Spring House Inner Storm 023 You Deceived Me Yu

  Qin Yu's eyes were wide with wonder, propping up his head to gaze at the street scene. Shen Huan said that from today on, he would look at one place every day. Today, he must finish looking at the silk shop's account book and also discuss with Lu Zhuanggui which fabrics to newly import next. He thought about it and his head felt big.

  Chen Huan looked at his brother's appearance and felt helpless, but he really needed someone to urge him on. In the past, he didn't know how hard it was to make a living, so he was very generous with servants and friends, until finally, the family property was gone, the silver left by his parents was empty, and he had no way to support himself.

  Although the silk shop was small, it was located on the busiest West Street in Yuhang City. Shen Huan and his companions had just gotten off the carriage and were about to enter the shop when Shen Huan suddenly saw a familiar figure haggling over prices at a stall outside a fabric store across the street.

  Lü Dao held a coral hairpin in his hand, shaking it. "A fake one for thirty cents? You don't go rob it, ten cents to sell also have to buy, not selling also have to buy! Otherwise you just roll away, don't come to this street to buy things!" He threw down ten cents and turned into the cloth shop.

  The street vendor shook his head helplessly and muttered, "Thugs."

  Chen Huan was pulled down from the horse carriage by Qin Yu, who had already entered the shop.

  Chen Huan thought for a moment and whispered two sentences to Xiao An, who was taking the account book. Xiao An quickly put down the account book and turned around to run away.

  Lu Zhanggui went to his mother's tea shop in the morning to get the accounting book for the tea shop, so he hadn't arrived at the silk shop yet.

  Chen Huan walked into the shop and frowned. The shop had a musty smell, the room was dim and damp, as if it hadn't been cleaned for a long time.

  The fellow didn't know where he was, and yet he opened the big gate without a single person in sight.

  Qin Yu saw this and got angry, loudly saying, "How can you do business like this! You only know how to be lazy!"

  A fellow stretched his waist and poked his head out of the counter, being woken up very reluctantly, and said angrily, "Our boss doesn't even mind that we're lazy, but you guys are really too much."

  Qin Yu became even angrier and was pulled back by Chen Huan. Seeing that the shop assistant didn't recognize them, he asked straightforwardly, "Young man, we'd like to choose two bolts of plain satin for lining."

  The fellow lazily threw a piece of cloth on the dusty counter, "This one is not bad."

  The velvet felt good to the touch, but due to poor management, it had a musty smell and the fabric was brittle, definitely not durable.

  "How much is this horse?"

  The fellow saw her ask the price, his eyes lit up, and he immediately became spirited. "This is a new product that just arrived at the end of last year. Miss, you can see that the satin still has a damp air, it was just transported from Jiangnan and hasn't had time to dry. If you want it, it's 500 coins per piece."

  He's really good at making excuses, blaming it on the humid spring weather when he clearly didn't take care of it.

  Chen Huan's expression didn't change, "This fabric doesn't seem like it's from this year. Are you trying to cheat me?"

  "How could I cheat you? Such satin is worth one or two silvers across the street."

  He grunted in response, then carefully felt around again. "I don't believe it, I'll go take a look from the other side." He said, pulling Qin Yu along as he was about to leave.

  The fellow immediately jumped out and said, "Hey, hey, I'm telling you the truth. If this store is to be sold now, it's a bargain."

  Who said the store is going out of business?

  Qin Yu's face sank.

  "Are you moving out? Isn't this shop owned by the Qin family?" Shen Huan asked with feigned curiosity.

  "Originally, everything here was mortgaged to the Qin family. Now that the real master is dead and only three young children are left, how can they possibly manage the business? If we don't close down the shop, it will be hard to keep going." The assistant became impatient, "If not, I'll give you two horses for 200 coins each. It's impossible to make it any cheaper than that."

  Qin Yu saw that the people in his own shop were so disrespectful to his parents, he was furious and his whole body trembled with rage.

  Chen Huan didn't rush or delay, "Smoking green, give money."

  Qin Yu looked at her in surprise, seeing her pretending to buy fabric, and suddenly understood her intention.

