"But..." The clerk glanced at Shen Wan and said awkwardly: "But this lady already wants this inkstone!"
Shen Wan didn't say anything. She took out a stack of banknotes from her arms, counted five 100-dollar bills and placed them on the counter.
He looked at the waiter with a smile and said, "Please wrap it up for us first, we are leaving."
The waiter looked at Miss Ning and saw that her face was a little ugly, so he said: "These two inkstones are both made by Master Lin, there is no difference between them.
Everything has a first-come, first-served basis. This lady came first and fell in love with this inkstone, so I can only give it to her first."
The waiter's attitude made Shen Wan very satisfied.
Ning Ruyu turned her head and looked at Shen Wan and said, "I just heard from my wife that she doesn't understand inkstones. Since she doesn't understand, buying such an expensive inkstone would be a waste of money and keeping it at home.
I have taken a liking to this piece carved into bluegrass, and I hope Madam can give it to me.
Madam, spend a few taels of silver to buy an ordinary inkstone, which can be used in the same way."
Hui'er frowned unhappily. This person said this as if her wife didn't understand inkstones, so she wasn't worthy of buying such an expensive inkstone.
Shen Wan was not angry but smiled: "But it's me!
I always only buy expensive ones but not the right ones, so I’m going to disappoint you.”
After saying that, the smile on her face disappeared, she tapped the counter with her fingers, and urged the waiter to wrap up the inkstone.
The clerk collected the banknote. Seeing this, Laner hurriedly pointed at the clerk and said, "If you sell this inkstone to her, we won't buy the other one.
But not everyone knows the goods and would buy such an expensive inkstone."
The clerk hesitated for a moment. It was really difficult to sell such an expensive inkstone.
In Qian Qian, their boss put an inkstone belonging to Master Lin for sale in the study, and it took them two years to sell it.
"What a big deal!"
Shen Wan smiled mockingly, took out the banknotes she had put in her arms, counted five one-hundred-tael bills, and slapped them on the counter, "I want both."
Give one piece as a gift and keep the other piece for Zi Ling's birthday and send it to the imperial city with his birthday gift.
The clerk looked at Shen Ruyu and asked: "Miss Shen, do you really not want it?
If you don't want it..." Shen Ruyu bit her lip. If she hadn't promised her brother that if he passed the exam, he would give him an inkstone made by Master Lin. At this moment, she really wanted to say no.
"Who said I don't want it anymore?"
Shen Ruyu said coldly: "Wrap this piece of bamboo for me."
"good."
The man lowered his head and pursed his lips.
Shen Wan took the banknote back, and Huier smiled in relief.
The clerk first wrapped up the inkstone Shen Wan wanted and handed it to her, and then started wrapping Miss Ning's.
Shen Wan took the boy An from Hui'er's arms, Hui'er took the wrapped inkstone, and they turned and walked out at the same time.
"Madam, you don't know about inkstones, but you want me to teach you how to maintain this inkstone?"
Ning Ruyu looked at Shen Wan's back and said.
"No, I bought this inkstone as a gift."
Shen Wan didn't look back and left directly after speaking.
"Miss Ning, your inkstone."
The clerk handed her the wrapped inkstone with both hands.
Ning Ruyu frowned and glanced at him, but did not reach out to take it and said: "I will never come to your study again in the future."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Lan'er took the inkstone, gave the waiter a cold "hum", and turned away.
The waiter shook his head helplessly. Although Miss Ning was a frequent visitor to their study, they couldn't break the rules and make other guests unhappy just because she was a regular customer! There was nothing he could do if she stopped coming in the future.