Li couldn't say that I wanted to show off in the village, for fear that my mother would slap her, so she lied, "I heard from grandma that some wealthy families save up dowries for their daughters since they are born. I know your mother will prepare it, but as a mother, I also want to save some. It just so happens that I have some spare money and I'm thinking of buying some jewelry."
Zhulan didn't know what Li was thinking, so she looked at Li with a high opinion of her and said, "Cheng, go to the jewelry store."
It just so happened that she was looking at the prices of jewelry in the silver shop, thinking that even if Zhou Shuren didn't make any money when he came back, she would have enough money to pawn the jewelry. She would also buy some jewelry as dowry for the girls in her family. A girl's marriage depends not only on her parents' family but also on her dowry, and the more dowry she has, the more confident she will be.
There are two jewelry stores in the county with good reputations. When Li arrived at the door of Feng's jewelry store, she was timid again. Even if she wore the best clothes, she was not as good as the maid next to the young lady. The maid looked at her with contempt and immediately shrank her head, "Mother, I won't buy it."
Zhulan saw it clearly and shouted, "Stand up straight and raise your head."
Li stood up straight as she obeyed the reflex, and Zhulan was satisfied. "Follow mother in."
Seeing that her mother was not influenced by the maid at all, Li's eyes were full of admiration. She thought her mother was worthy of being her mother, so she followed her in quickly.
The jewelry shop has two floors. The first floor is for ordinary people, and the second floor serves rich and prestigious people. There are relatively few people on the first floor. Unless people are getting married, no one has the spare money to go to a jewelry shop.
The clerk saw that Zhulan was dressed in coarse cloth and did not neglect her. The lower the status of merchants was, the better their attitude towards customers was. "The jewelry in the store is all the latest models. I'll get whichever one you like, Auntie and Sister-in-law."
Zhulan motioned Li to come forward, as she was not going to buy anything.
Li was no longer self-conscious. She had long been attracted by the dazzling jewelry. She pointed at the carved silver hairpin and asked, "How much is this hairpin?"
The waiter flattered, "Sister-in-law, you have a good eye. This one sells the best. It weighs one tael, including the labor cost, and one tael and two cents."
Li felt a little pain, "So much!"
The guy introduced, "This one is hand-carved by a master, so it's naturally more expensive. Plus the taxes are high, so we just earn our hard-earned money."
Li really liked this silver hairpin. She bought it and a pair of silver earrings, spending a total of one tael and four coins. As soon as she left the house, Li put on her clothes and said, "Mom, when I go back, I'm sure the young wives in the village will be envious of me."
Zhulan felt like she was slapped in the face. Well, she thought Li wanted to look up to her granddaughter, but it turned out to be for herself. She didn't let Li show off everywhere, but this person bought jewelry to show off in another way. Her face darkened, "Didn't you say you would save it for Yu Lu as a dowry?"
Li was so happy that she didn't notice her mother-in-law's angry face. "Mother Yulu is still young. I will take her with me first and wait until she gets married before I melt her down and make a new one."
Zhulan was too lazy to pay attention to Li and closed her eyes to rest.
Li still thought she was smart and had already thought of how to show off. She would walk around the village twice in the morning and evening, not four times!
Finally, Zhulan went to the clinic. She had finished taking her tonic medicine and felt much better. It was time to change the prescription. Because it was made with her own ginseng, Zhulan saved a lot of money on the tonic medicine.
The doctor took my pulse and prescribed a new prescription, mainly for replenishing qi and blood, as well as some conditioning medicine. The seven-day medicine cost two hundred coins, and I also bought the doctor's frostbite ointment, spending a total of two hundred and thirty coins.
Zhulan was waiting to get the medicine when she saw Wang Ru coming out of the inner room. There was blood on Wang Ru's body and she was anxiously looking for a doctor and didn't notice Zhulan. Zhulan vaguely remembered that Wang Ru had met the merchant's illegitimate son, and she should know that Xue Han is the heroine. She will always pay attention to the Zhou family in the future. It makes people depressed just thinking about it.
After getting the right medicine, Zhulan didn't want to stay in the county for a moment. Zhulan's face was not good, and Li stopped complaining. She couldn't be honest, and was afraid that if she made a mistake, she would be killed by her mother-in-law.
After returning home, Zhulan was in a bad mood. There was someone who was always trying to plot against her, and the Zhou family's survival became more difficult. She was unhappy no matter how she thought about it.
When Zhou Laoer saw his mother coming back and entering the main room with a bad face, he thought something had happened and asked his eldest brother, "What happened?"