Farming and teaching across different worlds

Little New Year's goods.

The family of seven sat in two carriages, Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen took Jiabao, Ji's father and Ji mother took Dahong and his wife to go out to the West Market.

Sitting in the car, Ji's mother opened a small opening very excitedly, looking at the bustling scene outside.

Sitting next to her, Ji's father lightly tapped her elbow, signaling her to put down the curtain and calm down.

Mother Ji felt the strength coming from her arms, quietly closed the curtain, sat upright, looked at her granddaughter and granddaughter Xu who were sitting upright opposite her, and said, "Hong Yuan and Sun Xu haven't been here either. .This capital city is really lively."

Lu Xiangyuan replied respectfully: "I'm usually busy with official duties, so I really haven't been here, but I heard from my colleagues that this place is very prosperous, and it's very exciting."

Father Ji heard this, and said in surprise: "Really? Then you have to take a closer look. I have seen the prosperity there when I was in Yunzhou before. This time, I can compare it." looked at her in agreement.

Mother Ji curled her lips in disapproval, and said: "If the emperor's feet are not prosperous, it would be unreasonable. On the contrary, Yunzhou is really surprising."

Lu Xiangyuan knew that these two were biased in their judgment because of their uncle's relationship, so he didn't say anything more, and sat there quietly.

Dahong quietly reached out and patted his arm as a sign of comfort.Feeling her movements, Lu Xiangyuan looked back, showed a gentle smile, and shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

Seeing him like this, Dahong smiled reassuringly, then continued to sit quietly, listening to her grandmother and grandfather talking.

While they were chatting, the carriage slowly drove into the West Market Street, and there were loud cries from outside the carriage.

At this moment, Ji Xiuran couldn't bear to open the curtains, and looked at the lively scene outside.

The peddlers who bought all kinds of small food items on the shoulders and the small vendors who set up stalls on the side of the road competed and yelled hard, attracting passers-by to stop and see what happened.

Jia Bao also poked his head out curiously to look at the bustling scene outside, and seeing something interesting, he couldn't help asking.

Seeing that he was so interested, Ji Xiuran patiently explained to him one by one, and when he saw the snacks he was interested in, he would order that those who were waiting outside the car would be blessed to buy two, take one in his own car, and send it to the car behind. last copy.

When the carriage arrived in front of the previously reserved restaurant, there were already a lot of snacks in the carriage. Both Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen tasted it with interest, and gave Jiabao a few sips of the rest, and then scattered them among others. The few people who followed were eaten.

After their carriage stopped at the backyard of the restaurant, they all went to the second floor box of the restaurant and sat down.Pushing open the window facing the street, chatting while watching the excitement outside.

Xiao Er graciously brought tea and snacks, Ji Xiuran picked them up, took a sip, then put them down, and then asked people to go down to eat.

Then he looked at Shi Jingchen and said: "The tea and snacks in this restaurant are average. I don't know how the food is. I have never been to this West Market. This time I can feel the excitement."

There are four major cities in the capital city, one in the east, one in the east, one in the south, and one in the north. This west city is mostly a place where traffickers come and go, and the people are mixed, but the goods are cheap. This time Ji Xiuran chose the west market, one is to let Ji's father and mother see ordinary people in the capital He also wanted to see the life of the most ordinary businessman in the capital.

It was a worthwhile trip this time, but the goods in this West Market are indeed mostly ordinary things. He has a different identity now, even if he doesn't care about these things, but he doesn't want to be picked on by others when he entertains guests, so he has to do as the Romans do. , pay more attention, so although the things in this place are cheap, there are not many things he can use.

Shi Jingchen listened to his complaint, smiled, patted his hand, and comforted him: "The West Market is mostly a place where ordinary people come and go, and the food in restaurants is cheap, so I don't want to be willing to use good tea and water."

Ji Xiuran compared the prices of this restaurant with Piaoxiang Restaurant and Zhuangyuan Restaurant in his mind, nodded in agreement, and felt relieved, and didn't say anything more.

Chapter 169

Mother Ji sat there looking at the people coming and going on the street outside the window, and said rather contemptuously: "The scene below here looks not much different from the Daji in our town."

Ji Xiuran smiled, and said: "Most of the people coming and going below are ordinary people in the capital. They live in the city and have no land income. Maybe they are not as comfortable as the people in our town."

Mother Ji nodded after hearing this, and said sympathetically: "That's true, even the common people in the county may not live more comfortably than the people in our village. But it's only in our village, other villages Still incomparable."

Father Ji said disapprovingly: "Even so, people would rather live at the foot of the emperor than go to our small mountain village."

