Chapter 17 Shaoju 2
It took Wang Shaomei a long time to come back to her senses, looking at the pair of masters and servants who continued to choose things as if nothing had happened. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info only knew that she was a fool, but she didn't expect to be a fool under the mountains of gold and silver. But somehow, being pressed by the bright mountains of gold and silver, Yun Ting, a fool, actually had a bit of nobility in her eyes! It's really infuriating!
Linglong also looked at Yun Ting's master and servant, and her aunt also said that her cousin's body was gradually getting better, and she would find a way to let herself follow her cousin when the time was right. originally thought that Yun Ting was a fool, useless to her cousin and the Wang family, if she could really give birth to a boy and a half girl with him in the future, and then let her aunt divorce her, she would be the legitimate daughter-in-law of the royal family. But now I know that Xi Yunting is so wealthy, if my aunt knows, will she let go easily? When the time comes, won't all my years of hard work be in vain? No, I must not let my aunt know about this!
Yun Ting didn't know what they were thinking about, just looking at the exquisite ornaments in front of them. The shopkeeper is even more diligent, smiling and accompanying him, introducing one or two from time to time.
Xi Cui was about to say something to Yun Ting when she suddenly felt someone pulling the corner of her clothes, and when she looked down, Xiao Yu didn't know when she was already standing beside her. Look at everyone else who seems to be doing something else, not paying attention to their side at all. Only then did he whisper to Xiao Yi, "What's wrong?" ”
Xiao Yu glanced at her, "You're too loser!" The shopkeeper made it clear that he was pitting you, and that thing was actually eight thousand taels. ”
Xi Cui was a little angry when he saw Xiao Yi's little eyes, why is this kid so virtuous every time he sees himself? Do you really think you have no temper? But suddenly, I thought, can't Xiao Yu hear what others are thinking? It's just the right time to put it to use. Fang Cai himself is to raise face for Miss, but if he can't stand these two, he will still treat Miss as a fool, it is better to wait and let Xiao Yu check the real price of those things that Miss has taken a fancy to, and when negotiating with the shopkeeper, he will lower the price, and let them know that although the people in our Hou Mansion are rich, they are not easy to fool people. In the future, even if they move their minds, they don't dare to do what they want.
So he pretended to squat down to look at the porcelain vase placed at the bottom layer, and whispered a few words. Xiao Yi gave her a roll of her eyes again, "Do you still need to say it?" I can see your thoughts clearly, okay? You still want to point fingers at me with that little bit of caution? If it weren't for Huineng's orders, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to you! ”
Xi Cui was angry again. But this will be a request, and people can only endure it.
After a while, Wang Shaoju came down, holding a long and narrow box in his hand, which seemed to be eye-catching. The steward carefully followed behind him and slowly descended the stairs.
The shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him, collected the calligraphy and paintings, and prepared to wrap them. was stopped by Wang Shaoju, only to see that the roots of her ears were slightly red, and she said softly, "The shopkeeper is not in a hurry to pack, I have something to ask you." ”
The shopkeeper bent down and walked up to Shaoju.
Wang Shaoju didn't speak immediately, seeing her hands open and close a few times, as if she was very embarrassed, "I'...... I thought, borrow a step to speak......"
The crowd "......"
This Wang Shaoju sometimes doesn't even care much about his personal maid, and today he actually took the initiative to talk to the shopkeeper alone? Looking at this shopkeeper again, although he is kind, he is not kind, how can he make Wang Shaoju let down his guard? If something goes wrong, there must be a demon! Xi Cui's gossip heart was aroused, and these people in front of him were naturally no exception. But everyone is a person with a face, so you can't eavesdrop on your face, right?
But Xi Cui is different, why? Because she has a little legacy! Except for her, no one else can see Xiao Yu! So she looked around for the shadow of Xiao Yu. Sure enough, seeing an extremely dazzling gaze, Xiao Yu unexpectedly threw her a blank eye, and then followed Wang Shaoju with the shopkeeper.
