Then, his gaze fell on Bai Nuo's face, and he chuckled, "Mr. Bai, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
The two exchanged glances for several rounds before Bai Nuo returned the greeting with a polite bow, saying, "I've heard so much about you, Young Master Zhang."
"Does Boss Bai know me?" Zhang Wu asked with some curiosity.
"Thanks to Young Master Zhang's care, I had a very pleasant time recently," Bai Nuo said calmly. She was telling the truth. If it weren't for the three Long brothers, when would her fishpond have been dug, and when would she have been able to get her mother's dowry back?
Bai Nuo was telling the truth, but Zhang Wu interpreted it as, "Because he sent people to follow her, she was having a very unpleasant time, and it was hard for her not to know who he was."
Zhang Wu didn't want to take the mockery lying down, so he decisively changed the subject and got straight to the point.
"Didn't Boss Bai say that they no longer had these beads? Why are they here today..."
Although Zhang Wu's question was tantamount to admitting that he had indeed sent people to follow Bai Nuo, he was more concerned with his own interests than admitting to this trivial matter.
"No," Bai Nuo said. She didn't have the ones from before; she had only recently acquired them.
"So you found that old man?" Zhang Wu asked. "Could you introduce us? To be honest, Mr. Bai, we are very interested in this bead, and our two families can cooperate."
"Cooperation is unnecessary!" Bai Nuo said calmly. "These beads were given to me by that old man, but there aren't many of them, and I can't always find that old man. Cooperation is not an option for us. However, today, I would like to do some business with Young Master Zhang."
Bai Nuo looked at Zhang Wu, who did not interrupt her, so Bai Nuo continued, "I have a batch of beads that are of better quality than the one Miss Zhang has."
"Let me see it!" Zhang Wu said, though he didn't show much excitement even though he really wanted it.
Jiang San Niang glanced at Bai Nuo, who nodded. Jiang San Niang then got up and went behind the counter, took out Bai Nuo's pearls, and placed them between Bai Nuo and Zhang Wu. Bai Nuo reached out and opened the cloth bag, revealing all the items to Zhang Wu.
“This is the same as the one your sister is wearing. This is a necklace, worn around the neck. It’s quite delicate. This one is too, a bit longer than the previous one. Although it’s not as delicate, it’s versatile and goes with any outfit.” Bai Nuo really wanted to say this, especially about palace attire, but she held back.
Let Young Master Zhang figure it out himself.
"Handmade, each bracelet is fifty taels. You know the price. A short necklace is one hundred and fifty taels, and a long one is one hundred and sixty taels. No bargaining, and they are not sold individually!"
"This is a bit expensive!" Zhang Wu glanced at it and then looked away, asking with some curiosity, "The longer one is so much longer, why is it only ten taels more than the shorter one?" Aren't they made of the same material?
"Because of this!" Bai Nuo picked up a short necklace and pointed to the blood bead in the middle, saying, "This bead is so rare that you can't find one in a hundred, so it's quite expensive. You've heard of the saying 'rarity makes things valuable,' right?"
"I'll take them all if you give me a discount!" Zhang Wu said. Of course, he wanted to buy the beads, but he wanted to get them all at a lower price.
“I heard from Miss Zhang that your family is a royal merchant!” Bai Nuo said calmly. “After you obtained these things, you wouldn’t have given them to ordinary people. To be honest, I’m in a hurry to get money, which is why I’m willing to sell them. This is the lowest price I can offer. If you want to lower the price further, I’m afraid I’ll have to think of other ways.”
She would never be willing to sell the things she had dug out herself, drilled holes in them one by one, and strung them on one by one, for a pittance, especially knowing that someone could use them to climb the social ladder. If he didn't want to, she would sell them one by one and always find a way to raise the money.
"Alright!" Zhang Wu pondered for a moment, and seeing that there was indeed no room for bargaining, he didn't delay any longer and immediately said, "Let's calculate the price!"
“Two thousand six hundred taels!” Bai Nuo said.
"Alright!" Zhang Wu said, "Is Boss Bai really not going to cooperate with us?"
Bai Nuo smiled and said, "I'm good at selling things, but I don't have the capital to do business yet. If there's an opportunity in the future, I will definitely cooperate with the Zhang family."
Zhang Wu smiled and didn't press Bai Nuo any further. He immediately gave Bai Nuo two thousand-tael silver notes and six hundred-tael silver notes. However, when he looked down at the table and saw that the things he had bought for nearly three thousand taels of silver were wrapped in a tattered cloth, Zhang Wu was somewhat exasperated and couldn't help but say, "Isn't there even a box to put them in?" This looks like something you'd find at a street stall.
Bai Nuo shook her head and smiled somewhat embarrassedly, "I haven't had time to make a box yet." So I can only wrap it in red cloth. "Please bear with it."
Zhang Wu was only here for a quarter of an hour. He came quickly and left quickly. As soon as Zhang Wu left, Jiang San Niang and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Jiang Qiao'er said excitedly, "I actually met Young Master Zhang, but he is different from the legends. He seems more like a schoolteacher than the eldest son of a great family."
Bai Nuo nodded; she felt the same way! And it wasn't just a strong feeling. This person looked like a schoolteacher, but he was very decisive in his actions and very good at concealing his true feelings.
He clearly wanted something, but he didn't seem to care much. Your item is just ordinary. If Bai Nuo hadn't listened to Miss Zhang's long explanation, he would have been scared into lowering the price by Zhang Wu.
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