"Oh, I got a wild boar and a stupid roe deer before. In addition to the money from selling cosmetics, I did save some money."
"OK,"
Li Maosheng collected the money and
"You came just in time, I'm going to the state capital tomorrow to have a look, and I'll take some of your cosmetics with me when I leave.
When the time comes, I will find you the Mingwa ones you want over there."
"Thank you, young master."
While talking, Zhao Ran came over carrying a bowl of mung bean water with ice particles.
Xing Rui looked at the bowl with a layer of ice chips clearly floating in it, and became a little uneasy.
Do people in this dynasty also have something similar to a refrigerator?
"Madam, how come there is ice at this time?"
"Take a few sips while it's cool."
Xing Rui really hurriedly took a bite and put it in her mouth, holding a mouthful of ice cubes in her mouth.
The coolness instantly spread from the soles of my feet to the top of my head, refreshing my whole body.
The eldest young lady looked at her man with a smile, Li Maosheng explained,
“In fact, my ancestors were high-ranking officials in my family, and this house was left behind by our ancestors.
Later, the descendants became depressed, and no one became an official anymore, and they also began to slowly start doing business."
Li Maosheng's words did not scare Xing Rui. After all, it would be difficult to build such a large house unless our ancestors did something.
“When my ancestors were alive, they dug a cellar underground to store ice cubes fished from the river in winter.
This way, in summer, you can eat such a cold and delicious food to relieve the heat."
Hearing this, Xing Rui was really surprised.
"Your ancestor was really smart, Cun Bing? Well, that's a good idea.
On such a hot day, it’s really comfortable to drink such a bowl of ice-cold mung bean water.”
"We descendants are just borrowing the light of our ancestors."
Li Maosheng also smiled modestly.
Just like that, everyone exchanged simple greetings for a while. When Xing Rui stood up to say goodbye,
The eldest mistress, like every time, brought a lot of pastries she made for Xing Rui to take back.
When Xing Rui found the big tree at the head of the town, Liang Sheng was already waiting there.
"Are you here early?"
Under the big tree, Liang Sheng stood up quickly, took the things from Xing Rui's hand, nodded and said,
"No, I just came here. How is it? What did the young master say about Mingwa?"
"He is going back to the state capital in the next few days. He will help us ask. Come on, let's go back."
Xing Rui got into the car, and Liang Sheng hurriedly took the small wooden bucket and handed it over.
"Drink some water."
"We had a drink at the eldest young master's house, let's go back."
"oh,"
Just as the car was about to start, a familiar carriage suddenly came from behind and stopped when they saw Xing Rui and the others.
The car curtain opened, and a man's face poked out of the car window.
"Xing Rui,"
Xing Rui hurriedly looked up and saw that it was the manager of the porcelain kiln. The driver was none other than Li Baotian.
"Shopkeeper, where are you going?"
Xing Rui asked hurriedly,
"I want to go to Dahe Village to find you? I didn't expect to meet you here. That really saves a lot of trouble, eh?"
The shopkeeper looked at Liang Sheng, and the two nodded with smiles.
"Is it convenient for us to sit down at a teahouse and have a chat?"
"OK,"
In this way, Liang Sheng drove the ox cart back to the town.
The car stopped under the largest teahouse in the town. When Xing Rui watched the porcelain kiln owner get off the carriage,
When he thought he was alone in the car, a woman was helped out of the car by him.
"Who is this?"
Xing Rui has met the shopkeeper's wife. She is a very capable and hard-working woman, but the woman in front of her is much younger and good-looking.
There is a pair of gold hairpins shining brightly on her dark and shiny hair, which is rare.
But her too colorful clothes seemed to indicate her identity.
In ancient times, the wives of wealthy families wore clothes with a more formal color and a heavier and more contemporary feel.
Only those concubines will wear colorful clothes.
The woman in front of me, judging from her clothes, is either a concubine from a noble family, or a woman from a brothel.
Her face was covered with a layer of white sand, and she could tell that she was a good-looking woman.
Could it be that after the porcelain kiln owner got some money, he began to dislike the mother-in-law at home and found another woman outside?
"Oh, my sister."
The manager of the porcelain kiln is so smart. From Xing Rui's eyes, he immediately understood what Xing Rui meant.
younger sister?
Upon hearing that it was her younger sister, Xing Rui was inexplicably relieved for the wife of the porcelain kiln owner.
He nodded politely towards the woman, and they walked towards the teahouse.
Unexpectedly, as soon as a few people walked to the door of the tea house, the owner of the porcelain kiln suddenly stopped.
Seeing that Liang Sheng had tied up the bullock cart and had no intention of coming in, he hurriedly asked Xing Rui,
"Ask your man to come in and have some tea to cool off. How hot is it outside?"
Xing Rui knew that Liang Sheng didn't want to disturb their conversation and was waiting for her outside.
"It's not hot under the big tree, so we don't need to worry about it."
It was probably the conversation between her brother and Xing Rui that caught the woman's attention, and she looked towards Liang Sheng inexplicably.
Who would have known that at this time Liang Sheng also looked towards Xing Rui inexplicably, but he didn't want to see this beautiful woman looking at him.
Liang Sheng hurriedly avoided his eyes and smiled at Xing Rui,
The meaning behind that smile seems to be saying, just go about your business, I'll just wait for you outside.
But unexpectedly, the moment the porcelain kiln manager's sister saw Liang Sheng, she was suddenly startled.
As if he couldn't believe it, he looked at Liang Sheng carefully again.
"He, he is your man?"
Hearing this muffled exclamation, Xing Rui seemed to realize something.
"Yes, do you know my man, Madam?"
"Oh, no, no, no, I don't know him, I don't know him, he probably got the wrong person."
He said that he had recognized the wrong person, but his eyes kept looking towards Liang Sheng.
"He is Xing Rui's man. The two of them have three children. Come on, sit down and let's talk slowly."
"Three children?"
Upon hearing the three children, the woman shook her head vigorously, lowered her head and smiled strangely.
"It seems that I really recognized the wrong person, ha..."
The woman's murmur did not escape Xing Rui's ears. As she walked inside,
Xing Rui turned back to Liang Sheng inexplicably.
Their hearts suddenly became very heavy, as if something was inevitable and pressing towards them.
Alas! What is supposed to come will eventually come, and even she, Xing Rui, can't stop it from coming.
In the private room upstairs, Xing Rui and the porcelain kiln manager sat down, and the beautiful woman with a veil also sat down.
The waiter brought the tea cup, and the porcelain kiln manager stood up and closed the door cautiously. When he turned around, he cast his eyes directly on his sister.
"Xueying, there is no one else at this time, so just open it and show it to Xing Rui."