Chapter 56 Soft Seed Pomegranate
Liu Zheng couldn't stop eating, and he dared to try durian, which was a little scared at first.
The unique sweetness gripped his taste buds for a few seconds. This thing smelled bad, but he didn't expect it to be so delicious!
"Shopkeeper Shen, can I take this pomegranate back?"
He looked at the pomegranates on his hand that were bigger than his fist and had excellent color. The pulp inside was really like rubies.
The pomegranates brought to the palace as tribute were far inferior in appearance and size to those at Shopkeeper Shen's place, and the taste was even more incomparable.
Maybe it’s really the fruit of a fairy tree!
He wanted to give His Highness, Mr. Zhong, and his family a taste.
"Okay." Shen You found a bamboo basket and put a box of twenty in it.
Liu Zheng could have taken all the extra thousand taels from the extra dim sum sales. She calculated that the total turnover was ten thousand taels, and she didn't know how much more it was.
How important is the fruit? How many pomegranates can I buy with a few hundred taels of silver?
The seeds in ancient times were different from those today. Many things were not as tasty and the yield was small.
Most of the crops grown in modern times are new varieties improved by science and technology. For example, seedless watermelons and sunshine rose grapes can be bought in any supermarket
Those that were not tasty before have been eliminated.
Serious ancient people, even emperors, must have never eaten these fruits.
Liu Zheng was still touched in his heart. Shopkeeper Shen gave so much of such good fruit as he promised.
"If this kind of pomegranate were sold in the capital, dignitaries would definitely rush for it!"
After listening to his words, Shen You shook his head,
"In just a few days, the shop in your hands has brought in so many things that no one has ever seen before. Fresh fruits are different from others, and the transportation routes are easy to check."
After Shen You said this, Liu Zheng suddenly understood. He had just been carried away by excitement, and when he thought about it carefully, he felt a chill on his back.
“Shopkeeper Shen is still thoughtful.”
Shen You handed over the bamboo basket, "Are these enough?"
"Enough!"
Liu Zheng thanked him and left the shop happily holding a basket of pomegranates. Before returning home, he first sent it to the Prince's Mansion.
Li Heng's frown relaxed when he saw the fruit that seemed to be still containing water vapor placed on the table.
He picked up the knife, peeled off the skin, and tasted the crystal red flesh. The yard and the people sitting in the shop seemed to appear in front of him.
Zhong Jing swallowed, pomegranates were not a rare thing in this season, but they just felt more delicious when brought out in the shop.
As soon as he and Liu Zheng said goodbye and walked out of the Prince's Mansion, he couldn't wait to ask, "Where's my share? Give me a taste."
"How can I hide it privately on the carriage?"
Liu Zheng held the remaining half of the pomegranates like a treasure and picked five for Zhong Jing, "Is there any new news in the palace?"
"Not sure." Zhong Jing's voice was very low, "I heard that the Imperial Master is back, but no one has seen it."
What he didn't dare to say was that he felt that the saint was a little crazy now and was in a very bad state.
In recent years, the alchemists could not be offended by anyone in the palace. If they wanted to keep their current status, they had to drag the succeeding prince into the water and engage in the art of seeking immortality and refining elixirs.
It was impossible for His Highness to agree, so they wanted to support others. Looking at the calm capital, all forces were ready to move.
Last night, some people who were looking for death secretly sent people to the emperor's chamber to investigate, but no one came out alive.
The saint is so scheming and suspicious, so restless. If he hadn't been his favorite son, he would be dead now.
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Shen You closed the shop and began to make preparations for repairs.
When doing this job, you can't let your mind wander. You can't play movies or anything. Time flies very fast when you are fully focused.
Under the supplementary lamp, I worked until 10 o'clock in the evening.
Looking at the phoenix crown on the workbench, Shen You held the tools and sighed in his heart, the aesthetics of his ancestors are really amazing.
Just this shining golden hair crown, no one in ancient times would be able to steal it. She had made an appointment with the tailor shop owner, and seeing that it was almost time, she cleared the table, put her things in the storage compartment, and went upstairs to rest.
Early the next morning, after eating soup dumplings and a bowl of millet porridge at the entrance of the alley, she took five pieces of cloth to the tailor shop.
The boss knew that she had brought good food and was waiting in the store early.
Boss Zuo looked surprised when he saw the fabric Shen You put on the countertop, especially when he touched the two pieces of fabric Zhao Wanyi had given him.
"This is Shu Brocade!"
Boss Zuo excitedly pointed to another piece of fabric as soft as smoke, "There is also this soft smoke, the quality cannot be said!"
This young customer has a lot of background, and he was able to get so many valuable materials at once.
"I want these two pieces myself, and the remaining three pieces will be sold in the store." Shen You was referring to Shu Brocade and Ruanyanluo.
Shu brocade can be used to make cheongsam, and soft smoke can be used to make Hanfu.
"No problem." Boss Zuo was naturally happy, "That old customer from before will come over soon. She should want such good materials."
Shen You nodded and asked about the progress of the clothes he had ordered before.
"It's almost done. How about you wait in the store?" Boss Zuo said.
"Okay." Shen You nodded and paid for two more clothes.
Boss Zuo is an honest person. He said he would advance the construction deadline for her, but he actually did it by more than a month.
Shen You looked at the finishing work.
When the Hualuo cheongsam was finished in the hands of Boss Zuo, Shen You was also amazed.
In order to match the labor cost and material of this dress, she used low-key and gentle Hetian jade beads for the buckles.
"Lao Zuo, are these clothes made from that material?" an elegant female voice sounded in the store.
The speaker was a rich lady wearing Xiangyun gauze, and there was someone wearing a blue cheongsam next to her. Their clothes were also from this tailor shop.
"Yes, this Miss Shen ordered it."
As soon as Boss Zuo said this, both of them looked at Shen You, a little confused about the casual clothes she was wearing.
It stands to reason that people who can come here to have their clothes custom-made would not wear ordinary clothes like this.
"The finished product made from this material is really beautiful." Xiangyun Shafu looked at the cheongsam with regret.
"Miss Shen, you really don't want to sell it?"
It would also be a good idea to buy it and have it resized and give it to my daughter. This young girl doesn’t look like she has much money.
Shen You shook his head, "I won't sell it."
Boss Zuo took out the ingredients that Shen You brought just now and showed them, "Here are three pieces of ingredients that Miss Shen is willing to sell."
Seeing the better materials, the two rich ladies were immediately attracted to it, but they still saw the two pieces left by Shen You, which were obviously better.
I couldn't help but ask for more money to transfer, and the offer was 300,000 yuan. Shen You still didn't agree, and the two of them couldn't force it, so they had to settle for the next best thing.
Of the three pieces of ingredients, Mrs. Gu asked for one piece and Mrs. Yin asked for two pieces.
It can be seen that Mrs. Yin's strength and status should be higher. Mrs. Gu also likes the most expensive piece of material, but she still politely lets Mrs. Yin choose first.
Shen You made a total of 600,000 yuan.
I agreed with Boss Zuo on the construction period of these two pieces today, took the finished clothes, left the tailor shop, and went to the supermarket to buy myself some seafood and vegetables.
When I returned to my shop and was repairing cultural relics, an unexpected person came in from a random entrance.
A shop in a new dimension will be unlocked soon~
(End of chapter)