Chapter 114: Sour Heart
He was already very tempted by Cen Yan's proposal.
It’s just that he still has some issues with his adoptive father.
After a while, the fruits were counted, Ji Yunzhan picked up the bag that he used to carry the leopard and left the restaurant.
The next place he was going to was the pharmacy, and he would sell all the parts of the leopard that had medicinal value to the pharmacy.
After leaving the pharmacy, he went to a very famous clothing shop in Xiangyao County and sold the leopard skin to the shop.
Then he went to several snack shops and bought some snacks and fruits.
There was a restaurant opposite the dim sum shop, and he went there to buy two jugs of wine.
After finishing all these, he went to a jade shop.
The jade shop is not big and its location is a bit remote, so it is quite quiet inside the shop.
As soon as he stepped in, a middle-aged man at the counter heard the noise and said without even looking up, "Please take a seat. I have some waiters here. I'll serve you after we're done."
Ji Yunzhan was already used to this man treating guests in this way.
Hearing this, he obediently walked aside, gently placed the wine jug on the ground next to the chair, and placed the cakes on the table. Then he picked up the teapot, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it slowly.
It seemed that he felt that this customer was too quiet, so quiet that he seemed familiar. The middle-aged man at the counter looked up and saw that it was indeed Ji Yunzhan!
"You kid, you come here without saying a word!" When the middle-aged man saw it was him, he immediately put down the work in his hands, walked out and said with a smile.
“I’m just afraid of disturbing you, Uncle An. I’m repairing the broken pieces again.” Ji Yunzhan put down the cup in his hand and said with a smile.
"Well, someone sent me a blue and white porcelain vase the day before yesterday, saying it was a pair. The lady in the family had a quarrel with her concubine and broke one of the vases, so they asked me to repair this one." The middle-aged man called Uncle An was gentle and refined, with a mustache, and looked to be in his thirties or forties.
At this time, he lifted up his dark green robe, sat down beside him, and looked at Ji Yunzhan, "Tell me, what do you want to see me about?"
"What's the matter? Let me treat you to a drink." Ji Yunzhan picked up the wine jug on the ground.
"Pear Blossom White!" Uncle An's eyes lit up immediately when he saw the two pots of wine. He rubbed his hands and shook his head, "Not today. If I drink it today, this broken vase will never be repaired! What do you want? I'm really busy and don't have time to entertain you!"
"Uncle An's personality of chasing people away is really bad even for good wine."
Ji Yunzhan sighed, and without further ado, he took out the cloth bag and said, "Here is a jasper bracelet. I want to ask Uncle An to see whose lost item it is and whether I can sell it in the market."
Uncle An glared at him when he heard him say that.
But soon, his attention was attracted by the opened cloth bag.
"This bracelet..." Uncle An raised his hand and took the cloth bag.
"There are words engraved inside the bracelet, but I can't see clearly. Uncle An, can you use your mirror to help me take a look? While you look at it, I will tell you the origin of this bracelet. I promise it won't take up too much of your time." Ji Yunzhan said.
"Well, come with me." Uncle An said, walking to the counter.
This is called a counter, but it is also a large workbench, on which is placed the half-repaired blue and white porcelain vase.
Uncle An carefully avoided the porcelain bottle, walked to the other end of the workbench, picked up a magnifying glass, and began to carefully look for the engraving inside that Ji Yunzhan mentioned.
When Uncle An was studying the bracelet, Ji Yunzhan briefly told him the origin of the bracelet.
After Ji Yunzhan finished speaking, Uncle An also put down the mirror.
"What a pity! The bracelet your friend bought with ten taels of silver is worth at least five hundred taels, but it can't be sold." Uncle An sighed.
"Is it really like that?" Ji Yunzhan was not too surprised.
Uncle An looked up at him.
Ji Yunzhan explained, "My friend had already predicted that this bracelet would not be accepted in the market. But, what is its origin?"
"The general Cheng who is guarding the northern border now is a man who doesn't tolerate any injustice. Who would dare to take over his ancestral jade bracelet?" Uncle An pointed to the line of words engraved inside the bracelet, "This is the ancestral precepts of the Cheng family.
"Buried in the battlefield, defending the country - the Dragon Guard Cheng family, or the Dragon Warrior Guard, is the original body of the Cheng family, the most trusted elite guard team of the founding emperor of our Xiao Dynasty."
Ji Yunzhan understood as soon as he heard it.
During the years he lived in the Forbidden Forest, he read all the books in the Forbidden Forest.
Among them are many military books.
Some of the military books here were written by the ancestors of the Cheng family of Longwei.
Originally he was very puzzled as to which family the Longwei Cheng family was from. It was not until he finished reading all the history books that he realized that the Longwei Cheng family was the current military family, the Cheng family.
The Cheng family has been guarding the border for many years and is very famous.
If the bracelet really came from their family, and was passed down from their ancestors, no one would dare to trade it openly.
"However, since it is an ancestral bracelet, how could it end up in our Xiangyao County?" Ji Yunzhan asked curiously.
"We don't know about that. Okay, now that you have shown the bracelet, you can leave now, right? By the way, take away those sweet snacks, and just leave the wine." Uncle An wrapped up the bracelet and returned it to him, then started to drive people away again.
Ji Yunzhan accepted the bracelet reluctantly.
Then he walked to the table, picked up the cakes, and took away one of the jugs of wine.
When Uncle An saw that he wanted to take another pot of wine, he immediately glared at him again.
But Ji Yunzhan was not afraid of being stared at like that.
"These snacks are not meant for Uncle An. I was afraid that Uncle An would insist on eating them. The wine is for Uncle An, but we each have a pot. Uncle An, you're not in good health. You'd better rest more and drink less." After saying this, Ji Yunzhan walked out of the shop quickly with a smile, not caring whether he would be scolded by Uncle An.
Uncle An came over and started cursing at the back.
He pretended not to hear and went to the market to buy a few pounds of pork. He also followed Cen Yan's instructions and bought all the remaining large bones in the pork shop, intending to make bone soup when he returned home.
This is what it means to buy everything.
Just as he was about to go back, he passed by an inn in the county town and saw several horses and two carriages parked at the door. Several young men were gathered together nearby, talking about something in a lively manner.
After listening to a few words, Ji Yunzhan guessed that they were the students who were going to take part in the imperial examination this autumn.
Because Xiangyao County is home to three famous academies, the autumn examination, which is usually held in the provincial capital, is held in Xiangyao County every year as an exception.
That is why, although Xiangyao County is only a small county, its level of prosperity is comparable to that of a state or prefecture.
At this moment, looking at the high spirits of these young students, Ji Yunzhan felt a little jealous.
He should have been one of them.
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