At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 88 Prodigal boy?
Gao Bufan chatted with Cui Hu for a while, but still did not see brothers Gao Shixiong and Dou Xianniang returning, he said: "Brother Cui, if you have other things to do, go ahead and do not wait here, so as not to waste your precious time."

Cui Hu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm idle anyway, why not go around with Mr. Gao, it just so happens that I'm quite familiar with this Ji County city, so it's barely enough to be a guide."

Although Gao Bufan is young, he is upright and unrestrained, he speaks well and behaves well. The key point is that he has novel and unique views on things, and often has refreshing words. After spending a few days with him, Cui Hu still has something to say. Just talk to him for a while.

Gao Bufan said with a smile: "If that's the case, then there must be Brother Lao Cui."

Cui Hu asked the attendant where Dou Xianniang and the others were leaving, and led Gao Bufan to wander along the street.Although this Jixian city is not as grand as the Beijing city in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, its scale is not small. It is divided into inner city and outer city.

Shuo means north, hence the name Siyi. Linshuo Palace is a palace close to the north. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty would live in this palace every time he visited Zhuojun.

As expected, Cui Hu was quite familiar with this Jixian city, and he introduced the structure of Linshuo Palace to Gao Bufan, how many craftsmen were recruited during the construction process, and how much money was spent.

"Brother Cui is so clear about this, could it be that this Linshuo Palace was built by your family?" Gao Bufan asked curiously.

Cui Hu shook his head and said with a smile: "How could the emperor's palace be handed over to the private sector? It was all undertaken by the Ministry of Industry. The Qinghe Cui family was only lucky enough to supply some stone and wood."

Although Cui Hu spoke modestly, Gao Bufan knew that these stones and woods were the main building blocks of the palace, just like the reinforced concrete and sandstone of the later generations. Without a certain backstage background, it is impossible to get the supply of this kind of project Da Dan, in other words, the Cui family of Qinghe has someone in the court, and they are people with real power who can speak.

Obviously, Cui Hu had "accidentally" shown Qinghe Cui's strength while talking and laughing, and quietly put on a show!

Gao Bufan then complimented: "It turns out that the Qinghe Cui family is also involved in the business of building materials in addition to raising horses. It really has a profound foundation, comparable to an extraordinary family!"

"Young Master Gao praised it absurdly. As the saying goes, the Cui family of Qinghe is a century-old family, and there are still some foundations. Of course, there is still a little gap compared with the eldest grandson's family!" Cui Hu said modestly.

Gao Bufan vaguely felt that there was something in Cui Hu's words, not to mention that Qinghe Cui's strength might not be inferior to that of the eldest grandson's family, what's the point of comparing the eldest grandson's family alone?
Gao Bufan pondered Cui Hu's words, the latter suddenly pointed to the front and said, "Hey, isn't that Shixiong and Shiheng?"

Gao Bufan looked up, and sure enough, he saw Gao Shixiong and his brothers eating haggis in front of a street stall, but Dou Xianniang was missing.

"Boss Changqing, Guanshi Cui, come over here. The mutton haggis here is really strong and delicious. Come over and taste it." Gao Shiheng and his brothers immediately puffed their cheeks when they saw Gao Bufan and Cui Hu. wave.

Cui Hu frowned imperceptibly. As the saying goes, scholars eat sheep and ordinary people eat pigs. Pork was not popular in the upper circles of the ancients. It was considered dirty meat, and eating mutton was a symbol of a scholar's status. However, sheep offal is not in the diet of scholars, and it is also because it feels dirty.

Cui Hu was born in the Qinghe Cui family, so naturally he doesn't eat haggis, but Gao Bufan is not so picky, he went up and sat down next to Gao Shixiong brothers, ordered a bowl of haggis and chopped it up, and found Sure enough, it is very chewy, and it is spicy. I don’t know what the stall owner added to it. Anyway, there is no such thing as chili at this time.

"The taste is really good, Brother Cui, do you want to try it?" Gao Bufan asked with a smile.

Cui Hu resisted a little at first, but seeing that Gao Bufan and the others were eating deliciously, he couldn't resist ordering a bowl to taste it, but he couldn't stop, and praised: "I didn't expect these lamb offal to be so delicious after cooking."

Gao Shixiong said proudly: "I'm not lying to you. I used to think this thing was dirty, but after eating it, I couldn't throw it away anymore. By the way, Boss Changqing, the delivery of the war horse has been done so quickly?"

Gao Bufan shook his head: "It will be handled tomorrow."

Brother Gao Shixiong wished they could stay outside for a longer time, so as not to have to go home and let Lao Tzu control them. Hearing this, he was not surprised but happy instead, so he didn't ask why, but continued to chop up big pieces with peace of mind.

"Have you seen Miss Dou?" Gao Bufan asked.

Gao Shiheng pointed forward without raising his head: "Buy clothes at the tailor shop in front...what is it called?"

"Raincoat Car" Gao Shixiong added carelessly.

"Raincoat car?" Gao Bufan asked curiously, "Such a strange name?"

Cui Hu frowned and thought for a moment: "I've never heard of it, oh, you should be talking about Yunshangxuan, right?"

Gao Shixiong laughed and said, "Oh...maybe, those three words know us, but we don't recognize them."

