Chapter 368: Going to the market, playing with birds and buying candy people

The weather is getting warmer and the river has already returned to the open ship, but the occasional ice chips still remind people that winter has just passed.

Although the spring breeze is still chilly, a faint goose yellow has begun to appear on the willow trees by the river. This makes people who come out for a trip with hope will not be too disappointed.

It is the end of February and the preparations for the competition are basically in place. Qin Lei put down his work and came out to get some breath. Anyway, there were Qu Yanwu, Kong Jingde and Li Guangyuan there, and no major events could happen.

When they returned home, they changed into casual clothes and called out to Sister Ruolan who had been looking forward to. At this time, the snow had just melted, and the green and yellow were not connected. They were all black, white and yellow everywhere. It was the most ugly time of the year. The two of them did not go far away, and walked along the Xiaoqing River after leaving the mansion. At least they could watch a boat coming and going.

Ruolan wore a tender green flower-spreading skirt today, and had a simple draped bun on her head, but she set off her youthful and bright beauty just right. Obviously, this outfit was not as casual as she looked.

She didn't care about the lack of scenery around her, and even hummed a song with a happy face. Her cute and charming appearance was several times more beautiful than the scenery around her, which attracted the sailors on the boat to look at each other. If they hadn't seen the black guards in front and behind, the sailors would have whistled everywhere.

Ruolan also noticed the sailors looking at him, so she stopped and stood beside Qin Lei with her eyebrows down, whispered: "I didn't do it on purpose, don't be angry."

Qin Lei smiled indifferently and said softly: "If they turned a blind eye, I would be really angry." Ruolan refused to accept it for a while. Although she knew that Your Highness was not angry, she refused to take a walk by the river.

Qin Lei took her south and wandered around the iron lion street, which had the most vulgar taste in the countryside. Before she could reach the ground, she saw the crowds of people in front of her. Qin Lei said strangely: "I have never seen so many people in the past."

Ruolan covered her mouth and chuckled, "You don't know anything. February 26th is the day of Nanshi Daji." Qin Lei widened his eyes and said, "Is that so much of you? Is there anything I don't know?" As he said that, he grabbed Ruolan's soft little hand and said nervously, "So many people, don't get lost." Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which is not inhumane at this time, is not too heavy for men and women to defend themselves.

Ruolan's face turned red suddenly, she sucked her hands a few weakly, and found that she was being held tightly, so she felt at ease and let him hold it and squeeze into the crowd, and walked around happily.

Tieshizi Street is a place where people in Zhongdu buy and sell things on weekdays. Now there are big markets, and the number of people is more than twice as many. With more people, many juggling, folk crafts, snacks, and food that are rare in common will spring up like mushrooms after a rain, making the two young men and women who have lived in the deep palace and courtyard for a long time dizzy, and they hate their parents for not having two eyes.

I bought two strings of crystal clear candied haws, and held a handful of crispy and delicious fried hazelnuts. The two of them walked while eating and looking at them. Looking at a large number of people in front of them, they looked at each other and smiled, and then squeezed in like a joyful look. I saw a table in the field, an iron box on the table, and a middle-aged man with a bird beside the table... Uh, to be precise, it should be a middle-aged man with a bird on his arm.

Everyone's eyes were attracted by the little purple feathered bird, and the man hissed: "Everyone, I can take out the big money from your hands and put it in this iron box."

The onlookers smiled and said, "Just, if you really have such a magical word, you can come out to sell your skills and let your bird go out and get money at home?"

But the man said with disdain, "Isn't that a steal? Although I'm a bitter person, I don't care about the dirty money." As he said, he cleared his throat and sang, "I was born to raise a parent, and my friends will help you when I go out. I'll watch it. If it's still a reward!"

After singing, the man bowed and said, "Who would like to give Zhaowu money to try it out?" Everyone looked at the iron box with a cover and thought to himself, "How can this thing be pushed open by a bird? If it can really be pushed open, it can be considered as seeing a scene. Isn't it just a big money?" Many people took out a piece or a few copper coins from their sleeves and laughed: "You may help, otherwise we will pull out your bird feathers."

The man with bird smiled and said, "Zhong!" As he said that, he shook his shoulders, the purple bird spread his wings and flew out, and gently took the money away from one person's hand. The bird turned around and opened the iron box with the bird's head, put the coins into the box, and made the action in one go. In the blink of an eye, it flew back to the man's shoulder.

The man with birds stretched out a bird food size the size of a mung bean in his hand. The bird pecked at it, and flew out to pick up a copper coin and put it in the iron box, and then went to find the owner to receive a reward. Everyone was stunned. Just looking at the bird in a daze, the bird was pecked away by more than a dozen copper coins in a short while.

At this time, the bird was full, so the man put it on his shoulders and bowed to everyone, "Thank you, parents for your food and clothing!" It turned out that the business was closed, and everyone was amazed for a while and gradually dispersed.

