Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 43 Imitation and Genuine Products

Caiyi did what she said, ever since she suspected that Mrs. Zhang wanted to harm the child in her womb, she really didn't eat the food from the big kitchen, and only cooked food by herself in the small kitchen in the back study.

I don't know how she tortured Gu Yong, but in the past two days, Gu Yong finally agreed to do the shopping here in the study room by themselves.

Although Caiyi is just a girl, and she doesn't even have the status of a girl in the connecting room, but this review is somehow generous, and the amount of money purchased for the back study is actually compared to the two aunts in Muchunyuan.

Caiyi held the money in her own hands, and refused to give it to Gu Sixiao easily. Even if she used the money to buy things for her, she repeatedly said that she was not everyone's daughter, and she didn't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt. , Don't have bad intentions to enrich yourself.

Gu Sixiao really didn't want to be greedy for those little money.Although she has no money now, she has seen the world after all, and she has had a lot of money in her hands, so how could she be greedy for that little money.

For Gu Sixiao, the biggest advantage of this matter is that she can leave the Gu family. Although she has to go out of the house with the sister-in-law of the Cheng family who is doing the shopping in the kitchen, she can slip away if she gets to know each other well. After strolling for an hour or two by myself, we will meet up at the vegetable market and go back to the mansion together.

In fact, rather than saying that Mrs. Cheng helped her, it would be better to say that it is convenient for both parties to act separately.

This sister-in-law Cheng is the daughter-in-law of Mother Cheng in the big kitchen. Although she is not very beautiful, she is very eloquent, and she is aggressive and aggressive when bargaining with vendors.It has been seven or eight years since she has been in charge of kitchen shopping at Gu's family. She looks simple, but the heavy gold ring on her finger is not like gold-plated copper as she said.

There is probably no one who does not make money from buying, and Gu Sixiao didn't understand much earlier, but now that they Gu's family used to be, there were many such people, right?
It's just that there is not much difference, so her sister-in-law just turned a blind eye. Forget it, this kind of thing can't be banned, even if you change a group of people, you still can't escape the word "fishing". Forget about this group of people.

It has been a long time since I went to the street, and Gu Sixiao couldn't tell what it was like to walk in a familiar but unfamiliar street market.

Those shops that used to belong to their Gu family have already changed their surnames. Even the root of the Gu family, Gu Ji Shan Xing, has the surname Luo, let alone others?

Standing across the street, Gu Sixiao stared blankly at the plaque on the door of Luo Ji, only to feel that his eyes were hurt by the rare sun in winter.

Closing her eyes, she lowered her head and stood silently for a while before stepping forward.

Although it is the same fan shop, the decoration of Luo Ji fan shop is different from Gu Ji.In the past, Gu Ji was elegant and noble, while Luo Ji was extraordinarily gorgeous.

At first glance, there are no customers in the shop, which is natural. If it is already the twelfth lunar month, and even the best fans are locked in the bottom of the box, how can anyone come to buy fans?
The shopkeeper was not there, and there were only two clerks sitting on the stools dozing off in the shop. It had been a long time since Gu Sixiao walked in, and only one clerk woke up when he accidentally opened his eyes.

"Hey girl, are you here to buy a fan?"

Gu Sixiao nodded, but didn't respond. She turned her eyes and walked towards the glazed cabinet beside her.

Following her, the guy smiled and said, "Miss, are you buying spring fans for your lady? My family just published a few new ones in the past two days. They are absolutely new styles that I have never seen before..."

Glancing back at him, Gu Sixiao remained calm, but cursed secretly in his heart.

Ladies from a good family are called Niangzi and Xiaoniangzi, and only girls from brothels are called Miss.This guy thinks she is the girl of some brothel oiran.Also, where are there still a few fans who buy fans at this time?In previous years, the Gu family's business at this time was only [-]-[-]% of that in summer.

On the other hand, Luo Ji, although other things are not for sale, but this spring fan does not distinguish between seasons, it is used in the boudoir to add interest, and it is not really used, so why divide it into seasons!
It seems that Luo Ji is now selling some spring fans.

Ignoring the guy, Gu Sixiao stopped and stared fixedly at the round fan in the glazed cabinet. After a long time, she turned her face away.

Biting her lip, her nose was already a little sore.

She is too familiar with the round fan placed on the shelf in this glazed cabinet.

This round fan is made of jade, bordered with gold and silver, ivory as the handle, covered with silk gauze, painted with fine brushwork peach blossoms, and inlaid with five precious stones such as amber, coral, clam, glass and agate. It was the "Seven Treasure Peach Blossom Fan" made by her elder brother Gu Liubai himself.

"Ah, you girl has good eyesight. This Seven Treasures Peach Blossom Fan was made by me, Luo Ji. It is more exquisite and precious than the Gu family's before..."

The guy behind said with a smile, but Gu Sixiao's eyes were still fixed on the fan.

Although the fan-making industry has a lot of following trends, once a fan is made, other fan industries will follow suit, but Gu Sixiao can be sure that this is not a follow-up work, it is the work of the Gu family. The one that came out.

Even if it can be imitated elsewhere, no one else can imitate the vibrant and fragrant Meticulous Peach Blossom on the fan.