Wang Shaomei leaned over here, but she still couldn't hear anything. There was obvious disappointment on his face, and the exquisite objects in front of him suddenly lost their interest. looked at the steward, "What did my sister say upstairs just now?" ”
The steward smiled, "Miss Ju just looked at a few paintings, chose one of them, and went downstairs with the little one without saying a word." ”
"Cut...... There must be ghosts! Wang Shaomei sneered and said, "On weekdays, I asked her to go out and pretend to put on a show, but today she actually agreed so happily, I knew that the girl had something in her arms." ”
Linglong smiled and rounded, "My cousin's temperament is a little colder, cousin don't think about it, there is a suspicion between the sisters, and my aunt should be sad when she knows." ”
Wang Shaomei sneered, "My cousin is really exquisite, and she looks decent and generous everywhere, but I, the rightful Miss Wang Jiayan, have turned to the point where you don't have everyone's beautiful style!" No wonder your mother likes you, no matter what your name is, you are as good as your name! ”
Linglong: "......"
Yun Ting saw that the two of them were gone, and her face was gone, and she was about to speak, but she was stopped by Xi Cui. My young lady, if you come up at this time, isn't it unpleasant to rush to find it? With your non-stop style of words, it's hard to pull Wang Shaomei's knife directly on yourself. Who is Linglong? I don't know if it's really a person like his name, but he has been in the Wang family for more than ten years, and he can be regarded as comfortable with it, so where can he use you to help?
Although Yun Ting didn't expect her so much, it was right to listen to Xi Cui in everything that Mama Wu told before going out. So I just left it alone and continued to look at things.
After a while, Wang Shaoju came back, followed by the shopkeeper. The two didn't say anything, and they stood separately.
Wang Shaomei saw that the things were almost picked, so she said to the shopkeeper, "Okay, the things are almost good, it's time to go back, after a long delay, my mother will talk about it again." The shopkeeper will collect all these selected ones and calculate the price. ”
The shopkeeper went to pack something.
After a while, more than a dozen boxes, large and small, were placed in front of me.
The shopkeeper smiled, "A total of 17,000 taels, the 10,000 taels of the previous set of snuff bottles have already been paid, and you only need to pay another 7,000 taels." ”
Wang Shaomei didn't speak, her eyes smiled and looked at Wang Shaomei and the steward with eyes that were almost the same as before, and then looked at Yun Ting. Yun Ting sat on the side as if nothing happened. When she was in the Hou Mansion, every time she went out to buy something, she just picked it out and waited for her mother, or brother, or Xi Cui to pay the money, and then went back together after settling the account, and this time was naturally no exception.
Xiao Yu stood beside Xi Cui and pulled the corner of Xi Cui's clothes. Xi Cui followed him to the box containing the white porcelain pen holder, and pointed to the box, "Shopkeeper, I just praised you for your sincerity, why do you do things like this?" How much does this white porcelain pen holder count? ”
The shopkeeper did not suspect him, and said with a smile, "Three hundred taels." ”
Xi Cui smiled and didn't speak, but her ears were listening to Xiao Yu's words. "This thing, the porcelain is of the highest quality, but the ink painting on it is average, and the boss clearly only uses fifty taels of money to get it." After listening to this, Xi Cui quietly picked up the box, "It's already packaged, and I don't want to open it anymore." Originally, the things that our master liked were expensive to buy, which hindered the master's face, and it was nothing to spend more money to be happy, but you can't ask for a price. We have had one of the same things in our house, and the white porcelain is the same as ours, but the ink painting on your one is far inferior to ours. I remember that we bought it for 80 taels, and you cost 300 taels? ”
The shopkeeper sweated on his forehead, and he didn't say anything when he asked for 10,000 taels of snuff bottles, thinking it was a big wrong, but he didn't expect it to be a knowledgeable person. Hurriedly changed her tone and smiled, "Girl, don't be weird, maybe the small one has seen the wrong object, this white porcelain pen holder is only eighty taels, and the small one is the price of other things." As he spoke, he took out a box of similar size and shape, but obviously taller, "The small one said that the three hundred taels are this celadon net bottle." ”
Xi Cui couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, because Xiao Yi told her that the shopkeeper must have panicked, and this celadon net bottle was bought from someone else for three hundred and twenty taels. Seeing Xi Cui smiling, the shopkeeper was originally distressed by what he said in a moment's panic, but now he was even more cramped and uneasy, and hurriedly continued to look inside, trying to find something with a similar shape that would not lose three hundred taels but found that he couldn't find it at all, and both legs began to tremble. Thinking that it's good not to let people see it, the loss of money is small, if he offends the Wang family, it will be difficult for him to do a noble business in this shop in the future. If you don't do it, you will cut off your own financial route, how can this be good?