Qin Lei and Ruolan stayed and asked the man who was cleaning up the stall: "There are so much money left to confiscate just now, why are you in a hurry to close the stall?"

The man smiled silly and said, "My bird is full."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "I think you are not uncommon, it's just that the training method is appropriate. Why don't you raise two more and collect more copper coins?"

The man shook his head vigorously and said, "My father said, "A bird is dead! If there are too many birds, I will have no food to eat."

Although the man was confused, Qin Lei understood and nodded and praised: "Yes, if there were too many birds, he would take away dozens or hundreds of cents of money at a time, who would have played with you the second time?" As he said that, a piece of silver fell into the man's hands. Qin Lei smiled and said, "I didn't make money just now, I'll make up for it now."

Before the man could react, Qin Lei had already pulled Ruolan to the next place.

The two of them turned for a while and stopped by an old man who was focusing on playing with gadgets. The old man picked up a few thin grasses and twisted them lightly, either turning them into a dragonfly flapping his wings and trying to fly, or turning them into a mantis fearlessly as a car, or turning them into a frog that was about to jump, or turning them into a green shrimp playing in the water. The little dragon weaving in the grass is majestic and the grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass-woven grass

The stall next to the old man was a young man who was blowing candy. The young man rubbed the candy as big as a pigeon egg in his hand and pulled out one to hold it in his mouth. He blew the breath in his mouth and moved his hands. In less than twenty breaths, a rooster with his head raised and his chest jumped in his hand. In addition, those who cut the head, those who pinched the dough, those who made silk people, those who carved the zodiac signs, and those who painted kites had their own unique skills.

Seeing Ruolan's eyes wide open, Qin Lei laughed and said, "I bought it, I sold it all." Shi Gan hurried up to come up and acted as a coolie.

The three of them first came to the old man who weaved the grass. When the old man heard that the other party wanted to wrap the buns, he asked in disbelief: "Are you saying that you want more than a dozen on the table? It's very expensive if you buy them all."

Qin Lei said helplessly: ‘Do I seem to be unable to afford it?’ He pretended to be stupid and asked, “Is it better to buy it alone?”

Unexpectedly, the old man nodded and said, "Yes, a small thing costs three cents, and this is fifteen, you have to give sixty cents."

Qin Lei said in a daze: "Wait, I was not good at arithmetic when I was a child..." and said, "I bought fifteen of them for sixty cents, one is..."

"Four cents." The old man really thought he couldn't settle the score, so he answered seriously.

Qin Lei stretched out three fingers with one hand and four fingers with the other, and gestured in front of the old man: "One buys three cents, but I buy more but I want four cents. Not only do you not offer discounts, but you also have to increase the price..." As he said, he was confused and said, "Is there anyone who does this business?"

The old man also opened his eyes wide and said with a natural expression: "If you buy too much, others will not be able to buy it. If I want others to buy it too, I have to contribute more, so you have to give more money."

Qin Lei scratched his head, unable to understand the truth. After a long time, he said, "Isn't it good to put in more effort and earn more money?"

"Tired! I'm tired when I do too much." The old man said seriously: "I usually make one hundred."

Qin Lei felt that he had met a real philosopher, so he said to Ruolan beside him, "Wipe my sweat." Ruolan quickly took out a fragrant palette, carefully wiped Qin Lei's white hair sweat from his forehead, and whispered: "Master, don't think about it if you can't figure it out."

Qin Lei shook his head firmly and said to the old man in a deep voice: "You can make a hundred more today and you can close the stall early," he said, looking at the old man with some uncertainty, and asked guiltily, "Right..."

There were all children watching the side. They didn't care what silk and satin Qin Lei was wearing, and shaved and shouted: "I'm so embarrassed, I'm so embarrassed, I have to be generous if I don't have money..."

Qin Lei glared at the bunch of kids and grinned: "Who said I don't have money? I just want to ask clearly!"

The children were not afraid of him at all, and they quarreled after hearing this, "Then you should hurry up, we still have to buy it."

This is, the old man smiled at Qin Lei and said, "You have heard it too, and they have to buy it too, so if you buy it more, I have to make more of it and make up for the children."

Qin Lei finally took the matter clear and held the desk and said seriously: "I'll summarize it, see if you're right?" The old man swallowed and spitted, thinking: "This person is too serious."

Qin Lei said seriously, "You are afraid of hard work, so you are unwilling to do more straw weaving," the old man nodded and muttered in a low voice: "Don't scare me, I won't raise the price." He was actually scared by Qin Lei's appearance.

But Qin Lei waved his hand suddenly and said, "Don't interrupt!" The old man was so scared that he quickly covered his mouth, and then heard him continue to murmur, "But you don't want to disappoint the children, so you have to do more, right?"

