156. Pearl jewelry
156. Pearl jewelry
The curse words were on the tip of his tongue, but thinking that his family still had a business on South Street, Lu Mingfei didn't want to make enemies, so he took them back. He looked down at the little girl who was half a head shorter than him and asked, "Any amount of silver is fine, right?"
"Then I want one hundred thousand taels of silver. If you can come up with it, I'll sell you this set of jewelry." This wasn't him asking for too much, but rather a fool who had come to him for a killing. If he could sell this box for one hundred thousand taels and give half to Zhao Lang, Zhao Lang wouldn't blame him for selling the gift, would he?
He gave the remaining half to his mother. His mother must have been very happy to receive 50,000 taels of silver, and she would not blame him for selling the gift he had prepared for her.
"Why don't you go and rob it!" A high-pitched female voice sounded.
"Haha, isn't this what you are doing now?" Lu Mingfei reminded the other party.
Fourth Miss Sun was furious. She stared at the poor scholar in front of her and asked suspiciously, "You are so poor, where did you get the money to buy jewelry? You must have stolen it!"
"Then, Manager Zhang is standing here. You can ask him if I stole from him." Faced with the other party's groundless accusation, Lu Mingfei just felt it was ridiculous.
“…” Fourth Miss Sun.
"Sir, I'm sorry, our little sister has been a little willful since she was young. You'd better take your things with you, we don't want them." Miss Sun Er looked up at the young man in front of her, then quickly pulled her sister out.
"I'm not leaving. I want what he has in his hand!"
The little girl who was being pulled by her sister was still struggling and refused to go with her sister.
Fortunately, two maids outside the door came forward to help and took the person away.
Lu Mingfei took a look and couldn't help but shake his head inwardly. This kind of girl must have been spoiled by her family. She would just go out and grab anything she liked. She was like this outside, so she was even more domineering at home.
But this is other people's business and none of his business.
After just one glance, he withdrew his gaze and prepared to settle the bill with the shopkeeper and go home. However, just as he opened his mouth to pay the bill, the shopkeeper said he had something to discuss with him.
"You say." Hmm? Could it be that this shopkeeper Zhang also wanted to buy his jewelry? Lu Mingfei looked at the shopkeeper, waiting for him to continue.
Meeting the young man's gaze, Shopkeeper Zhang smiled and said, "I'm not asking for your stuff. I just want to discuss something with you. Our craftsman has reviewed the two sets of blueprints you sent us and said they're good. I think the finished products are also quite novel. So, I'd like to discuss with you whether you can sell us those two sets of blueprints. If so, I'll waive the balance on the two sets of jewelry."
The two sets of jewelry he ordered were both made of silver, and the total cost of the two sets of jewelry was less than ten taels of silver, and a little labor cost had to be added in. He had already paid half of the deposit, so the balance was only half of the money left.
Now, the shopkeeper Zhang is negotiating with him, wanting to buy two sets of drawings from him for a few taels of silver. This is a very smart calculation.
However, the other party can also not tell him about this and directly use his drawings without him knowing.
But Lu Mingfei wasn't one to suffer a loss, so after thinking it over, he made a request: "How about this, I can sell these two sets of blueprints to you, and I won't sell them to another silver shop. But two sets of blueprints are only five taels of silver, which I think is a bit too little."
"If you like the drawings I designed, I can continue to provide you with some other different designs. Of course, we need to sit down and discuss the price slowly." His meaning was very clear. If you give me a price, I can continue to provide you with new design drawings.
However, if this deal is done so unfairly, the two sides may only cooperate once and never again. He can also sell the blueprints to other silver shops, and I believe that other silver shops will be very interested.
Sure enough, the shopkeeper understood it immediately after hearing it.
"I need to consult our boss about this matter and then give you a reply. Is that okay with you?" If the cooperation with the other party is to be long-term and the amount of money to be paid is relatively large, then Shopkeeper Zhang will not be able to make a decision.
"It's okay, you can go back and discuss it with your boss. Let's settle today's balance first. We can talk about the rest later." Lu Mingfei didn't force it and settled the balance with the other party first.
After paying the balance, he stuffed the two boxes of jewelry into his shoulder bag and went out.
This time, he wasn't worried about the jewelry store misusing his two design drawings. If they found out, he could sell them to the next jewelry store. He believed the owner of the jewelry store would know the choice: pay him a small fee to buy the drawings, or compete with his peers.
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When he returned to the door of the pancake shop, he saw his mother selling things there.
After saying hello to his mother, Lu Mingfei took the bag into the store and put it away. Then he came out to take his mother's place, letting her go inside to help while he went outside to sell things alone.