The steward should be familiar with this shopkeeper, and he has come here to buy things before, so he hurriedly cast a look for help to the steward. As soon as the steward left, Xi Cui found out, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were extremely cold, looking at the steward and said, "Since the master arranged for the steward to come with him, he helped us take care of our eyes, and I thought that it would be okay to come forward without taking care of things." It seems that we still have to work hard, or we will dismantle everything and take a look at the stewardship and give an estimate by the way, we are all slaves, but we can't let our master lose money in order to save trouble. ”
The steward looked at the shopkeeper and walked forward with a handful of sweat. The shopkeeper was completely panicked now, everyone talked about this, and no matter how much the steward wanted to help, he couldn't get it done. If this little girl is really knowledgeable and everything is taken apart, then it won't open the old bottom.
Yun Ting originally thought that she would be able to leave after paying the money, but when she saw that this posture was clearly something. Seeing that Xi Cui's face suddenly changed, and he didn't understand the situation, he pulled Xi Cui to him, "What's wrong?" Are you going to quarrel with someone? Mother said that girls can't quarrel with people outside the house, this is not good! ”
Xi Cui smiled and comforted her, "Miss, don't worry, the slave won't quarrel with anyone." Let's go. Then he turned to look at the steward and the shopkeeper slowly, and said, "Our master is in a hurry, and it's not worth delaying time for a little money." If we didn't hear what I said before, this time you have to be honest with the shopkeeper, and the matter will be settled after the account is settled. What do you think of the stewardship? ”
Where does the shopkeeper dare not agree, hurry up and thank you. I went to the appraisal again.
Wang Shaomei squinted at Xi Cui. looks like this, it's just a teenage yellow-haired girl, but Fang Cai's style is not as good as even she, a young lady. I have always been accompanied by Linglong when I came out to buy things before, although I didn't say it on my lips, I still have some appreciation for Linglong's cleverness and sophistication in talking and doing things, but now I put it in front of Xi Cui and found that half of Linglong's family can be regarded as her high esteem. Don't say that the young lady of the family in the capital is the son of the family who often shows up, and I am afraid that she does not have the confidence and alertness like her. The lady of the Hou Mansion had a very loud reputation in the past, and the maids trained by her hands all had such skills, and there was an unfathomable old lady beside Yun Ting. Mother's move was too dangerous.
Linglong is even more frightened, she can be regarded as having seen the scene with her aunt, she has seen a lot of furnishings in the house, and the price can be seen some, but in the end, it is a layman, although she will suppress the price when she goes out to buy it, she does not dare to be so confident. This shopkeeper looks like a veteran in the industry, and he has seen the wind and waves, but now he is so frightened in front of Xi Cui, a little girl, which shows that this girl is a little genuine. Huai'an Houfu has always been inconspicuous in the capital, but there is such a hidden dragon and crouching tiger inside, can my aunt's plan really succeed?
Wang Shaomei didn't care about this, her eyes were only on the painting she had chosen. As for the price offered by the shopkeeper for other things, it had nothing to do with her, she only wanted the painting. Even if the price asked for by the shopkeeper was really worth the money, as long as she could afford it, she would still take it.
After a while, the shopkeeper came out after the steward, and this time the shopkeeper gave another price, only two thousand taels. Xiao Chuan said that he spit out the extra two thousand taels he had asked for from the snuffbox before, but Xi Cui left without saying anything more about paying the money.
The shopkeeper stood at the door for a long time and looked at the vanished carriage, brushing his sleeves and wiping the sweat beads on his forehead. Xindao, who said that the ladies of the Gaomen compound are easy to deal with? Bullshit! It depends on what kind of maids they follow! The reason why those talkative wrongdoers were coaxed around was purely because of their luck and their encounter with an ignorant maid. It's better to be careful when looking at people in the future, although you can be regarded as an old horse who knows the way, but there are times when the horse stumbles.
The guy who followed him was smiling shyly, and he was kicked aside by the shopkeeper before he could open his mouth, you will come up, why did you go just now?
