Chapter 5 Mood
With Qinshuang's memory after coming to Tianqin Town, she walked to the door of a weapon refining shop. The owner of the shop Zhang Jiaxun saw Qinshuang standing in front of him, and said with a smile on his face:
"It's Your Highness, is there anything you need to serve the young man?"
He was respectful, but his expression was not at all respectful.
Qin Shuang bowed to Zhang Jiaxun and said, "Boss Zhang, I'll buy something."
"Oh" Zhang Jiaxun's face immediately showed a kind smile and said, "You go in and pick it yourself. After you pick it, take it over, and the old man will settle the score for you."
"Thanks."
"Go" Zhang Jiaxun waved his hand with a smile, but he didn't even lift his butt.
Qin Shuang walked into the shop and searched around. After a while, she came to Zhang Jiaxun with three carving knives and said:
"Boss Zhang, how much does these three carving knives cost?"
Zhang Jiaxun glanced at the three carving knives, and his eyes showed a hint of surprise, but he still said with a smile:
"The carving knife on the left is 100 taels of silver, the carving knife on the right is 20 taels of silver, and the carving knife in the middle is 5 taels of silver."
"oh"
Qin Shuang nodded and walked into the store with a carving knife. This time, Zhang Jiaxun did not sit on a chair and looked at the scene on the street, but stared at Qin Shuang's back, with a hint of interest in his eyes.
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Shuang came to Zhang Jiaxun with three more jades and asked softly: "Boss Zhang, how much does these three kinds of jade cost?"
Zhang Jiaxun had already seen Qin Shuang’s choice, and immediately spoke: “These three types of jade are divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. Such a high-quality jade costs 300 taels of silver, the medium-quality one costs 80 taels, and this low-quality one also costs 35 taels."
Qin Shuang pointed to the thirty-five taels of jade and asked, "Boss Zhang, can this piece of jade be cut into more than a dozen pieces of jade?"
Zhang Jiaxun looked at the piece of jade and said, "Well, fifteen pieces can be cut out."
"How much does that cost?" Qin Shuang asked nervously, her money was really not much.
Zhang Jiaxun glanced at Qin Shuang and felt that there was a significant difference in temperament from the Seventh Princess she had met at the beginning. She moved her heart and said with a smile:
"Forget it, I'll cut it for you for free."
Qin Shuang said happily: "Thank you, Boss Zhang."
As he said that, he took out forty taels of silver and handed it to Zhang Jiaxun, "Boss Zhang, this is forty taels of silver, I still want that carving knife."
"Well, Princess Seven, you're waiting here, the little old man will cut the jade for you."
After saying that, he walked into the inner room with the jade. Qin Shuang sent the two jades back to the counter, then held the five-liang silver carving knife in his hand, and sat on the chair at the door waiting for Zhang Jiaxun.
After about two quarters of an hour, Zhang Jiaxun came out of the inner room and handed Qinshuang a cloth bag and said, "It's all here, look at it."
Qin Shuang opened the cloth bag and saw that fifteen regular jade pieces were neatly placed in the cloth bag. She stood up happily from the chair and smiled at Zhang Jiaxun:
"Thank you, Boss Zhang, I'm leaving"
"Welcome again" Zhang Jiaxun sat happily on the chair and waved his hand to Qinshuang.
Qin Shuang also put the carving knife into the cloth bag, then put the cloth bag in his arms, and headed towards his home excitedly.
Just now, I ran back to the gate of the mansion and saw a young man standing in front of the mansion, about fifteen years old. When I saw Qin Shuang coming in, I hurriedly ran over with a smile and called out:
"Princess, you're back"
This boy was born one head taller than Qinshuang, with a little handsome face. He was wearing the dress of a book boy. Qinshuang thought about it quickly in his mind and remembered that the boy in front of him was the book boy of the third son of the Li family in Tianqin Town.
The third son of the Li family was a person with poor cultivation qualifications, so he gave up martial arts and practiced literature very early. The young man in front of him was Li Wenhai's book boy Li Yan.
Li Yan is one of the few friends who are kind to Qinshuang after Qinshuang came to Tianqin Town. Li Yan is two years older than Qinshuang and takes good care of Qinshuang. Knowing that Qinshuang is greedy, he often saves some delicious food from his mouth and secretly gives it to Qinshuang.
At this time, Li Yan saw that Qin Shuang did not see him like before, so he came to call him Xiao Yanzi intimately, with a smile on his face. However, he quickly took out a greasy paper bag from his arms, ran to Qin Shuang in three steps, opened the paper bag, revealing a golden chicken leg, and said as if he offered treasure:
"Princess, see what I brought you"
Qin Shuang looked at the big chicken leg and swallowed a mouthful. But after all, she was not the thirteen-year-old Qin Shuang before, and she looked embarrassed and said:
"Xiao Yanzi, you should keep it for yourself."
Li Yan's expression was stunned again. He secretly gave Qinshuang something to eat before, but Qinshuang had never been polite. Every time he robbed the things from his own hands like a robbery and swallowed them voraciously. How could she push her back this time?
However, when he saw Qin Shuang's eyes staring at the big chicken legs in his hand, he suddenly realized. The princess was just embarrassed and pushed the big chicken legs in front of Qin Shuang with a bold look:
"I'll eat it for you. Xiao Yanzi will give it to you in the future."
"Oh well"
Qin Shuang happily took the big chicken legs and took Li Yan into the mansion. Then she came to a stone bench under a tree. She first put the chicken legs in a paper bag, then placed them on the stone bench. When she came to the well, she picked up the water bucket and drew a bucket of water from the well and put it into a wooden basin, washed her hands, and then wiped her hands dry. She sat down in front of the stool, took the chicken out of the paper bag, and politely teared the chicken with both hands and put it in her mouth and chewed it slowly.
Li Yan looked at Qin Shuang in a daze, and a voice in his heart was shouting: "The Seventh Princess has changed."
Qin Shuang gracefully ate half of the chicken legs and wrapped her other half in a paper bag. Li Yan woke up from his daze and asked in confusion:
"Princess, why don't you eat it?"
Qin Shuang smiled gently and said, "Leave it to the wet nurse."
Li Yan was stunned and said awkwardly: "Princess, I'll get more things next time."
Qin Shuang shook her head gently and said, "Xiao Yanzi, no need."
"Princess, I"
Before Li Yan's words could be finished, Qin Ying walked in from outside. When she saw Li Yan, she smiled and said, "Xiao Yan is here."
Li Yan's little face turned red and he said, "Hello Aunt Qin, I'll take a look at the princess."
"Well, then you guys play," Qin Ying walked into the room as she said. Qin Shuang clearly saw the tired smile on the wet nurse's face and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Li Yan hurriedly said with guilt: "Aunt Qin, I should go back, the third young master may be calling me."
Qinying didn't look back, but just waved her hand gently. Li Yan waited until Qinying entered the room before she said to Qinshuang softly:
"Princess, I'll leave first, I'll see you in a few days."
"I send you"
Sending Li Yan out of the door, Qin Shuang looked at Li Yan's back as he disappeared in the night, and a sadness came to his heart.
"Do I, Qinshuang, rely on other people's charity to live?"
Chapter completed!