Although the fan was made by the elder brother, but the peach blossom was painted by her own hands.

The four generations of the Gu family run a fan business, and they all work in calligraphy and painting. Painting on fan surfaces is a basic skill that has been practiced since childhood.Whether it's a paper fan or this kind of silk fan, for Gu Sixiao, they are all used to draw.

The eldest brother, Gu Liubai, is good at facial features, good at landscape, and likes ladies.As for her, she is saving flowers in lowercase script, especially good at fine brushwork, flowers, birds, fish and insects, all kinds of things.

Therefore, the fan surface of the Seven Treasure Peach Blossom Fan was painted by her.The paint used is the secret recipe of her Gu family. The blue color of Danqing will not fade after years. Compared with the paintings of other families, the colors are more vivid and charming.

Because of this, she recognized at a glance that it was the Seven Treasure Peach Blossom Fan that was supposed to be a witness and was locked in the yamen.

"Brother, do you think this is newly made by Luo Ji?" Gu Sixiao turned her head, looked at the guy, and asked with a smile, "How is it sold?"

"Of course it's good. When it was hot a few months ago, many women in the city bought this, even in Hangzhou, some people came here to buy it!" The guy puffed out his chest, very proud.

"Oh, how much does it cost?"

After hearing Gu Sixiao's words, the guy blinked and smiled ambiguously, "This price is naturally more expensive than others..."

"You just say how much it is, you don't need to say anything else. Oh, you think I can't afford it, don't you?"

The guy smiled, don't say it explicitly, but the meaning is clear, "Girl, this fan costs 500 taels of silver."

As soon as he finished speaking, he tilted his head to look at Gu Sixiao, and seeing that she was silent and her expression didn't change, he couldn't help but flatten his mouth.

This girl, is she scared?That's right, not to mention just a girl, even a woman from a well-to-do family may not see 500 taels of silver in her life!

I don't know what the buddy thinks of her, but Gu Sixiao tilted her head and said flatly, "It's quite expensive."

In terms of the cost of this fan, it is only about a hundred taels. When the Gu family sold it for 300 taels of silver, in addition to the cost, the workmanship, artistry, and reputation all have to be counted as money.But this Luo Ji, it's not that Gu Sixiao looks down on people, Luo Ji's workmanship is simply not comparable to that of the Gu family, let alone the elder brother, or even the experienced workers of the Gu family.Moreover, Luo Ji's painter is extremely vulgar, and his paintings of spring fans are already useless.

"Miss, you don't know, this Seven Treasures Peach Blossom Fan, just these materials..."

He was only halfway through when Gu Sixiao stopped him, "Is this really a new fan from your Luo family? How do I look at it, it looks like the work of the Gu family!"

Turning her head and looking at the buddy with a smile, she said with a smile: "Do you think that I am a girl who has never seen good things, so you are fooling me? Yes, I am a little girl, but our wife, what I eat and use All of them are exquisite, I have seen this fan of the Gu family before. Well, take this fan out, and I will see if the word 'Gu' is engraved on the bottom of the handle."

When she said these words, the guy's face sank.

"I'm sorry, girl, this glazed cabinet is locked, and I don't have the key. Besides, what's here is the first 'Seven Treasures Peach Blossom Fan' issued by our bank, and it's not for sale."

This girl has really seen the fans of the Gu family, and even knows the logo of the Gu family's fan shop.

"Oh, not for sale! You plan to make a living sign, right? I just don't know if the one your customer bought is exactly the same as this fan!"

There was a smile on her face, and Gu Sixiao's voice was soft, but what she said could make people fall over with anger.

He laughed dryly, and when the clerk turned his eyes, he saw someone coming into the shop, and hurriedly greeted him, "Xiao Qi, greet the guests..."

Shouting, he nodded at Gu Sixiao, and then he turned towards the two men in fox fur.The buddy he called over greeted Gu Sixiao with a smile. Although he was smiling, it was already far-fetched.

"It's true, I greet rich guests myself, but I hand over me, who has no money, to you to greet..."

Sometimes I think, I really feel that she was a fool in the previous life. After reliving, I realized that people's thoughts are written on their faces. Every subtle movement, every look is all because of their deepest desire.

After being said so bluntly by Gu Sixiao, the guy named Xiao Qi couldn't help laughing. He turned his head and took a peek, and was relieved to see that the guy didn't look at him.With a smile, he asked in a low voice: "Girl, what are you going to buy for the lady at home? May I introduce you to you?"

Gu Sixiao smiled, turned around without making a sound, but followed.

The guy who was talking with the two guests with Xiao turned his head and stared at Gu Sixiao, the smile on his face was already a little stiff.

"Why did the plaque change? I remember that this is Gu Ji, the fan of Wang's shop!"

The man who asked in a rough voice was wearing a Firefox fur and a gold ring inlaid with rubies.

No matter how you look at it, he is a rich and powerful master, so the guy is naturally careful to pay 12 points, and he is really afraid that Gu Sixiao will say something again and ruin his business.

"The guest officer doesn't know, but the Gu family committed a crime before, and now they are no longer in this business. Although Luoji, a small shop, does not have the false name of fan king, the fans it produces are better than the Gu family."

"Really? If that's the case, then why didn't your family become the fan king?"

(End of this chapter)