In modern times, she had minored in Chinese pharmacy at university, and she knew several kinds of medicinal materials, but she was not proficient in them. Later, after becoming half a donkey friend, she specially read some books on first aid in the wild. Now she is observing medicinal materials in this pharmacy. Not at all. Sometimes I can pick up one or two pieces in a decent way, smell the taste and judge the quality, but that's all.
Opposite the Hang Seng Medicine Cabinet is Jinshixuan, a well-known gold, silver and jade jewelry shop in Shengjing City.
At this time, a few young ladies beside the counter of Jinshixuan were chattering, looking at the jewelry that the female shopkeeper in front of them gave them to try on with bright eyes.
These young ladies are none other than the young ladies from the British government.
Originally, the two elder brothers from the house accompanied them, but when they arrived at Jinshixuan, the two young masters were impatient to accompany the younger sisters to choose jewelry, so they found an excuse to escape.
Now there are only a few delicate maidens who are excitedly discussing jewelry.
The Fifth Miss, Sister Su, took a fancy to a bright green jade bracelet.
Although the water head of jade is not the best, it is better than the green color. Among them, the blue and green colors are like flowing water, which makes people feel refreshed and transparent in summer.
Worn on slender white wrists, it complements the complexion.
She couldn't help asking the female shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this bracelet?"
The female shopkeeper smiled and said, "This emerald bracelet sets off Miss's slender wrists. It really matches you very well. Miss has good eyesight."
The female shopkeeper said as she took out a delicate wooden box from a corner under the counter. When the wooden box was opened, there were two earrings of the same color as the emerald bracelet. The emerald green drop-shaped earrings were equally beautiful.
"If Miss wants it, I can give the emerald jade earrings as an addition to my head, and the little lady with the bracelet will accept fifty taels of silver from Miss?"
Fifty taels...
Although it is not at most, it is still a bit expensive for young ladies like them who only take monthly cases.
The first lady in the British government's mansion has only eight taels of monthly silver, and a green jade bracelet in Jinshixuan is actually their half-year monthly silver...
Sister Su brought out fifty or sixty taels of silver today, but she had saved it for half a year. If she took it all out and exchanged for this bracelet at this time, she still felt a little bit reluctant, and she still wanted to buy it for her mother. a piece of jewelry.
Sister Su twitched the corner of her mouth, put down the bracelet in her hand, with a trace of reluctance in her eyes, "Shopkeeper, I'd better look at other things."
The female shopkeeper seemed to see the lady's embarrassment, so she didn't say anything, but calmly brought out cheaper jewelry for her to choose.
Sister Yuan, who was holding a jade-beaded gold bracelet next to her, chuckled lightly, "Fifth Sister, you brought more than fifty taels of silver with you when you went out today, why are you reluctant to buy even a jade bracelet?"
Sister Eight's words made Sister Su's face turn red.
Sister Su pursed her lips, said nothing, and lowered her head to pick out the jewelry, pretending not to hear.
Sister Yuan chuckled lightly, handed the golden Buyao in her hand to the female shopkeeper, and said boldly: "Shopkeeper, wrap this Buyao up for me."
The female shopkeeper didn't expect this young lady to be so forthright, she immediately smiled, took a delicate box and shook it while saying: "This lady has the best eyesight, this golden step shaker It is inlaid with three emerald gemstones, each of which is the same size, and the pattern of the rich flowers is also good. There are only two flowers, which are not complicated but elegant, and match the pink dress of the lady today. For Master Liu's craftsmanship in our shop, the little lady only charges Miss one hundred and fifty taels of silver."
Hearing the female shopkeeper's opening words, sister Yuan was so proud that she almost floated up. It was because of her good eyesight that she chose such a beautiful Bu Yao at random, which was even more beautiful than Miss Fifth Yuan's broken bracelet. too much. But when she heard the quotation from the female shopkeeper, Yuan's expression froze immediately.
What? One hundred and fifty taels of silver, why didn't the shopkeeper of Jinshixuan grab it! It's just a golden step.
Sister Yuan could see that this gold bracelet must be more expensive than the jade bracelet that Su sister was looking for, but she just thought that this bracelet would cost less than a hundred taels of silver, so she asked her mother to ask for it today. One hundred taels of silver bills, I also saved thirty or forty taels of silver, and brought them out together.
Even if a lady from a first-class noble family brings a hundred taels of silver with her when she goes out, it is considered too much, let alone the British government.
More than a hundred taels would be enough for the nearby Jinshi jewelry shop, but Jinshixuan, which specializes in wealthy businesses, is different.
Originally, I wanted to slap Sister Su in the face, but now in the British government, this fifth young lady who has not yet left her home is always suppressing her, the eighth young lady, and today she is asked to hang up in front of outsiders. good boy. But I never thought that I would trap myself in it.
The total amount of silver she has now is only a little over one hundred and thirty taels...
Sister Yuan's face became stiff and ugly in an instant, and her cheeks turned red and white because of embarrassment. She opened her mouth and met the attentive gaze of the shopkeeper, trying to take back what she just said but couldn't utter a word.
Sister Yuan's eyes flustered, and the big maid who was following her looked even uglier than her, her eyes were so anxious that she was about to cry, and she carefully tugged on the sleeve of her master.
If the golden step of one hundred and fifty taels of silver is really bought back, the second wife will not be scolded to death, and the jewelry on the wife's head is rarely more than one hundred taels of silver.
