The two of them followed Brother Cheng to the shop in front of Bao Fuji. As soon as they entered the door, Brother Cheng opened his voice and shouted: "Shopkeeper Bao, we have a distinguished guest! Could you please lay out the best fabrics in the cloth shop for the distinguished guest to choose from?"
"Hey, okay! Please wait a moment." In response to the voice, a fat man in his thirties and weighing more than 200 kilograms opened the counter cover and rolled it like a ball in front of the three of them.
The fat man first looked at Chen Xiaomu and Chen Xiaomu, and saw that his face and body were covered with black ash, and he looked similar to those beggars on the street corner. Then he looked at this woman, who was very beautiful. Even the clothes and jewelry on her body did not add up. Worth a fortune.
The fat man was a little disappointed and felt that he had been fooled. He glared at Brother Cheng who was standing behind the two of them and asked, "Where is the distinguished guest you mentioned?"
Brother Cheng pointed at Chen Xiaomu and Wei Yuxin, "Isn't this the case?"
''they……? "The fat man asked doubtfully.
"Hey, Shopkeeper Bao is a man of great appearance. Even though they are wearing ordinary clothes, this customer said he is not short of money!" Brother Cheng said while quietly winking at Shopkeeper Bao.
There are people in the countryside who don’t know how big the world is even if they only have two small coins in their hands. I have seen many such people, shopkeeper Bao thought to himself, but he still squeezed out a smile on his face and asked: "I don’t know, you two distinguished guests." What price range of fabric do you want to buy?”
Chen Xiaomu put on a very casual look, pointed at Wei Yuxin behind him and said to shopkeeper Bao: "Pick out some good fabric for my wife."
"Fine fabrics? Guest, our fine fabrics are not cheap!" Shopkeeper Bao reminded.
"Oh, how much money can I ask for?" Chen Xiaomu asked.
''At least five taels of silver! "
''Is it so cheap? Is there anything better? "Chen Xiaomu took out a ten-tael silver ingot from his pocket and put it on the counter.
Shopkeeper Bao's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he thought to himself, I can't tell that this rustic guy is still a meathead, now that he's here, I have to kill him! He turned around and shouted to the counter: "Xiao Si, quickly bring out the best materials from our cloth shop and let this man choose them!"
"Hey, it's coming, it's coming." In just a moment, a smart young man jumped out from behind with several pieces of silk in his arms, and put the silk in his arms on the counter.
"Come, guest, please come closer and take a look. This is silk material that our master has just transferred from Huzhou in the country of Yue. It can be said that it is the best high-quality material in our cloth shop at present. It matches your wife's figure." It’s a perfect match!” Shopkeeper Bao pointed to some pieces of silk on the counter and introduced it to Chen Xiaomu.
Chen Xiaomu reached out and touched some pieces of silk cloth brought over by the boy named Xiaosi. It was indeed as smooth as silk. From the feel of his hand, he concluded that these pieces of silk were definitely good and of good quality.
"How much does this cost per foot?" Chen Xiaomu asked shopkeeper Bao quietly, pointing to a piece of blue and purple silk with dark flowers.
"Your Majesty, you have such a good eye! The clothes made from this silk material really match your lady's temperament!" Shopkeeper Bao saw Chen Xiaomu pointing at the blue-purple silk material and asking him about the price. He quickly praised it first, but then he Then he looked embarrassed and said: "Sir, to tell you the truth, the silk fabric of this color was successfully trial-produced in Huzhou this year and the output is small, so the price is high. This is because our owner is from there. We are an old customer and have just allocated two pieces of goods. A few days ago, one of them has been sent by Princess Qingfeng's Mansion to buy it back. Now this is the only one left in a cloth store as big as ours. goods!"
"Princess Qingfeng's mansion?" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but be startled. Isn't this the mansion of his wife Su Xingran? It wouldn't be fun if Wei Yuxin and Su Xingran wore matching clothes in the future.
