They went to the carriage dealership in town to rent a carriage. As Yu Feng had expected, the price increased quite a bit.
“Isn’t it two hundred copper coins? Why did it become three hundred copper coins?” Yu Feng asked with a frown. They rented the simplest carriage, which was similar to an ox cart. However, they changed the ox into a horse. This kind of carriage usually didn’t cost more than a hundred copper coins.
“Three hundred copper coins! It’s up to you whether you want to rent it or not!” The shop assistant waved his hand impatiently. In the past years, the carriage dealership’s business was considered good, but it was not as popular as this year. Perhaps it was because Young Master Yan had returned to the Capital and was planning to get married, many nobles from various places had rushed to the Capital to join in the fun.
Yu Feng still wanted to bargain, but Yu Wan gently pulled him back and said to the shop assistant, “Three hundred copper coins it is. Please help us bring the carriage over.”
The shop assistant glanced at Yu Wan. “Do you want a coachman? It would be another hundred copper coins for that.”
“You!” Yu Feng was so angry that he didn’t want to speak. How could they increase the price for a coachman? He was clearly treating them as fools!
Yu Wan comforted him. “Big Brother, going to the Capital is more important. It’s the New Year, and it’s not easy to be a coachman.”
What Yu Wan didn’t say was that there were a lot of carriages going around, and the coachman was in short supply. If she hesitated any longer, she probably wouldn’t be able to hire him.
As expected, as soon as Yu Wan handed over the copper coins, an old man with a foreign accent shouted, “If you don’t even have a man, how can you run it?”
The last coachman was hired by Yu Wan.
Along the way, Yu Feng was aching for the four hundred copper coins.
There was another thing in Yu Wan’s future goal: to earn money to buy a carriage. This way, her brother would no longer have to suffer because of renting a carriage.
She was really a sister who doted on her brother!
“Master, I want to ask you something. Which fabric store in the Capital is the best?” Before entering the Capital, Yu Wan suddenly asked the coachman.
The coachman thought for a while and said, “The best is Hongde Cloth Shop and Rainbow Clouds Pavilion. Rainbow Clouds Pavilion is a place for nobles. If you want to buy fabric, you can go to Hongde.”
Yu Wan nodded. It was not different from what her uncle had said. The reason she asked him was that she was worried that after three years, the market of the cloth shop would change. However, she was not buying cloth but selling it. Of course, she had to go to the most expensive shop.
“Master, please go to the Rainbow Clouds Pavilion.”
The coachman was speechless.
The Rainbow Clouds Pavilion was located in the most prosperous street market in the Capital. The street was very wide, and it could accommodate four carriages side by side. The shops on both sides were row by row, and pedestrians flowed endlessly. The liveliness of Lotus Flower Town was simply not worth mentioning.
“We’ve arrived at the Rainbow Cloud Pavilion.” The coachman stopped the carriage in front of an embroidered building.
The siblings alighted from the carriage.
As expected of the road in the Capital, even the limestone slabs under their feet exuded an indescribable solemnity.
The Rainbow Clouds Pavilion was just like its name. The signboard was surrounded by colorful silk, and the shop was brightly lit. Even the waiters and maidservants inside were dressed very brightly.
“Do the two of you want to see the fabric or the clothes?” A smart shop assistant greeted them with a smile. He did not seem to be neglected by Yu Wan and Yu Feng’s shabby attire.
Yu Wan, on the other hand, could tell that he was being far-fetched. It was not strange when she thought about it. Their current appearance was like wearing a singlet and pants to drag into a five-star hotel. No one would think highly of them.
Strange gazes were cast over.
Yu Feng felt a little uncomfortable.
Yu Wan had a calm expression as she looked at the shop assistant and said, “We’re not here to buy clothes. We have a few high-quality materials on hand. I wonder if your clothes shop needs them.”
“Selling fabric?” The shop assistant sized up the two of them and his smile faded. “We don’t accept materials from the market.”
Yu Feng hurriedly said, “Take a look first. Our materials aren’t even sold in town.”