Blossoms are blooming

Soon after the Laba Festival, New Year's Eve came. On this day, as in previous years, the Regent's Mansion distributed food and rice to the poor people in Kyoto, so that they could have a good year. In the past, An Ziping and Fengbei did these things because An Ziyan was in poor health. It's a good idea to stay outside for a long time, now that An Ziyan's health is recovering, today he and Qiu Huaisheng will distribute food and rice together.

Because there were so many people coming, the prepared food and rice were distributed within a short while. The two who were free saw that there was still time, so they decided to go out for a stroll.

Although An Ziyan was born in Kyoto, he seldom went out, and he had never even seen the market. Firstly, it was because of his poor health. Second, even if there was something he wanted to buy, he could ask his servant to buy it for him. With the bustling scene outside, An Ziyan couldn't remember the last time he visited the market.

Two handsome men walking on the road will inevitably attract the attention of young ladies who have not left the court. Being stared at like this made An Ziyan feel a little embarrassed, and then he walked next to Qiu Huaisheng.

"If you don't like crowded places, let's go back!" Qiu Huaisheng said.

"It's okay, let's go shopping for a while, finally come out!" Suddenly realizing that he was too close to Qiu Huaisheng, and thinking of the relationship between the two of them now, An Ziyan kept a distance from Qiu Huaisheng in embarrassment. Holding Qiu Huaisheng's shoulders as he walked, An Ziyan began to feel embarrassed again.

The two walked like this, but not long after they walked, a child bumped into An Ziyan, because An Ziyan didn't pay attention, he was almost knocked down by the child, but fortunately, Qiu Huaisheng quickly helped Qiu Huaisheng, and when An Ziyan got a firm footing Later, I found several children running towards them, still yelling "stop and don't run", it seems that those children are playing games.

When the children passed them, An Ziyan turned around to look at the backs of the group of children, with a faint smile on his face.

"Why are you laughing so happily?" Qiu Huaisheng followed An Ziyan's line of sight to see a group of children playing, but he didn't understand why An Ziyan was so happy when he saw those children.

"It's nothing, let's go!" After finishing speaking, An Ziyan turned around and continued walking forward, Qiu Huaisheng also turned around, seeing An Ziyan's back was a bit unclear, so Qiu Huaisheng shook his head, and then chased after him .

The two came to the market. It was very lively here, almost walking shoulder to shoulder with people. If you don't pay attention, you will be easily dispersed by the crowd. There are shops selling New Year's goods on both sides of the road. The whole street can be described as There is a lot of voices, the shouts of the store, the bargaining between the guests and the store, and occasionally the sound of firecrackers from a distance.

"Brother Huaisheng, since we're all out, let's go back and buy some things!" An Ziyan had never shopped outside before, and just now he saw people haggling in stores, so he suddenly wanted to try it himself, because there was no Experience, it doesn't matter even if you suffer a loss, An Ziyan just wanted to find something new.

"Then have you decided what to buy?" Not only An Ziyan, but also Qiu Huaisheng hasn't been to the market for a long time, because when he was in Tianling Mountain, most of the expenses in Tianling Mountain were self-sufficient, just like what people say As the saying goes, if you really want to buy something, you don't need him to buy it.

An Ziyan looked at the shops around him, and it didn't take long for him to see a shop selling jade directly in front of him, and walked up excitedly.

Along the way, An Ziyan has seen many shops selling jade, but those are finished products. It is the first time I have seen jade stones that have been excavated like this. If there is no jade written on the front, it may be something else People think that what is bought here is stone instead of jade.

I couldn't see clearly from the place I was standing just now, but when I walked in, I found that the surface of the uncut jade stones looked just like ordinary stones, and it was probably because of this that this shop was more deserted than other shops.

"Guest officer, please feel free to take a look!" After finally waiting for two guests to arrive, the store naturally treated them well.

"Is there really jade in these stones of yours?" An Ziyan picked up a piece of raw jade in front of him and played with it. Don't know anything.

"That's natural. These are all picked from different places. It is guaranteed that they all contain jade, agate or emerald. It's just that some of the jade in it will be worse, and some will be better! If the guest officer buys it back, there is really no jade. If you are inside, you can tell the old man to go to the government office!" The shopkeeper said solemnly.

"Then how can we know whether the quality of the jade in these stones is good or bad?" An Ziyan played with it a few times in a row, and found that the weight of stones that seemed to be the same size was different, and he didn't know that the heavier jade was of better quality. It's better to be lighter.

Qiu Huaisheng stood on the side without making a sound, just picked up those stones as a cushion, or brought those rough jade stones up to his nose to smell them.

"It's not easy for this old man to tell you, the guest officer! Why don't you explain it to the guest officer? In fact, what this old man is doing is betting on stones. Do you know what is called betting on stones?" An Ziyan shook his head, seeing An Ziyan shaking his head, The shopkeeper laughed smugly. "As the name suggests, this stone gambling refers to selling unprocessed jade stones. The price is two taels of silver per catty. Some people can buy a piece of good jade with very little silver taels, but there are also many people who spend thousands of dollars. Both failed to get a good piece of jade!" After being told by the shopkeeper, An Ziyan probably understood.

"Ziyan, do you want to gamble?" Qiu Huaisheng put the jade stone back to its original place.

"Then let's gamble, but I don't know that there is a good jade in that stone!" Anyway, it is only two taels of silver per catty. Spend money to let others have a good year. Seeing that there is no one in this shop, it must have never been opened for a day.

The passers-by just heard the store's answer, and it happened that An Ziyan was about to gamble with stones, so they all came up curiously. After a while, this small shop was crowded with people on the third and outer floors. In fact, there were some people inside. I also know that this is gambling stones, but because they are ordinary people, they don't have so much spare money to gamble on these things. If they gamble well, they can sell them to the shopkeeper of the jade shop. If they gamble badly, they probably throw them on the ground. No one picked it up, so they didn't dare to take the risk to gamble on these.

Qiu Huaisheng didn't speak, and continued to pick up the stone to weigh it, then shook his head and put down the stone in his hand, An Ziyan saw Qiu Huaisheng like this, and felt a little excited in his heart, he could guess that Qiu Huaisheng must know these things.After a while, Qiu Huaisheng picked up a rough jade stone about the size of a fist, and he smiled triumphantly as soon as he got the stone in his hand.

Seeing Qiu Huaisheng laughing, the seller felt bad. In fact, most of the jade in the stones inside were of inferior quality, but in order to prevent some insiders from seeing something wrong, he put in a few It's better, it seems that this kid in front of him is not simple.

"You take this one first!" An Ziyan nodded, and then took the original jade stone that Qiu Huaisheng handed him, while Qiu Huaisheng continued to grope in the pile of stones. He pointed and discussed in a low voice.

Not long after, Qiu Huaisheng touched another stone. He put the stone in front of his nose and smelled it. This time he smiled even more proudly, and the seller who saw Qiu Huaisheng's smile again began to take out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead. , I thought to myself, don't come again, or he will lose a lot!Qiu Huaisheng saw that the seller's face was not good, so he stopped. He felt that after touching so much, there might not be any good rough jade. Two pieces are enough, and one of the two pieces is the size of a fist, and the other is the size of a fist. It is bigger than two fists.