Chapter 477: Fancy
Although Old Zhou asked to buy a lot of things, they were all groceries, basically concentrated in those three or four stores, and coincidentally, those three or four stores were not far from each other.
After all, things like vegetable seeds and jars are sold in grocery stores, and there is no shortage of needles and thread.
So Zhou Silang and Zhou Wulang carried their backpacks and took them directly to the grocery street. After some selection, they picked out the things that their father needed, and then they started bargaining.
Zhou Silang was indeed good at bargaining. After he put the things together and negotiated with the shopkeeper a few times, he managed to reduce the price to eight cents.
Don't underestimate these eight cents. Grocery stores are small businesses, and they basically make small profits but quick turnover. Eight cents is already a lot of money.
Zhou Silang was very satisfied, and Manbao was also very satisfied.
Everyone put their things in backpacks and carried them back to the ox cart. After handing them over to Zhou Erlang to look after, they happily went shopping.
Zhou Silang touched his purse and said to Manbao, "I'm going to buy something for your sister-in-law. Let's go to the cloth shop."
"No, I'm going to the Silver Shop. You can go by yourself."
Zhou Silang was startled and asked, "What are you doing at the silver shop? To exchange copper coins?"
"No, I want to buy a bracelet." Manbao said, "I want to buy a big bracelet for my mother and sister-in-law, and it must be made of gold."
"What about my second sister-in-law and the others?"
"They sent silver."
Zhou Silang: "...You're not treating everyone equally."
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "I'm not the head of the family, so why should I care whether I'm fair or not?"
So Zhou Silang didn't go to the cloth shop anymore, and followed them to the silver shop to join in the fun.
The main reason is that this is a big item, and he is afraid that Manbao will suffer a loss.
He glanced at the cloth bag full of treasures and asked, "How much silver did you bring?"
Manbao touched the cloth bag and said, "It's quite a lot."
The Zhou family and their group rushed into the jewelry store, scaring the customers and waiters inside.
The main reason was that there were too many people coming in, and judging from their clothes they didn't look like they could afford jewelry, but they were quite imposing and didn't seem like they were here to cause trouble.
The waiter was stunned for a moment. The shopkeeper glared at him secretly and asked him to serve his guests. He smiled and went to greet them. He looked at Zhou Silang, who seemed to be in charge, and asked, "What would you like, guests?"
Manbao, who was standing next to Zhou Silang, said with sparkling eyes: "Bracelet!"
The shopkeeper then looked down at Manbao and asked with a smile, "What kind of bracelet do you want, young lady?"
Manbao had already looked over him at the tray on the counter, where golden bracelets were neatly arranged.
Manbao secretly exclaimed and went forward to take a look.
The shopkeeper immediately smiled and said, "These are gold bracelets. We have all kinds of styles."
"Is it pure gold?"
"Of course. Our silver shop has been doing business in Luojiang County for decades. Guests, rest assured. We also have gilded jewelry, but only this one."
Manbao took a look and found that the gold-plated one seemed to be more beautiful than the pure gold one.
She couldn't help but reach out and touch it, and looked at Zhou Silang and the others.
They also looked at it in amazement, "It seems that the gilded ones are more beautiful than the pure gold ones."
Manbao resolutely turned his head to look at the pure gold bracelet and said, "But its value is not comparable. This is just a case of gold and jade on the outside but rotten on the inside."
Shopkeeper: ...
Old Zhou's family had a blind trust in Manbao. After she said that, everyone stopped looking at the gold-plated one and gathered around to look at the pure gold bracelet.
When the shopkeeper saw it, he immediately handed the tray to the clerk next to him and asked him to take it away.
Manbao stretched out his chubby little hand, turned his head and asked the shopkeeper, "Can I try it on?"
The shopkeeper smiled and nodded, "Of course, you can pick any one you like and try it out."
Manbao had already memorized the appearance of the silver bracelet in her mother's hand, so she looked for one based on the pattern of that bracelet. However, she searched the entire tray but didn't find any that were the same. However, she did find several nice-looking ones.
At least Manbao thinks it looks better than the one his father chose.
She became conflicted.
Zhou Silang urged her, "Hurry up, what do you want?"
The shopkeeper looked at Zhou Silang with gratitude.
Manbao said, "Mother and sister-in-law both like the style that father picked."
"Come on, Dad's taste..." Zhou Silang thought for a moment and felt that his father's selection was not bad, so he changed his words and said, "Not to mention Mom and sister-in-law, I like them too. I like everything made of silver. I'd be extremely happy even if you gave me a bunch of them."
Zhou Silang said, "So the important thing is not the style, but that it is made of silver and can be worn as a bracelet."
"Is that so?" Manbao couldn't help but look at Zhou Wulang and others.
Everyone nodded, obviously agreeing with Zhou Silang's words.
Manbao rubbed his hands eagerly and said, "Then I have to choose carefully. This is the first time I buy something for my mother and sister-in-law."
"Hey, wasn't that the first time you gave me flowers last time?"
Manbao said, "That time doesn't count."
"Okay, next time I hope you'll say this time doesn't count."
The shopkeeper now understood that the bracelet the young lady chose was not for herself, but for her family.
He was even happier, so he said, "My dear, I have a plate of nice gold bracelets. Can I bring them over for you to see?"
Generally speaking, when buying jewelry for yourself, you may not decide to buy it after looking at it, but when buying jewelry for others, you will generally buy it.
Two plates of gold bracelets were placed in front of Manbao. Daya, Erya and Sanya came forward to help their aunt choose. With the joint efforts of the four girls, Manbao finally selected two gold bracelets from dozens of them that were unanimously agreed to be good-looking.
Then she tried it with her chubby little hands.
Although she has chubby hands, she is not very old and their hands are different from those of an adult.
Manbao looked around and finally pulled Zhou Wulang up to try it on.
Friday Lang:......
Shopkeeper: ...
In fact, except for very fat people, almost everyone can wear these bracelets.
Manbao put the bracelet into Zhou Wulang's hand and asked everyone, "Does it look good?"
Everyone nodded: "Beautiful!"
It’s shiny and orange, so beautiful that I want to take a bite just by looking at it.
Zhou Wulang also took a serious look at it and nodded, "I think it looks good too."
Manbao asked the shopkeeper, "How much is this bracelet?"
The shopkeeper laughed, "Then I'll have to weigh them."
The shopkeeper took a small scale and weighed the bracelets for them. "This one weighs six qian, and this one weighs five qian and a half. Including the labor and the loss, this one will be eight liang, and this one will be seven liang and three hundred qian."
Everyone was shocked, thinking this was too expensive.
Zhou Silang counted on his fingers and whispered in Manbao's ear, "Manbao, isn't six qian of gold only six taels of silver?"
Manbao nodded. That was right, so she also thought their handmade products were very expensive.
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