Chapter 3 Tang Nv Yuchan
Nie Lingdang was holding twenty-seven copper coins and was excited, thinking in his heart whether he should hide seven pieces secretly, no, hide ten pieces...
It’s no wonder that Nie Lingdang is useless. In the past two months of her escape, she has completely understood the importance of money. The greed nature of a businessman hidden in the deepest part of her heart began to show.
Nie Lingling's ancestors were businessmen.
It is said that his grandfather's grandfather was originally a merchant from the Tang Dynasty. When he entered the holy city of Turkic Khan, his talent was noticed by the Turkic Khan and became the counselor of the Turkic Khan.
Later, his grandfather's father, his grandfather, and his father all worked as princes in the Holy City. On the one hand, he helped the Khan make money, and on the other hand, he also provided advice to the Turks to govern the country.
In Nie Lingdang's generation, a rebellion suddenly broke out in the Turkic Holy City. Although Nie Lingdang's ancestors were glorious and had a high position, they were Han people after all.
After a rebellion, the Nie family was in chaos. Grandpa was hacked to death and daddy disappeared. Nie Lingdang and his personal maid escaped in the chaos. The woman disguised herself as a man and went south all the way, suffering all the torture.
For a few cents, his maid was bitten to death by a mad dog while begging, and Nie Lingling was also caught by a slave trader and sold to the old rich man in Suzhou City...
Thinking of this, Nie Lingdang couldn't help but tremble.
Even if you beat him to death, you can't be a maid. It's so miserable!
Seeing Song Kai pointing his finger, Nie Lingling pale and said, "You...what do you mean? Do you want to hand me over to the government? Sell it to that old man? Song Kai, I knew you were a despicable villain without trust!"
Ah Fu also looked at Nie Lingling, wiped the snot on his face, and asked, "Dalang, can this woman really sell it for money?"
Song Kai wiped his cold sweat. Tangren's thinking was indeed different from his own. Even if he was embarrassed, he would not be able to sell human beings.
"Not selling her! I mean...well, those copper coins," Song Kai pointed at the copper coins in Nie Lingling's hand.
"My!" Nie Lingdang held the copper coin on his chest. After squeezing it, his chest looked bumpy. It seemed that this girl had a good capital.
Song Kai and Afu were still looking at Nie Lingling.
Nie Lingdang also felt a little embarrassed and changed his words: "I... I picked it up."
"Then let's act as the room fee," Song Kai walked over and snatched the copper coins in Nie Lingling's hand.
Nie Lingling refused to give it.
Song Kai took the woman's hand over. Not to mention, his fingers were quite tender and soft, but they were a little dirty.
Nie Lingling stared at Song Kai hatred and muttered in her heart, waiting for this girl to turn over, I will see that I won’t kill you with gold.
When Ah Fu saw the copper coins, he sighed, "Dalang, you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive. Thirty cents of copper coins are enough for a supper..."
"That's fine, Uncle Fu, let's go out and buy some food. Hey, that princess, stay in the inn and pack up these messy things," Song Kai ordered casually.
"I am a princess... OK, but I have to take a portion of dinner. I... I haven't eaten for a day," Nie Lingling said pitifully.
Song Kai waved his hand and asked Ah Fu to go shopping together.
After traveling through time, everything was fresh for Song Kai. At this time, Suzhou City was a top-ranking prefecture city in the Tang Dynasty and the top eight in the country. In fact, just looking at the area and population density, it has steadily entered the top three.
During the Tang Dynasty, people's life was very slow. Walking on the streets a thousand years ago, Song Kai's previous grievances and pain gradually disappeared.
There is a river flowing by the street, and Suzhou's waterways are extremely developed. The Grand Canal flows through here, as well as important water sources such as Suhang River and Taihu Lake. Tributaries are spread throughout the city, which not only brings a bumper harvest of fish and rice, but also drives transportation and prospers Suzhou's commercial economy.
Although it was afternoon, the market was still busy.
Farmers who came from outside the city came here to sell their remaining rice, chickens, ducks, geese, pork and mutton. Of course, they would leave before the city gate was closed tonight.
Not far from the market is a wide river. Along the banks of the river are exquisite embroidery buildings, with painting boats parked on the river. Although it was afternoon, the sound of silk, bamboo, piano and zither came faintly.
Let go of your life and be good for this life.
There are 27 copper coins in total, and it is enough to buy some food. At this time, agricultural products, including chicken, duck, fish and meat, are quite cheap. The purchasing power of a penny is equivalent to more than one yuan in later generations. However, cloth, clothes, shoes, kitchen knives, etc. are much more expensive. An ordinary kitchen knives costs 200 yuan, and it is really not sharp.
After all, it was the era of farming women weaving, and handicrafts were all in small workshops. It was normal to make these things time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the price was expensive.
Song Kai bought some pork, garlic sprouts, eggs, etc., and asked Afu to carry it, and then he walked around the market.
Afu followed Song Kai in surprise and muttered in his heart that his young master seemed to be a little different. He used to be able to read some poems and scriptures, let alone buy vegetables, and even wear clothes.
Today is very different.
