Baoshu was about to go out that day. She had two main tasks. One was to go to the embroidery shop to buy purses, handkerchiefs and other embroidery items. The other was to go to the jewelry store to buy some jewelry, especially some gold rings to give to people.
, the silver ring needs more preparation. She and her sister-in-law don't buy jewelry outside much now. Previously, the Queen Mother gave it to two craftsmen who specialize in making jewelry. The level of these royal craftsmen is naturally better than outside. But the two of them
In addition, apprentices have limited efficiency, so rewards still have to be purchased outside.
When she went out, Xi Mubai received the news immediately and quickly got up from the gentle village.
In the jewelry store, Xi Mubai recognized Yuan Baoshu immediately. The clothes Yuan Baoshu was wearing looked different from those around her. She was wearing the latest cloud satin, although she was not wearing it on her head.
There are too many jewelry items, and there is only one white jade hairpin, but the hairpin is made of mutton-fat white jade and is of excellent color. The ears are decorated with ruby earrings. They are very stable when walking and the earrings hardly wobble.
Yuan Baoshu has a baby face, and the baby fat on her face has not completely faded away. Her charming and naive appearance is exactly the kind that elders like most, but in Xi Mubai's eyes, she can't help but look a bit childish.
She was surrounded by four maids at the front and back. Judging from her demeanor, she did not seem to be of ordinary origin. Xi Mubai understood this. After all, Princess Wei was surrounded by an old woman from the Queen Mother's Palace. He also heard about Yuan Bao.
Shu is a housekeeper together with the nun in the palace, no wonder she is very good at etiquette.
After meeting Yuan Baoshu in person, Xi Mubai's original reluctance disappeared.
Although Yuan Baoshu was not his favorite type, she had good status and magnanimity, and she was also very good at making money. I heard that her sister-in-law Su Yueling was very virtuous and had many beauties for her husband at home. Yuan Baoshu was influenced by her ears and eyes.
He must also be a virtuous person. After entering the house, he will definitely not be like some high-spirited young ladies who often take advantage of his concubines.
As soon as he was willing, he threw an east pearl in the direction of Yuan Baoshu.
Dongzhu rolled and rolled until it rolled in front of Yuan Baoshu.
"My lovely and kind lady, can you help me pick up this Dongzhu?" He showed a charming smile and fanned a few times with the folding fan in his hand.
If you just look at the appearance, Xi Mubai is really good-looking, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and those eyes look very affectionate even when looking at stones.
However, the most indispensable thing around Yuan Baoshu is beauties. For example, Yuan Baoshu has never seen a more handsome man than her eldest brother, and the second brother is also a dashing young man. This leads to Yuan Baoshu's threshold for beautiful men.
Ordinary people are much taller. In her eyes, Xi Mubai is a good-looking man. Moreover, this man's smile reminded him of Wu Xiuming in the past, and his impression instantly changed.
Yuan Baoshu is always kind to others. Even if she doesn't like the other person's temperament, she will not take the initiative to turn against her verbally.
She glanced at her eldest maid Dongyue. Dongyue bent down and picked up Dongzhu, walked to Xi Mubai and said, "Give it back to you."
Yuan Baoshu turned her head and did not look at Xi Mubai. Instead, she began to pick out the style of the ring. In addition to the ring, she was also planning to make some corn and persimmon-style gold ingots. She had brought the drawings.
There are many styles of rings in this store. The shopkeeper takes out the drawings. If Yuan Baoshu has chosen one, she can just draw it with a pen.
As long as Yuan Baoshu liked it, she would circle them all.
She raised her head and said to the boss: "I want these styles of gold rings..."
Xi Mubai had already walked over at this time. What Yuan Baoshu bought was a ring. The weight of the ring itself was placed over there. No matter how expensive one was, it would not be much more expensive. Even if all the styles in this album were bought, it would still be worth it.
It couldn't cost two hundred taels. So he smiled and said, "Everything this lady bought will be charged to my account."
Yuan Baoshu naturally heard Xi Mubai's voice. She turned her head and frowned slightly.
Xi Mubai smiled and said: "You are the eldest lady of the Yuan Palace, right? I have admired your brother's talent and learning for a long time, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to get to know him. I wonder if I have the honor to be a host and invite him?"
He did not immediately show his affection for Yuan Baoshu, for fear of scaring the little girl. Instead, he pretended that he wanted to get to know Yuan Suijun, so as to lower Yuan Baoshu's vigilance.
During the time that Yuan Baoshu was in the capital, she had long been accustomed to others saying that they admired her brother and her sister-in-law. However, she would never do these things for her brother and sister-in-law.
She said seriously: "If you want to get to know them, you can go to the entrance of the Hanlin Academy and wait for my eldest brother to leave the office, otherwise you can hand the invitation to my eldest brother."
Because Xi Mubai looked quite serious at this time, she didn't expect that the other party was coming for her, "I will pay for my ring myself, and I won't be rewarded for no merit."
Xi Mubai looked generous, "Don't be polite to me. I can still afford a few rings. It's fate that we met."
Dongyue received Yuan Baoshu's look and said loudly: "You definitely can't afford it."
Anyway, she is a maid, and it is normal for her to speak a little unpleasantly. This young master, who seems to have an extraordinary background, will not care about her.
Yuan Baoshu said: "Give me twenty rings for each of the rings I chose."
"Make me these two kinds of gold ingots, fifty of each."
"How much does it add up to?"
The accountant did his abacus very quickly. After calculating it twice, he said: "The total is four thousand six hundred taels."
This is also a big business for them.
Xi Mubai's expression was stiff. He only had five hundred taels of silver with him. The one thousand taels of silver he could withdraw from the accounting office every month was as high as the sky. This was because he was favored by his grandmother at home, and her grandmother was willing to give him extra money.
He subsidized. He was asked to spend more than 4,000 taels in one go to buy these things. He had not yet started a family and had no property in his name. He really couldn't do it.
Yuan Baoshu said: "Can it be finished before the New Year?"
The store owner responded, "No problem."
Most of the rings have been made long ago, and you only need to buy the two types that the customer told you. More than 4,600 taels is considered a big deal, and they will definitely give priority to this.
Yuan Baoshu nodded with satisfaction and happily gave the money to the shop owner. This shop had opened dozens of taels in the capital, and they did not dare to take orders from the Yuan family.
Xi Mubai looked at Yuan Baoshu's posture of spending money, and suddenly felt that her childish face seemed to be coated with a layer of light, making it a little more beautiful.
This is the wife he wants! Even the sister-in-law at home does not have the capital to spend money like water.
Xi Mubai originally came here for Yuan Baoshu's brother and sister-in-law, but now because of money, he is a little more sincere.