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47. First Snow

A few days later, Du Qilang returned from Hedong Road and soon caused trouble in Chang'an City.

Bai Yeying, the famous former prostitute who was about to become outdated, was a new poem by Du Qilang and a peony seat cushion. She was in full bloom for a while. At the age of twenty-eight, the newly emerged young grasses in the past years turned into pieces.

Speaking of which, the method of calculating age at this time is really a bit of a scam. Bai Yeying was born at the end of the year. According to the algorithms of later generations, she is only twenty-six years old now. She is in her youth. When she arrived here, she was counted as twenty-eight years old. After a few months, she passed the New Year's Eve. But it was twenty-nine, and it was very close to thirty.

However, at this time, literati still have to talk about sentiment and taste. They are not all for those beautiful girls. What these people pursue is elegant and elegant. Even if they have food and sex, they have to pack a beautiful outer skin. It is precisely because of this that Bai Yeying has the opportunity to make a strong counterattack.

For some time afterwards, the legend of Bai Yeying and her peony cushion spread throughout the streets and alleys of Chang'an City.

Anyone who is fortunate to see it is said to be amazing, and it is really complementary to the boundless charm of Bai Yeying and is so beautiful.

On this day, several men were drinking in a restaurant in the shop, and someone talked about this during the meal.

"It's ridiculous that it's just a small cushion that can be praised so much." One of the young and energetic husbands said disapprovingly.

"Have Liulang seen that mat?" asked him a friend of his deskmate.

"So what if I haven't seen it?" the young man said indifferently: "It's just a cushion, what's the point of seeing or not seeing it."

"Liu Lang's words are wrong." Another man in the green robe at the same table said with a smile.

"How do you say this?" the young man called Rokuro said unconvincedly.

"I'm lucky enough to see that peony cushion once." The man in the green robe said with a smile.

"Brother Ji thought what?" someone asked immediately on the table.

"It's really a wonderful thing." The man in the green robe praised.

"How to make a wonderful method?" The man was still dissatisfied.

"The peony flowers on the mat, at first glance, look like real objects. When you look closely, they are also very exquisite. When you create this object, you are very clever in coloring. Just a petal, you use red, white, pink, blue, green, black, ochre and other colors. There are many but not mixed colors. Many colors are only used at the key points. The same color is used thickly in some places and thinly in some places, which is very particular. Most people don't look carefully, but they don't know that they have used so many colors, but they just feel that they are seeing a real flower. You have to look carefully to know the essence of it..."

After hearing what he said in detail, the men at the table were also a little itchy, hoping that they would see the legendary peony cushion at any time. Unfortunately, with their background, I am afraid that I would not be able to see Bai Yeying now.

Several people were talking aroused when they suddenly heard a noise coming from downstairs.

"What's going on?" a man asked the shop's guy.

"Several husbands, there are several ox carts coming from Hedong Road downstairs, and they are about to go to the Ma Family Store. I heard that there are peony mats on their car. I've been stopped by someone and I have to buy them." The young shop clerk said with an excited look on his face.

"Really?" Several people walked to the window and looked out the window. Sure enough, they saw a bunch of long robes, short brown and husbands, and the little lady in dresses jumped up and down. Together, these people surrounded the ox carts.

"Hey, are you from the Ma Family Store?" someone asked loudly.

"No, we just go to return the ox cart and get some foot in them." These men who drove the cart were surrounded by the enthusiastic and fierce Chang'an people, fortunately one or two of them could barely hold on to the scene.

"Then where are you going to sell these goods?" someone asked immediately.

The Ma Family Store is not far from here, and people in this area know it. However, since these people are not from the Ma Family Store, they should not sell goods at the Ma Family Store. They have to find out where they want to sell them in advance.

"I haven't thought about it yet." A man said honestly.

"Hey, that's right, you don't have to think about it anymore, just sell it here." Everyone started to cheer.

"Yes, I'll sell it here." The noise suddenly started.

The men driving the car looked at each other. They were just walking on the road. When they heard people talking about the peony mat, the brothers and others talked to each other. This time, the two trucks of goods seemed to be selling them, but they were heard by someone. So they were blocked in the street.

By the way, Luo Yong had an agreement with Du Xi earlier and asked his dozens of disciples to come to Chang'an with his people to help him drive ox carts. By the way, they rented two ox carts from the Ma clerk's store. The wool felt mats they had saved up before were basically here.

"There are too many people, I'm afraid of chaos." The men were very hesitant, afraid that when the chaos broke out, the two trucks of goods would be stolen.

After just entering the city, someone from the Du family took away their own things. The rest of them found out the location of the Ma Family Trading Company and planned to go there first. Although these people don’t have much friendship with the Ma Family Trading Company, they are at least from the same place, so they always have to be more at ease.

Unexpectedly, I was about to arrive at the place, but I was blocked by people because I didn't control my mouth for a while. The small and medium streets in the yard were not always patrolling the roads outside, and no one was in charge of it for a while.

"What are you afraid of?"

"It's not messy, it's not messy..."

"Don't be too slow, just put it out and sell it."

"Set it out."

"You tell me, how much does one cost to sell? I just happened to carry the money on you today."

These people are blocking there in a mess and can't leave even if they want to, otherwise they will... be sold?

"Two hundred cents a dollar." A man tried to open the price.

Before leaving, Luo Yong also told them that the price of the mat would be handled by themselves. He would sell it for 100 cents per person and send it to Chang'an City from thousands of miles away. He would have to sell it for more than 150% of all. Of course, if the market is really bad, or if the situation is difficult, he would have to sell it even if he loses it.

