Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 106: Jade Dancing Figure

The two went to the commercial street.

There are many handicraft workshops here, most of which are jade and lacquerware, as well as small rattan items, which are very cute.

Jade articles include ornaments and jewelry, which are very common in Beijing and are of similar exquisiteness. Qiao Lili did not find them unusual and had no desire to buy any.

However, I have never seen lacquerware before. The craftsmanship includes gold-painted and colored, and carved and inlaid. The large pieces include boxes, screens, and tables, while the small pieces include jewelry boxes, plate boxes, fans, bracelets, hairpins, etc.

Qiao Lili chose a kang table and a screen for the old Duke's wife and Concubine Yun respectively. The patterns on them included characters from classical novels and operas, as well as characters from myths and legends. The colors were harmonious and magnificent.

I brought a fan each to Princess Zhenbei and Madam Chen Ge Lao, and the boxes they came in were extremely beautiful. Because they were so beautiful, I bought a few more sets, one for Concubine Yun, my grandmother, and myself, and I kept the rest to give away.

I bought a brush and a book box for Qiao Zhen. I asked for a few extra brushes. I'll take them to the academy to give to my little classmates. You've been eating their snacks for so long.

She bought a lot of hairpins, bracelets and other jewelry to reward the little maids in Zhenxiayuan and Lupingyuan.

I also bought two big wine gourds for Feng Shenyi. The wine gourds are made of gourds, and they are made of the same material as the gourds that Feng Shenyi used to taste wine every day. They are just painted on the outside, and painted with gold-painted pictures of Li Tieguai and Liu Ling, the wine fairy. The paintings are exquisite and lifelike. Such a gift is too good for Feng Shenyi, and it fits his image very well. One gourd is filled with medicine to save people, and the other is filled with wine, which makes life happy.

Because Haidong Academy is so famous, the cultural industry of Dunhua Ancient City is also very developed. Many books have never been seen in Beijing and the printing is also extremely beautiful. I also brought a few books for Qiao Zhen.

Qiao Lili even saw books on military strategies and battle formations, and also had gifts for her father and brother.

After buying these things, I didn't take them away. I only took a receipt written by the owner. There were too many of them, and some of them were large, so I could only go back and ask someone to hire a truck to take them away.

In fact, Yu Jingyan was a little shy when walking on this street, not because he was shy as a person, but because he was short of money. He had spent all his money on Gan Jiang, and now he still owed money to Xiao A Li. He couldn't pay for Xiao A Li's purchases, which was really depressing.

The silver Qiao Lili received was given to her by Xiang Dazhuang. Before leaving, the chief steward gave him and Tang Chengmin two thousand taels of silver each to carry with them in case of emergency. When they heard that the young lady's silver had been used to mobilize the villagers to evacuate, the two handed over the silver they had brought.

Qiao Lili only asked for two thousand taels. Fortunately, things today were not expensive.

After walking half a street, I bought almost everything I wanted to buy. I continued walking forward and came to an antique shop. The things they sold were quite old, such as jewelry and large bottles. Qiao Lili saw a set of jade carvings of dancers in the corner.

There are seven jade carvings in total, as tall as pen holders. I don’t know which dance they are dancing. Each one has a different posture, light and elegant. Some are like a rainbow across the sky, some are like a white crane flying through the clouds, some are like fairies in the blue waves, flying swiftly, and some are like a phoenix, reborn from the fire, spreading its wings and soaring.

The clothes on her body are as poetic as flowing clouds and as gorgeous as colorful clouds. Her silk dress is fluttering, and her skirt is swaying in the wind. She looks around with brilliance and whistles with a breath like orchid.

What made Qiao Lili feel most familiar was that they all had a flame-shaped flower ornament between their eyebrows.

Qiao Lili picked up a jade sculpture and played with it. "Ah Jing, look, they also put on flower ornaments."

After hearing what Qiao Lili said, the shop owner smiled and explained to her, "Little brother, you may not know that women in Dayan love flower ornaments. Flower ornaments were first spread from the ancient city of Dunhua."

