"Then come over here and take a look?" The waiter led Gu Chengyu to the counter on the left. The jewelry here is generally moderately priced, not the very expensive head and face jewelry.
"May I ask who the young master's female relatives are? You see, these are worn by women, and these are worn by unmarried women." The ancients classified women's jewelry according to whether the woman was married or not.
Gu Chengyu took a look at the ones pointed out by the waiter and found that the girl's ones were more delicate and delicate, but they didn't use much gold and silver. Married women were more particular about what they wore. Not only did they need to be elegant, but the weight of the jewelry was also
It is heavier and the carving process is more complicated.
In the past two years, Gu Chengyu also bought some jewelry for the female members of his family. When he came to this ancient time, he found that the most relaxed time for a woman was before she got married. If the dowry given by her family was larger when she got married, she would have to go to her husband's family in the future.
To be straight, to put it bluntly, you still have to rely on your parents and brothers.
He also tried his best to add some dowry to them in this way before they got married. He knew that the eldest brother and the second brother would not give more dowry to their daughters.
"Show me the beaded hairpin." Gu Chengyu pointed to a hollow orchid beaded hairpin and asked the waiter to take it out.
The clerk was stunned, this hairpin was made of gold! Although the body of the hairpin was a little thin, the head was made with hollow craftsmanship and was inlaid with small pearls. It was not cheap. However, he did not hesitate.
Since he wants to see it, he has certainly considered his money, and there is no need for him to be annoying.
Gu Chengyu took this hairpin and looked at it carefully and felt very satisfied. The orchid shape just matched Gu Lan's name and temperament. Besides, she will have a hairpin in the next year, so this hairpin will come in handy.
Daya is a grown-up girl, so it is naturally different from other nieces. It is easier to choose the ones from the younger girl’s family, either bracelets or beads.
He chose a pair of gold bracelets for Erya. They didn't have any colors. Gu Chengyu held them in his hands and turned them around. They weighed nearly two taels in total. There was no way. It wasn't that he didn't want to buy good-looking ones. It was just that one time, Erya ran up to him.
She shyly asked him if she could only buy real jewelry when buying jewelry for her in the future.
Gu Chengyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the time. Which little girl doesn't like beautiful jewelry, but Erya wanted something more affordable. Thinking about it afterwards, she felt a little uncomfortable. Was she afraid of being poor?
Sanya and Siya were two pairs of red gold watch earrings. After buying the ones for his nieces, he started to choose those for his mother and second sister.
When the waiter on the side saw that Gu Chengyu had chosen so many, he was a little worried. Such a lot of money costs a lot of money! Can such a big baby really afford it?
"Eh? Show me that beaded flower?" Gu Chengyu pointed to a hollow peony-shaped red coral beaded flower and said to the waiter.
The waiter hesitated and took out the pearl flowers with a grimace.
Gu Chengyu only looked at the bead flowers and didn't pay attention to the waiter's hesitation. He was still praising the ancient jewelry craftsmanship in his heart! It was quite exquisite and it was indeed a big store. Although it was a little worse than the ones in the space, it should be here
It's still mid-range. Don't let him miss it later. The counter on the right is the high-end area!
He plans to use the jewelry in the space to make dowries for the girls of the Gu family when he has the ability in the future. In fact, he has the ability to earn money, so he can still buy these luxuries even if he doesn't use the property in the space.
"This pearl flower is nice, I want it!" Finally, Gu Chengyu chose another red gold lilac hairpin and gave it to Lu. As for the ones for his sisters-in-law! He could only apologize. He was eight years old now, let alone buy them for his sisters-in-law.
Jewelry.
He actually made some money when he opened his "Yipinzhai" pastry shop. Although he earned less in the first month, after word-of-mouth came out, he earned a lot in the second month. His pastries are not cheap, they are cheap.
Some of them cost forty cents per catty, and the expensive ones were sold for five cents. Of course, there were a lot of medicinal herbs in them.
He earned more than one hundred taels of silver in the first month, and more in the next two months, so he could still afford this small amount of jewelry.
"Calculate how much silver it costs!" In fact, he had chosen so many, and the shopkeeper on the side had been looking here from time to time, but there was someone at the counter over there, and he couldn't leave for the time being.
Only then did Gu Chengyu notice that there was already an additional waiter a few steps away.
Is this because he's afraid that he can't afford the money and is going to take it and run away? Haha!
"Shopkeeper! This young master wants you to settle the accounts!" The clerk let out a sigh of relief when he heard that the accounts were going to be settled.
The shopkeeper hurriedly ran over and threw the counter over there to the waiter.
The shopkeeper took out an abacus from the counter and said, "Look! I'll give you twenty-two taels of silver for this hollow orchid bead hairpin, twenty-two taels for the gold bracelet, two pairs of eight taels for the earrings, and four for the pearl flower and flower hairpin."
Fifteen taels, totaling to ninety-five taels!"
The shopkeeper slapped the abacus, and the speed of his hand was dizzying. Because Gu Chengyu bought all gold jewelry, and the price of gold in Dayan Dynasty was one tael of gold and ten taels of silver, so after calculation, it was almost the same.
I asked for the first month's profit from Gu Chengyu's pastry shop. Gu Chengyu took a deep breath, it was really expensive!
For the three older girls, these can be used as dowries in the future, and they will not lose their status if they wear them. The two younger ones will be purchased later!
The shopkeeper stared at Gu Chengyu's hand closely, fearing that he would be scared away after hearing so much money. Unexpectedly, Gu Chengyu calmly took out a banknote from his arms and slapped it on the counter.
The shopkeeper quickly took it in his hand and looked at it. Yes, this was indeed a real bank note! He was a little puzzled, this man couldn't be more different from his appearance! Looking at the inconspicuous dress, who would have thought that this was a fat sheep!
The shopkeeper's plump face was beaming with smiles. He was a big customer. Although they also had wives and girls from wealthy families who came to buy jewelry, the county is so big after all. With just these wealthy families, how could they spend all day?
Come to buy jewelry?
"Wait a minute!" When Gu Chengyu saw that the shopkeeper was about to take away the banknote and give him change, he suddenly stopped the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper immediately looked at him warily, was he planning not to buy it?
"Shopkeeper, when you open the door for business, is it a fixed price? You said it was ninety-five taels, but it is ninety-five taels?" Gu Chengyu felt extremely uncomfortable if he didn't cut off all the money. It was so expensive?
"Look what you said, we are all good-natured people and never raise prices randomly. The prices are all unified. But, look, you bought so much, how about I give you two taels cheaper?
?Just think of it as my loss!" the shopkeeper said with a pained look on his face.
Would Gu Chengyu believe it? Of course not. In the end, he got five taels cheaper and five silk flowers. This time the shopkeeper felt really sad. While putting the jewelry in the jewelry box, he kept shouting that he had lost money.