Chapter 242
It was Song Chaoyang and a waiter in the restaurant.
"Hey, didn't you say those two tofu delivery men are under this wall? Where are the people?"
Song Caibang asked the guy who was leading the way out of breath.
The waiter looked around, also looking confused.
"Just when I came in with my things, the two of them were standing here talking!" said the waiter.
Song Buying asked again: "Did you see clearly? That boy is similar to the person on the scroll I asked you to see?"
The waiter nodded: "As a waiter, what I need is my eyesight and memory! I can guarantee that they are 80% similar!"
"Well, that's it for sure. After all, they are doing tofu business with our restaurant, and they will come back in three days!" Song Caiban said.
"Don't worry Song Buying, I will still pay attention to you at this time three days from now!" The waiter nodded and bowed.
Song Caibang nodded with satisfaction, and the two of them turned back to the restaurant.
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Purchasing a land is a big deal, and the food and wine for entertaining guests must also be able to support the occasion.
Yang Ruoqing spent thirty cents to cut two kilograms of pork belly.
I spent twenty-two cents on a fat-headed fish weighing three kilograms.
Cabbage, potatoes, lettuce, leeks, and chives were all weighed, and the total cost was twenty cents.
Next, we went to the rice and grain shop in the town.
I spent a hundred dollars and bought a bushel of rice.
After leaving the rice and grain shop, Yang Ruoqing took stock in her mind.
After deducting the 182 Wen that Luo Fengtang entrusted her to keep, she still had 100 Wen left.
"Tangyazi, don't you plan to buy some rice and grain for home?"
Yang Ruoqing asked Luo Fengtang that he helped her carry things along the way and didn't buy anything himself.
Hearing this, Luo Fengtang shook his head: "I still have them at home. I'll buy them when I get back to town."
"Okay, then let's go back to the village!" Yang Ruoqing suggested.
Luo Fengtang nodded.
As usual, all the purchased items were placed in wooden barrels and tied to the side of the wheelbarrow.
Yang Ruoqing sat on this side of the unicycle.
When passing by Yihechun Gate, Yang Ruoqing thought again of the noble lady she met last time.
Thinking of the musk I sent to that woman last time, which was equivalent to eight taels of silver, I felt a twinge of pain!
If it hadn’t been given as a gift, my family would have been able to buy two more acres of second-class fertile land during this trip!
However, that musk is not given away for free.
"Tangyaozi, do you still remember that lady in the pharmacy last time?"
She held on to the handrail beside her and turned to ask Luo Fengtang, who was pushing the cart behind her.
Hearing Yang Ruoqing's question, Luo Fengtang also glanced at Yi Hechun.
"Remember, Qing'er, you even gave her musk!"
Yang Ruoqing nodded: "I mainly want to test her."
"Testing?" Luo Fengtang was surprised, "How do you say that?"
Yang Ruoqing pondered for a moment and said: "That woman, I don't think her dress or temperament, nor that of the maids around her, look like the wives of landlords and wealthy people."
"She has an aura of nobility and a bookish air about her, like she was born as a lady."
Luo Fengtang listened carefully and tried hard to keep the wheelbarrow stable so that Yang Ruoqing could concentrate on talking.
Yang Ruoqing continued: "I saw a piece of clothing on her skirt. The patterns and colors embroidered on it are not simple."
"What's not a simple method?" Luo Fengtang asked again.
Yang Ruoqing was silent for a moment, seeming to organize her words.
In ancient times, there was a clear line between superiority and inferiority.
The emperor is the eldest and most powerful, and the civil servants and military generals below him have nothing but their own official titles and ranks.
The wives and mothers in their families will also enjoy the grace.
This is why the word imperial edict comes from this.
"The color and pattern of the lady's jade belt are not something that Buzhuang Clothing Shop can sell to the outside world!"
Yang Ruoqing continued.
"Only a noble lady with a title can wear those colors and patterns."
"In Wangjiang County, no woman has had such an honor so far, except for the newly appointed magistrate of this county a month ago!"
"It is said that the county magistrate was demoted from the capital, so he might be a high-ranking official in the capital!"
After hearing so much analysis from Yang Ruoqing, Luo Fengtang still didn't quite understand what the 'imperial order' was.
However, he believed that Qing'er's inferences must be correct.
"Qing'er, how do you know so much?" he asked in surprise.
Yang Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that she had said too much.
She knew about the fate thing in her previous life.
"I came to town a few days ago and heard what people at the bun shop and teahouse said about it!"
This is not a lie.
Although information in ancient times was not as developed as modern times, ancient people also had their own channels for information.
What happened in the capital? Where did General So-and-so win the battle?
Or maybe the imperial court confiscated the house of a certain official, or which province produced a new top scholar...
One can pass it on to ten, and ten can pass on a hundred.
Especially places like teahouses, restaurants, and bun shops are transfer stations for information.
Businessmen traveling from north to south, visiting doctors, and bodyguards all settled in these places.
As long as you are willing, you can hear all the interesting things!
"I also heard that the demoted county magistrate is a strict henpecker."
"His wife was born into a famous family, but she loves to amass money and is greedy for small profits."
"I just gave her musk because I wanted to try to see if she is really as greedy for small profits as rumored!" Yang Ruoqing said.
"My second mother and I had a quarrel in the shop, and everyone around knew that I was from Changping Village."
"If that woman came to me recently to thank me, it means the rumors are false."
"What if she doesn't come to find you?" Luo Fengtang asked again.
Yang Ruoqing said: "If she doesn't come looking for me, it means the rumors are true. She is really a person who is greedy for small profits!"
"Then Qing'er, didn't you seriously lose eight taels of silver?" Luo Fengtang asked, even more confused.
But Yang Ruoqing smiled and shook her head: "If she is greedy for small profits, it will be easy to handle."
"From now on when we do business, the bigger the business, the more jealous and jealous people will be."
"It's rare for her to get into disputes with others. So, as long as we give her some money, she can help us."
"If a person's heart is too weak, I will make her spit out the eight taels of silver she gave away with interest!" Yang Ruoqing said.
Luo Fengtang completely understood now.
"Qing'er, your plans are so far-reaching, I can't even think of this! Hehe!"
Yang Ruoqing turned her head and glanced at him, then curled her lips and smiled.
Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something and shouted softly.
"Oh, I was so busy telling you about that woman that I forgot to buy medicine!"
To make Wuji Baifeng Pills, more than a dozen medicinal materials are needed.
She bought some of the common ones last time.
"How about we go back and buy it again?" Luo Fengtang asked.
But Yang Ruoqing shook her head: "Forget it for now, I'll buy it next time."
"It doesn't matter how much time it takes. If you prepare the medicine earlier, wouldn't you be able to drink it earlier?" he said.
Yang Ruoqing said: "Forget it, there are some herbs in my prescription that I'm afraid I don't have here, so I have to find them myself!"
Chapter completed!