Chapter 21 Shopping
The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was June. It's hot. Chen Wenhui stayed in Bai's room, thinking about the air conditioner in her previous life.
Bai Shi saw that his daughter was in a daze, so he said to his daughter, "Hui'er, why don't we go out for a walk." It's not fun to be bored at home all day. Besides, it's going to be your birthday in the next day, how do you want to spend it? ”
Chen Wenhui was taken aback. God knows it's her birthday, how would she know what birthday it is in this life? This can't be exposed.
So he pretended to be innocent and asked, "But isn't it, I forgot my birthday a long time ago." How many days are left? I want to prepare and take the opportunity to invite my friends to dinner and play. Qingshuang on the side hurriedly took the book and pointed it out to Wen Hui: "Girl, look at it, you are on June 24's birthday, which happens to be the birthday of the lotus flower." It's still half a month away. Enough to prepare. ”
Chen Wenhui thought to herself, oh, it turns out that it is June 24's birthday, this time I have to remember. Thinking in my heart, I said, "Well, then I'll invite a friend to enjoy the lotus flowers." But our garden is too small. The lotus pond over there is still a big pond in the restaurant, can you give me a water pavilion location, I can invite the Lan family sisters and Wang Yaozhen sisters, and Wan Meizhen sisters to enjoy the lotus flowers. After hearing this, Bai Shi said: "It's okay to go to the Water Pavilion, let them leave the location of the Water Pavilion in advance, use the paper door, a few little girls can also be quiet, and then send a few more people to follow." ”
As soon as Chen Wenhui heard it, she immediately shouted for Qingshuang to get a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and to post to her friends. Bai Shi hurriedly asked Qingshuang to fetch it. Chen Wenhui wrote in Bai's room.
Bai Shi watched from the side, and saw that on the pale yellow flower paper outlining the water grass pattern, the daughter's handwriting was extremely beautiful, and she couldn't help nodding and said: "Hui'er has grown in knowledge with your father, and her words have also improved." Chen Wenhui was very proud.
Of course, Chen Wenhui practices calligraphy every day, rain or shine, this perseverance is not something that ordinary six-year-old girls have. Bai put down the flower paper and said to Chen Wenhui: "On your birthday, you have to entertain friends, so I should add you a few pieces of jewelry." Now we still have money on our books, and we should buy you two more pieces. ”
Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "Mother doesn't have to, where did I use jewelry when I was young, but my mother wore and wore those jewelry brought out by Beijing, although they are of extraordinary quality, but it is inevitable that it will be monotonous after a long time, so let's buy a few more pieces." Qingshuang interjected at this time and said, "According to the slave maid, the girl and the lady are going to be added." It's better to go to the local Wanjia Silver Building. Jiangnan's jewelry has always been famous for its exquisiteness, and Mrs. also took us to see it. Bai smiled: "It seems that you also want to go out." Well, just take Qiubi, green buds, red carp, and golden orioles with you to take a look. ”
At this time, several maids were happy, and they were busy spreading the word and preparing to go out in the car. As soon as I came to Wanjiayinlou, I came to Wanjiayinlou. After getting out of the car, Chen Wenhui took a look, but it was a two-story building, on the most prosperous Xishi Street, not far from their shop in Cuijin Building. They didn't go to their own shop to see, but went directly into Wanjiayinlou. As soon as I entered the door, the shopkeeper saw that Mrs. County Ling was coming, and she greeted her early, and invited her directly to the private seat on the second floor.
On the second floor, there is no jewelry industry, just some Taishi chairs, big cases and the like.
For a while, the guy served tea. Bai said: "What is the shopkeeper's surname? The shopkeeper hurriedly bowed his waist and said, "Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the little surname is Liu." Bai said, "Ah, it's the shopkeeper Liu." Shopkeeper Liu, I don't want to look at those ordinary jewelry, you only show me the recent fashionable styles, not the hairpin ring. ”
Shopkeeper Liu agreed to go out, and after a while, he took out a bunch of brocade boxes, put them on the big case one by one, and opened them to introduce them to the Bai family. This is the latest earrings, these are the latest jade pendants, these are the latest styles of hairpins, hairpins, bracelets, collars, flower dians, distractions.
Chen Wenhui was an eye-opener. Touch each one and take a look. The Bai family also picked and chose with great interest. After a long time, Chen Wenhui chose a piece of jade to be pressed and jade. This jade pendant is red and emerald two colors, cleverly carved into the shape of lotus leaves and lotus, natural and interesting, and closed Wen Hui's birthday. There is also a pair of hairpins inlaid with red gold and rubies. A pair of cherry-shaped earrings in red gold rubies. A pair of gold bracelets inlaid with red gold, a red gold distraction, the pattern is a mille-feuille.
A golden step shake is a lotus hanging bead style. Chen Wenhui likes that cherry earrings very much and can't put them down. After playing for a while, I saw that my mother helped me pick out so many things. I can't help but smack my tongue. In her previous life, as a white-collar worker, she often bought jewelry by herself, but she bought them one by one, where did she buy a bunch like this. Although the Chen family's business is very good now, it can't be too extravagant.
