Chapter 282

In the morning of the second day, Zhulan slept quite well, but Zhou Shuren couldn't rest well, Zhulan said, "Let's change the room tonight."

Zhou Shuren waved his hand, "The inns are all facing the street. I can still hear the sound of a team of horseshoes even if they change. I couldn't sleep last night. I counted them. The patrols have never stopped all night. It seems that the imperial court used soldiers to compete with them." I estimated the time a lot earlier."

Zhulan handed the handkerchief to Zhou Shuren, "I just don't know why the army was deployed in advance. It seems that the court is not short of money."

Zhou Shuren wiped his face, "It should have something to do with Shi Qing, but, fighting a war is a waste of money and money, but you have to fight it. The life of the peasants is hard."

Zhulan was thinking about her nephews, "I don't know what happened to Wu Chun, and I didn't send a letter to my family."

"It's good news if you don't believe it. Don't worry about it. Everyone has their own destiny. Sometimes thinking about it won't help."

Zhulan was speechless, and sometimes Zhou Shuren couldn't answer Zhou Shuren's words. She took Zhou Shuren to sit down and combed Zhou Shuren's hair.

The center of power in the capital, the people in the capital understand the situation better than those in other prefectures. Although the capital is still prosperous, if you look closely, you can find that there are many motorcades coming and going, and there are also many people leaving the capital.

Zhulan waited for Zhou Shuren to send the post back, and motioned to come to the window, "I sat down and counted the convoys leaving the city from the south gate, and four convoys left in two hours, two convoys were caravans, and two convoys brought their families. left."

Zhou Shuren sat next to Zhulan, "It's not a good time for us to come."

Zhulan followed Zhou Shuren's words: "The timing is good, the situation is tense, and there are many people leaving the capital. We don't have to worry about not being able to buy a house in the capital. As for the bad, the capital will not comfort us. It's better to leave early."

Zhou Shuren praised, "That's right, when I buy the house, I'll find the motorcade to return."

Zhulan closed the window, "I just don't know if it's the war in the northwest or the frontier in the northeast."

"No matter which side starts the war, the price of grain will increase this year. Our family will sell less grain this year, and keep the rest!"

"Well, when did you say the war would start?"

Zhou Shuren spread his hands, "I'm just a scholar and I can't get in touch with it, and my estimates are not accurate, especially because there are many variables in it, so I am even more inaccurate. However, the army will go ahead with food and grass, at least we need to prepare for some days. .”

Zhulan said faintly: "That will be soon,

Be it the Northwest or the Northeast, try not to drag it into winter. Fortunately, the dynasty has only been established for twelve years, and the soldiers are still the masters of tigers and wolves. "

Zhou Shuren was not worried. Those who can succeed in rebellion are those who are brave and good at fighting. As long as there is enough food and grass, the chance of losing the battle is very small. Heroes come out of troubled times.

Zhulan chatted with Zhou Shuren for a while, and the two went shopping, and Zhou Shuren was going to visit an antique shop in the capital.

Zhulan wanted to go to the clothing store and jewelry store, so Zhou Shuren accompanied Zhulan to the clothing store and jewelry store first.

Clothes in the clothing store in the capital are more luxurious, and of course the price is also very impressive. Zhulan has taken a fancy to two sets of clothes. Zhou Shuren’s pockets are very bulging now. Naturally, what Zhulan likes is bought. Zhulan also chose a suit for Zhou Shuren. Zhulan didn't choose the expensive ones for the three clothes, and it cost eighteen taels.

Then the two went to the cloth shop. The cloth shop in the capital has all kinds of materials. Zhulan came to the capital. Naturally, they will bring some gifts when they go back. The material is the first choice. Although most of the materials are also available in Pingzhou, they can be found in Shangjing. The meaning of buying is different.

In the end, I went to a jewelry store. Zhulan didn't choose the most famous jewelry store. She knew how much she weighed. She chose a shop that was more friendly to the people and went in. This time, Zhulan didn't just look at gold and silver jewelry. When it comes to pearls, pearls are very small. Although pearls are expensive, small pearls are not that valuable.

