grapes here?"

Yan Heng looked around and saw several stalls he was familiar with, and this corner was indeed the closest to the house.

"should be."

Wei Wei thought of the grape with a big core and small sweet taste, and before she could make a decision, her feet moved over before she thought.

"Hello, can I order some grapes?"

The stall owner saw the beautiful girl walking towards him, and felt that the fatigue of the day had eased a little.Even subconsciously, he felt that he was willing to choose the best grapes for her, and he could even erase the change when paying.

Of course, this is only subconscious, and he doesn't have a complete and definite concept yet.The most important thing is that he can't understand Chinese with this accent.

Yan Heng walked over, Dili Dulu spoke a series of fluent foreign languages, and the stall owner nodded quickly.

"I told him that in half a month we will... about a carload of grapes. Because they have to be shipped to a distant place, they won't be as ripe as they are now, and he agreed."

This is done?
On the importance of learning a small language well.

Wei Wei looked at the foreign stall owner with some trepidation in his eyes, and didn't think it was strange.She thought a lot before coming to the exchange market. In her previous life, she also did business with foreigners. At that time, foreign businessmen were like super citizens.The reason is that foreign countries are stronger.But now the feng shui is turning, Da Yue has thick thighs, and now she can also enjoy special treatment.

"What about the price?"

Businessmen always save as much as they can.

Yan Heng obviously forgot this point, turned his head and was about to ask, when he heard the Nawara man gesticulating with his fingers and saying in a crappy tone: "Cheap, Yan, the cheapest."

Wei Wei didn't ignore his correct pronunciation when he said the word "Yan", as well as his suddenly accentuated intonation.Taking a sideways glance at Yan Heng, it turns out that this is the treasure of the town house.

Taking a step towards her, Yan Heng said in a low voice: "These Wala people have to have a permit issued by the imperial court when they come to the exchange market. Before issuing the permit, they have to check one or two times. I will speak their words and take care of it for a while."

It is really important to learn a small language well. Of course, Wei Wei also understands that the government's attitude towards these Oirats is like the world's most powerful country facing a small poor country in the third world. They will not be too serious in choosing diplomats.In their view, dealing with these Wala people is far less lucrative than dealing with local traders in Liangzhou.This kind of drudgery can be left to Yan Heng.

Of course, this is not the point, the point is that she suddenly realized.Yan Heng used to do this errand, which was simply the magic weapon for doing business.

Now she doesn't have to haggle over the price, and if she cuts it down again, taking pictures of the official authority, it is estimated that the Wala people who sell grapes will lose money.She's not that poor yet, so there's no need to do that kind of heartless thing.When doing business, she knows very well that the ideal state is to cooperate and win-win.

The first businessman Yan Heng brought her to meet was a chili seller.

In Manhushi's black hair and black eyes, his blue eyes are particularly conspicuous.Wei Wei couldn't help but look a few more times, then he blinked embarrassedly, and praised exaggeratedly:
"What a delicate face, Yan, the facial features of you Da Viet people are simply the masterpieces of God. The obsidian-like eyeballs, and even the yellow skin is the closest to gold."

Having been frightened by the grape merchant just now, Wei Wei will calm down now.Dai Viet's national strength is prosperous, and it is true that the moon of Dai Viet is relatively round.But after calming down, looking at the soldiers at the gate of the exchange market in the distance, she felt a little worried.Prosperity must decline. During the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He made seven voyages to the West, and the national power was so prosperous.But later, in less than 50 years, the imperial court couldn't even come up with the funds for the voyage to the West.Then within 100 years, they were beaten helplessly by the Jurchens in the north, and even destroyed the Han dynasty.

Today's Dayue is so similar to the Ming Dynasty at that time!Wala seems to be weak, but he is not overwhelmingly weak against Dai Viet.And thousands of miles away, the elite army that the emperor saw in the Qianqing palace had begun to rot slowly under the glamorous appearance.If things go on like this, within ten years, the Northwest Army will completely become a wax-sealed corpse in a coffin. When it is still, it looks the same as when it was alive. However, once the coffin is opened and exposed to the world, it will quickly weather and become a speck of dust.

"Thank you for the compliment."

With a sigh, Wei Wei didn't forget the business.After a brief courtesy, she began to settle the accounts.

Yan Heng's business with these people has always been clean and tidy, and he did not use power to squeeze them.Usually he pays a [-]% deposit first, and pays half after delivery.The last [-]% will have to wait for the customer to receive the goods and report back the results.If there is a problem with this batch of goods, he will find out the reason and choose to find other merchants to cooperate with, or deduct a part of it when he pays the deposit next time.

