Back and forth: I brought supplies to help the impoverished prince

Chapter 128: Secret Operation 2

"Girl, look, these jewelries are all made by the best craftsmen in the store with great care." Walking into a store that did not look high-end, Qiao Shinian was warmly welcomed in by the shopkeeper.

Qiao Shinian looked at the jewelry displayed by the shopkeeper, from simple silver jewelry to gold jewelry to gemstones, agate, and gold-inlaid jade.

Looking at the rows of jewelry, Qiao Shinian was a little confused: "What are the prices of these? I just said that I will only pay ten taels of silver at most, and I want to buy two pieces of jewelry.

You've given me so much that it's beyond my budget, so I won't buy it."

The shopkeeper secretly glanced at Mu Qingchen who was following behind Qiao Shinian, and smiled charmingly: "No, miss, whichever one you like, I will reduce the price appropriately for you, and I will remind you if the price is too high."

Qiao Shinian turned around and glanced at the person who was choosing accessories with interest behind her, and emphasized: "Don't look at him, I'm the one buying things, he won't pay."

The shopkeeper nodded with a smile: "I see, I see. Miss, take a look at these. Do you see anything that suits your taste?"

Qiao Shinian looked at them all and found that these things were all very finely crafted. She had hardly ever bought anything in an ancient jewelry store, so she didn't know the price, but it looked like they couldn't be bought for five taels of silver.

And with Mu Qingchen around, she was sure that the boss wouldn't rip her off.

Influenced by modern design, she didn't like these jewelries very much. When she looked at the jewelries she liked and then saw the materials on them, she would know that they were very expensive, so she would just skip them.

The shopkeeper was a little anxious when he saw Qiao Shinian directly skipping over the store treasures he had secretly stuffed in there: "Miss, don't you want to take a look at these?"

"Oh, you tell me these pieces of jewelry can be bought for five taels of silver? Even scammers wouldn't dare to use this price to defraud others! I can't afford them even if I see them, so why waste my time?"

The shopkeeper lowered his head and said "yes" repeatedly.

After Qiao Shinian went to make his next choice, the shopkeeper looked up at Qingyu in embarrassment. He naturally did not dare to look at Mu Qingchen's expression, so he could only focus his embarrassed gaze on Qingyu.

Qingyu shook her head, signaling the shopkeeper not to do anything that would arouse Qiao Shinian's suspicion.

Finally, Qiao Shinian chose a silver bracelet. She weighed it and asked, "How much is this?"

The shopkeeper said with a sad face, "Miss, I'll charge you the cost price, two taels of silver."

"Deal." Qiao Shinian took out a piece of silver from his purse and gave it to him.

The shopkeeper took out a small scale to weigh the pieces, cut off a small piece and gave it back to Qiao Shinian, "Miss, would you like to take a look at the others?"

"No, I only like this bracelet. The others are either not suitable or I don't like them." Qiao Shinian put on the bracelet. "I heard that wearing silver bracelets is good. It seems that it can see the physical condition or something. I haven't noticed it before. Now I can see if it's true."

Qiao Shinian happily raised the bracelet on his wrist to Mu Qingchen and said with a smile.

Mu Qingchen nodded, not bothered by the fact that Qiao Shinian took a long time to choose a silver bracelet that he thought was very simple, and said, "Then let's go to other stores to have a look."

"Ok!"

When the two men walked out, Qingyu threw a piece of silver to the shopkeeper and followed.

After visiting three shops in a row, Qiao Shinian didn't buy anything. Finally, he saw a silver chain with a jade pendant from a street vendor. After Qiao Shinian's clumsy bargaining, he sold it to him for four taels of silver.

Qingyu was a little confused. All the necklaces in those stores were better than this cheap jade pendant. Why did Qiao Shinian choose to buy such a cheap necklace from this small vendor?

"Just dress up now so you can look beautiful and watch the ceremony of summoning the gods tonight." Qiao Shinian was still somewhat happy. She was quite happy that she could spend a small amount of money to buy herself a necklace and a bracelet. After all, she and Wen Jiu were not rich, and the remaining money needed to be saved for the winter!

