Chapter 240: White Jade Guanyin
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, according to traditional customs, it is a day to visit relatives to greet New Year. But Yang Ning came to this world and was alone and had no relatives. Therefore, he was happy to be idle. He called Shui Ling, Han Yuniang, Yue Feng and Guan Lei. He went to Qipan Street to play together.
Guan Lei is all in Yang Ning's mansion for the Chinese New Year. It's so tiring to practice with the old monk on weekdays. It's rare to have such a few days of relaxing and comfortable days. He naturally has to have enough fun. He takes Yue Feng around to have fun every day. But Yue Feng is a kind of person who likes quiet but doesn't like movement. After accompanying him a few times, he no longer pays attention to him. He only cares about studying by himself, or goes to the opposite door to ask Wen Qianshi for teaching. Guan Lei has no choice but to go to Sanhuzi, Zhang Biao and others to learn how to practice kung fu. He has benefited a lot.
Originally, Yang Ning went into the palace early in the morning to ask Princess Yongning to come out to play together. But Princess Yongning was heartbroken and passed away. She couldn't be interested in anything. Yang Ning persuaded her for a long time, but she still didn't want to come out. Yang Ning had to give up.
Yang Ning, Yue Feng and Guan Lei changed into ordinary outfits, while Shui Ling and Han Yuniang dressed up as scholars. In addition, Sanhuzi and Zhang Biao, the group went out in great enthusiasm.
Today is sunny and the weather is good. It's just that it's in the winter. The weather is still cold. However, the cold weather cannot stop everyone's enthusiasm for shopping. Especially the two little girls Shui Ling and Han Yuniang. They look around and stroll around on the bustling streets. From time to time, they chatter and discuss the small items for a long time. Both girls are children from poor families. They have always been used to being thrifty. When they meet something they really like, they are reluctant to buy it. At this time, Yang Ning naturally stood up and bought it for the two little girls without saying anything. And they also bought two copies one by one. One by one.
Guan Lei was very active. He jumped here and there. He didn't stop at once. Yang Ning knew that he was very hard to practice on weekdays, so he ignored him and let him have fun. Sanhuzi and Zhang Biao were not playing with Guan Lei at this moment. They understood their responsibilities very well. They followed Yang Ning and others quietly. Two pairs of sharp and energetic eyes looked at the crowds coming and going behind them vigilantly.
This Qipan Street is worthy of being the first-class and bustling street in the capital. Although it is already afternoon, the streets are still crowded and lively. Restaurants, teahouses, jewelry stores, clothes, silk shops, pharmaceutical shops, etc., all industries and industries are also coming and going, and business is booming.
After a round trip, Guan Lei bought a few sets of clothes. Because he was very consuming to practice. Yue Feng took out two ancient books from the bookstall; Sanhuzi and Zhang Biao bought a sharp dagger each; Shui Ling and Han Yuniang bought some rouge, beads and flowers, etc. These were all the money paid by Yang Ning. He himself bought nothing.
Yang Ning was quite satisfied with the things given to a few and a half-year-old boys. The only thing he didn't like was Shui Ling and Han Yuniang. The two little girls were too cheap. They bought a bunch of things but were basically street stalls. It was not worth a lot of money. No girl didn't like beauty. Since she came out, she had to buy some decent things for them. Yang Ning thought to herself. She looked up and saw that there was a jewelry store next to her with a very generous and luxurious face. The gorgeous plaque had the words "Jubaoxuan".
"Go in and take a look." Yang Ning greeted everyone and stepped into the "Baoyuxuan". Shui Ling and others didn't think much about it. Then they followed them in.
This "Baoyuxuan" deserves such a luxurious and gorgeous front desk. The store is even more massive. The dazzling and exquisite jade jewelry, gold and silver jewelry are arranged in an orderly manner. It is overwhelming and amazed.
At this time, there were several groups of customers in this "Baoyuxuan".
A young scholar couple who were dressed cleanly and decently but slightly shabby were carefully shopping for jewelry at the ordinary counter next to the door.
A bloated middle-aged lady was followed by a group of maids and followers. She was dressed in a jewelry manner. But she looked so beautiful that it was really unfair. It was no exaggeration to say that she was Saibi Wuyan. Yang Ning glanced and immediately turned her eyes away. However, this glance made Yang Ning see that the middle-aged lady was dressed as a third-rank maid of the imperial court. I don’t know if the wife of a minister in the court had grown into this respect.
There was another group of women, master and servant, who were in the corner of the store, with their backs facing Yang Ning. Therefore, he couldn't see his appearance clearly. But from the back, the lady had a beautiful back and was beautiful. She must be not much different from her appearance. She looked at her elegant and refined dress. She must have been from a wealthy family.
