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Song Xiangsi walked to the front of the shop and saw some cloth laid inside. She paused for a moment and thought, it's almost summer. I should buy some to make two small dresses for my sister and some cool clothes for my brother.

In addition, she was wearing a spring dress. The clothes she was wearing these few days were a little hot, so it was about time to change into a light skirt.

He then turned to look at Meng Duanxuan. His body was covered with a thin cotton robe which had previously been custom-made.

Thinking this way, she walked forward and looked at the rows of fabric on the shelves. There were all kinds of them, the coarse cloth was the cheapest, and then there was the fine cotton cloth, all of which were at least a third of a meter in size.

However, the production technology here was not developed. Even if it was thin cotton, it was still very heavy. Whether it was good or bad wasn't something to be said, but if it was made into a summer shirt, it would definitely be hot and stuffy.

But silk was also quite expensive, especially muslin, which cost a few taels of silver a foot. If he took his clothes off, it would cost at least five or six taels of silver.

She bit her lip and lifted her hand to stroke the silk cloth. It was silky smooth and cool to the touch. Just by imagining it, she knew how cool it would be to put it on.

After choosing for a long time, she started to hesitate.

Meng Ling Xuan raised his eyebrows. Seeing that she was hesitating, his gaze was fixated on the two peach-colored satin. His eyes dimmed as he turned his head to see the shopkeeper walk over.

"Take this, this, and this... "All of you, pull it up to three feet and wrap it well."

He pointed to the few brocades that Song Xiangsi had seen earlier and instructed the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper's eyes were sparkling, and he was extremely happy. He felt that he was finally in a big business, so he quickly asked the waiter to help him cut the fabric.

Song Xiangsi turned around in surprise. "You …"

"Don't worry, I have some silver taels here. Take a look and see if there's anything you like. Don't worry about the money."

As he spoke, he took out a palm-sized silver ingot from his chest and handed it to the shopkeeper. With a calm voice, he asked, "Can you find this?"

The shopkeeper immediately beamed with joy and hurriedly received the silver ingot, nodding and bowing as he smiled, "We can find it. Take the young lady and slowly choose. We have everything we have, so pick any one of them. I'll give you a portion today."

Song Xiangsi curled her lips. She thought to herself, "This guy is really petty. They've already booked such a big order in this shop and bought so much brocade silk, but he's only giving her 10% of the profits."

However, considering the current production conditions, the cloth business was not easy to do.

As a result, he felt relieved and didn't say anything more. He turned around and picked up another two beautiful gauze pieces, intending to make two dresses with them.

The waiter hurriedly wrapped them up, and the shopkeeper searched for the change. Meng Ling Xuan received the items, and just as they were about to leave, two attendants walked in, holding ten pieces of cloth, both wrapped in muslin.

"Shopkeeper, I heard that these goods were brought over from the capital. There are only ten batches in total, that's rare." The waiter was sweating profusely. He placed everything he had on the counter and reported to the shopkeeper with a smile.

The shopkeeper also smiled as he moved closer to take a look. He hurriedly opened up the thin cotton cloth, and the cloth inside was revealed. He raised his hand to touch it and laughed, "Yes, it's really good stuff. I'm afraid in less than a day, our ten pieces will be sold out."

Song Xiangsi was rather curious when she heard that. She turned around and saw the cloth the shopkeeper was holding in his hand. It was a moon-white and looked low-key and luxurious. There was even a layer of faint light coming from it.

She turned around and went back to touch the cloth as well. It should be a piece of brocade. It was smooth and very comfortable.

"Shopkeeper, how much are you selling this for?" Song Xiangsi raised her head and asked. She was determined to obtain this brocade.

The shopkeeper rubbed his chin and chuckled at Song Xiangsi, "Lady, after buying so many things from me, you can be considered to be on good terms with me. I won't hide it from Lady, I've brought this from the capital with great difficulty, it's a great treasure."

He made a mat, indicating that the item was definitely not cheap.

Song Xiangsi smiled, not caring at all, "Just say it directly. How much is a foot?"

When the shopkeeper saw this, his triangular eyes lit up with a shrewd light. He extended three fingers and gestured in front of Song Xiangsi, "This number."

"Three taels of silver?"

The shopkeeper smiled and shook his head, "It's thirty silver taels."

"Thirty silver taels for a foot?" Song Xiangsi was still surprised. After all, thirty taels of silver was enough for a family to use for many years.

Sure enough, these things were luxury goods that only wealthy people could use.

She sighed in her heart as she turned around to look at Meng Ling Xuan. She saw him standing straight and upright, silently looking at her. His eyes were deep and profound, like an ancient well, calm and without ripples. However, she was alone.

Pursing her lips, Song Xiangsi calculated the amount of silver that she had at hand. She gritted her teeth and said, "Shopkeeper, please pull three feet for me."

"Alright!" The shopkeeper was overjoyed and quickly let the young servant go in order to punish her. He smiled and said, "Lady sure is generous."

Song Xiangsi smiled as well. She felt a little forced as blood dripped from her heart, but she did not regret it at all.

She wanted to buy this to make a robe for Meng.

Meng Ling Xuan held onto something as he stood at the side. He silently glanced at Song Xiangsi, then looked at the brocade. Suddenly, he understood something. His eyes lit up, and his heart was slightly moved.

"This …" He opened his mouth and felt his heart warm. His throat was dry. "What are you buying such expensive materials for?"

Song Xiangsi smiled and looked at him. She blinked and smiled coquettishly, "I'm not telling you."

Ye Zichen thought about how he would be able to give him a surprise in the future.

However, he didn't know how he could hide this tiny bit of information from Meng Duanxuan.

Glimmers danced in the man's eyes. The rays of light inside were as resplendent as the stars as he looked at her, his eyes filled with desire.

The waiter's movements were very fluid. After a short while, he cut the brocade and wrapped it in a thin piece of cotton cloth before handing it over.

Song Xiangsi passed the money to the shopkeeper. After some thought, she asked, "Do you have any shreds of cloth here?"

The shopkeeper had made a big deal today and was very happy. With a wave of his hand, he had the waiter take out all the cloth strips stored in the store.

He was half the height of a man and had a sack full of rags. He laughed heartily and asked the waiter to pass the shredded cloth to Meng Xiaoyuan before smiling at Song Xiangsi.

"Miss, you should know that our place is not rich. Usually, there are people who buy these pieces of cloth to put together into clothes."

The meaning behind his words was that these things were not wasted goods to be thrown away, but were bought with money.