Chapter Sixty-Eight: Halfway to the Halfway Journey to Bite the Gold
Xu Xi hesitated and stopped, and said, "Okay, then wait." He turned his head to the relieved shopkeeper Huang and said, "You have to hurry, I still have something to do." ”
"Hey, okay, girl, please go back and wait." The shopkeeper Huang said, and called the young man again, "Give me good tea, snacks, and greet this girl well." With that, he hurried out the door.
"Girl, please." The young man showed a stiff smile at Xu Xi, and he was very nervous, for fear that Xu Xi would leave without saying a word. The shopkeeper and the proprietor came back and could not find anyone, so they may not know how to punish him.
Xu Xi never sold design drafts in this era. Her psychological price is fifty taels per picture, and she plans to sell five of them first to make the first pot of gold. As for whether to sell the design draft in the future, what the price will be, it will be determined when the time comes.
She asked for a hundred taels of silver, but she asked for the price to pay back on the spot. The shopkeeper Huang also reached thirty-one pictures, and she was also a little moved.
At this time, she naturally did not leave, and followed the man's movements and went upstairs.
But as soon as she climbed to the second floor, she met a woman's face.
The woman was in her early twenties, with a woman's hairstyle, a beautiful face, a bright red pleated floral dress, and a gold ruby inlaid on her head. The grandmother and the two maids standing behind her were much more luxurious than the maids and mothers-in-law of the Hou Mansion, which showed that this woman was either rich or expensive.
"Can you show me what your jewelry looks like? If it's good, I'm willing to buy it for a hundred taels of silver. The woman said.
"Husband, wife." A guy dressed in a silver building costume came out of the room behind her, stammered, looked at Xu Xi beggingly, and said boldly, "Our shopkeeper will talk to this girl first." Can you let the shopkeeper finish the talk, and you can talk to this girl again, madam? ”
The woman didn't speak, just looked at Xu Xi.
This woman knew at a glance that she was not bad for money. Of course, Xu Xi would be happy to sell her the blueprints.
But in doing business, there are some principles that still need to be followed.
She said to the woman, "This guy has a point. There is a first-come, first-come, first-come, first-come. If the proprietor of the silver building is not willing to buy my design for one hundred taels and one piece, then we will talk about it then. ”
The corner of the woman's mouth hooked, and she nodded, "Okay." She pointed to the next room, "I'm right here, and the girl can call me after talking to the host." ”
"Okay." Xu Xi nodded, and raised her feet into the room where she had stayed.
Both guys breathed a sigh of relief.
However, when Xie Shi heard that this woman really wanted a hundred taels of silver to buy the design drawing, he stumbled and almost fell on the ground. Fortunately, Xu Xue was quick and helped her.
The group entered the house and sat down, and the young man hurriedly put the snacks on the table and made tea again.
Xu Xi naturally couldn't sit and eat and drink by himself, but asked Xie Shi and Xu Xue to stand and watch, and beckoned to them: "Okay, there are no outsiders here, you can just sit down and eat some snacks." ”
"Auntie, girl, how can this be done?" Xie Shi is still ashamed of what he just fell, where is he willing to sit? What if it is exposed?
Xu Xi's face sank: "I told you to sit down." Why, I still have to ask you to do it? ”
With this change of face, she had a bit of the majesty of a wealthy daughter, Xie and Xu Xue were a little stunned, so they quickly sat down obediently, picked up the dim sum that Xu Xi pushed in front of them and ate it.
Xu Xi said to the young man again: "There is a person surnamed Xu downstairs, who is my coachman." He came out with me in the morning, and he was thirsty and hungry. You give him these snacks to eat, and give him a pot of tea by the way. ”
As she spoke, she took out the handkerchief from Xie's sleeve, wrapped four or five pieces of snacks, and handed it to the young man.
"The girl is really kind." The young man flattered and went downstairs with a handkerchief.
Xie Shi and Xu Xue were a little confused by Xu Xi's operation.
Xu Xue approached Xu Xi and whispered, "Won't this be suspected?" ”
Xie Shi hurriedly glanced at her, pointed to the next room, reminded Xu Xue that the wall had ears, and shook his head at Xu Xi.
Xu Xue stuck out her tongue, quickly lowered her head to eat snacks, and didn't dare to speak anymore.
Probably the owner of the silver building did not live far away, and after waiting for a while, the shopkeeper Huang walked back with an old man and introduced to Xu Xi: "This is our owner, surnamed Xu." ”
Old man Xu had a serious face, nodded at Xu Xi, and asked, "Can I see what the girl looks like?" ”
Xu Xi took out the design and handed it to him.
Old man Xu looked at the design drawing, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and nodded: "Okay, we want one hundred taels of silver for this picture." He asked Xu Xi again, "Can the girl show me other pictures?" ”
Xu Xi blinked, turned to Xie Shi and said, "You go and call the lady next door to come over." ”
Xu Xi still has a little bit of ability to know people, and she always feels that this old man Xu doesn't seem to be a sincere and trustworthy person. He was able to buy this picture so easily, and it was estimated that the guy downstairs had told him about the lady's bid. He was reluctant to accept this design drawing, and he had no way to lower the price, so he had to buy the design draft.
You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people. Xu Xi has nothing to rely on in this world, but he doesn't dare to just take out all the drawings. In case Old Man Xu looked at other design drafts, and then said that he didn't like it and refused to buy it, he would draw it out after Xu Xi left, and let the craftsmen in his shop come out, then Xu Xi would lose a lot.
With his cottage, Xu Xi can't go to the capital to sell other design drafts. After all, someone has already made the jewelry for sale, and it is not the only one who buys the design draft, nor is it the first one. When they suffer a loss, they will inevitably come to the door to seek justice.
These people who built the silver building are all people with backgrounds, and a small dilapidated Hou Mansion can't protect her.
Anyway, people are floating in the rivers and lakes, and they will be stabbed at any time. Xu Xi is not afraid to speculate and guard against others with the greatest malice, otherwise, it is very likely that she will suffer the loss.
As soon as he heard that Xu Xi was going to invite someone to come, Old Man Xu's face didn't look very good.
He said, "We're still talking about business, so the girl will invite someone over, isn't it appropriate?" When we finished talking, I said I wouldn't buy it, and the girl would talk to the lady again, this is the rule of the rivers and lakes. There's a first-come, first-served approach to everything, isn't it? ”
Xie Shi and Xu Xue saw him say this with a serious face, and they were a little stunned in their hearts, and they both looked at Xu Xi worriedly.
Xu Xi didn't care at all, although he had a smile on his face, his expression was faint: "Didn't we negotiate this deal?" You see, I didn't show this blueprint to the lady first, did I? This is the rule of the rivers and lakes. But the next few pictures are not what we have talked about beforehand. Since the lady next door said she wanted to buy it, of course I had to ask her to see it with me. Of course, if Boss Xu doesn't want to watch it, then I'll leave and find another place to talk to that lady. ”