County Magistrate Zhou was also dragged over by his wife.
The entire Linyi County is not big, with a total of four lanes and ten main streets. The street bought by the Changping County Lord is in the Northeast Square of Beicheng.
The mayor of Changping County is really clueless. He only knows that it is the cheapest, but he does not know that once the Huns break the city, the first thing they will rob is the street nearest the North City Gate. Sometimes they are afraid of reinforcements coming, so they grab some and then withdraw, so the shops there are the cheapest.
He also bought an entire street. Apart from saying that people with money are stupid, it is really difficult to describe the heroic move of the Changping County Lord.
Summer is still hot, and sitting in a bullock cart feels like sitting in a steamer. As soon as I arrived at the street corner, I heard all kinds of hawking sounds outside, which was very lively.
Before I went to the store selling fabric jewelry, I went to buy a few bowls of ice bowls to relieve the heat. This summer has been too hot. Even though all prefectures and prefectures have prepared enough ice in their own icehouses, the price of ice outside has still increased by 30%.
The ice cubes were worth the price of the meat, and County Magistrate Zhou felt a little sore.
After a bowl of ice, I finally felt cooler and got out of the car to buy fabrics.
Someone stopped me at the door: "This place is divided into men and women. Please go to the shop specially for men."
Looking at the store clerk, he was well dressed and pointed to a store across the street. County Magistrate Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When did the store have separate genders?
Then he told his wife: "I will take my son with me, and my two daughters can only buy one thousand taels of silver!"
Mrs. Zhou agreed and entered the store with her two daughters.
County Magistrate Zhou took his eldest son to the store opposite. The waiter waiting at the door opened the thick cotton curtain. As soon as he walked in, he felt the air-conditioning hit his face.
The shop is not very big, because the windows are closed and the door is covered with a thick curtain, so oil lamps and candles are lit. In the center of the store, there was a large basin filled with ice cubes.
No wonder it was so cool, it turned out to be an ice basin.
There are three groups of customers in the store who are selecting goods. They are all with me and my son, and my brother with his brothers.
A waiter came over to greet them and saluted: "Greetings to Mr. Zhou and Mr. Ling."
Linyi County is not big, so it is normal to know the county magistrate. Mr. Zhou put his hands behind his back and held out the general's belly: "That's easy to say! Bring out any good stuff you have."
At a glance, the clerk knew that he had been in this business all his life. He spoke in Mandarin and behaved well: "You two, please take a look at the fabric first, please!"
In less than half a stick of incense, County Magistrate Zhou knew why ice was so expensive and why there was such a big ice basin here... His sweat dropped, and he broke down again.
I didn't dare to talk nonsense about how expensive it was. The customers around him were silently selecting goods and shouting out, thinking that he, a dignified county chief, had no money.
I can only say in a milder way: "The stuff is good, but it's too expensive!" The fabric of just one piece of clothing costs several thousand taels of silver. This isn't cloth. It's probably made of silver thread and woven into clothes. It's not that expensive.
"Master Zhou, this is Sichuan brocade." The waiter said, neither humble nor overbearing: "Look at this color, this pattern, not to mention here, even in the capital, which shop can offer such goods? Not to mention three thousand taels of silver, Even if you sell it for five thousand taels, there will still be people who want it. And everything here is unique, so if you pick one, you will miss one."
Mr. Zhou shouted from the side: "Dad, this is the piece, this is the piece."
Three thousand taels of silver, County Magistrate Zhou's head was getting big: "Can you... ahem..."
The word "cheap" is really hard to say. It seems that I have already said that the owner of Changping County never negotiates prices in his shop.
County Magistrate Zhou could only say in a roundabout way: "The dog is still young and his body is still growing. If you buy such good cloth, it may not be enough to wear in two years."
The clerk responded: "It can be made wider. If Mr. Zhou grows taller, it can be changed into a coat."
