Chapter 805: Buying a Dowry

Gu Li'er's aunt, after waiting for him to go out, let out a heavy breath, patted her chest and said, "Oh! I held my breath as soon as I came in, I almost suffocated! They all say that the store is bullying, this Yunfang The shopkeeper of Buzhuang is quite friendly!"

Gu Ye smiled and said, "It's said that peace makes money! The money is in our hands. If his attitude is not good, we will turn around and leave. If you don't spend money, you will also suffer from their idleness!"

The aunt of the Gu family, thinking of the money that Gu Lier gave to the ninth siblings, and how many silver notes, adding up to several hundred taels, couldn't help but stiffen up: "Ye'er is right! Let's go again. It's not that I don't have money, I'm guilty of something!"

After a while, the shopkeeper came in again, and the guy behind him put the brightly colored muslin cloths on the table beside him, and went back to get the quilt.

Ordinary people can't wear silk and satin, and of course they can't afford these precious clothes. Ordinary people wear their own cheesecloth. Some fine muslins are more expensive than satin. Songjiang cloth is one of them!

Aunt Jiu and Li Hao's mother were attracted by the bright colors and walked over involuntarily. An aunt from the Li family lightly touched the cotton cloth with her hands, and said in surprise, "It's such a fine cloth, I don't even dare to touch it with my hands, for fear that my rough hands will be scratched."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Even if you touch it, it won't hurt. If it breaks, it's mine!"

Aunt Gu Jiatang has already discussed with Aunt Ninth: "Buy this one! The color is so fresh, the newly-married little lady will look good in this color. Look how soft this material is!"

Aunt Li pointed to the other horse and said, "I think this is good! The pattern on it is like a flower falling on it, it's beautiful!"

Ninth Aunt, look at this, or look at that, it is also beautiful. Unsure of her attention, she turned her head and asked Gu Ye, who was sitting by the side eating snacks: "Little Ye Zi, come and help your sister Li'er. Your little girls have similar eyesight. Which one do you think looks better?"

"I think the two aunties have good eyes! These two pieces of cloth are the best among them. Why don't you buy them back for Sister Li'er!"

Aunt Jiu nodded and said, "This one is pure red, give me five feet. This one with plum blossoms can be used as a skirt, um... just come to nine feet."

The guy on the side was stunned: the customers who came to their shop usually came in pairs, and there were very few half of them. This aunt treats them as a small cloth shop? The point is, if they are cut, who else will these two pieces of cloth be sold to?

He looked at his shopkeeper, then secretly glanced at the future mistress, and took it back when he reached his lips. The shopkeeper didn't say anything, what was he worrying about!

Gu Ye pointed to a batch of light and elegant light-yellow clothes on the table, and said, "This one is made into a skirt, and it matches the red cedar, which is festive and beautiful."

Aunt Jiu put the two pieces of cloth together and nodded in agreement, "Ye'er has a really good eye. Putting them together, isn't it pretty! The shopkeeper, give me six feet of this too!" a piece of cloth!

"Wait, don't cut it first!" Aunt Li hurriedly stopped the young man, "I haven't asked them about the price yet. If it is cut, what will they ask us for?"

The boy's mouth twitched. The shopkeeper's good-natured manner said: "Our Yunfang Cloth House has a good reputation, and the old man is not deceived. This plain worsted cotton costs one hundred and twenty cents a foot. The printed version is more expensive, at one hundred and fifty cents a foot."

"What?" Aunt Gu Jiatang exclaimed, "It's so expensive? How much does your ordinary cotton cloth cost per foot?"

The young man was the first to speak: "Our store does not sell ordinary cotton cloth."

"On our side, the best cotton cloth is only tens of cents a foot. Your price is too expensive! We have to buy some other colors, so it's cheaper." Li's aunt followed the bargaining.

The young man thought to himself: The price offered by the shopkeeper is the purchase price of these fabrics. To sell to you, we still have to catch transportation and staff... no, it's a whole horse! Big loss! Is this too expensive?

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "The price is set by the owner, and it can't be less. If you buy more, I can make the decision and give you a fraction."

The young man also said: "Aunts, look at the texture of this cloth. This is a worsted cotton cloth from Jiangnan. It adopts a pin-dyeing process, and no matter how you wash it, it will not fade!"

When Gu Lier was working in Yancheng, Ninth Aunt visited her daughter and also visited Yancheng. She didn't dare to enter the big cloth shop in Yancheng. She had been to the general cloth shop once or twice. This kind of quality fabric is really hard to find in Yancheng. Next time, the price is about the same! The size of the daughter is now a matter of business, and she is married and married with a few good materials, and she is also decent!

"Okay, the shopkeeper of these materials will do the math..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Gu Ye said: "Ninth Aunt, Sister Li'er is married, you and Ninth Uncle are not allowed to make two good clothes to support the scene?"

Aunt Ninth whispered, "Uncle Ninth and I, what are you doing in such a good material when you're old? Go to the small cloth shop in a while and buy a few feet of ordinary material!"

