Chapter 115： Disappointed

Zhou Shuren pointed at the silver coins, "The rent is fifty-five taels, and the jewelry is two hundred and fifty taels. The pearl necklaces and bracelets this time are better than the last time, and the pearls in the north are more expensive than those in the south, so the cost is fifty taels more. I directly exchanged two hundred silver notes, ten taels of gold, and fifty taels of silver coins for broken silver."

Zhulan is not at ease with the bank note, she prefers the real thing, "I'll exchange it for 100 taels of gold, the bank note will be kept for 102 days and it is convenient to travel."

Zhou Shuren, "Let's go out tomorrow and get back together."

Zhulan spent 950 taels for the shop, 10 taels for the banquet, and still had more than 150 taels of silver left, plus more than 300 taels for the rent, a total of 450 taels in hand. More than a dozen taels, but unfortunately we can't buy any more shops. If they don't have the background to buy more, they should cause trouble. "Go out and bring back a lot of money."

Zhou Shuren took out fifty taels, "The money will be handed over to Brother Zhao when he leaves to help him buy furniture, and the rest is a thank you fee."

Zhulan is not afraid that Zhao Bo will lie to them. Zhao Bo will not do this for the sake of his family and his own reputation, and Zhao Bo has helped the family a lot, so why not be optimistic about Zhou Shuren?

In ancient times, some aristocratic families liked to help the poor students, so why not invest in the early stage. If there is a real future in the future, they will definitely give back and protect them. For the sake of reputation, there are very few white-eyed wolves.

It took five days to get everything from home to Pingzhou, and Zhulan and Zhou Shuren planned to spend two days strolling around.

Pingzhou is the largest state city in the north. It is not as prosperous as Pingzhou in the northern state. If you continue to the north, you will find the garrisoned troops. There are exiles nearby.

Early the next morning, Zhulan packed up the money and finally saw her house with her burden. There are more than a dozen rooms in the yard, two kitchens, one in the backyard, and one in the front yard. Zhulan is most happy that there is a well in the yard. , After reading it carefully, Zhulan was very satisfied.

After seeing the house, I took a carriage to see the shops. Because there are many shops in Nancheng, Zhulan took her daughter to visit a lot of shops.

There are a lot of people in the store, the guy is very busy, Zhulan didn't ask, listened to the guy's introduction to other customers, there are 32 pieces of good fire fox skins, 80 taels of white fox skins, and bear skins. This is more expensive to hundreds of taels, the inferior mink ranges from a dozen taels, and the good ones range from twenty taels.

Zhulan touched it and didn't buy it. When she returned to the carriage, Zhulan said to Zhou Shuren, "Pingzhou's leather is cheaper than the capital, and the northern frontier is cheaper. When there is a chance, I will definitely buy more, as a gift or for my own use. It's decent. It's fun again."

Zhou Shuren had a deep understanding of ancient times, "Don't think about going to the north to collect leather, there are fixed people in the north, and no one sold you in the past, no matter how much you pay, you don't dare to sell it, you will just buy it in the future. In Pingzhou, or someone near your home, call and buy it back!"

Zhulan said, "It's a pity, the price difference is quite large!"

Zhou Shuren said quietly: "You are not the only one who is smart. Everyone knows that the price difference is big, but no one dares to reach out. After every benefit, the royal family and nobles will protect them."

Zhulan doesn't talk about it anymore, it's better to be cautious outside.

The carriage arrived at the jewelry store. Zhulan likes jewelry very much in modern times, and prefers ancient jewelry. In the past, she had little money, but now she has more money in her hand. It is rare to go shopping in jewelry stores.

The jewelry store in the state city is much more advanced than in the county. The first floor is not only gold and silver jewelry, but also some agate and gemstones inlaid with Zhu hairpins.

Zhu Lan's eyes lit up, the gold earrings with broken rubies, the hollow silver hairpins inlaid with agate, and the bracelets were all beautiful.

