[Red Chamber] The imperial examination life of the great master

Chen Ronggui reached out and touched a handful of the material. It was indeed a good material, and it was as warm and moist as jade. After a closer look, the lines on the silk were clear but not rough, and the workmanship was exquisite.

"How much is this piece of cloth?" Jia She asked.

The shopkeeper clasped his hands, his eyes narrowed with a smile, "Guest officer, I see that you are also a buyer with good eyesight, how about this, I will give you a cheaper piece of cloth, 15 taels of silver, how about it?"

Chen Ronggui nodded secretly, the price given by the shopkeeper is indeed good, this piece of cloth is bought for 15 taels, not a loss.

Jia Amnesty did not counter the price, but paid the price according to the price.

The shopkeeper glanced at the glistening silver, and smiled from ear to ear. He turned around and took the cloth into the counter, "Sit down slowly, the little one will wrap it up for you."

He called back, "Xiao Ba, serve two cups of good tea and snacks to the two distinguished guests."

Someone in the backyard responded, "Here we are."

Chen Ronggui and Jia Amnesty sat down on the armchairs at the side, and Chen Ronggui said in a low voice, "This one is better than the one just now. Look, the one just now didn't even serve us a cup of tea."

"The tea is here, turn around slowly, the two distinguished guests drink slowly." A man dressed in a short suit held a tea tray, and put two cups of hot tea and a plate of mung bean cakes on the table.

Jia Amnesty just smiled at Chen Ronggui's words, he picked up the teacup, flicked the tea powder on it, took a sip and put the teacup down.

Chen Ronggui was puzzled, picked up the teacup, took a sip, his face suddenly wrinkled like a bitter gourd, he paid a few mouthfuls, but still felt that it was not enough, took a handkerchief and wiped his mouth desperately, complaining: "What kind of tea is this?" Ah! A mouthful of tea foam!"

Jia She watched the movement at the counter secretly from the corner of his eye. Hearing this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "The most inferior tea dregs, otherwise it's tea!"

"What! He actually entertained us with this kind of thing!" Chen Ronggui suddenly lost his temper, jumped up from his chair, and shouted: "Boss, what's the matter with your tea?"

"What's going on?" The shopkeeper came over with a packaged silk in his hand and smiled obsequiously.

"Look for yourself." Chen Ronggui lifted the teacup, revealing the scattered tea scum inside.

"Oh, I'm really sorry!" The shopkeeper also seemed to be frightened, turned his head, and scolded the man who was serving him: "You can't do anything if you are asked! How can this tea be used to entertain distinguished guests? Hurry up and apologize to the two distinguished guests."

The man lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, "I'm really sorry, I have no eyes."

"Okay, okay." Jia Amnesty waved his hand, "Brother Chen, we should go."

He stretched out his hand to take the silk from the shopkeeper, and led Chen Ronggui out.

Chen Ronggui was still angry, and he was still thinking when he got into the carriage, "Why don't you let me reason with him! What is this! It's better to entertain people with clean water than with that thing."

"Stop talking, let's take a look at this." Jia Amnesty opened the silk-wrapped package, revealing the goods inside.

Chen Ronggui casually said, "What's so interesting, isn't it the piece of cloth?" He lowered his head to look.

"...What the hell is this!" Chen Ronggui picked up the rag in the package, shook it in disbelief, and asked.

"Do you think this is the piece of cloth we just picked?" Jia She asked calmly.

Chen Ronggui glanced at Jia She with an expression of "you're crazy", he searched the package thoroughly, but he couldn't find the piece of cloth they picked just now, "No, no, where did that piece of cloth go? "

Jia Amnesty glanced at the silk shop, "What do you think?"

Seeing Jia Amnesty's eyes, Chen Ronggui still didn't understand, and when he suddenly realized, anger welled up in his heart, "This, this bastard actually traded our things, I will go to him to settle the score."

After all, Chen Ronggui was influenced by his family since he was a child.

He has heard of these activities hundreds of times since he was a child, but he never thought that it would fall on him today.

"And don't rush to find him to settle accounts." Jia Amnesty stopped Chen Ronggui, "Listen to me first, what do you think of the two shopkeepers of the two shops just now?"

Chen Ronggui held back his anger and said angrily: "What else can I do? They are not good people!"

Hearing this suddenly, Jia Amnesty couldn't laugh or cry, he doubted which of the two of them would be the one who would go into business in the future. With Chen Ronggui's current temperament and brains, it would be strange if he would not be swallowed up alive.

"Don't lose your temper, answer my question first." Jia She said.

Chen Ronggui is very good at one thing, that is, he can listen to people's advice. He held his breath, thought for a while, and said: "If you want me to say, the first one of the two shopkeepers is a good person. He sells things honestly and has a conscience. The shopkeeper is very black-hearted, and I can't blame his business for being so sluggish!"

Jia She nodded, "You are right, if you want to buy these two shops, how would you buy them?"

Chen Ronggui suddenly realized and patted his head, "It turns out that you are helping me by doing these things this afternoon."

"Otherwise, what do you think I'm doing?" Jia She couldn't laugh or cry, he thought he really wanted to buy these things.

Chen Ronggui scratched the back of his head, smiled embarrassedly, glanced at the two things Jia She bought, and said hastily: "Then let me pay for these things, I can't ask you to help me with ideas, Pay!"

Jia She smiled and waved his hands, "I'll talk about this later, your father doesn't have much time for you right now, so you still have to settle the shop matter first."

Chen Ronggui nodded, thought hard for a while, and said tentatively: "I see that the business of these two stores is not very good, it is not difficult to buy a good one, but these two people have different temperaments, and some methods must be used to prescribe the right medicine. .”

Jia Amnesty glanced at Chen Ronggui with satisfaction, and motioned him to continue. Sure enough, Chen Ronggui was part of the Chen family after all. He grew up in that environment.

"The shopkeeper of the first one—the dry goods store is honest. I think we can give him the store price according to the market price. His store is relatively small and the things are relatively old. It is enough to pay 1000 taels for a full package." Chen Ronggui After thinking about it, he said.

1000 taels is quite a lot to buy the shopkeeper's shop. After all, his shop is indeed relatively small. After Jia She nodded, he said, "Go ahead."

"As for the other shopkeeper." A cunning look flashed across Chen Ronggui's eyes, "This man is cunning and has a big heart. To deal with this kind of person, although we do business with him, we have to guard against his tricks."