Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

Chapter 80: Made of silk? I can’t afford it!

The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly and said yes, then opened another cabinet and took out a few dark-colored fur coats, some large and some small, and placed them side by side on the counter, asking Gu Tang to look through them one by one.

As she was about to unfold a dark blue fine cotton fur coat, she saw her father walk in out of the corner of her eye.

Gu Tang happily turned around with the clothes in her hand, walked over and put the clothes on her father to compare: "See if it fits? Otherwise, why don't you try it on directly?
Then she turned back to the shopkeeper and asked, "Can you let my dad try it on to see if it fits?"

"Miss, just try it on. If it doesn't fit, I'll change it for you. My fur coats are reasonably priced and come in a wide variety of styles! I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"

The shopkeeper was very eloquent and made Gu Tang very happy.

When buying clothes, you should try them on first, but some stores don’t allow you to try them on.

"Dad, try it on. If it fits, we'll buy it!" Gu Tang unbuttoned the clothes and handed them over.

Gu Lianshan was completely confused.

He stared at Gu Tang. He had thought that they stopped at the cloth shop to buy bedding, but it turned out not to be the case. Was they stopping to buy him a fur coat?

Gu Lianshan was both happy and distressed.

What makes him happy is that his daughter loves him so much that she is willing to spend money on him.

What makes him sad is that a fur coat costs at least two or three taels, and he really can't bear to part with it!
Gu Tang saw her father standing still with a wrinkled face, and she knew what he was thinking at a glance.

She revealed the fur underneath her coat and whispered, "This is rabbit skin. Judging by the color, it's probably the lowest quality rabbit skin, not worth much."

Gu Lianshan took a few careful looks and found it was indeed true.

But even the lowest quality rabbit fur coat would probably cost you one or two taels of silver.

Gu Lianshan still felt distressed and reluctant.

Gu Tang was immediately displeased, and glared at him: "Try it now!"

Gu Lianshan immediately became obedient.

He subconsciously took the fur coat and put it on quickly.

Before the belt was even tied, the shopkeeper on the other side burst into praise: "Brother, your girl has really good taste! Look how elegant this fur coat looks on her! It's not too long or too short, not too fat or too thin, it fits her perfectly!"

"I think the color is good." Gu Tang touched it. The outer layer of the fur coat she was holding was made of dark blue fine cloth.

There is no embroidery on the body of the shirt, only a circle of auspicious cloud-like patterns embroidered on the collar, cuffs and hem.

There are no frayed edges on the collar and cuffs. When worn, it looks like a newly made muslin jacket at first glance. If you don't look inside, you can't tell that it is made of rabbit fur.

This fur coat is very suitable for wearing at the Gu family's place.

"Dad, this is it? Is it okay?"

Gu Lianshan wanted to refuse, but Gu Tang kept glaring at him secretly!
I didn't dare to say the word "refuse".

Silence means consent, and consent means agreement.

Gu Tang interpreted her father's silence as agreement, turned around and picked out a small light blue fur coat, putting it on to try it out.

Although Gu Ping'an is two years younger than her, he is the same height and about the same size as her, except that his frame is a little bigger than hers.

Gu Tang told this to the shopkeeper and asked her to help him choose.

The shopkeeper took the fur coat from Gu Tang's hand, measured the size, and quickly handed the coat back.

"The one in your hand might be a little too big for your brother, but I think bigger is better.

The boys are growing fast, so the clothes they wear now are a little too big, but they will probably fit perfectly after the New Year."

This is true.

Gu Tang asked her father again: "Do you think this one is good?"

Gu Lianshan could not say anything except "good".

If he told his daughter about it, she would definitely get upset. "Okay, then take two pieces." Gu Tang folded the clothes and put them aside. From the pile of fur coats, he picked out two more pieces, one large and one small.

Gu Lianshan's face changed again and again. If he was not afraid of saying it was too expensive in front of the shopkeeper and offending his daughter, he would have jumped up and said he didn't want it!

After holding it in for a while, Gu Lianshan couldn't help himself and walked over to Gu Tang and said with a smile, "We already have one at home, so just one is enough. It would be a shame to buy so many and not be able to wear them all, so just leaving them lying around would be a waste."

Gu Tang was so happy that she continued with her father's words, "Those are from previous years. We haven't bought this year's ones yet. Can you take out the clothes I picked out for Ping An and let Ping An try them on?"

She threw the clothes into her father's arms and pushed him out.

After sending the people away, Gu Tang turned around and went to pick out bedding.

The shopkeeper's eyes flickered slightly. It was rare to meet such a generous customer. He tried to persuade her, "Miss, why don't you pick one for yourself?"

As she spoke, she took out a lilac-colored short jacket with a cross collar and a lilac-colored long skirt, and personally placed it in front of Gu Tang.

"This dress is also a fur coat, and the lining is also made of rabbit fur, but it is the best rabbit fur."

The shopkeeper unfolded the dress, and saw that the body and hem of the dress were all embroidered with orchids. The patterns were vivid and very delicate.

Gu Tang touched it and glanced at the shopkeeper. "Is it made of silk? I can't afford it. It's made of silk and embroidered. The money I would spend on it could buy two sets of fine fur coats."

The shopkeeper smiled apologetically, "I'll give you my lowest price. Just three taels, no! Two and a half taels of silver! Will you take this dress?"

Gu Tang raised his eyebrows, looking surprised.

The rabbit skin inside this dress is indeed good rabbit skin. Just this rabbit skin would probably cost one or two taels of silver.

There is also silk on the outside, and the top is a short jacket. The material is pretty good and not too much.

The only thing was the skirt, which was made up of eight torn skirts of the same color.

The fabric for this skirt alone would cost at least one or two taels of silver!

Add to that the embroidery skills, and this dress would be a loss if it doesn't sell for around 400 grams!

And now, the shopkeeper only asked for two and a half taels of silver?!

This probably isn't even enough to cover the cost!
Well, what's there to understand? You can tell there's something fishy about this dress at a glance, so she doesn't dare to buy it.

Gu Tang waved his hands repeatedly: "To be honest, my family is full of gossips, and my mother is a stepmother. Coming here to buy fur coats today has already caused unhappiness at home.

If I buy myself another set of bright clothes like this, I’m afraid I’ll get beaten up! I don’t dare accept it!

Hearing this, the shopkeeper looked regretful.

It hasn’t been launched yet, so is it really going to be a failure in my hands?

Forget it, let’s just do this business first.

The shopkeeper suppressed the emotions on her face, put away her dress, put on a smile again, and helped Gu Tang pick out bedding.

These beddings were made of fine cloth, coarse cloth, and linen.

In addition to these, there are also those made of robe and silk.

Gu Tang directly excluded these two and picked the ones made of fine cloth and coarse cloth.

In addition to choosing these, you also need to look at the fillings inside.

The quilts in cloth shops do not use fillings such as reed fluff, which are commonly used in ordinary people's homes.

The most commonly used material in bedding here is kapok.

Gu Tang pressed it and found that it was not as soft as cotton. It felt a bit hard and much heavier.

In addition to kapok, there are also bedding made of fur.

Gu Tang was also ruled out because he was too expensive and couldn't afford it.