A car accident, our family of three crossed

If they have too close contacts with the Zhenguo Mansion, when the examination results come out, I am afraid that someone will question his results and whether there is suspicion that the Zhenguo Mansion is manipulating them behind the scenes.

"Thank you for what you said today. I understand."

Even if Chu Fang didn't come today, or even if he never showed up, they would not take the initiative to contact him. With their current status and position, it might not be a blessing to be close to a family like the Chu family.

Next, the two talked about some other things, and Chu Fang left without staying for long.

Before leaving, he said to Hang Shuheng: "My elders have been talking about you all the time. I will find a day to invite your family to my house privately."

"We will definitely go then."

Hang Shuheng bowed in response and personally escorted Chu Fang out.

As soon as Chu Fang left, Zhou Huan and his daughter Zhou Ru arrived. Hong Bo led them in and went to the main courtyard to report.

Seeing that the old man had difficulty walking and was still running back and forth like this, Song Ning thought of assigning him a servant who was specifically responsible for running errands, so that the old man wouldn't have to run back and forth so hard.

When they arrived at the flower hall, the father and daughter were already drinking tea. I guess Uncle Hong must have brewed the tea before he went to report.

Thinking of this, Song Ning felt that there should be a few more people responsible for serving tea and water.

"Uncle Zhou, Sister Ru, you are here." Song Ning walked into the flower hall and greeted them with a smile.

Zhou Ru stood up and ran over to hold her arm, "Sister Song, my father is here to talk to my brother-in-law and Master Liu about something, it has nothing to do with us, let's go shopping! This is your first time in the capital, I'll take you around."

Song Ning was quite moved when he heard this and agreed.

At that time, Hang Shuheng was discussing something in Master Liu's courtyard, so Song Ning asked someone to invite the two of them over, and then took Yangyang and Zhou Ru out shopping.

The capital city is very large. If you want to stroll through the four main streets in the east, south, west and north, one day is not enough. What's more, there are many lively streets and alleys that are worth visiting.

Zhou Ru didn't plan to take Song Ning to tour the entire capital city in one day, and it would be impossible to finish the tour anyway, so she took Song Ning to Zhuque Street in the south of the city first.

The south of the city is the most prosperous area in the capital. Most of the mansions of the powerful and high-ranking officials are located here. The shops on the street sell goods of extremely high quality, and they are sold at low prices so people are probably willing to buy them.

To put it in Yangyang's words, it is a high-end, high-end and classy existence.

Furthermore, if we sell these poor quality items to nobles from noble families, and if something goes wrong with them, we won’t be able to bear the consequences.

Their Jubao Pavilion shop in the capital is located on Zhuque Street and is always crowded with customers every day.

When the carriage passed by Jubao Pavilion, Zhou Ru asked Song Ning if he wanted to go to the shop to take a look.

Song Ning opened the curtain and saw people coming in and out of Jubao Pavilion, so she thought, "Let's do it next time! There are so many people here, so we won't go in and cause trouble. Let's go find a rouge shop and have a look!"

Before coming to Beijing, she said she wanted to investigate the market, and it was not just talk. Now that she is already in Beijing, she has to get to know the market here better.

Zhou Ru responded and told Zhou Tong, who was driving the coach outside, to go to a shop called "Hongzhuang Pavilion".

It is also on Zhuque Street, but its location is slightly more remote than Jubao Pavilion.

When they got to the place and got off the carriage, before entering the shop, Zhou Ru leaned close to Song Ning's ear and whispered, "I've bought rouge and powder here before, and to be honest, the quality is not as good as the ones in Sister Mei's shop."

"We are on someone else's territory now, don't let anyone hear what you say."

"No, no, I was very quiet."

The two men walked into the shop while talking in low voices, and were immediately greeted by a female clerk enthusiastically.

Song Ning smiled at the people and put forward her needs: "The weather has been dry since the beginning of winter. We would like to see some moisturizing creams for the skin and hands. Do you have any good recommendations?"

The female waitress looked the two of them up and down. Seeing that their clothes were not bad, they were not luxurious either, she had a rough idea in her mind.

He took the two of them to a shelf and began to explain to them the quality differences of the goods in the store.

Judging from the clothes of the two customers, she thought that they came from a small family with some wealth, not rich enough but better than most, so the goods she recommended to them were of slightly lower quality.

In Hongzhuang Pavilion, goods are divided into three grades.

The selling price of the lowest quality goods was no less than one tael of silver, and was generally within the range of more than one tael and less than ten taels. Ordinary people were reluctant to buy them or even couldn't afford them, and the wealthy looked down upon them. These goods were just suitable for the wives and daughters of minor officials and small families.

Those of slightly better quality cost tens or even hundreds of taels, which were just suitable for the ladies of some wealthy families or noble families with rich family backgrounds.

For high-quality goods, hundreds or even tens of thousands of taels would not be excessive. As long as they dare not think about it, there is no price that others dare not ask. Most of these are custom-made, and are played by wealthy, powerful and influential nobles. Ordinary people may not be qualified to order them.

After hearing this, Song Ning and Zhou Ru couldn't help but twitch their lips wildly. What the hell is this? It can be sold for tens of thousands of taels.

At this moment, Song Ning couldn't help but think of a popular saying on the Internet in later generations: Poverty limits my imagination.

From the attitude and tone of the guy who received them, the two could feel each other's contempt.

Zhou Ru was a little dissatisfied. She looked at people through the crack of the door. Who was she looking down on? She wanted to argue, but Song Ning quietly stopped her.

Their fundamental purpose of coming in is not to buy things, and in terms of quality, they don’t need anything.

Song Ning roughly understood the situation and asked the waitress: "Can we try it?"

If possible, she would like to try and see how the dozens or hundreds of even more expensive things here perform differently than the ones they developed themselves.

However, the waitress gave her a stiff but polite smile and turned her down: "Madam, I'm sorry, but the items in our Red Makeup Pavilion are all intact and unopened, so you can't try them out."

If you try it but don’t buy it, how can you sell the used items?

"Really? That's a pity. Why don't you prepare a box specifically for customers to try? If you don't try it first, how will you know if it works?"

Song Ning had only raised a question, and some ladies who were also selecting items in the shop thought what she said made sense.

However, the waitress heard it as a question, so she stopped pretending and said with some displeasure: "Madam, are you questioning the quality of our Hongzhuang Pavilion's goods? Our Hongzhuang Pavilion is one of the best in the capital. Many dignitaries and nobles have recognized our Hongzhuang Pavilion, but no one has ever questioned our quality."