Zhou Shuren finally realized the feeling of a friend spending money on his girlfriend, as long as he likes to spend as much as he likes, it is worth it, "buy it if you like it, don't be reluctant."

Zhu Lan's hands were itchy and she grinned, "Okay."

Pointing at the hairpin and bracelet, "Dude, what's the price?"

The guys are all fiery eyes. You can guess what customer buys what customer. This is the customer who wants to buy. He introduced enthusiastically, "Madame's vision is really good, these two are a set of jewelry, the hollow design is exquisite and lightweight. , the ruby ​​embellishment adds to the wealth, and the lady adds the earrings next to it, and the whole set is fifteen taels of silver."

Zhulan was not fooled by the staff. Although it was inlaid with rubies, it was a broken gem left over from scraps, and the condition was not good. She didn't say she wanted to buy it.

The man is not in a hurry. Experience tells him that the less he bargains, the more he wants to buy. He quickly opened the cabinet and took the children's jewelry. "These bracelets and earrings are suitable for little girls to wear, sapphire and agate are available."

Zhu Lan fell in love with her at first sight. The adults’ jewelry is all elegant, and the little girl’s jewelry has many patterns, and she also brought some broken gems. Even if she takes it out as a guest, it is not shabby. Zhu Lan asked the price, “These are the prices. How do you count?"

Buddy, "Children's are not expensive. A pair of bracelets inlaid with precious stones is a tael of silver, and a pair of earrings is half a pair."

Zhu Lan picked out four sets of bracelets and earrings, and then picked out the jewelry she was looking forward to just now, and then picked three silver hairpins with precious stones, which cost a total of twenty-eight taels.

Zhulan paid the money, even if she was reluctant to buy it. In the future, Zhou Shuren came to Pingzhou, she came to entertain guests, and it was not easy to see any jewelry.

Zhou Shuren didn't know when he went to the second floor. When Zhulan paid the money, Zhou Shuren returned to the carriage with a small box in his hand, and Zhulan asked, "What did you buy?"

Zhou Shuren opened the small box, which contained some leftover gems, "There are custom jewelry upstairs there are a lot of gems, so I picked out some shiny ones and bought them, and it cost me a total of twenty. two."

Zhulan counted a lot of leftover gemstones of various colors, "Do you want to find someone to make your own gemstones?"

Zhou Shuren smiled, "The styles of gold and silver jewelry at home are already outdated, so it's better to melt them and make new ones. As for how to do it, I don't know how to give it to you."

Zhulan took the box and said, "Wait until you are famous, or you can't bring some jewelry when you make it."

Just like her rare jewelry pendant, which is not allowed by ordinary people, she just saw several officials' daughters in the jewelry store. They were extremely arrogant, but very beautiful.

It's a pity that the man didn't wait for her to speak, and directly learned some jewelry, who can buy and who can wear it. To put it bluntly, it is a sense of superiority of a specific class!

Zhou Shuren didn't study jewelry. He really didn't know that there were so many studies on jewelry. He just thought it would be fine without dragon and phoenix carving.

Afterwards, I went to the ready-to-wear store. There was no shortage of fabrics at home. Zhulan mainly looked at the style of the clothes, and immediately fell in love with the yellow cloak. Fortunately, the emperor did not wear yellow, and there was no rule against wearing yellow in the overhead dynasties.

In the end, I bought some Pingzhou-specific pastries, and bought some exquisite wood carvings as gifts for a few children. I ate lunch outside and returned to the inn after dark.

On the second day, I went to the temple in Pingzhou. Zhulan also looked forward to encountering eminent monks who had attained the Tao and gave advice. As a result, many officials and family members came to worship the Buddha. They were stopped by family members everywhere, not to mention eminent monks, even monks. I didn't see a few, and they were all called to pray.

Pingzhou has nothing to do except temples. The exquisite gardens are not open to the public like the later generations. In ancient times, private people could not enter. They returned to the inn to pack their luggage and went home with the motorcade the next day.

Back at Zhoujia Village, it was still dark, Zhulan swept a circle of people and asked the boss, "Where's the Li family?"