"This is the piece dad, this piece is good!" Mr. Zhou kept shouting, making County Magistrate Zhou unable to step down.
Seeing that he was short of money, the clerk took out another piece of fabric: "Master Zhou, look at this piece. This piece is a little more elegant, but the collar and cuffs are trimmed with Sichuan brocade, which is also very suitable for Mr. Zhou. Take a look. This Sichuan brocade border, paired with this fabric, looks very quiet and elegant. This piece of fabric is three hundred taels, and the border of Shu brocade is two hundred taels."
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Zhou immediately stroked his beard and said matter-of-factly: "Well, this piece is really good." It's only five hundred taels of silver, compared to three thousand taels, it's not expensive, it's not expensive!
Mr. Zhou immediately shouted: "I only want that piece. This piece is not as good-looking as that piece."
"What do you know!" County Magistrate Zhou stared at him. For the sake of money, even his own son would scold him: "Now the government pays attention to diligence and frugality. You are wearing Sichuan brocade, aren't you waiting for your father to be impeached by the official? That's it. piece!"
This time Young Master Zhou had no choice but to give up.
The clerk immediately asked someone to wrap the piece of fabric and Shu brocade, and said with a smile: "Do you want to see the matching crown and hairpin? They are treasures that could only be found in the palace of the Qinling Prince."
Master Zhou immediately nodded vigorously, while County Magistrate Zhou was filled with bitterness.
I chose a gold crown that matched my clothes, but I lost another five hundred taels of silver. The fan and the pendant on the fan cost another two hundred taels...
"Mr. Zhou, please go away, Mr. Zhou. The things and the bill will be delivered to your house later." The clerk sent him respectfully.
As soon as County Magistrate Zhou came out of the cool shop, the heat hit his face and he got into the car top-heavy. Now, one thousand and fifty taels of silver are gone!
Sitting in the car, I saw Mrs. Zhou and her two daughters coming back. After pulling down their hats, their three faces were all beaming with joy.
County Magistrate Zhou asked uneasily: "How much did it cost?" He was responsible for the purchase and spent 1,500 taels, but women spent money even less.
The smiles on the faces of Mrs. Zhou and her two daughters condensed. Mrs. Zhou carefully stretched out a finger: "This is the number!"
"Oh, one thousand taels, that's not bad!" County Magistrate Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the two daughters each receive one thousand taels, it is still a matter of two thousand taels.
"No..." Mrs. Zhou mustered up the courage to say.
"What?" County Magistrate Zhou suddenly shouted. It couldn't be one hundred taels, that is: "Ten thousand taels?!!!"
After giving it all, Mrs. Zhou raised her head: "Anyway, the two daughters have to prepare dowries, and these will be used as dowries in the future. If you are reluctant to part with it, half of the silver is mine!"
County Magistrate Zhou is about to cry but has no tears. Ten thousand taels. Even if Mrs. Zhou is rich and can spend her own money, five thousand taels is enough for him to make up for it after several years of greed.
You must know that it is not easy to be greedy for ink. You have to rack your brains to write the account beautifully, and you also have to take risks.
It's fine now. In the blink of an eye, several years of hard work are gone.
After returning to the house, I just leaned against him. Before my heartache was over, my concubine came again.
As soon as he came, he was entangled in all kinds of things, crying and laughing, and insisted on letting him get the money. I have a concubine who is of the right age and has received a post. This is a rare opportunity. Maybe someone will take a fancy to her, so she will climb up a high branch and become the wife of the wife. Therefore, the clothes on your body should not be worse than those of the two daughters of the principal wife!
County Magistrate Zhou couldn't resist, so he secretly gave the two thousand taels he had hidden to his concubine two days later. Okay, this time I'm really broke.
County Magistrate Zhou felt that he had fallen into the trap of Changping County Lord. Fortunately, he still had two sons and a daughter who were not yet old enough. Otherwise, he would have had to sell the official residence! Why is this damn lotus root feast happening?
