Chapter 46: Buying Jewelry

After returning to the capital, returning the horses to the horse firm, and recovering the deposit, Xu Qi’an walked out of the store’s door and said:

“Rhetoric you go back first, I have things to do.”

Xu New Year nodded without asking any more questions and left alone along the long street in the direction of his home.

Xu Qi’an bought a portion of osmanthus cake on the street and ate it as he walked, and in a short while, arrived at a jewelry store:

Treasure Weapon Hen!

The owner of Treasure Ware Xuan was a Xiu Cai, in fact, it was very common for readers to do business, especially those of the rich and noble families, and it was not possible to support the surly living expenses of a big family just by collecting rents from the fields.

There are nobles behind the big stores, greenhouses and other lucrative industries in the capital.

“Dafeng commerce is obviously unprecedentedly developed, but the heavy taxes are pressed on the peasants …. I have reason to suspect that it’s the gatekeepers and nobles who are up to no good.”

“How much silver can you grow by planting a field, and if you want to be rich, you must surely gather wool from the merchants.”

“If you want to make the people’s lives better, and make the Da Feng treasury richer, you must reform, but the imperial court is full of officials, where is it my turn to speak as a small Xu official. Well, set a small goal, first train Erlang to become the chief minister of Da Feng…”

Thinking of the future appearance of the arrogant little old brother who would be in a position of power in the future, the corner of Xu Qi’an’s mouth couldn’t help but curl up.

Xu Qi’an stepped into the store, her eyes skimming over the counter, and a piece of jewelry laid out on red silk caught her eye.

Hairpin, Tin, Matrimony, Hairpin, Stepping Stone, Huasheng …. Dazzling.

The gold ones are the most expensive, the jade ones depend on the type, the expensive ones are better than gold, and the cheaper ones are about the same as silver.

Xu Qi’an touched the three coins of silver in his pocket and muttered in his heart, this amount of money can’t buy any precious jewelry at all.

He was lamenting the lack of money when he stepped on a hard lump under his foot and naturally picked it up and put it in his pocket without changing his face.

It was probably so natural that no one noticed him for it.

“A penny of silver is useless, a penny of gold is more like it.”

He had the feeling of shopping in a luxury store in his previous life, which he couldn’t afford anyway, the only difference was that the shopkeepers now were reserved, not as annoying as the waiters in his previous life, who couldn’t wait to stick to you and make you spend money right away.

“Shopkeeper, do you have discounts here?” Xu Qi’an knocked on the counter.

The shopkeeper, an old man with a goatee and dressed as a scholar, was not surprised at what he said.

The shopkeeper pointed to the sign hanging on the wall and said with a smile, “If you can solve the crossword puzzle, the store’s contraptions can be discounted by half for you.”

This rule is a specialty of Treasure Chest.

Charades half off …. Interesting ….. Xu Qi’an walked over to the wooden sign and scanned the crossword puzzle on it: cloud breaks the moon to bring flowers to the shadow!

With his rich store of knowledge and logical reasoning skills, he quickly solved the crossword puzzle.

“Some jewelry is several dollars for the weight alone, plus labor ….”

Xu Qi’an estimated and realized that even with a half discount, he still couldn’t afford too good of jewelry.

But he soon found a way.

Can come to Treasure Chest to buy jewelry women, family are very solid, and read a few years of books, at least not illiterate women.

All such women have a problem: half a bucket of water clinks.

Feeling that he is a man of culture and likes to attach himself to elegance, he is particularly addicted to the tricks of the Treasure Ware Hen.

The same price of jewelry, they like to come to the treasure ware Xuan buy, not for other reasons, is to solve a crossword puzzle.

If you solve the crossword puzzle, the shopkeeper will engrave the correct puzzle underneath the wooden stick and give it to the customer along with the jewelry.

It’s fine if you don’t solve it, but once you solve a crossword or two for them, you can brag about it with your girlfriends.

