Clothing Shop
Zhou Yingying's eyes lit up as she looked at the wedding dress with colorful silk and gold and silver embroidery of mandarin ducks playing in the water: "Mom, I like this one."
Gu Ping looked over and saw that the sleeves and collar of the wedding dress were embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns interwoven with gold and silver threads, and decorated with gemstones and pearls. The whole wedding dress was gleaming with gold and looked extraordinarily gorgeous!
Gu Ping swallowed subconsciously: "How much is this wedding dress?"
The maid of the clothing shop smiled and said, "Miss and Madam, you have good taste. This is our treasure. Our embroiderer spent a whole year to embroider it! The silk threads used are all real gold and silver, and the pearls and gems on it are..."
The shopkeeper said a lot, and then quoted a price: "Only one thousand taels, great value."
One thousand taels? Gu Ping gasped and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is too expensive!"
Zhou Yingying felt sad in her heart that even if she sold herself she couldn't afford such an expensive wedding dress.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "This one is indeed more expensive because it has gold and silver threads, as well as agate and pearls. Madam, you can take a look at this one. The two designs are the same, but this one is much cheaper, only more than two hundred taels!"
The owner knew that not everyone could afford a wedding dress that cost more than 1,000 taels, so he made a cheaper version with the same pattern. That would make it much easier to sell!
Zhou Yingying looked over and saw that the gold lines had been replaced by yellow lines, and the silver lines had been replaced by light grey lines. The gems, pearls and agates were gone. It looked good, but it was not real gold or silver. It looked less gorgeous and noble.
But she couldn't afford a wedding dress that cost more than two hundred taels!
Gu Ping asked, "Do you have a wedding dress worth more than ten taels?"
The maid still said respectfully, "Yes, Madam, please wait a moment."
The maid walked behind the curtain and pulled out a wedding dress from a few years ago. It was not old and the material was good, but the embroidery on it was extremely simple, with only a circle of auspicious clouds embroidered on the cuffs. It was not gorgeous enough!
Before the empress was sent to the cold palace, she loved simple and elegant clothes, and everyone followed her example. The ladies in the capital also bought simple and elegant clothes.
Now Concubine Liang loves gorgeous and bright clothes. In recent years, gorgeous and complicated clothes have become popular in the capital.
"Madam, this wedding dress is made of very good material. Since it is a style from a few years ago, it only costs fifteen taels."
Both of them: “… ”
At this time, Xingnong walked in.
As soon as Xing Nong stepped into the clothing shop, the female shopkeeper saw her dignified demeanor and immediately came up to greet her in person.
There are many nobles in Beijing, and the shopkeeper has seen a lot of them. Basically, he can tell the family background of a noble by his demeanor in his gestures.
She dared to guarantee that this young master in purple had the kind of bearing that could only be cultivated by a noble family.
She smiled respectfully and asked, "What do you need, sir?"
Xing Nong looked at the ready-made clothes hanging on the wall, then stretched out his hand: "I want this set, this set..."
I ordered more than twenty sets in one go.
Several maids in the shop hurriedly helped her take down the clothes, and half of the ready-made clothes hanging in the shop were gone in an instant.
Gu Ping and Zhou Yingying were stunned: How much money does this cost
Xing Nong picked out a dark red flowered jacket and skirt, a dark purple flowered jacket and skirt, and a hooded graphite silk grey squirrel cape for Gu, and two sets for Shen Ruoxi. Shen Ruoxi was full of girlishness and liked pink the most. Xing Nong picked out pink and peach-colored dresses with white rabbit fur around the collar, and a light pink fox fur cape. The two uncles' families also bought a set of clothes each, including the second uncle's family of Gu Qin, who was getting married, and the village chief Gu's family.
Gu Qin married into a family living in the mountains, which made it inconvenient for her to go in and out. Her mother-in-law had been bedridden for many years and had no one to take care of her. She only came back home during the Chinese New Year, but she used to visit their home once a year during the Chinese New Year and bring a lot of mountain products.
Xingnong thought that they would come back during the Chinese New Year, so he bought it.
