The next morning, Li Chang waited outside Lin Yanli's door early, waiting for Lin Yanli to wash up and dress up, and then followed her out of Yunlin Academy.
We went out together today for two purposes.
One is to buy wine, and the other is to visit friends.
Jinling City is the capital of the Rouge Kingdom, the largest capital in Chuanling Prefecture, and the richest place in the pass.
From the north to the south of this place, you can see all kinds of people, including official envoys, merchants and gentry, ordinary people, students studying, and traveling warriors and sorcerers. The prosperity is not inferior to some immortal passes.
Lin Yanli was dressed in Tsing Yi, with a snow-white fox fur draped behind her. She was walking along the street, attracting many passers-by to look sideways.
Of course, there were some young men with dirty thoughts towards Lin Yanli, but because Li Shang was carrying a sword box next to Lin Yanli, he didn't dare to approach rashly!
Look again at the token hanging around the girl's waist.
Yunlin Academy!
This completely eliminated the thoughts in my mind.
I'm afraid this is an immortal family from Guanhai Academy. I can't afford to offend him.
Lin Yanli didn't pay attention to these looks. He bargained with the shopkeeper in a liquor store and bought a batch of spirits at a price that he thought was extremely fair.
"Girl, you are such a good bargainer. We even lost money selling this batch of wine to you." The shopkeeper complained, accepted the money, and turned to go to the warehouse to get the wine.
Li Chang watched the shopkeeper leave and couldn't help but said: "Sister A Li, isn't it good for us to do this..."
When Lin Yanli heard this, he took out his little hand from his sleeve, tapped Li Shang's head lightly and said, "Do you believe what they say? If they had lost money, they would have been anxious a long time ago, so they wouldn't have poured out the wine.
When he sold it to us, he obviously thought we were not generous and they didn't make much money."
Li Chang pondered for a while, and it seemed to make sense.
Soon, the wine shop owner brought the wine and couldn't help complaining: "Young guest, you need to give me an extra tael of silver. These wine jars are going up and down, which makes our waiter exhausted."
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"Easy to say, easy to say." Lin Yanli narrowed his eyebrows and smiled.
Businessmen pursue profits, and what the wine shop owner said has been heard a lot in other wine shops before.
However, it does take a lot of effort to move these dozens of wine jars from the warehouse, so it is not a big deal to give them an extra tael of silver as hard-earned money.
When the shopkeeper saw Lin Yanli readily giving the money, his grumbling disappeared. He handed a list to Lin Yanli and said, "Little guest, please order. There are thirty-six jars of wine in total, divided into two portions as you ordered."
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Lin Yanli walked around in a circle and sniffed with his nose to make sure that the shopkeeper was not cheating people with cheap wine. He waved his sleeves and put the wine jars into his storage bag.
When the waiters in the wine shop saw this scene, they were all surprised. They knelt down and bowed to Lin Yanli, murmuring words such as "The Immortal Family bless you" and "The Immortal Family avoids evil and turns it into good luck".
The shopkeeper of the wine shop pushed his hand towards Lin Yanli and said flatteringly: "It turns out that the Xian family is visiting our store. It's a great honor. According to the rules of our store, the Xian family can give a 20% discount."
"Old Sun, how much silver did the Xian family just pay? Please calculate it quickly and return the extra silver to the Xian family."
The person the shopkeeper called was the accountant in the wine shop. The abacus clicked, and he handed the extra silver into Lin Yanli's hands and said, "This is the overpayment of silver from the Xian family. Please count it and keep it."
Lin Yanli looked at the money bag in her hand, glanced at it, and put it into her sleeve.
She thought that the money she paid was the lowest fair price, but she didn't expect that it could be even lower.
These businessmen are all incredibly shrewd!
After leaving the liquor store, Lin Yanli and Li Shang went to a tailor shop to buy two pieces of cloth, and then went to a quaint alley together.
Many old people were sitting on benches in the alley basking in the sun. They were a little surprised by Lin Yanli's arrival.
They have lived in this alley for many years, and most of the residents there are from poor families. Lin Yanli's clothes are completely different from those of them, making people inevitably take a second look.
Several old men whispered.
"Is there such a girl in our alley?"
"I think some brat from our alley has won the heart of a rich lady. I'm here to find him!"
"I don't know which family this boy is from, but if he really marries a girl from a rich family, it will really make us look bad!"
Li Shang clenched her fists and said close to Lin Yanli's ear: "Sister Ali, these people's gossip is really annoying."
Lin Yanli smiled helplessly and lowered her voice: "That's how people are, they have to find something to do for themselves. After all, you're quite old, so you can't argue with others. What if you piss them off and their family says no?
I will definitely blackmail you for a fortune."
"Turn a deaf ear and turn a blind eye. There is no need to be angry with people like them."
Li Chang nodded, but still glared at those people.
"Oh, look at that lady's servant, he's still staring at me."
"Hmph, when the boy from our alley becomes the head of the family, I will make him kneel on the ground and receive thirty big boards..."
Lin Yanli led Li Shang straight to the end of the alley, and stood in front of a closed red lacquer door at the end of the alley.
He reached out and knocked on the door.
After a moment, there was a creak and the door was opened.
A burly middle-aged man stood inside the door, looking at Lin Yanli and Li Shang with sharp eyes like a hawk.
"Who are you looking for?"
Lin Yanli smiled and said, "Do you have a boy named Wang Mingxi working as an apprentice here?"
The burly man nodded and pointed towards the yard.
In the corner of the yard, there was a young man in a coarse shirt, working hard to peel a section of tree trunk with a wood planer.
"Mingxi!"
Li Chang entered the yard first and called out to the boy in the corner.
When the young man heard the sound, he looked dullly at the door. After seeing the figure at the door clearly, he stood up tremblingly.
"Li Shang, and sister Ali!"
The young man opened his mouth and couldn't believe it. He rubbed his eyes with his dirty hands. After confirming the identity of the person in front of him, he quickly walked to Lin Yanli.
"You are coming to Jinling!"
At this time, the old master who was carving patterns on the wood in the house came to scold him, "Ali, what are you doing? This batch of goods will be delivered in the future. Do you want me to be accused of being untrustworthy?"
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Ali smiled at the young man and said, "Let's talk carefully."
"Uncle Ali, thank you!" Wang Mingxi nodded.
The three of them came to the apricot tree in the yard.
Wang Mingxi quickly went to the house to move three chairs, then wiped her dirty little hands on her body and said with some embarrassment: "It's a bit crude."
Lin Yanli didn't care. He turned his head slightly and took stock of his surroundings.
"How do people treat you here?"
Wang Mingxi glanced at the house in the distance and lowered her voice: "Everyone is very kind to me, but the master is very strict. If you don't do a good job, you will be scolded. Sometimes you will be beaten if you make a mistake, but the master will protect you every time."