Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Chapter 102 Shopping (seeking Subscription and Monthly Pass)
Entering the shop with the pattern of copper coins carved at the door, there is an open space of six to seven square meters as soon as you enter the door, and then you walk inside a tall wooden counter cut from east to west, with wooden railings on it, and only the middle one. A small hole just enough to expose the head.

Sitting inside was a middle-aged man with a mustache. He was doing calculations at the counter. He should be the shopkeeper of the bank.

Behind him stood two tall and burly young men, standing upright on both sides, probably like guards, after all, it was a bank, and there was a lot of money in circulation. Later generations also robbed banks.

Qingyan felt that these two might not be the only ones in the bank, but there might be more in the future, otherwise, if something unexpected happened, these two would not be able to protect them.

Sure enough, Chou Chou sent a voice transmission to Qing Yan: "I'll go! There are eight or nine big men living in such a small courtyard!"

Qingyan's face is clear, sure enough, these two are only on the surface, if something happens, six or seven will come out after shouting.

The front counter is only so big, and it can't hold so many people.

Behind the counter is a cabinet nailed with copper nails, and some drawers are covered with copper skin, presumably it should be a place to store silver and bank notes.

Qingyan put the bank note with the money exchange written on it on the counter and said, "Boss, I want to exchange money."

The shopkeeper raised his eyes and glanced at Qingyan, he was not like the bank staff of the later generations who asked to take identification, fill in the form or ask some questions.

He directly took the bank note, looked it up and down carefully, and asked, "Should I exchange it directly for 50 taels of silver, or exchange it for broken pieces?"

Qingyan smiled and said, "Can you exchange three ten taels for one ingot, and the rest for one tael? I'm going out to buy something later."

The shopkeeper nodded, "Yes, wait."

After speaking, he got up and walked to the cabinet behind him, opened the drawer and took out the silver taels, and put them directly on the tray on the cabinet.

Take it to the counter, push it away, and let Qingyan take the money by herself.

Qingyan stretched out her hand to take a ten tael, turned it upside down, and sure enough it was less than a catty. The current one catty should be 16 taels, and the ten taels of silver only looked like more than 300 grams.

Although the weight is lighter, the exchange for copper coins is still the same. One tael of silver is exchanged for one thousand copper plates. Most of the copper plates used today are Kaiyuan Tongbao or Hanyuan Tongbao. .

When Qingyan went shopping with a few old ladies before, she already knew the prices here. You can buy white noodles for five renminbi, and you can buy miscellaneous grains for only two or three renminbi a catty.

One tael of silver is equivalent to a thousand copper plates, and the purchasing power is already very strong.

Qingyan first put all the silver coins in her satchel, and with that casual movement, the two big men behind both looked sideways.

After leaving the bank, he walked a few steps forward, and then sent a voice transmission to Chou Chou, telling him to leave a couple of taels of silver in his satchel, and receive the rest into his space.

Anyway, it is by my side, and I can ask for it at any time when I need it for a while, so as to avoid encountering pickpockets on the road and being taken away by others.

In this chaotic world, it is not uncommon for pickpockets to rob roads, so it is better to be careful.

Chou Chou received the money, and said to Qingyan through voice transmission: "Actually, you can exchange gold for silver in that bank just now, and this kind of bank can usually help customers exchange."

Qingyan shook her head and said: "It's better to forget it, the two tall and burly men in the bank stood there, and they felt uneasy when they saw it, so it's better to follow the normal path.

Seeing that she said that, Chou Chou didn't say any more.

They first went to the cloth shop they had been to before, and bought a autumn-scented silk satin there. This color is bright and elegant, and they planned to give it to their old mother when they went back, and asked her to find a tailor in Hong Kong City to make clothes.

The silks and satins at this time were not like those of later generations, many of them were woven by machines, and they were really expensive, this one cost her ten taels of silver!

At this price, I feel that the 50 taels I exchanged are not enough.

After that, I stopped buying fabrics and simply bought ready-made clothes instead of silk and satin. I bought ordinary cotton and linen.

The clothes at this time were still in the style of the Tang Dynasty. Men's clothes were not very good-looking, with round necks, but women's clothes were really attractive.

Qingyan bought five sets in total, one set for herself, one set for her mother, and one set for her grandma, grandma, and aunt. They are all more accepting of new things, and they will definitely wear them after buying them.

As for the cousins ​​and aunts, forget it, although they usually talk very open-minded, but they are very conservative in dressing and dressing. They only wear the kind of clothes that are everywhere on the street, and they like to follow the crowd.

Unlike my grandma and grandma, who like to be unconventional, especially grandma and mother often go to Hong Kong City. Once there, they really let themselves go. They wear a slim cheongsam every day, or the kind with high slits.

Every time grandpa and dad have to follow behind, afraid of being pried into the corner of the wall, wishing to sew up the split with a needle in hand.

Grandma and aunt usually like ancient costumes very much, and often wear simplified Tang suits.I like cheongsam or Hanfu very much. It should be brought by my mother. I often stay with them and brainwash them, so my ideas are not so rigid.

After buying clothes and cloth, I went to the embroidery shop to buy some embroidery products, which alone cost me nearly 20 taels of silver!
There is no way, these things are indeed precious, it is said that those embroidery and silk are all from Wuyue, the distance is long, and the cost is high, understandably.

Afterwards, I went to the cosmetics shop and bought some rouge powder in small porcelain jars. This thing is definitely not going to be used. I just want to give it as a gift when I go back. It looks good, like a handicraft, and it is indeed an antique.

But it's really not good for the skin, rouge is okay, but gouache is fine.

Her old mother said that ancient gouache also had excessive levels of lead and mercury.

After buying these things, I went to buy some handicrafts, and let alone eat. At this time, there is really nothing delicious.

The cakes are just that, and they smell delicious, but Qingyan looks like the ones from a certain Xiangcun in the later generations, and they are not as soft as those made by others.

At the end of the stroll, she saw a bookstore, and Qingyan went in to have a look.

To be honest, it is incomparable with the bookstores of later generations. There are only a few books, and they are all manuscripts, and there is no price on them.

The guy inside probably saw her as a woman, and she wasn't dressed so well, so she didn't even say hello.

Instead, he kept his eyes on her, fearing that she might damage the book.

After looking around, Qingyan picked out a travel book and said to the clerk, "How do you sell this book?"

The guy stood up in surprise, took the book from Qingyan's hand, looked her over carefully, and looked back at her as he walked towards the counter.

Ask the shopkeeper at the counter, the shopkeeper glanced at it and said: "One tael of silver."

Qingyan is speechless, just such a thin book costs more than 1000 yuan!

I can't blame many poor students in ancient times who couldn't read books!
(End of this chapter)