General doctor's wife

Chapter 185
Bai Jiawang stood in the front hall and paused for a moment, thinking for a while, then quickly followed the pace of everyone leaving the mansion.

"Madam, those Persian businessmen rented an inn in the busy market on the west side of the city. I'll go and invite them to a tea house first." Walking on the busy street, Manager Li approached the carriage and said.

Qin Ranran nodded and said, "Uncle Li, you can do what you see."

Li Guanshi said to Bai Jiawang who was following behind him: "Mr. Bai, come with me, and by the way, see the Persian's behavior."

Bai Jiawang cupped his hands without hesitation, indicating that he has no problem.

Qin Ranran opened the curtain of the carriage a crack, and looked at the noisy scene outside, the corners of her mouth couldn't help pursing.

"Uncle Li, is it still far from the teahouse?" She asked.

Li Guanshi pointed to a Jiangnan-style building at the intersection in front of him and said, "It's right there, recalling Jiangnan."

Qin Ranran nodded, signaled for the carriage to stop, put on her cone hat and got out of the carriage and said, "I'll take a stroll around here, and I'll go directly to the teahouse to meet them later."

Li Guanshi glanced at Lu Jiu and Lu Shi, and signaled them to protect his wife with his eyes, then he cupped his hands and said, "Then I will go there with Mr. Bai first, and my wife must not go to crowded places. No more than other places, the folk customs are tough, and the safety of my wife is important."

On the way to Suzhou, Lu Jiu had already told her the specific situation of Suzhou in detail, especially the tough people in Suzhou. He had to say it so many times every day that he could memorize it by heart. up.

She straightened her cone hat with a smile and said, "Uncle Li, I know, don't worry, I will let Lu Jiulu follow me every step of the way."

After Li Guanshi and Bai Jiawang left, Qin Ranran stood on the street and looked around, and then walked slowly to the booth where a group of women in various clothes gathered on the side of the road.

Lu Jiu and Lu Shi quickly followed, and Hong Xiu followed Qin Ranran closely, for fear that she would get separated by herself.

Qin Ranran stood on the side of the stall where there were fewer people, looking at the various exquisite gadgets on display.

The bronze mirror inlaid with precious stones illuminates every fine detail of a person, much more clearly than a bronze mirror.

The styles of earrings and necklaces are different from those of Shangjing and Jinling. Both Shangjing and Jinling use flowers and auspicious clouds to symbolize the gentleness and beauty of women, and they are all auspicious patterns.

And the jewelry style in Suzhou is rough, and there are few small and delicate flowers, and some earrings have a pattern on one side, which looks very fresh.

"How do you sell this?" Qin Ranran picked up a forehead ornament from the stall. The turquoise was surrounded by a circle of ancient silver, strung with small gemstone beads of various colors, and a hairpin was attached to the end to fix the forehead ornament on her hair. .

"One tael of silver, if you exchange it with something else, then I need to see your items." The woman at the stall replied in broken Da Zhou dialect.

Qin Ranran was surprised. Just this big piece of emerald can't be bought in Shangjing for a tael of silver, not to mention there are small beads beside it.

She thought for a while, then took out a bottle of hemostatic powder on her body and threw it over: "Take a look at this medicine, can I exchange it?"

The stall owner quickly took the medicine bottle, opened it and smelled it, his face was a little shocked, he quickly stuffed the medicine bottle into his arms, and handed over a large box of earrings: "Choose two more pairs."

Seeing this, Qin Ranran knew it well, even if she picked out two more earrings and added this forehead ornament, it probably wouldn't be worth the price of her bottle of medicine.

She smiled, and took a pair of large triangular earrings made of thin gold tubes from the box, and another pair of earrings with a polygonal shape of white glass beads strung with gold threads. The gold bars were cut into the shape of flower tendrils, and then welded into a complete flower frame for complex earrings. She raised the earrings in her hand to the stall owner, and handed them to Lu Jiu, signaling her to put them away.

Seeing that she had picked these two pairs, especially the first one, the stall owner hesitated for a moment, and said to Qin Ranran who was about to turn around and leave, "Wait a minute."

Qin Ranran stopped when she heard this, and turned to look at her. She picked up the bronze mirror on the stall and threw it to Lu Jiu next to her: "I'll give you this too."

After all, the stall owner seemed to relax a lot, and stopped talking to Qin Ranran, and started entertaining other guests instead.

"Ah Jiu, remember this stall and see if we can cooperate in the future." Qin Ranran reminded Lu Jiu, and continued to look elsewhere.

There are complicated patterns, strong-colored satin, all kinds of rough gemstones, and even whole big stones. Many people gather around there, picking and choosing, muttering in their mouths, someone is responsible for removing them. The selected stones were polished little by little. Some people cried and cried while holding the stones, while others were ecstatic with the stones.

"What are they doing?" Qin Ranran asked after standing aside and watching for a while.

Before Lu Jiu had time to speak, Lu Shi rushed to say: "This is a bet on the rough stone. The big chunks next to it are all rough stones that have not been cut. It is all luck if you cut it. Some people may get rich because of it, and some people may lose everything because of it.”

"It's just like the casino in Shangjing, except that dice and Pai Gow are played there, and stones are played here." Qin Ranran nodded, and lost interest in this place, "Let's go to the teahouse for tea."

Lu Jiu hurriedly said: "Let's go, let's try this Suzhou unique milk tea, it tastes pretty good."

"Tell me, if I make more medicine, can I save money on the purchase?" Qin Ranran took a few steps and said suddenly.

Lu Jiulu looked at each other in blank dismay, but before she recovered, she heard Hongxiu smiling and saying, "Ma'am, you're right, don't you have to spend money to make medicine? Unless we raise the price of the medicine and exchange it for a bottle of medicine." to something more."

Qin Ranran gnawed on her red sleeve for a while, then suddenly stretched out her hand to pinch her face: "I used you really well."

As soon as they reached the door, they saw Guanshi Li coming down the stairs. When he saw them, he waved and said, "Ma'am, it's upstairs."

Qin Ranran supported Lu Jiu's hand, straightened her back, and walked up the stairs at a leisurely pace.

Several guests downstairs praised: "Looking at this demeanor, it must belong to a wealthy family."

"A wealthy family? How can a rich family have such a bearing? It seems that they are from a wealthy family."

"Don't tell me, I know the person on the stairs just now. He is the steward of the family of General Ganshan who just took office. Didn't you hear that he is called madam? This must be the wife of General Ganshan."

Soon, the news that the newly appointed wife of the Ganshan General was a noble woman with a dignified manner quietly spread throughout Suzhou.

　One more.

　　It rained today, but our place is covered in snow. This should be the last spring snow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)