Rongcheng is not as prosperous as imagined, and in Zhou Yun's eyes, it is at best a big town.

Of course, this is also because Zhou Yun is used to seeing the modern big city, so his vision is naturally high.

Today is not about the day of the market, it is already afternoon, and there are not many people on the street, but there are many shops on both sides of the street.

Zhou Yun swept them one by one, but unfortunately, if he didn't know how to read, if he didn't go in, it would be difficult to discern what these shops were doing just by looking at them from the outside.

Fortunately, there is a literacy person around.

"What kind of store is that?"

"That's where to eat."

"What about that?"

"That's the inn."

"What's that store across the street?"

"That's the blacksmith's shop."

Zhao Qiaoyan was very patient, mainly because she felt in her heart that Zhou Yun had been cultivating in the mountains before, and it was normal for her to not know about these things outside.

Asking questions along the way, Zhou Yun checked the words on the plaque according to Zhao Qiaoyan's answer, and wrote them down one by one.

"Well, that place is Buzhuang, right?" Zhou Yun suddenly pointed out, and the shop over there was full of cloth, which should be a cloth village.

Seeing Zhao Qiaoyan looking, he smiled softly: "Let's go, let's go in and have a look." ”

Zhou Yun didn't refuse, just thought that Zhao Qiaoyan wanted to buy clothes.

But he didn't want to, as soon as Zhao Qiaoyan entered, he shouted to the guy: "What about your boss? Call him out. ”

The guy looked at Zhao Qiaoyan suspiciously, and then he looked at it clearly, and hurriedly turned around and called someone.

Zhou Yun casually looked at the cloth in his hand, and habitually began to analyze the production materials and processes in his heart.

In the end, in ancient times, this kind of superficial craftsmanship is still not as good as Zhou Yun's eyes.

For example, the cloth in the hand is made of silk, looking at the position of the cloth, and considering that silk was not cheap in ancient times, it is not difficult to guess that the price of this cloth is not cheap.

Silk was a scarce commodity in ancient times, and the cost was not low, so the cost of this piece of cloth must be very expensive.

If it is your own, you should be able to make the same texture with reeds, and the cost is simply too low, but there are too many intermediate steps in this method, which is not suitable for large-scale production.

Just thinking about it, I saw a girl wearing a splendid dress out of the back hall, her face was seven or eight points similar to Zhao Qiaoyan, but perhaps because of the clothes, the girl looked radiant, like a peacock.

As soon as the girl saw Zhao Qiaoyan, she immediately took her hand and laughed: "Third sister, you are not at home in class, why did you come out?" ”

Zhou Yun raised her eyebrows when she heard this, third sister? Then this is Zhao Birou, the second lady of the Zhao family?

"Second sister, I've finished class, and the teacher has already gone back." Zhao Qiaoyan took Zhao Birou's hand and said coquettishly.

"What homework can you do? Father hopes that you can gain fame in the exam, don't slack off. ”

"Oh, second sister, I know."

The two sisters whispered for a while, and then Zhao Birou's eyes turned to Zhou Yun and asked, "This guest, do you want to buy cloth?" ”

"That piece of cloth is used to make my daughter's clothes, why don't I help you pick it out?"

Zhou Yun was shocked to realize that he was still pinching the cloth, and quickly retracted his hand, and said embarrassedly: "Ahem, I'm not a guest, I'm the third lady's scholar." ”

Zhou Yun's clothes didn't change, and Zhao Birou naturally knew that he was a descendant of the Zhao family, but she didn't expect him to be the scholar.

When she reconciled accounts with Zhao Tianyou yesterday, Zhao Tianyou was unwilling, as if it was because of this little scholar, and he didn't know what was going on.

But because it was too late, I didn't go to see it, and I didn't want to meet it in the store today.

"Third sister, why don't you go out with a maid?" Zhao Birou said.

"Oh, bringing them will only complain to Daddy, so I won't bring them."

"So you're so sure he won't complain to Daddy?" Zhao Birou pointed at Zhou Yun.

"He won't," Zhao Qiaoyan snorted lightly, and then became excited again, "Second sister, today's little scholar is very angry, so that Mr. Wang took the initiative to accept him as an apprentice, how is it ......?"

Zhao Birou listened quietly, just looking at Zhao Qiaoyan who was dancing with her eyebrows, her expression was a little strange.

When you come to the store, why is it all about this little scholar?

At this moment, a person suddenly came in a hurry outside, and as soon as he saw Zhao Birou, he hurriedly approached.

"Second Miss, it's not good!"

The conversation was suddenly interrupted, and Zhao Birou didn't get angry, but just asked, "Uncle Rong, why are you so alarmed?" ”

Rong Bo hurriedly took out a piece of cloth from his arms and said busily: "Something is wrong, second miss, please take a look." ”

Zhao Birou hurriedly looked at the cloth, and saw that the cloth that should have been evenly dyed was now thick and light, and the color was not pure, and there was a feeling of chaos when she looked at it.

Isn't it just a foot of cloth, if it is not dyed well and lost, why be so alarmed?

Zhao Birou was puzzled in her heart, and then took it, as soon as she started it, she felt the touch, her face changed suddenly, and her face quickly turned pale: "Shu Jin? ”

Rong Bo nodded gloomily: "Yes, but fortunately, only this foot of cloth was wasted, and there is still left." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Birou breathed a sigh of relief.

It must be known that Shu brocade is expensive, and few people in Rongcheng can afford it, so there are only a few horses here in the Zhao family.

Not long after, the county ordered his mother's birthday, and a few days ago, he came to Zhao's house to order a complete set of clothes for his old mother, and specially ordered to use Shu brocade.

Such a big list is rare to see in a few years, so the Zhao family attaches great importance to it, and the dyes are all for this time, and they are the best to go on purpose.

If this list is messed up, it is a small matter to lose money, and it is really fatal to offend the county order.

Originally, the Zhao family's Shu brocade, after making a complete set, there was not much left, if something went wrong, they really didn't have time to buy Shu brocade again.

Fortunately, only one foot of cloth was wasted, which should be enough.

"How so, is there a problem with the steps during the dyeing?" Zhao Birou asked.

"No, I did it myself, how could it be wrong." Uncle Rong has been working in the Zhao family for more than ten years, and he is the master here, and he has never made a mistake.

"I think it's a dye problem." Rong Bo added.

Zhao Birou frowned, and whispered: "How can there be a mistake with the dye, this batch of dyes was bought from the Du family, and the Du family has been cooperating with us for almost ten years, how can there be a problem?" ”

Saying that, Zhao Birou still felt uneasy, and she had to go and see it herself, so she turned her head to look at Zhao Qiaoyan: "Third sister, now that something has happened to Fangzi, I have to go and see, ...... you"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Qiaoyan hurriedly said: "I'll go too, maybe I can help." ”