In this way, he has an account book in his hand.After visiting Liangzhou, he handed over the account book to her.Time was running short, and she only looked at the last transaction before coming, and changed it into a form format.

This time when she came to the exchange market, she only brought two paper forms and a new empty form.

After reconciling the accounts with the form, she handed over the bank note.When it comes to bank notes, one has to say Uncle Chen. He has spent most of his life in shopping, and finding and exchanging silver is his forte.This time the bank notes were prepared by him, with everything in large and small amounts, which greatly improved the efficiency of checkout.

Pay the bank note with one hand, and draw a deposit on the remark column of the form with the other hand.Then for the new order, she used the charcoal picked up from the ashes of the bonfire in the mountains to write on the new form, and drew the bet again.

In this way, after transferring half of the mutual market, the old form is full of bets, and the new form is also filled. The old and new orders are clear at a glance, and they are arranged horizontally for easy comparison.

Yan Heng followed behind, watching her handle business matters neatly.Those originally complicated accounts that required him to take Chen Bo as the accountant to figure out, but she calculated them clearly in an instant.

"Ah Mo..."

Wei Wei sorted out the form and took the time to turn to look at him.For a moment, she clearly saw the emotion on his face.

It seems that since she met the chili merchant, the communication between her and him has become such formulaic words as "Okay, go to the next one.", "Is that the one who sells XXX?", "What's the reputation?" and so on.And she mobilized all her energy to think about the next negotiation, and tried to estimate the reserve price of this merchant as accurately as possible. This state is really no different from when she ordered the company's subordinates before.

Accidentally, she reverted to her previous workaholic state, but she clearly remembered that her assistant complained about her before, saying that she worked harder than men when she was serious.

So did she scare Ah Heng?
Thinking of this, Wei Wei tried her best to soften her voice: "Aheng, there is still some time, why don't we go around?"

After she finished speaking, she wanted to slap herself in the mouth. With her deliberate tone of voice...it sounded like a Boss comforting herself and resenting her unaccompanied little lover.

"Time is running out."

Sure enough, he was angry, Wei Wei had a headache, she was the worst at dealing with such situations.

"Didn't Auntie just ask me how I should entertain those brothers? There are herdsmen selling sheep in front of them, and they have gnawed pasture all summer. At this time, the autumn fat of the sheep is just right. Let's buy a few sheep and find a butcher in the city to clean them up." Roast whole lamb. But it will take some time, Ah Mao has been busy all afternoon and should have a rest, but the time is really too late."

Seeing him full of apologies, Wei Wei understood in astonishment.It turned out that he wasn't playing petty temper, maybe he was feeling sorry for her being too tired?
The more she smacked her, the more she felt that the reaction seemed to be distressed. She clutched several pages of forms to her heart, feeling the sudden faster heartbeat there, and the corners of her lips couldn't stop rising.

For the first time, the men around her didn't feel that she was too strong, making them unable to lift their heads, but felt sorry for her.

There was joy in her voice, and she nodded: "Listen to Ah Heng. It's hard to treat them once, let's choose tender sheep. By the way, there are also those peppers, cumin and salt sent to the warehouse of the house. My name is Take out a little bit of Gu Yu, and add that to taste even better."

Yan Heng thought about the chili and cumin, which were worth more than gold, and he still remembered the distress in Ah Mao's eyebrows and eyes when he paid the bill just now.But at this moment, in order to greet him in the military robe, she took it out without blinking an eyelid.

Listening to her chattering about how to make mutton delicious, he didn't listen to a word, only one sentence remained in his mind: How can Ah Mao be so good.

The herdsman who sold the sheep knew Yan Heng. He heard that he bought roasted whole sheep to greet the Northwest Army.

Not only that, he also said happily that he would help them send the sheep to the butcher by the way.

After Yan Heng paid the money, he looked at Wei Wei: "Go shopping?"

It turned out that he still remembered that Wei Wei looked around the market, but in fact, she had already done what she was supposed to do just now.And the suggestion to go shopping was just to take care of Yan Heng's mood, and she really felt that there was nothing to go shopping at this time.

And most importantly, she knew that Yan Heng didn't want to go shopping at all.

Since neither of them wanted to, she didn't have to suffer for it.

"It's been a long time since I've been out, why don't we go back first. Gu Yu and the others should have cleaned up the house..."

She got stuck in the middle of the talk, and Gu Yu packed up the house, and she will definitely lead someone to help Chen Bo to receive the goods in the third warehouse.When they go back, they have to free up manpower to wait for them to wash up. Going back is just adding to the chaos.

"Or go shopping first."

"Well, the exchange market is indeed like this, and you can always see it when you come here more often. I know there is a nice place, it's in the city, not far from here, why don't we go and have a look."