So he said to his mother, "Mother, why do you buy so much for your daughter at once?" Bai said with a smile: "Whoever chooses jewelry is to buy a single piece, and it is naturally a complete set." Where is this, isn't it the shopkeeper Liu? Shopkeeper Liu had already smiled on his face, and hurriedly replied: "Of course, of course, like that small family, it is natural to buy one by one, and it is normal to buy one set at a time from Mrs. Xiang's family." It's just that Mrs. loves her daughter very much, and her vision is good, and the set of jewelry she picks is top-notch. Like this jade jade pendant, the color and carving are first-class, rare is the mind and ingenuity, the red jade to do the red lotus, the green to do the lotus leaf, and it is lifelike and natural, rare. This girl's favorite cherry-shaped ruby earrings, the shape is novel, very suitable for young girls to wear, rare is that this ruby is as red as blood, is a first-class pigeon blood red. ”
Shopkeeper Liu also commented carefully, Chen Wenhui had already interrupted him: "You naturally say that the things in your own house are good." Mother, I can't get enough of it. This earring, jade pendant, bracelet is enough, this hairpin, distracted, where am I going to wear it? ”
Chen Wenhui is still young and has no head, naturally there is no hairpin ring on her head, at most she has a small silk flower. Bai said: "I don't need it now, but I see that these pieces are very good in condition, so I bought them first and waited for you to use them later." ”
Chen Wenhui had no choice but to give up. and instigated Bai to buy a few as well. Bai had to smile and pick out a few. They are the birthday star of white jade holding peach jade pendants, the distraction of red gold immortals celebrating their birthdays, a pair of jade bracelets with good color, and a peony hairpin with red gold as the bottom approved by Nanzhu.
Chen Wenhui said that she would pick one for both her father and brother. Bai saw that Chen Wenhui's filial piety was commendable, so he asked the shopkeeper Liu to pick a men's style. The shopkeeper saw that it was the big customer, and he was happy to get it. Chen Wenhui and Bai Shi selected for a long time, and asked Qingshuang to make a reference, and finally bought a Ruyi jade belt hook for Chen Yuanheng, and Chen Wenjun and Chen Wenlin each had a jade jade pendant.
Bai asked the shopkeeper Liu to give a price, and Qingshuang was busy looking at the accountant of the shopkeeper Liu, and asked for a discount from the shopkeeper Liu, and in the end, it cost 800 taels of silver. Bai Shi nodded and asked the shopkeeper Liu to go to the house to pick it up. The group went out of Wanjiayinlou.
Bai Shi went out of Wanjiayinlou and first went to the shop to take a look, and then saw a fat powder shop next door, so he took Chen Wenhui to go shopping.
Chen Wenhui also liked cosmetics in her previous life, and she lost a lot of things, and she has long been interested in these bottles and cans, but now she is too young to use cosmetics, so she can only watch dryly. Now I have the opportunity to visit the ancient cosmetics store, and I am naturally happy. Bai's and Qingshuang are picky. Chen Wenhui took everything seriously.
Bai also smiled and said to Qingshuang, after all, she is a girl, and she is interested in fat powder at such a young age. Chan has found a new business opportunity. She found that there were no perfumes here, but people were interested in all kinds of spices. Chen Wenhui suddenly had an idea.
She had long felt that although the fruit trees planted in the country grange were good, they would not bear fruit until three years later, and it would be a pity that there would be no income in these three years. Now that she thought of perfume, she suddenly felt that there was a way. When the peach blossoms and apricot blossoms are in full bloom in spring, ask the tenants in the township to collect the petals, pay the wages, and then extract the petals to make perfume, which is a luxury and will definitely be very profitable.
In this way, the tenants have more income, the fruit trees can see the benefits in advance, and a new way of wealth has been opened. The more Chen Wenhui thought about it, the happier she became. In fact, it is easy to extract and make simple perfumes. Because of her previous life, there was a time when DIY was popular, and she learned to make simple perfumes. Of course, it's not a perfume with a mixture of multiple floral notes from a perfumer, but a single floral perfume. This should be enough here. People here don't have the same buying habits as those in previous lives.
But before making a large number of zuòs, you should first do a real yàn. This is also simple, the flowers in my garden are blooming very well, I will do it when I go back, it is best to teach Ziyu to do it. In the future, the processing plant will be opened in the grange, so as to save the cost of transporting the petals. It is also possible to recruit workers in the countryside to generate income for those tenants.
Chen Wenhui is thinking about it here, and Bai and Qingshuang have already been selected. Let the shopkeeper pack it and send it to the house. Just as I was about to leave, I happened to meet a group of people who also entered the store.
Wen Hui's eyes were sharp, and she saw at a glance that it was Lan Yingyu and Lan Caiyu, and she hurriedly greeted her. The Lan sisters were also pleasantly surprised. It turned out that they had accompanied their mother to go shopping. After the introduction of the sisters, Bai and Mrs. Lan exchanged pleasantries. Chen Wenhui took the opportunity to grab the Lan family sisters and said, "Sisters, you are here, I'm afraid you haven't seen the post I sent to you." The Lan sisters were busy asking what the post was.
Chen Wenhui said: "Even the 24th is my birthday, and I have already set a place in Qinghe Building, and you will all come when the time comes." The Lan sisters were very happy when they heard this, and they hurriedly agreed. On the side, Bai and Mrs. Lan had already had a good chat. Mrs. Lan also invited the Bai family to go to the Lan family's shop another day. The Bai family agreed, and praised the Lan sisters for being well-behaved and beautiful, and Mrs. Lan also praised Chen Wenhui for her good rules and intelligence. After greeting each other, the group went home.