Chapter 66: Wang San Niang Looks Down on People with a Dog's Eyes

  At this moment, Xu Mingxia became worried again. This horse carriage was so slow, what if they arrived at Wenxiang's place after he had finished eating and left? Wouldn't she have made a futile trip then? Thinking of this, she urged the old woman driving the carriage to hurry up, to go even faster.

  In another place, Xu Mingjin took Yu Zhu to stroll around with great enthusiasm. Whenever they came across a shop, they would go in, whether it was a clothing store, a cosmetics store, or a jewelry store... She strolled past each one, and after making the rounds, there were more than 100 taels of silver missing from her purse. Yu Zhu secretly cursed: This young lady's father doesn't love her mother, I didn't expect her to be so generous with her spending. When she opened her purse to take out the silver notes, she herself had sneakily taken a peek inside and saw that it was thickly stacked!

  Xu Mingjin saw the look in Yuzhu's eyes and suddenly remembered that when she was in modern times, her phone had been stolen twice by pickpockets on the street. She then thought about how there must be many thieves on the streets of ancient times as well. She quickly came up with an idea and called over Yuzhu. The two of them sold some silk fans and went to a clothing store, where they took advantage of being in a private room to switch purses. Xu Mingjin put her purse, which had money in it, on Yuzhu and took Yuzhu's purse, which only had two small pieces of silver inside. Xu Mingjin took out the silver and then folded up the silk fans into the shape of silver notes, putting them in the empty purse and hanging it from her own body.

  "Miss, what are you doing?" Jade Bamboo asked in a puzzled tone.

  Xu Mingjin smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll know when the time comes." After finishing speaking, he put the two pieces of broken silver into his sleeve pocket and said to Yuzhu, "I'll return it to you when I get back."

  "Miss, even if you don't return it, I'm fine."

  Xu Mingjin shook his head: "You work so hard every month and only earn this much, how can I bear to swallow your money? Don't worry, this is just a temporary measure. When we get back, I'll return double the amount to you."

  Jade Bamboo found it amusing and knew that if they continued, there would be no end to it. So she stopped talking, and the two of them stood up and left the clothing store. The owner of the clothing store sneered from behind: "Hmph, looking at how they're dressed, it turns out they're so poor they can't even afford a single piece of clothing."

  Xu Mingjin swallowed his anger and was about to leave when the shop owner added, "I don't know which family's concubine or servant girl you are, pretending to be a young lady. Bah!"

  Xu Mingjin stopped in her tracks, turned around and walked back to the crowd's astonished gaze, and stood in front of the clothing store owner, saying: "Open your dog eyes wide, who is the concubine? You are the concubine, your whole family is a concubine! I was just browsing in your store, but your clothes are so bad that I didn't like them, so I didn't buy any. I have money, but even if I don't buy your clothes, what's wrong with that? Do you need to be so hurtful? It's said that being gentle brings wealth, but you're so sharp and bitter, you'll offend all the gods of fortune! I think you should just close up shop!"

  The owner of the clothing store, upon hearing Xu Mingjin's words, became enraged and jumped up three feet high: "I'm petty and stingy? You don't even ask around, my store has been open for decades in this capital city! Even noble people from the palace have come to buy clothes here. What do you know, you little yellow-haired brat? You say you look down on the clothes here, are your eyes covered in shit? Who in this capital doesn't praise Wang San Niang's beautiful clothes?"

  Xu Mingjin originally just couldn't help but distinguish, now seeing Wang San Niang's unyielding appearance, it actually brought out the unwillingness to admit defeat in Xu Mingjin's heart. She coldly laughed and walked to Wang San Niang's back, picked up the clothes on the counter, looked at them one by one, and said: "This piece, the color is too monotonous, earthy yellow, it's really ugly." Then she picked up another piece: "The collar of this dress is too tight." She picked up another piece again: "This piece uses three or four colors, it's gaudy, are you preparing to sell it to middle-aged women?" "And this piece..." Xu Mingjin commented on all the clothes in the shop, she said one sentence, the surrounding ladies laughed one time, it was very lively.

  Wang San Niang was so angry that her whole body trembled, and after a long time, she squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth: "You're so disdainful of my clothes, unless you can bring out better clothes than mine in the store, otherwise, today, you don't think about leaving this shop!"

  Xu Mingjin frowned: "You're being too unreasonable, I'm a thousand-gold miss, not a seamstress, please get it straight. Besides, I came out to buy clothes, not sell them, what's the logic in carrying clothes around while shopping? Alright, I know what I just said, you don't agree, so here's the deal, bring me pen, ink and paper, I'll draw a picture of a dress, if it's more beautiful than all the dresses in your store, then you can make things difficult for me."

  Wang San Niang saw that Xu Ming Jin was young, but when faced with her aggressive momentum, he didn't flinch or get nervous, and could still talk eloquently. She couldn't help but admire Xu Ming Jin. After thinking about what Xu Ming Jin said, she felt that following his words would not bring her any loss. So she nodded in agreement.

  At this moment, a child suddenly emerged from the crowd, angrily took out a purse and threw it at Xu Mingjin, saying: "She's a cheat! She doesn't have any money at all! Her purse is filled with blank paper!"

  Everyone listened and looked at Xu Mingjin with disdain, it turned out that Wang San Niang had just said was right! Wang San Niang also showed a contemptuous expression.