Then Xing Nong bought a large rabbit fur cape for each villager according to the number of people in their family. After all, some children are still growing up, so it is difficult to get the right size for clothes, but it doesn't matter if the cape is a little bigger.
The villagers probably also want to buy a bigger one so that their children can take care of it for two or three years.
Because winter came soon after I returned, I basically didn't have to do any farm work in winter. The weather got cold, so I had a rabbit fur cloak, which was very warm to wear when I went out or when the cat wore it at home.
Xingnong originally wanted to buy cotton-padded clothes for the villagers, but there was no cotton in this dynasty. The cotton-padded clothes that the villagers wore in winter were stuffed with all kinds of things, such as reeds, goose feathers, and so on. They were not very warm at all.
Then Xingnong bought dozens of pieces of thick yet soft silk cloth, and each family would be given one piece to make cotton-padded jackets.
Now, whenever she has time every day, she will collect cotton from the Creation Spirit Pearl. She has collected more than 30 kilograms so far, and there should be 50 to 60 kilograms when she goes back. She will then give each family 3 or 2 kilograms and make cotton clothes for the elderly and children in the village, so that winter will not be so difficult.
As I recall, every year when a cold winter comes, there will be one or two elderly people in many villages who cannot survive the winter.
The shopkeeper saw that Xing Nong had requested more than twenty ready-made garments and hundreds of rabbit fur capes at once, using up all the stock, and had also requested dozens of pieces of cloth. He enthusiastically said, "Young Master, you have so many family members!"
Wouldn't it be that every servant in the house is equipped with a cloak
That's really a big deal!
A rabbit fur cape costs twenty taels of silver, and an adult's cape costs forty or fifty taels of silver. And the clothes, the cheapest one costs a dozen taels! There are also dozens of taels of silver!
Thousands of taels of silver!
Xing Nong shook his head: "No, I gave them to relatives, friends and neighbors as New Year gifts. How much is it in total?"
The villagers of Taohua Village are so enthusiastic. They help harvest the fields after they finish their own work. They don't ask for money, so you can only buy something in return.
"The total is five thousand six hundred taels. Since you bought a lot, the extra taels can be omitted."
Gu Ping and Zhou Yingying: “… ”
More than five thousand taels, to be given to relatives, friends, and neighbors
Gu Ping couldn't help but envy and said, "It's great to be a relative, friend, and neighbor of the young master!"
Zhou Yingying took a look at Xing Nong and found that this young man was handsome and elegant, even more handsome than the young man from the Yao family whom she had met before. She couldn't help but give Xing Nong a shy smile: "Young master, you can tell at first glance that you are a generous person. Whoever can be his relative and neighbor is really lucky!"
Xing Nong glanced at the two of them calmly, "Really?"
Gu Ping smiled and nodded: "Of course, it's a great honor! It's a pity that we don't have such good relatives."
If there were such a good relative, just giving a cloak or a set of clothes, Yingying's dowry would be much more decent!
After coming to Beijing for quite a few days, she now had less than fifty taels left in her hand. The money she used to buy a complete dowry for her daughter was not even as much as a cloak that others gave to their neighbors!
Zhou Yingying thought about how she couldn't even borrow the jade ruyi from Xingnong, and couldn't help but say, "Our relatives are so powerful that they look down on others. Not to mention giving it as a gift, they can't even borrow something to use! How can a young master be so generous? Even the neighbors give gifts."
If Chen Xingnong was willing to lend Yu Ruyi, they wouldn't have to wait so long and spend almost all the money before she caught the Yao family's attention.
I've been in the capital for so long now that all my money has been spent. I don't even have enough money to buy a good wedding dress!
Xing Nong curled her lips, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing a sarcastic smile, and ignored them. She counted out five silver notes of one thousand taels and six silver notes of one hundred taels, left the address of Mr. Kong's house, asked the people from the clothing shop to deliver it, and then left.
This shop belongs to Chu Tiankuo, so she gave him the banknotes without any worries, and he would naturally go to Qian's Bank to exchange them for silver when the time comes.
Gu Ping took out fifteen taels and was about to buy the wedding dress when Zhou Yingying stopped her and said, "Mom, didn't Xingqing become a princess? Should we go find her?"