After returning to the capital, returning the horses to the horse dealership, and recovering the deposit, Xu Qi'an walked out of the door of the shop and said:

"You go back first, I still have something to do. ”

Xu Xinnian nodded, didn't ask much, and left alone along the long street in the direction of home.

Xu Qi'an bought an osmanthus cake on the side of the street, ate it while walking, and arrived at a jewelry shop after a short time:

Treasure Treasure Pavilion!

The owner of Baoqixuan is a showman, in fact, it is very common for scholars to do business, especially those wealthy and noble, who cannot support the erosive living expenses of a big family just by collecting land rent.

The big shops, green buildings and other money-making industries in the capital have nobles behind them.

"Dafeng's commerce is obviously unprecedentedly developed, but the heavy taxes are pressed on the peasants.... I have reason to suspect that this is something that the gate valve aristocrats are doing. ”

"How much silver can be grown from farming, and if you want to be rich, you must get wool from merchants. ”

"If you want to make the people's lives better and make the Dafeng treasury richer, you must reform, but the princes above the court, where is it my turn to speak as a little official. Well, set a small goal and train Erlang to become the first assistant of the Great Bong..."

Thinking of the appearance of the arrogant little brother in the future, Xu Qi'an's mouth turned up involuntarily.

Xu Qi'an stepped into the shop, his eyes swept over the counter, and the jewelry placed on the red silk came into view.

Hairpin, Tian, Xuan, hairpin, step shake, Huasheng.... Dazzled.

Among them, gold is the most expensive, jade depends on the type, the more expensive is better than gold, and the cheaper is about the same as silver.

Xu Qi'an touched the three coins of silver in his pocket, and muttered in his heart, this money can't buy any precious jewelry at all.

He was lamenting the lack of money, and stepped on a hard bump under his feet, so he naturally picked it up and put it in his pocket without changing his face.

It may have been too natural for no one to pay attention to him.

"A penny of silver is useless, but a penny of gold is about the same. ”

He has a feeling of visiting luxury stores in his previous life, and he can't afford it anyway, the only difference is that the current store is very reserved, not as annoying as the waiter in his previous life, and he can't wait to stick to you and let you consume immediately.

"Shopkeeper, do you have a discount here?" Xu Qi'an knocked on the counter.

The shopkeeper was an old man with a goatee, dressed as a scholar, and he was not surprised to hear this.

The shopkeeper pointed to the sign hanging on the wall and said with a smile: "Objectively, if you can solve the anagram, the things in the store can be broken in half for you." ”

This rule is the characteristic of Bao Qi Xuan.

Charades are half off.... Interesting..... Xu Qi'an walked to the wooden stick and glanced at the anagram on it: The clouds break through the moon and come to make shadows!

With his abundant knowledge and logical reasoning ability, he quickly solved the anagram.

"Some jewelry weighs a few dollars alone, plus labor costs...."

Xu Qi'an estimated it and found that even if it was half discounted, he still couldn't afford too good jewelry.

But he soon had a solution.

The women who can come to Baoqixuan to buy jewelry are very well-off, and they have read books for a few years, at least they are not illiterate women.

Such women have a problem: half a bucket of water jingles.

I feel that I am a cultural person and likes to be vassal, so I am particularly obsessed with the little tricks of Baoqixuan.

Jewelry at the same price, they like to come to Baoqixuan to buy, not for anything else, just to understand a word puzzle.

If you solve the puzzle, you will engrave the correct puzzle under the wooden stick, and then give it to the customer along with the jewelry.

It's okay if you don't solve it, once you solve one or two anagrams for them, you can brag with your close friends.

This is the store routine that Xu Qi'an analyzed after listening to the talk of the two young women on the side.

It is worthy of being a shop opened by Xiucai, and he knows how to attract high-end customer groups.

"Sister Yu, I don't have any of the anagrams here, it's so difficult. ”

"What my sister said is that the store is a talented man with a meritorious reputation, and the questions are naturally difficult, and those who are idle readers may not be able to solve it. ”

"Sister Yu, my family Lang Jun said the same, if I can solve the anagram and take away the wooden stick, Lang Jun will be impressed. ”

"Foolish dreams. ”

"Oops, you hate it...."

The two little ladies from good families looked at the wooden sticks with sad faces for a while, muttering broken thoughts.

They are quite exquisitely dressed, and they are all very good at home, and they have a certain amount of education, otherwise they would not try to solve word puzzles.

"Two ladies. ”

Suddenly, a man's voice rang out beside him.

The two beautiful little ladies turned their heads vigilantly, and when they saw Xu Qi'an, who had a handsome face and a tall figure, their vigilance decreased slightly, but they did not speak.

The atmosphere of the Dabong Dynasty was relatively free, but it was still rude to talk to strange men on the street.

Xu Qi'an didn't care, and said straight to the point: "You can solve the word puzzle for the two ladies below, but the two ladies who saved half of the silver scored half of me, saved five dollars of silver, and you scored me two and a half dollars." Save four pieces of silver, and you will score two of me. ”

Hearing Xu Qi'an's proposal, the shopkeeper raised his head in surprise, examined him seriously for a moment, sneered, and didn't care anymore.

Although this person was wearing a scholar's robe, as long as he looked closely and looked at his physique and skin color, he knew that he was a fat man with a swollen face.

Which scholar have you ever seen with a body as strong as an ox and wheat-colored skin?

The shirt didn't fit at all.

Regarding Xu Qi'an's proposal, the younger woman, with sparkling eyes, was quite moved.

The older ones were more dignified and reserved, and they were more cautious and distant, and said lightly: "The son is at his own convenience, if he really solves the anagram, the slave family will not be repaid." ”

Extreme distance perception.

"Choose one of the two ladies. Xu Qi'an said with a smile.

The older woman was a little hesitant, and the younger one was eager to try, and when she saw that her sister next to her did not object, she pointed to one of the wooden sticks: "The clouds break through the moon to make flowers." ”

The voice is soft.

Xu Qi'an immediately said: "Those who are capable work hard." ”

The two little ladies subconsciously turned their heads to look at the store, and the store's dumbfounded expression said it all.

At that moment, the young lady bought a golden hairpin and happily held it in her hand. Looking at Xu Qi'an's eyes, they became shiny.

After she put away the wooden stick, her eyes rolled, her tone became a little familiar, and she said, "Can Childe continue to solve word puzzles for the slave family?" ”

"Lian'er...", the woman known as Sister Jade tugged at her sleeve.

"Sister Yu, the two of us came together, I have it, you don't, that's not good. After speaking, the good family called Lian'er looked at Xu Qi'an expectantly.

I can't ask for it.... Xu Qi'an showed a warm smile: "No problem, the lady chooses another one." ”

"The east finch flies southeast. She pointed to a wooden stick.

"Sun!" Xu Qi'an said.

The "....." store was dumbfounded.

"Thank you, Childe...."

The two young ladies picked out their favorite jewelry and left the shop satisfied.

Xu Qi'an's ears were amazing, and he heard the woman named Lian'er say: "This son is really talented, tall and handsome, much stronger than my Langjun." ”

"Don't talk nonsense. The older woman reprimanded.

She seemed to be afraid of being heard by Xu Qi'an, so she stepped forward to entangle, pulling Lian'er and leaving quickly.