"I only paid for the bricks. The young master said he would collect the money when we have the chance to meet in the future." Qing Tong said.
Xia Qianqian was terrified. Oh my god, the landlord's idiot son wanted to meet her! No, absolutely not! Although she was very thin now, she was an absolute beauty. What if the landlord's idiot son took a fancy to her
"No, I'll pay for the bricks now." Xia Qianqian didn't say anything, took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into Qingtong's hand, then turned and ran away.
"Hey, Miss Xia..."
Qingtong wanted to return the money to her, but Xia Qianqian had already run away, so he had no choice but to take the silver back to report.
Gu Changsheng took the silver, weighed it, and raised the corner of his lips playfully: "Qingtong, you charged them too much."
"This was forced upon me by Miss Xia."
"I'll find a chance to pay her back."
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Xia Qianqian felt both regretful and happy as she couldn't find the owner of the pigskin glue for the time being.
Unfortunately, I owe a big man a favor, but I don't know who did it, and I don't know the other party's purpose. Fortunately, I still have the money in my arms for the time being.
"Yunyun, let's go buy some cotton-padded clothes." Xia Qianqian found a ready-made clothing store and went in with Xia Yunyun.
Song and Xia Shanshan were also choosing clothes in this clothing store. When they saw the Xia Qianqian sisters, they immediately smiled and said, "Oh, you still have money to buy new cotton-padded clothes?"
"Yes, didn't I make ten taels last night?" Xia Qianqian raised her chin proudly and shouted generously, "Boss, where is the warmest cotton-padded jacket here?"
The merchants in the town are much more knowledgeable than those in Yangliu Village. Ten taels of silver is nothing. Look at the clothes of Xia Qianqian and her sister. They are old and patched. And their faces are so pale. It is obvious that they are from a family that is not well-fed and well-clothed. The shopkeeper stood behind the counter without moving: "Do you want it to look good? Or keep warm? Or both?"
"This one of mine is nice, it's both pretty and warm." Xia Shanshan gestured with a small jacket with a red background and white flowers, "Big sister, why don't you buy this one too? It's not expensive, only one or two taels of silver."
Xia Qianqian frowned. In the past, she didn't care about clothes that cost hundreds of thousands of yuan, but now, she couldn't bear to buy clothes that cost only one or two taels of silver.
If Gu Yanjing was here, he would be laughed to death, right
"It doesn't look good." Xia Yunyun suddenly spoke up, her crisp childish voice attracting the adults' attention, "My sister doesn't like red, she likes green!"
Looking around, there was not a single green cotton coat in the entire store!
Xia Qianqian was happy and pinched Xia Yunyun's face: "My sister still understands me."
"Humph, that's because you don't have the money to buy it, so you deliberately say you don't like it." Xia Shanshan snorted, "Boss, help me pack this up."
"Okay!" The shopkeeper packed up happily.
Song picked out a few more pieces. Hers, Xia Dinghai's, and her two daughters', but not Xia Yu's. I guess Xia Yu didn't have a good life in Song's hands.
Xia Qianqian felt a sharp pain in her heart. She must find a way to bring Xia Yu back home. Even if she and her daughter had to eat coarse food, it was better than being wronged in someone else's home!
"We've finished choosing, it's your turn." Song looked at Xia Qianqian with a smile, waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
Xia Shanshan said, "Mom, he has ten taels of silver, so he must choose the most expensive one in this store."
Xia Yunyun pulled Xia Qianqian's hand and said crisply, "Sister, let's go to other stores to see if there is any green color you like."
Just as Xia Qianqian was saying that she had made up her mind, the proprietress unexpectedly came in from behind the curtain and said, "Yes, yes, yes, the green cloak is beautiful and warm, and the hat is rolled with white fox fur!"
(End of this chapter)