Beloved Concubine

Chapter 15
While Chen Xiao was chatting with Aunt Shen, the water in the cauldron heated up.

Aunt Shen said: "You can wash your face with water."

"Yeah." Chen Xiao went back to the room and took a basin to fetch water to wash his face.

When Aunt Shen saw that her hair was hanging loose all the time, she couldn't help but said:

"You comb your hair, and others may wake up in a while."

The ancients were very concerned about "disheveled hair", especially women.A woman with disheveled hair looks like something.

Chen Xiao actually did it on purpose, pretending as if he just got up from the bed.

"hehe, ok."

She went back to her room to wash her face and combed her hair.

While she was making fun of herself, she heard Chunhong next door also get up.

Chunhong went to fetch water to wash her face, and Aunt Shen was surprised:
"Ah! What's wrong with your face?"

Chunhong's face was swollen like a braised pig's head, and her eyes were squeezed into narrow slits.

"I don't know what's wrong, I woke up like this."

Chunhong's face, neck, and body were itchy all night.She had been bitten by poisonous insects in the mountains before, and some swollen cells had not completely faded away, and now they swelled up again.

She didn't fetch hot water, but cold water, brought it back to the room and wiped it all over her body.

Chen Xiao smiled secretly: Don't listen to persuasion!Last night, Chunhong ate a pound of bee pupae, even for people who are not allergic to protein, a pound!How to have allergies.

When Chen Xiao combed her hair and came out, Chunhong had already returned to her room.

In fact, Chunhong herself knew what was going on, Chen Xiao had already reminded her yesterday.

One after another, others also got up.

Living in the other room of the east wing is a mother and daughter, who are going to the capital today.When the two came out of the room, their hair was neatly combed.

The one who lives in another room of the main house is a man.When the man came back last night, Chen Xiao and the others were having dinner and met each other.

Aunt Shen went to open the shop after boiling the water.The inn only provides two meals a day, and there is no breakfast in the morning.

Chen Xiao asked Aunt Shen where there is a market?Aunt Shen said there are in Nanmen Street.

Nanmen Street is the place where there is a memorial archway at the entrance of South Street that says "South Gate".

This county has no gates and walls.Because apart from the capital city and the prefecture city, the Nanyue Kingdom does not build city gates and walls in other counties.

An County is not where the prefecture is located, if it weren't for the hostility between Xia Guo and Xi Ling, and the businessman's excuse, this place would be an inconspicuous little place.

Chen Xiao wanted to go to the market, but she had no money with her.In case you see something and want to buy it, what if you don’t have money.

Ask Fang Yu to borrow some money, he hasn't gotten up yet.What's more, he didn't have much silver on him, and he was still waiting for Xiao Shitou to help him exchange silver.

Chen Xiao thought for a while, rolled his eyes, went back to the room and took a satin sheet, then went to find Aunt Shen.

"Ma'am, I have a piece of fabric that I want to sell, but I don't know how much I can sell it for. Can you help me see it?"

Chen Xiao presented the bed sheet.

Aunt Shen's eyes lit up when she saw the satin bed sheet, she fondled it fondly, and then leaned in front of her eyes to carefully look at the weave of the fabric.

"Exquisite! Exquisite!"

She was lucky enough to have seen such a material before, it was specially tributed to the palace, and ordinary people have never even seen it.

Aunt Shen pulled apart the fabric and found: this wide...

Aunt Shen measured it with a ruler.

God!It's more than seven feet!

She switched it over again and measured the other end, which was also more than seven feet.

Chen Xiao's bed sheet is 1.8 meters by [-] meters, suitable for her [-]-meter bed.

Aunt Shen has seen such delicate materials before, but she has never seen such a wide material.

In this era, the width of ordinary cloth is generally more than two feet, and the width of cloth is three feet.

Aunt Shen had heard of cloth six feet wide, but had never seen it.The one in front of me is actually more than seven feet long!

The width of the fabric is related to the width of the loom.With hand looms, if the loom is too wide, your hands will not be able to reach the shuttle.

Aunt Shen had heard of cloth that was six feet wide. At that time, what she couldn't imagine was: how were they woven?
"Miss Chen, where did you get this fabric?"

Aunt Shen asked a little cautiously.Because people who can have this fabric must not be ordinary people.

"I picked it up on the road."

"Picked it up?" Aunt Shen had a look of disbelief.

But thinking about it, it seems possible.This kind of fabric must be a tribute, maybe it was a carriage that pulled goods, and it accidentally fell off the road.

"Miss Chen, you'd better put away this fabric and don't sell it. Not to mention that the price of this fabric is hard to estimate, just say that this material is something that can only be found in the palace. It's rare!"

Chen Xiao was puzzled: "You mean, ordinary people can't use this fabric?"

"No, I mean the fabric is so expensive, it would be a pity to sell it."

This kind of material is rare, and for ordinary people, there will be no second piece.

"But I don't need it, and I happen to be short of money."

"You keep it as a dowry!"

The corner of Chen Xiao's mouth twitched: Heh, a bed sheet is kept as a dowry.She couldn't help but want to laugh.

"There is no need for dowry. First solve the problem of lack of money in front of you."

Aunt Shen also heard last night that Xiao Shitou helped change bank notes.I heard that it is a Xiling official ticket, which costs 600% of the fee. 90 taels will be deducted from 90 taels.They lost [-] taels in vain, and it hurts for them to think about it.

Aunt Shen thought for a while and asked, "Then...how much silver do you want to sell?"

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "I just don't understand, so I came to ask my aunt for advice."

Aunt Shen said: "Since you want to sell it, you can sell it to me. But the price of this material is really difficult to estimate, because there is no such material on the market."

Chen Xiao looked at Aunt Shen, waiting for her to offer a price.

Aunt Shen secretly calculated and said, "20 taels, how about it?"

She called the price low.She deliberately said a low price, waiting for Miss Chen to bargain with her.People who buy things have no reason to raise their own prices.

"Yes." Chen Xiao readily agreed.

"Really?" Aunt Shen couldn't believe it.

Her psychological price is 40 taels.No matter how much this piece of fabric is worth, she can't afford it no matter how expensive it is.

"Really." Chen Xiao nodded.

"You...you don't think I'm bullying you, do you?" Aunt Shen suddenly felt a little sorry.

"I picked it up anyway, for nothing." Chen Xiao smiled.

What she was thinking at this moment was: Should I also take out the quilt cover and pillow case and sell the whole set to her?But think about it.The size of the quilt and the way of loading the quilt of the ancient people are different from those of the modern people, and the pillows are also different.What's more, there is a zipper on the quilt!
Even if you want to sell it, you have to take the quilt cover apart and sell it, not the original one.

Aunt Shen was really sorry and said:
"I won't charge you for making clothes. I bought the material for the clothes from other places, so I only charge you for the fabric."

"No need." Chen Xiao waved his hand: "You can charge as much as you should."

Aunt Shen wanted to say more, but Chen Xiao urged:
"Ma'am, give me the money, I have to go to the market."

The Nanmen Street Market mainly sells meat and vegetables in the morning, and there are other things, but there may not be anything, so you have to go and see.

Aunt Shen saw that she was a straightforward person, so she didn't say any more.

A few taels of silver, maybe they really don't care.

Just like the 600 taels of silver bill, 90 taels of it disappeared all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)