On the street, Zhulan took her daughter to buy materials for carving. There were more men in the shop than women.
Yu Shuang and Yu Lu were not interested in the material, they preferred rouge and powder, so they asked Zhu Lan for permission and went to the rouge shop diagonally opposite.
Zhulan didn't know much about the materials, mainly because she was not interested in them. Looking at the materials on display, she really couldn't tell whether they were good or bad. She only knew how precious they were by looking at the price.
Xue Han frowned, and Zhu Lan asked, "What's wrong?"
Xue Han looked at the material in the hands of the young man in front of her. She was too slow and someone took it away first. She would not steal someone's things, but she didn't want to give in, so she asked the shopkeeper, "Do you have any better material?"
The shopkeeper grinned when he heard it, "Yes, yes."
As he spoke, he took out the key and opened the locked cabinet. There were several pieces of fabric in the cabinet, and he took them all out. "These are the best things that have been kept at the bottom of the box. They are only taken out when customers request them. Miss, please see if there is anything you like."
Xue Han chose a palm-sized piece and was about to pay when she heard a noisy sound outside and a child crying. Xue Han felt a gust of wind and saw the young man who had been bargaining with the shopkeeper just now rushed out.
Zhulan was worried about Yushuang and Yulu, so she hurried out. Xuehan also paid the money and went out with the material.
On the street, the frightened horses have been pacified, some stalls have been overturned, and the streets are still quite messy.
Zhulan saw Yushuang who had sprained her foot at a glance. Yushuang was leaning on the old woman, not daring to put one foot on the ground. The one crying was a little girl of about eight or nine years old. The little girl must have been frightened, but she was not injured.
Zhulan walked quickly to her granddaughter's side and asked, "Besides spraining your ankle, where else are you injured?"
When she came to ancient times, the girl was only three years old. She had watched the child grow up. She would feel distressed if she caught a cold and fell ill, let alone if she was injured.
There was some sweat on Yu Shuang's forehead, it hurt, she shook her head not wanting her grandma to worry, "Grandma, my granddaughter is fine."
Yu Lu was very unhappy and glared at the little girl who was still crying. "My elder sister and I were standing quietly to avoid the carriage, but this little girl rushed out and startled the horse, and the carriage came towards us. If I hadn't brought two servants with me to stop the horse in time, it would have hit my elder sister and me. Even so, my elder sister twisted her foot even though she was protecting me. She started crying first."
This is really an unexpected disaster today. I am so angry.
Zhulan saw that there were already people around the little girl, the young man from the fabric shop, and two women in their thirties. One of them looked a little helpless, and the other had a distressed and angry look on her face.
Xue Han said, "Mom, let's go home. Yu Shuang's feet need to be checked."
Zhulan was worried about her granddaughter's foot, so she signaled the servant to call for her own carriage. While waiting for the carriage, the young master came forward and apologized, "I am sorry for disturbing you because of my cousin. You seemed injured just now. Here is some silver. Please accept it."
Zhulan looked at the young man in front of her, who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, and was not short. She saw the little action just now. The young man touched his purse. The silver was for buying materials, and it was not much. Just now in the shop, he had mentioned eight taels of silver when bargaining, so there was probably only a little more than eight taels in his purse.
The young master held the purse, and before Zhulan could speak, a harsh voice came, "Your cousin was just frightened, and she can't tell the difference between inside and outside. How come there is more silver? It just so happens that your cousin wants rouge, so use this silver to buy rouge for your cousin."
Zhulan was so angry that she laughed. She walked past the young man who had turned a little pale and walked forward with a cold face. From the jewelry and clothes the woman wore, she knew that she was also an official's wife. "Today's incident started because your daughter was reckless. The horse didn't hit anyone because my servant was very skilled. Otherwise, I don't know how many people would have been injured. Now my granddaughter has sprained her foot, but you didn't handle it properly and even shouted at her. You really opened my eyes."