This year, the government did not issue corvee labor, so the people here need to hand over cloth, and one day the corve labor is broken into cloth three feet, seven inches and five cents, which is called losing the slaughter.

Three feet, seven inches and five minutes a day, and twenty days are seven feet and five feet a day. If you encounter a leap year, you will need to add two more days.

Although corvee labor is hard, not every household can get so much fabric, especially in some families, there are more than one male, such as the Lin family, and there are four brothers. In this way, they only have several pieces of fabric.

In recent years, corvee service has not been very heavy, so many families would rather perform corvee service than produce this fabric. Unfortunately, this kind of thing is not their own decision.

This is only the part of corvee service. In addition, each cop has to pay two stones of grain every year as rent, as well as two feet of cloth and three kilograms of marijuana as a mix.

Rental and mediocre quotations are paid according to the number of male quotations, which means that there are a few male quotations at home. Luo Yong has not yet become a quotations and does not need to pay these, but the local tax and household tax are paid by every household. As long as you have a population and farming, you cannot hide.

Land tax is also called land rent, which is paid according to the amount of land. Household tax is paid by households, and this household tax is also heavy and complicated. It is probably because of this tax that people at this time basically do not take the initiative to ask for separation of households, because separation of households means paying one more household tax.

When people in later generations think of autumn, it is the golden autumn October, with abundant fruits and a bumper harvest. When people think of autumn, they are taxes and labor service, heavy burdens, and the long winter that is about to come.

On this day, Luo Yong saw that the weather was good, so he drove a donkey cart to the county town. Recently, he heard that people from other counties in the city came to sell pears.

Two disciples brought him some pears. Luo Yong took the pear at that time and rubbed it with his sleeve and then ate it. But his disciples joked that the pears had to be steamed before they could be eaten, either roasted or eaten, but they didn't eat them raw.

Luo Yong was a little helpless when he was regarded as a local bun for a while. It would be fine if he steamed and stewed. He never knew that the pear could still be roasted.

But no matter how you eat it, the pear tastes really good. Er Niang and the others like it very much. There is nothing wrong with this day, so Luo Yong drove a donkey cart into the city, intending to buy more. The temperature is low in winter, so it will not be easy to break if it is left for a while.

Previously, Du Xi bought a lot of things from him and paid off the debt he had for the last time. Luo Sanlang now has money on hand.

The weather has become colder in the past two days. It’s just past September and a thick layer of frost will fall into the night.

Erniang has not knitted wool socks recently, so she started knitting sweaters and pants for these brothers and sisters at home. Among them, Luo Yong was the first to wear the sweater and pants she knitted, because he often had to go out.

Although Si Niang often wants to go out, in Er Niang's opinion, she is just running around. If Si Niang feels cold one day, she will have to be happy for her.

When Erniang was knitting a sweater, she followed Luo Yong's advice and knitted a high-neck for him. As for the color, considering the cost issue, Luo Yong chose dark gray for himself. Black was also good, but pure black was more expensive, so it was not necessary to wear it yourself.

The inside was a dark gray turtleneck sweater and a dark blue robe on the outside. This robe was made for him by Luo's mother in the early years. The inside was cotton, which was silk. This thing was also relatively expensive for them, and most farmers were reluctant to buy it. Luo's mother was also considering that he had to go to the county to study, so she made this outfit for him. In order to wear it for a few more years, the clothes were also made wider and fabric was left in the sleeves.

It was cold some time ago, and Luo Yong took out the clothes and put them on. When Er Niang saw that his sleeves were short, she helped him put them out again. This way, the sleeves were long enough, and there was a circle of fabric on the cuffs that were different from other parts. Luo Yongquan thought it was decorated.

I was wearing sweaters and sweaters, and cashmere socks and thick cloth shoes. When I put on this outfit, I didn’t feel cold when I went out in a donkey cart.

As he walked, the sky changed. The bright weather turned into a drizzling and windy day. Luo Yong thought that there was not much road left, so he simply did not turn back and continued to go to the county town. As a result, before he had time to enter the city, snowflakes floated in the air.

It's just October, and the snow this year has really come early.

Luo Yong had to wear the straw raincoats in his car. After all, this era is not as good as in later generations. The traffic is not well developed and there are deserted everywhere. When you go out, you usually have to prepare a straw raincoat, oil paper, etc. for yourself to avoid being beaten by the rain and snow.

The weather became colder and colder after the wind and snow. Luo was wearing a straw raincoat and sat on the donkey cart, heading towards the county town in a flash, just wanting to get to the place faster and go to a familiar food shop to drink a bowl of hot soup.

After finally entering the city, it was almost noon. Five pairs were tired, hungry and cold at this time. After entering the city, there was no need for Luo Yong to say anything, and quickly went to the familiar soup cake shop.

"Wow!" Unexpectedly, before he arrived at the place, Luo Yong asked it to stop.

"An...An..." Although the five pairs were unhappy, they had to step on a few steps and stopped on the street.

Perhaps because of the wind and snow, the street was empty and there were no people. Even the ox, horse and carriage were rare, and they were probably placed in the yard. After all, the ox, horse and horse cannot withstand these wind and snowy days.

"Old man, how do you sell your pear?"

Luo Yong did not expect that he would encounter pear sellers at the first time. In such bad weather, it was really not easy. The pears in their baskets were also relatively large, which was better than what his disciples had brought to him before.

"Two cents a day." The old man selling pears was squatting in the corner of the wall at this time.

The reason why they pushed a cart of pears and walked this far away to sell pears was because they heard that there were many merchants here and could sell them at a good price. Never thought that this snow fell so early this year.

"If you buy more, you can pay three for five cents." The person who spoke was a teenager who was in his teens and should be grandparents and grandchildren with the old man.
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