"Yes, yes." When Chen Xiaomu saw that he mentioned Princess Qingfeng's mansion, Chen Xiaomu began to feel startled. Shopkeeper Bao couldn't help but express his pride. He emphasized his tone and said in a boastful tone: "Your Majesty, it's either me bragging or the Shangyi Bureau in the palace. They all often visit our Bao Fu Ji to pick up clothing materials first, not to mention the homes of the princes and ministers in the court!"
Chen Xiaomu had already decided to give up on the purple silk satin that he had taken a liking to at first glance. He pointed at the purple silk satin and asked, "How did you sell this?"
Shopkeeper Bao, who was boasting, was suddenly interrupted. He was stunned for a moment. He felt that he had exaggerated a bit. He regretted scaring the meathead back. After a while, he hesitated and said: "Sir, this color was last year." Yes, it’s slightly cheaper than the one just now.”
"Can you just tell me how much it is?" Chen Xiaomu became impatient when he saw that shopkeeper Bao was always dragging his feet when talking.
"I still like the color of the original silk!" Wei Yuxin came from behind and said to Chen Xiaomu while stroking the purple silk with his hand.
"Haha, sir, my lady's taste is really good. I see that she likes this color so much, why don't you buy it for her?" Shopkeeper Bao advised.
Although Chen Xiaomu was embarrassed, seeing that Wei Yuxin liked the blue-purple silk so much, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he nodded, "Since my wife likes this color so much, let's settle the matter!"
"Okay." Shopkeeper Bao responded happily, casually touched the abacus from the counter, moved the abacus beads skillfully with his fingers, and started counting.
After a while, shopkeeper Bao pointed to the abacus and said to Chen Xiaomu: "Sir, you see, with Madam's figure, it takes one foot and five feet of silk to make a spinner coat and an underskirt. This one foot of silk cloth Five taels of silver, one-five is five, five-five is twenty-five. Sir, your total supply and demand are seventy-five taels of silver.
"Okay." Chen Xiaomu nodded, stretched out his hand and took out an ingot of gold ingot and handed it to Shopkeeper Bao, "This is ten taels of gold. According to the current market exchange price, it can be exchanged for one hundred taels of silver. You can verify the authenticity first."
Seeing Chen Xiaomu take out a gold ingot from his arms, Shopkeeper Bao couldn't help but be secretly shocked. He didn't expect that this country man still had gold in his body. In these war-torn times, even though he was the largest cloth shop in the new capital. The shopkeeper has not seen pure gold for a long time!
However, he was surprised, so he took the gold ingot from Chen Xiaomu's hand, put it in his mouth and bit it, then licked the surface of the gold ingot with his tongue. There was a faint sweet smell, and then he bit it with his teeth. A few tooth marks were faintly visible on the edge of the gold ingot. Shopkeeper Bao's heart, which was hanging at first, suddenly became more at ease. He smiled hurriedly and said: "Sir, to tell you the truth, not only do the fabrics we Bao Fuji sell in Xinjing City, One of the best in the area, even the tailors were craftsmen from the palace's clothing bureau. Later, due to the war, they were moved to our Bao Fuji. If your guest wants to buy such expensive high-quality silk, why not just make it here and bring it back to us? go back."
Chen Xiaomu thought about it and felt that this would be convenient, as it would save Ziwei and Wei Yuxin from searching for tailors in the streets and alleys of Xinjing City, so he agreed to Shopkeeper Bao's suggestion.
Shopkeeper Bao was very happy when Chen Xiaomu agreed to make clothes at his place. He quickly asked the boy named Xiao Si to go to the back and call the tailor to come over and measure Wei Yu's size.
After a moment, an old woman with white hair, holding a soft ruler in her hand, came out from behind with Xiaosi. Shopkeeper Bao bowed his hand to the old woman, then pointed at Wei Yuxin and said: "Excuse me, Aunt Feng." Measure the girl's measurements. She wants to make a t-shirt and a skirt."
The old woman nodded slightly, walked to Wei Yuxin and unfolded a soft ruler to measure her body measurements. She also used powder to write down on her sleeves. After taking the measurements, the old woman suddenly asked shopkeeper Bao, "Old Bao, I'll do it." Have you told this guest officer about the price of the clothes?"