Jin opened her mouth to refute, but then paused. She was only paying attention to her daughter and didn't pay attention to her surroundings. She didn't pay much attention to the actions of the unlucky star. Only now did she realize that there were old women and maids standing next to the two girls in front, and a servant was blocking the way.
When Jin heard the word "Shu Ren" again, she panicked. Only the family members of a third-rank official could be called Shu Ren. Her master was a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue, and there was a huge gap in official rank between them. She hurriedly lowered her head and apologized, "It's all my daughter's fault. We will compensate the young lady for the money she needs. Please don't be angry with us."
As she spoke, she untied her purse and took out a silver note. Zhulan glanced at it and saw that it was a silver note for fifty taels. She gestured to Mrs. Song to take it.
Zhulan frowned, "Where is the stall that was knocked over?"
Jin didn't want to get involved, but she didn't dare to offend him, so she could only admit it, "Compensation, I will definitely compensate."
Zhulan saw the little girl glaring at her. This was a spoiled little girl. She glanced at her calmly until the little girl shrank her neck in fear. Then she looked away and said, "Take care of yourself."
If the Zhou family did not hold a high official position today, they would have to accept this matter. This capital city demonstrates power to the fullest.
The Zhou family's carriage arrived. Zhulan signaled the maid to send Yushuang up. Just as she was about to get on the carriage, she saw Zhou Shuren standing there. Zhou Shuren was still wearing his official uniform.
Zhulan was surprised, "Why are you here?"
Can Zhou Shuren say that he watched the whole process? Coincidentally, in order to trouble Lord Feng, the prince deliberately walked towards the direction of the palace, and then took a detour. Because the road was blocked, he went forward to check. When Zhou Shuren heard that it was his family who had an accident, he hurriedly got off the carriage.
Zhou Shuren did not mention the prince, and the prince was not in a good position to show up, "I'm out here to do something."
Yu Lu greeted, "Grandpa."
Zhou Shuren motioned Yu Lu to get on the carriage, then helped his wife get on, and was the last one to get on.
Because of Zhou Shuren's official uniform, Jin didn't react in time. By the time she reacted, the Zhou family's carriage had already left.
Jin was very scared, fearing that she would be held responsible, so she glared at her sister-in-law fiercely, "What a jinx."
Mrs. Hu was very scared, "Big, big sister-in-law."
Jin said coldly, "Don't call me, stay away from me, you unlucky person."
Gu Liufeng supported his shaky mother with one hand and clenched his fist with the other hand, "Mom, don't be afraid."
Mrs. Hu was really scared. She couldn't die. No, her son couldn't die without the protection of his eldest brother. "It's all mother's fault. If mother hadn't said it today, nothing would have happened."
In the Zhou family carriage, Yu Shuang frowned, and Yu Lu asked distressedly, "Sister, are your feet hurting badly?"
Yu Shuang shook her head, "My feet are much better now. I just thought that the young master must have a hard time back home."
Although she only heard a few words, she was smart enough to guess the general background of this young man and that life as a dependent was not easy.
Yu Lu, "It's hard to say, all the compensation today will be counted on this young master."
Xue Han knew that the young man had no money to buy the material, so he asked the maid to buy the first material he liked and was playing with it.
Yu Shuang saw it at a glance, "Aunt, why did you buy two pieces of material?"
Xue Han told Yu Shuang what happened in the shop just now. Yu Shuang was unlucky today. Xue Han handed Yu Shuang the material he bought later and said, "This one is for you."
Yu Shuang was embarrassed, "Aunt, I can't accept it."
Sister Yu Lu was here, and she asked for some material. To be fair, her aunt would definitely give Yu Lu something else, as she didn't want her aunt to spend money.
Xue Han took out a bracelet from her purse and gave it to Yu Lu and the material to Yu Shuang. "My aunt is happy today, take them all."
Yu Shuang knew this would happen. She looked at the bracelet and said, "Didn't my aunt make this herself a few days ago?"
Xue Han smiled, "Yes, I wanted to give one to each of you sisters. Now that I have given you the material, I can save the effort."
Yu Shuang held the material and her aunt said this on purpose.