Chapter 55 Going to Guangji Temple
After leaving the breakfast shop, the two went back to the inn first and put the donkey meat BBQ into the space. Li Wanqing took out a backpack and took out five ginseng roots and put them in it.
The basket was covered with a layer of cloth, and then the two of them walked out of the inn and started walking on the street.
"Selling sugar figurines, beautiful and delicious sugar figurines..."
"Wontons, sir, would you like a bowl of wontons?"
"Selling flowers, jasmine flowers freshly cut from the trees..."
Various hawking sounds can be heard everywhere on the street.
Li Wanqing asked Gu Yan to buy her a jasmine flower with great interest, and picked one to wear on her hair.
“It looks great. Let’s go to the jewelry store later and buy you some jewelry.
As for clothes, I think the clothes in the prefecture are better-looking than those in our county. You can buy a few more sets to wear back home.
There are also delicious foods in the capital. Let's buy more of what you like." Gu Yan smiled and watched his wife pick up a velvet flower from a roadside stall and gesture.
"Okay, does this velvet flower look good?" Li Wanqing asked, tilting her head.
"It's beautiful. If you like it, buy a few more. These velvet flowers are delicately made and look better than those in the county town." Gu Yan said.
"Then buy a few more and keep them as gifts for others when you go back," said Li Wanqing.
Since getting married, the two of them have been busy making money and running around outside, and have never had any contact with Gu Yan's parents and brothers.
After returning this time, she doesn't plan to come out again and will stay in the mountains for a while.
This way, he would inevitably have to deal with Gu Xiang and Gu Yan's sister-in-law and niece.
She didn't have much contact with Gu Yan's two sisters-in-law, but she felt that the eldest sister-in-law was pretty good, and the younger sister-in-law Gu Xiang also showed kindness to her, the third sister-in-law.
There are also two little nieces from her eldest brother's family, so she has to prepare something when she goes back.
"Pack up these velvet flowers and these beaded flowers for me." Li Wanqing picked a few and asked the vendor to pack them up.
Gu Yan followed his wife's lead in everything and only paid the bills.
The two of them strolled and bought things along the way. When they arrived at the door of Dejitang, Gu Yan's hands were full of things.
There were several waiters busy in the pharmacy.
On the left side of the door, there are two doctors sitting in the clinic, taking the patient's pulse.
Seeing Gu Yan and Li Wanqing come in, a sharp-eyed waiter quickly came forward and asked, "Gentlemen, are you here to see a doctor or get some medicine?"
"Is the shopkeeper here? I have some medicinal herbs that I'd like him to take a look at." Gu Yan stepped forward and said.
The guy took a look at Gu Yan. Although he was wearing fine cotton clothes, his fingers were thick and he looked like someone who was used to doing rough work.
The young lady next to her looks like a daughter from a wealthy family, but judging by her attire, that doesn't seem likely.
But I'm not a snob. Maybe these two guys really have something good?
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll go call the boss." The waiter agreed and went to the back.
Li Wanqing looked at it and nodded secretly. It was worthy of being the honest Dejitang. Even the waiters were trained so well.
There's no sign of the store bullying customers. This also indirectly shows that Dejitang is a place with rules. Doing business with such a place is also reassuring.
This is indeed the case, and the price given by the shopkeeper is indeed fair.
Li Wanqing brought a total of five ginsengs this time, one three hundred years old, two one hundred years old, and two fifty years old.
The shopkeeper gave three thousand taels of silver directly to the three-hundred-year-old tree, and three thousand five hundred taels to the two one-hundred-year-old trees.
Two fifty-year-old trees, two hundred taels each, a total of four hundred taels for the two.
Gu Yan asked for cash as usual, but the pharmacy only had more than 2,000 taels of cash, so the rest was paid in silver notes.
Now that the important business is done, it’s time to have fun for two days and then go back.
After the meal, they went to another restaurant called Baiweiju for dinner. In the afternoon, the two of them focused on visiting silver shops and clothing stores.
Both of them are rich, and Gu Yan is willing to dress up his wife.
The two of them bought a lot of things this afternoon, including hairpins, bracelets, earrings, pearl flowers, and velvet flowers.
They also bought ready-made clothes and half a truckload of fabrics. The things in the provincial capital are indeed better than those in their county town. After returning this time, they don't plan to come back unless there is something special.
So Li Wanqing bought everything she liked.
Because they bought a lot, the shopkeeper not only gave them a lot of needles and thread, but also several large bags of cloth.
Moreover, there are very few coarse cloths. Most of them are made of fine cotton and a small part is silk. This is simply impossible to find in the county town.
Because they bought a lot, the shopkeeper asked the waiter to deliver it to them at the inn.
Early the next morning, the two of them went to get the donkey meat hot pot that they had ordered yesterday, then checked out of the hotel and headed towards Guangji Temple.
Guangji Temple must be really like what the proprietress said, it is very popular and there are really quite a lot of people on the street.
Some walked, some rode donkey carts or ox carts, and from time to time you could see ladies and young ladies from wealthy families wearing gold and silver jewelry riding in horse-drawn carriages heading towards Guangji Temple.
Li Wanqing did not get into the carriage, but sat on the shaft like Gu Yan, looking at the scenery along the way, feeling very comfortable.
It took about an hour to get to the foot of the mountain where Guangji Temple was located.
Gu Yan left the carriage at the foot of the mountain, and the two of them slowly went up the mountain.
The road up the mountain is quite flat, and there are small stalls on both sides of the road.
In addition to food, there are also various toys and things to use.
Li Wanqing is about to start shopping.
"Boss, how much is this fan?" Li Wanqing took a fancy to a round fan on a small stall.
"Thirty cents each, how many do you want, young lady?" The uncle selling fans was loudly soliciting customers. When he heard Li Wanqing asking about the price, he quickly replied.
"Thirty cents is too expensive. How about two for fifty cents? I want two." Li Wanqing bargained.
"Young lady, buy a wooden comb. My wooden combs are made of pure peach wood."
"My dear, try the white sugar cake and glutinous rice cake that I made."
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Perhaps because Li Wanqing was so generous, these vendors all asked them to greet her.
Li Wanqing did not disappoint them and bought some of the things she liked.
This also led to other vendors seeing this and becoming even more enthusiastic in selling their products to Li Wanqing.
Li Wanqing bought things as she walked, and when she arrived at the gate of Guangji Temple, it was almost noon.
After entering Guangji Temple, Li Wanqing and Gu Yan first added ten taels of silver for incense money, and then burned incense to the Bodhisattva.
Originally, Li Wanqing didn't really believe in these things, but since she experienced the time travel, she has become more awed by these things.
Gu Yan also followed her and did whatever she did.
It's just that he was holding things in both hands, which made him look a little funny when he was kneeling.
After worshipping the Bodhisattva, Gu Yan also asked the monk in charge of reception for a meditation room and a table of vegetarian food.
The two planned to stay in the temple tonight and return home tomorrow.
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