Although Zhou Gu didn't know the price of these fabrics, what could the price of the fabrics leaked from the royal palace be? The fabrics Su Rong chose, even a blind man would know they are valuable if he reaches out and touches them.
He had been living in the Prefect's Mansion for a while, and he understood that the eldest lady was tolerant of everything about Su Rong, except for her Yueyin, and she was very serious about it. He said that she was making money randomly. He didn't understand her before. How the daughter's family can make money makes the eldest wife hate it when she mentions it. Now she has seen it, it turns out that this is how money is made.
It is indeed made!
Even for the Duke Protector's Palace, his grandmother and mother only made him a few sets of clothes every time the seasons changed. I have never said that twenty sets of flowers are so generous at once. If everyone in the family makes such a large sum of money, what kind of waste will they have?
The expression on Zhou Gu's face was so obvious that Su Rong understood it immediately.
She pressed her forehead and turned her face, thinking that she had forgotten. She seemed to have told Zhou Gu that she was short of money, but she didn't say that it was before. She had to support too many people and couldn't make ends meet, but these two years were different. Now, the people she raised have all grown up, and each of them can make money for her. She doesn’t say that she is as rich as the country, but in Jiangning, she is not much worse than the number one wealthy businessman, and that wealthy businessman is over fifty. She is only fifteen. In a few years, she will be the richest man in Jiangzhou or even Daliang.
But even so, she was still willing to spend the dowry prepared by the eldest lady for her, and she was willing to look at the eldest lady's heartbroken face with evil intentions.
But apparently, her fiancé seemed to have misunderstood.
She looked at the twenty pieces of cloth she had selected, and she couldn't bear to give away any of them. After all, they were all selected with hard work, so she simply said to Zhou Gu decisively: "I finally selected it, how can I not take it all?" ?”
She made the final decision, "Listen to me, keep them all, you can keep them and wear them slowly."
After she finished speaking, without waiting for him to speak again, she pointed at the fabrics and told the shopkeeper domineeringly, "Let's make ten sets of these first. We need ready-made clothes. They can be worn before early autumn. Take these fabrics away directly and keep them for him." Make and wear them again in late autumn. One piece of cloth can make two sets of clothes, which can be worn from late autumn to next spring. If you can’t wear them next year, you can wear them the year after that, and they won’t break anyway.”
The shopkeeper smiled and nodded, "Okay, it's a rare good material. If you don't save more, you may not know when it will be available again. Miss Qi, you are right."
Su Rong was so happy to be praised, "That's right."
Zhou Gu saw her talking to the shopkeeper one by one, very skillfully, and opened his mouth to stop him, but Su Rong grabbed him tightly, whispered in his ear: "Xie Xiaowang is watching, you and I are like this in front of him Isn’t it bad to argue?”
Zhou Gu shut up instantly.
From the corner of her eye, Su Rong saw Xie Lin's stunned look, which was a little funny. Looking at Zhou Gu, his expression kept changing, which was also a little funny.
Her status is low, but she still needs to be known. She is not incapable of reaching the Duke Protector's Palace and giving good things to Zhou Gu.
The shopkeeper brought the picture album, and Su Rong carefully selected the pattern. Then the store owner happily called the embroiderer to take Zhou's measurements.
Zhou Gu numbly allowed himself to be manipulated, but he was thinking that his fiancée was probably too capable. In the entire Jiangning County, she seemed to be able to eat wherever she went, from a fisherman who made a living by fishing to a person in charge of things on the third floor. Now there is the Jinxiu Pavilion, which is not inferior to Qianjinfang in the capital, where she can buy Lingshan Weaving. The information that leaked out of the imperial tribute was not traveling sideways in the Su Mansion, it was simply traveling sideways in Jiangning County.
After the embroiderer finished taking the measurements, the shopkeeper took note of them in a notebook and said with a smile to Su Rong: "Send the other ten pieces of cloth to the prefect's mansion?"
"Well, when the time comes, tell the concierge and just ask Zhou Xi and leave it to him." Su Rong explained.
The shopkeeper nodded, "Okay."
Then, he ordered the boy to carefully wrap the cloth Su Rong selected and send it to the prefect's mansion later.
"Let's go!" Su Rong greeted Xie Lin with a smile, "I'm sorry to keep Mr. Xie waiting for so long. Please come over for dinner tonight! The cook in our prefecture is good at cooking fish. You can try Jiang Ning The fish in the water tastes very delicious.”
Xie Lin came back to his senses and glanced at Zhou Gu, "Would it be too much trouble for Governor Su to come to the door rashly?"
"No, my father and mother are very hospitable." Su Rong smiled and shook his head. Anyway, if he knew that Xie Lin had come to Jiangning County, his father would also invite him to visit him. Now that she was meeting someone, if she didn't invite her, her mother should scold her for her lack of etiquette.