  Xu Mingjin picked up the purse that had been smashed onto his body and smiled at the child, saying: "So it was you who stole my purse."

  The child was taken aback upon hearing this.

  It was only then that everyone thought, Ah yes, this child is a thief. Everyone began to accuse the child, saying that at such a young age he should be learning something good, but instead he chose to become a thief.

  The child said discontentedly: "But this girl doesn't have any money on her at all, and just now she still cheated everyone saying that she had a lot of money."

  Xu Mingjin instructed Yu Zhu to take out the purse and open it in front of the child. Inside, there was a thick stack of silver notes, worth at least tens of thousands of taels. The people around them were shocked, wondering how someone could be carrying so much money while just strolling down the street. From the moment she saw the silver notes, Wang San Niang's intestines turned green with regret. If only she had known that this young woman was so wealthy, she would never have spoken sarcastically to her. Even if she didn't make a purchase this time, there would be next time. Wang San Niang was certain that she could turn Xu Mingjin into a regular customer of her clothing store. But now... she had let a big fish slip away! Wang San Niang secretly pounded her chest in frustration.

  Xu Mingjin looked at the child and said, "You've been following me for several streets, right? I just thought someone was trying to steal my silver, so I used a trick to deceive you. Otherwise, wouldn't my silver have been stolen by you?"

  Everyone exclaimed: "What a clever move!"

  The little kid heard this and glared at Xu Mingjin with anger, then slipped away like a slippery loach through the gap in the crowd.

  Xu Mingjin looked at Wang San Niang, who smiled awkwardly and said: "Miss, it's me who didn't recognize a treasure when I saw one. Please forgive me for that."

  Xu Mingjin knew that Wang San's mother suddenly changed her attitude, it must be because he took out the silver ticket. What a powerful person. Xu Mingjin didn't answer her, but said: "Boss, I'm going to start painting now."

  Wang San Niang wanted to stop her, but found herself unable to find a reason to do so. Xu Ming Jin had already begun painting. In her mind, she was extremely familiar with all sorts of ancient costumes and accessories, almost without thinking, she started drawing as if possessed by a spirit. After just a short while, she had already finished the painting. Xu Ming Jin blew dry the ink marks, and handed the picture to Wang San Niang to look at.

  Wang San Niang's eyes widened immediately, and she said repeatedly: "Good, good, good." She said three good words. Those who were close by stretched their heads to take a look, but saw that the paper was drawing an extremely beautiful wide-sleeved shirt that they had never seen before. The crowd burst into applause.

  Wang San Niang's eyes sparkled as she said: "Miss, I was just talking nonsense earlier. I apologize to you."

  Xu Mingjin nodded and was about to turn around and leave, when Wang San Niang hastily said: "Miss, please stay a moment!"

  Xu Mingjin turned around. Wang San Niang said: "Please, Miss, let's talk inside."

  Xu Mingjin smiled and followed Wang San Niang into a closed small package room in the clothing store.

  Wang San Niang said: "I don't know how to address the young lady?"

  "Just call me Miss Xu."

  Wang San Niang's eyes rolled, and there were many families with the surname Xu in this capital city, from high-ranking officials to merchants, all had families with the surname Xu. She really couldn't guess which family's young lady she was.

  "I'll buy that dress from Miss Xu! Name a price!"

  Xu Mingjin pondered, whether to cooperate with her or not, and draw out the clothes in her mind to sell to her. This Wang San Niang was shrewd and selfish, did he really want to cooperate with her? But Xu Mingjin thought of the saying "no water no fish", how many people in this world were not selfish? Forget it, it's her then! Anyway, she didn't plan on opening a tailor shop.

  Xu Mingjin said: "I don't know if Wang San Niang just wants to do this one deal or cooperate in the long term?"

  Wang San Niang asked: "What's the long-term plan and method?"

  Xu Mingjin explained: "Long-term cooperation means that I regularly give you some clothing designs, and your store's people make them, while you pay me a monthly fee."

  "Girl, you're so rich, why care about this?"

  "Who would complain about having too much money?"

  Wang San Niang thought for a moment, and indeed it was this reason. So she said: "You tell me in detail!"

  Xu Mingjin said: "I will draw many clothes that others have not seen before, and they will definitely sell well when made into garments. I will only give you one house to paint, but," Xu Mingjin paused for a moment, and Wang San Niang's heart skipped a beat as she had been extremely excited about what Xu Mingjin was saying. She quickly asked: "But what?"

  "For every piece of clothing made according to my design, I want a 30% profit. Moreover, the production cost of the clothes will be fully borne by your shop."

  Wang San Niang's expression on her face changed immediately, and she said somewhat angrily: "Miss, your appetite is too big, isn't it?"

  Xu Mingjin smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter. I was planning to open a clothing store anyway when I have some free time. But since I'm cooperating with Wang San Niang, I won't open this store after all. Since Wang San Niang says I have a big appetite, it's clear that we can't discuss business. Oh well, the designs for those clothes are all in my head, and no one can take them away from me. When I'm free someday, I'll just open my own store!" With that, Xu Mingjin stood up, preparing to leave.

  Wang San Niang hastily stopped Xu Ming Jin, although Xu Ming Jin opened his mouth and wanted three successes, his appetite was a bit bigger. However, compared to the huge benefits that those beautiful clothes that no one had ever seen before could bring, it was still insignificant. Wang San Niang thought for a long time and finally gritted her teeth: "Good! I agree with you, three successes are just three successes!"