"Go inside and play. Don't run out."
"elder brother……"
"Go in, no acting like a spoiled child, no room for negotiation."
The three children in their family ran out to play for a while, and then he drove them inside to play.
Over the years, their family has been doing business on South Street and has seen many children being abducted and adults searching for them on the street. It's generally very difficult to find those abducted children.
Lu Mingfei himself was almost taken away by human traffickers that year, and this incident taught him and the adults in his family a big lesson.
So after the two children were born, they were locked up in the backyard to play, not allowed to go out to play. Otherwise, if the adults were out doing business and didn't pay attention, the children might be taken away by human traffickers.
He was alone here, tending the stall and selling things, and he had no time to look after the children, so Lu Mingfei didn't dare let the three boys run out to play on the street. Because no matter which one was lost, he would not be able to explain to his family.
Fortunately, these three guys were still afraid of his dark face, so they ran away as soon as they saw his dark face.
When Zhang Qi came back after delivering the things, all the things he had sold were also sold out.
Just then his mother came out and called him to go back for dinner. The mother and son took the table, chairs, basins and spoons back to the backyard and went back to eat.
When Zhang Qi led the donkey back to the backyard, the stall outside had already been packed up.
After everyone had dinner that day, Lu Mingfei took out the gifts he had prepared in advance and gave them to the two mothers, "Mother, stepmother, this is my gift to you."
"What is this?" Xu Yue Niang took the box, looked at her adopted son with a little surprise, and asked.
"You'll know once you open it." Lu Mingfei said, looking at the two mothers with a smile in his eyes.
"What day is it today? Are you sending us something?" Liu Sanniang touched the box and looked at her eldest son.
"Every day is a good day." Lu Mingfei didn't give gifts to his two mothers because today was a special day, but because he happened to get the pearls from Zhao Lang, so he went to the jewelry store to order jewelry.
Of course, he didn't tell his two mothers these words.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yueniang and Liu Sanniang looked at each other and opened the boxes in their hands.
When they saw what was in the box, both of them had surprise and delight in their eyes.
"This..." After being pleasantly surprised, Liu Sanniang was frightened. Looking at her eldest son who had given them such an expensive gift, she asked, "Where did you get the money to buy us such expensive things?"
"Yes, you..." Xu Yue Niang began to suspect whether this adopted son was going to rob the silver shop.
"Don't worry, I didn't steal this. I drew the design myself and had the jewelry made at a jewelry store. The pearls on it were given to me by a friend. I just paid a little silver and the labor." It was obvious that the two women loved beautiful jewelry, so Lu Mingfei smiled and asked, "Do you want to try it on and see how it works?"
"...Forget it. I'm all sweaty. Don't want to dirty such a beautiful thing." Looking at the pearl-inlaid jewelry in the box, it was the first time in her thirty-something years of life that Liu Sanniang had seen such beautiful jewelry. It was also the first time that someone gave her such a beautiful set of jewelry.
Xu Yueniang was also the first person to receive such valuable gifts and beautiful jewelry at this age.
"I have been married to your godfather for so many years, and he has never given me anything except a silver hairpin when we got married." Xu Yue Niang looked at the jewelry in the box and tears of joy came to her eyes.
Liu Sanniang originally wanted to say that her husband had never given her a silver hairpin, but then she remembered that although her husband had never given her a silver hairpin, he had made many wooden hairpins for her. So when she was about to say something bad about her husband, she took it back and didn't say it out loud.
However, Liu Sanniang was still very happy to receive this set of jewelry from her eldest son, and she couldn't suppress a smile on her face.
"I'll help you talk to him later." Lu Mingfei said with a smile.
"Well, you don't need to tell him. I'll show him this set of jewelry later and let him reflect on it himself." Xu Yue Niang touched the jewelry in the box, but was reluctant to wear it right away. She looked at her adopted son and smiled, "Ming Fei, thank you. I like it very much."
"You're welcome. You and my adoptive father have given me many gifts, as have my mother and father. You have raised me for so many years and brought me up to this age, but I have never given you anything. This time I will give you a set of silver jewelry. When I make money in the future, I will give you a set of gold jewelry. I will definitely dress you up as the most beautiful proprietress on South Street." Lu Mingfei said this, and he also planned this in his heart.
When he makes money in the future, he won’t let his two mothers work so hard.
"Haha, even without dressing up, your mother and I are the most beautiful here on South Street." This was not Xu Yueniang's self-praise, but she was very confident about her appearance.
While praising herself, Xu Yue Niang did not forget to bring Liu San Niang along.
Liu Sanniang was embarrassed by Xu Yueniang's praise. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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