Chapter 1914: Chapter 1921: Fei’er Is Pregnant (4)
When there was no one around, Mo Qingshan secretly said to his wife, “How are the girls the grandmother chose for Li’er? Do you need to find soone to train them? After all, they’re daughters from decent families and won’t be doing things like seducing n.”
Lady Wu said, “You know Li’er’s temper, if a girl doesn’t align with his thoughts, even if she seduces him naked, he wouldn’t look at her more than once. Instead, he’d be more repulsed. This matter can’t be rushed. Slowly, I see among these girls, there’s one nad Huan Yun, she’s quite presentable. Maybe in the future, our grandson will co from Huan Yun.”
Mo Qingshan said, “How about we first open Huan Yun’s face and put her in Li’er’s room?”
Lady Wu said, “Let’s hear Li’er’s opinion first. In case we presumptively made the decision and he disagrees, we might have to dismiss Huan Yun and then find soone else again, which would be too much to handle for .”
Huan Yun has t her too. From the way she talks and acts, she’s indeed a child from a decent family. The most invaluable thing is her loyalty to Zili. If Zili could have her care for him throughout his life, it would truly be his fortune!
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Today is the first day of the bartering festival, the streets are bustling. However, those bartering are mostly poor people, and the exchanged items are mostly half-new, half-old. Cai Wei didn’t fancy them at all. She sat in the carriage with her eyes closed, relaxing as the noisy discussions from the streets filled her ears. The townspeople were exchanging items and boasting about the rits of their own possessions.
Just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard Nangong Yi exclaim: “Oh, what’s that thing?” Before the voice had yet fallen, the carriage had already stopped.
Cai Wei opened her eyes and said, “What’s wrong? Why so startled?”
Nangong Yi lifted the carriage curtain and said, “Madam, look quickly, there’s a huge turtle shell over there, as big as a bed. It’s my first ti in life seeing such a giant turtle shell.”
Upon hearing this, Cai Wei hurriedly leaned out to look, and indeed saw, beside the street, soone had placed an enormous turtle shell. It was huge, brown, and looked quite old.
At the sight of this object, Cai Wei was overjoyed, while alighting from the carriage and said to Nangong Yi, “Amitabha Buddha, I thought today’s barter would involve poor people exchanging so shabby things, never expected to gather such an unexpected find, so fortunate!”
The man didn’t understand what she ant, but seeing her joyful expression, knew it was sothing good, so he followed her out of the carriage, towards the turtle shell.
At the turtle shell, many townspeople surrounding to watch, discussing in various tongues. An old man stroking his gray beard said, “Tsk tsk, in all my years, I’ve never seen such a big turtle shell before, has it perhaps beco refined?”
Another man watching said, “Though big, it’s of no use, can’t eat it, can’t drink it, just a novelty for viewing.”
The shell’s owner heard the discussions and said discontentedly, “Who says my turtle shell is useless? Doctors want to boil turtle glue, which when smashed and boiled can be made into hundreds of small turtle shells. Moreover, cut it open, one cover, one board, each placed with four legs, it presents two beds, enough for a whole family to sleep.”
The onlookers laughed and said, “Though saying so, but you price this turtle shell for fifty stone of white rice, sowhat excessive. I’d suggest you take what you can get and exchange it with Doctor Kong for his old horse, though Doctor Kong’s horse is aged, it still has so strength and can help you work for a few years. And when it’s unable to work, you can butcher it for at and get out at least a hundred jin of good at, much more useful than this monstrous thing.”
The shell’s owner indignantly said, “You all don’t know, this turtle shell I found while being a sailor in the south, one ti while going out to sea, on a deserted island. At that ti, the ship’s owner thought it took up space, refused to let bring it back, so I covered the transportation cost with my wages from that sea trip. That trip lasted over half a year, I’m saying at least twenty Taels for the wages, plus the cost to get it back from the south, the transport alone cost more than ten Taels, all in all together spent over thirty Taels, Doctor Kong’s horse is so old that its teeth have fallen, not worth twenty Taels, you’re suggesting I exchange it for that, isn’t it asking to lose all I’ve invested?”
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