Returning to the capital, returning the horses to the horse shop, and after recovering the deposit, Xu Qi'an walked out of the shop's door and said:
"You go back first, I still have something to do."
Xu Xinnian nodded, did not ask more, and left alone along the long street towards home.
Xu Qi'an bought a sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the street and ate it while walking. After a while, he arrived at a jewelry store:
Treasure House!
The owner of Baoqixuan is a talented scholar. In fact, it is very common for scholars to do business, especially those wealthy and wealthy. It is impossible to support the rotten living expenses of a large family just by collecting land rent.
There are aristocrats behind the big shops, brothels and other profitable industries in the capital.
"Dafeng's business is obviously unprecedentedly developed, but heavy taxes are burdened on the peasants... I have reason to suspect that this is what the clan aristocrats are doing."
"How much money can be grown from farming? If you want to be rich, you must harvest wool from merchants."
"If you want to make the people live better, and make Dafeng's treasury richer, you must reform, but the princes and princes in the courtroom, where is it my turn to speak to a little subordinate. Well, set a small goal, First, train Erlang to be the first assistant of Dafeng..."
Thinking of the appearance of the arrogant little brother in the future, Xu Qi'an's mouth curled up involuntarily.
Xu Qi'an stepped into the shop, glanced over the counter, and caught sight of a piece of jewelry placed on red silk.
Hairpin, tin, 笄, hairpin, step shake, Huasheng... dazzling.
Among them, the gold is the most expensive, and the jade depends on the type. The expensive is better than gold, and the cheap is similar to silver.
Xu Qi'an touched the three coins in his pocket and muttered in his heart, this amount of money can't buy any precious jewelry at all.
He was feeling that he was short of money when he stepped on a hard lump under his feet, so he picked it up naturally and put it in his pocket without changing his face.
Maybe it's too natural, no one pays attention to him.
"A penny of silver is useless, a penny of gold is almost the same."
He has the feeling of visiting a luxury store in his previous life. He couldn't afford it anyway. The only difference is that the current store owner is very reserved, not as annoying as the waiter in the previous life.
"Seller, do you have a discount here?" Xu Qi'an knocked on the counter.
The store owner was an old man with a goatee, dressed as a scholar, so he was not surprised.
The store owner pointed to the sign hanging on the wall, and said with a smile: "If you can solve the word puzzle objectively, the things in the store can be folded in half as much as you."
This rule is the characteristic of Baoqixuan.
50% discount on guessing word puzzles... Interesting... .. Xu Qi'an walked to the wooden sign and glanced at the word puzzles on it: Yun Poyue Lai Hua Nongying!
With a wealth of knowledge and logical reasoning ability, he quickly solved the anagram.
"Some jewelry costs just a few dollars in weight, plus labor costs..."
Xu Qi'an made an estimate and found that even with a half discount, he still couldn't afford very good jewelry.
But he soon found a way.
The women who can come to Baoqixuan to buy jewelry are from very wealthy families, and have read books for a few years, at least they are not illiterate women.
Such a woman has a problem: half a bucket of water clinks.
I feel that I am a cultural person and like to be arty, so I am particularly addicted to the little tricks of Baoqixuan.
Jewelry of the same price, they like to come to Baoqixuan to buy it, not for anything else, but to understand a word puzzle.
If the word puzzle is solved, the store will engrave the correct puzzle under the wooden sign, and then give it to the customer along with the jewelry.
It's okay if they haven't solved it, once they solve one or two anagrams, they can brag about it with their close friends.
This is Xu Qi'an's analysis of the store's routine after listening to the talk of the two young women on the side.
It is indeed a shop opened by scholars who know how to attract high-end customers.
"Sister Yu, I can't solve any of the word puzzles here. It's so difficult."
"What my sister said is that the store owner is a famous scholar, so the questions are naturally difficult, and even casual readers may not be able to solve them."
"Sister Yu, my Langjun said the same thing. If I can solve the crossword puzzle and take the wooden sign, I will definitely impress Langjun."
"A idiot talks about a dream."
"Oops, you hate..."
The two young ladies of a good family frowned at the wooden sign for a long time, muttering and muttering.
They are all well-dressed, and they all come from a very good family, and they have received a certain education, otherwise they would not try to solve charades.
"Two ladies."
Suddenly, a man's voice sounded from the side.
The two beautiful young ladies turned their heads vigilantly. After seeing Xu Qi'an with a handsome face and a hid figure, their vigilance slightly decreased, but they did not speak.
The atmosphere of the Dafeng Dynasty is relatively free, but it is still very rude to chat with strange men on the street.
Xu Qi'an didn't care, and said straight to the point: "I can solve the word puzzle for the two ladies, but the two ladies will give me half of the money saved, and five cents, and you will give me two and a half. Save four dollars. , you get my two cents."
Hearing Xu Qi'an's proposal, the store owner raised his head in surprise, carefully examined him for a moment, sneered, and ignored him.
Although this man was wearing a scholar's robe, as long as he carefully observed his physique and skin color, he knew that he was the one who slapped the fat man with a swollen face.
Which scholar have you seen, with a body as strong as an ox, with wheat-colored skin
That Confucian shirt didn't fit at all.
Regarding Xu Qi'an's proposal, the younger woman with bright eyes was quite moved.
The older one, more dignified and reserved, and more cautious and distant, said indifferently, "Young Master, if you really solve the charade, the slave family will not default on the debt."
Great sense of distance.
"Choose one of the two ladies." Xu Qi'an smiled.
The older woman was a little hesitant, while the younger one was eager to try it. Seeing that her elder sister had no objection, she pointed to one of the wooden signs: "Yun Poyue Lai Hua Nongying."
Soft voice.
Xu Qi'an immediately said: "The "ability" of those who can work harder."
The two little ladies subconsciously turned their heads to look at the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper's jaw-dropping expression explained everything.
At the moment, the young lady bought a golden hairpin and held it in her hand happily. Looking at Xu Qi'an's eyes, it became sparkling.
After she put away the wooden sign, she turned her eyes and said in a familiar tone, "Can you continue to solve anagrams for the slave family?"
"Lian'er..." The woman known as Jade Sister tugged at her sleeve.
"Sister Yu, the two of us came together, I have it, you don't, that's not good." After that, the good family called Lian'er looked at Xu Qi'an expectantly.
I can't ask for it... Xu Qi'an showed a warm man's smile: "No problem, the lady will choose another one."
"Dongques fly southeast." She pointed to a wooden sign.
"Sun!" Xu Qi'an said.
"..." The store owner was dumbfounded.
"Thank you sir..."
The two girls picked out their favorite jewelry and left the shop satisfied.
Xu Qi'an's ears were astonishing, when she heard the woman named Lian'er say, "This son is really talented, tall and handsome, much stronger than my lord."
"Don't talk nonsense." The older woman reprimanded.
She seemed to be afraid of being heard by Xu Qi'an, so she stepped forward to pester her, and pulled Lian'er away quickly.