Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Zhao Yuanzhen has been so busy lately that she almost forgot that the third prince’s glass shop will open tomorrow.

A few days ago, the third prince asked Zhao Yuanlan to deliver the invitation.

We are partners after all.

Zhao Yuanzhen still has to go and take a look.

When Zhao Yuanzhen thought about the opening of the Third Prince’s shop, she knew that the number of people would definitely not be small.

You need to carefully coordinate your outfit, makeup, and hairstyle for tomorrow.

At least it can't be too bad.

After all, he is now considered the third prince's partner, although no one knows about it and it is done in secret.

But on the surface, she was the sister of Zhao Yuanlan, a third-rank general, and she couldn't bring shame to him, the General Pinglu.

And there are gifts.

What should I give as a gift?

Zhao Yuanzhen didn't plan to take the expensive route, she planned to take a novel route.

Flipping through the mall, checking things out slowly.

Wind chime, this is fine.

Glass wind chimes.

It makes a jingling sound when hung on the door, and the glass one can also show the characteristics of a glass shop.

Each wind chime is made of glass in the shape of a bell, with thin glass strips inside. When it hits the glass wall, it makes a crisp sound, which is not only beautiful but also pleasant to listen to.

This is it, a set of glass wind chimes. Zhao Yuanzhen specially chose a large one and spent 2 points on it.

He handed it to Zhang Qingyan and asked her to find a box and pack it carefully.

Then I read for a while and went to bed.

The temperature is over 40 degrees below zero. Fortunately, there is a fire dragon in the room, otherwise Zhao Yuanzhen would be too cold to sleep.

Lan Ying got up early and came to help Zhang Qingyan clean up the room.

Lan Ying combs Zhao Yuanzhen's hair, and she knows more styles.

Knowing that she was going to attend an important occasion today, I specially combed her hair into a high peony-shaped bun.

The hairstyles in the Daliang Dynasty were diverse and the aesthetics were not rigidly adhered to.

You can wear flowers all over your hair, or you can wear a plain hairpin. Everyone can accept it, and think that each has its own merits and beauty.

The issue of Zhao Yuanzhen's identity and personal preferences.

She chose a peony-shaped bun, with the middle part of the bun tied up with a red ribbon two fingers wide.

She used the jade comb Zhao Yuanlan gave her to comb her hair in front of her temples.

Ladies like to use combs to comb their hair, so combs come in various shapes.

Then she brought a golden hairpin to the left side.

I searched the jewelry box and put on the imperial green glass jade bracelet. A pair of jade bracelets.

But Zhao Yuanzhen wore them all on her left hand, like a jingle bracelet.

Because my hair style is relatively plain, I put on a headband.

The jeweled headband sparkles against the background.

Then choose clothes.

She wore cotton pants under her yellow-green pleated skirt, and an orange-colored straight-collared double-breasted shirt with cotton lining.

The blouse was worn under a pleated skirt, which was tied above the waist with a red belt.

She wore a black straight-collared long gown, which was about the length of Zhao Yuanzhen's knees.

Finally, he put on the light blue fur coat again.

I took the lip gloss and applied it evenly on her, not too deep, just a light layer. But the color made her look much healthier.

Zhang Qingyan and Lan Ying looked at her and always felt that something was missing.

"Earrings! Madam is still short of a pair of earrings."

"Yes, I said I always felt like something was missing!"

Zhao Yuanzhen has rarely worn earrings, and there are no earrings in her jewelry box.

"Let me look for it."

Then he went to the safe in the wardrobe and pretended to look through it, but in fact he went to the mall and bought a pair of large silver pearl earrings.

The pearls are about 10MM.

It was very round and big, but thanks to modern mussel farming technology, it only cost 1 point.

Then he handed it to Lan Ying.

Lan Ying carefully helped her put it on.

Looking at it again now, I feel it is very coordinated and beautiful.

There is a mirror that Zhao Yuanzhen bought installed on her dressing table.

After the glass was made, she bought several mirrors and inlaid them according to the size of each person's dressing table.

Zhao Yuanzhen took a look and was also very satisfied.

I took Zhang Qingyan and Lan Ying out today.

They also changed into clean and decent clothes.

When the few of them went out, the carriage had already been prepared.

After getting on the carriage and shaking for more than an hour, they arrived directly at the door of the third prince's shop.

The third prince's shop was located north of the intersection of the Second Tianshui Street and Yulin Lane. It was not far from their bookstore, just over ten minutes away.

This area is more prosperous, after all, it is closer to the officials' mansions and merchants' mansions.

There is nothing wrong with opening a shop here for high-end items like glass.

Zhao Yuanzhen was helped out of the carriage. There were already many people gathered at the door of the shop.

Just call a carriage and wait at the book shop. There's no need to squeeze here.

Then he walked towards the glass shop.

The entire shop is a two-story building, and its area is roughly the same as the one Zhao Yuanzhen bought, over 2 square meters.

The upstairs has traditional small lattice windows, but they are all made of glass. The downstairs was designed with reference to Zhao Yuanzhen’s shop, with two large floor-to-ceiling windows in a tic-tac-toe pattern.

