nucmednet Chapter 117: Shopping in the City (Part )
Chapter 117: Shopping in the City (Part )
"How is it? Is there anything you like?" He Changan looked at Li Mingxia who was touching this and that, and asked with a smile, even though he knew the answer.
Li Mingxia nodded repeatedly, "Yes!"
The fabrics here are much more beautiful than those in the county town, and you can tell the quality is much different just by touching it. Li Mingxia has already decided that no matter how expensive it is, he must buy some back!
"Just feel free to choose. The city is famous for weaving and dyeing cloth, so the fabrics here are not expensive. Compared with the cotton cloth and ordinary silk in the county town, they are only about 10% more expensive. Only the particularly fine fabrics are several times more expensive. The ones you are looking at now are just a little more expensive, which is completely within an acceptable range." He Changan said to Li Mingxia.
The prices are actually similar? Li Mingxia looked at the fabric in her hand, which was several times more exquisite than the ones in the county town, and was a little unbelievable. She called the waiter to ask about the price.
"It's actually so cheap!" Li Mingxia picked out more than a dozen pieces of cloth in one go. Winter was approaching, and the whole family had to make new clothes anyway, so the more the better!
Li Mingxia spent twenty taels of silver on more than a dozen rolls of cloth. Perhaps because Li Mingxia was generous, the store also gave him half a roll of thick cloth that could be used to make shoe uppers. This was an unexpected surprise. Li Mingxia happily paid the money and asked the waiter to help deliver it to the inn where he was staying. Then the few of them continued to stroll around.
Li Mingxia was most interested in vegetables and fruits in the city, but after looking around, he didn't see anything particularly rare. Instead, there were some things that shouldn't appear in this season. He Changan explained that these were shipped from the west, where the temperature was much higher than here, but precisely because of this, these fruits became extremely expensive.
Li Mingxia looked at the fruits in the store: lychees, apples, peaches, bananas, mangoes, and watermelons. The prices were indeed outrageous.
Li Mingxia thought about the things in his space and decided to grow mangoes and lychees when he returned. These two fruits tasted delicious, and in the north where these fruits were scarce, the price would definitely not disappoint Li Mingxia.
"Would you like to buy some to try?" He Changan asked Li Mingxia while looking at the lychees on the counter.
The lychees in this store are not of good quality, but the price is outrageous, almost three pieces cost one or two taels of silver. Li Mingxia would like to try what the lychees from this dynasty taste like, but the price is currently beyond his affordability.
"No, I'll buy some vegetables to take back." Li Mingxia picked out the fresh vegetables in the store. As long as he didn't have much of them in his space or didn't have them, he would buy them no matter the price.
"You bought so many lychees?" Li Mingxia was surprised when he saw He Changan bought dozens of lychees.
"It's not much money, and I love eating this." He Changan said casually.
Looking at what He Changan wore and used every day and his attitude towards money, Li Mingxia had always guessed that He Changan was definitely not an ordinary "office worker". Just looking at his appearance, he was probably much richer than he thought.
"I didn't realize that, you rich guy." Li Mingxia packed up the vegetables he ordered, looked at He Changan going to pay, and cursed with a low laugh.
"Hmm? Mingxia, are you calling me?"
Li Mingxia agreed, "Yes, I've bought it, let's go."
The group strolled around the street for a whole day, and Li Mingxia spent more than eighty taels of silver, but she didn't feel sorry at all. Instead, she felt a little unsatisfied. If Mingdong hadn't said that he was a little hungry, Li Mingxia would have planned to continue shopping.
"Okay, after you two sisters have chosen the food, we'll go to Zhaixing Tower for dinner. I—"
"I'm treating you. If you refuse, you won't be able to ask me to be your free driver again in the future." He Changan said before Li Mingxia finished her words.
Li Mingxia also realized that the man in front of him was wealthy and certainly could afford a meal, so he immediately said, "Okay, then I won't be polite. Zhaixing Tower is very expensive. If you don't have enough money, you can borrow from me."
He Changan smiled, took a lychee and put it in Li Mingxia's hand, "Mingxia, although I am not as good as the Yi family, but if all you want is the Riri Zhaixing Tower, my money is enough for you to eat until your next life."
Li Mingxia looked at the lychee in his hand and wanted to say that he didn't want to eat it, but when he looked down, he saw that Li Zhengde, Li Mingdong and Li Mingqiu each had a lychee in their hands.
She hesitated for a moment, but still put the lychee back into He Changan's hand, "I really don't like to eat this, Lord He, just eat it yourself."
He Changan looked at the lychees that were sent back intact, and felt some indescribable feelings in his heart.
"I'll get you some of this fruit in a while. It won't be so expensive. The money I pay for one pound here is enough for you to buy ten pounds." Li Mingxia sighed secretly, but still spoke.
He Changan's face immediately turned from sunny to cloudy. He put away the lychees that Li Mingxia gave him and concentrated on picking gifts for the two little girls with her.
"Isn't this right? It's perfect for you two." Li Mingxia pointed to a pair of small roses wrapped with gold threads in the jewelry store and said to his two sisters.
It is magnificent and lifelike, and the hair accessories made of gold thread are not easy to decay and can be worn for several years, which is very suitable for young girls.
"This pair is indeed very beautiful. If the little girl wore those gold and silver ornaments, it would look tacky." He Changan also said.
"You two take a look, do you like it?" Although Li Mingxia thought that this pair was very beautiful and suitable for her two younger sisters, the final decision still lay in their hands.
"Sister, you just pick for us. Any kind is fine. We like them all." Li Mingqiu said sensibly and obediently.
Li Mingxia smiled and said, "You are already grown-up girls. I can only give you suggestions, not make decisions for you. I will buy it if you like it. If you don't like it, we can choose something else. Anyway, there are so many things here."
He Changan looked at Li Mingxia's faint smile, and a hidden string in his heart moved slightly.
"He can only give suggestions, not make decisions." He Changan muttered in a low voice.
"I like this flower, sister, is that okay?" Li Mingdong pointed at the peach blossom next to the rose, looked up and said to Li Mingxia.
I don’t know when it started, but the two little sisters who used to wear exactly the same clothes and headwear suddenly developed different preferences.
Just like now, Li Mingqiu likes the rose, but Li Mingdong obviously likes the peach blossom more.
"Of course, then these two flowers, please help me pack them up, buddy." Li Mingxia took a look at the price marked on the front, took out a tael of silver and handed it to the clerk.