Chapter 172

"Mr. Duanmu!" The shopkeeper saw Duanmu ring, surprised to welcome out, "Welcome!"

"Two rooms up." Duanmu rang.

"Well, this way, please." Then the shopkeeper looked back at Li Changting, and was even more shocked. He almost knelt down, "General Li!"

Li Changting: "I am no longer a general."

The shopkeeper quickly corrected: "Mr. Li, you are here. I'm really scared. Please come in! Who is this lady

Li Changting: "my wife."

The shopkeeper was surprised and said quickly, "Oh, General Li has been married. Congratulations, you and your wife are a perfect match!"

The shopkeeper's tongue is as bright as lotus. He leads the three people to the second floor.

"Mr. Duanmu, Mr. Li and Mrs. Li, what would you like to eat?" The shopkeeper then took out a list from his pocket and respectfully handed it to Duanmu Xiang. "At present, the shop can only cook these coarse meals. Please don't dislike them."

Duanmu ring opened the list and scanned his eyes. They were all home-made vegetables: "it seems that people in Beijing are not doing well either."

The shopkeeper said with a wry smile, "it's true that the vegetables outside are going to be sold at a sky high price. The meat has to be kept in the palace. We common people can't eat it for a long time."

Duanmu ring: "although some vegetables, but also sold not cheap."

Shopkeeper way: "need not money."

Duanmu ring: "do you think we have brought a lot of food?"

Shopkeeper: "we don't need food either. Our old mother is ill. She tells me that if I see Mr. Duanmu, please go to the mansion. We will take care of all the food and clothing."

Duanmu rang but said: "I don't want to see a doctor recently. We'll solve it by ourselves. Go down."

What else does the shopkeeper want to say, but Duanmu Xiang's work depends on his likes and dislikes. If he says he's not willing, he'll be even more reluctant if he tries to persuade him. It's not impossible for him to leave at that time.

The shopkeeper understands Duanmu Xiang's temperament, so he can only withdraw and plans to find a suitable opportunity to ask again next time. Just because he doesn't want to see a doctor recently doesn't mean he doesn't want to see a doctor in the future.

Xu Qing lies by the window and looks out. The houses in the capital are bigger and more exquisite than those in other places. Unfortunately, the streets are empty and the sun is burning everywhere. The houses seem to be melting.

The three closed the doors and windows, entered the space, and came out at night.

In the evening, the capital city suddenly became lively. Although it was still very hot, the shops on both sides rolled up their curtains and hung lanterns. There were also some vendors on the street setting up stalls, and pedestrians fanned back and forth. At a glance, there were all kinds of people.

The first time I came to Beijing, Xu Qing of course wanted to go out for a walk. Although Duanmu ring and Li Changting were tired of this place, they didn't find it interesting.

Duanmu Xiang is too hot to go shopping. He enters the space, and Li Changting accompanies Xu Qing out for a walk.

Xu Qing looked all the way and found that the capital was still trading with silver, but the price was a little too high. It was cheaper to buy grain.

She changed a bag of vegetables for two sets of children's clothes. When she came to a street corner, she suddenly saw a sign that said: one kilogram of charcoal: one kilogram of grain, twenty kilogram of charcoal.

"Where is this charcoal sold?" Asked Xu Qing.

Li Changting asked the merchant next to him. The merchant reported an address. It was in a family 20 meters away from here.

Li Changting went to knock on the door. It took quite a while for someone inside to come out.

"Do you sell charcoal?"

"Sell

The boss warmly invited Xu Qing and Li Changting into the yard and took several candles out of the room.

"What kind of charcoal do you want to buy?"

Seeing the mountain of charcoal piled up in the yard, Xu Qing asked, "which is one kilo of grain for twenty kilos?"

The boss said: "it's this kind of silver bone charcoal. It's Royal charcoal. It's hard to burn and it's not easy to put out. It doesn't smell like smoke when it burns. It's the best charcoal."

Xu Qing picked up a piece of charcoal and looked at it. The charcoal was black and shiny. The shape of the charcoal core was like a snowflake, and there was no smell. It was really good charcoal.

Xu Qing looked at the boss: "I buy more, can you give me some discount?"

The boss asked, "how much do you want to buy, madam?"

Xu Qing: "a thousand jin."

The boss restrained his joy: "if you buy 1000 Jin, you will get 48 Jin of grain and send it to your house for free."

It used to cost 50 Jin of grain, but it was only two Jin cheaper.

Xu Qing: "I don't live in the capital. We will take 45 Jin of grain by ourselves. It's up to you to sell it or not. In this hot day, I buy Charcoal just for hoarding."

Xu Qing doesn't have to buy it. She never lacks firewood. She buys charcoal for barbecue or cooking. Even in winter, every family still has Kang to warm. There are not many places to use charcoal.

The boss looked tangled for a while, and finally said: "OK!"

The price of this kind of Royal charcoal has always been relatively high. If it wasn't for the weather that his family would be unable to open the pot, he would not be willing to sell it at such a low price that he could not even earn the capital.The boss tried to ask, "I still sell stoves here. Would you like to have a look, madam? There are charcoal stove, incense burner, handstove and brazier! "

Xu Qing: "where is it?"

The boss asked: "in the warehouse, two here please."

Xu Qing asked how to sell it. The boss thought about it and quoted a price. Basically, he sold it by Jin, which was quite cheap.

These stoves are very good in workmanship, exquisite in shape and excellent in materials.

The boss said that he didn't have a shop. Usually, the royal nobles came directly to him to make a list. If he didn't have enough food at home, he would not be willing to sell it so cheaply. It would be like picking it up for nothing.

According to Xu Qing, he finally chose one big, two small, three charcoal stoves, two incense stoves, ten hand stoves, and three braziers. All of them add up to seven Jin of grain.

The total amount of grain is 52 Jin. We have to discuss this.

Xu Qing said to his boss, "besides rice, do you want anything else to eat, such as dried vegetables, dried turnips, dried sweet potatoes, dried beans and so on?"

However, before taking out the food, the boss didn't know what the dry food was like. He didn't dare to answer it casually. He only said that Xu Qing would bring it tomorrow.

However, the boss worried that Xu Qing would change his mind and not buy it tomorrow, and asked to pay a part of the deposit in advance, even if Xu Qing had only a few small cakes in his hand.

At least the boss can comfort himself, even if Xu Qing defaults, he is not busy tonight.

After leaving the place where the charcoal was sold, Xu Qing went to see several oil workshops. These oil workshops did not press oil for a long time, but sold oil for storage. The price was very expensive, so Xu Qing was not interested in it at a glance.

After a circle from the market, they returned to the inn.

After coming back, Xu Qing discussed with Li Changting, "do you want me to hire a carriage to send the charcoal out of the city and put it in the space?"

Li Changting: "don't bother. Tomorrow I'll rent a carriage and send everything to Duanmu mansion. He has a house in the capital."