After hearing the disapproval, Mother Ji retorted: "That's not necessarily the case. How good life is in our Qingshan Village now, which of the surrounding towns and villages is not envious."

Father Ji still insisted on his point of view, and objected: "You can push it down, that is, the people there have never seen the world. If you give him a chance to live in the capital, they will definitely run faster than anyone else."

Mother Ji retorted with a look of disdain: "You just push it down, if it were me, you wouldn't come, the capital is nothing special."

Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen sat there, listening to the energetic bickering of the two elders, each talking about their own opinions, neither of them could convince the other, they looked at each other with a smile, and did not make a sound to stop them.

The Dahong couple sat there quietly, drinking tea and eating snacks carefully, as if they didn't hear anything.

At this time, Jiabao had already been lying on the window sill, looking out of the window, watching the bustle of buying and selling below and asking prices, and had no time to care about the fight between his grandma and grandpa.

When the food came, they ate a big meal, and then they walked out of the restaurant and went to various stalls and shops that they were interested in.

Ji Xiuran said to Shi Jingchen with a satisfied smile: "Although the exquisiteness is not as good as the Zhuangyuan Restaurant, and the novelty is not as good as the Piaoxiang Restaurant, the food in this restaurant is delicious. Although they are all home-cooked dishes, they are cheap and delicious. , but it is also a good place to go.”

After speaking, he still couldn't help but want to touch his stuffed stomach, but thinking that it would be too indecent outside, so he silently gave up.

Shi Jingchen, who heard his words, couldn't help but smile when he saw his appearance, and responded: "Xiu Ran likes it, we can come here often."

Ji Xiuran usually doesn't care about food, and he doesn't show any particular love for food. It's rare to see him eating enough for a meal. Seeing this situation, Shi Jingchen couldn't help thinking about it, and the two of them will be free in the future You can come several times.

Ji Xiuran also knew that he was so unpromising. When he heard Shi Jingchen's proposal, he touched his face in embarrassment, and gave a vague "uh", thinking in his heart that if the third brother insisted on coming, he could reluctantly do it. Come with him.

A group of people walked on the streets of the West Market. Judging from their appearance, they were handsome and beautiful, and their clothes were either rich or expensive, which really attracted people's attention.

However, these people strolled leisurely without paying attention at all, stopping from time to time to buy some small things of interest.

After they had visited the West Market and had enough of their addiction, they stopped and rushed to the South Market.

It is rare for their family to get together today, and it is also rare for them to go out together. It is estimated that this will be the first time before the Chinese New Year, so Ji Xiuran plans to visit the two busiest markets in the capital, Xishi and Nanshi, this time.

Nanshi is completely different from Xishi. Xishi is a place where ordinary people hang out, while Nanshi is a place where wealthy people come.

When the carriage drove outside Nanshi, one could see carriages coming and going from afar. Even the streets they walked on were much wider than Xishi.

Not to mention the shops on both sides, the quality and variety of things you buy are incomparable in West Market.

Moreover, because there are few small stalls and vendors in Nanshi, the noise is less, and the tranquility can be felt when the carriage is walking on the streets of Nanshi.

Ji Xiuran lifted the curtain of the car, looked outside, smiled, and said, "One south and one west are completely two worlds."

When Shi Jingchen heard what he said, he just looked outside, nodded in agreement, and didn't say anything.

Mother Ji on the carriage behind also saw Liulifang passing by, and asked in amazement: "Is there a Liulifang in the capital?"

Regarding the matter of Liulifang in the capital, the Dahong couple only listened to Ji Xiuran for a while, but they were not very clear. At this time, hearing Ji's mother ahead of time, they had no choice but to explain it lightly.

After hearing this, Ji's mother froze and said, "I didn't expect this colored glaze to be so valuable." You can get a glimpse of it by looking at the endless stream of carriages at the door of the shop.

This glass is really not a rare item in Qingshan Village. They have basically replaced it with glass windows, and glass mirrors are also very popular.

Even glazed bowls, glazed bottles, glazed tea sets, etc. Mother Ji still dislikes that the rough pottery bowls she is used to are not as good as they are used to, and they have been stored in the cabinet and have not been used.

She really didn't expect that these rich and powerful families in this capital would like these colored glazes so much.

Seeing his surprised appearance, Father Ji said nonchalantly, "What do you know, these colored glazes are bright and dazzling, and they are most liked by these powerful people, and the reason why we don't care about them is because Xiuran is thinking of the villagers. Set the price very low, otherwise you think that with our financial resources, how many families can afford these rare things."

Dahong and Lu Xiangyuan listened to Father Ji's words, and nodded in agreement. They naturally knew more about these things in the capital, and they usually came into contact with more wealthy people.