Rich and wishful

Chapter 73
The first floor of Zhenbao Pavilion is divided into outer hall and inner hall.Visitors can freely choose to choose in the outer hall, or sit in a small room in the inner hall, and let the maids offer various ornaments to choose from.

As An Ruyi walked all the way, she felt that the outer hall looked rather large. There were a few transparent glazed counters inside, and all kinds of exquisite jewelry were placed in categories, making it easy to see clearly at a glance.

The many jewelries put together make people feel dazzled.It's true: the golden light often makes the hall lively; the silver energy keeps the room full of spring.

I have to say that the reason why Zhenbao Pavilion can become the best jewelry store in everyone's mind is that these large pieces of glass with high transparency are also one of the contributors.

Among other things, the price of these colored glazes is not affordable for ordinary wealthy families.The slightly smaller jewelry shop outside may not be worth as much as these few pieces of colored glaze.

The inner hall is about the same size as the outer hall, and there is a circular display stand in the middle of it. The doors and windows of the twelve small rooms all face the display stand.Whenever there is an auction of "Master Shu" jewelry, people who receive the post can sit in the small room and bid.

Of course, this "bidding" method is not the well-known auction in later generations.Instead, the people on the display stand first introduce the jewelry to be bid.Then several beautiful maids held the jewelry and displayed them in order.Afterwards, each family who is willing to buy will write the amount of money on a piece of paper, and the maid who guards the door of each small room will send it to the display stand.Finally, the amount of silver taels with the highest bid is announced, and the highest bidder wins.As for who is the highest bidder, it is generally not made public.

The layout of the second floor is similar to that of the inner hall on the first floor, except that there are 24 small rooms, each of which is more spacious and more delicately furnished.The best-decorated one is reserved for the master and is not open to the public.This is not only true of the Treasure Pavilion in the capital, but also in Treasure Pavilions everywhere.

It's just that not everyone can go up to the second floor.Only when the one-time consumption in Zhenbao Pavilion reaches 5 taels of silver, or if the cumulative consumption reaches more than 10 taels of silver within six months, the nobles or family members with official status can get a piece from Zhenbao Pavilion, engraved with "Zhenbao Pavilion" A pure gold plate with the lettering. .

With this signboard, no matter where you enter the Treasure Pavilion, you will be directly led to the small room on the second floor by the staff.

Civilians without official status are not eligible for this brand no matter how much they spend.In fact, it can't be completely blamed on Zhenbao Pavilion for treating them differently, it is because commoner women's clothing is too restricted.Where are the laws of the imperial court? There are many jewelry that official women can wear, but ordinary women can't wear them.

At this time, there were only a few people in twos and threes choosing jewelry in the outer hall on the first floor. There were not many people. They didn't pay much attention when they saw An Ruyi and Liu Yue coming in. It wasn't until they saw people going directly to the second floor that someone came over curiously. A few glances.

Sitting in a dedicated small room, she had the rose mint tea she ordered by name and a few plates of delicate refreshments by her side.After An Ruyi explained her intentions, the shopkeeper Jin did not dare to neglect, and went out in person to order people to prepare "small objects" suitable for gift-giving that met An Ruyi's needs.

The shopkeeper Jin Da was waiting on the sidelines. He knew that An Ruyi was actually impatient to take care of things, so he used concise language to talk about the recent situation of Zhenbao Pavilion.

What he said was concise and clear, but An Ruyi and Liu Yue didn't get impatient.On the contrary, Liu Yue's interest was aroused, and he asked a few questions.Shopkeeper Jin did not perfunctory Liu Yue because she was young and a girl, but answered carefully.

After asking and answering, the small shopkeeper Jin also led people in with several large plates of ornaments.Liu Yue's interest was immediately attracted, and she pulled An Ruyi to start picking.

An Ruyi took a glance and was very satisfied.The ornaments sent by shopkeeper Jin are all in line with her wishes - neither too precious nor too expensive.What's more intimate is that the plate in the hand of the last maid is not holding jewelry, but purses in various colors and styles embroidered with the logo of the Treasure Pavilion.

This means that even the purse for jewelry is prepared, which saves trouble.

An Ruyi didn't look at the jewelry, but admired the purse with great interest.The purse is exquisitely crafted and embroidered, and the silk and satin used are all top-grade.In addition to the bright and lively colors suitable for young women, such as light yellow, water green, apricot red, peach red, rose red.There are also azurite and eggplant colors suitable for men.On the pattern, there are more auspicious meanings such as more than every year, happy brows, good luck, and bamboo to report safety.

In the end, An Ruyi chose an apricot red round purse embroidered with the pattern of a big fat doll holding a big golden carp with surplus every year, and inside it was a Ruyi-shaped jade pendant with twining lotuses.It means wealth and wealth.I also chose a purse embroidered with an orchid pattern in a stone blue background, and inside it is a round jade pendant carved with an osmanthus pattern, which means that the orchid and osmanthus are fragrant, and the offspring are excellent.

In addition to these two kinds of purses, An Ruyi asked Jin Xiao's shopkeeper to prepare a lot of gold and silver nudes in the styles of plum blossoms, crabapples, and Ruyi pen ingots, and packed them one by one in purses.

Liu Yue also picked out a lot of safety buttons, pressed skirts and other small accessories.Then she asked Lubi and Taohua, the two personal maids who went out with her, to pick out two pieces of jewelry for herself and the people she didn't come with.Afterwards, the mother and daughter looked at some new jewelry made by the master in the shop, and kept the ones that were pleasing to the eye.

Everyone was happy all the time.

After choosing these, the mother and daughter went downstairs hand in hand, when passing by a glazed counter, Liu Yue stopped suddenly, she saw a lotus hairpin carved from jade, the color of the jade was not perfect, but mixed with crimson.But the master sculptor cleverly used the crimson color to carve that place into petals. With the exquisite carving, the carved lotus was lifelike, and there was a drop of crystal clear dew falling on the petals.Quite suitable for lotus flowers.So Liu Yue stopped and pointed at the silver hairpin, and before she could open her mouth, the clerk who was guarding behind the counter took it out graciously and offered it with both hands.

The peach blossom beside Liu Yue was about to reach out to pick it up, but unexpectedly a hand appeared out of nowhere and snatched the hairpin away.Tao Hua suddenly lost all face and became very angry.

She looked over and saw that it was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old maid who took away their hairpin. At this time, she was holding the hairpin to the eyes of a girl in brocade clothes wearing a curtain beside her.The girl didn't take it over, just glanced at the servant girl's hand and nodded.The maid said to the clerk crisply: "That's it, how much money?"

The guy was dumbfounded, "Why don't you look at the other girls, this one has already been ordered first."

The guy didn't notice for a while and let someone rob the hairpin that his young lady liked. He was so annoyed in his heart that he beat his chest and stomped his chest, wishing he could snatch the hairpin back with his own hands.

But the maid took out a bank note from her purse and patted it on the counter, "What do you mean someone asked for it first? Did they pay for it? It's true that you will collect the money soon, and our lady will take a fancy to this one." .”

"Hey, what's the matter with you? This is obviously our young lady who fell in love with it first." Tao Hua Xing's eyes widened.

(End of this chapter)