443 Overtime
Ping'an packed his things for the market by candlelight.
All the things I bought were piled up in the inner room. There were so many of them that they covered the entire floor.
It was precisely because of these things that he asked Erqiang and Xiaowu to deliver the goods to the inn one by one, so that there was no one around him.
Misfortunes often bring blessings, and there are many things that are hard to explain. This time I escaped death, so I won’t talk about anything else. But I got the potatoes for free. If they are really grown, it will be extremely beneficial to the Great Zhou.
Some of the best dry goods were kept for the Wang family, and the rest were taken away by the master, who helped him deliver them to various families.
He bought some pearls, and Zaquina got half a small cloth bag, which was probably several pounds heavy, so he filled half a purse with fifty or sixty pearls, and gave it to Madam Wang.
The rest was put into a large wooden box.
There were sixteen large pearls and eighteen smaller pearls found at the beach. The large pearls were so rare that he carefully hid them at the bottom of the box. He would use some of them for future betrothal, but not too many, as too many would be eye-catching. The rest would be given to Awu.
The remaining eighteen pearls were different from the others. He picked out ten and asked the master to take them to Awu, and gave the rest to Xier. He didn't need to give the others and would talk about it when he got back.
He also gave one Shanhu to Awu, and asked his master to take the rest back to the capital and give them to Dawu. Didn’t they say that there was nothing to give as gifts? Now there are plenty.
Arrange what you bought at the market.
He took out the things that Fike bought and admired them again.
He picked out an alarm clock and a pair of glasses to give to his master tomorrow, and also picked up two pairs of glasses for him to give to his great-grandmaster and great-grandmaster.
I also asked the master to bring an alarm clock and a pair of glasses for my husband.
Then I thought, would it be a bad idea to give a clock as a gift?
Forget it. Tomorrow I will ask the master to give him one tael of silver as the purchase price, and you, sir, will also give one tael of silver.
The Wang family can just give two pairs of glasses, and the eldest lady can give pearls, that’s about it.
In this way, six pairs of glasses were given away, and the remaining nineteen pairs were put into a wooden box and taken back to the capital. If they were left in his hands, who knows when they would be all given away. In the future, his biological father, stepfather, uncle and grandfather might need them again, and Master Qin would need them even more, so no pair could be wasted.
There are only eight telescopes, and they are of very good quality. Let’s put them aside for now and take them back to the warehouse in Beijing.
Suddenly he thought of the small cloth bag he got from Zaquina. He was going to take it out and share it among the people. Fu An said that what these people had was just some small change or beads, so there was no need to share. Chen Xuan also said that it was not necessary, so he just hid the bag in the inner pocket of his waistband and put it in the wooden box after changing clothes.
When he took it out and opened it, he was instantly shocked. There were beads as big as his 16 big pearls, and there were also two palm-sized pieces of mutton-fat jade seeds, tightly wrapped in cloth. The material was really good.
When I counted the beads, there were exactly fourteen of them.
Get rich.
After thinking about it, he took out four and gave them to the master. The gentleman would not take them for the time being.
Apart from some dry goods, you don't need to bring anything else from your parents' family for now. Even if you want to give something as a gift, you can do so later.
They took out the ones to give away and the ones to take to Yingtian, and locked all the remaining precious things in two large wooden boxes.
This trip was really rewarding.
There are still more than 700 taels of silver left from Zha Kui and his men, and 200 taels of silver from selling the boat. I guess Zha Kui and his men will regret kidnapping these people for the rest of their lives.
The next morning, Ping An had just finished morning exercise with He Jin and the others, and before they had time to wash up and eat, Wan Hua came running over.
"Master Ping An, you said you were going to be gone for four days, but it turned out to be seven or eight days. The people lining up for mole and spot removal have already started making a fuss, fearing that you would just leave like that."
Ping An said helplessly, "Uncle Wan, you arrange it. Four people a day, starting this afternoon. I will take Qingshi and Wu Jun over after lunch."
"Okay, I'll go see the eldest master." Wan Hua trotted all the way to find Sun Sicheng.
Ping An washed up slowly, then took a gift for his master and went to have breakfast with his master.
It is estimated that there will be more people coming from the Ying family today. Fu An will definitely tell his mother and uncle about the incident when he goes back. He has already instructed them not to say anything that should not be said.
When I arrived at the master's place, Wanhua had just left.
Sun Sicheng saw Ping An coming over and said, "You will be busy with Qingshi and the others from now on. Let's go and have dinner."
"Master, wait."
Ping An took out the small cloth bag in his hand and said, "Master, this is your New Year's gift."
Sun Sicheng took it and said, "Sending New Year gifts so early."
Then he fell silent.
He picked up the alarm clock and glasses and played with them: "Is this the alarm clock and glasses?"
Ping An taught him how to recognize these Arabic numerals and the corresponding time of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Soon Sun Sicheng understood everything.
He put on his glasses and felt dizzy, so he took them off quickly: "These are uncomfortable to wear. I feel dizzy."
Ping An laughed, "Master is really like the old days now, so he naturally doesn't need these. The grandmasters will treat them like treasures. When the great grandmaster wears this, he won't have to hold things far away to see clearly.
Master, please give me one ounce of silver for the alarm clock, as you bought it from me. Otherwise, it will be embarrassing if you tell others about this."
Sun Sicheng laughed. There happened to be two coins on the table. He picked them up and handed them to Ping An: "That's all. You want another tael? No way."
Ping An took it and said, "Master, you are too stingy. Master, I have prepared gifts for Awu and Mr., and the others can bring dry goods. I won't give anything else for now. I will give you the eyes of our great master and great master later. I will keep some to take to Yingtian, and you can take the rest back to Dawu and keep it in the warehouse."
Sun Sicheng nodded. This was indeed a good idea. Since Ping'an had not returned yet, there was no need to bring many gifts. By the time he returned to the capital, it would be the end of February, and it would not be a festival. It was not easy for the child to get these, so there was no need to give them all away.
"Sir, I also gave you an alarm clock and glasses. Please collect one tael of silver for me. I won't give you this."
Ping'an took out a small purse. He bought hundreds of these small purses at a time. They were made of simple ordinary cloth and were cheap and practical.
Ping An took out four large pearls and said, "Master, these are for you."
Sun Sicheng took it and praised it: "This pearl is really big, Ping An, a pearl this big is very expensive, one pearl is probably worth more than 100 taels."
"I still have some. I'll give them all to Awu from now on."
Sun Sicheng smiled and said, "Pearls like these are rare. You can give a few of them as a betrothal gift, but no more than six, otherwise they will be too eye-catching. If there are more, give them to Awu for safekeeping after the marriage. Good things are worth collecting and cannot be given away casually."
"I know. Aren't you a master? Others don't have one, but you are different."
Sun Sicheng became proud and said, Awen, you don’t have this.
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