Zhang Shixun planned to visit Wang Dong the next day.
Ding Dusai clamored to go too.
Surprisingly, Li Shishi also wanted to go.
Her reasons were very good. She had heard that Gao Laozhuang was a good place, and this was a good opportunity to go and take a look.
Of course, Zhang Shixun had no reason to refuse and readily agreed.
The next morning, he rode a horse, and Li Shishi and Li Shishi rode in a sedan chair, and the group headed out of the city.
Only two months after leaving Beijing, he discovered that Gao Lao Zhuang wine had spread throughout the city of Tokyo. It could be seen everywhere in restaurants, wine shops, tile markets, and even snack stalls at night markets.
Like later generations, Gaolaozhuang wine has developed into a series of wines, including high, medium and low-end ones.
High-end wines are packaged in glass bottles, sealed with red corks and covered with gold foil. The trademark also has the words "Royal Court Wine".
The addition of these four words must be the credit of Prince Yun.
Mid-range wines are bottled in porcelain bottles, corked, and sealed with silver tinfoil, and the words "Imperial Court Wine" are not on the label.
Low-end wines are not so particular. They are bottled in earthenware jars, with no stickers on the bottle mouths and the trademark only having the three big characters "Gaolaozhuang".
Zhang Shixun asked Ding Dusai about the price of Gaolaozhuang wine. Ding Dusai told him that low-end wine cost fifty cents, which was affordable and very suitable for the general public.
Five hundred coins for a mid-range bottle of wine is equivalent to half a month's salary for an ordinary imperial guard.
As for the high-end wine, the price was quite shocking, selling for a high price of one hundred and ninety-nine taels of silver.
Ding Dusai said to him in the sedan chair: "My father said that if you don't give him two bottles of high-end wine, I won't let you enter my house in the future."
Zhang Shixun laughed, "Your father is so easy to deal with. He sold you out for two bottles of wine."
"Humph! You wish for it. You need to bring two bottles of good wine to get in. As for marrying me, you'll have to hope for the best."
"Saisai, I also have shares in Gao Laozhuang Liquor, don't you know?"
"I don't know. You never told me."
"You will be a rich woman in the future."
“How can I be rich if I don’t have any shares…” Ding Dusai suddenly realized that he was teasing her again.
"You're a bad guy!"
Zhang Shixun laughed out loud.
When Li Shishi heard the two people flirting, she couldn't help feeling melancholy.
Saisai has Zhang Shixun, so she will definitely have a support in this life. What about me?
The emperor was just playing around with her and would never marry her into the palace.
Where will I go in the future?
Li Shishi looked outside the sedan and couldn't help but sigh.
Ding Dusai heard the sigh and asked hurriedly, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"
"nothing."
Zhang Shixun also heard it and said with a smile, "Saisai, Madam Li is sighing for you."
Ding Dusai asked in surprise, "Why is Sister Li sighing for me?"
"She's not worth it for you."
"What do you mean? Why don't I understand?"
"You are like a beautiful flower. If you follow me, it would be like a flower stuck in cow dung. As your good friend, how can Madam Li not feel regretful?"
Ding Dusai couldn't help laughing and started giggling.
Li Shishi was also amused, and the depression in her heart was relieved a lot.
In order to amuse Li Shishi, Zhang Shixun deliberately made small talk: "Madam Li, let me be frank. My cousin has some mental problems."
"Saisai once told me that, but I saw him on the night of the Lantern Festival, and he seemed fine."
"You didn't know him then."
"oh!"
"I once asked him what kind of woman he wanted to find in his life, and he said, as long as she's a female."
Li Shishi laughed out loud after hearing this. "He's too... too that."
"He said so, and he did so. Not long after we arrived in the Song Dynasty, he found a widow with a child. Not long after that, he found another widow named Zaohua. This woman was a bit ugly, eight feet tall, with a waist ten times wider than hers, a face full of flesh, and eyes as bright as copper bells."
Ding Dusai giggled. She had seen Zaohua before, and her words were not as exaggerated as she said.
She knew that Zhang Shixun was just trying to make Li Shishi happy, so she didn't expose it.
"...This woman is a bit clueless. I once went to Gao Village and had a few words with Wang Dong. Guess what happened?"
Li Shishi asked hurriedly: "What's going on?"
"Zaohua grabbed a wooden stick as thick as a bowl and started hitting the door. Coincidentally, Gao Yanei went to open the door, but was hit on the head by Zaohua's stick. Suddenly, thousands of peach blossoms bloomed..."
Ding Du track: "Sir, you are exaggerating. Gao Yanei was just knocked unconscious by her and only had a few scratches on his head."
"It's not an exaggeration. Gao Yanei was nearly killed by that blow. After waking up, he was dizzy for a whole month. When he saw his father, he held his hand and called him brother."
Li Shishi was amused by him and started laughing.
Zhang Shixun made jokes along the way, making the two girls laugh continuously.
Gao Laozhuang is no longer what it used to be. The walls are tall and the gate is thick. Two farmhands stand on the left and right of the gate, holding red tasseled spears in their hands.
As Zhang Shixun and his party approached the village gate, the guard on guard shouted, "Who are you?"
"I am Zhang Shixun, a god descended from heaven. Tell your manor master immediately and ask him to come and greet me. If you are a moment late, I will invade and demolish Gao Manor."
The two farmhands shuddered with fear.
One of them ran in quickly to report the news, while the other looked at Zhang Shixun stupidly.
Not long after, Wang Dong appeared at the gate of the village, "Zhang Shixun, can you be more serious?"
"Haha! Long time no see, how are you?" Zhang Shixun looked him up and down, and said, "Old Wang, you've gained weight. Look, you've even gained some belly fat."
As he said that, he reached out and patted Wang Dong's belly.
"Stop it!" Wang Dong pushed his hand away. "Why did you come back so suddenly?"
"I'm quitting... Damn it! Working for them every day, and being on guard against me at every turn, this job is really pointless."
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to do it. I just bought the farm next door. You can become the owner and name it Zhang Xiaozhuang."
"Get lost!"
Wang Dong saw Li Shishi coming and winked at her: "I told you, sooner or later you will be Zhang Shixun's dish."
Zhang Shixun put his hand over his mouth and said, "Stop talking nonsense. It's not what you think."
Li Shishi didn't understand what Wang Dong said, so she asked Ding Dusai next to her, "Saisai, what is he saying? I don't understand."
Ding Dusai also looked bewildered. "I didn't understand either. He said you were the dish in Mr. Zhang's bowl."
"The food in the bowl?" Li Shishi murmured. As she muttered, she seemed to realize something and her face suddenly turned red.
Seeing this, Ding Dusai asked curiously, "Sister, why is your face suddenly red?"
"Silly sister, don't ask anymore. What Wang Dong said is not good."
At this time, Zhang Shixun came over and said, "Let's go into the village."
When he entered the room, Ding Dusai asked foolishly, "Sir, what does the food in the bowl mean?"
"What I mean is... Saisai, I don't understand what it means either. Ten normal people might not be able to understand what a fool says."
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