At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 260
The maid waiter was holding a vegetable basket covered with a piece of cloth. It didn't look like she was shopping for vegetables. She looked all over the cloth shop on the street, more like buying clothes and cloth, but she entered two cloth shops. , and finally walked out with disappointed expressions.

Gao Bufan was secretly curious, and handed the two jars of wine to Gao Shou, and then followed the waiter into a cloth shop, just in time to hear the latter talking to the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, the workmanship and materials of these embroidery are all high-quality. The silk fabric alone is worth more than a hundred coins. The price you gave is really too low. Can you add more?" The servant frowned, The language is pleading.

Gao Bufan stood on one side pretending to look at the cloth, and took a sneak peek. He saw that there were indeed some beautifully crafted embroidery pieces and some big red zippers (ornaments similar to Chinese knots) in the book waiter's basket. The materials were undoubtedly all For the best ones, the materials alone cost several taels of silver.

However, the philistine in the shopkeeper's face showed shrewdness in his eyes. While flipping through a few exquisite embroidery pieces with love, he shook his head with disgust and said, "One hundred yuan is already a piece of embroidery." It's the highest price, if you don't believe me, even if you go all over Nanshi to ask, no one will bid higher than you, anyway, I've always been kind-hearted, I'll add some more for you, one piece of embroidery is one hundred and fifty cents, one piece of net Twenty Wen."

Shi Shu bit her lips with a helpless expression. This price was indeed the highest she had compared with many cloth houses, but this price still made her hard to accept. She couldn't even make money for the materials, and she was at a big loss, so she shook her head and said : "Forget it, I won't sell it."

The waiter put the embroideries and nets back into the basket and covered them, then turned and left. Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Miss, we can talk about the price again. How about adding five cents to the embroidery?"

The waiter was not stupid, he obviously saw that the shopkeeper wanted to buy it, so he stood still and said, "Add fifty cents, and I won't sell it for less."

"Hey, you bastard is quite good at raising prices, and the lion will open his mouth, then you can sell it to others, let alone Nanshi, even Beishi, no one will add [-] cents to you... Cough!" the shopkeeper said. As soon as I said it, I regretted it so much that I almost slapped myself. I'm such a pig, why did I mention Beishi.

Shi Shu's eyes lit up, yes, why don't I go to Beishi to sell it, the people living near Beishi are all high-ranking officials and nobles, there must be people who know the goods and are willing to pay a high price to buy them. It's also good to buy one by one, so why sell it for a mere few tens of pennies?

The waiter made up his mind, and immediately walked out of the cloth shop without looking back, no matter how the shopkeeper yelled at him, he didn't stop. The shopkeeper slapped himself in regret. Those embroidery pieces are all exquisite. It's worth at least one thousand yuan per piece, and I blame myself for being greedy. If I promise her, I won't. It's only 150 yuan if I add fifty yuan.

It's just that there is no medicine for regret in this world. This shopkeeper is too greedy. He can tell at a glance that this is the first time Shishu has done this job. He doesn't understand the market. He probably needs money very urgently. The duck flew away.

The shopkeeper was feeling annoyed, when he saw Gao Bufan who was dressed smartly, his eyes lit up immediately, and he asked enthusiastically, "What do you want to buy, my lord? Just look around, pick whatever you want, this shop has good quality and low price."

Gao Bufan pointed to the most exquisite piece of silk beside him and asked, "How much is this Shu brocade?"

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, this is indeed a big customer, just in time to recover some losses, he said with a flattering smile: "Young master has good eyesight, this is the best Shu brocade in our shop, the price is fair, only [-] yuan a piece."

"It's too expensive, can you sell it for five cents?" Gao Bufan said.

The shopkeeper's expression darkened immediately and he said: "My lord, this is just for fun. There is only five Wen for a piece of Shu brocade in this world, and you can't even buy a live fish for five Wen."

Gao Bufan said with a light smile: "The shopkeeper can open up the price, so shouldn't you be allowed to pay back the money where you are?"

The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and said: "You are paying the money on the ground, and you have dug a hole in the ground."

"Don't do to others what you don't want to do to others. It's not cold to make money in business, but it's better to have a conscience." After Gao Bufan finished speaking, Shi Shi ran out of the cloth shop, and the shopkeeper was choked speechless Come on, hey, what is this kid's background, he seems to know the goods!

"Third brother, what are you doing? Have you taken a fancy to that girl? Do you want your sister-in-law to come forward to propose marriage for you?" Hong Funu saw Gao Bufan following a woman into the cloth village, followed her out quietly, and walked over asked strangely.

Gao Bufan knew that Hongfu girl had misunderstood, but his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "My sister-in-law misunderstood, but I do have something to ask my sister-in-law. There are some embroidery and ties in the basket of the woman in front, please go Buy it, [-] Wen for embroidery, [-] Wen for netting, whatever you have.” After speaking, he stuffed the purse into Hong Fu Nu’s hand.

