Shuiling asked deliberately: "Third sister, how much cloth do you think we need?"

Baitao came back to her senses, pursed her lips and asked, "The second sister is the eldest lady? What's going on?"

Shui Ling smiled and said: "The owner of the ship is my master. Of course I am the eldest lady, but I will not give you anything for free. After all, they worked hard to get it."

Baitao chuckled, "I don't need you to give it away for free. I just want to exchange it for three feet of cloth. Isn't that considered greedy?"

Shui Ling nodded, "Well, I can give you four feet, is it cheap?"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Shui Ling knew that if she gave it away for free, her husband's family would probably feel that they were taking advantage of it, and all the aunts and uncles would come to ask for it.

It's cheaper for me to give it to her. When outsiders ask, just say it's a sisterly relationship, and others won't be so shameless to take it for nothing.

It can be regarded as less trouble for myself and the Baitao family.

In the end, Bai Tao replaced four feet of muslin cloth with scallops and dried shrimps.

Shui Ling deliberately went to help with the cutting, but ended up knocking off a batch of navy blue linen and stepping on it.

"Oh, look, I'm so stupid. I damaged this piece of cloth. Can I give it to you cheaper?"

Baitao is not a fool. How could she not know that Shuiling did this on purpose, just to use her head to give her some fabric?

The fabric was navy blue and could be made into clothes that could be worn by both men and women. She nodded immediately, "I want this, how much does it cost?"

Shui Ling smiled and said, "Let's do this. We don't have room to carry the sea goods. You give us the basket and a few pearls."

Bai Tao understood instantly. After she got married, she searched for her trousseau and found a lot of beautiful pearls. Today she wanted to see if she could sell them.

"Okay, okay."

She took out the purse containing pearls and gave them all to Shuiling.

Shui Ling was speechless, this girl was smart sometimes, why is she so stupid now?

She smiled and said: "Don't have so many. If you don't need it, you can sell it to me and then go buy what you want."

"Ah, this... I don't know how much it costs." Baitao looked confused.

Shui Ling looked at her man and asked, "What do you think?"

Baitao's husband's face turned red, "My wife has the final say on her own."

In ancient times, men would not care about their wives' dowry, unless they were stingy enough to calculate it.

Shuiling thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. I'll give you ten taels of silver for each of these colored pearls, and the rest will be priced based on their size and roundness."

In fact, there were few gems in ancient times, and pearls were relatively easy to obtain, but there were not many large and beautiful pearls, so their value was not low.

Baitao thought for a moment and said, "How about you give me the price of the dishes and the rest will be used as medicine for you."

Seeing her hands trembling with excitement, Shui Ling could only nod, "Okay, then it's settled."

She counted the eight colored ones, which were white and of different sizes, and the quality was not very good.

She smiled and said: "That's eighty taels. You go and choose something, then we can put it together and calculate it later. I will refund the extra money to you, so as not to have to give it back and forth."

"Okay." Baitao nodded immediately, pulled her husband with her, and started walking from stall to stall holding the cloth.

Shuiling laughed. The people here are not so feudal. A couple can hold hands in the street, and no one will laugh at them. They only think that the young couple has a good relationship.

In the afternoon, the village chief brought people to get the seeds, and Shuiling asked people to lift all the seeds off the boat.

She explained how to plant the seeds one by one, and the village chief listened very carefully.

After Shuiling finished speaking, the village chief said with a smile: "I remember, it turns out that peanuts have to be trampled. No wonder the peanuts planted before were harvested."

Shui Ling smiled. If you don't step on the rice seedlings, there will be less fruit, but it won't be as exaggerated as no harvest.

Regardless, Shui Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, it was not that he didn't care about this place, so there was no need to be so nervous.

After seeing off the village chief, Baitao came to Shui Ling with a waiter pushing a wheelbarrow.

Shui Ling smiled and said, "Are these all?"

Baitao nodded, "Well, I've done the math. These are eighty-five taels. Can you give me a discount of five taels?"

Seeing her fawning and obedient look, Shui Ling couldn't help but smile, "Okay, okay, who made you my third sister? That's right."

The man pushing the cart just nodded to Shui Ling, and Shui Ling knew that Baitao was not lying.

It's normal to add zeros when buying something worth 85 taels elsewhere, let alone here.

She smiled and said: "By the way, I have to go with the boat. I don't know when I can come next time, so I can't see your baby being born. I will give them gifts first, but you have to keep them well."

After saying that, she covered it with her sleeves and took out two mutton-fat jade safety buttons from the space.

"Here, put it away."

Baitao didn't have much knowledge, she just thought these two round buttons were pretty, "Okay, I'll definitely put them away."

But her man was knowledgeable and took a deep breath with a hiss. He wanted to say something, but Shui Ling glared at him and dared not speak.

Shui Ling smiled and said: "Okay, go back quickly, this is a safety buckle, it can keep the child safe."

"Okay, I'm going back first." Baitao tucked the safety button into her lapel and covered it, which showed that although she was careless, she cherished it.

After they had left for a while, Baitao saw that her husband-in-law looked unnatural, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Her husband was embarrassed and said: "This sister of yours is extraordinary. It's mutton-fat jade. You can change it with a safety buckle outside..."

He thought for a while and decided to exchange the silver into grain to make units. "It can be exchanged for more grain than we can eat in ten years."

"What?" Baitao was dumbfounded, "It's so valuable? Do we want to give it back?"

"No need, I will just return the favor with pearls when I touch good shells."

"All right."

The couple walked thoughtfully.

At this moment, Shui Ling had nothing to do. She returned to the boat and saw her master taking notes.

She asked curiously: "Master, what are you writing?"

Shi Xinfeng said: "I think I can open a shop in Xindu."

Shuiling asked curiously: "What kind of shop do you open? Selling seafood?"

"Yes, Xindu is far away from the sea. You will definitely make money selling seafood." Shi Xinfeng actually had a day when he lost sight of money.

Shui Ling looked sideways, "Master, don't you regard money as dirt?"

Shi Xinfeng's eyes widened, "Who said that? Nothing in this world is possible, but you can't do it without money."

Shui Ling laughed, "Yes, you can do it, I can ask the emperor for a shop."

The smile on Shi Xinfeng's face froze. He put down his pen with a serious face and looked at Shui Ling seriously, "Girl, let's sit down and talk."

Shui Ling's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that there had been changes in Kyoto? He could no longer ask for a shop from the emperor?

Or maybe the emperor no longer wants the shop as a reward and just wants to make it state-owned?

She sat down in front of Shi Xinfeng with various speculations in mind.
Chapter completed!