Li Yan, a university graduate and village official dedicated to poverty alleviation, accidentally transmigrated into Li Family Village, nestled in a mountain gully. Her family was impoverished. Due...
Being asked this question suddenly by the little girl, Lin Feng felt a little embarrassed for a moment, and said vaguely: "My sister-in-law is here, so don't worry about your mother."
Li Yan glanced at her uncle, who looked a little uncomfortable, and said seriously, "Mother is also worried that Uncle doesn't know anything and is wronging Miss Zhou. Has Uncle prepared any jewelry for my future aunt?"
This question stumped Lin Feng. He had only given his sister-in-law twenty taels of silver and asked her to help arrange his marriage. He had never expected this to happen.
Li Yan looked at her uncle's stunned expression and dragged him out of the house: "Come on, I'll go with you to pick it."
The two of them arrived at the jewelry store. The doorman greeted them warmly as soon as he saw Lin Feng: "What a coincidence, gentlemen! We just released a new style yesterday. You two should take a look."
The reason why the young man was so enthusiastic was because he still remembered Lin Feng. He had ordered two pairs of silver bracelets from him last time. When he saw this man coming again, his smile became more genuine.
Lin Feng nodded and motioned for the boy to bring it over for a look.
After a while, the child came over with a tray with several exquisite silver hairpins on it.
The waiter said to Lin Feng with a big smile on his face, "Hey guys, these are all new products made by our boss. I dare say this style is unique in Rongcheng."
Lin Feng immediately fell in love with a long hairpin with a silver phoenix pattern among the various styles of silver hairpins. The flower pattern carved at the end of the long silver hairpin was lifelike and the workmanship was very fine.
Lin Feng held up the silver hairpin and asked Li Yan, "What do you think of this one?"
Li Yan also thought that this silver hairpin was nice, it looked simple and elegant, so she nodded and agreed with her uncle's choice.
Seeing that the two were satisfied, the young man smiled even more sincerely and kept praising Lin Feng's good eyesight.
"How much is this hairpin?" Lin Feng asked.
"Ten taels!" said the waiter with a smile.
"Do you have any freshly made silver bracelets?" Lin Feng asked again.
"Yes, yes." The waiter immediately brought a few different styles for Lin Feng to choose from.
So Lin Feng picked out a pair of open bamboo-shaped silver bracelets: "How about this?"
After receiving his niece's affirmative look, Lin Feng held up the silver bracelet and asked, "How much is this?"
The waiter said enthusiastically, "Sir, you have good taste. These bracelets are the most expensive pair here, costing six taels of silver. Our boss made them himself, and they symbolize a lifetime of peace and happiness. Your wife will surely love them."
The young man kept talking in a torrent of flattering words, hoping that the two men would buy the two pieces of jewelry.
"If these two items are worth fifteen taels of silver, we will take both!" said Li Yan.
"Miss, you can't pay back the money like this!" He had no say in the matter of wiping out an ounce of silver.
In order to facilitate this deal, the waiter said to the two men, "Please wait a moment. I will go to the back room to ask the boss for instructions."
Then he took his things and hurried away.
After a while, the waiter came running back and said, "Miss, our boss said the price cannot be lowered. It's fixed. We can't break the rules for this one deal. But our boss said that if you're willing, you can choose a pair of earrings from the store for free!"
Li Yan couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She didn't expect that the owner of this silver shop was quite principled. She was just bargaining out of habit. Even if she didn't get the offer, it was still good to get a pair of earrings.
The shop assistant brought back some small earrings from the store. Most of them were simple in style and had a circular ring structure. Li Yan picked out a pair of crescent-shaped earrings and handed them to her uncle: "Let's take this pair. They look quite unique!"
Lin Feng nodded in agreement. Seeing that the deal was done, the waiter quickly packed up the items Lin Feng had selected and said, "Sir, take these. Sixteen taels of silver each!"
When Li Yan was about to take the money, she was held down by Lin Feng.
"I bought this thing, so I should pay for it!" Then he handed the silver to the boy next to him.
After listening to her uncle, Li Yan no longer insisted.
After the two of them left the jewelry store, Li Yan took her uncle to the cloth shop to buy some new fabric. Even though the wedding dates for both families were tight, they couldn't let the girl down. They couldn't afford to miss out on what others had to offer.
The two of them carried the cloth and headed towards Tongluo Alley. Li Yan said to her uncle, "I think you should go back to your eldest uncle's house. Your aunt must have a lot to discuss with you during this period. It's not good to be away from you all the time!"
Lin Feng also took Li Yan's words to heart. After living outside for so many years, he was still a little uncomfortable going back home all of a sudden.
But what my niece said is right. If I want to get married, I can't just sit back and do nothing and let my sister-in-law take care of everything. If I encounter something I can't make up my mind about, I can't ask my sister-in-law to go to the city to ask for my opinion. That would be too much of a waste of time!
After figuring it out, Lin Feng didn't hesitate and nodded directly to show that he understood.
When they returned home, Li Yan put down her things and asked Lin Feng, "Uncle, are you busy right now? If you are, please accompany me to the dock outside the car city. I need to measure the size of the storefront so that I can prepare for the opening in a few days!"
Lin Feng put the things away: "Let's go, I'll go take a look too!" Since the wedding date was set, it was inconvenient for Lin Feng to go to Xingren Hall. In the past few days, in addition to discussing the wedding with his sister-in-law, he was here to sort out the goods purchased last time in preparation for the opening of the market.
When the two arrived outside the city, they saw that the overall framework of the market had been built, with only sporadic finishing work remaining.
Li Yan stood towards the entrance of the market, and two two-story buildings covering a large area first came into view. Needless to say, these two buildings must be the inn and restaurant that Qin Yue mentioned.
Going further in, at the entrance of the market, there are the two shops that Qin Yue promised to give him, and opposite them are two identical shops.
Li Yan pointed to two of the shops and asked Lin Feng to help measure the size of the door fronts.
Lin Feng borrowed tools from a nearby carpenter and quickly measured the two shops in front of the door. Then the two of them went to the market, thinking of making the shop signs in the market as well.
The layout of the market is in the shape of a "well", with a huge open space in the middle, so that merchants from other places can bring their goods to the center of the market to sell.
Because of this relationship with County Magistrate Zheng, the shop that Li Erlang bought was located in such a central area, and the location was very good.
"Why are you here?" Li Erlang, who was supervising the finishing work, saw the two people coming and couldn't help but step forward to ask.
Lin Feng shook the tools in his hand: "Isn't this preparation for the opening? Let's customize the door head first!"