My wife is super prosperous

Chapter 214
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When Shi Zining woke up and walked out of the house, he saw Liu Biao and Tang Sanbao talking under the eaves.

Seeing that Shi Zining had left the room, Tang Sanbao turned around and entered the hall.

"My lord is awake?" Liu Biao came over, "Second Master Nie came over just now and said that Uncle Nie is back and is talking with Mrs. Nie. Uncle Nie will be waiting for us at the second gate in two quarters of an hour."

Tang Sanbao came out of the living room with a glass of warm water, Shi Zining took a few sips of it, "Got it."

Shi Zining and the others arrived at the second gate and waited for a while before seeing Nie Jingquan come out.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Nie Jingquan didn't know whether it was because he didn't sleep last night, or because he was exhausted from dealing with Mrs. Nie, and his complexion didn't look good: "The carriage is already waiting outside. Let's go to the study."

A group of people came to a study that Shi Zining had come back from. All the pens, inks, papers and inkstones in this study were supplied by Nie Jingquan. This time, Nie Jingquan also supplied the largest number of stationery boxes to this study.

When a few people walked into the study, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er were recommending stationery boxes to several scholars.

A scholar in plain clothes asked the price in a low voice.

The shopkeeper replied with a smile: "15 two for one."

"So expensive?" The scholar cried out, and then explained with a blushing face, "Well, I don't mean to bargain."

It would be demeaning to let people know that he is a scholar who also bargains with others, but 15 taels of silver is really too expensive, no matter how much he likes this stationery case, he can't afford it.

"I know it's not a counter-offer." The shopkeeper didn't mean to make fun of the scholar: "But my son, the 15 taels I said include the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the stationery case. The reason why this stationery case is so expensive is because The piece of ink inside is valuable, if you don’t want the pen, ink, paper and inkstone inside, but just buy the stationery case, then you only need 8 taels of silver.”

Shi Zining frowned slightly, isn't this forced buying and selling?

They sell stationery boxes, why do they add pens, inks, papers and inkstones to them?

Before Ning raised any doubts, Nie Jingquan stepped forward with a straight face: "Master Chen."

Shopkeeper Chen raised his head, showing surprise: "Uncle Nie is here?"

Compared with Shopkeeper Chen's enthusiasm, Nie Jingquan's expression was a little cold: "Shopkeeper Chen, you must have taken the wrong stationery case."

Their stationery case is divided into three prices. In addition to the size, there are other things inside the stationery case. The higher the price, the more finely divided the layers and grids inside, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone can be placed separately. , but also put hand towels and so on.

The cheapest one is only divided into two tiers, but the appearance of the stationery cases at all prices is the same, this is also to avoid comparisons among students and to maintain the face of students with ordinary conditions.

Shopkeeper Chen's eyes flashed, and he pretended to be surprised: "No way? I'll take another look."

Shopkeeper Chen said, taking the stationery case closer, squinting his eyes to look at it, and then opened the stationery case again, and after a while he said to the scholar who asked the price annoyedly: "My lord, I'm really sorry, this one The stationery case only sells for five taels of silver, not the one that sells for eight taels, it was my eyesight that made a mistake, I’m really sorry.”

The scholar secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pretending to be relieved on the surface: "I just said that the workmanship of this stationery case is not fine enough."

After a meal, the scholar took out a purse, counted five taels of silver from it and put it on the counter: "If the workmanship is not fine, then it is not fine, as long as it is convenient."

He can barely afford 5 taels of silver, and he has to consider 8 taels of silver, after all, the extra 3 taels of silver can buy a lot of rice paper.

(End of this chapter)