EBE Chapter 129 It really is Lin Shishi
Chapter 129 It really is Lin Shishi
Cheng Ruoan came to Wang the blacksmith's shop again. Wang the blacksmith was still forging iron at the door and did not notice who was standing in front of him.
I only caught a glimpse of a light, elegant figure in a pale, cloud-like color.
Without looking up, Wang the blacksmith said, "What kind of iron tools do you want to buy, madam? Or do you need anything made? Custom-made iron tools require a 60% deposit first."
Cheng Ruoan found it amusing, "Other blacksmith shops in town only require a 30% deposit, why do you want 60%? Could it be that..."
Upon hearing this, Blacksmith Wang chuckled and put down his hammer. "I'm telling you, if you think it's too expensive, then go for another one..."
Before he could finish speaking, he looked up and saw Cheng Ruoan smiling at him.
Wang the Blacksmith: ...
Does today's almanac say it's not auspicious to open a shop?
"Why is it you again, you little wench? Your mother and your eldest sister have already come to make a scene, you can't possibly come and cause another one, can you?"
Wang the blacksmith looked dejected and impatient. He put down his large iron hammer, wiped the sweat from his brow with a towel, and turned to go back into his shop.
"My mother and my eldest sister came to make a scene? What did they make a scene about?" Cheng Ruoan saw that he had only gone in to drink water and hadn't taken off his big gloves, so she didn't follow him in. She just stood outside and waited for him to come out.
Xiao Mian'er tugged at Cheng Ruo'an's sleeve and whispered to answer Wang the blacksmith for her: "Madam and the eldest young lady said that you fell ill because you were scared out of your wits by this blacksmith. Yesterday morning, they went to find the town's shaman to come to the blacksmith's shop to perform a ritual to call back your soul."
Cheng Ruoan's lips twitched violently. "That's just nonsense."
"Master Wang, I'm here to place an order for the iron plate we discussed the other day. It's about the same size as the one you showed me before, except the round grooves on it are a couple smaller. Could you add a row and a column of round grooves? What's the price?"
"Five taels each, sixty percent deposit. How many do you want, young lady?"
"Let's order four first, and then we can order more if we need more later, is that alright?"
"can."
"Master Wang, I also want to ask you, what is the name of the girl who came to you to have that iron plate made, and what does she look like?"
"I don't know her surname. She came alone. She's about seventeen or eighteen years old, unmarried, pretty, and has very bright eyes..."
After drinking some water, Wang the blacksmith came out and continued forging. He seemed to be ignoring Cheng Ruoan, but he responded to every word she said.
But the girl Cheng Ruoan heard him describe... was completely unremarkable, and she couldn't form a concrete image of her in her mind at all.
Cheng Ruoan had a headache, and with a wry smile, asked one last time, "Master Wang, doesn't she have any distinctive features that make her memorable at first glance?"
Master Wang actually stopped what he was doing and thought about it seriously. "She has a birthmark on her wrist, like half a butterfly wing."
Cheng Ruoan frowned and pondered.
The modern Lin Shishi has no birthmarks at all.
It seems like it's a case of soul transmigration as well.
Then, like her and Si Shaoheng, their appearance probably has little to do with their past lives.
This makes it easy for people to pass each other on the street without recognizing each other.
It will be difficult for Cheng Ruoan to strike first.
"Thank you for your trouble. This is a deposit of twelve taels of silver. Master Wang, would you like to weigh it?" Cheng Ruoan took out a few pieces of silver from his belt and placed them on the small table next to the stove with a smile.
"No need to weigh it, I can tell the weight just by lifting it." Master Wang grabbed the silver in his large hand, weighed it in his hand, and said, "It's the right amount. Second Madam Cheng, go back first. Come and see the first one I've made the day after tomorrow. Once the shape is confirmed, I can make four for you in three days."
"it is good."
Cheng Ruoan had already turned to leave when, remembering something, she turned back and asked another question.
"Master Wang, I remember you saying that the girl got angry with you?"
"Yes. When she came to me to get a refund for her deposit."
"When you saw her extremely angry, did you ever touch her right earlobe?"
Master Wang frowned in recollection, then suddenly his eyes widened. "How did you know?!"
It really is Lin Shishi!
Cheng Ruoan didn't answer, but just smiled and took her leave.
Xiao Mian'er didn't know that Cheng Ruo'an had come here to order a baking pan for the young lady, so why did she ask about the young lady?
But she was gentle and obedient, so even if she had doubts, she wouldn't ask.
Just as Cheng Ruoan was laughing and remarking on how fruitful her trip to the blacksmith's shop had been, she also chimed in with a smile, "Yes, Miss Wang has already gotten used to being frightened by that blacksmith's appearance today, and she hasn't felt uncomfortable at all."
Cheng Ruoan: ...
It seems this misunderstanding cannot be explained away.
Seeing that it was getting late and they were hungry, Cheng Ruoan simply took Xiao Mian'er to a noodle stall and ordered a bowl of meat sauce noodles for lunch.
She then went to Yang the bricklayer's shop to see how the stone materials for repairing the toilet were being prepared.
Yang's bricklaying business is a family business, with twenty or thirty family members all involved in it, so finding suitable stone materials is naturally quick and easy.
Cheng Ruoan and he agreed that construction would officially begin tomorrow.
Afterwards, Cheng Ruoan asked Yang the tiler and found the bamboo merchant in town.
As expected, the bamboo merchant was from Bachuan Prefecture, but Bachuan Prefecture was now completely closed off, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Since the bamboo merchant could not return, he naturally could not provide Cheng Ruoan with a stable supply of goods.
However, this suited Cheng Ruoan's wishes, as she hadn't originally intended to purchase a large quantity of bamboo.
"Boss, do you have any bamboo seeds here? If you have any, you can sell me some. I'd like to plant some in my house to add some beauty to it."
Cheng Ruoan always speaks politely and with a smile, making it hard for people to refuse her.
The bamboo merchant actually had his assistant find her a small pouch full of bamboo seeds. "These seeds aren't worth much, my lady, you can take them and play with them. But this bamboo takes five years to sprout and grow into bamboo shoots. If you want to make it into a landscape, you'll have to wait quite a while."
"It's alright, I was just doing this for fun when I had nothing else to do. Maybe in a month or two, when I can enter and leave Bachuan Prefecture normally again, I'll just come here to buy bamboo branches."
"Absolutely, absolutely! Transplanting bamboo branches will create a beautiful scene in just three to five days."
Cheng Ruoan: "Boss, how much are these seeds?"
The bamboo merchant laughed heartily, "My wife said she would come to patronize us in the future, so these seeds are naturally a gift for you."
Cheng Ruoan smiled awkwardly, then took a few coins and placed them on the shop counter before quickly pulling Xiao Mian'er away.
With bamboo seeds in hand, Cheng Ruoan would never buy bamboo again.
Bamboo grown outdoors takes five years to sprout, but when planted in her space, it can grow into a large bamboo forest in less than a month.
When I got home, it was already late afternoon.
As soon as they arrived at Cheng's mother's courtyard, Cheng's mother grabbed Cheng Ruo'an and took her measurements, saying that she wanted to make her a dress that fit perfectly.
"Madam Guo is so generous. The fabric that Granny Chun had us choose is truly top-quality brocade and cotton. Dresses made of this fabric would cost ten or more taels in a ready-made clothing store."