readx(); In the evening of that day, when Chu Li returned to the East Garden covered with glow, he saw Zhao Ying in his small courtyard, sitting at the stone table drinking tea, wearing a lake green Luo shirt, looking very graceful.
Zhao Ying saw him and stood up with a smile: "Brother, you are really busy!"
Chu Li smiled and sat across from her, smelling the faint fragrance, and said, "Junior sister, you are here. What happened over there?"
"No." Zhao Ying sat down again: "I've been shopping for a while. I never found Chongming City so big. I haven't finished shopping yet. Sisters, you are in a good mood. Don't worry!"
Chu Li nodded: "It all depends on junior sister, I really can't take care of it."
"What are you busy with?"
"Well... it's better that you don't know."
"Mysterious!" Zhao Ying rolled her eyes at him and stopped asking.
"Where's the pub?"
"Not even close." Zhao Ying frowned and said, "The progress is quite slow. I think there is something wrong with their design. The place is too big. How can there be so many people there?"
Chu Li smiled.
"The location of that shop is not good, it's deserted." Zhao Ying was a little worried: "Brother, why did you choose that place? It's so nice on the street!"
"What I want is peace and quiet." Chu Li said with a smile: "Don't worry, there will be business. Besides, the tavern is not opened to make money."
"If they lose money, they will feel guilty and blame themselves."
"If you really lose money, then change it to something else... maybe it will be very profitable. Come on, let's go to the city for a walk!"
"Are you still going?" Zhao Ying had a sad face.
"Go to Qicao Xuan."
"What are you doing there?" Zhao Ying suddenly became curious.
"There are a lot of good things on that street, let's see if we can come across them."
The street where Qi Caoxuan is located is mostly filled with antique shops, just like the antique streets of later generations. If you have good eyesight and good luck, you can find them.
Zhao Ying was dubious.
The two of them left the Duke's Mansion and came to Chongming City.
Lanterns are hung everywhere in the city. Strings of red lanterns illuminate Chongming City like daytime, more beautiful than daytime. The streets are bustling with traffic, the voices of adults bargaining and the laughter of children are mixed together, making it extremely noisy.
Chu Li and Zhao Yinglai quickly turned from Central Street into a quiet street and entered an antique shop.
Chu Li is knowledgeable and has great wisdom. Looking for antiques is like searching for something in a bag. He quickly picked up two leaks, bought them as fakes from one store, wiped them, wiped them, and sold them as genuine items at another store.
After visiting five stores, Chu Li earned one hundred taels of silver, which made Zhao Ying speechless.
The two of them were walking on the street. Zhao Ying shook a few banknotes in her hands and smiled like a flower: "Brother, you are making so much money!"
Chu Li smiled and said: "Knowledge is money!"
He tried to be restrained, not making big money but making small money, so as not to attract too much attention. Then it would not be so easy to make money in the future. A small amount of money flows often, and you cannot buy and sell in one fell swoop.
"This is quite an experience!" Zhao Ying sighed.
She had never experienced it personally, and felt that it was okay to know more and less. As long as she was good at martial arts, she still had to rely on martial arts at critical times. When she saw Chu Li making money like digging into a bag, she lamented that she had underestimated knowledge.
She must study hard after returning home, she made up her mind.
The two entered Qicao Xuan, and there were already two people picking things with their heads down, accompanied by the shopkeeper with a smile.
Chu Li took a look and saw a very ordinary wooden basket filled with some strange-shaped tree roots, suitable for bonsai, all of which were precious trees.
These tree roots cost ten taels of silver each. You can pick them up at will. No matter how precious they are, they are just dead tree roots. At most, you can make a bonsai or carve a small object, not to mention farming.
Chu Li knew the two people who were picking, Gu Litong and Zhou Yuting. They were concentrating on picking and ignored the people who came in.
Chu Li activated the Great Circle Mirror Wisdom, glanced at these tree roots, and then searched the memory palace in his mind to find the origin of these tree roots.
His eyes fell on Gu Litong's hand.
There are three tree roots in total, one is shaped like a green pine, with a powerful twist, the other is shaped like an old man with a long beard, and the third root is dark and hard, like cast iron, forming a beautiful bow, combining hardness and softness.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Chu Li pointed and asked Zhao Ying.
Zhao Ying nodded in admiration.
"How about buying it?" Chu Li asked.
"Senior Brother Gu picked it up." Zhao Ying said with a smile.
Chu Li smiled and coughed lightly.
Gu Litong had already heard Chu Li's voice, raised his head and said, "Brother Chu, what a coincidence!"
"Did Senior Brother Gu gain anything?"
Gu Litong raised the tree root in his hand: "A little gadget."