"So expensive?" The Red Buddha girl was taken aback.Gao Bufan laughed and said: "It's not expensive, it's all high-quality goods. As the saying goes, it's hard to buy a good heart, just a few taels of silver, it's worth it!"

Hongfu girl smiled knowingly, and said with a pun: "Well, my sister-in-law also wants to see what kind of good thing it is, and it has caught the eye of the third brother."

Hong Fu Nu caught up with the servant with her purse in her hand, and shouted, "Young lady, stay a step."

The waiter stopped and looked at Hong Fu Nu suspiciously, with a hint of vigilance in the doubt: "Eldest sister, you call me?"

Hong Fu Nu looked at her and found that the waiter's appearance was good-looking, but she was not particularly outstanding, and she looked like a maid at first glance. The third brother should not fall in love with her, so she asked with a smile: "Miss, the embroidery in this basket Are you going to sell it?"

The waiter was surprised when he heard the words: "How did the elder sister know?"

Hong Fu Nu put her left hand on her hips and waved the handkerchief in her right hand in front of her body. She said with a smile, "Just now when the girl went into that cloth shop to talk to the shopkeeper, I happened to be right next to you, eldest sister."

Shi Shu couldn't help being stunned, and at the same time, his heart moved. Could it be that the shopkeeper just sent this eldest sister here. It seems that he was right not to sell it. The shopkeeper really wants these embroidery, but he doesn't want to pay a high price. These vendors are really cunning.

Hong Fu Nu didn't know that her servant mistakenly thought she was a babysitter invited by the shopkeeper, so she asked with a smile, "Girl, can I show the embroidery?"

"Of course!" Shi Shu opened the basket, but his eyes became more vigilant.

Hong Fu Nu thought to herself, this girl is quite clever, picked up the embroidery in the basket and looked at it carefully, she couldn't help but said to herself: "It's really good, the workmanship and materials are the best, and the price given by the third brother is also moderate. "

"How much is the girl going to sell?" Hong Fu Nu asked with a smile.

The waiter hesitated for a moment, and said boldly: "Embroidery is three hundred Wen a piece, and the tie is fifty Wen."

"what?"

The waiter hurriedly said: "Elder sister, if you think it's too expensive, you can pay back the price!"

As soon as Hongfu girl heard it, she knew that she was a confused girl who didn't understand the market, and it was probably the first time she did this job. This kind of fine silk cloth should not be affordable by a maid, so these embroidery came from the master's house. Stolen, or the owner's family is in trouble, so these fabrics have to be sold.

"Three hundred Wen is really too cheap. Let's do it. Eight hundred Wen a piece. I'll take it all. The zippers are eighty Wen a piece. Eldest sister will also cover it." Hong Fu said proudly.

The waiter couldn't help being dumbfounded, he hadn't seen anyone who bargained for a higher price, this elder sister couldn't be out of his mind, he said in a good manner: "Elder sister, is it true?"

"That's still fake. There are five pieces of embroidery, a total of 480 Wen, and six zippers, that is 480 Wen, a total of [-] Wen. Hey, this is five taels of silver, you take it!" Hong Fu The woman took out a silver ingot from the purse, about five taels in weight, and handed it to the waiter.

In the Sui Dynasty, there was relatively little gold and silver, and copper coins were mostly circulated in the market, so silver was expensive and copper was cheap, and the value of five taels of silver was definitely more than five thousand Wen.

The waiter couldn't believe his eyes, took the silver, weighed it, put it in his mouth and bit it, confirmed that it was not fake silver, and then happily said: "Thank you, elder sister, you are really a good person." After speaking, he said from himself He took out a pile of copper coins and two dimes of silver from his money bag, and said embarrassingly, "I can't give you enough money!"

Hong Fu Nu waved her hand generously: "Then owe it first. Next time, if you still have embroidery to sell, you can come to Eldest Sister and settle it together at that time."

The servant was surprised and delighted and said: "Really? Could it be that the eldest sister is from Kaibuzhuang?"

Hongfu girl said without changing her face, "It's okay, if you want to sell embroidery later, you can wait for me at the gate of Chunhuafang."

The waiter quickly agreed, and he was so happy that he didn't even want the basket, and gave it to Hong Funu together.Hong Fu Nu took the opportunity to inquire about Shi Shu's details. Shi Shu was an opponent of "old Jiang Hu" like Hong Fu Nu, who was quickly outed, and finally left the market happily, and went home to My daughter went to announce the good news.

As Shi Shu walked, he thought happily, it's great, with a stable buyer, the embroidery that the girl will do in the future will not worry about selling, the key point is that the purchase price offered by this eldest sister is quite considerable, what a nice person!

(End of this chapter)