Except for the young scholar couple, the middle-aged lady and the woman were greeted by the people in the store. The middle-aged lady seemed to be the shopkeeper in the store, and she looked flattering and pleasing.
When Yang Ning looked at the store, he was dressed neatly. He looked at the clever guy who greeted him and said with a smile on his face, "I'll pay you a happy New Year to celebrate your New Year. What do you want to choose? Our 'Baoyuxuan' store is full of high-quality goods. And the goods are genuine and honest. There is no other one in the capital."
Listening to the guy's quick greeting and showing off, Yang Ning couldn't help laughing and said, "You guy is quite a tone. I want to buy two pieces of gold and jade jewelry worn by girls. I want to see what rare things you have here."
After hearing Yang Ning's words, the young man looked at Shui Ling and Han Yuniang. He smiled knowingly and said, "Yeye yeah. Please, please. This row of shelves is full of jewelry earrings, necklaces, jade bracelets, gold and jade hairpins worn by girls. All kinds of styles are new styles for the current season. Please see if you like it."
The young man's eyes fell into Yang Ning's eyes, which surprised him slightly. The young man's eyes were poisonous. It seemed that Shui Ling and Han Yuniang were dressed as men.
Yang Ning looked in front of the shelf. The texture of the earrings, bracelets and other jewelry on the shelf was quite good. But it couldn't catch Yang Ning's eyes. He smacked his lips and said to the attentive young man behind him, "My man, is there anything better?"
The young man's eyes lit up, and his face became even more smiling. "Yeyeyeye. Please come here."
The young man led Yang Ning to another showcase and said to Yang Ning: "The guest may like the jewelry here when you see it."
Yang Ning looked carefully at the jewelry in the display cabinet. It was obviously more than one level higher than the batch on the shelves just now. Although he still looked down on Yang Ning's taste, it was OK to buy such jewelry in such a street shop.
Yang Ning nodded and turned around to Shui Ling and Han Yuniang and said, "You two come here to pick and choose. See if you like it. If you choose it, I will give you what I give you. As a gift for the holiday, you can't refuse."
Shui Ling and Han Yuniang looked at the gorgeous jewelry with the same envious eyes. But after hearing Yang Ning say this, they all shook their heads at the same time. Shui Ling said: "Brother Ning. Last time you gave me a very precious and beautiful warm jade pendant. Ling'er doesn't want it."
Yang Ning immediately said, "How can that be? The last time I gave it to me last time. But I didn't give Yu Niang a gift last time. If you don't want it today, it's obvious that Yu Niang won't want it."
Yang Ning said this and hit the little girl's lifeline. She stopped talking immediately. But Han Yuniang said again: "Brother Yang, Yuniang cannot ask for the things you give me. My father knew that I would be scolded."
Yang Ning waved his hand and said, "It's even more irritating. If Uncle Han blames you, just push it on me. Don't refuse. Come and choose. If you choose, take it down immediately. Look, they don't want to be lucky." As he said that, Yang Ning made a joke about Yue Feng and the boys.
Yue Feng and a few others were standing aside bored. After hearing Yang Ning say that they were, Guan Lei rolled his eyes and said, "Pick up the two aunts quickly. After picking, let's go and play somewhere else."
Yang Ning spoke firmly. The two girls knew that the objection was invalid. First, they glared at Guan Lei and happily came to the booth to start carefully selecting.
When Shui Ling and Han Yuniang chose jewelry, Yang Ningxin walked to the exhibition stand next to it. This exhibition stand was made of art made of all kinds of jadeites. The roots were white and the leaves were green. There was a whole round "jade watermelon". There were animals made of various jadeites, black jade dogs, topaz tigers, etc. Yang Ning knew that any of these jadeite artworks would definitely be valuable. The guy just bragged about it and was not completely sarcastic. This "Baoyuxuan" really had some strength.
At the top of this row of exhibition stands, what attracted Yang Ning's attention was a statue of Guanyin Master carved from jade. This statue of Guanyin is more than three feet tall, and the whole body is snow-white. It is carved vividly and ingeniously.
Yang Ning knew that this Guanyin statue is definitely the most expensive among these jade objects. Not to mention how exquisite the carving process of this Guanyin statue is. It is only said that it can be carved into such a large one-piece Guanyin statue. How big a natural one-piece jade stone is needed. And through this Guanyin statue, Yang Ning can also see that the texture of this natural jade stone is the ultimate pure and transparent. Such a huge and pure jade stone can only be said to be something that is hard to come by. And it can also be said that such a Guanyin statue can definitely be regarded as a priceless treasure in modern society.
Yang Ning was absolutely tempted by this Guanyin statue. Because he thought of Concubine Li, who was vegetarian and chanted Buddha's name, worshipping Guanyin, and worshipping Guanyin. If she gave her this top-quality "White Jade Guanyin", she would not know how happy she would be.
Chapter completed!