251, No. 251 (1/2)

The next day, the three sons of the Qin family went shopping. Speaking of which, this was the first time he went shopping since he came to the capital. When he went shopping, he took Qin Yi and General Qin with him. Qin Yi had been with the young master of the official family before and often went out with the young master. , so he is familiar with the capital, and the beggars in the capital before the Qin general often begged in different places in the capital, so he is also familiar with the capital.

In the capital, people with more status live closer to the palace, while people with less status live further away from the palace. Therefore, residences and downtown areas are farther apart.

When everyone came out of the Qin Mansion, those who were riding in the carriage got off the carriage when they were approaching the downtown area and let the carriage follow behind.

Qin Linyang held the hands of his parents. He stood in the middle, looking left and right. The child's proud expression could not be concealed no matter how hard he tried.

Niu Dan also came out today, following his eldest brother. Speaking of which, among the brothers and sisters of the Qin family, only Niu Dan and Qin Fang were in the capital. "Brother, the capital is so lively. It's even more lively than the county seat of Yunxiang County before." The county seat of Yunxiang County is the busiest place Niu Dan has ever seen.

Qin Fang said: "Of course." The place where the emperor lives is naturally the busiest and the best. If there is a place more prosperous than the capital, then the capital should be moved, otherwise others will enjoy the best. Things, but the emperor cannot enjoy them, this is a problem.

Niu Dan chuckled: "My eyes are dazzled by it."

Yang Haiyan said: "Whatever you want to buy for your second uncle and second aunt, you can pick it out yourself, and my sister-in-law will pay for it for you."

Niu Dan said: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

What Yang Haiyan likes most about beef eggs is that they are not polite. He has a cheerful and carefree personality. He will take whatever Yang Haiyan gives him. He is not like that kind of coy character. People with a personality like Niu Dan are the easiest to make friends. However, those who are coy and coy are too. ‌The family is angry.

Yang Haiyan said: "I will go to see the specialties first to see what specialties are available in the capital. Qin Yi, General Qin, do you know?"

Qin Yi said: "General, madam, please come here. There is a place specializing in selling specialties in the capital. It seems that guests from all over the country like to go there, but not even the native people in the capital like to go there. "Because this kind of place that buys souvenirs specializes in making customers' money. This kind of thing is rare for outsiders, but not for people in the capital.

Qin Yi led the way, while Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan led Qin Linyang behind.

There are many shops for buying souvenirs in the capital. After all, the capital is so big, but this one is the biggest. This shop is called the Authentic Jingcheng Specialty Shop.

This name is easy to understand at a glance. Only with a clear name can you clearly attract customers.

The shop has two floors. After entering, you can see that each floor is very large.

After Qin Yi led the Qin family in, he could still hear the people at the door saying: "Look, a bumpkin from nowhere has come in again." In the eyes of the people in the capital, , the people who go in to buy specialties are bumpkins from out of town.

"You're such a country bumpkin. If you go there to buy specialties from the capital, you might as well buy them separately."

"No, no matter what, any country bumpkin likes to give money to others."

Naturally, the Qin family did not hear this.

Qin Fang didn't know what to pick, so he said to Qin Yi: "Everything costs 10 cents, go and pick it." In fact, there were quite a lot of people in the shop. No...everyone inside is from out of town.

Yang Haiyan nodded towards Qin Yi. There were so many people and she was too lazy to choose. However, she turned to Qin Fang and said, "Why do you choose ten pieces of everything?"

Qin Fang said: "There are many people in the family. I give them to my family, my grandma, and my fellow villagers. Don't you think the old lady likes to show off?" The gift of specialties is enough for three people in the Qin family. The woman went to show off. The three women are Grandma Qin, Mother Qin and Second Aunt Qin.

Yang Haiyan didn't expect Qin to escape so quickly and couldn't help laughing.

Qin Fang saw her smile, and her cold expression could not help but be filled with tenderness, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.

Qin Linyang looked at his father, then at his mother, then shook his mother's hand and said, "Mom?"

Yang Haiyan lowered her eyes and said softly to her son: "We are here to buy gifts for Grandpa Zeng, Grandma Zeng, and Grandpa and Grandma. Is there anything Linyang wants to buy for him?"

A two-year-old child naturally has little memory, but Grandpa Zeng, Grandma Zeng, Grandpa and Grandma are the people that their parents often talk about. Even if they have no memory, when they talk about them, they will still remember them. I can't help but have the impression of ‌. Moreover, children also like to choose gifts for adults, so when his mother asked, Qin Linyang said happily: "Buy a gift for your brother, too."

Yang Haiyan touched her son's head: "Okay, I'll buy it for my brother too. What about my father and mother?"

Qin Linyang said grandly: "Buy it, buy it for your parents too."

Qin Fang wanted to give his son a roll of his eyes. To put it nicely, do you have any money?

