Chapter 115 Disappointment

Zhou Shuren pointed to the silver money, "The rent is fifty-five taels, and the jewelry is two hundred and fifty taels. This time the pearl necklace and bracelet are better than last time, and the pearls in the north are more expensive than those in the south, so I pawned fifty taels more. I directly exchanged two hundred silver bills, ten taels of gold, and five taels of silver coins for scraps of silver."

Zhulan is worried about the bank notes, she prefers the real thing, "Let's exchange it for a hundred taels of gold, and it will be convenient to travel after keeping the bank notes for a hundred taels of money."

Zhou Shuren, "Go out together tomorrow and change back."

Zhulan spent nine hundred and fifty taels for the shop, and ten taels for the banquet. The silver she brought was more than one hundred and fifty taels, and the rent was more than three hundred taels, so she had a total of four hundred and five taels. More than ten taels, unfortunately they can no longer buy shops, if they have no background to buy more, they should get into trouble, "I went out and brought back a lot of money."

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

Zhulan is not afraid that Zhao Bo will lie to them, and 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, and the early investment will not lose the big because of the small.

In ancient times, some aristocratic families liked to help poor students. It was not an early investment. If they were really promising in the future, they would definitely repay them and protect them. For the sake of reputation, there were very few white-eyed wolves.

It took five days for everything to be done from home to Pingzhou. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren planned to spend two days shopping.

Pingzhou is the largest state city in the north. It is not as prosperous as Pingzhou in the northern state city. If you continue to the north, you will be stationed in the garrison. There are exile places nearby, and the county town is full of garrisoned families, which is not prosperous.

Early the next morning, Zhulan packed up her money and finally saw her house. There are more than a dozen rooms in the courtyard, 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 looking at the houses, I went to see the shops in a carriage. Because there are many shops in Nancheng, Zhulan took her daughter to visit many shops. Pingzhou's leather is very famous, so Zhulan couldn't resist going in.

There were a lot of people coming and going in the shop, the clerk was very busy, Zhulan didn't inquire about it, and the clerk told other customers that there were 30 taels of high-quality fire fox skins, 80 taels of rare white fox skins, and bear skins. This is even more expensive, costing hundreds of taels. The mink fur ranges from more than a dozen taels to 20 taels for good ones.

Zhulan fumbled around but didn't buy it, and returned to the carriage, Zhulan said to Zhou Shuren: "Pingzhou's leather is cheaper than the capital, and the leather in the northern frontier is even 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 went out for a trip and got a deep understanding of ancient times, "Don't even think about going to the north to collect leather. There are regular people in the north. No one sold you in the past. No matter how much you pay, you dare not sell it. In the future, you can buy it. In Pingzhou, or someone nearby, you can call and buy it!"

Zhulan said, "It's a pity, there's a lot of price difference!"

Zhou Shuren said quietly: "You are not the only one who is smart. Everyone knows that the price difference is huge. No one dares to stretch out their hands because of jealousy. Every profit will be protected by the royal family and nobles."

Zhulan didn't talk about it anymore, after all, it's better to be more cautious outside.

The carriage arrived at the jewelry store. Zhulan liked jewelry very much in modern times, and she liked ancient jewelry more. She used to have little money, but now she has more money in hand. It is rare to go shopping in jewelry shops.

The jewelry shops in Zhoucheng are much higher than those in the county. The first floor is not only gold and silver jewelry, but also some agate and gemstones inlaid with red hairpins.

Zhulan's eyes are shining brightly, the gold earrings with crushed rubies, the hollowed-out silver hairpin inlaid with agate, and the bracelet are all very 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 it is worth it, "Buy it if you like it, don't be reluctant."

Zhulan's hands were itchy, she grinned, "Okay."

Pointing to the hairpin and bracelet, "Dude,

What's the price? "

The guys are all sharp-eyed, and they can guess what customers are buying and what customers are buying. This is the customer who wants to buy. He introduced enthusiastically, "Madam's vision is really good. These two are a set of jewelry. The hollow design is exquisite and light. , the ruby ​​embellishment adds to the wealth, Madam and the earrings next to it, the whole set is fifteen taels of silver."

Zhulan was not fooled by the waiter, although it was inlaid with rubies, it was a scrap of leftover gemstones, and the quality was not good, so she didn't say that she wanted to buy it, but instead said: "Take out jewelry suitable for eight or nine-year-old girls."

The buddy was not in a hurry. His experience told him that the less he bargained for the price, the more he would buy it. He quickly opened the cabinet and took out jewelry for children. "These bracelets and earrings are suitable for little girls. There are sapphires and agates."

Zhulan fell in love with it immediately. The adults' jewelry is all grand, but the little girl's jewelry is more colorful, and they all bring some broken gems. Even if they take it out as a guest, they don't look shabby. Zhulan asked the price, "These prices How do you count?"

Dude, "Children's are not expensive, a pair of gemstone-studded bracelets cost one tael of silver, and half a pair of earrings."

Zhulan picked out four sets of bracelets and earrings, and picked out the jewelry she was looking at just now, and then picked out three silver hairpins with precious stones, spending a total of twenty-eight taels.

Zhulan paid the money, even if she was reluctant to buy it, when Zhou Shuren came to Pingzhou in the future, she came to entertain guests, and a piece of jewelry was not easy to see.

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

Zhou Shuren opened the small box, and inside were some leftover gemstones, "There are custom-made jewelry upstairs, and there are a lot of gemstone materials. I picked some that looked shiny and bought them. It cost a total of twenty taels."

Zhulan counted a lot of leftover gemstones of various colors, "You want to find someone to order your own gemstones?"

Zhou Shuren smiled, "The style of gold and silver jewelry at home has long been outdated, so it's better to fuse and make new ones. As for how to do it, I don't know how to leave it to you."

Zhulan took the box, "Wait until you have a reputation, otherwise you can't wear some jewelry after you make it."

Just like her rare jewelry forehead pendant, ordinary people don't allow it, she just saw several official women's belts in the jewelry store, they are extremely arrogant, but they are extremely beautiful.

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

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

Then I went to the clothing 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, secretly thought that it was fortunate that the emperor did not wear yellow, and the superficial dynasty did not stipulate that yellow was not allowed.

Finally, I bought some unique pastries in Pingzhou, and bought some exquisite wood carvings as gifts for a few children. I had lunch outside and went back to the inn after dark.

On the second day, I went to the temple in Pingzhou. Zhulan was looking forward to encountering an eminent monk who would point out the maze. As a result, there were many official family members who came to worship Buddha, and they were blocked by servants everywhere, not to mention eminent monks, even monks. I didn't see many of them, and they were all called to chant sutras.

There is nothing to do in Pingzhou except temples. The exquisite gardens are not open to the outside world like the scenic spots in later generations. In ancient times, private people could not enter. Go back to the inn to pack your luggage, and go home with the motorcade the next day.

Back at Zhoujia Village, before it was dark, Zhulan scanned a circle of people and asked the boss, "Where's Mrs. Li?"