Cao Qijun: Damn it, son, do you need to have such low defenses! It’s so embarrassing!
Butler: It’s really not the first ti, madam.
In the United Kingdom, the Cao Family also owns a significant amount of property. Cao Yu had official business to attend to, hence he couldn’t join them in going out for shopping. Cao Ling, who would normally be excellent at this, had found an excuse to slip away. Sui Yi didn’t doubt that this person was off investigating sothing...
So it ended up being Sui Yi and three others accompanying the Duchess and the Duke’s Son for a shopping spree.
British folks always have a peculiar sentint towards old items, just as the people of old Beijing are fervent and fond of antiques. In London, this trend of vintage and retro fascination is also enduring, and even the nobility, who are illustrious for their respect for history and who are themselves living history, regard it as an activity matching upscale tastes and fitting for their collection value.
In London’s streets, there’s an antique or old curio shop every few steps. Here, the craft market is more srizing than Aladdin’s treasure, with handicrafts being a part of people’s lives.
However, the place Sui Yi and the others visited was not one of these antique shops on London streets, nor was it traditional shopping paradises like Oxford Street and Harrods Departnt Store, but a place not well-known to the general public.
The place was known as Ode.
This is a transliteration; it actually ans "old," conveying the sense of antiquity. This antique market, hidden deep within the pri and expensive core of London, is actually specially set up for high-spenders around the world, which can be deduced from the line of luxury cars parked at the square.
Among them, so are notable ladies and madams who co and go with bodyguards... and there are rich and famous tourists from all over, too.
However, Sui Yi had a low level of recognition for these people, categorizing them all simply as black, white, and Asian...
Junshi Titan would not allow the reigning Family Head and the next heir to go out alone, and there were so disguised bodyguards from two following cars who spread out amidst the crowd, constantly monitoring their safety.
Anyway, it appeared to be just Sui Yi and the three of them out shopping with the mother and her son, along with the old butler...
"Xius, I feel as though this place has been refurbished again; there are quite so noticeable changes,"
"Madam, you haven’t been here in almost three months. Since the Chinese New Year is approaching, all the major luxury stores around the world are now promoting the Chinese style!"
In front of and even inside the luxurious marketplaces and departnt stores, the prominent Chinese style is everywhere, with Chinese knots and the like being quite common, and people dressed in panda costus performing... Many well-dressed ladies in expensive fur coats are having a good ti with their children, making the scene very lively.
For this, the few Chinese people naturally felt a bit of pleasure, especially the Duchess, who was far from ho. When Chark saw the panda, he was already srized, but to maintain the Duke’s Son’s dignity, he couldn’t shalessly run after the person in the panda costu while licking cotton candy like those children...
Alright, two minutes later, he was walking through the grand premises of Ode marketplace holding strawberry-flavored cotton candy.
He licked it gracefully.
Sui Yi could see a dazzling array of Chinese antiques as well as so ancient British crafts, along with Egyptian gold jewelry and the like.
Most wealthy collectors have a broad range of interests, but they always have their preferences. For instance, Cao Qijun had been extrely fond of collecting seals since her youth and favored only this one type, while the rest were just so-so. Following the host’s lead, Sui Yi and the three others followed Cao Qijun to the seal section and were t with an array of seals.
"Oh boy, I was just thinking these exports couldn’t compare to the variety and quality we have back in China, but these goods are all quite excellent~"
Fatty Gao, whose expertise was already not low and had been cultivated for a while by Pang Shang and Sui Yi, saw his professional level skyrocket. Now, holding a seal, he asked Sui Yi, "Boss, this is a Chicken Bloodstone Seal, isn’t it? The color is superb..."
After glancing at the seal, Sui Yi nodded. However, it was Cao Qijun who laughed, "This should be a Changhua Chicken-Blood Stone from the Pavilion of the Purple Ridge, right?"
It seed that the owner of Red Pavilion Seal Shop recognized Cao Qijun and imdiately ca forward to say, "Duchess, you have a keen eye. This is one of the batch of Chicken Blood Stones that just arrived... This young man made a mistake, though. Any goods that are exported can’t be of too low quality; otherwise, wouldn’t it be a loss of face for us Chinese?"
By the way, the owner of Red Pavilion Seal Shop is Chinese, and Cao Qijun had long been a regular custor, hence their closeness. Seeing Cao Qijun bring a few Chinese faces with her, the owner naturally had so thoughts in mind.
With that statent, doesn’t it just pull at the heartstrings?
We, as Chinese people... can’t we support a fellow countryman’s business?
Fatty Gao, who was a Jianghu wanderer, was quite thrilled to suddenly encounter a fellow countryman with a Hunan accent in such a high-end place and imdiately went over to warmly engage in conversation...
As for the transaction, his boss was very wealthy; if there were truly valuable goods, why would he not buy them?
Sui Yi was only moderately interested in seals, but she did indeed like naturally occurring curios. However, the blood-red color of Chicken Blood Stone, despite being favored by many Chinese, was not to her liking.
"Old Qu, do you have other items? These don’t seem very good," Cao Qijun, who herself had a collection of no less than three hundred seals including many fine pieces, had already cultivated exceedingly discerning tastes—so how could she be satisfied with these goods...
Upon hearing this, Qu Long’s face soured with a bitter smile, "Respected Duchess, most of the good items here have made their way into your pockets already. When have I not brought the best first for your consideration? However, a few days ago, so custors visited, and their eye for quality was terrifying, and they had an extre approach, almost as if they would smash up my store if I didn’t produce good items. I had no choice but to take out the Full-blooded Cock’s Comb Seal..." (To be continued. If you like this work, I welco you to co to Qidian (qidian) to cast your recomndation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to continue reading.)
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