The Story of a Plane Merchant Selling a House

By the time we finished dealing with the cloth shop, it was almost noon.

Qiwu started to visit the market. The most prosperous market street was paved with bluestone slabs.

Qiwu went to the restaurant first. Female relatives usually stayed in the private rooms, so Qiwu chose the second floor.

This is the most famous restaurant in the capital. From here, you can see a corner of the imperial palace.

However, the palace is also filled with pavilions and towers, which block the view further inside, so you can't see further inside.

When the window was opened, the eaves bells jingled in the breeze, and Qiwu's mood suddenly became much brighter.

Xing Er asked the waiter to serve all the more than 20 signature dishes.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the dishes were all served. Looking at the tempting feast in front of him, Tutu also wanted to try it.

Xing'er took out the food boxes that she had prepared long ago from her storage ring, including a three-layer huanghuali food box painted with gold, a four-layer huanghuali food box with carved gold-wire pavilions, a small double-layer red sandalwood food box covered with gold, and a cloisonné enamel landscape carrying box.

Tutu liked everything he saw, "Wow, you give me surprises anytime and anywhere. Today is a harvest day."

Qi Wu smiled and said, "These are the ones with better quality wood in the mansion. The rest are made of lacquerware and enamel. Although they are not cheap here, they may not be popular in your place, so I only brought these."

Xing'er picked some dishes from the table and passed them to Tutu. She took half of each dish and put them on a plate that she had prepared in advance, and sent them to Tutu in a food box.

Food boxes with gold-painted patterns can be delivered directly.

If there were no jewels inlaid on them, they would be tied up with beads and sent over.

The two chatted while eating. Xing'er prepared the dishes for Qiwu and then went to sit at the table at the door to eat.

When Qiwu goes out, she wants to chat with Tutu, so she has to watch the door and be vigilant.

Fortunately, Qiwu and Tutu didn’t talk about anything important, they were just commenting on the taste of the food.

"You can tell from the food that the chef's cooking skills are very good. It's much better than the kitchen in the marquis's mansion," Qiwu commented after eating.

The old lady and the prince of the Marquis's Mansion both have their own small kitchens. The young master eats in the old lady's small kitchen, while the rest of the people eat in the big kitchen.

Tutu ate without looking up. She had eaten meals made in the big kitchen that Qiwu had sent her before, and there was nothing special about it.

But the chef here in the restaurant is worthy of being the chef of the best restaurant in Beijing. The taste of the food itself is well preserved, and even without modern MSG, the food is still very tasty.

There is a wood shop called "Xing Heshun" next to the restaurant. When Qiwu passed by after dinner, he went in and took a look with great interest.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a man who looked like a butler, talking to the shopkeeper.

"Is the complete set of furniture that your company is making for my master's house completed? If not, I will only take the completed ones and not make the rest.

Can I pay half of the money first, and the rest in three installments, and I can pay the interest."

The shopkeeper was a little anxious. "The dimensions have been measured, and the parts have been made according to the dimensions. The remaining work is nothing more than installation and carving. How can you return it? Who would buy furniture with predetermined dimensions?"

The housekeeper bowed repeatedly, "Please forgive me, the cloth shop business has encountered unexpected changes, and the funds are really not available, otherwise I would not have postponed the furniture customization, postponed, just postponed, can you?"

The shopkeeper was so anxious that he was sweating. "The wood for your custom-made furniture is really precious. It's a complete set of Huanghuali furniture, and it's basically finished. The only things left are some tables, which will be finished soon.

If it is postponed, how long will it be postponed? "

The housekeeper was also in a dilemma. "Hey, you also know what the scene is like during the Flower Festival this year. Business is very bad. The owner has spent almost all his money on this Flower Festival. Now that it is cold, no one can bear it. Do you think it is feasible to postpone it for a year?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "We can't wait that long. We can't keep so much money. Your master paid 50% as a deposit. You can take it back and resell it."

The housekeeper begged again and again, "Brother, we all work for the master and have difficulties. The master is willing to pay 30% of the deposit for free.

Can you keep it in the store and sell some of it to us? The owner has said that if it doesn’t work out, we have to sell the house in the capital. We have to sell this house, and you see, we have nowhere to move the furniture."

The shopkeeper also had a sad face. "Your furniture is too big and there are too many of them. It's really hard to resell them."

Qiwu sent Xing'er to inquire, and Xing'er went there as instructed.

"Uncles, we have been listening for a long time. What kind of furniture do you want to order? If it is suitable, we can pick a few pieces. But you have to charge us 70% of the original price."

The shopkeeper and the manager both agreed, so Qiwu took Xing'er to the backyard to take a look. It was indeed all huanghuali wood, and she still believed in the Xing Heshun sign.

This batch of furniture is indeed very gorgeous and of large specifications. Many of the furniture appear to be much larger than normal. There are about fifty or sixty pieces of various sizes in total.

Although Qi Wujue's furniture was nice, she didn't want to do much decoration in the house of the Marquis.

She planned to measure the size of the house in Qi State Academy and have it custom-made. It would be inconvenient to transport it here, so she just wanted to see if Tutu liked it.

Tutu was tempted. "Compared to your furniture, it's much taller, but it's very suitable for our place, and it's 30% cheaper. Let's buy it."

Tutu took inventory of his things and said, "It's a good opportunity for me to buy you some more tin. I just found out that tin is more valuable than gold in your place."

Qiwu felt that Tutu had a lot of good things. She had even considered reducing the shipment volume of Liuli in the future.

Only a few pieces are leaked occasionally to make some money and attract attention.

Then she needs something else to replace it and make money.

The tin that Tutu mentioned is a good reason to make money.

Tinware is an indispensable part of dowry, and wedding supplies and the "five offerings" are commonly used.

Rich families would also invite tinsmiths to make tinware for the dowry. A complete set of dowry items would take several months to make. Good tinware was very expensive.

Qiwu was thinking about these things as she walked, and the shopkeeper quickly led them into the yard behind the shop.

There were sounds of wood carving and polishing in the yard. Seeing a guest coming in, an older carpenter came up to greet him.

"Shopkeeper, what's the matter? Does anyone want to pick up the goods?"

The shopkeeper whispered to him the whole story, and the carpenter led the others into the warehouse.

"Actually, they are basically all done. Except for the remaining four armchairs, the rest have been sent to the warehouse."

Qiwu and the others were led to the western warehouse and saw the set of furniture in the warehouse.

Huanghuali wood crabapple flower-covered step-out bed, three-screen Arhat bed, high-legged beauty couch, piano table, desk and various other tables.

Both the step-out bed and the Luohan bed are much wider than ordinary beds and are particularly conspicuous in the warehouse.