Yu Jiao heard him say this without thinking too much and nodded, "Okay."
When Yu Qizhe saw that she agreed, his brows relaxed a little, and the two of them stood up together and walked out of the yard.
Exiting Yong'an Lane is the adjacent market. The last time Yu Jiao went shopping with Cheng Ying, she felt a little restrained as her mind was focused on dealing with Cheng Ying. Now that she was following Yu Qizhe, she felt more at ease and just looked at the fun and delicious things around her.
Because the market is next to the moat, there is shipping across the moat and trade is prosperous. There are many rare things on sale at the stalls in the market, including Longquan kiln porcelain from Suzhou and Hangzhou, Ziyang tea from Shaanxi, furs from the north, as well as flowers, birds, insects and fish. It is quite interesting.
Yu Jiao took a fancy to a pot of Eighteen Scholars, the huge flowers were in full bloom. She admired them for a while in front of the stall and was about to wave to Jianjia to buy the pot of Eighteen Scholars, but Yu Qizhe beside her had already taken out silver from his purse, asked the stall owner the price, and paid the silver.
Yu Jiao looked at him, and Yu Qizhe smiled at her, his smile was gentle, "I just received my salary the day before yesterday."
Yu Jiao remembered that the annual salary of a seventh-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy was only ninety dan of rice, and Yu Qizhe also had to buy paper, ink, pens and inkstones on weekdays. She hesitated for a while, remembering that once Yu Qizhe got drunk and gave her all the copper coins and silver he had saved. At that time, they were still in Qingyu Village. She was very poor, and Yu Qizhe was also very poor. He could only save some copper coins by copying books for others.
Yu Jiao choked up, but ultimately said nothing.
Next, whenever Yu Jiao looked at something for a few more seconds, Yu Qizhe would ask the stall owner for the price and pay. In just a short while, Song Nian had a bunch of things in his arms.
A group of children gathered in front of a stall owner who was blowing candy figures. The stall owner had exquisite skills and the candy figures he blew were lifelike. Yu Jiao glanced at him and saw Yu Qizhe squeezed into the middle of the group of children and took out a purse. A child standing behind Yu Qizhe tugged at the hem of Yu Qizhe's clothes and looked up at him, "Big brother, you are so old now, do you want to eat candy figures too?"
Yu Qizhe turned his head and looked at Yu Jiao with a smile, and said "hmm" softly.
Yu Jiao blushed and whispered to him, "Yu Qizhe, I don't want this."
"It turns out that big sister likes to eat candy figures." The naughty child made a face at Yu Jiao, "Big sister eats candy figures, shame on you!"
Children love to join in the fun. The group of children surrounding the stall owner all looked at Yu Jiao. One little girl licked the candy figurine in her hand and said naively, "The candy figurine is so delicious. It's not shameful for a big sister to like it. When I grow up, I will also buy candy figurines!"
Yu Jiao blushed when she heard this, and the stall owner also came to join in the fun, "What style do you want, young lady?"
The heat was rising up to her ears. Yu Jiao couldn't stay any longer. She blushed and shook her head. She reached out and tugged at Yu Qizhe's sleeve, "Yu Qizhe, let's go."
Yu Qizhe looked at her with a smile and obediently followed her out of the stall.
Walking away, Yu Jiao said with some embarrassment, "I'm not a child, I just took a look, who asked you to buy it?"
"You love sweets." Yu Qizhe lowered his eyes to look at the sleeves that were still being pulled by Yu Jiao's slender fingers, and the smile in his eyes deepened a little. "These are just childish words, don't take them to heart. Next time I go to buy something, stay away from me."
Yu Jiao got even angrier after hearing this, "I don't like sugar figures!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Yu Qizhe agreed in a gentle voice, "I remembered it wrongly."
As they walked, they arrived at the east side of the market town, next to the pier next to the moat. There were several official ships docked at the pier, surrounded by guards dressed in official uniforms. Any outsiders who approached would be immediately driven away, as if the ships were carrying important government items.
Yu Qizhe glanced at the official ship from afar, and his eyes darkened.
There are pleasure boats for rent a little further from the shore. After all, this is Shengjing, and even the pleasure boats are much more exquisite and magnificent than those in Qingzhou.
After receiving Yu Qizhe's hint, Song Nian quickly rented a pleasure boat.
The boatman rowed the pleasure boat closer to the shore. Yu Qizhe got on the boat first and turned around to extend his hand to Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao glanced at his hand and reached out to hold it. Yu Qizhe's hand was warm and strong, and he pulled her onto the pleasure boat.
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