Qiuniang said in bewilderment: "Two...two taels of silver?" She wondered if she had misjudged her.
"Yes." The middle-aged man said with a smile: "If it doesn't work out, you can still get it cheaper by five cents. One or two or five cents is the lowest price, and it can't go any lower."
Qiuniang was suspicious. She looked the middle-aged man up and down, wondering if this middle-aged man was mentally ill.
"This boat...really belongs to you?" Although Qiuniang felt that it was rude to ask, she still asked.
The middle-aged man laughed and said, "Madam, do you suspect that I stole this cruise ship? Don't worry, this cruise ship is indeed owned by me, but as long as you put forward one, two or five coins, it will be yours."
"Sister Qiu Niang, do you have any money?" Qin Xiao finally asked.
"There is a belt." Qiuniang took out her embroidered money bag. She felt as if she was in a dream and couldn't help but hand the money bag to Qin Xiao.
However, Qin Xiao nuzzled at the middle-aged man and said, "Give him a tael of silver. Brother, we have taken a fancy to this boat. We will make a deal for one tael of silver at a fixed price."
The middle-aged man sighed and said: "Since Mr. Qin has spoken, one or two is one."
Seeing that Qiuniang was still hesitant, Qin Xiao took the money bag from her, opened it, took out a year or two of silver and handed it over. After the middle-aged man took it, he took out a deed from his arms and handed it to Qiuniang and said:
"This is the deed. With this deed in hand, you can prove that the cruise ship belongs to you." After Qiuniang took the deed, she pointed to the north and said: "Two miles ahead is the Yushi Pier.
, your cruise ship has a special docking location there. We have paid the docking fee for three years, so starting from today, you can park the boat there at any time within three years, and no one will ask you to charge it.
Penny."
Naturally, the cruise ship cannot be carried home. There are docks on the rivers in Kyoto. After the cruise ship docks, someone will guard it to ensure the safety of the cruise ship. However, you need to pay a docking fee. Because the docking is not fixed, the dock charges are per day.
For one docking, no matter how long it takes, two cents are charged. The price is not expensive, but it costs five to six hundred cents a year. If converted into silver, it also costs about five cents, which is half the price of many boat girls.
monthly income.
Now Yushi Pier has paid docking fees for three years, which is nearly 2 taels of silver. One tael of silver was used to buy the ship, but the other party paid 2 taels of docking fees. Qiuniang was a little confused.
The middle-aged man didn't talk nonsense, put the one tael of silver into his arms, cupped his hands, and turned away.
When the middle-aged man was far away, Qiuniang thought for a moment and turned to look at Qin Xiao suspiciously. She was certainly not stupid. Buying a boat this time was extremely strange. She hadn't realized it just now. Now she had thought clearly and glared at Qin Xiao.
Xiao glanced at it and said, "Is it your fault?"
"What?"
"Don't think I don't know." Qiuniang said slightly angrily: "You two teamed up to deceive me. That man is not stupid, he looks very smart. Twenty taels of silver is not enough for this boat. He
No matter how stupid you are, you can't sell it to me for just one tael of silver. You paid the silver first, right?"
Qin Xiao touched his ears and just smiled without commenting.
Qiuniang glared at him again, twisted her waist and walked away. Qin Xiao said hurriedly: "Sister Qiuniang, don't be angry. If I directly give you money to buy it, you will never agree. I asked,
The cruise ship business has been booming recently, old boats are hard to find, and the tide is rising. It is really difficult for you to buy a boat with the money you have. A boat is really important to you and Brother Gu. If you continue to delay, your situation will only be
It’s getting more and more difficult.”
Qiuniang knew what he was telling the truth and sighed.
"I have no choice but to do this." Qin Xiao said: "With this boat, even if I leave Beijing, I will leave with peace of mind."
Qiuniang knew that Qin Xiao really had good intentions, so she couldn't get angry at him, so she could only say: "I told you before, we don't...!"
"I understand!" Qin Xiao immediately interrupted: "I know very well what kind of person you and Brother Gu are. But Brother Gu and I are friends. What is a friend? It means helping the other person when he is in trouble. I used to
We were in a difficult situation. If it weren't for Brother Gu, the consequences would have been disastrous. At that time, he regarded me as a friend." Wei leaned closer to Qiuniang and whispered: "I was injured by an arrow that night. If it weren't for you, I would have died on the street.
You all extended your hands when I was in trouble. Now that Sister Qiuniang is in a little trouble, I extend my hand to help. Is there anything wrong with me?"
Qiuniang lowered her head, thoughtfully.
This boat is too important to the Gu family. Of course Qiuniang cannot accept Qin Xiao's one tael of silver, but she really doesn't know how to refuse this boat.
"Consider this boat lent to you by me." Qin Xiao said: "You use it first. Next time I return to Beijing, if you make money and buy another boat yourself, there is nothing to say, right?
"
Qiuniang was startled, thinking that if it was Qin Xiao who borrowed the boat, it would not be unacceptable. She thought for a moment and then said: "Tell the truth, how did you get this boat? If you don't explain clearly, I won't borrow it."
Qin Xiao knew that Qiuniang had actually agreed to borrow the boat, but she just couldn't save her face and wanted to find a step. She smiled and said: "Then I said, you have to accept this boat."
Qiuniang nodded and hummed softly.
"I went to the shipyard five days ago and ordered the best cruise ship from them." Qin Xiaodao: "I asked them to deliver the goods within five days and sell it to you for one tael of silver."