The shopkeeper received Gu Ye's wink and said calmly, "Sister-in-law, we have some defective fabrics in our warehouse, and the color is more suitable for people of some age. If you say it is defective, you can't see it clearly if you don't look carefully. The price is only sixty cents a foot."

When a few aunts heard it, they suddenly became excited. Sixty cents a foot, although the price is not cheap, but the quality of these fabrics, they are in their eyes. If it is really as the shopkeeper said, it is not obvious, and it is not a loss to buy it.

The boy went to the warehouse to carry the fabric. A few aunts took a look, and some of them were slightly scratched at the edges and corners. Some may be in the rain, some wrinkled...not a big problem. The price is half cheaper.

Not only Ninth Aunt and Li Hao's mother, but also several Aunts who followed, were also moved. They also have children in their family who are about to marry, or have already made a marriage. These good materials are not easy to buy elsewhere. As a result, these few pieces of defective fabrics were divided up by several aunts.

When it was time to pay the bill, under the clever words of several aunts, everyone gave a discount ranging from ten to dozens of pennies. When going out, Aunt Gu Jiatang also sighed with emotion, "It takes a dozen taels of silver just for the cloth, and the prices in the capital are really not cheap!"

The guy who brought the person to the door thought with tears in his eyes: A dozen taels of silver? The cheapest piece of cloth in the store is more than this price. You all buy a few feet by a few feet, how do you sell the rest? You spent a dozen taels, but our store lost dozens of taels...

Forget it, it was brought by the future hostess, and the host won't say anything at all. Maybe, we will also reward our shopkeeper for doing things!

Gu Ye took a few more aunts and went to the "Nishang Pavilion" to see if Sister Li'er's wedding dress was embroidered. And let the embroidered mother of Nishang Pavilion make the fabrics for the aunts.

There are a lot of new styles hanging in the Nishang Pavilion, and no one can find any faults in each one. A few aunts watched in amazement. Especially when Gu Lier's wedding dress was taken out, the eyes of several aunts were almost glued to it, and they were reluctant to remove it.

They didn't know what language to use to describe it, but they just praised without listening: It's so beautiful! so gorgeous! No matter the material, workmanship, or the patterns embroidered on it, they are all first-class.

Aunt Gu Jiatang couldn't help but ask, "How much money does this wedding dress cost?"

At this moment, not far from them, a decent maid came to get their girls ready clothes: "Two hundred and eighty taels. This is three hundred taels, and the remaining twenty taels are our girls. Reward you!"

Be nice! Two hundred and eighty taels for a piece of clothing! It's too dark! A few aunts from Qingshan Village, you look at me, I look at you - I don't know if this wedding dress can be returned...

Aunt Jiu touched her purse. The daughter gave her nearly five hundred taels of silver, and she spent more than half of the wedding dress alone. She was really reluctant.

Gu Ye pointed to several styles of dresses hanging in the store, and said with a full smile: "I drew them the design drawings of these clothes. So, I buy clothes in this store, and they give me the lowest discount. This wedding dress is only fifty or sixty taels. I told Sister Li'er that I gave it to her!"

Fifty or sixty two? Although still quite expensive, it is not difficult to accept. Aunt Ninth patted Gu Ye's little hand lightly, and said, "This wedding dress should have been bought by her family, so how can you use your money?"

Gu Ye pouted, looked at Aunt Jiu with aggrieved, and said, "Aunt Jiu, am I not my mother's family? I have always regarded you as my own aunt. Wouldn't you deny my niece?"

"Recognize! Why don't you recognize her?" Aunt Jiu hugged her in her arms, her cheek against her little head, "In Aunt's heart, you have always been Gu Ye'er of our Qingshan Village!"

Gu Ye pursed his lips and said, "That's it! Aunt Jiu and Aunt Li, hurry up and give them your fabrics. What kind of clothes do you want? Do you want me to give you your staff?"

Under Gu Ye's suggestion, the two chose two sets of dignified and atmospheric clothes. And for them in charge, also chose the style. When he was about to pay, he was stopped by Gu Ye: "I make clothes in this shop, and there are discounts for handicrafts. It's all on my account!"

"How does this work?" Li Hao's mother said embarrassedly.

"I don't have a lot of money, Auntie Li, don't be mad at me. Go, go get some jewelry for Sister Li'er!" Gu Ye took Aunt Jiu and walked out.

The largest jewelry store in the capital, "Jinyu Mantang", is also the industry of the Hidden Soul Hall. There, Gu Ye got the lowest discount for brushing his face - 20% off. This price, even the cost is not enough! Gu Ye hinted at the shopkeeper who was full of gold and jade: She will make up for the lost money.

Aunt Jiu bought a pair of dragon and phoenix silver bracelets, silver earrings, and silver hairpins for her daughter, which cost nearly a hundred taels. Aunt Gu Jiatang said she was too reluctant! How much money has been spent here and abroad, who would spend so much money on marrying a daughter?