Yang Haiyan seemed to sense his thoughts and glanced at him again. Meeting his wife's gaze, Qin Fang raised his eyebrows.

Qin Linyang walked in front, and General Qin followed him. Whatever he said, General Qin took. Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan walked behind their son. No, Qin Linyang had a rope in his hand, and Yang Haiyan also had a rope in his hand. This rope is called a child-mother rope in modern times. If you go out to play, the child's side As soon as there is silence, the mother can feel it to prevent the child from getting lost or being taken away by traffickers.

He bought a lot, and from time to time he attracted the attention of people in the shop. A middle-aged man walked in: "Brother, you bought so much, are you going back to your hometown to do business?" The middle-aged man was a businessman, and he also bought a lot. "The things from the capital have been shipped to If you sell it elsewhere, you can make a lot of money by reselling it. "In terms of specialties, those in the capital are the most profitable. There is nothing we can do about it. The common people have never come to the capital. Being able to own something from the capital is a very proud thing for the common people.

No, only those who are involved in big business, or those who come to the capital for business, will change hands in business like this. Otherwise, the travel fare from his hometown to the capital is not enough to make money, and merchants will not come to the capital specifically to buy things and then resell them.

Qin Fang glanced at the other party: "I'm not a businessman. I rarely come to the capital to bring things from the capital to my relatives back home."

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "You are really filial." Many business people are particularly good at flattering and dealing with people. Of course, this kind of dealings also means making friends with others, not just ‌. ‌It depends on people. The middle-aged man travels all over the country, goes to many places, and makes a lot of friends. Like today, when he sees someone he can make friends with, he will take the initiative to say hello. Anyway, saying hello will not lose a piece of meat, but ‌Say no‌It can develop into a line worth communicating with in the future.

Furthermore, the middle-aged man could tell that Qin Fang's family was from a wealthy family. From his temperament and clothing, he could tell that he was not the kind of person who got rich overnight, because he came here very calmly. .

Qin Fang nodded and didn't say much.

The middle-aged man said again: "I don't know where this brother is from. Is it from Yongzhou?"

Qin Fang doesn't have the kind of personality that makes friends with others. In the past, because he was a farmer's boy, he knew how to recognize his own identity, so he didn't go out of his way to make friends with others. Now he knows his identity clearly. He doesn't need to make friends and build good relationships, he just needs to do his job well. No, I don’t dislike people like middle-aged men who go out of their way to make friends but don’t bother to please.

Qin Fang said: "I have been teaching in Yongzhou for a few years, so I have picked up a bit of the music there. I can't tell where it comes from when I listen to Xiongtai's music."

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "I have traveled to many places, so the sound of ‌ in each place has the same sound as ‌. When mixed together, you can't hear the ‌. Over there in Yongzhou every year in early April. Isn’t there that market? Traveling merchants from all over the place will come. There are so many things at that time, so every year in early April, I will go to Yongzhou to see if there is any profitable business.”

Qin Fang: "I see." He didn't say much more.

Middle-aged man: "Brother, where are you from? I'm from Qiuzhou, Datai County. My name is Lin Dafu. If you come to Datai County, brother, you can let me fulfill my duty as a landlord."

Qin Fang said: "Thank you very much. I'm from the capital."

Lin Dafu was stunned, because Qin Fang really had no voice in the capital, so he didn't worry too much.

"Ms. sir, we've bought the things." Yang Haiyan called from the side.

"Silver... Daddy, yin..." Qin Linyang urged his father to pay.

Qin Fang left and said, "Your father, I have no money."

Qin Linyang's eyes suddenly widened. He rummaged around in his bag, took out two cents, and handed it to Qin Fang: "Here." It's really embarrassing for his own father who has no money.

Qin Fang took the two cents unceremoniously and picked him up: "Let's go."

Qin Linyang began to struggle: "Put me down...let me down..."

Qin Fang put him down.

Qin Linyang pulled his hand again: "Squat down...squat down..."

Qin Fang looked at him.

"Daddy, squat down."

Qin Fang listened to his words and squatted down.

Qin Linyang walked around behind Qin Fang and climbed up on his back, but the guy had short hands and feet and couldn't climb up.

Qin Fang: "Should I carry you?"

Qin Linyang patted his father on the shoulder: "Sit here." After saying that, he pointed to the two people walking on the side, "Like that."

Qin Fang looked around and saw a boy sitting on a man's shoulders, and the two were talking and laughing. Even if you don't know him, you can still vaguely guess that this must be a father and son, otherwise they wouldn't be so close.

Qin Fang pulled his son off his back with his backhand, then picked him up and put him on his shoulders: "Sit tight."

"Well, sit tight." Qin Linyang instantly felt that he was high. He looked at the child over there, and his eyes were quite proud.