They had no sustainable economic source in the Zhou Kingdom, and could only rely on her to bring some gold and silver from the modern world for relief. If Wen Jiu and her money were all spent and they couldn't go back for a while, that would be a real dilemma.

"Don't you want to look at anything else?" Mu Qingchen frowned. It seemed that all his arrangements had gone to waste.

Qiao Shinian only bought a silver bracelet in the first store, and the one she is wearing around her neck now was also bought from a small vendor.

His instructions to Qingyu were not to arouse Qiao Shinian's suspicion, and that a few shops would be enough, but the jewellery inside must not be of too bad quality. As a result, the arrangements were made, but the person did not go.

Qiao Shinian shook his head and looked at his shrunken wallet: "That's all. It's enough."

"But you've been walking with me for so long, I'll treat you..." He looked around and found his target: "Drink some sour plum soup, then we'll go back and have a meal, take a break and come out again."

Mu Qingchen followed Qiao Shinian's line of sight and saw an old man carrying a load on his shoulder, shouting as he walked: "Sour plum soup~ the sour plum soup that will quench your thirst~"

"Yeah." Mu Qingchen nodded in response.

Qingyu was very worried about the safety of the sour plum soup. He turned to look at Yingzhu, and Yingzhu also frowned slightly.

Qiao Shinian happily walked up to the old man selling sour plum soup and stopped him: "I want two bowls of sour plum soup!"

The old man took out a clean bowl from his shoulder pole, poured a bowl of it into the bowl and handed it to Qiao Shinian: "Miss, this is four cents in total."

Qiao Shinian nodded, took out five or four copper coins from his purse, handed them to the boss and said, "Uncle, can you put it in a big bowl and pour it evenly into two bowls? The extra copper coin will be regarded as the cost of wasting a clean bowl."

The old man naturally nodded in agreement, but he was still a little surprised at Qiao Shinian's behavior and couldn't help but look at her a little more.

Qiao Shinian walked towards Mu Qingchen with two bowls of sour plum soup. She drank one bowl on the way. She thought that it might be because she had drunk modern blended sour plum soup before. She always felt that this sour plum soup lacked something. Moreover, it was a hot day and the soup was warm.

"Drink it, it's quite fresh, but not sour enough." Qiao Shinian handed the bowl to Mu Qingchen.

Yingzhu wanted to stop him. How could her prince drink water on the street like this? It really, really damaged the prince's image.

Mu Qingchen took it and watched Qiao Shinian wipe the water stains from the corners of his mouth with one hand. He drank it silently.

At this moment, Qingyu suddenly raised his sword and stood in front of Qiao Shinian.

Qiao Shinian was startled, and she quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Something is flying over here." Qingyu lowered his head and picked up the thing that was blocked by the scabbard and fell to the ground. It was a peanut.

Qiao Shinian was just wondering when he heard someone on the opposite building say loudly, "Wow, what a good mood! You're actually drinking sour plum soup from the street. Tsk tsk! So miserable."

As he spoke, another peanut fell into her bowl. Qiao Shinian took a step back, hid the bowl behind her, and said speechlessly: "Tsk! How come I can run into you everywhere! Mr. Mo, why are you so boring? I'm drinking sour plum soup..."

Halfway through her words, Qiao Shinian looked at Mu Qingchen, who looked unhappy, and her heart skipped a beat. She had just drunk the sour plum soup and it was fine. Was it because the taste was not good enough that Mu Qingchen did not like it, or was the sour plum soup poisonous?

When she thought that Mu Qingchen had the problem because he drank the sour plum soup she gave him, she felt that something bad was going to happen to him, and hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong with the sour plum soup?"

She and he drank the same bowl of sour plum soup, so it shouldn't be just Mu Qingchen who has something wrong!

"No." Mu Qingchen smiled gently at Qiao Shinian and suppressed his dissatisfaction with Mo Lin.

Qiao Shinian finally felt relieved. She asked, "Can I be disrespectful to him? If he blames me, can you support me?"

"can!"

Qiao Shinian took the bowl from Mu Qingchen's hand and handed it to Qingyu, motioning him to return it to the old man selling sour plum soup, revealing an arrogant smile.