Several sections of hematoxylin have been cut open, and what are sealed inside are pearls, rhinoceros beads, and agate beads.
Even though it was sealed in wax and could not be shaken, there was a faint pearly quality that came out through the wax, adding brilliance to the gloomy sky.
Su Mingquan clicked his tongue and exclaimed: "Uncle, let's abandon the fortress."
Liu Boyu grabbed a handful of melon seeds and cracked them on the ground. While doing so, he spoke: "You don't understand. The fortress is our root and cannot be thrown away. Besides, the sea is not peaceful. If there is a storm, even the ship will sink." ”
Su Mingquan dug out a large ball of wax and pulled out two round pearls: "Who came up with this method? It's amazing."
Liu Boyu smiled and said: "Cats have their own ways, mice have their own ways. The Shipping Department is so harsh, so the merchants below naturally have their own ways. As long as they are willing to spend money, they can find out."
Not to mention a few beads, they were able to bring back even the forbidden tortoiseshell, ivory, rhinoceros horn, and coral.
Su Mingquan dug beads all over the table. Liu Boyu was in a good mood and said with a smile: "I'll give you one, take it and play with it."
"Then I'll pick a good one."
"They are all good, and every one of them is a pearl. Have the ivory tusks been removed from those people?"
Su Mingquan picked out one, looked at it in the sky, and stuffed it into his arms: "Take it, two of them died. The mules this time are not easy to use. If they hadn't exposed their flaws, the ship wouldn't have been detained. Uncle, I have an idea……"
As soon as Liu Boyu heard that he was going to make a long speech, he immediately picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from the table and stuffed it into his mouth.
Su Mingquan had something to eat. After chewing it twice, he forgot what he wanted to say and took another piece: "It's delicious."
Liu Boyu cracked the melon seeds and thought casually: "The mule doesn't need to be in Kuanzhou, so that's okay."
Then he thought again: "Mr. Cheng's fight was wonderful, it saved me a lot of trouble, so I got this cargo back."
Everyone in the Cheng family thought it was wonderful.
Cheng Taishan went to Wang Zhizhou's house to apologize, and compensated countless precious medicinal materials, plus money for a table. As the party who admitted his mistake, he did not feel the slightest humiliation or anger. Wherever he went, he was beaming with joy. A magpie chirped for him.
Wang Zhizhou, who accepted the apology, did not feel the joy of victory. His brows were full of sadness, and his heart was like a cuckoo, whining and crying day and night.
However, it was inconvenient for Magistrate Cheng to openly rejoice outside, but he had to humble himself in front of Wang Zhizhou and apologize for his son's mistakes. When he returned to Cheng Mansion, he was truly in high spirits at happy events, and for the first time, he felt a lot of fatherly love for Cheng Ting.
When he met Cheng Ting, he called him "good son", and repeatedly rubbed his former "evil obstacle" with a pair of palms like palms, which made Cheng Ting's hair stand on end and he did not dare to go out.
It wasn't until the dragon and tiger list for the Betou Examination was posted to Kuanzhou and Cheng Ting was not listed on the list that Cheng Taishan's image of a loving father suddenly collapsed, and the little fatherly love disappeared.
He was furious, rushed to Mrs. Cheng, and pulled out the tall and coquettish Cheng Ting, who made Cheng Ting cry like a living donkey.
What makes Cheng Ting even more painful is that his loving mother suddenly turned into a strict mother. She did not save him from his father's slap, but looked on with cold eyes.
"I want to run away from home! I want to sever ties with you!"
While he was crying, he thought, the world is really in such a miserable state, isn't it just because he is not on the list? He doesn't like studying in the first place.
Only then did Wang Zhizhou show a smile on his face - the Beitou Examination gave special treatment to the candidates, and one out of ten was chosen. Cheng Ting had studied hard for so many years, even if he was stupid, he should have passed the exam.
While Cheng Ting was crying and howling at home, Wu Jin was already preparing to go to Kyoto and rush to Chunwei.
