Chapter 54 Shopping
The small car with green curtains swayed into Yanjing City from Anding Gate. As soon as it arrived at Gulou East Street, Zhao Surui couldn't sit still. Before the car stopped, he opened the curtain and jumped out. Achi, who was sitting next to him, couldn't stop him. live.
Looking at the busy market with people coming and going, Zhao Surui took a deep breath and felt refreshed.
He was really negligent. Since he had changed into a body outside the palace, he should have taken the opportunity to have fun!
It's all Shen Sanfai's fault. She was detained in that small square courtyard, and even the king of the country was detained for almost two months.
People were coming and going on the road. Achi hurriedly got out of the carriage to help his girl, and saw that his girl had already walked away to a southern goods shop.
"Girl, girl! What do you want to buy?"
"Just keep your money and settle the bill for me. Why do you care so much?"
Zhao Surui looked at the small plum-patterned bag on Achi's waist. There was no more than 600 taels of silver notes in it. Tunan also had a thousand taels on his body. Zhao Surui lowered his head and looked at the new red branches on his body. Wearing a lotus-petal patterned cloak, he pursed his lips in dissatisfaction.
When he was in the yard, Achi made him a lot of light clothes, and even some men's clothes similar to Yisha. As soon as he said he wanted to go out, Achi immediately took out these complicated clothes. He came out and tried to persuade him like he was chanting sutras.
If he could easily listen to a few maids, Zhao Surui would not be the Zhaode Emperor who made everyone in the civil and military dynasties fear him, but Tunan's words struck his heart:
"The girl will meet Mrs. Han tomorrow. It is a small gathering between the female family members. It is rare for someone to take the initiative to invite the girl to play. It is also a sign of respect for Mrs. Han that the girl should dress more seriously."
Zhao Surui didn't care about the mere Han family, but if he wanted to see Lin Miaozhen, the current queen, through the Han family, he should first pretend to be an ordinary woman.
After all, she is now "Shen Shiqing" who is forced by Ning'an's house and has to write a letter to confess her love to the queen.
Emperor Zhaode, who was flexible and flexible, reluctantly dressed up in fancy clothes. Although he still wore the plain bead hairpin on his head, he also had an exquisite auspicious cloud hairpin.
Carrying all this tediousness, Zhao Surui entered the Nanhuo Store. Firstly, he came to relieve his boredom, and secondly, he also wanted to see what he could buy for Lin Miaozhen.
As soon as he entered the shop, he first smelled a fresh and fishy smell. Zhao Surui wrinkled his nose and looked at the dried shrimps placed in the basket.
"What's this?"
"Would you like to try some of the dried shrimps from Siming first, madam?" The waiter in the store hurriedly came over to greet him and pointed to the ham hanging on the beam. Dried fruits, just take a look at whatever Madam likes, we also have various kinds of tea... Madam, would you like to see how Hunan embroidery looks? They are all the latest styles."
Zhao Surui looked at all kinds of southern goods and his eyes could hardly pull them out.
Before he became the emperor, he had been Prince Xiaoyao for a few days. Although he had to be forced to study, he could still walk around the city of Yanjing. Later, after he ascended the throne, he would be secretly followed by a group of people whenever he slipped out of the palace.
It's better to come to such an inconspicuous place less often.
"It turns out that Jinhua ham can be hung on beams."
Looking up at the golden pig leg, Zhao Surui found it very interesting.
Seeing his girl's eyes shining brightly at a pig leg, Achi suddenly became nervous: "Girl, this weighs dozens of kilograms and takes up a lot of space. When we came here, we only took a small car..."
Zhao Surui felt that the pig legs hanging on the beams were much more interesting than the carved beams and painted buildings in the Qianqing Palace. He took a deep breath and smelled a slightly different smell, a bit like wine, but not the same.
Following the smell, he took a few steps forward and walked to a row of small jars:
"What's this?"
"To my wife, this is fragrant lees, which is made by sealing the lees of rice wine in jars. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, this is used to make chicken lees, duck lees and goose feet. This is a boss who came to the capital from Songjiang to serve as an official. They specially ordered it for us just to make some bad fish for the Chinese New Year. If you want it, I will even out a few jars for you."
Zhao Surui had eaten bad chicken before. It was made by Tunan. He shook his head disinterestedly. The smell of this bad chicken was not as fragrant as the one made by Tunan.
"What is this?"
"This is kelp from Liaodong. It can be used as medicine and cooking."
"Isn't the kelp green? Why is it so black?"
Zhao Surui had tried kelp soup, and it tasted pretty good. He could barely make do with one piece of kelp and three pieces of meat.
"The lady is talking about making it into vegetables. Then you have to cut the kelp into small pieces first, soak it and then cook it. Now the fishermen have caught the kelp and dried it in the sun. Otherwise, there is no way to transport it from Liaodong to our Yanjing city. Come here."
It was a southern goods shop the size of a palm. Emperor Zhaode, who was wise and powerful, looked around with his tail raised like a little puppy who had just crawled out of the nest. Fortunately, there was no one there early in the morning, otherwise I don’t know how much business it has delayed in other stores.
Achi watched from the side. At first, she felt frightened, fearing that her daughter would buy something she couldn't use. Later, when she saw that the girl asked too many questions, she felt relieved.
After a while, Achidu yawned secretly and suddenly heard the girl calling him.
"Achi, pay for it."
Achi was dumbfounded and looked at the girl.
Her girl was also looking at her.
"Gu, girl?"
"Pay it forward."
