SFS Chapter 196 Buying Silver Jewelry for Three Daughters
Chapter 196 Buying Silver Jewelry for Three Daughters
As a result, the smallest plum petal gold earrings she chose were weighed and cost 620 coins. Seeing that she didn't have enough money, Luo Meihua said to Gu Qingqing, "Sister-in-law, why don't you change the gilded hairpin to a silver hairpin? After all, you don't need to wear such a good thing in the village."
Before Gu Qingqing could say anything, if Meihua insisted on changing it, she couldn't insist on anything, but then she heard Niu Yuzhu's voice beside her, "No, it must be gilded."
Gu Qingqing and Luo Meihua looked at each other, and they both turned their heads at the same time to look at Niu Yuzhu with puzzled eyes.
He smiled and took out some silver from his pocket, and handed it to Luo Meihua, "Sister-in-law, just buy what you like. I also have some silver."
Luo Meihua looked at him in surprise, then looked at the silver in his hand, and blurted out, "Where did you get so much money?"
"Hehe, my father gave it to me when we came out. He told me what to do if we saw something good we liked but didn't have enough money. So he forced the money on me."
Gu Qingqing really gave her uncle a thumbs up, and in this way he took out three taels of silver in total.
This is not a small amount for the village.
However, she was not surprised. After all, Niu Yuzhu's family really made money this year. He had earned more than three taels of silver by helping to build a house in her family.
Meihua was hired by her to sell pig intestines in the town. During this period, she earned nearly two taels of rice. In addition, she sold charcoal in the village recently, and each household received several hundred coins...
Their family really had a joyous and prosperous New Year!
Luo Meihua looked at the silver that Niu Yuzhu handed over but didn't take it. Instead, she said to him anxiously, "Put the silver away and return it to Dad. I've already spent all the money we brought with us, so how can I ask for more money from my parents? I still have some change in my room that my mother gave me on weekdays. I saved it because I didn't have much to spend. I used that money to buy this pair of gold earrings." After Luo Meihua finished speaking to Niu Yuzhu, she didn't wait for him to say anything. She turned to look at Gu Qingqing and said, "Sister-in-law, are you willing to lend me some money? I'll return it to you when I go back."
"Of course!" Gu Qingqing replied.
"Sister-in-law, how can you use your private money to buy something for Xiaoyang? Waiter, bring the silver to weigh it." Niu Yuzhu said as he handed the silver in his hand to the waiter.
Before the waiter could take over, Luo Meihua stopped her and said angrily, "Brother Yuzhu, I am Xiaoyang's mother. Why can't I use my private money to buy things for her? If you insist on spending my parents' money, I will be angry."
Ever since Luo Meihua agreed to move to another room, she rarely called him brother Yuzhu anymore. Now Niu Yuzhu saw that his sister-in-law was really angry, and he was so scared that he dared not say a word, and his hands were frozen in the air.
Gu Qingqing was watching from the side and understood Luo Meihua's situation to some extent. On the one hand, she didn't want to spend more money from her family, and on the other hand, she also had some thoughts about buying something for Niu Xiaoyang before marrying Niu Yuzhu.
How to do it?
She could only go up to smooth things over. "You two, do you think it's necessary to separate so clearly? You too, you've made Yuzhu stupid. And you, Yuzhu, put the silver away. If you care about her, give her the money you earn in the future. Why bother getting upset over such trivial matters?"
Gu Qingqing criticized both sides and tried to smooth things over.
Wen Wuyan was afraid that Niu Yuzhu would act stubbornly at this time, so he went up to pat him on the shoulder and whispered to him, "Just follow my example and listen to your sister-in-law in everything."
Niu Yuzhu thought about how Wuyan seemed to listen to his sister-in-law on weekdays, so he took back the silver, hunched his shoulders and muttered to Luo Meihua, "If my sister-in-law needs money, just tell me."
"Yeah." Luo Meihua's expression softened and she agreed.
After finishing their work, Gu Qingqing turned to look at Dahua, Erhua and Sanhua who had not come with them. She saw that Dahua was relatively okay and was trying to control her love for the jewelry. Erhua's eyes were almost glued to the jewelry on the counter.
Before they separated the family, they had no money, so they never dared to buy these things. Now that she has more than 80 taels of silver in her hand, should she also consider buying dowries for the three sisters of Dahua?
Gu Qingqing glanced at Wen Wuyan and silently asked, "Will you buy it?"
Wen Wuyan understood what Gu Qingqing meant and said with a smile, "You can ask Dahua and Erhua to see if there is anything they like. If there is, we can buy it. Qingqing, take a look too. You don't wear any jewelry on your head. This time, let's buy one piece of gold and one piece of silver. We can wear them alternately on weekdays."
No one was unhappy about buying their first piece of jewelry, and Gu Qingqing was no exception. She pulled Dahua and Erhua together and asked them to choose if they liked any.
"Mom, do you really want to buy it for us too?" Dahua was a little hesitant.
"Buy it. Didn't your father just say that all four of us mothers have it?"
"Mom, I like this. It's so beautiful." After learning that she could also buy things in the store, Erhua pointed happily at a set of wedding jewelry that was second only to the store's treasure.
Gu Qingqing started to cover her face with shame without even looking at the price. It was her fault. She was so happy that she didn't tell the child to choose a smaller one.
It was rare for Luo Meihua to see Gu Qingqing in such an embarrassing situation, so she covered her face and smiled.
Gu Qingqing bent down and explained to Erhua, "Erhua, that is something you can only buy when you get married. This year, let's buy something smaller. For example, a hairpin or earrings."
Gu Qingqing looked at the silver Huasheng on their counter, pointed and said, "For example, this one will also work."
Erhua let out a long "oh" and turned to ask Dahua, "Sister, what do you like?"
Dahua shook her head, "Not yet."
Because Gu Qingqing also wanted to watch it, she didn't rush them. At the same time, while she was watching it herself, she also helped the two sisters keep an eye out for any suitable ones.
Luo Meihua came over to help her look, and said jokingly and enviously, "Sister-in-law is so generous that she let them choose the hairpins to buy."
Gu Qingqing shook her head disapprovingly and explained to her, "You know, no matter which one you buy, you won't lose money. Although it's gold and silver jewelry, it's still made of gold or silver in the final analysis. It's just in a different form and we paid the store some labor fees. If the family really needs money urgently in the future, these can still be exchanged for gold or silver, because some styles won't be discounted too much. Maybe at the same weight as silver, it's possible that it can be one or two cents more expensive than silver."
The waiter who had been following nearby looked at Gu Qingqing in surprise. He didn't expect that this ordinary woman in front of him could know so much.