In Xing Ruan's eyes, no girl or boy as young as Zhao Qingyan dislikes pastries, especially since these are the best pastries from Baixiang Pastry Shop.
Normally, you have to queue up to get a piece.
The young lady only glanced at them before turning her attention back to her sisters, which suggests that she must be used to the food or has eaten better things before.
They became even more attentive.
After half a cup of tea, the young girl Zhao Qinglian turned her head.
"Third sister, come and see, can you give me all of these things I've chosen?"
Zhao Qingyan smiled, stood up, and walked over.
Little Zhao Qinglian is so well-behaved; she only chose two pairs of golden lilacs, one pair with butterflies and one pair with peach blossoms.
They don't look heavy at all; all together, they probably cost less than a penny.
So he picked out a gold bracelet from the box, which was inlaid with several colorful gemstones, and put it on the little girl's wrist.
They then picked out a few more pearl flowers, made of small gemstones, and placed them in the little girl's hair.
Zhao Qinglin chose a red agate bracelet, while Zhao Qingyi, as always, was shrewd and opted for a large gold bracelet.
When Zhao Qingyan saw Zhao Qingyi's large gold bracelet, she almost burst out laughing.
Hong Gu chose a pair of gold earrings.
Zhao Qingyan shook her head.
"You've been busy picking things out for so long, and you've only chosen this little bit. It seems like I'll have to help with the money-related stuff from now on."
He picked out another pair of openwork gold bracelets for Zhao Qingyi, also inlaid with various gemstones, which looked very valuable.
A pair of jadeite pendants, icy type, with only a tiny bit of cotton-like inclusions. I also picked out a jadeite bangle for Zhao Qinglin.
I chose a gold bracelet for Hong Gu that weighed about two ounces and had no patterns on it.
After making his selection, he looked at the waiter and said, "Take these away. Didn't I tell you to take the jewelry? Where's the jewelry?"
The waiter quickly removed all the boxes from the table and brought up a few more.
It has a complete set of gold headdresses, a set of rubies, a set of sapphires, and a set of emeralds.
There's another set that looks a lot like the legendary phoenix crown, except it doesn't have a phoenix. The gemstones are all different colors, and there are even small pearls on it.
Of course, it's also the most expensive, costing over a thousand taels.
Zhao Qingyan was delighted.
"Manager Xing, come here and tell me, these are the same type of headdress, and the gemstones on them are basically the same quality."
The only difference might be that this one is slightly more complex in its craftsmanship, with a few more pearls on it, yet the price difference is several hundred taels of silver. That doesn't seem right, does it?
Manager Xing's face twitched slightly. The previous customers had selected all those items without asking the price or haggling, so why was there a problem with this noodle dish?
"May I ask, miss, which of these models have you chosen? Our prices are fair and honest."
Zhao Qingyan smiled.
"I'm just asking you, what makes this headdress so expensive? Is it just because of these few tiny pearls that look like millet grains?"
Manager Xing's eyes widened; he felt that Zhao Qingyan had come to cause trouble.
"Miss, you can't say that. Everyone knows that pearls are rare. These can only be found in the sea, and it's especially difficult to find so many that are all the same size."
These pearls aren't small, and as Miss said, their high price is indeed due to the pearls themselves.
Zhao Qingyan understood and casually took out a bag of pearls from her small backpack.
These pearls were naturally cultured. She had bought a few, but they broke and she never wore them again, leaving them in a bag.
He handed the pearls to the shopkeeper, thinking that he might sell them to make some money so he could go diving at the beach and see if he could find real ocean pearls.
What Zhao Qingyan considered worthless pearls were priceless treasures in Manager Xing's hands.
"Miss, are you planning to have these pearls made into necklaces or bracelets by Jade Pavilion?"
Zhao Qingyan laughed, "You said pearls are valuable, so tell me how much these pearls of mine are worth?"
Manager Xing was shocked and asked Zhao Qingyan if she could pour out all the pearls for inspection. After receiving permission,
The waiter brought over a wooden box lined with velvet, and put on white cotton gloves himself, and poured out Zhao Qingyan's bag of pearls.
After a thorough inspection, it was confirmed that they were genuine pearls, mostly about one millimeter in size, with the smaller ones being at least six or seven millimeters.
"Miss, if our Jade Pavilion were to buy these pearls, each one would be worth ten taels of gold, while the smaller ones would be worth between one and three taels of gold each."
"Are you sure you want to sell, miss?"
Zhao Qingyan thought about it and realized that this bag of pearls was worth several hundred taels of gold. Why not sell it and keep it as a family heirloom? In later generations, they would be worthless.
She nodded in agreement, and after the shopkeeper appraised the value, Zhao Qingyan's bag of pearls sold for a total of more than 500 taels of gold.
They selected a set of gold jewelry and a set of sapphire jewelry for Zhao Qingyi. When it came time to settle the bill, the shopkeeper even gave Zhao Qingyi over three hundred taels of gold in change.
The Zhao sisters were dumbfounded. How could there be such a person? Was he here to buy jewelry or to sell jewelry?
As Zhao Qingyan smiled and pushed her sisters to go out, a thin man blocked their way.
Zhao Qingyan felt that this person looked familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was for the time being.
The thin man had dark circles under his eyes and some stubble on his chin. His eyes were sparkling when he looked at Zhao Qingyan.
"Miss, I'm so glad to finally meet you."
Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Tu Haoyu, 18 years old, unmarried, and the third son of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
"May I ask your name, young lady, and where you live? I will certainly pay you a visit another day."
Zhao Qingyan narrowed her eyes, finally remembering who this guy was. Wasn't this the master of that dog servant?
"Young master, you're blocking our way. Please move aside, we sisters need to go out."
Zhao Qingyan's voice was cold.
These past few days, all that has been floating through Tu Haoyu's mind is Zhao Qingyan's radiant, spring-like smile.
I've been longing to see it for so long, how could I let it slip away so easily?
"If Miss doesn't tell me where I live and where to find her, Haoyu won't let me pass."
Zhao Qingyan sneered.
"Like master, like servant."
How could the family of the Vice Minister of Revenue be so ill-mannered, blocking a respectable young woman's way in the street?
I'll ask you one more time, are you going to let me pass or not?
Tu Haoyu sensed Zhao Qingyan's low mood, and the guards behind him instinctively stood in front of him.
Zhao Qingyan sneered.
"What, are you planning to resort to violence?"
I advise you to be sensible and take your master away quickly, otherwise you'll anger me and I'm afraid you'll be in deep trouble.
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