Chapter 431 - Chapter 431: Chapter 431: The Wei Family Brothers in Desperation_1 (1/2)

Chapter 431: Chapter 431: The Wei Family Brothers in Desperation_1

“There’s no need, there’s nothing worth learning there. If you’re really curious, I will let Zhang Yi come over and explain it all to you.”, said Wei Jinyi.

“No need for that, I will go and see myself when I get the chance.”, Wei Ruo replied lightly.

Seeing that Wei Ruo was still determined to go once she gets the chance, Wei Jinyi’s eyes visibly darkened.

Wei Ruo could not help but chuckle in her heart; her elder brother was as obstinate as he was adorable when it came to her affairs.

Wei Ruo only dared to laugh briefly for fear that Wei Jinyi would take her seriously, she explained: “I was joking, I’m not planning to go right now, and I wouldn’t go in the future if there’s something important to do.”

“Hmm… It’s good if you don’t really intend to go.”

At this moment, the shop assistant at Qixia Pavilion finished packing Wei Jinyi’s rouges and powders, about a dozen large brocade boxes in total.

“Dear customer, the total is three hundred and fifty-six silver taels and seventy-four coins. Our shopkeeper has taken off the seventy-four coins for you, so you only need to pay three hundred and fifty-six silver taels. Would you like to take them now or should we deliver them to your residence?”

“Take them now,” Wei Jinyi answered, and then he took out a silver note to give to the waiter.

Wei Ruo glanced at it and saw that it said five hundred taels.

Good heavens, her elder brother was really wealthy; he casually whipped out a silver note worth five hundred taels.

After the shop assistant accepted the silver note, he gave Wei Jinyi change, then packed the brocade boxes in cloth bags, and hung them on the horses Wei Jinyi and Wei Ruo rode.

After coming out from Qixia Pavilion, Wei Jinyi accompanied Wei Ruo to a clothing store.

Most of the shops on this big street cater to princes and nobles. Just like the Qixia Pavilion, this Caiyun Room was the same.

Hence, the items sold inside were all of the highest quality, and prices were not cheap.

However, the best fabric available in the Caiyun Room was brocade; better fabrics can’t be bought by civilians and are all sent as tribute to the palace, where only the royalty and ministerial households could see.

Aside from selling fabric, the clothing store also sold readymade clothes, with the most fashionable styles available.

However, most of the readymade clothes in the shop were for display. If daughters from wealthy households liked a style, they would have a tailor measure their size at home and tailor the clothes for them.

Wei Ruo walked around the shop for a while, she did not plan to buy anything, she just wanted to see the styles.

Wei Jinyi spoke again: “Pack all of these.”

“No need for that,” Wei Ruo quickly stopped Wei Jinyi, “Elder brother, I still have a lot of fabric at home, I really don’t need any.”

There were plenty of rouges and powders from the Qixia Pavilion that Wei Ruo didn’t have, so she could study them one by one when she took them back. However, she had fabrics at home, and they were royal fabrics unavailable in the stores, no need to buy more.

Besides, fabrics are heavy and bulky, much harder to carry than rouges and powders. They only rode horses, which already carried a lot of rouges and powders, fabrics simply couldn’t fit.

Her status wasn’t suited for asking the shop assistant to deliver the fabric to the Loyal and Righteous Duke Residence.

There was just no need to buy the fabric.

Wei Jinyi looked into Wei Ruo’s eyes and finally gave up after seeing that she really didn’t want it.

After leaving the clothing store, Wei Ruo was a little hungry: “Could you treat me to a meal, elder brother?”

“Alright. Where would you like to eat, Ruo?”

“Let’s go to the most famous restaurant on White Tiger Street,” said Wei Ruo.

The most famous restaurant in the Capital City was not accessible to ordinary people; it was exclusively for the rich and powerful, and even those from prominent families require an advance reservation to dine.

While she couldn’t go to the most famous restaurant in Capital City, Wei Ruo could still go to the most famous one on White Tiger Street.