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36. Chapter 36

Two groups of guests came early in the morning. Manager Dou from Torii quickly glanced at him and personally received Pei Jinghan, who was of noble status, and signaled a friend to entertain Lu Cheng with his eyes.

Lu Cheng handed the bird cage to the clerk and told him about the situation of the parrot in the past few days, but his ears were watching people two feet away.

"Ningxiang helps me see what to give to the second young master." Pei Jinghan raised his head slightly and looked at the various birds in the shop. His younger brother was at the age of playfulness. Pei Jinghan didn't have much time to accompany him on his errands, so he wanted to give him a living creature to pass the time. He had almost sent him all these years of running on the ground, and none of them lived long. This time he simply chose a bird for him.

Ningxiang refused to look at Lu Cheng, and looked around for a while. The little girl was first attracted by a brightly feathered yellow oriole and whispered: "How about that yellow oriole?"

Pei Jinghan glanced at him and shook his head, "The old lady has a yellow oriole, but the second young master doesn't like it, change it."

Ningxiang soon fell in love with another red-topped bird, with a gray body and a tuft of red hair on his forehead.

Pei Jinghan still doesn't like it, "It's all too small, change to a bigger one."

The shopkeeper Dou hurriedly suggested: "How about the prince raising a parrot? The second young man is young and keeping a parrot with him to make fun of him. He must like it."

Ningxiang didn't say anything guiltily. In fact, she wanted to carry the parrot, but Lu Cheng was there, holding a parrot in her hand, and she was afraid that Lu Cheng would think too much.

At this time, Pei Jinghan happened to notice Lu Cheng, but he had long forgotten that a small manager who had only met in the orchard and had not seen him directly, and his eyes fell directly on the bird cage in his hand.

Manager Dou introduced at the right time: "That is a cockatiel, with snow-white and beautiful feathers, which are the most loved by the young men and girls."

Seeing Pei Jinghan facing him, Lu Chuang could straighten his waist.

The parrot in the bird cage did not have the ambition of its owner and lay there wiltedly, with his eyes blank.

Pei Jinghan frowned and turned his head to the shopkeeper Dou and said, "Do you have a young eagle here? Parrot thrushes are raised by girls. Men should raise eagles, otherwise they will easily lose their ambitions and only know how to make fun of birds."

He just expressed his views on raising birds, not targeting Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng's face looked extremely ugly. He wanted to defend himself, but he had to admit that Pei Jinghan's words seemed to make some sense.

How can a man holding a parrot compare to a man with an eagle standing on his shoulder in terms of his majesty in terms of his majestic power?

Uncontrollably, Lu Cheng also looked at Storekeeper Dou, and then unexpectedly found that the girl beside Pei Jinghan seemed to be looking at him. Lu Cheng's heart thumped, his eyes turned around, and he saw her looking at him with concern, with her eyes facing each other, she lowered her head like frightened, and soon hid on the other side of Pei Jinghan again.

But those almond eyes that were nervous for him were deeply imprinted in Lu Cheng's mind.

Was she afraid that he would get angry because of Pei Jinghan's words?

If she really speaks nonsense and is greedy for vanity, she shouldn't care about his mood after being knocked out, right?

As he was confused, Lu Cheng's chest suddenly became less blocked.

Manager Dou also spoke at this time and smiled at Pei Jinghan, "Yes, there was just a nest of young eagles ready to sell them. It was a coincidence that the prince came. Please wait, I will bring it up."

Pei Jinghan nodded and saw that the little maid next to him looked wrong. It must be because he denied her two proposals. He smiled slightly and said softly: "Ningxiang likes Huang Ying? Then I'll give you one."

The gentle and doting tone made Lu Cheng clench his fists.

Ningxiang could imagine Lu Cheng's expression without looking at it, and she quickly shook her head and refused, "No, Su Yue hates these things the most. She definitely doesn't like me raising birds."

Pei Jinghan wanted to make her happy. After thinking about it, he said, "Then I will let Changshun Yang. If you want to see it, please let him mention it to the yard at any time."

Ningxiang wanted to refuse, but Pei Jinghan suddenly held her hand and walked towards Huang Ying, "That's it, let's pick one."

Ningxiang felt that her hands were entangled by a snake.

But after a brief hesitation, she did not struggle or see what Lu Cheng looked like. She obediently held Pei Jinghan. Until she stopped, Pei Jinghan wanted to hold her hand, she lowered her head and struggled. Pei Jinghan knew that she was shy, so she gently scratched her palm and let go, helping her choose Huang Ying.

Ningxiang looked at the yellow orioles stiffly and numbly, hoping that after Lu Cheng misunderstood her, he would be so angry that he would forget her.

Lu Cheng was quite angry. If the anger in his chest could really burn, Pei Jinghan had been burned to ashes by him at this moment, but he was not so angry that he lost his mind. So he saw that Ningxiang was pale when she was led away by Pei Jinghan, instead of being shy about being seen as the two of them were shy.

She didn't want Pei Jinghan to treat her like this.

But she is a maid and she has no ability to refuse.

After anger, Lu Cheng suddenly felt frustrated.

He hated himself for being incompetent and for not being able to snatch her back from Pei Jinghan.

My mind was all over Ningxiang, so that the guy in front of me called him twice before he came back to his senses.

Seeing that he finally had himself in his eyes, the guy said angrily: "Did you remember everything I told you?"

