Relying on Qin Shuang's memory after arriving in Tianqin Town, she walked to the door of a weapon-refining shop. When the store owner Zhang Jiaxun saw Qin Shuang standing in front of him, a smile appeared on his face and he said:
"Her Royal Highness, is there anything I can do for you, little old man?"
The words were respectful, but there was no hint of respect in his expression.
Qin Shuang saluted Zhang Jiaxun and said, "Boss Zhang, I'm here to buy something."
"Oh?" Zhang Jiaxun's face immediately showed a friendly smile and said: "Go in and pick it yourself. Once you have picked it, bring it over, and I will settle the accounts for you."
"Thanks."
"Go!" Zhang Jiaxun waved his hand with a smile. But he didn't even lift his butt.
Qin Shuang walked into the store and searched around. After a while, she came to Zhang Jiaxun with three carving knives and said:
"Boss Zhang, how much do these three carving knives cost each?"
Zhang Jiaxun glanced at the three carving knives with a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he still said with a smile:
"The carving knife on the left costs one hundred taels of silver, the carving knife on the right costs twenty taels of silver, and the carving knife in the middle costs five taels of silver."
"oh!"
Qin Shuang nodded and walked into the shop again with a carving knife. This time Zhang Jiaxun did not sit on a chair and look at the scene on the street, but looked at Qin Shuang's back with a trace of interest in his eyes.
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Shuang came to Zhang Jiaxun with three kinds of jade and asked softly: "Boss Zhang, how much do these three types of jade cost?"
Zhang Jiaxun had already seen Qin Shuang's choice, and immediately said: "These three kinds of jade are divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. In this way, a piece of high-quality jade costs three hundred taels of silver, a medium one costs eighty taels, and This low-grade piece also requires thirty-five taels."
Qin Shuang pointed to the thirty-five tael piece of jade and asked, "Boss Zhang, can this jade be cut into more than a dozen pieces?"
Zhang Jiaxun looked at the piece of jade and said, "Yes, it can be cut into fifteen pieces."
"How much will it cost?" Qin Shuang asked a little nervously. She really didn't have much money.
Zhang Jiaxun glanced at Qin Shuang and felt that there was a clear difference in temperament from the seventh princess he had met before. He smiled and said with a sudden move in his heart:
"Forget it, I will cut it for you for free."
Qin Shuang said happily: "Thank you, Boss Zhang."
As he spoke, he took out forty taels of silver and handed it to Zhang Jiaxun: "Boss Zhang, this is forty taels of silver. I also want the carving knife."
"Well, Seventh Princess, you wait here while I go cut the jade for you."
After saying that, he took the piece of jade and walked into the inner room. Qin Shuang returned the two pieces of jade to the counter, then took the five-tael silver carving knife in his hand and sat on the chair at the door, waiting for Zhang Jiaxun.
In about two quarters of an hour, Zhang Jiaxun came out of the inner room, handed Qin Shuang a cloth bag and said, "They are all here, take a look."
Qin Shuang opened the bag and took a look. Fifteen jade pieces were neatly placed in the bag. She stood up from the chair happily and smiled at Zhang Jiaxun:
"Thank you, Boss Zhang, I'm leaving!"
"Welcome again!" Zhang Jiaxun happily sat on the chair and waved his hand towards Qin Shuang.
Qin Shuang put the carving knife into the cloth bag, then put the cloth bag into his arms and walked happily towards his home.
As soon as he ran back to the gate of the mansion, he saw a young man, about fifteen years old, standing in front of the mansion. When he saw Qin Shuang coming in, he hurriedly ran over with a smile on his face and called out:
"Princess, you are back!"
This boy was a head taller than Qin Shuang, with a slightly handsome face. He was wearing the clothes of a book boy. Qin Shuang thought quickly in his mind and remembered that the boy in front of him was the book boy of the third son of the Li family in Tianqin Town.
The third son of the Li family was a person with poor cultivation qualifications, so he gave up martial arts training very early. The young man in front of him is Li Yan, Li Wenhai's book boy.
This Li Yan is one of the few friends who has good intentions towards Qin Shuang after Qin Shuang came to Tianqin Town. Li Yan is two years older than Qin Shuang and takes good care of Qin Shuang. Knowing that Qin Shuang is greedy, he often saves some delicious food from his own mouth and secretly gives it to Qin Shuang.
At this time, Li Yan saw that Qin Shuang did not see him as before, so he came up to him affectionately and called him Xiao Yanzi, with a smile on his face but he was stunned. However, he quickly took out a greasy paper bag from his arms, ran to Qin Shuang in three steps, opened the paper bag, revealing a golden chicken drumstick, and said as if offering a treasure:
"Princess, look what I brought to you?"
Qin Shuang looked at the big chicken drumstick and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but after all, she was not the thirteen-year-old Qin Shuang before, so she said with embarrassment on her face:
"Xiaoyan... Zi, you better keep it for yourself!"
Li Yan looked stunned again. He had secretly given Qin Shuang something to eat before, but Qin Shuang had never been polite. Every time, he snatches things from his hands like a robbery and devours them hungrily. This time... why did she give in
However, when he saw Qin Shuang's eyes staring closely at the big chicken drumstick in his hand, he suddenly felt enlightened. The princess is just embarrassed! Then he puffed up his chest and pushed the big chicken leg in front of Qin Shuang proudly and said:
"If I give it to you, you can eat it. Xiaoyanzi will give it to you later."
"Oh well!"
Qin Shuang happily took the big chicken drumstick and took Li Yan into the house. They came to a stone bench under a tree. She first put the drumstick in a paper bag and then placed it on the stone bench. Come to the well, pick up a bucket of water from the well, put it into a wooden basin, wash your hands, and then dry them. He returned to the stool and sat down, took the chicken legs out of the paper bag, tore the chicken gracefully with both hands, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.
Li Yan looked at Qin Shuang in a daze, and a voice in his heart shouted: "The seventh princess has changed!"
Qin Shuang ate half of the chicken leg gracefully and wrapped the other half in a paper bag again. Li Yan woke up from his daze and asked puzzledly:
"Princess, why don't you eat!"
Qin Shuang smiled gently and said, "Leave it to the nanny."
Li Yan was startled and said somewhat sarcastically: "Princess, I will bring more things next time."
Qin Shuang shook his head gently and said, "Xiao Yanzi, no need."
"Princess, I..."
Before Li Yan finished speaking, Qin Ying walked in from outside. When she saw Li Yan, she smiled and said, "Xiao Yan is here!"
Li Yan's face turned red and he said, "Hello Aunt Qin, I'm here to see the princess."
"Well, let's play then!" As she said this, Qin Ying walked towards the house. Qin Shuang clearly saw the tired smile on the nanny's face, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Li Yan hurriedly said with a guilty conscience: "Aunt Qin, it's time for me to go back. The Third Young Master might be calling me!"
Qin Ying did not look back, but just waved her hand gently. Li Yan waited until Qin Ying entered the room and then whispered to Qin Shuang:
"Princess, I'm leaving now. I'll come see you in a few days."
"I send you!"
After sending Li Yan out of the door, Qin Shuang looked at Li Yan's back disappearing in the night, and a feeling of sadness filled her heart...
"Do I, Qin Shuang, have to rely on charity from others to live?"
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(End of chapter)