Because you will bargain when buying things!
After walking around, the sun was on the west side, and it was probably the beginning of autumn and it was a little cold.
Song Kai walked back along the bluestone path, river willows, bluestone slabs, antique streets, bamboo houses and pleasure boats in the distance, everything made Song Kai intoxicated.
On the way, a woman walked towards Song Kaixiao.
The woman had a short white body, a long ink skirt on her lower body, and a scarf on her head to cover her mouth. She couldn't see the specific situation clearly, and she felt that her figure was a bit plump.
The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were quite free, and although the court now vigorously promoted the Confucian sages of Confucius and Mencius, it had not been ruined by Zhu Xi and others, so women's etiquette and defense were not strictly controlled.
The woman came in a hurry, followed by a man. The man was an acquaintance. He was the one who insulted Ah Fu at the door of the store today, Yang Huaiyan.
Seeing this, Afu immediately grabbed Song Kai and whispered in a trembling voice: "Dalang, don't talk much, let's not fight with Yang Huaiyan. His father is the county magistrate, so we can't afford to offend him."
Song Kai was puzzled in his heart, why did he fight with Yang Huaiyan? He forgot to ask about this question.
The woman stopped, slightly panting, getting closer, but Song Kai found that the woman's beads and jade were very beautiful.
"Song Kai, get out... get out," Yang Huaiyan behind him also rushed over and spoke out in panting.
Song Kai frowned, but did not immediately respond.
The woman approached and stared at Song Kai with her eyes.
Song Kai was a little embarrassed. He turned his head and looked at Ah Fu, then looked at the woman again, and said, "Well, please say something girl. I have a little bad mind recently and have forgotten a lot of things."
"Hahahaha, Miss Liu, I have said that Song Lang is not reliable in your mouth, oh, the food they have in their hands should be bought with the copper coins I rewarded, hahaha, I didn't expect that the nerd would be enlightened, and I wouldn't recognize you as a lady," Yang Huaiyan behind him laughed loudly. He naturally thought that Song Kai was afraid of him, so he spoke out and refused to recognize Liu Yuchan.
Song Kai was a little confused, but his face was not good anymore. This Yang Huaiyan was too insulting.
Liu Yuchan stared at Song Kai with a little annoyance in her eyes. She didn't say anything, turned around and continued to run away in a row.
Yang Huaiyan whistled at Song Kai, "I always think you are a pig's head, and it seems that I know Kaihua."
"Get out of here, fuck," Song Kai cursed.
Yang Huaiyan pointed at Song Kai viciously, and then continued to chase the woman in front of him.
Song Kai turned to Ah Fu in confusion, "Uncle Fu, who is that woman?"
Seeing Song Kai's expression serious, Afu couldn't help but feel sad, and tears came down, "Dalang, why are you so miserable? No one remembers it."
"Just tell me who she is," Song Kai was frustrated. This old man was menopause and had a runny nose at any time.
"She...ah, she is also a childhood sweetheart with you. She is the daughter of Liu Jianguan, the young lady of the Liu family, is also a good person. When our Song family was in full swing, the master joked with Liu Jianguan, saying that you would marry you when you were old. At that time, Manager Liu also laughed and said yes. Later, our family's deterioration, so Manager Liu naturally didn't want to. Now, he was marrying his daughter outside. Yang Huaiyan was also the one who came to propose marriage and was chosen by Manager Liu," Afu said in a whisper.
Song Kai said "ah" and said, "Then, let's go and propose marriage too?"
Ah Fu stared at Song Kai and cried again, "Dalang, you just changed your sex, why are you confused again? Manager Liu doesn't let the little lady see you, so naturally he won't let her marry you. Little master, let's not participate in these things. After a while, I will give you a good match."
As he spoke here, there was a shouting sound coming from the other side.
"Li Huaiyan! Get out of here. Don't say that my father hasn't settled yet. Even if he settled, I won't marry you even if I die!" The woman's voice was a little sharp.
Everyone around looked at it.
Song Kai also looked at the stone bridge not far away. On the stone bridge, Liu Yuchan pointed at Yang Huaiyan and scolded loudly. Even in the enlightened Tang Dynasty, not many people could do this kind of woman's style.
Yang Huaiyan blushed, he bit the paper fan in his hand and said, "Miss Liu, why bother like this? The orders of parents and the words of the matchmaker..."
"thump"
Before Yang Huaiyan finished speaking, a figure jumped directly from the stone bridge into the river. It was Liu Yuchan.
This river is the main river channel of Suzhou City. It has to be cleaned up every year. It is four or five meters deep in the middle of the river.
When they saw Liu Yuchan jumping into the river, people around them screamed. Nowadays, few men know how to water, let alone girls, so girls don’t have the chance to swim in the river.
Song Kai also figured this out, so he ran to the small bridge, took off his robe while running, and when he arrived by the river, he only wore a close-fitting underwear, and jumped into the river.
“Wow…”
The people around were stunned. Ah Fu was stunned for a while. It was not until Song Kai jumped into the river that he remembered and cried and shouted, "Little master, come back, you can't water!"
Chapter completed!