Shopkeeper Bao quickly put on a smile when he heard this, "Aunt Feng, just feel free to do it. Even though they are ordinary people, they are wealthy customers. Look, this is the best cloth they just bought in our shop." Silk!" Shopkeeper Bao said, reaching out and patting the blue and purple silk satin on the counter.
"Okay," the old woman agreed, then turned to Chen Xiaomu and Wei Yuxin, "When do you two guests plan to come over to pick up their clothes? What kind of silk should be filled in this coat?"
Chen Xiaomu looked at the sky outside the door and estimated that it was around noon, so he said: "We will come here before dark to pick up clothes. I wonder if we can make them well. As for what kind of silk should be filled in the coat, of course we must use the best and warmest silk. !”
"Okay, sir, since you want it so urgently, I will hold on tight and make the clothes before dark. But sir, the best silk you want is not cheap. We have the best Ningnan silk here for one pound. It only costs ten taels of silver, and your spin coat needs at least two kilograms of silk to fill it up, plus my sewing cost of eight taels of silver, these two items alone cost twenty-eight taels of silver!"
As soon as the old woman's words came out of her mouth, shopkeeper Bao scolded this old man in his heart. Originally, he wanted to sell the silk to Chen Xiaomu at fifteen taels of silver per catty, and then increase the sewing fee to twelve taels of silver. Those just He added one, two or five cents of silver to each foot of silk fabric, but he didn't expect that the old woman, who had always been taciturn and unwilling to talk much, suddenly seemed like a different person today, nagging so much. words, blocking his own way of making money.
Chen Xiaomu is so smart. As soon as the old woman clearly quoted the price, he knew that shopkeeper Bao was not a good bird. It seemed that the silk he just bought was taken advantage of by him, but he didn't care and didn't want to go with him. These little people at the bottom of the society are more concerned about it. Compared with the wealth of Zheng State that Wu Yan gave to him to hide before his death, this small amount of money is not even a drop in the bucket.
But for the old woman's behavior of deliberately protecting himself, he had to show something and give shopkeeper Bao a lesson that made him jealous.
Chen Xiaomu did not reward the old woman with money, but asked shopkeeper Bao for a pen and paper, scrawled his name on it, handed it to the old woman, and said, "Old woman, take this and use it in Zhengzhou from now on." No matter what difficulties the country encounters, just go to Princess Qingfeng's mansion and hand this over, and someone will naturally come forward to settle the matter for you.
The old woman paused for a moment before taking the paper from Chen Xiaomu's hand with confusion. Shopkeeper Bao was stunned when Chen Xiaomu mentioned the Qingfeng Princess's Mansion, and then said with disdain in his heart, "Seeing that you are still dressed like the Qingfeng Princess Mansion," I'm afraid you don't even want to talk to the caretaker of Princess Qingfeng's Mansion. I just heard me mention Princess Qingfeng's Mansion, and you pretended to be from Princess Qingfeng's Mansion. You learned this business quickly enough. A country bumpkin probably doesn't know that pretending to be a relative of the emperor will cost you your head. This bragging can blow your own head off. This is an anecdote through the ages. "Hey" by the way, why don't I report this to the official? If you catch a liar who is a relative of the emperor, you might even get a large silver reward? Shopkeeper Bao slapped himself on the head, and when he came to his senses again, Chen Xiaomu and Wei Yuxin had already disappeared.
After leaving Baofuji Buzhuang, Chen Xiaomu turned to Wei Yuxin who was following him and said with a smile: "Honey, my husband and I were half full after eating a bunch of roasted tiger meat in the morning. Now we are hungry again. How about the two of us?" How about finding a restaurant and having a good meal?"
Wei Yu rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: "You can eat it if you want. Anyway, I don't have any money."
"What are you talking about? You can still ask for money to eat when you are with your husband. Aren't you looking down on your husband?" Chen Xiaomu shouted.
"Little thief, why are you so loud?" Wei Yu cursed in his heart and glanced around hurriedly like a thief. Fortunately, the two of them did not attract the attention of passers-by.
