Chapter 275： Eat wedding wine

Ying Bao secretly glanced at the girl in green, and sure enough she saw a look of shock on her face, then her eyes turned red, and she turned around and ran out of the shop without even taking the chestnut cake.

The girl in red who was following her didn't leave. She stared at Jiang Quan for a while, covered half of her face with a handkerchief, pointed at the shelf and said, "Brother Jiang Quan, I'll also buy a box of chestnut cakes."

Jiang Quan gave the girl in green the cakes to her: "You two can just eat one box."

These two ladies are both daughters of Pan Ji's silk and satin shop, but the one in green is a legitimate daughter, and the one in red is a concubine.

The legitimate daughter had plenty of money, but the concubine had little money.

The reason why Jiang Quan knew so much was because the two girls often came to the shop to buy this and that, and he could tell with his sharp eyes.

The girl in red's cheeks turned red, she gave Jiang Quan a slight blessing, and ran away with the pastry box in her arms.

Ying Bao secretly observed his second cousin, and when he saw that his expression did not change, he knew that this guy was not enlightened.

It is estimated that the girl in red will pay the wrong money to Southeast if she is attracted to her.

“Ying Bao, Yuan Zheng, I don’t want to go home.” Jiang Quan said to his little cousin, “Business is very good during the Chinese New Year. I want to stay here and look after the shop.”

Yingbao: "But our goods are all sold out, and other pastry shops have closed down. What are you going to do with your business?"

Jiang Quan chuckled: "I'll set up a turntable at the door and do Guan Pu."

“Guan Pu?”

Ying Bao’s face darkened: “That’s gambling. We’re not short of money, so how can we do that kind of business?”

Jiang Quan scratched the back of his head and muttered softly: "We can make it only a few days a year, let's give it a try."

The imperial court explicitly prohibited vendors from engaging in this kind of gambling business, but it would be allowed to do so for a few days during the New Year and festivals, allowing the people to have fun.

Yingbao knew that his second cousin was determined to make a Guanpu deal, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, I'll come when the time comes."

"Haha! I knew you wanted to play too." Seeing his little cousin relent, Jiang Quan jumped up happily, and then whispered: "I have already bought the turntable, let's go try it out later."

"Have you bought it? Where did you put it?" This guy actually chopped it first and played it later.

Jiang Quan asked Erni to look at the shop, and he took his little cousin to the backyard and took out a big colorful turntable from his house.

The turntable is about five feet wide, with fan-shaped patterns of various colors painted on it. Each pattern is different in size. The smaller the prize, the better.

The colors are divided into six types: black, red, orange, cyan, green and white, with varying sizes.

“Look at this!”

Jiang Quan demonstrated to his little cousin. "You turn the dial, you have to be fast, right! That's it, whichever pattern I hit with my arrow will get which product."

He raised a bow and arrow and fired it towards the turntable.

Snapped!

The arrow hit the turntable made of wooden boards. Yingbao stopped cranking the handle to see what her second cousin had hit.

I saw the arrow striking the white pattern.

The white pattern is also the most common pattern on the wheel, meaning there are no prizes.

Ying Bao pulled out the arrow and threw it to Jiang Quan, asking him to try again.

As a result, Jiang Quan shot ten arrows in total, five of which hit white, four of which hit green, and only one of which hit cyan.

“Second cousin, you can set the prize according to this ratio.”

The highest prize must also be chosen appropriately. The value cannot be too low or too high, otherwise the company will lose money.

Jiang Quan said with a smile: "I know, I will be ready when the time comes."

Ying Bao glanced at him and said, "I don't want the money you earned, and I guess my eldest brother won't want it either, but you can't indulge in it."

"How is that possible? Guanpu is only open for three to five days. I can't indulge even if I want to."

Jiang Quan put away his bow and arrows and moved the turntable back to his house. On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, Jiang Cheng got married.

Before dawn, nine horse-drawn carriages and mule carts set out from Dongchen Village, carrying betrothal gifts to the county town to welcome the bride.

The villagers did not see the exact amount of the bride price, but when the wedding team came back, the woman's dowry was lifted down from the carriage, a full thirty-six loads, which shocked the whole village.

These thirty-six dowries are all displayed on the bright side. Silk cloth, silverware, copper coins and other items are simply dazzling.

The woman’s relatives who came to see off her bride also carried bamboo baskets and threw copper coins and candies to the crowd, which immediately attracted children to rob them.

Jiang Cheng, dressed in wedding clothes, helped his new daughter-in-law down from the carriage, which made everyone marvel again.

“Oh, this girl is so beautiful, she looks like a queen in the palace. She is so talented and beautiful as Dacheng.”

Second Aunt Wang did not hesitate to praise her, and her eyes intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Chu Man, who was standing not far away.

Someone echoed: "That's not true. Look at Dacheng, tsk tsk. He didn't show off before, but now he is really a talented person. He is three points more handsome than any other noble prince."

"Haha! Of course, everyone in the Jiang family is good-looking, and now they have made a fortune. Any girl who can marry into the Jiang family will be blessed by her ancestors."

The women talked so enthusiastically that they did not forget to grab a wave of candies and copper coins.

One of them even grabbed a silver coin, and immediately laughed so hard that his teeth went out of his sight. "The Jiang family is still so generous in doing things, even spreading money!"

“Hey, you must have one or two of these, right?” someone said enviously.

“No, Jiang Cheng made a fortune by opening a shop in the county town. He bought a two-story house at a young age. Gee, he is a very wealthy man.”

Everyone was laughing and making noise for a while until the bride was welcomed into the Jiang family courtyard.

Chu Man looked at the newlyweds holding the moon in front of the stars. She almost broke her silver teeth, turned around, and walked home angrily.

Meeting Chen Zhao with Xu Bao on the way, he gave her a fierce look and shouted: "What are you doing out here with your kid? Is the meal ready?"

Not to be outdone, Chen Zhao rolled his eyes at her: "Let's go to Jiang's house with our grandparents to have a dinner instead of eating at home!"

Chu Man was angry and stretched out his hand to hit Chen Zhao: "You have something to eat, so what should I eat? Go back and cook!"

No matter how weak she is, she still knows that she can't go to Jiang's house to have dinner, otherwise she will be laughed at to death.

 Chen Zhao couldn't dodge and was slapped by her. He was so angry that he let go of Xu Bao and rushed towards Chu Man, hitting Chu Man directly in the lower abdomen.

“Ouch!” Chu Man fell to the ground on his back, holding his stomach and whining.

Chen Zhao spat at her, took his younger brother and walked to Jiang's house, leaving Chu Man to fall to the ground crying.

This woman is used to pretending, and I don’t want to pay attention to her at all.

The Jiang family has set up dozens of tables of running water banquets to entertain the whole village, old and young.

Of course, Nanpo West Village was also notified, and everyone rushed over.

Even Li Dayong and Li Eryong’s blind father was helped over and sat at the banquet to eat wine.

The wine is rice wine brewed by Jiang Dalang himself. It is sour, sweet and delicious, and even the elderly and children can have a few sips.

Long before his son's engagement, Jiang Dalang asked his wife to cook rice and start brewing rice wine. She made two large vats of rice wine, which came in handy now.

Yingbao also tasted this rice wine and thought it was better than the fruit wine she brewed. It had a sweet and sour taste with the mellow aroma of rice.

How about brewing some for yourself and saving it?

Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly saw Chu Chu calling her: "Ying Bao! Ying Bao! Come here quickly!"

Ying Bao got up from the banquet and ran outside: "Sister Chu Chu, what's the matter?"

Chu Chu said anxiously: "Chu Man seems to have had a miscarriage, go and have a look."