There is no autumn grain to be transported in Kuanzhou this year. Candidates going to Beijing must go with the caravan from Qiming Bank in Kuanzhou to Jeju, and then change to other caravans in Luoshui to Beijing.
On September 19, Wu Jin received the exam stamp from the prefect's Yamen and put it in a bamboo box for rushing to take the exam. A few days ago, Wu Yi bought a small yellow cloth flag from the bookstore and wrote the four words "I am rushing to take the exam" , and also put it on the bamboo cage, saying that if you put the flag, you will not encounter bandits.
Wu's mother's package has been packed for two or three days, and it has not been packed until today. She takes it out and puts it in, puts it in and takes it out, less because she is afraid that Wu Jin will suffer, and more because she is afraid that Wu Jin will be tired from carrying it and will be very embarrassed.
Seeing that she was about to leave in two days, her package became more and more messy, so she just pushed her father to exchange for banknotes first - if you have money, you can buy whatever you need.
Wu Yi was the only one left to guard the cake shop, and everything was busy going around. In the whole family, only Wu Jin seemed to be calm.
On September 20th, Wu Jin got up as usual at the end of the year, dressed and washed, boiled water, waited for Wu's father and Wu's mother to get up, scooped hot water for them to wash, and cooked rice in the pot. Porridge.
Mother Wu opened the lid of the jar and went to pick up the pickles, but suddenly she accidentally hit the lid of the jar.
Tomorrow Wu Jin was going to travel far, and this was a bad omen. Wu's mother thought of the tragedy in the last spring, and her whole body was burned. Her knees went weak, and she knelt down in a daze.
The ground was cold. As soon as her knees touched the ground, she immediately came back to her senses and saw that Wu Jin had come over and helped her sit down on the chair: "Auntie, I'll come."
He knelt down to collect the porcelain tiles, swept the floor with a broom, put the broom away, and walked to Wu's mother: "Mom, what's wrong with you? I'll accompany you to see the doctor."
Mother Wu shook her head and suppressed the strange feeling in her heart: "No, just now I took the lid and the chopsticks, and I got confused for a moment."
She hammered her knees: "I'm old. If you live to this age, you can't help yourself. No matter how strong your heart is, your body can't bear it."
Wu Jin stretched out his hand to cover her knees and said with a smile: "Then you can rest today. I'm feeling panicked. You go to the temple with dad, pay me respects, and ask for a peace charm to wear on you."
When mentioning this matter, Wu Mu forgot about the ominous omen just now and slapped her thigh: "I almost forgot."
She quickly stood up, picked up the pickles, cut them into shreds on the chopping board, opened the lid of the pot and stirred a few times, and shouted outside: "Dad, tell me to get up! After breakfast, we will go to the temple." Bye bye, let me watch the shop."
Wu's father was sitting on his scooter chopping firewood. He was also restless and chopped the firewood into a mess. When he heard the voice and was about to call Wu Yi, Wu Yi opened the door and came out. He washed up sleepily and said, "Mom, I want to eat." egg."
"You look like an egg to me!"
The family sat at the table, drank hot porridge with shredded pickles and ate eggs. After eating, Wu Yi went to work in the cake shop. Wu's mother pushed Wu's father and hurried to the temple to ask for a good sign.
Wu Jin looked at the sky and saw that it was a sunny day. He stretched out the bamboo poles on the patio, hung the clothes he had washed last night to dry, wiped his hands and went out.
He first went to Li Yitie's medicine shop. Li Yitie was not there, only his disciple Tang Baitie was there. Due to the rapid advancement of medical skills, Baitie's medical fees also increased, and others would not ask him for medical treatment, so he read medical books in the shop. .
There are also two or three young men who sell plasters and are putting stickers on them.
Tang Baitie stalled on the road to Shitie, unable to move forward. It was like a thousand rivers and thousands of rivers, and his savings reached the closed gate, but he just couldn't get out. When he saw Wu Jin, he said in a deep voice: "You are here. , come here, I will take your pulse, no money required, just have some fun."