Wei Wei heard the meaning of his words: "It's been a few days since the incident of the horse thief, and I figured it out. Even if it's all right outside the city, Ah Heng, don't worry about it in the future."

Yan Heng took her hand and walked towards the other end of the market.A few horses were tied to the dead tree over there, and the soldiers guarding the gate seemed to be familiar with Yan Heng, and asked him the time and place as soon as they met.

Yan Heng said casually, "It's still the same as before", stepped forward and untied the tallest horse, looked at her steadily, and led it all the way to stop beside her.Then before she could react, Da Heng picked her up and threw her onto the horse's back.

"What are you doing."

Wei Wei hurriedly grabbed the reins, she knew how to ride a horse, in fact, in her previous life, equestrianism had always been an elegant sport respected by the upper class.Many wealthy people are interested in collecting famous horses, and equestrianism and horse betting are many people's spare time.For people like them, the exam-oriented education of Shushan Tihai is not the most important.Although parents with high scores in the test still feel that they are honorable, their children always have to go abroad. Even if their grades are poor, their TOEFL and IELTS scores are high, and they have extra points for talent, they can still enter a good school.When she was six years old, her birthday present was a Scottish pony.To this day, she still remembers the horse's long fur and cute facial expressions.

But this horse was not familiar to her, and the strange breath suddenly approached, and even rode on its back, of course it would struggle.Seeing it struggling so hard, she was also a little nervous, and when she was nervous, her horsemanship was a little awkward, so she could only bend down and hug its neck.

"I have to go down."

Faced with her request, Yan Heng shook his head, turned on the horse neatly, put her in his arms, took the rein from her hand, and easily stabilized the horse.

"Ah, don't be afraid."

Wei Wei shook her head, she was really not afraid.Maybe she was afraid when she first learned to ride a horse, but she had experienced that process before, and even if she couldn't get off the horse now, the fear was not that deep.

Yan Heng remembered that she grasped the rein neatly and hugged the horse's neck. If most people were nervous, they would subconsciously pinch the horse's belly.Ah Mao looks like she has learned how to ride a horse.

Turning the horse's head, he asked casually, "Ah Mao has learned to ride a horse?"

"Well, I used to study in the... Zhenbei Hou Mansion for a while."

Zhenbei Hou Mansion, could it be that the prince taught her?The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and Yan Heng rode faster.Soon he came to the city wall, facing the cross pass specially set up by the horse path next to the steps, he tightened the reins, and when he ran over there, the horse's hooves swung forward.Under Wei Wei's surprised eyes, a hurdle leaped over, and then rushed towards the towering city wall.

All the way up, the depression in my heart was swept away.

"scared?"

Slowing down his horse, he leaned forward, trying to see her face in his arms.The expected panic was gone, he only saw a pair of eager eyes.

"Aheng, that railing is higher than ordinary railings. No, it is higher than ordinary railings. It should be difficult to cross. How did you do it just now?"

Watched by her adoring eyes, Yan Heng's vanity was greatly satisfied.Even if Ah Mao has learned how to ride a horse from Shi Zi, those are all in the past.There is still a future now, and the only person who can teach her how to ride a horse is him.

"It's not difficult, does Auntie want to learn?"

Wei Wei's eyes are bright, of course she wants to learn such an interesting thing.

"Wounds on your body?"

"Okay," even if it's not good, let's say it, not to mention that she is so good.

"Really good?"

Wei Wei just wanted to nod, but seeing the danger in his eyes, she shivered and shook her head hastily.At first, she didn't dislike shy things, but after getting married these days, she felt that it was very comfortable to lean in his warm arms and just chat under the quilt, and there was no need to mess around.

Yan Heng sighed, took her by the arm and got off the horse, and led her to the city wall.The setting sun is like a big red cake hanging high in the west. Looking from the city wall, the dead trees nearby and the camel caravan in the distance are integrated with this desert. Like the world.

With the horse's bridle wrapped in her hand, she leaned against Yan Heng's side, and at this moment, she suddenly thought about it.

"Aheng."

"kindness?"

"My injury is no longer in the way."

"kindness."

Wei Wei turned her head suspiciously, her lips brushed against his chin.He lowered his head and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

"It's okay, let's take care of it for a while, and let's talk about it after it's fully taken care of. By the way, Ah Mao, do you want to walk around the city wall?"

For no reason, Wei Wei thought of the fat sheep she bought just now, and always had the feeling that she was also being fattened up for autumn.But this kind of weirdness was completely forgotten after hearing his proposal.Go around the city wall?Of course I want to!
(End of this chapter)