freenovelworld Chapter 529 Visiting the Antique Stall
Chapter 529 Visiting the Antique Stall
Turning around, he saw Zhou Su's bitter and resentful look, and asked curiously, "What are you thinking about?"
Zhou Su said: "Sister, I'm thinking, if we didn't have you, we would be living worse than the scholar's family. They can at least take out twelve strings of cash a year, and they can support so many children at home, all of them are lively and energetic. Our family..."
His expression became depressed.
Zhou Guo knew what he had not finished saying, so he patted his head and said, "Don't think about it. This is not something we can control. Our family background is much worse than that of the scholar's family. They are scholars, and they can rent a house in the city. They are considered half city people. Our ancestors have been authentic country people, mud legs, and our family is full of common people. We can get to this point now, and it is already a blessing from eighteen generations of ancestors."
No one wanted to see Xiao Taozi's death. When Xiao Taozi was alive, she followed Zhou Sulu all day long, calling him brother all the time. It was normal for him to miss her.
Zhou Su stopped talking.
The two of them strolled on the street for a while, and were attracted by the things sold at the small stalls next to them, and all their worries were thrown away.
When he arrived at the cloth shop, Zhou Guo bought more than ten pieces of coarse cloth and more than ten pieces of cotton cloth. He then went to the cotton shop and bought some cotton. He planned to distribute them when he returned. Those women had nothing and could not even get a few feet of cloth. The weather was getting colder and they could not wear thin clothes.
You also need bedding, otherwise you will freeze to death in winter and how can you work?
She also showed her family some beautiful fabrics, especially for Zhou Xing, who would be getting married next year and needed to have some nice clothes made. She asked for a fabric each of bean green, goose yellow, and pink-purple. Each fabric had a bright color, but because of the good colors, the price was naturally not cheap.
One horse costs nine taels of silver.
Although Zhou Gu was also going to get married, most of the fabrics given by the shopkeeper at home were suitable for making clothes for men, so there was no need to buy extra ones.
Because you buy a lot, the cloth shop will deliver it to the inn.
It also saves you from having to take it yourself.
After visiting the cloth shop, the two went out and thought about it. It seems that there is nothing to buy. They will go to Baoyue Tower early tomorrow morning to buy pear blossom white for the old man. After buying the pear blossom white, they can go back.
Zhou Su didn't want to go back yet, so she said, "Sister, let's go shopping for a while, let's go to the antique and jade stalls?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Where do you want to go to pick up bargains? Let me make it clear first, I know nothing about this stuff and can't tell whether it's real or fake, so in order to avoid being cheated, we just take a look."
Zhou Su nodded happily.
The entire street is filled with antiques, which are displayed so tightly together that it seems as if they are afraid that others may not be able to find them.
The two of them looked all the way and checked out each stall, but didn't see anything they particularly wanted.
After walking a little further, she was attracted by a brush washer on the stall. It was a three-legged brush washer with bean green glaze. She couldn't say what was special about it, but she just thought it was beautiful, similar to other things on the stall. Coincidentally, she also needed a brush washer.
He took Zhou Suli forward and asked about all the other special items on the stall. Then he pretended to notice the washbasin by accident and asked its price.
The stall owner was asked a lot by her, but he didn't know what she wanted. He looked like he wasn't sincere and said listlessly, "This one is cheaper than the others you asked about. It's only two hundred strings of cash."
Zhou Guo nodded, picked up the white-glazed bamboo-handled pot he had asked about before, and asked for five hundred strings of cash. He opened his bid, "Five strings of cash!"
The stall owner was so angry that smoke almost came out of his nose.
"Look carefully, this is moon-white glaze. This glaze is so rare. You bid five strings of cash?!"
Zhou Guo said, "It's normal for me to counter-offer when you raise the price when we open a business. Why are you so angry? You can just raise the price higher."
Zhou Su nodded, "That's right."
The stall owner said unhappily, "I won't sell it for less than 480 guan!"
Zhou Guo shook his head, "It's too expensive. Even if it's moon white glaze, it's not worth that much. Look at your pot. The spout is crooked. It seems to have cracks. The glaze is not clean... This is not moon white, it looks like bean green."
The stall owner became even more angry, "Why isn't it moon white? Take a closer look?"
Zhou Guo said: "I'll take a closer look and it's the same. You want five hundred strings of cash, six strings of cash, that's the most!"
"Take the four hundred and sixty strings of cash. Four hundred and sixty. How can you bargain like that? You won't even give me the change?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "You and I both know how much this thing is worth. You're asking such a high price. Unless you meet a blind person, how can you sell it? You might as well sell it to me. I can give you seven strings of cash at most, which is already enough."
Zhou Su found it interesting.
After a round of bargaining, the two sides finally settled on the price of the pot at twelve strings of cash.
Zhou Guo sighed, picked up the brush and waved it in front of him, "You have to give me a bonus for the twelve strings of cash, otherwise I can only give you ten strings of cash at most."
The stall owner saw that it was a small brush washer that no one usually bought. He said with a look of heartache, "How can that be? I have to sell this thing in your hand for at least eighty taels. How can I give it as a bonus? I will exchange it for another one."
Zhou Guo nodded, put down the brush washer, and chose a plum vase that was almost azure in color. "Then let's take this one. This one is also very beautiful."
The stall owner stuffed the brush washer into her hand at lightning speed, then carefully took the bottle down, wiped it with his sleeve, glanced at Zhou Guo, and said, "You are really good at choosing. You picked up the treasure of my stall in one go. You didn't even look at what it is, and you still want to add it? The money you have is not even enough for the change. Okay, you can take this brush washer. Really."
Zhou Guo shrugged and paid the money.
Back at the inn, Zhou Guo placed the two things on the table and admired them.
Zhou Su asked, "Sister, are these two things worth twelve strings of cash?"
Zhou Guo shook his head, looking at the two things and said, "I don't know if it's worth it, but it's twelve strings of cash. Even if it's not worth it, it's not much. Just consider it a lesson learned."
Zhou Su said, "He asked for 500 strings of cash, but you only offered 12 strings of cash, and even added a little extra. It's obvious that this is not a good item."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, just think of it as buying a little toy."
In fact, the pot is quite beautiful, and the glaze looks moon white and delicate. It is just a little small, but it doesn’t matter. The old man can still play with it in his hands when he is free. Although it is a little big, it loses its practicality when it is small.
I took the brush washer and took a look at it. Although the three legs with green glaze were just a fork, it would definitely look good on her desk.
All in all, although I don’t know whether these two things are expensive, she likes them and they look good in her home.
Zhou Su said, "Before you went in, you told me not to buy any, lest I get cheated, but you ended up buying two."
Zhou Guo disagreed, "You're wrong. I only bought one, and this is an extra."