It was inconvenient to drive a carriage with so many people in the city, and Chu Ning liked to walk, so Fang Shengyu asked Liu Zi and Zhu Zhu to park the carriage in the backyard of the restaurant. The group of people walked, chatted and strolled around, which was quite pleasant.
As long as Chu Ning doesn't walk so fast, Fang Shengyu will be fine. After all, how can a person who has been to deep mountains really not be able to walk?
"The shop in front of me that people are constantly visiting is Yan Kee Foreign Goods Shop."
Chu Ning was very interested, "Why is their house called a foreign goods store?"
She had a little suspicion, suspecting that the owner of this store was a time traveler, otherwise why would he have such a name?
"Because most of the things inside are shipped from Western countries."
Chu Ning was startled, "Western country?"
Fang Shengyu smiled and said, "Yes, they are in the west of Daxia, separated from us by a sea. They are just a small island country. They dare to call themselves Gao Qiong Kingdom and want us to call them Heaven. In the end, they were almost killed by Emperor Shengzu.
The species was wiped out, and finally had to surrender and become a vassal state of Daxia, and then was named the Western Kingdom by the Holy Ancestor Emperor."
Chu Ning touched her nose, it turned out that she was overthinking.
"A vassal country, will they pay tribute to the court every year?"
Hearing her question, Fang Shengyu looked at her in surprise, "Of course they have to pay tribute, but the court wants to save face, so every time they give back a lot of things, they don't lose at all."
Chu Ning nodded to express his understanding, "Is this Yan family local?"
She was just a little curious about how a merchant in a small inland county could have contacts with overseas countries.
Fang Shengyu glanced at her again, "The Yan family is a famous family in the capital, and the Yan family here in Linyong County is a common branch."
It turns out that I had my back against a big tree so I could enjoy the shade.
While they were talking, they had already arrived in front of Yan Ji's foreign goods store. Chu Ning looked at her flat forehead with dragons and phoenixes dancing in interest, but suddenly she felt Fang Shengyu look at her with an inquiring gaze.
She immediately realized something, "The writing is really beautiful, but it's a pity that I don't recognize it."
Fang Shengyu looked suspicious, "I really don't know you?"
Chu Ning was funny, "What do you think?"
Of course I don’t recognize it, these are all traditional Chinese characters.
Seeing her smiling calmly, Fang Shengyu was a little puzzled, "If you are illiterate, do you still know what light, wind and moon are, and what Yushu Linfeng is?"
When Chu Jing heard this, she also looked over.
In fact, she had many questions hidden in her heart during this period, but she didn't know who to ask. In addition, Chu Ning was really good to their sisters, so she put all those doubts deep in her heart.
Chu Ning rolled her eyes at Fang Shengyu, "Have you never eaten pork or seen pigs running? There is a scholar in our family. Isn't it normal to hear a few literate words occasionally?"
Fang Shengyu said, "Chu Zhengyan, reading is pretty good..."
Thinking of the place he was in, he didn't say anything else, "Let's go in and have a look."
Chu Ning shrugged indifferently. Under the circumstances, she had to do that, otherwise she and these three poor girls would be sold.
As for how Chu Dalang will take revenge after gaining power, that is a matter of the future. There is nothing to be anxious about now.
Anyway, he can't do anything now, think so much about what to do.
Chu Jing lowered her head and thought for a while, then followed Chu Ning and asked in a low voice, "Sister, when did you ever hear Brother Dalang study?"
Chu Ning glanced at her and said, "Never heard of it."
"Then how do you know what that light and wind are?"
"Oh, Chu Wanting once showed off in front of me, saying that she would marry a scholar like Chu Dalang, and that was what she said."
Chu Ning threw the blame on Chu Wanting's head without any guilt, and happily carried Chu Ran into the foreign goods shop to see the strangeness.
It's really annoying to just say something casually and then be chased after by people asking questions.
Chu Ning held back a sigh of relief and thought about buying a few more beautiful little things to make herself happy.
However, although she had expected that the items in this store would be expensive, she did not expect them to be this expensive.
"How much did you say?"
Chu Ning pointed at the naive little novice monk and asked in surprise, "One hundred taels of silver? Did I hear that right?"
Just when she was admiring a bunch of crystal clear bracelets, Chu Ran suddenly pulled her and said with surprise on her face, "Sister, I like that."
It's rare for a little girl to take the initiative to ask for something. As an elder sister, of course she has to satisfy her. Moreover, this set of little monks with different styles looks quite cute to her, so why should she hesitate?
When she asked about the price, she was almost frightened.
The young man had a good attitude and did not look down upon her because of her ignorant appearance. "This set of novice monks was made by a clay sculpture master from Western countries and came from all over the ocean, so the price is higher."
Chu Ning finally confirmed that he heard correctly, "It's so expensive."
Just such a set of clay dolls costs one hundred taels of silver. So the enamel hand stove given by Fang Shengyu must be even more expensive?
Chu Ran heard her say it was expensive and quickly waved his hand, "It's so expensive, I don't want it anymore."
Hearing what she said, Chu Ning was very pleased. This child was really sensible, "Ranran is so good..."
"I told you how you do things. You put in all kinds of poor people and make the whole house smell like poor people..."
Chu Ning was originally bending down to talk to Chu Ran, but after hearing these harsh words, he stood up straight.
She looked at the woman who was speaking. She had a pointed oval face, charming almond-shaped eyes, and curved eyebrows. Well, she was quite good-looking, but her mouth was too smelly.
Fang Shengyu had taken a fancy to a piece of black jade before, but because the price was too high, he had been hesitant to buy it. Now that he had money, he naturally bought it quickly, just in time to wear it to show off when visiting relatives and friends during the New Year.
So after I came in, I went straight to my goal.
At this moment, he was carefully admiring the ink jade. When he heard this, he immediately turned his head and looked over, and saw Zeng Qian'er squinting at Chu Ning with disdain, and kept saying, "...
You can’t go on like this. You accept cats and dogs of all kinds. People who don’t know better would think you sell junk here..."
Fang Shengyu was furious, "Zeng Qian'er! Who do you think you are? How dare you be rude to my friend!"
Zeng Qian'er saw that the Chu Ning sisters, although they were barely dressed but without any accessories, knew that their family background was not good, and the sisters all had disheveled looks, withered and sparse hair, and they looked like they had not had many meals.
Their appearance further confirmed this view. These people definitely came from the countryside and were not from the county.
A few bastards from the countryside actually dared to wander around in a foreign goods store, treating this place as a market. I simply don't know what it means.
Zeng Qian'er was most annoyed by the poor relatives from her hometown who came to knock on the autumn wind, so she hated all the country people and wanted to step on them whenever she had the chance. Seeing that Chu Ning couldn't even afford a clay doll, she couldn't help but sneer at her.
Got up.
Little did he know that they were friends of the third young master of the Fang family.
A flash of panic flashed in Zeng Qian'er's eyes, "Fang Shengyu, why are you swearing? I didn't offend you."
"When you bully my friend, you offend me."
Fang Shengyu looked like he was finished, which made Zeng Qian'er even more panicked, "I, I just teach the second brother how to do business, how can I bully others?"