Chu Li smiled and said: "Let's discuss it and give it to me. The price is easy to negotiate."
"Haha..." Gu Litong laughed.
Zhou Yuting glared at Chu Li proudly: "Why!"
He looked at Zhao Ying: "Why, Junior Sister Zhao, got hooked up with someone named Chu?"
Zhao Ying suddenly blushed.
Chu Li's face suddenly darkened: "Brother Zhou, be careful what you say!"
"Be careful with your nonsense, aren't you?" Zhou Yuting chuckled and said, "You have poached Zhuo Feiyang's corner, you are quite powerful!"
Chu Li frowned and said, "When did Junior Sister Zhao become such a distinguished woman? Brother Chang, I won't be polite to people like this who spread rumors and cause trouble!"
"Haha, I said it. What's wrong? So what if you're rude?" Zhou Yuting's eyes widened and he said proudly: "I just want to say, you surnamed Chu have poached Zhuo Feiyang!"
Chu Li sighed and turned to look at Gu Litong: "Brother Gu, if you are with such a troublemaker, be careful of getting yourself involved!"
"Brother Zhou is right." Gu Litong said with a smile: "Brother Chu is really powerful. I admire him for being able to steal Zhuo Feiyang's woman!"
Zhao Ying took a deep breath and said loudly: "Shut up!"
The two of them were startled, and Chu Li also looked at her in surprise. He didn't expect that she, who was so delicate and weak, would lose her temper, and found it very interesting.
Zhao Yingyu's face turned red, her bright eyes widened, she pointed at Zhou Yuting with her slender finger, and shouted rudely: "You are a grown man, you only talk nonsense all day long, I am ashamed for Zhou Yuting!"
Zhou Yuting's eyes widened.
Zhao Ying hummed: "Senior Brother Zhuo and Brother Chu and I are classmates. We compete in martial arts and go shopping together, and now we become their women? You and Senior Brother Gu have a closer relationship!"
"Junior Sister Zhao!" Gu Litong shouted hurriedly.
Chu Li waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop talking!"
He pointed at the three wooden roots in Gu Litong's hand: "Shopkeeper, has he paid?"
"Haha, not yet." The shopkeeper said with a smile. He recognized Chu Li and secretly complained that he was from the Duke's Mansion again!
"Okay, this one, one hundred taels, I bought it!" Chu Li pointed at the root that was as strong as a pine tree.
The shopkeeper said hurriedly: "Thank you sir!"
Chu Li looked at Gu Litong: "Brother Gu, do you want to buy it?"
Gu Litong glared at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper clasped his fists apologetically and said with a smile, "Young master, I can't help it. I'm running a small business. I'm running a small business."
Gu Litong sneered: "Two hundred taels!"
"Then it belongs to Brother Gu!" Chu Li said immediately, pointing to the wooden root that looked like an old man with a long beard: "This one, one hundred taels!"
"Two hundred taels!" Gu Litong sneered.
"Brother Gu is so arrogant, well, I'll give it to Brother Gu!" Chu Li smiled cleanly, pointed to the third one, and said with a smile: "Five hundred taels!"
Gu Litong gritted his teeth and stared at him, understanding what Chu Li was thinking. He was using money to vent his anger on Zhao Ying!
He sneered and threw the iron-like tree root towards Chu Li: "It's yours!"
Chu Li reached out and took it, frowning at him.
Gu Litong smiled proudly and said, "It feels pretty good to trick people!"
"Senior brother!" Zhao Ying tugged on his sleeve, her face flushed red, still angry.
Chu Li shook his head, looked at the tree roots in his hands, and shook his head again.
Zhou Yuting burst out laughing.
When Chu Li took a step forward, Zhou Yuting raised his chest without fear and looked at him disdainfully.
Chu Li lowered his voice: "Brother Zhou, what would happen if I told Elder Zhou that you have a house in the southeast of the city and raise a woman?"
Zhou Yuting's expression changed and his smile froze.
Chu Li shook his head: "Look at how brave you are, Brother Zhou!... What if I tell Elder Zhou again that you still have a house in the northeast corner of the city where you raise a woman?"
"How dare you!" Zhou Yuting glared at him with a sullen face.
Chu Li chuckled lightly and shook his head: "How dare you spread rumors and cause trouble... If there are bad rumors about Junior Sister Zhao outside, you know the consequences!"
"Chu, you are despicable!" Zhou Yuting roared angrily.
Chu Li stopped looking at him, smiled and stretched out his hand to Zhao Ying: "Junior sister Zhao, let's go!"
Zhao Ying glared at Zhou Yuting fiercely and walked out of Qicao Xuan.