Chapter 64: Involving All Parties
Start early and stay busy until noon.
Seeing a food stall on the street, Chen Chunxing pulled Baoer to sit down and ordered two flatbreads and a plate of mutton.
The local flatbreads are similar to Diao's, and are also dry and hard to chew.
The mutton is boiled in water and then sliced, sprinkled with only a little salt. The fishy smell is even stronger than the bun filling.
Chen Chunxing only picked up half a piece and refused to pick up his chopsticks again. He chewed the cake bit by bit and casually observed the food stalls on both sides.
After walking back and forth twice, she had already discovered that the majority of stalls in the market sold food, but most of them were the same old things, and they looked unappetizing.
"Girl, eat some meat. You're so skinny, you need to eat more meat."
Bao'er bit a piece of mutton again and again, and ate half a piece of pancake in two bites. Seeing that Chen Chunxing was too polite when eating, she quickly changed a pair of clean chopsticks to put meat into her bowl.
"Do you like it?" Chen Chunxing stared at the meat silently and ate a small piece with tears in his eyes.
Ever since she started eating Ah Huai's cooking, she found that she was becoming picky again...
"This restaurant is famous for its mutton. When our business was still good, we could only afford to eat there two or three times a month." A suspicious smile oozed from Baoer's mouth.
"Eat more if you like it. I don't eat much, so this is enough." Chen Chunxing poured all the remaining mutton into Baoer's bowl.
A pound of cooked mutton costs one hundred and sixty coins, and the plate she ordered is only two ounces, but it moved Baoer to tears.
"The girl is such a good person. I will definitely serve her well in the future!"
Chen Chunxing, who had received a "good guy card", smiled dryly and continued to eat the cake.
It's hard to explain to her the hundred ways to eat mutton...
But Chen Chunxing already had an idea about what kind of business his family wanted to do.
There is nothing more exciting than having a full meal. If there is, it must be Jianbing Guozi, Yangrou Pao Mo, Xiaolongbao...
After filling your stomach.
Chen Chunxing started a large-scale purchase.
Whenever she passed by a stall, she would buy something that interested her.
From small items like firewood, rice, oil and salt to large items like furs, silks and cloth, and even a pair of lambs, they were all stuffed into the mule cart.
His lavish spending attracted the attention of many people.
Whenever he met someone who was deliberately asking about him, Chen Chunxing would always tell them with a smile that he was from the Xue Mansion... Yes, that was the Xue who was the newly moved in magistrate Xue!
There was no intention to conceal anything in the language.
Soon, the news spread throughout the entire South City Market and showed signs of spreading to other urban areas.
When someone secretly followed the mule cart and saw that Chen Chunxing had actually entered the backyard of the county government office, it further confirmed the rumor that the new county magistrate was rich and powerful!
"Why is the young lady back again..." Geba fanned his lips as soon as he said this. "Look at what I said. The young lady should definitely stay in the mansion. I'll go and call everyone to come and see the young lady!"
Chen Chunxing had a faint smile on his face since he entered the door. He glanced at the old man and waved his hand when he heard the words.
"That's not a big deal! If I hadn't agreed with Bao'er's father to pick up the medicine in three days, I wouldn't have had to come back. Please find me a vacant room. I have to go out and take care of things tomorrow, so I really can't take care of the mansion."
Geba looked at Baoer in surprise, wondering where the term "getting medicine" came from?
"The master has already told us to clean the west wing and wait for you to come, young lady." Bao'er looked away guiltily and hurriedly helped Chen Chunxing lead the way.
The mule cart was taken away and placed by Maoping.
Chen Chunxing had nothing to worry about, so he followed him immediately.
Only Geba was left confused and pondering over it.
It was not until dark, after the two maids helped Chen Chunxing wash and go to bed, that he found an opportunity to stop Baoer.
“What exactly did Miss Shen say before?”