"Five days?" Qiuniang glanced at the cruise ship and said, "Such a cruise ship cannot be built in less than ten days and a half."
Qin Xiao smiled and said: "Five days and five nights, that's ten days."
Qiuniang looked at Qin Xiao, she had a deep heart, and she knew in her heart that if it hadn't been for a large price that the shipyard could not refuse, the shipyard would not have been able to build such a cruise ship in five days by working day and night.
She didn't know what to say for a moment.
Qin Xiao tied the reins of the Black Overlord to the tree. Without any nonsense, he jumped on the boat first and waved to Qiuniang: "Sister Qiuniang, let's get the boat to Yushi Pier first, and then you can start work tomorrow.
Let’s buy some good wine and food and go back later, and we’ll celebrate together when Brother Gu comes home.”
Qiuniang sighed quietly, got on the boat, walked around the cruise ship, and looked carefully inside and out. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it. Her pretty face, which was a little troubled at first, gradually relaxed, and she picked up the boat.
The pole on the boat is a little lower in the water, and the cruise ship will go to Yushi Pier.
Yushi Pier is not far away. When we entered the pier, it was only the afternoon. Most of the cruise ships were doing business outside. There were only a few cruise ships docked. As soon as Qiuniang's cruise ship entered the pier, compared with other cruise ships,
, stands out from the crowd and immediately attracts a lot of attention.
Qiuniang couldn't help but puff up her plump breasts, and there was still a bit of pride in her brows. She just felt that she was really very dignified at this moment.
The caretaker of the pier boarded Qiuniang's cruise ship and issued a ticket. You can use the ticket to pick up the ship. And as the middle-aged man said before, the ship can dock at Yushi at any time within three years.
You don't have to pay a penny to get to the dock.
Qiuniang naturally knew that Qin Xiao not only bought a boat, but also paid the docking fees for three years for herself. She smiled bitterly in her heart, but she was even more grateful.
After docking the cruise ship and landing on the shore, Qiuniang looked back from time to time, as if she was worried that the boat she just got would fly away.
The two of them wanted to go to Black Overlord, but they had to pass through a long street.
This is Fenglefang, which is also one of the most prosperous restaurants in Kyoto. There are many restaurants, but the most famous restaurant in Fenglefang is Qingfeng Tower. Qingfeng Tower is not only the most famous restaurant in Fenglefang, but also one of the top five famous restaurants in Kyoto.
One of the buildings.
Qingfenglou’s West Lake Vinegar Fish, it is said that every fish is fished from the West Lake, then raised in the water, and quickly transported to Kyoto.
Therefore, many officials and officials often hold banquets in Qingfeng Tower.
The street that Qin Xiao and his wife were walking through was passing by the Qingfeng Tower with its painted eaves.
When passing Qingfeng Tower, Qiuniang couldn't help but glance inside, but quickly looked away.
Qin Xiao suddenly patted his belly and said, "Sister Qiu Niang, I'm hungry."
"I'll cook quickly when I get back." Qiuniang said hurriedly, thinking that Qin Xiao had given her a boat today, and she wanted to be extravagant no matter what, buy some good dishes, and use her skills to cook some good dishes for Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiao said with a smile: "When I rush home, I will be hungry. There happens to be a restaurant here, let's go in and have a few bites to fill our stomachs."
"Eat here?" Qiuniang whispered hurriedly: "It's very expensive here. I heard that the people who come in and out are all officials and wealthy people. A meal costs at least four or five taels of silver. I also heard that
There are people who have eaten hundreds of taels of silver in one meal, but this is not a place we can enter."
While they were talking, a few potbellied people in rich clothes came out of the restaurant. Immediately, two carriages approached. Several people got on the carriage drunkenly, and the carriage quickly left.
"We can't go to the palace, so why can't we enter a small restaurant?" Qin Xiao lowered his voice and chuckled: "Let's just taste the food and wine here. Come on, let's go in." Without any explanation, Qiuniang went into the restaurant.
Feeling helpless, I saw Qin Xiao going inside. Although he hesitated a little, I still followed him. I was really a little uneasy as I walked towards the magnificent restaurant.
Fortunately, Qingfeng Tower will not deny you entry just because you are a commoner. You are a guest. Qin Xiao and Qiuniang sat down at a table on the first floor. This restaurant has three floors, and the first floor is for individual customers.
, there are seven or eight elegant rooms on the second floor, and the third floor is said to be a place where only dignitaries can go.
Qin Xiao was dressed in commoner clothes and Qiuniang was dressed as a boat girl. After the two sat down, many guests looked over and soon showed disdain.
Many of the guests on this floor are literati and elegant guests, and some are businessmen from other places. In the eyes of these people, people like Qin Xiao and Qiuniang should not appear in the restaurant.
Qin Xiao straightened his body and ignored the strange looks around him, but Qiuniang looked a little embarrassed and restless, pinching the corners of her clothes with both hands and not daring to look at anyone else.
"What do you two want to eat?" The waiter came up and pointed to the cutting board hanging on the wall. It was made of pieces of bamboo. He asked a scholar with excellent calligraphy to write the name of the dish on the bamboo piece.
, there are thirty-two pieces of bamboo, which are written with the thirty-two special dishes of Qingfeng Tower. There are eight rows from top to bottom, with four dishes in each row. The dishes on the top are naturally more expensive.
Qin Xiao really didn't know this rule. When he saw the West Lake Vinegar Fish in the first row, he raised his finger and said, "Give me a portion of all the top four dishes."