Chapter 391 (1/2)

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t.i.tle: The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 391 - A pair of purple jade, one thousand five hundred taels (2)

Yan Buba was smiling as he fiddled with the abacus. ”Boss, you've earned several thousand silver taels in one morning because of the actions of the various major rice merchants. We have enough money to fulfill all of these tenant farmer contracts. After the imperial court takes their share of the autumn harvest, the rest of the grains can all enter Ji Store's granary. In addition, contracts had been signed with other rice merchants, and the rice will be sold wholesale to them at a below market price.

Ji Man felt very grateful towards Ning Yuxuan for helping her so much. It was about time for her to send a gift his way.

After thinking it over, Ji Man stood up and said, ”I'm going out for a bit. Watch the store for me. Also, invite the other rice shopkeepers to have dinner with me.”

”Understood.” Yan Buba nodded.

The weather was pretty good today, so Ji Man wanted to go out for a stroll and buy Ning Yuxuan a gift in the pa.s.sing. Partic.i.p.ating in gift giving to those above her was simply how the world worked. Marquis Moyu was such a high-ranking official. It was only natural that she should send him a gift.

However, she didn't need to put too much thought into this gift. She simply went inside a jade store and decided any expensive item would do. Ji Man lowered her head to carefully look at the top-quality jade pieces. From the corner of her eyes, she saw a pair of purple jade.

Purple jade was truly rarely seen, and this jade was a half-finished good without any engravings.

”Young Sir, you have good eyes. Purple jade is a rare item, and this store only has this pair as its treasure.” The shopkeeper solicitously came over and said, ”You can have whatever you want engraved on the surface.”

”How much is it?” Ji Man picked up a piece. It's smooth surface felt slightly cold.

The shopkeeper rubbed his fingers together and said, ”The piece that you're holding is a thousand taels. If you buy both, this one will give you a discount and only charge one thousand and five hundred taels.”

Ji Man almost dropped the piece of jade.

A thousand taels? For a lousy piece of jade? This was highway robbery.

”Please be careful with it.” The shopkeeper hurriedly took the jade from her and murmured, ”This is a rare piece of jade. Selling it for this price is already very low.”

Ji Man slowly breathed out and wanted to look at something else. However, after seeing that purple jade, nothing else looked good enough in comparison.

Agonizing, Ji Man asked, ”If two pieces are a thousand and five hundred taels, shouldn't one piece by itself be only seven or eight hundred taels?”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, ”No. The price for one piece is a thousand taels.”

”It's not like this is matching pair!” Ji Man gritted her teeth.

”It's store policy,” the shopkeeper said, ”If you buy more, we'll be willing to sell the items at a cheaper unit price.”

Ji Man felt very hesitant. The cost for buying one piece was too expensive, but buying two pieces would be even more expensive. Even though he had control over the Six Ministries, she wasn't willing to give something so expensive to Ning Yuxuan!

”I'll buy the other piece,” said the person that had been standing in the doorway for a long time.