Baoer didn't dare to hide anything, and stammered as he told her everything about his experience going out today.
After hearing that Miss Shen not only pawned a pair of jade earrings, but also bought dozens of taels of food and daily necessities, Geba suddenly fell silent.
"Uncle, the girl treated me to mutton today, and she also said that she would treat me to more delicious meat in the future... I think she was telling the truth."
"Since the girl is kind-hearted, the master will surely be good too. You and my father please don't mess around...if you can help, please do so."
Baoer hesitated for a long time, stammered, and then ran away like a frightened little rabbit.
"Do I need you to tell me!" Geba cursed with a smile, raised his hand as if to hit, and when he put it down, he had already hurried out of the gate.
The next day.
Chen Chunxing really kept his promise and went out at dawn.
This time, Maoping insisted on following and even found a legitimate reason for it.
"A mule cart is no match for a horse carriage. If the master comes back and finds out I let the girl drive the cart herself, he'll definitely skin me alive."
Actually, I’m just curious!
Chen Chunxing understood and did not refuse. After all, she did not need to hide what she was going to do from others.
For three consecutive days, he went out at dawn and returned after dinner.
He always brought large and small bags with him, which really shocked the whole mansion.
People outside were saying that the new county magistrate had a wealthy family, but Mao Ping knew it clearly.
The wealthy family is the Shen family!
But the strange thing is, where did a farmer who had his property confiscated and exiled get the money?
The Ge family was also confused about Shen Chunxing's matter.
"You mean, these past few days, Miss Shen just took you guys for a stroll around the city, and when she got tired of strolling around, she found a teahouse or restaurant and sat there all day?"
Seeing Baoer nod, Geba was very depressed.
"That's what she meant by the important thing?"
Bao Er licked his lips. "Why not? The girl said that in life, eating, drinking, and having fun are the most important things! If you don't understand the local cuisine, how can you fit in?"
"Listen! The girl wants to be one of our own!"
Geba was stunned.
Life is all about eating, drinking and having fun... It doesn't sound like something a serious person would say...
He didn't know what Miss Shen was up to, but he could tell that the earrings handed to Ge Daniu were real and not fake at all!
If you take it to another place outside Honglu County, you can make at least three taels of silver in profit.
The word "profit" is always better than a thousand words.
The three-day appointment is over.
Chen Chunxing went to the south of the city accompanied by Baoer.
"Here are all the things the young lady wants. Do you want to ask a doctor to examine them?"
There were two baskets of medicinal herbs piled up in the narrow courtyard, and Ge Daniu was waiting there early.
"I trust you." Chen Chunxing just glanced at him and asked him to help carry it into the car.
She went out today in her own mule cart, planning to leave directly from the south gate after finishing her business.
Seeing that he trusted him so much, Ge Daniu took the transaction more seriously and started to calculate the bill one by one.
"That pair of jasper earrings sold for forty-eight taels of silver. Although the young lady wants a lot of herbs, they are not very valuable, so only fifteen taels of silver are needed."
Chen Chunxing nodded.
The price is much higher than that in Lin'an City, but it is very reasonable for the border.
She hadn't been wandering around the city these past few days in vain.
I have a clear idea of the prices I need to know.
"As for the rare medicinal herbs you mentioned, I found a ginseng plant that's about twenty years old... but the price is a bit high."
"How many?"
"It weighs half a pound, and the other party asked for eighty taels of silver."
“…”
Chen Chunxing frowned and said nothing.
When Ge Daniu was so nervous that his palms were sweating, she took something out of her sleeve and threw it over.
"I'll come back to get it in three days."
As soon as he got the thing, Ge Daniu's eyes widened suddenly.
It turned out to be half a gold ingot, which was twisted in half and weighed about five taels.
If you exchange this thing at a bank, it would cost exactly fifty taels of silver, but if you trade it privately... you can get five taels more!
Meeting such a generous man, he thought it would be difficult not to be devoted to him.
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