“Women nowadays love flower ornaments with designs like plum blossoms and orchids, but few people know that the earliest flower ornament in Dunhua Ancient City was a cluster of flames painted between the eyebrows.” Shop owners, especially those in antique shops, always have many stories to tell and are happy to share them with every customer who comes.

Qiao Lili's heart skipped a beat, as if she had captured some incredible details.

Yu Jingyan noticed that Qiao Lili was staring at the jade carving in her hand, and thought she liked it, so he asked the owner: "How much is this set?"

The shop owner then noticed the man leading the two horses. He had not been able to see him clearly because of the horses. When he saw him, he was startled and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your humble servant, I pay my respects to the Sixth Prince." He had also been on the levee and met the Sixth Prince, who was covered in mud, on the levee.

When the stalls nearby heard that it was the Sixth Prince who led the officials of the court to control the flood, they thought that if it wasn't for the Sixth Prince, their Dunhua Ancient City would probably not exist today. They immediately knelt down again and said, "Greetings to the Sixth Prince."

"Greetings, Sixth Prince."

Then, without waiting for Yu Jingyan to say to stand up, they kowtowed and stood up and surrounded him, "Sixth Prince, go to the smaller ones and take a look. Take whichever one you like."

"What's so good about your broken thing, it's made of rattan, you should go to my place, I have jade Buddha and jade Guanyin, they can bless you with peace and prosperity."

"Why don't you come over here? I have all the headgear and jewelry. You can take them back and give them to the princess."

"Sixth Prince, it's so late. I wonder if you haven't eaten yet? The meat buns in my shop are just out of the pot. They are made of white flour and meat. They are so delicious that the soup will flow out when you take a bite."

The situation was out of control for a moment, and people were rushing over from a distance.

Not far away on the street, several women in foreign costumes also saw this scene. They were none other than the Princess of Lana and her entourage who had parted unhappily not long ago. She looked at Yu Jingyan who was surrounded with a calculating gleam in her eyes, "A prince? Ha, that's great."

Because of the noisy crowd here, the patrol soldiers came soon. Yu Jingyan asked the captain to persuade everyone to go back, saying that he was just strolling around and was about to leave.

Under the persuasion of the patrol soldiers, the crowd finally dispersed, but they did not go back. They watched from a distance, as if Yu Jingyan had stolen their things and they were afraid that he would run away. It was really a sweet burden.

Qiao Lili still likes this set of jade carvings of dancers.

At first the shop owner said he didn't want to take any money. Qiao Lili said she would give it to him if he didn't want money, so he asked for one hundred taels of silver. Qiao Lili took a look and gave another hundred taels. Even if she wouldn't make any money with two hundred taels, she wouldn't lose money either. So she insisted that the shop owner must take that much money before he would take the jade carving away.

The owner had no choice but to agree.

The owner packed the things, but Qiao Lili didn't leave them here for someone to pick up like she did with the other things she bought before. Instead, she just held them in her hands and carried them herself.

It can be seen that she really likes it.

Seeing that she was going to ride a horse in a while, the owner wrapped the jade carving of the dancer again to make sure it would not break, and tied it behind the saddle.

Wuzong was unhappy now.

Yu Jingyan took out a piece of candy and gave it to it to calm it down.

Little Ali is so well behaved, why does her horse have such a bad temper?

Tsk, if little A Li was good, he wouldn't have come here. Does your Wuying have a good temper? Seeing that you didn't give Wuzong candy to it, it started to scratch its front hooves. A horse without a temper is not a good horse.

Dinner was served at the most famous Zhaixing Tower in the ancient city. Because it is close to the sea, the dishes are mostly seafood. For some reason, Qiao Lili, who was born and raised in Beijing, likes to eat seafood very much. It feels like every dish is on her taste buds.

"You like to eat so much? I'll take their chef back." Seeing that Qiao Lili enjoyed her meal, Yu Jingyan wanted her to be able to eat it for every meal.

"It's useless to have a chef without ingredients." A good cook cannot cook without rice. Fresh seafood can only be found at the seaside, and what is shipped to the capital are dried goods.

Yu Jingyan thought about it and realized that this was the truth, so he gave up the idea of ​​poaching.

Yu Jingyan paid the bill, which was the only money he paid today.