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Chapter 13 Jade Bracelet and Folding Fan

They really don't have enough food.

If they can’t find food, the porridge shop won’t survive the day and something bad will happen.

"Everything is ready. In addition to rice, there is also some flour. You can use water to cook it into a paste. It is faster than cooking porridge and saves firewood."

Shen You got up and went to the garage where the rice and flour were stored. He opened a sack of rice for them to inspect.

When they saw the plump grains of rice in the bag, their faces were immediately filled with surprise.

All of them are top-quality white rice!
Pounding rice to remove the husk is a very laborious job. Ordinary farmers basically eat brown rice, which has not been completely husked, so it appears light yellow.

In a place like Yunzhou, the conditions are even worse, and they originally thought that it would be great if the shopkeeper could get some brown rice.

I didn't expect the food to be so good. This flour is so fine and clean. In the capital, ordinary people may not be able to eat it twice a month!

It is not an easy task to remove impurities and then grind the wheat so finely.

The owner of this shop actually only took two days?

Zhong Jing took a little in his hand, and for some reason, he felt so excited that he wanted to cry.

It would be great if they in the Great Qi could get such food anytime and anywhere, so there would be no disaster victims starving to death.

"Thank you, shopkeeper. You are the benefactor of the victims of the Yunzhou disaster!" Zhong Jing bowed deeply to Shen You.

"That's not necessary." Shen You stretched out his hand to stop him.
"I opened the shop to do business, and these are not difficult things in our place."

She doesn't deserve to be called a benefactor, so let's just maintain a cold trading relationship.

Shen You thought so, but in Zhong Jing and Liu Zheng’s minds, her image was elevated again.

He took action at the critical moment and solved their urgent problem, and said it so calmly.

She had a room full of colored glaze and rare treasures, so it seemed that she wasn't helping them for money.

The more Zhong Jing thought about it, the more he felt that he was indeed an extraordinary master.

"Boss, are these enough to buy food?"

Liu Zheng brought in two wooden boxes, placed them on the table and opened them.

"Enough." Shen You raised a business smile, and was so happy that he almost jumped up on the spot.

The wooden box appears to be made of huanghuali wood, and the quality is pretty good. This kind of wood was popular among wealthy families in ancient times for making furniture. Huanghuali wood furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties fetches very high prices at auctions.

This kind of box can't compare to ordinary boxes, but it's also nice to put some things in the store.

What matters is what's in the box.

There is a box carved from a whole piece of jade and a jade bracelet carved into the shape of two dragons holding a pearl.

There were some ornaments placed next to the jade box, some made of jade and some made of gold, among which the two hairpins were the most exquisite.

The pearls are combined into a three-dimensional flower shape, with a large blue gem in the middle, which seems to be shining under the light.

Although this natural seawater pearl is not as round in shape, its value is far different from modern artificially cultured pearls, and its luster looks much softer.

The other one is carved from jadeite, with exquisite details and a fairy-like air.

In the slightly smaller box was a folding fan, which was also the most valuable item.

The whole thing is snow-white and carved from ivory!
Fortunately, there are signs of being collected and played with, otherwise, this would be very painful.

The ivory products that can be bought and sold on the market are all old collectibles.

"I heard you say that Yunzhou is bitterly cold. Where did you find so many treasures in just two days?" Shen You asked.

"Don't worry, boss. There is absolutely no problem with the origin of the goods." Liu Zheng explained.
"The folding fans were confiscated from the homes of corrupt officials. These jewels are all new. His Highness has ordered that nothing must go wrong with the items delivered here.

The bracelet and pearl hairpin are royal items. His Highness sent someone to get them after the last transaction. "To be precise, they have seen that the medicine given away by this store has miraculous effects.

His Highness said that all the small items displayed in the girl's shop were exquisite, which showed that she liked these beautiful objects more than silver.

Shen You nodded. She recognized those royal items.

Who would dare to wear a jade bracelet carved with a dragon head?
I'm afraid I'm tired of living.

"Do you think this food is enough?"

The things the other party gave her were so valuable and if it wasn't enough, she could still sell them out and buy some more from another wholesale market.

"It's almost the same, but" Zhong Jing paused, "it would be better if there were some inferior grains mixed in. With such good flour, it's inevitable that someone would be tempted."

"I can find some broken rice and corn, the quality is relatively poor, do you want it?"

No one eats that kind of broken rice nowadays. It is used to brew cheap rice wine and feed chickens, ducks and geese.

The same goes for broken corn. People eat improved high-quality varieties. The old varieties that are not tasty are dried, crushed and sold to farms.

It would definitely not be okay for her to just give people this kind of food, as it would make her seem too heartless, so she took a batch of ordinary food first.

This allows the customer to choose whether to have it or not.

"Yes, yes!" Zhong Jing nodded repeatedly.

The most important thing for a disaster relief porridge shop is to prevent people from starving to death; whether it is good or not is not a consideration.

They were originally going to mix the flour with brown rice and cook it into a paste. If they eat it for a long time, those who have enough food to eat will naturally not go there.

"Then come and move the things as soon as the midnight comes tonight."

Shen You checked the prices on her phone.

The reason for buying this kind of food that can be eaten by humans and used as feed is much simpler.

"What do you want to trade for this batch of food?"

Liu Zheng was thinking about it. All the jewelry he had bought before had been delivered. Among the things in the several rooms that were sealed off from the corrupt officials, the most rare and exquisite one was the fan.
There were only a few large boxes of gold left, and some not-so-good items that he didn't dare send here, for fear that the shopkeeper would dislike them.

"No need, these things are enough." Shen You said.

The ivory fan is so exquisite that its starting price at an auction would be at least several million, not to mention other things.

She can't make too much profit from the difference, as she still has to charge people for things again.

And today the number of guests is full.

After hearing what she said, Liu Zheng and the others thanked her again. Before leaving, Liu Zheng hesitated and said,
"Boss, may I ask your name?"

"Shen You."

Shen You did not hide anything from the big clients with whom he had done business several times.

"Then Shopkeeper Shen, we will take our leave first."

After the two left the shop, Shen You immediately called the boss of the last grain wholesale business.

"Girl, your friend uses such good stuff in his farm?" the boss introduced. "I have a cheaper one here, mixed with bran, which is more cost-effective."

"No, that farm is high-end. The watermelons they feed their pigs are better than the ones I eat. I don't like the cheap ones."

Shen You hung up the phone, transferred the deposit directly, and requested that it be delivered by this evening.

The time is almost up, take the things out of the box and put them in the storage compartment, then take the box to the second floor.

Close the [Da Qi] shop and start a day of supervision.

(End of this chapter)