  The fellow gleefully stuffed the copper plate directly into his bosom.

  Qin Yu and Chen Huan exchanged a glance. The shop assistant should have recorded the money count in the account book every time he made a deal, but the shop assistant did not do so.

  Chen Huan dragged Qin Yu out of the door without a word.

  Yan Cui didn't understand why Miss was buying silk fabrics at her own silk store, but she couldn't ask either. She carried two pieces of plain silk onto the carriage.

  Qin Yu was dragged onto the horse carriage by Xing Huan, and Xiao An also ran back.

  "Get on the bus."

  Xiao An got on the carriage and said in a low voice, "That fabric store is specialized in buying cotton fabrics. Just now I pretended to go take a look at the fabrics and heard him ask if the thirty bolts of pure white cotton fabric were ready. They will be delivered to the mansion tomorrow. The shopkeeper took out one bolt for him to see the pattern, and I also saw the shopkeeper hand over a package to Lü Dao."

  He lowered his head in thought, silent.

  "Huan'er, why did you ask Xiao An about this?" Qin Yu asked strangely.

  "The person in charge of purchasing fabrics for clothes and bedding in the mansion is Qian Long's daughter-in-law, why did Lv Dao intervene?" Shen Huan's words made Qin Yu pause.

  "That's right." Qin Yu also found it strange.

  Just then, Chen Huan lifted the curtain and saw Lü Dao coming out.

  "Go." Zhen Huan and Lu waited until they were out of sight, lifted the curtain and jumped off the carriage, rushing straight to the fabric shop across the way.

  As soon as they entered the door, Shen Huan said, "Shopkeeper, we want to see the cotton fabric used for making quilts."

  The young man is putting a piece of white cloth on the innermost frame.

  "Brother, doesn't that color look very white?" Chen Huan pointed at the fabric in his partner's hand.

  Qin Yu nodded, "Alright, bring it over and take a look."

  The young shopkeeper hurriedly carried over the fabric, recognizing that Xiao An had previously opened it to look at it. The two people who came in must be the masters, and he quickly smiled and said, "This fabric is the most cost-effective, Qin's family's outer courtyard manager just ordered 30 pieces earlier. This young man also saw it." The shopkeeper pointed at Xiao An, and Xiao An nodded.

  She touched it with her hand and on the surface it looked no different from good quality cotton cloth, most of this type of fabric in the mansion was used to make quilt linings.

  "Is it? Then we also want ten horses, are they available?" Qin Yu seemed to understand Chen Huan's intention.

  "This fabric was ordered by another customer, only thirty pieces are left." A middle-aged man came out from behind, smiling and said.

  "But what about the Qin family? If it's the Qin family that has set this up, then we can believe that it's good fabric." Qin Yu hastily blurted out.

  "Not, not." The shopkeeper hastily waved his hand and quickly sized up Shen Huan and Qin Yu, estimating their identities. Not recognizing them, they guessed that they might be from the Qin Manor and possibly knew Lu Dao, who often came out to socialize.

  "We have the best cotton cloth here, and the wealthy families in Yuhang City all use this kind." As he spoke, he pointed to the most eye-catching position, a piece of pure white cotton cloth, and the shop assistant took it down prominently.

  Chen Huan carefully felt it and said on purpose, "It seems to be the same."

  The shopkeeper smiled and said, "They look the same on the surface, but they're actually different. This one is good quality, guaranteed to last for three years without breaking."

  Qin Yu also felt it, but couldn't feel anything out of the ordinary. Chen Huan didn't notice any difference either, but the shopkeeper and his assistant were saying different things, obviously hiding something.

  "You're not taking advantage of us because we're young, are you? Frame us, otherwise why wouldn't these thirty pieces be sold, and still make money?" Shen Huan pouted.

  The shopkeeper waved his hand hastily, "No, no, this is a special order from the guest in front, said to be used by the people below the mansion, really only thirty pieces."

  "Brother, why don't we each buy a foot and take it back for our parents to see?" Chen Huan said, knowing he was being deceived.

  "This will do." The shopkeeper quickly cut two pieces from each of the two fabrics, wrapped them in oil paper and handed them to Xiao An.