Chapter 115 Disappointment
Zhou Shuren pointed to the silver and money, "The rent is fifty-five taels, and it is 250 taels for jewelry. This time the pearl necklace and bracelet are better than the last time. In addition, the pearls in the north are more expensive than the south, so I just exchanged two hundred silver notes, ten taels of gold, and five taels of silver slots to get broken silver."
Zhulan was not at ease with silver notes, so she prefers physical goods, "If you want to exchange 100 taels of gold, you can leave the silver notes for 100 taels of money and then travel more easily."
Zhou Shuren, "Go out together tomorrow to exchange it."
Zhulan spent 950 taels to buy a shop, and ten taels to invite a banquet. The only one hundred and fifty taels left was left. The amount of silver I brought was more than three hundred taels of silver. There were more than four hundred and fifty taels in my hand. Unfortunately, I couldn’t buy a shop anymore. They should cause trouble if they didn’t have a background to buy more. "One trip, I brought back a lot of money."
Zhou Shuren took out fifty taels, "I gave the money to Brother Zhao when I left, and asked him to help buy furniture. The rest was considered a thank-you fee."
Zhulan is not afraid of Zhao Bo lying to the others. Zhao Bo will not do this for the sake of his family and his reputation. Moreover, Zhao Bo has helped the family a lot. He is optimistic about Zhou Shuren, and he will not lose his big fortune after investing in the early stage.
In ancient times, some aristocratic families liked to help poor students. They also invested in the early stage. If they really had a promising future, they would definitely support them. For the sake of their reputation, there were few ungrateful wolves.
It took five days to complete everything from home to Pingzhou. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren planned to have a good time for two days.
Pingzhou is the largest prefecture city in the north. When you go to Beizhou, you are not as prosperous as Pingzhou. Continue to north, you will be stationed troops. There are exile places nearby, and the county towns are all garrison families, and they are not prosperous.
The next morning, Zhulan packed up her money and finally saw her own house with her bag. There were more than a dozen rooms in the yard, two kitchens, one in the backyard and one in the front yard. Zhulan's best wishes was that there was a well in the yard. After careful look, Zhulan was very satisfied.
After seeing the house, I took a carriage to see the shop. Because there are many shops in Nancheng, Zhulan took her daughter to visit many shops. Pingzhou's skin is very famous, Zhulan couldn't help but go in and shop.
There were many people coming and going in the store. The guy was very busy. Zhulan didn't ask about it. He listened to the guy's introduction to other customers. The best fire fox skin was thirty taels per piece, the white fox skin was 80 taels apart, and the bear skin was even more expensive, and the sable skin was 20 taels apart.
Zhulan touched her and didn't buy it. When she returned to the carriage, Zhulan said to Zhou Shuren: "The skin in Pingzhou is cheaper than in the capital, and the skin in the north and borders is cheaper. When you have the opportunity, you must buy more, give gifts or use them for your own home, which is decent and face-saving."
Zhou Shuren went out to learn more about the ancient times. "Don't think about getting a skin from the north. There are fixed people in the north. No one sold you in the past. No one dared to sell you no matter how much you paid. In the future, you can buy it in Pingzhou, or someone near your home will buy it!"
Zhulan said, "What a pity, the price difference is quite high!"
Zhou Shuren said quietly: "You are not the only one who is smart. Everyone knows that the price difference is big, but no one is jealous and dares to reach out. After every profit is raised, they are protected by royal relatives and nobles."
Zhulan didn't talk about it anymore, so be cautious outside.
When the carriage comes to jewelry shops, Zhulan likes jewelry very much in modern times and prefers ancient jewelry. In the past, there was less money, but now there is more money left in your hand. It is rare to have to go shopping in jewelry shops.
The jewelry shops in Zhoucheng are much more advanced than those in the county. The layer is not only gold and silver jewelry, but also some agate and gems inlaid with red hairpins.
The eyes of the bamboo orchids shine, gold earrings with broken rubies, hollow silver hairpins with agate, and bracelets all look very nice.
