Allure of a Country Maiden

Before and after the white dew, walnuts fall from the trees.

At the beginning of the eighth lunar month, many wealthy families send their servants to pick green walnuts in the wild.

The steward of Xiaoer's family also sent many people into the mountains to pick walnuts.

The walnut trees in Xiaoer's village have long been ready to bear fruit, but Xiaoer has been waiting.

Wait for the people who went to the mountains to pick wild fruits to come back and then set up a stall to sell them.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, many teams that went to pick green walnuts came back one after another.

Youdao, there is no harm in comparison. This is the first year of betting on green walnuts. If she sets the price of walnuts too high, and a small wild fruit is sold so expensive, everyone will probably feel that it is not worth it and will not be willing to buy it. , anyway, people have been sent to the mountain to collect it.

There are so many people going up to the mountains to pick it, so are you afraid that no one will sell it?

When Xiaoer received the news that the teams that went to pick green walnuts in the wild came back one after another, Xiaoer quickly ordered Zhuangzi's people to pick walnuts.

By the way, I informed Du Yijin that I had also picked the walnuts in the village. Some of the walnut trees in Du Yijin's village were grown-up walnut trees sold to her by Xiaoer. They were excellent species and bore fruit in the first year after they were planted.

After the green-skinned walnuts from Zhuangzi were delivered to the mansion, Xiaoer personally took the maid to sort the green-skinned walnuts of different qualities.

Xiao'er said to Gu Rou'er: "Tonight you can tell the madam that the Lord of Rui'an County is going to give a pair of green-skinned walnuts to the Sixth Prince and ask him to give them to the Emperor. He also said that playing with walnuts is good for the body. During the process of playing with walnuts, Xiao'er said to Gu Rou'er: Using the spikes, protrusions and edges of walnuts, you can use techniques such as kneading, rubbing, pressing, pricking, pinching, rubbing and rolling to move your hands, press and prick the acupuncture points on the palms, and stimulate the reaction areas on the hands, so as to relax the meridians and unblock the meridians. It has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood clots, and strengthening the body.”

"Is it enough to just say this?" Gu Rou'er was a little confused. What's so special about giving green-skinned fruits? Is there any special meaning in sending a pair to the emperor?

"That's it." Xiaoer didn't explain much.

This has made it clear enough to those who know that the emperor is getting a bit dry, and it is good to play with walnuts.

Although Gu Rou'er didn't understand the deep meaning, she was smart enough not to delve deeper into it.

The next day, on Wenwan Street, Xiaoer and Du Yijin disguised themselves as men, set up a stall respectively, and started selling green-skinned walnuts with their maids, who were also disguised as men.

There were three baskets of walnuts in front of them, which were sold in three grades: excellent, special, and top.

Each type of walnut sells for anywhere from 500 to 10 taels of silver.

As for the high-quality green walnuts in Xiaoer Space, they are all sold in supermarkets, and the prices are astronomical. However, they are not on sale now. They will start selling them after the price of green walnuts has skyrocketed.

After waiting for so long, green walnuts are finally on the market. Today, there is an endless stream of literati and calligraphers on Wenwan Street.

Many stalls were crowded with people dressed as scholars.

Du Yijin looked at the crowded stalls in front of other people's stalls, but the empty stalls in front of their two stalls. She said anxiously: "Rui'an, is the price of our green walnuts set too high? Everyone who asked about the price shook their heads and left. .”

Xiaoer shook her head: "Don't worry, the price is not high. I plan to raise the price a little bit more tomorrow. If you wait, someone will come over and buy it later."

After waiting for a while, the two brothers Jing Rui and Jing Hao came over.

They walked to Xiaoer's stall and asked, "How do you sell these three baskets of green-skinned walnuts?"

Xiaoer smiled and said: "This high-quality green-skinned walnut costs five hundred taels of silver each, this special green-skinned walnut costs five hundred taels of silver each, and this top-quality green-skinned walnut costs ten taels of silver each!"

"A wild fruit like this sells for such an expensive price. Is this a golden fruit?" Jing Hao said loudly on purpose.

Xiaoer didn't mind either, she still smiled and said: "The price is actually not expensive anymore. Master, ask the man at the stall next to him how many pairs of green-skinned walnuts they have bought, and have any of them been satisfied with it? I watched him coldly. I have already bought more than a dozen pairs of green-skinned walnuts. Each pair costs 100 renminbi, which means I have spent more than 1,000 renminbi! Although my green-skinned walnuts cost 500 renminbi each, I can guarantee that my high-quality green-skinned walnuts will definitely be sold. It’s better than the best one he opened! If you calculate it this way, it’s actually more cost-effective than the fifty-cent one.”

After hearing this, Jing Rui and Jing Hao glanced at the people at other stalls. As expected, there were already many people holding several pairs of peeled walnuts, looking left and right at the pairs.

"Brother, why don't we buy a pair and give it a try?" Jing Hao said with excitement as he looked at the walnuts in the basket.

Jingrui nodded: "Then buy a pair and try them out."

The two brothers spent a long time picking through baskets of high-quality products before they finally selected a pair that matched their eyes.

The two of them did not let the waiter dressed as Zhao Yong next to them peel them, but took out their own knives and started peeling them.

"Is there anyone who buys such expensive wild fruits? Isn't that person a fool?" said a man dressed as a scholar.

"I'm not a fool, I just have too much money to spend! Just look at the clothes of those two people, you can tell that they are either rich or noble!" Scholar B said.

"What an idiot! He is the son of Marquis Shengping. I heard that the older one will be a scholar at the age of thirteen!" Scholar C rolled his eyes at this ignorant man.

"And he's the head of the case!" Scholar Ding agreed.

Others echoed.

"Isn't it? How could such a smart person spend such a high price to buy that wild fruit?" The scholar who just started speaking obviously didn't believe it.

"I heard that the eldest son of Marquis Shengping has been traveling around a lot in the past two years to take care of the family's business. Maybe he has really developed a vicious eye. Come on, let's go over and see what the price of such expensive walnuts is!" Scholar Ding After saying that, he took the lead and walked over.

After hearing this, the others quickly followed. They picked out walnuts for a long time, opened several pairs, but were still not satisfied, and they were a little frustrated.

Jing Rui and Jing Hao each peeled a walnut.

Jing Rui and Jing Hao moved in unison with their knives and gently cut into the green peel, not daring to go too deep, and then opened it in one direction, allowing the peel to open naturally under the cutting force of the knife blade, with a crisp "snap" sound. When the sound sounded, the green skin naturally cracked. Then he continued to peel the skin according to the above method, and the green skin was peeled off in about half a quarter of an hour. Just because he was afraid of damaging the walnut, the green skin was not completely removed.

Xiaoer handed them an iron brush: "Use this iron brush to brush. You should brush along the lines. Don't use too much force to avoid damaging the walnuts."

The two thanked him, took the brush and continued to remove the remaining skin.

After finishing, Xiaoer handed the two of them a pig-bristle brush: "Use this brush to brush the rest vigorously."

The two of them took it and brushed it vigorously. The peel residue was washed away in the water in the wooden barrel next to it.

At this time, the general texture and outline of the walnut are exposed.