Ying Bao secretly glanced at the girl in green, and sure enough she saw a look of shock on her face, then her eyes turned red, and she turned around and ran out of the shop without even taking the chestnut cake.
The girl in red who followed her did not leave. She stared at Jiang Quan for a while, covered half of her face with a handkerchief, pointed to the shelf and said, "Brother Jiang Quan, he also bought a box of chestnut cakes."
Jiang Quan gave the girl in green some cakes to her: "The two of us can eat one box."
The two young ladies are both daughters of Pan Ji Satin Shop, the one in green is a legitimate daughter, and the one in red is a concubine.
The legitimate daughter has a lot of money, but the concubine has little money.
The reason why Jiang Quan knew so much was because the two girls often came to the shop to buy things. He could tell with his sharp eyes.
The girl in red's cheeks turned red, she gave Jiang Quan a slight blessing, and ran away with the pastry box in her arms.
Ying Bao secretly observed her second cousin, and when she saw that his expression did not change, she knew that the guy was not enlightened.
I guess the girl in red begged Dongfang to pay her so much love.
"Yingbao, Yuan Zheng doesn't want to go home." Jiang Quancuo's cousin said, "Business is very good during the Chinese New Year. He begged to stay there and look after the shop."
Yingbao: "But our goods are all sold out, and other pastry shops are also closed. How can I run the business if I leave something to the east?"
Jiang Quan chuckled: "He just set up a turntable at the door and made Guan Pu."
"Guan Pu?"
Yingbao's face turned pale: "How can we make a living by gambling? We are not short of money."
Jiang Quan scratched the back of his head and muttered softly: "It only lasts a few months a year, let's try it."
The imperial court explicitly prohibited vendors from engaging in gambling-style business, but it was allowed to do so for a few months during the New Year and festivals, allowing the people to have fun.
Yingbao knew that his second cousin was determined to make a Guanpu deal, so he said, "Okay, he will come when the time comes."
"Haha! He knew I wanted to play too." Seeing his little cousin relent, Jiang Quan jumped up happily, and then whispered: "He has already bought the turntable, let's go try it out later."
"Have you bought it? Where did I put it?" The boy actually revealed the afterword.
Jiang Quan asked Erni to look at the shop, and he took his little cousin to the backyard and took out a large colorful turntable from his house.
The turntable is about five feet wide, with fan-shaped patterns of various colors painted on the top. Each pattern is different in size. The smaller the prize, the better.
The colors are divided into six types: black, red, orange, cyan, green, and red, with varying sizes.
"Look at that!"
Jiang Quan demonstrated to his little cousin. "I turned the turntable to be faster, but it was wrong! Just like that, whichever pattern he shot with his arrow would get which product."
He raised a bow and arrow and fired towards the turntable.
Snapped!
The arrow hit the turntable made of wooden boards. Ying Bao stopped and shook the handle to see what her second cousin had hit.
You can see the red pattern stamped by the arrow.
The red symbol is also the symbol with the most numbers on the wheel, meaning there are no prizes.
Ying Bao pulled out the arrow and threw it to Jiang Quan, asking him to try again.
It turned out that Jiang Quan Yeyi shot ten arrows, five of which hit red, four arrows hit green, and one arrow hit cyan.
"Second cousin, I can set the prize according to that proportion."
The highest prize must also be chosen appropriately. The value should not be too low or too high, otherwise you will lose money.
Jiang Quan said with a smile: "He knows that he will be ready when the time comes."
Yingbao looked at him and said, "He doesn't ask for the money I earn, and I guess my eldest brother won't either, but I can't indulge in this."
"What's the matter? Guanpu is only open for three to five days. He can't indulge even if he wants to."
Jiang Quan put away his bow and arrows and moved the turntable back to his house.
On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, Jiang Cheng got married.
Before dawn, nine horse-drawn carriages and mule carts set off from Dongchen Village, carrying betrothal gifts to the county seat to welcome the bride.
The villagers did not see the exact amount of the bride price, but when the wedding team came back, the woman's dowry was carried from the carriage to the east for thirty-six times, which shocked the whole village.
The thirty-six loads of dowry were all displayed openly, and the items such as silk cloth, silverware, copper coins, etc. were simply a feast for the eyes.
The relatives of the woman who came to see off her bride carried bamboo baskets and threw coins and candies to the crowd, which immediately attracted children to grab them.
Jiang Cheng, who was dressed in wedding clothes, helped his new daughter-in-law from the carriage to the east, which once again made everyone marvel.
"Oh, that girl is so pretty. She looks like a queen in the palace. She is as talented and beautiful as Dacheng."
Aunt Wang did not hesitate to praise her, and her eyes intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Chu Man, who was standing not far away.
Someone echoed: "That's not true. I look at Dacheng. Tsk tsk. He didn't show it before. But if he really shows his talent, he is three points more handsome than the noble prince."
"Haha! Of course, everyone in the Jiang family is good-looking, and now they have made a fortune. If any girl marries into the Jiang family, will her ancestors bless her?"
The women talked so enthusiastically that they did not forget to grab a wave of candies and copper coins.
One of them grabbed a silver coin and immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes. "It's true that the Jiang family does things in a grand manner, and they even spend money!"
"Hey, I must have one or two of those, right?" Someone said enviously.
"No, Jiang Cheng made a fortune by opening a shop in the county town. He bought a two-story house at a young age. Hey, he's a perfect benefactor."
Everyone was laughing and joking for a while until the bride was welcomed into the Jiang family courtyard.
Chu Man looked at the newlyweds who were holding the moon in front of the stars. She almost broke her silver teeth, turned around, and walked home angrily.
On the way, he met Chen Zhao who was carrying Xu Bao. He gave her a fierce look and shouted: "Why did I run out with the kid? Is the meal ready?"
Not to be outdone, Chen Zhao gave her a red look and said, "Let's go to Jiang's house with our grandparents to have dinner instead of eating at home!"
Chu Man got angry and stretched out his legs to hit Chen Zhao: "We have enough to eat, so what will he eat? Go back and cook!"
No matter how weak she is, she still knows not to go to Jiang's house to have dinner, otherwise she will be laughed at to death.
Chen Zhao couldn't dodge and was slapped by her. He was so angry that he let go of Xu Bao and rushed towards Chu Man, hitting Chu Man directly in the lower abdomen.
"Ouch!" Chu Man fell to the ground on his back, holding his stomach and whining.
Chen Zhao spat at her, took his younger brother and walked towards Jiang's house, leaving Chu Man lying on the ground crying.
That woman is used to pretending, and I don't want to pay attention to her at all.
The Jiang family has set up dozens of tables of flowing banquets to entertain the whole village, young and old.
Of course, Nanpo West Village was also notified, and everyone rushed over.
Even the blind father of Li Dayong and Li Eryong was helped and walked to and ate wine at the banquet.
The wine is the rice wine brewed by Jiang Dalang himself. It is sour, sweet and delicious, and the elderly and children can have a few sips.
Long before his son got engaged, Jiang Dalang asked his wife to cook rice and start brewing rice wine. She brewed two large vats of rice wine, which is now in use.
Yingbao also tasted the rice wine and found it to be better than the fruit wine she brewed herself. The sweet and sour flavor contained the mellow aroma of rice.
Please, brew some for yourself and save it?
Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly saw Chu Chu calling her: "Ying Bao! Ying Bao! Come here quickly!"
Ying Bao got up from the banquet and ran outside: "Sister Chu Chu, what's the matter?"
Chu Chu said anxiously: "Chu Man seems to have had a miscarriage, let me go and have a look."