Zhou Shuren finally realized the feeling of spending money on his girlfriend. As long as he likes, it is worth spending as much as he likes. "Buy it if you like it, don't be reluctant to let it go."
Zhulan's hands were itchy and grinned, "Okay."
Pointing to the hairpin and bracelet, "Man, what's the price?"
The guys are all keen eyes. They can guess what customers buy. This is the customer who wants to buy. They enthusiastically introduced it. "Mrs.'s vision is really good. These two are a set of jewelry. The hollow design is exquisite and light. The ruby embellishment adds wealth. The lady adds the earrings next to it, and the whole set of fifteen taels of silver."
The bamboo orchid was not fooled by the guy. Although it was inlaid with rubies, it was the broken gems left over from the scraps. The quality was not good. He didn't say he wanted to buy it. Instead, he said, "Take out the jewelry suitable for girls of eight or nine years old."
The guy was not in a hurry. The experience told him that the less bargaining price he had to buy, he opened the cabinet and took the jewelry used by the children. "These bracelets and earrings are suitable for girls to wear, sapphires and agate."
Zhulan fell in love with her at first sight. The jewelry of adults is elegant, and the little girl has many jewelry and has brought some broken gems. Even if she takes it out for a visit, it doesn’t look shabby. Zhulan asked the price, “How do you calculate these prices?”
Man, "Children's inexpensiveness, a pair of bracelets with gems inlaid with one or two silver, and a pair of earrings with half a liang."
Zhulan picked four sets of bracelets and earrings, and then chose the jewelry that he had just looked forward to. Then she picked three silver hairpins with gems, which cost a total of twenty-eight taels.
Zhulan paid the money and even if she was reluctant to let her go, she would buy it. In the future, Zhou Shuren came to Pingzhou and she came to entertain guests. There was no jewelry that could be easily seen clearly.
Zhou Shuren went to the second floor for some time. After Zhulan paid, Zhou Shuren held a small box in his hand and returned to the carriage. Zhulan asked, "What did you buy?"
Zhou Shuren opened a small box, which contained some broken gems with scraps. "There are custom jewelry upstairs, and there are a lot of gem materials. I picked some that looked a little shiny and bought them. It cost a total of twenty taels."
Zhulan counted a lot of gems of various colors, "Do you want to find someone to customize the gems?"
Zhou Shuren smiled, "The gold and silver jewelry styles at home have long been old, so it is better to combine them with custom-made new ones. As for how to do it, I don't know how to leave it to you."
Zhulan took the box and said, "When you have something to make, you can't bring some jewelry even if you make it."
Just like her rare jewelry pendant, ordinary people do not allow it. She just saw several female officials in the jewelry shop. She was extremely arrogant but very beautiful.
It’s a pity that the guy didn’t wait for her to speak, and directly spread some jewelry that people could buy and bring. To put it bluntly, it’s the class-specific superiority!
Zhou Shuren has no research on jewelry. He really doesn't know that jewelry has so many literature. He only thinks that it's enough to not carve dragons and phoenixes.
Then I went to the ready-to-wear shop. There was no shortage of fabric at home. Zhulan mainly looked at the style of the clothes, and I looked at the yellow cloak at first glance. I thought to myself that it was fortunate that the emperor did not wear yellow, and there was no regulation that the dynasty was not allowed to wear yellow.
Finally, I bought some unique pastries in Pingzhou, and bought some exquisite wood carvings for a few children as gifts. I had lunch outside and went back to the inn when it was dark.
On the second day, I went to the temple in Pingzhou. Zhulan was looking forward to meeting a monk who was a master of Taoism and guidance. As a result, there were many families of officials who came to worship Buddha, and there were servants everywhere. Not to mention the monks, even a few monks were called to recite scriptures.
There is nothing to visit except temples in Pingzhou. The exquisite gardens are not like the scenic spots that are open to the public in later generations. In ancient times, they were all private ones who could not enter. They returned to the inn to pack their luggage and followed the convoy home the next day.
Chapter completed!