The old man nodded in fear and thought to himself: "Why did you meet such a fool?"

Qin Lei then smiled and said, "So I have to pay more for the more I bought, it's reasonable and reasonable..." After snapping his fingers, a piece of broken silver fell into the old man's palm. The old man weighed it and handed it back to Qin Lei, saying, "This is two cents of silver, I can't find it." Two cents are two hundred pieces of money. I have to find one hundred and forty of Qin Lei. It was still early at this time, and the old man opened it for a while, so naturally he had no money to give Qin Lei.

Qin Lei waved his hand and smiled, "Sixty quids of straw weaving money, one hundred and forty quids of consultation fees, no need to find it." After saying that, he left the stall and his own black-clothed guards packed the straw weaving.

After taking two steps, Qin Lei thought about it again and murmured: "No, if it weren't for me, could he sell fifteen more? Why did he have to pay?" The fierce conflict between the two values ​​in the mind of His Highness Longwei County Prince was about torture him torture.

Ruolan looked at the prince worriedly, pulled his clothes and said, "Master, let's go." She couldn't see the prince's spirit, so she had to leave here quickly.

Qin Lei nodded, but said, "I'll ask another person, see if I'm so funny or they're stupid." Then he went to the side of the candy blower and said, "How much does a candy man cost?"

"Five cents, the great official." The candy man knew that the big customer had arrived, and he smiled like a shrimp crawler.

Qin Lei rolled his eyes and thought to himself: 'How do you say? I'm worth five cents?' Fortunately, he was not interested in these verbal disputes, and then asked: "What if I buy you two?"

The candy blower smiled and said, "I'll give you a little cheaper, just eight articles."

'It seems that there is still normal. This person needs a heavy reward.' Qin Lei said with relief: "You don't have to be cheap, give me forty." After saying that, Shi Gan threw a piece of silver of 1 and 2 cents into the hands of the candy blower. He didn't want others to feel given up. Even if he wanted to give others good, he had to go through such an extravagant exchange.

The candy blower also equips the silver. Qin Lei was waiting for him to thank him, but saw that he handed the silver back, looking embarrassed: "You only have two cents of silver, which is not enough."

Qin Lei almost fell to the ground, held Shi Gan's shoulder and shouted like a fried bean: "A sugar man has five citations, and forty sugar man has two hundred citations?"

The candy blower said calmly: "You can't calculate this... If you buy too much, it will naturally be more expensive."

Qin Lei gritted his teeth and said, "You said you wanted a discount..." There was a bit of resentment in his tone.

The man with a innocent look on his face, "You can buy less and you can offer discounts, but if you buy too much, you will definitely have to increase the price."

‘Yeah…’ Qin Lei almost passed away and said with a confused look on his face: “Why?”

The candy blower said seriously: "You have seen it too. It's quite hard to blow this candy. It's okay if you want three or five. I'll blow it to you immediately and give you discounts. But if there are too many, such as forty, my cheeks hurt, and I will still feel... boring." As he said that, he smiled at Qin Lei, "So you have to give it more, otherwise I won't be happy to do it."

When Qin Lei heard this, he was just the same, but he felt that his mind was already muddy. He waved his hand and asked Shi Gan to send someone to deal with the aftermath. He took Ruolan away from the market. When the voices were a little smaller, Ruolan asked timidly: "Master, are you okay?"

Qin Lei scratched his head and grinned, "I'm very good, very good, I've never been so good." Ruolan thought to herself, 'It seems that she's still crazy.' Just as she was about to speak, she felt that her little hand was tightly held by the prince, and he murmured, "I'm very glad that I was born in a royal family. If I had been in the city and the countryside from the beginning, I'd probably have a miserable life."

Ruolan didn't believe it: "You have such great skills, and you will be good everywhere you go."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "I thought so too, but today I realized that my way of thinking is so different from ordinary people... Their simple values ​​and serious attitude towards life make me feel ashamed..."

Ruolan couldn't understand what he was saying, but she was more convinced that he was a little abnormal today. She pulled Qin Lei's sleeve and whispered: "Master, it's getting late, it's time to go home for dinner."

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled, "It's rare to come out today, so let's eat it outside. Although it is not as exquisite as the mansion, it has a unique taste." He pointed to the three-story restaurant in front of him and said, "There is the 'Zhuangyuan Building', the lion's head, steamed pork, sweet and sour fish, and it is all very authentic." Ruolanba couldn't stay outside with him for a while, so he agreed.

The two entered the store and went straight to the third floor. They picked a seat next to the window. After sitting down, they didn't order dishes. They said to the waiter: "Just put the dishes on your own!" The waiter smiled and said, "Okay... the third floor table, the signature dishes in the store are served. You always drink tea and will come soon." After that, he ran downstairs.
Chapter completed!