Chapter 56 Soft-seeded Pomegranate

Liu Zheng couldn't stop eating and finally dared to try durian, which he was originally a little afraid of.

The unique sweet taste controlled his taste buds for a few seconds. This thing smelled stinky, but he didn't expect it to be so delicious!

“Shopkeeper Shen, can I take this pomegranate back with me?”

He looked at the pomegranates beside him, which were bigger than his fist and had excellent color. The flesh inside was really like ruby.

The pomegranates presented as tribute to the palace were much inferior in appearance and size to those from Shopkeeper Shen, and the taste was even more incomparable.

Maybe it really is the fruit of a fairy tree!

He wanted to let His Highness, Mr. Zhong, and his family have a taste as well.

"Sure." Chen You found a bamboo basket and put all twenty pieces in the box into it.

Liu Zheng could have taken all the extra 1,000 taels from the dim sum sales. She calculated that the total turnover was 10,000 taels, and she didn't know how much more there was.

Fruit is no big deal. You can buy a lot of pomegranates with a few hundred taels of silver.

The seeds in ancient times were different from those of today. Many things were not as delicious and the yield was small.

Most of the crops grown today are new varieties improved by technology. For example, you can buy seedless watermelons and Sunshine Rose grapes in any supermarket.

All the ones that didn’t taste good before were eliminated.

Serious ancient people, even emperors, certainly never ate these fruits.

Liu Zheng was still touched. Such good fruit, and Shopkeeper Shen gave so much just as he said.

"If this kind of pomegranate is sold in the capital, the dignitaries will definitely go crazy for it!"

Listening to his words, Shen You shook her head.

"In just a few days, your shop has managed to get so many things that no one has ever seen before. Fresh fruits are different from other things. The transportation routes are easy to check."

After hearing what Chen You said, Liu Zheng suddenly realized that he was just overwhelmed by excitement. When he thought about it carefully, he felt a chill on his back.

"Shopkeeper Shen is still very thoughtful."

Chen You handed over the bamboo basket, "Are these enough?"

“That’s enough!”

Liu Zheng thanked him and happily left the shop with a basket of pomegranates. Before returning home, he first delivered a basket to the Prince's Mansion.

Seeing the fruits on the table that seemed to still be damp, Li Heng's frown relaxed.

He picked up a knife, peeled off the skin, and tasted the crystal red flesh. The yard and the person sitting in the shop seemed to appear before his eyes.

Zhong Jing swallowed his saliva. Pomegranates were not rare at this time of year, but he just felt that the ones brought from the shop seemed to taste better.

As soon as he and Liu Zheng said goodbye and walked out of the Prince's Mansion, he couldn't wait to ask, "Where's my portion? Let me have a taste."

"If I put it on the carriage, how can I hide it?"

Liu Zheng held the remaining half of the pomegranate like a treasure and picked out five for Zhong Jing. "Is there any new news from the palace?"

"Not sure." Zhong Jing lowered his voice very low, "I heard that the Imperial Master is back, but no one has seen him."

What he didn't dare to say was that it seemed that the saint was a little crazy and in a very bad condition.

In recent years, no one can afford to offend the alchemists in the palace. If they want to keep their current status, they have to drag the crown prince into the water and try to seek immortality and make elixirs.

There was no way His Highness would agree, so they wanted to support others. Seeing the peaceful capital, various forces were ready to make a move.

Last night, someone looking for death secretly sent people to the emperor's bedroom to investigate, but no one came out alive.

The saint was a man of deep scheming and suspicion, so impatient that if he wasn't his favorite son, he would be finished by now.

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Chen You closed the shop and began preparations for restoration.

You can't be distracted while doing this job. You can't watch movies or anything like that. Time passes very quickly when you are concentrating.

Under the supplementary lighting of the desk lamp, I worked in one go until 10 o'clock in the evening.

Looking at the phoenix crown on the workbench, Chen You held the tools and sighed in his heart that the aesthetic taste of our ancestors was really amazing.

Just this golden hair crown, in ancient times, everyone would fight for it.

She had already made an appointment with the owner of the tailor shop, and seeing that the time was almost up, she cleaned up the table, put her things in the storage compartment, and went upstairs to rest.

The next morning, after eating soup dumplings and a bowl of millet porridge at the entrance of the alley, she went to the tailor shop with five pieces of cloth.

The boss knew that she brought good material and was waiting in the store early.

When Boss Zuo saw the cloth that Chen You placed on the table, his expression was surprised, especially when he touched the two pieces of cloth that Zhao Wanyi brought.

"This is Shu brocade!"

Boss Zuo excitedly pointed to another piece of fabric that was as soft as smoke, "And this soft smoke gauze, the quality is impeccable!"

This young customer must be from a prominent family, as he was able to get so many valuable materials at once.

"I want these two pieces for myself, and I'll sell the remaining three to the store." Chen You was referring to Shu brocade and soft smoke silk.

Shu brocade can be used to make cheongsams, and soft smoke silk is suitable for making Hanfu.

"No problem." Boss Zuo was naturally happy. "The old customer will come over soon. She will probably want such good material."

Shen You nodded and asked about the progress of the clothes she had ordered before.

"It's almost done. Why don't you wait in the store?" said Boss Zuo.

"Okay." Chen You nodded and paid for the two sets of clothes.

Boss Zuo was an honest man. He said he would advance the construction period for her, and he actually advanced it by more than a month.

Chen You seemed to be just about to finish the work.

When the floral cheongsam was completed by Boss Zuo, Chen You was also amazed.

In order to match the workmanship and material of this dress, she used low-key and warm Hetian jade beads for the buttons.

"Lao Zuo, is this the clothing made from that piece of material?" An elegant female voice sounded in the store.

The person who was speaking was a wealthy lady wearing Xiangyunsha, and next to her was a lady wearing a blue cheongsam. Their clothes were also made in this tailor shop.

“Yes, this Miss Shen ordered it.”

As soon as Boss Zuo said this, both of them looked at Chen You, somewhat puzzled by the casual attire she was wearing at the moment.

People who can come here to order custom-made clothes normally wouldn't wear such ordinary clothes.

"The finished product made from this material is really beautiful." Xiangyunsha Fu Tai looked at the cheongsam with regret.

“Miss Shen, you really don’t want to sell it?”

It would be a good idea to buy it and have it altered in size to give to my daughter. This young girl doesn't look like she is very rich.

Shen You shook her head, "Not for sale."

Boss Zuo took out the material that Shen You had brought just now and showed it to them, "Here are three pieces of material that Miss Shen is willing to sell."

Seeing the better material, the two rich ladies were immediately attracted, but they still noticed the two pieces that Chen You had left for herself, which were obviously better.

They couldn't help but ask for more money to transfer the property, and offered it up to 300,000 yuan per piece, but Chen You still didn't agree. They couldn't force her, so they had to settle for the next best thing.

There were three pieces of material, Mrs. Gu asked for one piece and Mrs. Yin asked for two pieces.

It can be seen that Mrs. Yin's strength and status should be higher. Mrs. Gu also likes the most expensive material, but she still politely lets Mrs. Yin choose first.

Chen You earned a total of 600,000 yuan.

After agreeing with Boss Zuo on the deadline for today’s two pieces of clothing, I left the tailor shop with the finished clothes and went to the supermarket to buy myself some seafood and vegetables.

I was repairing cultural relics in my shop when an unexpected person came in from a random entrance.

A new shop will be unlocked soon~

(End of this chapter)