Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 426 - 235: Big Deal_3

Chapter 426: Chapter 235: Big Deal_3

By then, we’ll ask someone to send a telescope over to Little Daddy.

I’ll also give Old Woman Qian and Qian Manxia a glass mirror each, and gave Qian Hua four glass marbles.

The other things will be stored away for now. Qian Sangui added, "Don’t touch those gems, save them for Yixiu’s dowry."

Upon hearing this, Lady Wu said, "You can also keep that large glass mirror for Yixiu. At my age, what’s the use of seeing so clearly?"

Yixiu laughed and said, "Nanny can keep the mirror. I’ll buy a big one when I have money."

After returning to Wangjiang Building, Qian Yeejin had Yixiu teach him how to read the position clock and the pocket watch. After he learned, he forcibly took the remaining watch.

Yixiu explained that she learned how to read the pocket watch from Uncle Liang. After Uncle Liang joined the army, Old Duke Liang gave him a pocket watch.

At breakfast the next day, they heard Su Siwu telling a funny story about the previous night. The servants and workers, having heard that a golden-haired monster had arrived, many begged Old Man Cai, who resided in the front courtyard, to let them in to see what the foreigner looked like. Old Man Cai had no choice but to let a few well-acquainted people in to watch the excitement. The foreigner wasn’t just scary-looking, he also pressed his nose and imitated a pig’s oink, which made him even uglier. Someone was so frightened that they wet their pants, and a child started crying...

Everybody laughed uncontrollably after hearing this. Qian Sangui said, "This foreigner isn’t the scariest. I’ve heard there’s a kind of Kunlun People whose skin is even blacker than the bottom of a pot, scarier than him."

After the meal, Qian Sangui had Su Siwu carry him to the front courtyard hall. Yixiu and her brother Yeejin also went, with Monkey Sister following behind.

Qian Sangui asked someone to bring in Lin Qing. Lin Qing then spoke of how he was enjoying himself on a small boat at sea, how a sudden gale came up, and how his boat capsized, leaving him clinging to a log for an entire day. Just when he thought he was going to die, he was rescued by Li. He also spoke of how big the foreigners’ ships were, how powerful their enormous fire muskets were—they scared off pirate ships, preventing them from getting close...

Both Qian Sangui and Qian Yeejin were captivated by the story, while Yixiu took Monkey Sister to the guest room in the west wing.

She had Monkey Sister stand on lookout at the door while she went in. Old Foreign Li was busy packing his newly purchased goods. When he saw Yixiu come in, he looked up, smiled at her, and then lowered his head to continue packing.

Yixiu took out the big white pearl she had retrieved from Cave Sky Pool and held it in her hand, extending it towards Old Foreign Li. His hands stopped moving instantly as his gaze fixed on the big white pearl, and his head rose following the pearl’s movement.

Oh, damn! The pearl was big and round, and it had a faint golden lotus shining from within. To him, this pearl seemed even more dazzling than the gems on the queen’s crown.

As expected, Yixiu saw the green light in Old Foreign Li’s eyes become even greener and withdrew her fist. With her other hand open, she pointed at the hand holding the pearl, indicating that she wanted something equivalent in exchange for the pearl.

Then, she handed him a prepared sheet of paper and a piece of charcoal.

Old Foreign Li proceeded to draw a vase, gems, ivory, a telescope, watches, clocks, and so on. He also made gestures and jumped around. These foreigners who usually went abroad for smuggling had an extremely rich body language, as if performing a mime.

Yixiu, however, was not in the mood for mime and kept shaking her head in disappointment.

Old Foreign Li’s eyes dimmed a bit, but then he had a flash of inspiration and drew a long tube with a stand at the bottom. He even pretended to place something into the tube and made a "bang" sound with his throat, shrugging his shoulders to show the outcome.

Only then did Yixiu begin to smile in satisfaction, but after thinking, she shook her head again.

Seeing her shake her head after initially having hope, Old Foreign Li’s eyes dimmed once more.

Yixiu pointed at the tube and then mimicked his action of holding something. She meant that she also wanted the items to be put in the tube.

Old Foreign Li understood and kept saying "OK" with a smile.

Yixiu extended all ten of her fingers, indicating she wanted ten of these things (cannonballs).

Old Foreign Li shook his head and held up three fingers.

Yixiu thought she couldn’t just contribute to the country; she drew two circles on a pocket watch and three circles on a gem with charcoal, then pointed at his eyes, meaning she wanted that color. It seemed the far side of the ocean didn’t produce jadeite, so she wondered if she could get a couple of emeralds or cat’s eyes.

Old Foreign Li looked and then pointed at the brocade he had bought the previous day, stretching out all ten fingers, implying he wanted to add ten bolts of brocade to the deal.

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