GBP Chapter 391: Settlement is quick but also annoying
Chapter 391: Settlement is quick but also annoying
Li Jingshu was the same. She never took her eyes off the clothes. She just imagined that when her husband Shen wore them, they would definitely make him look much more upscale, mature, steady, and still have a scholarly air.
But when I asked about the price, everything was good except that it was too expensive.
Old Lady Hua exclaimed, "What? Twenty taels? What? Twenty taels? Are you trying to steal? Is this piece of clothing worth twenty taels?"
Oh, these days, people can’t afford to eat outside, and even human traffickers can’t sell for more than 20 taels, and you dare to ask for 20 taels.”
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Madam, you are wrong. Your set of headgear still costs thirty-five taels."
The old lady disagreed: "My headpiece is made of silver thread. It's very expensive. Pearls and other things are also expensive. What do you have? Can you melt the silver thread and spend it as silver?"
But it is really expensive, and it is really beautiful.
Shen Luming clenched his fists and said, "Mom, buy it and get him a pair of black boots. Look at what Uncle Chen is wearing. My dad is the second boss, but he doesn't wear as well as the waiter."
Shen Youyou burst out laughing. It turned out that when they had just arrived, a new employee was standing at the door of Guangyuan Building. As a result, Shen Zhiqiu walked straight in and was stopped by him.
At that time, his father was preparing to go in and get the key to the rented courtyard from Chen Dongjia.
"My father can wear this gown right away. Mother, isn't it just twenty taels? Just consider it as a gift to him."
Li Jingshu rolled his eyes: "You are not needed. It's not that I don't want to part with it. It's just that your father will nag me if I buy it back."
Old Shen is like this. He spends money lavishly on his three children, but is a bit stingy when it comes to himself.
Mrs. Hua also accepted the price at this time. The old lady said, "No, boss, you have to give me a discount. You know I'm difficult to deal with. After all, we have a friendship. We will have to buy your cloth later."
Li Jingshu also said to the shopkeeper: "By the way, do you have any floral fabrics? I want cotton fabrics. Many of my people are buying them."
She planned to buy curtains, quilt covers and bed sheets for the house if the money was worth it. Since she had received the money, she would buy everything that was necessary for the house.
Little Yang pointed to a ready-made suit with a cinnamon-colored lining and an orange outer garment and said, "Boss, we're buying all of them. Can you give me a discount and cut the fabric for me according to that suit?"
The same was true for the other women in the Nine Clans. The total cost of the cloth alone was almost one hundred taels of silver.
Li Jingshu bought himself a set of ready-made clothes, but it was made of fine cotton and was not expensive. He spent about two taels of silver to buy the long gown for Shen Zhiqiu. The shopkeeper did not give him a discount, but gave him a pair of black boots for free.
She also used the same fabric to cut two small-sized suits for Shen Luming. She only bought cheaper fabrics, which were enough to make two suits for a child.
A total of six taels of silver were spent. It was not that I did not want to buy ready-made clothes for my son, but the nice-looking ready-made clothes for children in this store were too good for Lu Ming to wear, and the ones he could wear just didn't look good.
Shen Youyou said let’s buy some fabric. I’ll give you the drawings when I get back and you can make it according to them.
Li Jingshu also said that he wanted to buy some for Grandma Hua and Grandpa Shen, but Grandma Hua said that I earn my own money and I spend it myself.
The old lady was particularly generous this time. She selected fabrics for everyone in the family, including her daughter-in-law, sons, grandchildren, and of course Shen Zhiqiu's family.
In other words, "You buy it, it's yours, but you can't stop me from buying it."
That heroic gesture shocked all the old ladies in the nine clans. Not only did they buy each of them a set of cloth to make an outer garment, they also bought cloth to make an inner garment.
Cuifener was a little impressed by her sister-in-law. The way she took out money really looked like a shopkeeper.
Old Lady Gao also bumped into Dalin's grandpa and daughter-in-law, Old Lady Li: "Look at our captain, we still have to work hard!"
Just to buy cloth, the people of the nine clans stayed in the cloth shop for more than an hour.
When she walked out, Mrs. Hua felt that she was walking unsteadily. She grabbed Shen Youyou with one hand:
"My dear grandson, did he calculate the bill for us? I wonder if he made a mistake. Were you watching closely? How come your mother and I spent only 52 taels of silver?"
Shen Youyou felt amused. Grandma really needed to exercise more. She didn’t show any timidity in the shop just now, but she couldn’t hold on when she came out.
She said, "Grandma, you are the worst. Later, my mother sold the clothes for my father and gave him a pair of shoes for twenty taels. My brother got six taels of cloth.
My mother's ready-made clothes cost two taels, which is 28 taels. My mother bought two sets of cloth for each of Dahu, Erhu, and Grandpa Li, for a total of five taels and four cents.
Plus the other cloth I bought, which was six taels and eight cents, the shopkeeper charged me two cents less, so the total was forty taels, not including the satin and two sets of fine cotton I bought for me.
Including the money my mother spent, she spent 52 taels. Your cloth is worth 12 taels and 3 cents in total. The shopkeeper also deducted the change and charged you 12 taels."
For the first time, Grandma Hua felt that it was a very bad thing that her little granddaughter calculated the bills so quickly. She felt dizzy when she herself spent twelve taels of silver to buy cloth, but when she heard that her third daughter-in-law spent more than fifty taels at once.
The old lady silently encouraged her son in her heart: "San'er, you have to make more money!"
However, it is worth mentioning that the shopkeeper’s packages are delivered to their doorsteps, directly to their residences, so they don’t have to carry them back by themselves.
As a result, a few young men followed behind pushing carts, attracting many people to look at them sideways.
"Is this a robbery of the cloth shop?"
"Don't talk nonsense. How can it be that a group of masked men robbed a cloth shop? Have you ever seen a group of women with old people and children rob a cloth shop?"
Listening to the discussions of the people around her, Shen Youyou lowered her head and smiled. She really wanted to say to them, "I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. We have a large family."
Shen Luming held his sister's hand with one hand and brother Yuanbao's hand with the other, and raised his little head to say to Shen Youyou: "Sister, why do these city people seem to have never seen the world?"
This caused Shen Youyou to giggle and make goose-like sounds.
Back in the small courtyard where he rented his house, Shen Zhiqiu looked at the blue gown and suddenly became a little flustered: "How much is this thing?"
Li Jingshu held up two fingers.
Shen Zhiqiu breathed a sigh of relief: "Two taels, not bad."
As he said this, he happily picked it up and measured it against himself, but the more he measured it, the more he felt something was wrong. Why did this cloth feel so similar to the material of the fine cotton cloth that the marquis's son-in-law had given him?
Besides, this is embroidered with silver thread, right? He looked at his wife suspiciously: "This is two taels?"
Shen Luming sat at the head of the bed, smiling with two small canine teeth showing: "It's twenty taels."
Shen Zhiqiu was so frightened that he threw his long gown on his son's head, covering Shen Luming tightly. "What the hell is only twenty taels?"
Li Jingshu whispered in his ear: "Why are you panicking? It's not like you haven't worn clothes more expensive than this before."
Shen Zhiqiu was speechless and muttered in his heart: "He has worn it before, but how was my worth then? How is his worth now? He is just a refugee who has just settled here not long ago. How can he wear something like this?"