I walked to the store entrance and showed the invitation letter at the receptionist's prompt.

A few steps into the door, there is a gift receiving table, where several gentlemen are writing gift lists.

The three of them walked over, and Lan Ying handed over the glass wind chime box in her hand.

"Zhao Yuanzhen, a glazed brilliant wind chime."

When the people on the gift list heard that it was Liuli's, they all looked up.

Then he called Butler Xiao and showed him the gift.

When Butler Xiao saw that it was her, Liuli Fengling was not surprised at all.

Then he asked Zhao Yuanzhen how to use it.

Just hang it on the beam at the door and let it hang down. When people touch it, it will make a tinkling sound, which is very pleasant to the ear.

The housekeeper did as he said and found someone to hang it up.

Because it was the doorway and the sunlight was shining through the floor-to-ceiling windows, in an instant, many bright beams of light were refracted or reflected from various glass sections, shining on the various glass products in the room.

Glass products undergo secondary refraction and reflection.

In an instant, all kinds of bright beams of light in the room shone together, which was very beautiful.

Everyone was amazed at the beauty of the glass wind chimes.

Zhao Yuanzhen really didn't expect that the cross-refraction and reflection effect of the light would bring such an unexpected surprise!

I walked into the shop and looked around carefully.

The counter top is made of glass, and inside are various colored glass cups, bowls, and some artistic vase ornaments.

Unexpectedly, in just one month, the third prince created so many things.

It is indeed the capital of all evil!

The second floor is a large glass display with items of various sizes inlaid in wooden frames and displayed.

And there is the big dressing mirror she gave me.

It was decorated with ribbons and placed in the center.

I walked around upstairs and downstairs.

Wait until the time comes to start cutting the ribbon.

When the ribbon was cut, everyone went out to watch.

The third prince did not come, and it was the butler who cut the ribbon.

Well, it’s just a shop. Although it might make some money, it’s not worth a prince coming to cut the ribbon.

The housekeeper also cut the ribbon amid the sound of firecrackers, revealing the shop's plaque.

【Liuli Pavilion】

The font is very elegant and graceful. I don't know which master wrote it.

After the applause, everyone started to go into the store to shop.

Although no one mentioned the third prince openly, everyone who came knew whose property this was, so no one came out empty-handed.

It's all about ordering and buying and selling.

Among them, glass windows are the most customized.

Everyone really feels that this glass window is light-transmitting and warm, and is a rare and good item.

Therefore, glass windows were ordered.

You just need to tell us your address and someone will come to your house to measure and customize it.

But I don’t know when the construction period will be scheduled, after all, there are so many people placing orders.

I heard that the palace is also going to replace all the windows with glass ones, but I don’t know when this order will be completed.

There are too many windows in the rooms of the palace.

The glassware ornaments on the first floor are also custom-made and sold.

Zhao Yuanzhen estimated that only a few sets were produced as samples, and large quantities would need to be produced according to orders later.

Hearing that it was a reservation payment, no one had any objection and they all happily said that they were willing to wait no matter how long it took.

She wandered around casually, looking at the prices.

A glass the size of a small wine glass, 8 taels of silver.

Calculated in this way, a set of tea sets would cost at least 200 taels!

She silently calculated in her mind that after deducting the cost, she could make at least 7 taels of silver from this cup.

She took 2.8% of the seven taels of silver, which is taels.

Get rich!

Get rich instantly.

According to today's orders, this is all 10W plus.

The more I wander around, the happier I am.

At noon, the Third Prince’s Mansion prepared an opening banquet, which was scheduled to be held in the largest restaurant.

With the spirit of not wasting time if eating, Zhao Yuanzhen took Zhang Qingyan and Lan Ying and waited until lunch time.

During meal time, there are more than 30 tables.

The third prince has a lot of face.

Zhao Yuanzhen followed the arrangements and came to a table with seats for female relatives.

Take your seat.

Lan Ying and Zhang Qingyan stood respectfully behind her, one on her left and one on her right.

After waiting for a few minutes, everyone at the table slowly sat down.

Zhao Yuanzhen nodded and greeted them, mainly because she didn't know anyone. But the others, who were in groups of three or four, all knew each other and were whispering to each other.

Zhao Yuanzhen also secretly looked at them and found that her outfit was pretty good. Everyone was dressed similarly and she did not lose face.

Just her pair of bracelets were the most beautiful among all the other beauties. After all, they were made in the royal palace, so they must be top-notch.

Those people probably exchanged information and found that no one knew Zhao Yuanzhen, so one of them was brave enough to start asking.

"Excuse me, who is this lady? We don't even know her!"

"My wife is General Zhao Yuanlan's sister. She just moved to the capital recently."

Lan Ying bowed and answered.

"Oh, so she is the sister of the newly promoted General Zhao! I wonder where her residence is? I can go visit her when I have time!"

"My wife loves rural life, so she built her mansion in a suburban village."

"Well, we'll visit again when we have time."

When they heard that it was in a suburban village, the ladies were dumbfounded.

How come General Zhao's sister is a peasant woman? But judging from her clothes and temperament, she doesn't look like one!

I'll have to find out more about this later.