Such cheap linen clothes made Boya and others excited even if they were not wearing linen clothes, not to mention the followers who came with them.
In the houses of these young masters, the attendants are also divided into grades. The lowest ones are the servants, grooms, etc. who do chores, and the middle ones are the personal maids and servants who serve the masters in various courtyards.
Housekeepers, book boys, etc. are the highest-level existences among the servants.
These people can either exercise power on behalf of the masters, or they are the cronies around the masters, beings who can directly talk to the masters.
But for stewards and book boys, a complete hemp suit is not so easy to obtain.
Sometimes when there is a happy event in the owner's family, in order to support the appearance, a complete set of clothes will be given to the stewards and the cronies who follow him.
But this complete set of clothes is mostly worn by the owner. Although it is much better than the patched linen clothes of other servants, it is not new, and it does not fit well. It often has to be altered before it can be worn.
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Therefore, when they saw the linen in Xujia Cloth Village, more than a dozen followers were all moved.
These are good clothes they can afford!
They first looked at the expressions of their hosts. Boya and Tzuyu saw that they were the kind of people who were usually very nice to the bookboys around them. Seeing that Mai was so cheap, they smiled at the bookboys around them and asked them to buy two sets for themselves.
The money had been exchanged for chips, and the two bookboys each bought one with a smile on their face. Because it was the master who made the decision, it was the master's money that was spent. The meager savings that he had worked so hard to save could continue to be saved, so he was particularly happy.
Happy.
This is not the case in other families. People are still different. Even if this group of people are playing together, they still have many different views on things.
Some didn't spend generously, but that didn't stop the bookboys from using their savings to buy it.
Others moved to other counters where silks were placed, intending to get some good stuff for their mothers and sisters at home, without mentioning the people around them.
In response, Boya and Ziyu just looked at each other helplessly, shook their heads and smiled, without saying anything.
After all, these bookboys and followers are, in general, just part of the family's property.
As property, if it cannot provide value to the owner, it is obviously unreasonable to ask the owner to repay more property.
People like the two of them would probably be classified as "stupid" by these classmates.
If you were being polite, you would just say that they were generous and compassionate.
Sometimes Boya couldn't help but think to himself, what's wrong with being compassionate? Why do you want to be the fun of ridicule by outsiders?
Is it possible that everyone can only be considered a man if he can only safeguard his own interests?
Boya shook his head. He didn't understand these people anymore, but presumably those people didn't understand him either.
But the things in Xujiazhuang were really cheap, so he had to buy more for his family.
Seeing more and more people coming behind them, a group of students began to rush to buy.
Just the cloth alone required ten hands, not counting gloves, hats, felt shoes and other strange new gadgets.
The arms of the entourage of book boys who followed were already full.
This is it, this is just my first store.
The abacus in Xu Yue's mind was already crackling. After a rough calculation, she couldn't help but sigh, these classmates are really rich!
After visiting the cloth store, everyone came to the ceramics store. As soon as they entered, they saw a group of large colorful glazed vases, standing at both ends of the counter in the store. In this simple and even a bit shabby store decoration, they looked so elegant.
Out of place.
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But there is no denying that it is breathtakingly beautiful!
"Last year, a batch of objects called glass came out, which are extremely valuable. Could it be this one?" A student asked in surprise.
The three Xu brothers and sisters nodded, smiled and said nothing, and led everyone to wander around other parts of the store.
Aside from the priceless pair of colorful glass vases, the other items in the store are actually very practical. The prices are not as outrageously cheap as Mai's, but they are not prohibitively expensive either.
Most of the items on the shelves are smooth everyday pottery, as well as porcelain bowls and plates as white as snow.
These porcelains are all in a complete set and are pure in color. They are not as luxurious as gold, silver and jade, but they contain a touch of elegance.
Ziyu only took one look at it and knew that this must be specially customized for elegance-loving bachelors. It perfectly captures the low-key, elegant, and restrained qualities that scholars like!
"How much more cloth do you have?" Ziyu hurriedly lowered her head and asked the book boy next to her.
The little book boy still held five pieces of silk, two sets of linen clothes, a bundle of towels, gloves, and socks in his arms. His face was hidden behind him, and he could only hear him reply angrily: "Not much, only two gold cakes."
Already."
All the money and cloth he brought when he came have been replaced by chips from the Xu family. Some of them were of poor quality and some were deducted. All of the chips have been replaced by what he has in his hand. There is no more money left.
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Moreover, who would have thought that the things here are so good and cheap? If you don’t buy it, it’s like you’re losing money. Who would be willing to leave even one chip?
These two small gold cakes were reserved for emergencies on weekdays. When I came from the academy, I didn't even think about buying anything, so I naturally didn't bring much money.
Ziyu looked at the tea set in front of her that was painted with light green and gray bamboo leaves, and felt like scratching her heart. She couldn't get it, and felt uncomfortable all over.
Seeing Xu Yue walking towards her, Ziyu pulled her aside and asked in a low voice with a bit of embarrassment:
"Junior brother, can you give me some chips on credit to meet your emergency needs?"
Xu Yue asked curiously: "What does senior brother want to buy?"
Ziyu pointed to the set of bamboo leaf tea sets, Xu Yue nodded clearly and said, "That's not expensive, just five thousand dollars. Senior brother can't even afford five thousand dollars?"
"Five thousand taels?" Ziyu was stunned. This was much cheaper than expected. His two small gold cakes totaled 5,600 taels, which was almost enough.
Xu Yue nodded. That batch of tea sets was the first small peak for Uncle Dayou to advance towards art. After screwing up, these few sets are the only ones left that can still be seen.
Generally speaking, the ones that can be taken out from shops are not very good or defective products, used for cutting leeks.
Really good things should be reserved for those valuable and big businessmen.
For example, people like Gongsun Yan and the surrounding gentry had mulberry gardens, silkworm houses, hemp fields, grain and other raw material resources in their hands. Ordinary things could not impress them.
Therefore, it must be a really good product to deter them.
This is why grandma wants to hold a market.
They must show a certain degree of strength and let these people experience it personally, so that future cooperation can be smoother.
Tzuyu found that her gold cakes were enough, so she asked the bookboy to put down the cloth, exchange chips and buy tea utensils.
But thinking that he hadn't visited the remaining shops yet, he borrowed thirty red chips from Xu Yue, totaling three thousand dollars.
Ziyu took the chips and vowed to spend so much next time!
