Chapter 236: Scientists’ Little Persistence

In fact, Huo Yuntao, an adult and straight man who doesn't like to tease children, never thought about giving money to Tuanzi.

It was Liang Ruoxu who persuaded Mr. Shen to give them the silver. Moreover, because of the previous events, he attached great importance to the role played by Tuanzi in this process and specifically mentioned it. There was a special reward of twenty taels for Tuanzi.

Fourth Brother Tang said seriously, "People like Big Brother, Little Brother Jue, and Xiaoyu all get 200 coins a day. Xinbao only sold flowers for three and a half days, which is not a long time. But Xinbao came up with a good idea. Not only did he help sell flowers, he also helped Big Brother Liang, so Xinbao got two taels of silver."

"Wow!" Xinbao's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands: "Great! Then tomorrow Xinbao will use these two taels of silver to buy things for Dad, Mom and Brother!"

Brother Tang smiled and said, "We also have wages, so we don't need you to buy it. Why don't we join together to buy something for our parents?"

Their wages were really calculated at two hundred coins a day, and the young scholars were also paid five hundred coins a day. If this were outside, it would be a huge amount of money, but it was a common practice in the Dragon Slaying Sect.

"No," Xinbao shook his head. "What's yours is yours, and what's Xinbao's is Xinbao's."

Okay then.

So after dinner, a few people went shopping.

It was already past the time for Xinbao to take a nap, but he forced himself to stay awake and go shopping with his brothers.

Because Xinbao was poor and didn't want to buy jewelry but wanted to buy clothes, and Shen Zhuoli also wanted to use his wages to buy some clothes for Mr. Shen Erye, so they first went to the ready-made clothing shop.

This ready-made clothing shop happened to be the Shen family's shop in the past. After it was mortgaged to them, they pawned it out again. The shopkeeper knew Huo Yuntao and greeted him as soon as he came in.

Huo Yuntao waved his hand and said, "Come on, I'll take you to the second floor to see the world!"

The shopkeeper's face turned slightly green.

The shop is a two-story building. The first floor mainly sells to common people, while the second floor sells to wealthy people. As soon as the owner saw their clothes, he knew they couldn't afford it... but he didn't have the courage to refuse. Fortunately, there were no customers upstairs in the middle of the day, so he took them upstairs.

There weren't many clothes on the second floor, but quite a few of them were incredibly beautiful, with embroidered flowers that looked as if they were growing on them. But when you asked about the prices, they were shocking, and no one paid less than a hundred taels.

I originally thought I was quite rich, but I didn't expect that I might not be able to afford to sell a piece of clothing. Even if I could afford to buy such a piece of clothing, Madam Lin would never be happy when I go back and would beat them to death.

Brother Tang couldn't help but ask, "Why is this dress so expensive?"

The shopkeeper was relieved to see that they only looked but did not touch, and said, "Not to mention that the material of my shirt is the finest brocade, which is worth every inch of gold. Just look at the embroidery on my skirt. The embroiderer spent more than seven months to embroider it. It is so-called neat, bright, straight, even, thin, smooth, and dense. Just look at it, it is obviously the finest Suzhou embroidery..."

Blah blah blah…

Several straight men and a little straight girl all listened with their eyes wide open.

After he finally finished speaking, several people hurried down.

The clothes downstairs are much more affordable, and a dozen or so taels are considered good.

This is the reality of this era.

There are really cheap things and there are really expensive things.

In this era, an ordinary servant could be hired for two taels of silver, or at most four or five taels of silver. If someone had some skills, such as an ordinary embroiderer, it would only cost a dozen taels of silver.

So clothes are indeed more valuable than people. This is the case in a small county like Longmen County. It would be even more so in a wealthy and luxurious place like Jiangnan.

Several people were picking things up back and forth, but only Fourth Brother Tang was still talking to the shopkeeper.

During the Great Yan Dynasty, there were no strict restrictions on clothing colors. Apart from prohibiting subjects from wearing yellow, other colors, even bright red and purple, were allowed.

But as the saying goes, for the common people, natural clothes are cheap, while dyed clothes are expensive, so most people wear natural cloth clothes.

Xinbao picked and chose, but two taels of silver was never enough for anything she liked. In the end, she fell in love with one that cost twelve taels.

Yan Shenjue watched quietly from the side.

He felt that he had also been infected with the mischief of the Tang brothers. If it were in the past, when he saw Tuanzi wanting to use it, he would have given it to her long ago, but now, he also wanted to see how Tuanzi would deal with it.

Then Xinbao hesitated for a while, turned to him and said: "Brother Xiaoxian, actually, I haven't finished the candy yet, I hid it in the candy jar at home, how about when I get home, I will give you a candy, and you give me ten taels of silver?"

Yan Shenjue: “…”

He held his forehead and said, "Okay, but I really want to know, when did you hide it?"

Brother Tang laughed and said, "I know about this. Xinbao gave me a few candies that day, but I didn't eat them. I put them in the candy jar for Xinbao."

Is there anyone else colluding with this? ?

So when she stole the licorice before, could it be that the Yuanshen doctor gave it to her? ?

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Yan Shenjue looked at Xinbao, and Xinbao looked at him cutely with innocence written all over her face.

The glutinous rice dumpling felt guilty, so he said nothing and took out the silver to pay the bill.

Then, eldest brother Tang picked out a set of clothes for Tang Qingshan. Shen Zhuoli also took out the three and a half taels of silver he earned and bought a piece of clothing for Second Master Shen. It was not very good, but it was all made up of his wages, and it was also a token of his thoughtfulness, so the Tang brothers did not help him out.

After coming out, Tang Sige said to Xinbao, "The shopkeeper said that many fabrics are expensive because of the dyes, such as red flower and yellow bark. Can this be grown?"

Xinbao thought for a moment and said, "Some are OK, but most are not. The soil quality is not suitable."

This is different from fruit trees. Most fruit trees are suitable for sandy soil, but many dyes are completely unsuitable. Maybe she can grow it now, but this goes against the nature of plants and has no necessary use, so she is a little reluctant to plant it. This is probably a scientist's little persistence!

Fourth Brother Tang nodded.

Then a few people went to the jewelry store and bought a hairpin for Mrs. Lin.

The whole group of people, including Brother Tang, was actually just a sixteen-year-old boy. After buying things, they were eager to go home and left without even having dinner.

Anshun called a carriage to take them back, and walked them to the door with Shen Zhuoli. He smiled and whispered in Brother Tang's ear: "The day after tomorrow is the Second Master's birthday."

Brother Tang understood what he meant and smiled and bowed to show that he understood.

Anshun walked back with Shen Zhuoli, saying, "Master Xiaoyu, the Second Master wants you to come over."

Shen Zhuoli responded and followed him back. Master Shen put on the clothes he bought and talked to him with a smile for a while before saying, "You are not a child anymore. It is boring to study blindly. Why don't you help grandpa do something..."

Shen Zhuoli was very happy. This was the first time his grandfather had asked him to do something. "Grandpa, you decide."

Mr. Shen said, "I will give you two hundred taels of silver. You will help me to buy a quiet little house. You will also need to hire servants, such as a kitchen and a doorman. It is a place suitable for a person to rest alone..."

He explained in detail.

Mr. Shen was a rough man, but after listening to what they said, he felt that there was some truth in it, so he decided to give it a try.

Shen Zhuoli didn't think much about it and agreed excitedly.

(End of this chapter)