Chapter 1354: Chapter 1354: Preparing to Leave Beijing 9 Chapter 1354: Chapter 1354: Preparing to Leave Beijing 9 Coming across soone who knows their stuff naturally allows one to raise their price.
Therefore, Jin Lao Qi was straightforward, taking out the items he had prepared, including porcelain, jewels, calligraphy, paintings, and decorative pieces, “If it wasn’t from the imperial palace, then it was from the nobility’s households. During the war era, I avoided nurous lootings to preserve these. Now that I am old, who knows how much longer I’ll live? What use are these things to if I keep them at hand?”
At this point, he laughed in self-derision, “The items I’m offering are more nurous and valuable than those from Qiao San. I don’t want a penny from you; I only want food, at least three hundred catties of fine grains!”
“We don’t have that much on hand right now,” Lu Jiang chid in; they had only brought a little over one hundred catties of fine grains.
“That’s okay, you can take the items first, and as for the grains, you can deliver them to tomorrow, or send them whenever you have them; I’m not in a hurry.” Jin Lao Qi was especially carefree, “The monthly grain ration is hardly enough for , and it’s mostly coarse grains. It’s not like I see fine grains every New Year’s festival, and even when I do, I can’t grab any. Just give so to fill my stomach for now.”
Lu Jiang nodded in agreent, “We have your address, so we can send you a monthly share in the future. Right now, it’s really difficult to co up with that much at once, but we can give you one hundred twenty catties of grain along with so cured at, sausages, and peanut oil for now.”
“Great!” As soon as Jin Lao Qi heard ntion of cured at, sausages, and peanut oil, he agreed without hesitation.
The trade was completed, and each party collected their goods.
Watching them pack and arrange their items, Feng Qingxue, bored, drew out the Ivory Mat, rolled it up, and held it in her arms. She casually said, “Jin Qiye, I heard from Qiao San that your ancestor was a Baylor during the Qianlong Era. Which Baylor? You know, my family ancestor was a princess from a Baylor’s residence during the Qianlong Era. It seems we might have so connections.”
Jin Lao Qi was taken aback and eyed them for a mont, “You are Han Chinese, aren’t you?”
“Yeah, are you referring to the old saying about Manchu and Han not intermarrying?” Feng Qingxue said with a smile.
Jin Lao Qi nodded, “Let’s not talk about the late Qing; it was all chaos. But before and during the height of the Kangxi and Qianlong reigns, Manchu and Han indeed did not intermarry. However, there were precedents. Manchu princesses could be registered under the nas of Han officials and then marry Han n. That wouldn’t be considered a violation of the intermarriage prohibition and would also promote goodwill between Manchu and Han. One of our ancerstors had a great-aunt who married out like that, her surna seed to be Lu, and she was very favored. But their family fell into decline long ago; they never lasted more than three generations in wealth and I’ve no idea where their descendants ended up.”
Hearing this, Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue looked at each other in disbelief.
Could it be?
Feng Qingxue had only made a casual ntion, and they might have run into a relative from countless generations back?
Jin Lao Qi couldn’t see the couple’s expressions and asked with interest, “Which princess did your ancestors marry? If she was from a Baylor’s household, she must have had a title. If she was favored and born to the primary consort, she might have been titled a ‘Doroi Princess’; if not favored or born to a side consort, that would be another matter.”
Lu Jiang hesitated for a mont before shaking his head, “I don’t rember, just that she was a princess.”
They knew they couldn’t say more as they did not wish to continue reminiscing about relatives with Jin Lao Qi.
“What’s your surna? If your ancestor married the old lady, then you are directly descended from her,” Jin Lao Qi, who was alone with no other relatives, pressed on with the persistence of soone determined to get to the bottom of the issue, “We might be relatives, you never know.”
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