At that time, Miss Ba will at most be scolded, but she is different as a servant, she may be dragged out and sold.
Miss Fifth and Miss Nine next to her were not vegetarians either, so they could see Miss Eight's embarrassment in a few moments.
The corners of Ninth Miss Fu's lips curled up, and she stabbed: "Ah, Eighth Sister didn't speak, it's not because she didn't bring enough money, she was embarrassed! If I didn't bring enough money, I didn't bring enough. We are all unmarried girls, pocket money Of course the money is not much, we just don’t want this, choose some cheap ones, and the female shopkeeper won’t laugh at us.”
The female shopkeeper received these noble ministers' wives and ladies all day long, so she was naturally a master at observing words and expressions. Although she was disdainful towards the women in front of her, she never showed it on her face, and even nodded with a considerate smile when she heard the words.
But the more this happened, the more Sister Yuan felt that she couldn't get down. She was used to being arrogant and arrogant. Before Chu Lian got married, she wanted to compare with her in everything. The second master of the third house and the second house did not live up to expectations. He had already lowered his head in the British government. How could they, the female relatives, be compared by the eldest house and the third house.
This is also the reason why the second wife gave her one hundred taels of silver when she learned that she was going out to play with the eldest and third sisters.
No matter how difficult it is to live in the house, but you can't lose face outside.
Sister Yuan's chest was heaving up and down at Miss Nine's words, but now she had no money, so she couldn't give birth to the stage, so she could only knock down her teeth and swallow her blood. When she raised her head, she wanted to admit that she didn't have enough money, but when she just raised her head, the corner of her eye disappeared. Sweeping to a familiar figure outside.
Sister Yuan was a little surprised, her mind suddenly moved, and she came up with a way to get out of the predicament.
Immediately, she swallowed the words that came to her mouth, and her embarrassing and pale face seemed to be healed instantly, Miss Fifth and Miss Nine couldn't think of why she suddenly turned her face faster than turning the book.
Sister Yuan didn't mention the golden step anymore, and took a step to the side abnormally, and suddenly hugged Fifth Miss Su's arm, as intimately as if the sisters hadn't ridiculed each other just now, "Fifth Sister, Nine Sister, look at the opposite side, isn't that Sixth Sister! What a coincidence, we ran into each other after going out." Sister Yuan pointed to the Hang Seng medicine cabinet opposite.
At this time, it happened that Chu Lian turned around and led two maids out of the medicine cabinet. One maid tilted her head and whispered something in her ear. Chu Lian nodded while listening carefully.
Facing each other head-on, Sister Su and Sister Fu saw that it was Chu Lian who married into Jing'an Bo's mansion and enjoyed good fortune.
Seeing that Chu Lian was walking through Zhuque Avenue with two maids, isn't this direction the Jinshixuan where they are
There is no waiter in the Hang Seng medicine cabinet to take care of her. Chu Lian didn't see any precious medicinal materials on the bright side, so she gave up. Besides, she didn't know the specific condition of her mother-in-law Mrs. Jing Anbo, it was three points of medicine. Poison, it is better not to give away things that can be imported.
After hearing Wenqing's introduction again, Chu Lian planned to visit Jinshixuan.
As soon as he walked to the center of Zhuque Street, Chu Lian looked up at Jin Shixuan, and unexpectedly saw several familiar figures.
If she hadn't found out that the person on the other side had also seen her, she really wanted to slip away immediately with oil on her feet. She would not have had a good time with the sisters from her natal family, especially her half-sister.
Chu Lian couldn't help looking up at the sky, thinking that she must have missed the almanac when she went out today, and had a lot of troubles on her mind.
Chu Lian held her mouth shut and said to Wen Qing beside her, "Can we not go now?"
Wen Qing saw a few gorgeously dressed young ladies walking towards the opposite side, obviously coming to greet their third grandma, so he had to ruthlessly beat her back to reality, "No way, third grandma, they are here to welcome them."
"Wen Qing, don't you know kung fu, can you take me away? I really don't want to see the person opposite."
Wen Qing's forehead turned black, "Third Grandma, you read too many story books on weekdays, even if you are a big inner dragon and tiger guard, you can't fly over the wall, let alone slaves and Wen Lan."
Chu Lian could only bow his head, sighed in distress, and resigned to his fate.
Chu Lian said pitifully: "Then you have to protect your master for a while, don't let your master be bullied by others."
Ask Qing Hanyan, she has gone out with Chu Lian several times, even if the third grandma is really a fragile and delicate girl, has she really been bullied by others? Every time, it's her who pissed people off to death, okay? She pursed her lips and refused to talk to Chu Lian anymore, looking more like a bored gourd than Wen Lan.
Chu Lian snorted helplessly, and said with a look of disappointment: "You little girls, it's getting more and more fun."
While the master and servant were talking, they had already reached the gate of Jinshixuan, and Chu Wu, Chu Ba, and Chu Jiu also came out to welcome them.
Fifth Miss walked in the front, she had a slight smile on her face, and Yuanyuan's face was a little more charming because of the smile.
"Sixth Sister is such a coincidence, I don't want us to run into each other on Suzaku Street."
Sister Yuan stood behind Sister Su, she looked Chu Lian up and down with her eyes, and saw that she was only wearing a light blue dress of ordinary fabric, and a jade hairpin of unrecognizable quality was simply inserted in the black hair bun , there is not even a bracelet on her wrist, and this shabby outfit is not as good as when she was in the Duke's Mansion!