The boy was chatting happily with his father. When he felt someone staring at him, he looked back and saw a younger brother sitting on his father's shoulder looking at him. In the eyes of a boy, the one who can let him sit like this is naturally his father. But, why is that younger brother staring at me? The boy subconsciously smiled at his younger brother.

Qin Linyang was originally competing. His father was the tallest, and he, sitting on his father's shoulders, was also taller than the boy, so he was very proud. But when he saw the boy smiling at him, he smiled unconsciously.

Of course, the adults didn't know about the child's lawsuit. After buying some specialties, Yang Haiyan was going to buy some jewelry for Grandma Qin. She remembered that the second sister-in-law of the Du family, Qu, owned a jewelry shop and planned to go there. Making money for others is not as good as making money for people you know. "Ms. sir, let me go to Sister-in-law Du's jewelry shop."

Qin Fang: "Listen." He supported his son with both hands to prevent him from falling if he didn't hold on tightly.

Qin Linyang shook his legs and looked around with his head, feeling very unhappy.

Yang Haiyan didn't know where Qu's shop was, but she remembered the way. Qu said before, so she asked General Qin to lead the way.

When Yang Haiyan went to Qu's shop for the first time, the servants inside naturally didn't recognize her. She didn't reveal her identity, so she picked a few pieces of jewelry she liked and left.

Then, the servants took the things they bought today back to the house first, and he and his family went to a famous restaurant in the capital.

"How many guests, please come in. Can we dine in the lobby or go to the private room?" The second waiter greeted us enthusiastically.

Yang Haiyan said: "It's in the lobby. Can you choose a seat by the window on the second floor?" It's not like there's anything about privacy. In a place like this, it's naturally fun to eat outside.

The second person in the store said: "Okay, there is a seat by the window above, please."

On the second floor of the store, Qin Fang and his family came to the window seat on the second floor. He and his family sat at a table, and their servants also sat at a table next to him. The second shop owner took out the menu and asked, "What would the guest want to eat?"

Regular customers can order their own dishes without looking at the recipes. For a first timer like Yang Haiyan, she doesn’t know which dishes are available, so she naturally looks at the recipes. No, this recipe is different from what everyone thinks of as a recipe. The recipe is made up of bamboo boards, with the dishes written on them and the prices on them. The reason why the restaurant operates like this is to settle the bill every day when the restaurant is closed, because only the bamboo boards are counted to calculate the daily profit.

People who get along with each other this way are quite thoughtful.

For a modern person like Yang Haiyan, the restaurant's menu is not many, with only sixteen dishes. But in ancient times, most people only had two or three dishes for a meal. To him, these sixteen dishes ‌‌More.

Qin Linyang sat on the child's chair and said: "Eat, eat, eat..." The child's chair was specially made high. This is for the convenience of children, and the restaurant is quite careful.

Yang Haiyan asked her son: "What do you want to eat?"

Qin Linyang looked at his mother, then at the store, and then asked like an adult: "Is there anything delicious?"

Pfft... Yang Haiyan couldn't help laughing, and pushed the bamboo board with the names of the dishes in front of him: "Which dish you want to eat, just take out the bamboo board. Every dish is written on it. Come on, Let me, Linyang, be the one to choose the dishes today, okay?”

Although Qin Linyang doesn't quite understand what his mother means, children like novel things and novel ways of playing. In his understanding, eating is now the same as playing. He sees it Sixteen took the bamboo board, then looked at his mother, stretched out his finger to point at himself, and then pointed at the bamboo board: "Let me take it?"

Yang Haiyan said: "Yes, I'll let you take it. Whatever you want to eat, just take it. Take it." When it came to this, Yang Haiyan thought of a new toy. She would draw it when she got home, and then invite the woodcutter from the capital. Made by the workshop master. Like all mothers, she wants the best for her children, but she also knows that children cannot be pampered blindly, so she will not show mercy when she should teach them a lesson. Unfortunately, in ancient times, there were limited things for children to play with, so limited that it was too barren for her. Because of this, she doted on her children a little more.

Fortunately, Qin Linyang is a good boy, not as naughty as ordinary children. For a child of this age, he is a bit naughty, but also a bit honest and cute.

Qin Linyang picked up a bamboo board curiously, then looked at her mother, and slowly put the bamboo board into her mouth. Yang Haiyan quickly grabbed his hand: "Lin Yang, what are you doing?"

Qin Linyang grinned: "Eat."

Yang Haiyan: "..." Then she looked at Qin Fang, the meaning was obvious, this is your stupid son.

Qin Fang didn't want to say anything anymore, he was also innocent.

Yang Haiyan said: "This can't be eaten."

Qin Linyang blinked: "Mom said you can take whatever you want to eat." Meaning, this is all what her mother said, and he will believe whatever his mother says.