When Emperor Zhaode was satisfied with his question, he naturally wanted to spend money: "I don't want that pig leg, that kelp, and the fragrant grains. I've packed those caramels as well."
Achi's head was almost twisted into knots, just to persuade him: "Girl, we can't take these things back with us!"
This Zhao Su Rui is not afraid: "What's so difficult about this? We have money, why don't we ask a carriage dealer? As long as we give the money, are you afraid that they won't send it back to us?"
Thinking of a method that the little maid could not think of, Zhao Surui praised himself in his heart for his wisdom and martial prowess.
Ah Chi held her purse and stood there not wanting to move.
We agreed to come to Yanjing City to meet people and enjoy the spicy food! How could anyone bring back a pig leg?!
She looked at Tunan who was guarding the door with pleading eyes, and found that Tunan lowered his head and pretended to be a piece of wood.
Achi wanted to cry.
The waiter over there didn't expect that there was really big business, so he quickly called the shopkeeper to come out and settle the accounts.
"Madam, the total of these things you want is..."
Zhao Surui took the wallet from Achi's hand and took out a banknote. He opened it and took a look, and slapped it on the counter with a "pop" sound.
Just as the shopkeeper was about to pick up the banknote, Zhao Surui raised his hand and took the banknote back.
Then, everyone watched as the young lady, dressed dignifiedly and with beautiful features, slapped the banknote back onto the case.
"Snapped."
"Snapped."
Zhao Surui's eyes lit up after he took photos of the banknotes three times in a row.
It feels so comfortable to have deep pockets and pay others!
For how many years he had asked others to pay for shopping outside, how could it be more interesting to ask others to pay than to pay for it himself?
After coming out of the Nanhuo Shop, Achi pulled his girl's sleeve and was about to persuade her, when Zhao Surui happily entered a bank.
"Tunan! Why don't you try to persuade the girl!"
Tunan was making an appointment with the shopkeeper in the store to pick up the goods in the afternoon, and turned around and said to her:
"You follow the girl well, shopping is just a trivial matter."
Ah Chi stamped his feet and followed in a hurry.
Zhao Surui, who is good at shopping, at least remembered to buy a gift for Lin Miaozhen. He vaguely remembered that when he was young, his brother gave Sister Lin a pair of white jade gardenia earrings with pearls. Therefore, when Lin Miaozhen was born, he would either give it to her.
A gardenia embroidered screen, or the best pearls, jewelry, etc. These are the most exquisite things in the silver building, but they are not as good as the various tributes in the palace. Zhao Surui looked around, but he didn't see anything that matched them.
As good as Lin Miaozhen.
However, Ah Chi had a gold bracelet inlaid with treasures on her hand. Zhao Surui said that since she was a steward in the village, she had to look different from others.
Tunan had a gold hairpin inlaid with turquoise on her head. Zhao Surui said that the turquoise was of decent quality and not ostentatious.
Peifeng who stayed in Zhuangzi also had an extra gold flower. On the flower mother-of-pearl was a jade eagle. Zhao Surui could tell at a glance that this was a craft made on the grasslands and suited Peifeng's appearance.
Addicted to buying, Liu Tianxing, Qingying and even Xia He, An and Zhao Surui bought things for them every year.
It was nearly noon when I bought all the items in one go. Achi, carrying large and small bags, reminded his girl:
"Girl, you and Mrs. Han have an appointment at Xinghua Tower, you'd better go earlier."
Only then did Zhao Surui reluctantly look away from the candy man.
Zhao Surui, who was sitting in the private room of Xinghua Building, waited for less than a moment when he heard the door knock and saw a green flying fish pattern before he even raised his head.
"Are you Shen? Shen Shao, the daughter of Shen Yunshan?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Zhao Surui was shocked. He looked up and almost fell off the stool.
The person who came to see him wore a green embroidered trousers, long boots, a leather belt around his waist, and a sword inlaid with precious stones. While asking him, he put on a wide-brimmed round hat.
Take it off the top of your head.
If this person didn't have Lin Miaozhen's face, Zhao Surui might have thought she was a young master from a noble family.
But this person just gave birth to Lin Miaozhen's face.
This person is Lin Miaozhen!
The wise and wise Emperor Zhao Surui, who had just bought a whole piece of Jinhua ham two hours ago, was dumbfounded.
As soon as Lin Miaozhen came in, she secretly praised her good looks. She was worthy of being the daughter of Duke Yun, and she really looked a lot like her.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Shen was shocked when she looked at her. Lin Miaozhen smiled and said:
"Looking at your expression, have you seen me before? I rarely go out of the palace, but I have been to the cultural gathering organized by Yun Shangong and the others. Did you see me there? I remember that you have a younger brother with literary talents.
Excellent.”
When Zhao Surui saw Sister Lin talking to him sincerely, he still felt that he could not find his tongue.
Didn't he, his sister Lin, stay in the palace every day and drink in Changchun Palace besides going to greet his mother and perform filial piety for his brother?
Why did he suddenly leave the palace?
And dressed up as a man?!
Lin Miaozhen didn't know that the shell in front of her was Zhao Surui. She lost Zhao Suqian seven years ago and was almost forced to death. This daughter of the Shen family also lost such a good father and has experienced ups and downs over the years. Thinking about it , she felt in her heart that she and the daughter of the Shen family had a similar problem.
Taking a few steps forward and holding "Shen Shiqing's" arm, Lin Miaozhen said with a smile:
"Since we are old friends, let's not say polite words. Just tell me, do you want to eat the entire Ning'an family alive or skin them alive?"
Chapter completed!