This was the shopkeeper’s routine that Xu Qi’an had analyzed after listening to the talk of the two marvelous women on the side.

Not bad for a store run by a showman who knows how to attract a high-end customer base.

“Sister Yu, I can’t solve any of the word puzzles here, it’s so hard.”

“What my sister said is true, the shopkeeper is a scholarly master with a title, the questions are naturally difficult, and even idle readers may not be able to solve them.”

“Sister Yu, my Lang said the same thing, if I can solve the crossword puzzle and take the wooden sign, I will impress my Lang.”

“Idiot.”

“Ouch, you’re annoying ….”

The two good little ladies, who had been frowning sadly toward the wooden sign for some time, beeped and crumbled.

They were all dressed quite exquisitely, and it was thought that their families were extremely well off and educated, or they would not have attempted to solve the crossword puzzle.

“Two ladies.”

Suddenly, a man’s voice sounded from the sidelines.

The two beautiful-looking young ladies turned their heads warily, and when they saw Xu Qi’an, who had a handsome face and an angular figure, their guard was slightly lowered, but they did not speak.

The Da Bong Dynasty had a relatively liberal culture, but it was still rude to climb into a conversation with a strange man on the street.

Xu Qi’an didn’t care, and opened the door to the heart of the matter: “I can solve the riddles for both of you, but the silver saved by both of you will have to share half of it with me, and if you save five coins, you’ll have to share two and a half coins with me. Save four dollars of silver, you score me two dollars.”

Hearing Xu Qi’an’s offer, the shopkeeper looked up in surprise, scrutinized him carefully for a moment, snorted, and stopped talking.

Although this person was wearing a scholar’s robe, as long as he looked closely at the physique and skin color, he knew that he was a swollen-faced fat man’s goods.

What scholar have you ever seen who is as strong as an ox and has wheat-colored skin?

That midget shirt doesn’t fit at all.

Regarding Xu Qi’an’s proposal, the slightly younger woman, with her eyes shining brightly, was quite impressed.

Slightly older, more dignified and reserved, but also more cautious and distant, faintly said: “Gongzi at your own pace, if you really solved the crossword puzzle, slaves will not renege on the bill is.”

The sense of distance is extreme.

“The two ladies choose one.” Xu Qi’an laughed.

The slightly older woman was a bit hesitant, while the slightly younger one, who was eager to try, saw that her sister beside her didn’t object, and pointed at one of the wooden swabs: “Clouds Breaking the Moon to Flower Shadow.”

The voice was soft and moist.

Xu Qi’an immediately said, “The “able” of the able.”

The two young ladies subconsciously twisted their heads to look at the shopkeeper, whose jaw-dropped expression said it all.

Right away, that younger matron bought a gold hairpin and joyfully tugged it in her hand. Looking at Xu Qi An’s eyes, they turned bright.

After she put away the wooden sign, her eyes rolled and her tone became a bit more familiar as she said, “Can the gentleman continue to solve the crossword puzzle for my slave.”

“Lian’er…” the woman known as Sister Yu tugged on her sleeve.

“Sister Yu, the two of us came together, I have it and you don’t, how bad would that be.” After saying that, the virtuous woman called Lian’er looked at Xu Qi’an expectantly.

Begging for it …. Xu Qi’an revealed a warm-hearted smile, “No problem, mama choose another one.”

“Peacock.” She pointed to a wooden sign.

“Sun!” Xu Qi’an said.

“…..” The shopkeeper was dumbfounded.

“Thank you, sir. ….”

The two young ladies picked out the jewelry of their choice and left the store satisfied.

Xu Qi’an had an amazing ear and heard the woman called Lian’er say, “This gentleman is really talented and tall and handsome, much stouter than my Langjun.”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” The older woman reprimanded.

She seemed to be afraid of being heard by Xu Qi’an and came up to pester her, pulling Lian’er away quickly.