Yang Haiyan couldn't laugh or cry. Why did she not explain it clearly? No, she overestimated this stupid son's IQ. Come to think of it, when she was this age, she didn't seem to know anything. Anyway, she didn't even remember what she did when she was this age.

Yang Haiyan explained: "Linyang, you can't eat this. Look, you take out this bamboo board and write the word ‌ on the bamboo board, and I will ask the kitchen to cook according to this word. Do you understand?"

Qin Linyang looked at his mother blankly: "Use this for cooking?"

Yang Haiyan said: "Yes, come on, give me this bamboo board so that I can use it to cook."

Qin Linyang gave the bamboo board to ‌2: "Here, let's cook."

‌Second took the bamboo board: "Okay, ‌ Young Master, ‌ Young Master, what else do you want to eat?"

Qin Linyang started to take the bamboo boards again: "This, this, this..." He took six bamboo boards in a row and said, "Here." Then he handed them to ‌2.

‌Second took the bamboo board: "‌Master, are you still here?"

Yang Haiyan said, "Come here first. If there's not enough, we'll order more." Then she said, "Give everyone over there a bowl of egg noodles." Pointing to the servant's table.

"Okay, Madam, don't worry." he said.

Yang Haiyan said to Qin Fang again: "Ms. sir, can I have some wine?"

Qin Fang said: "The wine here is not as good as the wine at home." Regardless of rice wine or fruit wine, Qin Fang drank a lot of wine this year, and Yang Haiyan prepared it for her, so He really doesn't like the wine outside.

The second person said: "Master, I have something to say. Our restaurant has a special recipe for brewing wine. It is passed down from my boss's family, so the wine I brew is different from other wines. The price is the same." It’s a lot more expensive.”

When Qin Fang heard this, he said, "Here comes someone."

‌2: "Okay."

Er quickly withdrew, and after a while, he brought two more plates of snacks and a plate of peanuts: "Guests, please rest your stomach first, the food will be served soon."

Qin Fang: "Thank you."

The food was indeed served very quickly. There were many customers in the restaurant, so the food was not slow at all.

Qin Linyang took the chopsticks to pick up the fish. He already knew how to pick up the vegetables by himself, so he just picked them randomly. Yang Haiyan is not afraid of eating other dishes, but she is afraid of eating fish meat, because the guy will put the fish bones in it too. "Do you want to eat fish? Mom will pick it up for you."

Qin Linyang said: "Okay, let's eat fish."

Qin Fang drank a sip of the wine brewed by the so-called ancestral secret recipe, but stopped after a sip: "This wine is not as good as the one you prepared. In terms of mellowness, fragrance, and weight, it is not as good as The wine you prepared.”

Yang Haiyan thought to herself that all the wine she prepared was bought on the trading platform. As long as she has money, she can buy any wine no matter how mellow, fragrant or heavy it is.

"Oh? The guest is so excited. The wine here is one of the best in the capital. I don't know what wine the guest said is more fragrant than this one?" A man in his thirties asked. The next-year-old man just walked away from here. When he heard Qin Fang's words, he couldn't help but stop. He was not angry, but rather curious. He looked carefully at the family and saw that their faces did not look like those sent by the other family to cause trouble. Of course, no one would bring women and children with them when they want to cause trouble.

Qin Fang listened to him: "Are you the owner of this restaurant?"

The man said: "This restaurant is one of my father's properties." But the restaurant's business is good, and there are many brothers in his family, so they all want to win the restaurant, but his father doesn't give to anyone, only saying who has the most promise. , leave it to whoever manages it. And these two ancestral brewing recipes were bought by his father. After this kind of wine was brewed, it was quite popular among everyone, so no one ever said that this kind of wine is not as fragrant as other wines.

Qin Fang said: "Young master, please forgive me. I'm not saying that this wine is not fragrant. I just drink wine that is more fragrant. Compared with that, this one is inferior."

The man said: "Brother, you're too polite. I'm not angry. I'm just curious. As a restaurant owner, I naturally pursue better things, so I'm interested in the more fragrant wines in your store. By the way, my name is Shi Jie.”

Qin Fang said: "You are too polite, Young Master. I only drank the fragrant wine, but I don't know how you got this wine. I'm sorry, but I can't provide you with any clues."

When Shi Jie heard this, he was a little disappointed, but not angry: "I see, brother, can you tell me where you got this wine from? Don't worry, brother, I won't waste it. This clue of yours and this feeling will be recorded below.”

Qin Fang said: "I'm sorry." He didn't know that his wife had prepared this wine, but he wouldn't tell it.

Shi Jie sighed: "In that case, I'm sorry to bother you."

After finishing the meal, the servant went to pay the bill, but after a while, the servant came back: "General, the restaurant said that I just comforted the young master for disturbing your meal, so he invited me for this meal. You took away my meal money, do you think?”

Qin Fang said: "No need, just put down ten taels of silver, just a little more."

Servant: "‌."