Zhulan chose a few hairpins inlaid with pearls for the three daughters-in-law, and pearl earrings for the maids of Xuehan, and bought jade hairpins and pearl earrings for herself.

In the end, I also chose a pair of gold bracelets for Mrs. Sun, because the old man prefers gold.

Zhou Shuren said: "It's rare to come to the capital and buy two pieces of jewelry for the two sister-in-laws. We live in Pingzhou City and go back to Yang's house, and it will be even more difficult to go back in the future. looked after."

Zhulan chose two more pearl hairpins, "That's all, the shopkeeper will calculate how much money."

The shopkeeper quickly calculated, "It's fifty-six taels in total, my lady bought a lot, so count it as fifty-six taels for you."

The jewels that Zhulan chose were gold bracelets and jade hairpins. The hairpins were pearls. The pearls are really small, so they were not too expensive. Zhulan paid the silver ticket, and the shopkeeper asked, "Would you like silver or gold?"

Zhulan didn't want to carry a bag of silver, "Gold."

The shopkeeper responded, exchanged the gold and handed it to Zhulan, "Lady, keep it, come back next time."

Zhulan collected the money and left the shop. She and Zhou Shuren had a lot of things in their hands, "Send the things back, let's go to the antique shop again!"

Zhou Shuren looked down at the baggage in his hand, "That's fine."

The two returned to the inn, and the waiter came forward and said, "Guests, a scholar surnamed Deng sent you a post."

Zhulan took the bundle from Zhou Shuren's hand, Zhou Shuren took the post, gave the waiter a few copper coins, and carried the bundle upstairs.

Back in the room, Zhou Shuren looked at the post, "Deng Xiucai's house is not convenient for us to visit, he will come over tomorrow."

Zhulan took the post and glanced at it, "I haven't asked you about your visit to Deng Xiucai's house, how is Deng Xiucai's house?"

Zhou Shuren's arms were sore from carrying the burden all the way, rubbing his arms and saying: "Deng Xiucai and his family live together. When I went, Deng Xiucai was not at home. He left a post. The house is quite chaotic."

Zhu Lan thought, no wonder Zhou Shuren didn't mention it, Deng Xiucai's house must have displeased Zhou Shuren, "Let's have lunch first, after lunch we go to an antique shop."

"it is good."

In the afternoon, Zhulan followed Zhou Shuren to the antique shop. The famous antique shops in the capital have backgrounds behind them. Zhulan didn't dare to move when she entered the shop.

Zhou Shuren came here not only to gain knowledge, but also to try his luck. He has a heart of picking up leaks. As for why he didn't go to the stalls outside the door to pick up leaks, it was all because he didn't have time to look at each stall. If he lived in the capital, he would have time. Slowly pick up the leaks, but he is too short on time, and the antique shop has already screened, so the chances of picking up the leaks are higher.

The shopkeeper didn't follow either, and sat drinking tea all the time, and he could tell at a glance whether he really bought it or he was just trying his luck.

Zhou Shuren turned around twice, and said to Zhulan, "Let's go!"

The shopkeeper smiled and continued humming, it was so easy to miss.

Zhulan waited to walk away, "It's not your nature, there are still so many things I haven't seen!"

Zhou Shuren said quietly: "We shouldn't choose famous shops. There are very few fake shops in these shops. Just now, I went around twice and looked at a few of them, and they were all real. It would be a waste of time to continue looking."

Zhulan chuckled, "Then find an ordinary shop?"

Zhou Shuren shook his head, "We can't go, we are not from the capital, and we have no background, so I can't take it with me even if I miss it."

"Come on, let's go back then!"

"Go back!"

The two were not in a hurry to go back, Zhulan was very interested in the rouge stalls on the street, and Zhulan was about to pick some to give away, when a carriage stopped beside her.