Gao Bufan couldn't help laughing, these two scumbags who only know how to wield knives and sticks are really embarrassing to the Bohai Gao family!
After Gao Bufan finished eating a bowl of haggis, he still didn't see Dou Xianniang coming out of Yunshangxuan. He thought that the girl was too picky when buying clothes and didn't care too much. However, after a while, he saw Dou Xianniang being chased away by two guys. Come out, eyes with tears, almost did not cry.

Gao Bufan's complexion changed slightly, he hurried over quickly, and asked with concern: "Miss Dou, what happened?"

When Dou Xianniang saw Gao Bufan, she immediately said tearfully, "Brother Gao, they bullied me!"

Gao Bufan's complexion sank, and he looked at the two guys unkindly. The two guys sneered fearlessly and said, "What's wrong with bullying you? If you don't have money, you still fumble and try. After you try it, you won't buy it." , don’t look at where we are, can a beggar like you come here, can you afford to pay for dirty clothes?”

Dou Xianniang spread her hands aggrievedly: "Brother Gao, my hands are not dirty at all, and I didn't touch their clothes."

Gao Bufan had vaguely guessed what was going on at this moment, it should be that the two guys saw Dou Xianniang wearing men's clothes, which were neither fish nor fowl, so the dog looked down on her and regarded her as a refugee and beggar.

"Didn't I give you the purse?" Gao Bufan asked suspiciously when he saw that Dou Xianniang was empty-handed and there was no purse around her waist.

Dou Xianniang hesitated for a moment, then turned around shyly, took out a purse from her bosom, and said embarrassingly: "This is Brother Gao's purse, I'm afraid I'll lose it, so ..."

Seeing the bulging purse, the two guys couldn't help but look at each other, feeling a little regretful in their hearts. If they had known that this rustic silly girl had money, they would have let her buy all the clothes she touched.

Gao Bufan took the purse that was still warm, feeling a little uncomfortable, and said softly: "Let's go in, Brother Gao will buy you clothes!"

Dou Xianniang blushed pretty, shook her head and said, "Brother Gao, why don't you... go buy it elsewhere."

Gao Bufan glanced at the two guys lightly, and comforted him: "It's okay, let's buy it here, whoever dares to look down on others, Brother Gao will smash him down with money." Mother's hand walked to the store.

The two guys twitched their lips secretly, but they still got out of the way wisely. After all, why don't you make money if you have money?
"Hey, why did you let her in again? You two bastards don't want to do it anymore?" An old guy who looked like a shopkeeper saw Dou Xianniang go back and forth, his old face suddenly became long, and he yelled at the two guys.

The two guys immediately said: "The shopkeeper, she has money!"

Gao Bufan threw away the purse in his hand, and said calmly: "Does the shopkeeper not do business if he has business?"

The old shopkeeper's eyes lit up immediately, and he immediately changed his face, and said with a flattering smile: "Yes, of course, please come here, sir, our Yunshangxuan is a century-old brand, and we have all kinds of clothes, men, women, old and young. It is up to you to choose, besides ready-to-wear, you can also make it yourself.”

Gao Bufan said indifferently: "Just now, this girl wrapped up all the clothes she saw and touched."

The old shopkeeper was overjoyed, but he didn't expect this beggar-like woman to get a rich man, and said with a smile on her face: "No problem, please wait a moment, my lord. What are you two doing, quickly wrap up the clothes for the young lady."

The two guys were both surprised and happy. It seems that today they met a rich second-generation prodigal. Regardless of 21 or [-], they wrapped up all the clothes that Dou Xianniang touched just now, and some untouched ones were also packed. Anyway, Gao As Bufan himself said, wrap up everything he has seen and touched, hehe, the word "seen" is very operable.

In the end, these two guys still had a lower limit, and they didn't use men's clothing to make up the number, but they also packed more than 20 sets of clothes in the end.Seeing this, Dou Xianniang blushed anxiously, and said, "Brother Gao, I don't want so many clothes!"

The two guys said innocently: "These clothes are the ones you touched and looked at just now, girl!"

"I... I didn't, you lied, Brother Gao, I only touched two sets, really only touched two sets!" Dou Xianniang was so wronged that tears rolled in her eyes.

Gao Bufan smiled and comforted: "It's okay, it's good to buy more, anyway, your father can still afford it!"

Dou Xianniang was quite touched at first, but she couldn't help but laugh when she heard the words. The old shopkeeper over there has already quickly dialed the abacus to calculate the price, and said with a smile: "There are 25 sets in total, totaling 28 yuan, and I will give you a change. Erase it, and you will benefit fifty-one thousand dollars."

Dou Xianniang's pretty face turned pale, and she blurted out, "So expensive?"

The old shopkeeper rolled his eyes and said: "Is this still expensive? We Yunshangxuan is a century-old brand, and the quality of clothes has always been first-class. This price is already considered a discount for you."

Gao Bufan nodded and said: "It's really not expensive, the average is only about two taels of silver a set, it's a good deal."

The old shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard the words, and regretted that he had lowered the price. The man in front of him seemed like a real loser.

"Well, how about this, ten sets of each style!" Gao Bufan said again.

The old shopkeeper and the two buddies stared round, and the former said suspiciously: "Ten sets of each? Are you joking, sir?"

(End of this chapter)