Xie Lin took a look at the sky, wondering if he should go tonight, and asked Zhou Gu with his eyes.
Zhou Gu didn't have any objections. He was still thinking about the blinding fabrics. Seeing Xie Lin looking at him, he didn't bother to pay attention.
Xie Lin coughed and said, "Thank you very much, Miss Qi. I will visit Governor Su and his wife today."
Su Rong nodded, thought for a while, pulled Zhou Gu's sleeve, and asked him: "Brother Zhou, how about I go back home first? You and the young prince haven't seen each other for a long time. You can talk more, or you can take the young prince around." Go shopping, I won’t accompany you.”
The key point is that she is tired of going anywhere in Jiangning and doesn't want to accompany them around anymore. Also, if Xie Lin and Zhou Guruo had something to say, it would be inconvenient for her to follow them.
Zhou Gu interrupted his thoughts and felt that it was necessary for him to separate from Su Rong and wake up without her interference, so he nodded, "That's fine!"
So Su Rong parted ways with Zhou Gu and Xie Lin.
She had just taken a few steps when Zhou Gu suddenly remembered his purpose all along, called out to her, and pretended to be considerate in front of Xie Lin and said, "I'll ask the guards to take you back."
Su Rong stopped and turned around, unable to understand the meaning behind Zhou Gu's thoughtfulness, and waved her hand, "No, it's clear, I can just go back by myself."
Zhou Gu took two steps forward, looked at her, and said forcefully: "Ask the guards to take you back."
Su Rong: "?"
Zhou Gu coughed and explained, "Don't Yue Wan and A Hua like to eat snacks? You can buy them some snacks along the way and ask the guards to carry them for you to avoid your own hand pain."
Su Rong blinked, thinking that maybe she gave him the clothes and he reciprocated? My hands hurt, but I never had any pain from holding a few bags of food. But she could accept his kindness and nodded, "Okay then!"
So, when Su Rong left again, a guard from the Protectorate Palace followed behind him.
After Su Rong left, Zhou Gu glanced at Xie Lin, suddenly hooked his shoulder, and said happily: "Brother, how are you? Is my fiancée particularly nice?"
Xie Lin threw his arm away, feeling extremely complicated. At first, he was shocked by the fabrics, and then he watched Su Rong carefully choose colors, fabrics, and clothing styles for Zhou Gu one by one. Zhou Gu, who was not a patient person, cooperated with her like a puppet on strings. , the two people chose each other for most of an hour, and he just looked at them like that for most of an hour.
If he hadn't been sure that the person in front of him was Zhou Gu, he would have almost suspected that Zhou Gu had been snatched away. When had he ever been so patient and obedient to a woman?
Especially when I originally planned to choose ten sets of ready-made clothes, but in the end I chose ten more pieces of cloth. These are not ordinary cloths, only the finest Yun brocade, and they have chosen several pieces. His mother and concubine have never been so arrogant in making clothes.
If he hadn't known Su Rong's identity, he would have almost thought she was a noble girl from some family. No, that's not right. A noble lady doesn't have such a large amount of money to spend. If she can make a brocade, she will have to spend all her own money. But she didn't show any reluctance to part with it, she said she wanted it without batting an eye.
Xie Lin had never seen such a woman before. He suppressed the complexity in his heart and said to Zhou Gu: "I don't know if Miss Su Qi is particularly nice, but she is quite willing to spend money for you, and you are quite shameless. Let the girl spend so much money on you all at once. Even if you have a lot of private money, you can't just lick your face and just accept it, right? Do you have to make up for it later? But is your private money enough to make up for it? I Let me tell you, those things cost more than 8,000 taels, I’m afraid they cost tens of thousands taels.”
He compared his own private money with Zhou Gu's. He only had ten thousand taels of private money, and he thought Zhou Gu should have about the same amount. After all, they have not yet entered the court to do serious work and receive salaries, and they have not yet gotten married and received their own share of the industry. They have so much private money in their hands because they are all favored by their families. This is an ordinary mansion. The young master only has a few hundred or even a thousand taels of private money, which is quite a lot.
Zhou Gu naturally wanted to supply Su Rong, how could he accept such a valuable thing from her, but naturally he couldn't admit it in front of Xie Lin, "What are you trying to make up for? My fiancée said she would give it to me, so she gave it to me. Do you believe it or not? If I give it to She made up the money, and she will definitely fall out with me."
Xie Lin glared at him, "You don't want to make up for it? Then you just accept it like this? Don't you think it's embarrassing if someone spreads it?"
People are always rushing to give this and that to their fiancée, but it’s better for Zhou Gu to have his fiancée give him gifts in turn. If he doesn't make up for it and returns it, why is he so shameless?