Lu Cheng didn't hear it at all. He was afraid that Pei Jinghan would notice his strangeness and nodded randomly.

The guy stretched out his hand at him, "The medicine is two, I'll get you the medicine."

Lu Cheng looked at the parrot in his hand. It happened that the shopkeeper Dou came back there. He clenched his fists and said in embarrassment: "Can you be cheaper?"

The guy looked at him, his attitude was quite kind, but he was not allowed to discuss it. "This is the cheapest. Don't blame me for not reminding you that you paid early and cured it early. If you delayed it for a long time, you can't save it. It's a waste of money. This Xuanfeng Parrot is very smart and can say a lot. It cost twenty taels of silver when you bought it."

Lu Cheng looked hesitant, looked down at the bird cage, and whispered: "You are busy first, I'll think about it."

The guy turned around and left.

Lu Cheng quietly listened to Manager Dou's words.

"Crown Prince, there are five goshawks in this nest. They hatched in July last year. These four are the most strongly raised. Look which one do you like?"

Manager Dou ordered his friend to carry a yellow-wood bird to come out, and tied four goshawks with feet on it. The dark brown feathers were only grayish-white under the neck. The hard bird beak was as sharp as a hook and looked very fierce. Although it was only ten months old, it was better than the other bird cages as soon as it came out.

I heard from the shopkeeper Dou that it would be best to feed them live mice and birds. Ningxiang looked at the sharp eyes of the eagle, and couldn't help but hide behind Pei Jinghan.

Pei Jinghan laughed loudly, looked carefully, and chose the most powerful one, without asking for the price.

Manager Dou didn't ask, and enthusiastically taught him how to train the eagle.

Pei Jinghan listened with interest and finally asked him to send the eagle to the Marquis' Mansion later. He led Ningxiang to visit elsewhere.

Ningxiang followed him with her eyes down and never looked at Lu Cheng again from beginning to end.

Lu Cheng watched her go out and saw that Manager Dou was about to carry the bird stand back, so he hurriedly asked, "Boss Dou, how do you sell this goshawk?"

Manager Dou looked at him, regret flashed in his eyes, but no ridicule was revealed. He said kindly: "Fifty taels, my little brother must also like the majesty of goshawks, right? But I tell you the truth, it is not easy to raise goshawks, and only those rich and powerful people have the time to make trouble. We ordinary families raise parrots to pass the time, which is easy and relieve boredom. It's great."

It is not recommended that Lu Cheng buy eagles.

Lu Cheng really can't afford it.

But when Lu Cheng thought of Pei Jinghan's words, he was unwilling to accept it.

After looking at the four goshawks on the bird stand, Lu Cheng felt aroused in his heart and said in confusion: "Just just now, there are five goshawks in this nest, why didn't the other one be taken out?"

Manager Dou smiled and said, "There are the strongest and weakest in every nest of eagles. The smallest one is incomparable to these ones. Now they cannot kill the living creatures themselves. They can only eat the residue left by their brothers. Even if they are tamed, they cannot take them out for hunting..."

"How much does that cost?" Lu Cheng was not disappointed, but instead had hope. The price would be low if the eagle was not good enough.

Manager Dou heard what he meant, touched his chin, and said bluntly: "Although that one is a lot different, you can still decorate the store when you raise it. The price is still very high. I really want to buy it. Because you are the old customers of our shop, give me twenty-five taels."

Lu Cheng paused for a moment and said sincerely: "Shopkeeper Dou, I can only take out twenty taels. Do you think it can be cheaper?"

"Don't buy it if you don't have money, why are you doing it slowly?" a guy couldn't stand it and muttered in a low voice.

Lu Cheng seemed to have not heard of it and looked directly at the shopkeeper Dou and said, "Shopkeeper Dou, the prince bought it for his younger brother. I bought the goshawks to give it to my son. I also hope that the boy will have a promising future when he grows up, instead of dealing with the farmlands all his life like me. You can take five taels to get a bargain, or I will write an IOU first and wait until I have enough money in the future before replenishing you?"

When the shopkeeper Dou heard this, he raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, looked at Lu Cheng again, touched his beard and said, "Forget it, you met the prince this morning. Even if you can hear the prince's words, it is fate. Since you sincerely want to buy it, I will sell you twenty taels. But the ugliness says that it is expensive to buy eagles, and raising eagles is even more expensive. If you raise them one day, don't come to me to make a fuss to pay."

Lu Cheng was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Lu Cheng is definitely not the kind of person who is irresistible. I just heard from my friend that this cockatoo is worth twenty taels, and two cents of silver can cure your current disease. You see, I will give you two cents of silver, and then exchange the cockatoo for that goshawk?"

He knew that his proposal was too ridiculous, and Lu Cheng smiled awkwardly, but his pair of peach blossom eyes were sincerely looking at the old man in front of him.

The guys watching the fun next to him all smiled sarcastically.

Manager Dou also smiled and reached out to point Lu Cheng, "You kid, you are better at doing business than me. Forget it, I think you are in love with you, so you can get a discount once. I don't want that two cents of money anymore. I just hope that your son will really make a fortune in the future. Don't forget to visit my business again."

If you have a father, you will have a son. I am not willing to be poor and have great ambitions, and my son will definitely not be bad.

Manager Dou looked at Lu Cheng meaningfully, confident that he did not misunderstand the person.

Besides, even if he read it wrong, he only made less money in this deal and did not lose.
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