Zhao Qingyan was not a miser; she would buy whatever she saw that she liked wherever she went.

Because of her androgynous appearance, as long as she doesn't open her mouth, it's impossible to tell whether she's male or female.

In men's eyes, he's just a pretty boy who steals their thunder; in women's eyes, he's some kind of vixen who doesn't behave properly and instead seduces people everywhere—so annoying!

What's even more annoying is that she has money. She buys whatever she sees.

"Hey, stop! I've got my eye on that hairpin, you're not allowed to buy it."

A little girl dressed in pink roared angrily at Zhao Qingyan.

Zhao Qingyan turned around, raising an eyebrow. "Is Miss referring to this jade lotus hairpin?"

The pink-clad girl nodded.

"Yes, I've had my eye on this hairpin for ten days now, and I've had the jewelry store hold it for me ever since. So you can't buy it."

Zhao Qingyan nodded.

"Excuse me, miss, have you paid a deposit or the full amount for this hairpin?"

The girl in pink was speechless. Zhao Qingyan then looked at the waiter, "Have you paid?"

The waiter immediately shook his head.

"This young lady did indeed come to see this hairpin half a month ago, but she has not yet bought it."

Zhao Qingyan turned to look at the girl in pink.

"Miss, since you haven't put down a deposit for this hairpin, it means that this hairpin belongs to the jewelry store."

If the jewelry store has the right to sell, then I have the right to buy.

Now that I've taken a liking to something, whether I buy it or not is none of your business, so please don't stop me.

After saying that, he turned to the waiter and said, "Please wrap it up."

The pink-clad girl stomped her feet in anger. "You can't! I've got my eye on someone!"

Zhao Qingyan sighed. Why was someone trying to take something from her when she was just trying to buy it?

The main reason for buying this hairpin was that I felt it would suit Huang's head better.

I don't know what kind of aesthetic this little girl has. This doesn't match her temperament at all.

“Since you have already taken a liking to her, Miss, I will not take what is rightfully yours. Please go first.”

Zhao Qingyan gestured for the pink-clad girl to buy the hairpin.

The shop assistant, on the other hand, acted as if it were none of his business. He didn't care which of the two people bought the goods; once the goods left the store, they were non-refundable and non-exchangeable.

Under the intense gazes of Zhao Qingyan and the waiter, the pink-clad girl hesitated for a long time before finally pulling out 25 taels of silver from her purse.

Holding the box containing the hairpins, the pink-clad girl glared fiercely at Zhao Qingyan, as if she harbored some deep-seated grudge against her.

This puzzled Zhao Qingyan, who looked at the waiter.

"Which household does that young lady belong to? Is there something wrong here...?"

Zhao Qingyan pointed to her head.

How could the waiter gossip about the guests? "I don't know."

Zhao Qingyan shrugged and looked the jewelry store over again. "Does this upstairs also sell jewelry?"

The waiter nodded.

"Yes, sir, the designs on the second floor are even more exquisite, and naturally the prices are higher."

There's also the third floor; those are all custom-made pieces for the young masters and ladies of various families, or unique items in our jewelry store.

Zhao Qingyan laughed, "You should have said so earlier. If you had, I wouldn't have spent so long picking and choosing on this floor and not found anything quite right."

She gestured for the waiter to lead the way, as she wanted to go to the second floor.

The waiter was never sure whether Zhao Qingyan was a man or a woman, so he could only address her as "guest."

The items on the second floor are indeed more exquisite than those on the first floor, both in terms of materials and workmanship.

Perhaps influenced by her later life, Zhao Qingyan has a fondness for gold and jade. She feels that these are the things that best preserve their value.

In later generations, even a jadeite bracelet of the bean type could sell for at least several thousand yuan, and a better glutinous type could easily fetch tens of thousands of yuan, not to mention glutinous ice and high ice types.

Just thinking about it makes her mouth water; when she sees something suitable, she really wants to buy it.

This jade table, entirely green, is priced at 3,000 taels of silver. Zhao Qingyan truly loves it.

He adopted the same bargaining attitude he had in his past life, saying, "This one is cheaper at 2000 taels, I'll buy it."

The waiter was completely bewildered by the price cut. "Sir, all the jewelry here has a clearly marked price. You can't haggle like this."

Besides, the price difference is too big; I wouldn't dare make the decision myself.

"If our boss hadn't bought a mountain of jade in Myanmar, we really wouldn't have gotten such good material."

Zhao Qingyan's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"Jade Mountain, what does that mean? Doesn't that mean you can have jade freedom?"

What she thought in her heart didn't affect Zhao Qingyan's bargaining.

"Look, your bosses all own mines, so why don't you sell this to me at a lower price?"

Look, the cotton inside hasn't completely dissolved; some parts are darker in color, and some parts are lighter.

"You're not honest. You can't just sell me something that's clearly worth 1000 taels for 3000 taels because you think I'm genuinely interested in buying it."

The waiter was almost brought to tears by Zhao Qingyan, so he quickly went to find the manager for help.

"Sir, this bracelet is quite rare. Normally, we would sell it for 3200 taels, but today the waiter is offering you 3000, which is not too high."

Fine jade is hard to find, especially jadeite; even a touch of green can be worth a fortune. And this is a full-color piece.

The shopkeeper was somewhat helpless.

Zhao Qingyan smiled.

"You should give me a discount. Do you know what 3,000 taels means?"

For an ordinary farming family, if they could save 2-3 taels of silver after a year of hard work, that would be considered a good life.

You're selling this bracelet to me for the equivalent of a thousand years' harvest for an ordinary farming family. Isn't that a bit too high a price?

Think about it, how many generations of effort and hard work must have taken over these 1000 years? Isn't that expensive?

I feel that the 2000 taels I offered was already a high price.

In the past, I bought a bracelet for tens or at most hundreds of taels of silver, and I never felt it was uglier than yours.

Isn't it just about the color? Why buy a bracelet if not for its appearance?

This stuff isn't for eating or drinking. I don't think even the ice flower dessert is this expensive, and it looks pretty too.

Look at this thing of yours, it's probably been collecting a lot of dust here. Nobody really buys things that are too expensive.

Tell me, why do you have to be so obsessed with money?

Giving you 2,000 taels is already quite a lot. With the money, you can go back and buy other goods and make a huge profit.

"This thing is just sitting there as an inanimate object; only by selling it can you get real money..."

Zhao Qingyan kept babbling on and on for almost half an hour, eventually managing to bargain down a bracelet worth 3,000 taels to 2,300 taels.

Zhao Qingyan felt a great sense of accomplishment for being able to save 700 taels of silver.

Zhao Han was about to make the payment when Zhao Qingyan stopped him.

"No, I'll do it myself. This is the most expensive thing I've ever bought in my past and present lives combined, and I have to buy it myself."