Wang Shaoju didn't talk much along the way, and kept thinking about the painting in his heart. Originally, I wanted to pay for it myself, but looking at the situation at the time, I asked the shopkeeper to count the painting list, and I was afraid that the shopkeeper would be cranky again. But today's money is all from Yun Ting, and all the things will naturally be sent to Luju when they go back, so I don't know if Yun Ting will give her paintings to herself again.
Wang Shaomei was in a car with Yun Ting, and when Yun Ting was a little sleepy, she quietly asked Xi Cui, "Do you really know anything about porcelain furnishings?" ”
Xi Cui looked at Xiao Yi who was staring at him, and said with a smile, "Miss Mei looks down on slaves." Speaking of those things, the slave maid had also seen the white porcelain pen holder, and saw that the price given by the shopkeeper was too exaggerated, and thought that the others must be the same, so he deliberately made an appearance to bluff him. I didn't expect to be scared by the slave maid! Hehe......"
Of course, Wang Shaomei knew that she wasn't telling the truth, but the more she said it, the more convinced she was that she really had those skills. And what Xi Cui wants is such an effect. Wang Shaomei is so arrogant, the more you grovel in front of her, the more she will look down on you, if you show some skills and then put on a clumsy posture, she will look at you differently. Now that she is willing to talk to herself in such a tone and not put on a high-minded young lady stand, it can be seen that her attitude towards herself has changed.
After returning home, everything was naturally placed in the open house. Wang Shaomei didn't say anything and went back to her residence, but Wang Shaoju's eyes were staring at the painting. Xi Cui naturally saw it in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, so let's wait for Xiao Yi to explain the matter clearly before seeing how to deal with it.
After lunch, Yun Ting went to rest, Xi Cui returned to her room, and Xiao Yu appeared to tell her what she heard before.
It turns out that Wang Shaomei does like calligraphy and painting, but she doesn't just like calligraphy and painting, and has no interest in anything else. And she only has a soft spot for one person's calligraphy and painting. This person is the person who painted the painting she picked today, the strangest thing is that she has not seen this person, but one year on her birthday, Wang Shaoyan gave her a picture made by this person, and she couldn't put it down after seeing it. Later, after asking Wang Shaoyan, I learned that Wang Shaoyan, the painter, met a scholar by chance, and because of his poor family, he could only make a living by selling paintings. Wang Shaoyan looked at his paintings very well, and just met Wang Shaoju's birthday, thinking that she liked calligraphy and painting, so he simply bought a pair for her as a birthday gift. She wanted to ask anything else but didn't open her mouth, after all, it was the young lady who had not yet left the cabinet who asked about the inappropriateness of a scholar she had never met, so the matter was put aside. But over the years, she has been more and more obsessed with the person who painted the painting, and she has never had the opportunity to go out to find someone, so she can only beg Wang Shaoyan to find some calligraphy and paintings for herself in the name of loving painting, thinking that maybe she can get a few more paintings of that person. didn't want the painting to be in hand, but it made everyone in the house think that she regarded the painting as her life. This time, when I got the opportunity to go out, I asked the steward to take her to the largest and most complete shop in the capital, but I didn't expect her to find a pair.
"If there are few people, they will admire their parents; If you know how to be lustful, you will Mu Shaoai. Xi Cui sighed, "It turned out to be a young Mu Ai ......"
"Huh...... It turns out that you are not an unlearned person! Xiao Yi's mouth rarely had a good sentence, and Xi Cui was just about to be proud when he heard him continue, "But no matter how you can't hide your worldly habits!" Aren't you thinking about using other people's girls again? After speaking, he glanced at Xi Cui again.
Xi Cui could no longer restrain the urge to beat this little thing violently, and almost rushed over through gritted teeth. But I didn't want Xiao Yu to blink and disappear.
Leaving Xi Cui panting, he said in his heart, dead child, don't run if you have the ability, sister, I'll pinch you to death!
Then he turned his face and ran out with a smile, picking up the calligraphy and painting and looking at it. It seems that this Miss Ju also has a way to take it. However, this kind of calligraphy and painting is neither a masterpiece nor an antique, and it is not a real toy, and it is not necessary to take it out at the birthday banquet in front of many young ladies and ladies who are not rich or expensive, I am afraid that it will have no effect. So she thought of a better way.