AWB Chapter 218 Dongzhu
Chapter 218 Dongzhu
As it is near the end of the year, the county town is particularly busy. At this time of year, small-scale trade is allowed between the four countries.
In the county town, you can see novel and exquisite gadgets from various countries.
Shang Ruoyi arrived at the shop and was about to leave when she saw a woman in brocade clothes walk in, followed by a group of maids.
"Miss, Miss, please slow down." The maid behind her reminded, "Be careful!"
As soon as she finished her words, the lady she was talking about bumped into someone who had just bought milk tea.
"Ouch!" There was only a scream, and the next moment, the woman in brocade clothes was soaked. The most important thing was that the milk tea had just been made and was very hot.
"So hot! So hot!"
When Shang Ruoyi heard the sound and rushed over, the maid behind her was about to roll up her sleeves.
"Stop!" Shang Ruoyi shouted loudly, and she stepped forward quickly: "If you take off my clothes now, the skin and flesh on my body will fall off."
what?
The maids quickly took their hands off.
"What should we do now?" They had never experienced such things before. They were all at a loss for a moment.
"Go to the backyard." Shang Ruoyi said loudly, "Take the buckets and go outside to get some snow. If there is any ice, bring it in as well."
Although they didn't know why she wanted these, they didn't dare to delay and hurried outside with containers to collect snow.
Fortunately, there was a snowfall a few days ago, not too big but not too small, and the weather was cold, so the snow on the road had not melted yet.
There was still icicles on the eaves of many shops.
The woman in brocade clothes followed Shang Ruoyi to the backyard, and she took out the snow and put it into her robe.
"What are you doing?" She screamed out from the cold, "Do you want to freeze me to death?"
"If you don't want to leave scars on your body, just shut up." Shang Ruoyi's eyes were cold and serious.
When she heard that it would leave scars, the woman in brocade clothes was also very scared.
"Will it leave a scar?"
"If you cooperate, maybe not. If you don't, I can't guarantee it." Shang Ruoyi said in a low voice: "Be patient."
The woman's eyes were red. "Please, please help me. I can't have any scars on my body. I just got engaged. If I have any scars, I won't be able to keep the marriage."
Shang Ruoyi kept putting snow into her robe. The woman in brocade clothes was shivering from the cold, her face turning blue and purple.
"Okay, are you ready?"
Shang Ruoyi nodded, and she carefully took off her clothes, revealing large patches of red on her skin, but fortunately there was no broken skin.
Shang Ruoyi felt relieved.
"How is it? Will it leave scars?"
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission."
Hearing this, the woman in brocade clothes cried even harder.
Shang Ruoyi took out a porcelain bottle and smeared the spiritual spring water in the bottle on her scalded skin.
The skin that was just burning suddenly felt cool.
She couldn't help but widen her eyes, looking at the porcelain bottle in her hand, and asked in amazement: "What kind of potion is this? It has such a miraculous effect."
“Exclusive secret recipe.”
"What kind of herbs are in it?"
Shang Ruoyi couldn't help but laugh. Didn't this girl understand what the secret recipe was?
Since it is a secret recipe, it cannot be passed on to others.
"Girl, I'm still counting on this potion to make money, so I won't reveal the formula."
The brocade-dressed woman thought about it, and her eyes lit up: "In that case, how about you sell this potion to me?"
Shang Ruoyi smiled when she heard this and said, "Judging from your attire, you are probably not from Tianshun."
"I am the legitimate daughter of the Beiling Li family."
Beiling Li family?
She frowned slightly. From Beiling?
Having dealt with people from Beiling several times, she had a very bad impression of them.
Just as he was about to refuse, he heard the woman say, "You won't lose out if you cooperate with our Li family. Our Li family is an imperial merchant, and we specialize in providing Dongzhu to the Beiling royal family."
Dongzhu?
The words of rejection swirled around in his mouth before he finally swallowed them.
The so-called Dongzhu is the pearl from the previous life.
In Shang Ruoyi's eyes, pearls are not that precious, they are just a kind of decoration, but in Tianshun, Dongzhu is a symbol of status.
Only the royal family and the nobility can enjoy it, and the wealthy businessmen are willing to pay a large price to purchase the inheritance. If someone uses Dongzhu to make a set of jewelry, I am afraid they would not even dare to wear it, for fear of being spotted by thieves and stolen.
"Besides paying tribute to the royal family, do you sell it elsewhere?" Shang Ruoyi put away the potion in her hand and handed her a dress: "You and I are similar in shape. If you don't mind, put it on first!"
She took the dress and her eyes lit up: "This is warm satin!" Warm satin is extremely precious. Beiling is located in the far north, where the weather is cold and more than half of the year is winter. For this reason, they are very fond of warm satin.
The Li family was an imperial merchant family and was very wealthy. In previous years, they would purchase warm satin from Tianshun to make clothes. After all, there were not many families that could afford warm satin. Every time she wore warm satin to attend a banquet, the young ladies of various families were very envious.
But when she went to purchase again this year, she didn't buy even one. Unexpectedly, today she saw a pattern here that she had never seen before.
This must be the new stuff this year.
She looked at Shang Ruoyi and blinked: "Excuse me, does the milk tea business make a lot of money?"
Shang Ruoyi didn't react for a moment. Seeing that she didn't respond, the woman curled her lips and said, "A piece of warm satin is worth a thousand gold coins, and it can't be bought with silver." She pointed to the dress in her hand and said, "Every year, Daddy buys me a few pieces of it, and he buys every pattern. I have never seen the pattern of your dress before, it must have been available this year. However, when Daddy sent people to buy it this year, it was said that all the warm satin had been bought by a guest."
They felt very sad to buy a few pieces every year, and she couldn't imagine how much silver it would cost to buy all the warm satin this year.
When she first arrived in Tianshun, she heard that milk tea was extremely popular. When she walked on the street, many people were holding a cup in their hands. She thought it must be extremely delicious.
Now, seeing that she was giving away such precious warm satin, she guessed that the income from this business must be very considerable.
After hearing her explanation, Shang Ruoyi couldn't help but find it funny.
"Ms. Li has also seen that this is just a small business and I can't make much money."
Li Xia Xia didn't believe it and curled her lips: "If you don't want to talk about it, forget it. Although I am interested in milk tea, it's just a drink on weekdays. However, I am very interested in the potion in your hand."
Shang Ruoyi's eyes sparkled. Wasn't she also interested in the Dongzhu of their Li family?
"Although the production of Dongzhu is not high, each small pearl is extremely valuable. Apart from the tribute to the royal family, there are still some left every year."