"It's true that we spent a lot of silver, but we will be going to the imperial capital soon. It's not like the south, and Ajian has passed the imperial examination, so we have to dress more decently." Chen Heng planned to go to the imperial capital when she bought the clothes. She couldn't still wear coarse cloth. She herself was still young, and her original clothes were all satin, and many of them were old.

"That's right." Xia nodded.

Chen Heng then placed a peachwood silver hairpin on her sister-in-law's bun and looked at it from left to right.

"This hairpin must be expensive, right?" Xia's only jewelry was her dowry, a silver hairpin with a hibiscus pattern, which she was reluctant to wear. When her husband was alive, she would buy her a beaded hairpin to wear, but now she wore plain clothes.

"Peach wood isn't expensive, and with two sections of silver inlaid on it, and the silver pieces embedded in the peach petals, while valuable, it's still rather plain compared to the other families who passed the imperial examinations." Chen Heng smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, let's wear it when it's time."

Only then did Xia happily put it on.

In the next few days, Xie Jian went out early and came back late. He was either dragged out for fun by one person or invited to dinner by another. The most practical reward for him was the reward given by the newly appointed county magistrate, which was 10 taels of silver for each candidate.

Including the money from the government office, ten taels of silver went into his pocket.

Chen Heng only regretted that there were too few exams. Otherwise, with Xie Jian's ability, he would have no worries about becoming rich.

In a blink of an eye, it was September.

The family began to prepare to go to Beijing.

That night, Shen Heng was quite excited. The day of arriving in the imperial capital came half a year earlier than she had expected.

According to historical records, Xie Jian married the daughter of a prince when he was ten years old. Regardless of whether this history existed in this time and space, or whether it was changed by her, given Xie Jian's personality, it is very likely that he would marry the daughter of a prince in order to climb up the social ladder.

For her, the most important thing was to gain an additional survival skill. She got to know many people through the Meng family's connections.

Relying on this skill, it is not a problem for her to survive.

If she could return to modern times one day, she would definitely tell everyone that while they are still studying, they should also squeeze out time to learn a skill, as it is always good to have many skills.

When Xie Jian finished writing the letter and looked up, he saw Chen Heng looking at the account book with a smile, so he said, "What are you thinking about? You're holding the account book upside down."

Chen Heng took a closer look and saw that it was indeed the case. She quickly picked it up and straightened it.

At this moment, Xie Jian took out a small, slender wooden box from his arms and pushed it in front of her: "This is for you."

When Chen Heng opened it, she found a silver hairpin with a butterfly flapping its wings on it. It was lifelike and beautifully crafted.

"This silver hairpin with a butterfly pattern fell in love with me at first sight. Do you like it?" Xie Jian asked.

Chen Heng's face was filled with joy: "I like it, I like it very much." Girls all like this when they see it: "Is it for me?"

Xie Jian nodded, took off the wooden hairpin on Ah Heng's head, replaced it with the butterfly hairpin, and looked at it: "Look at the change."

Chen Heng: "..." Never mind, she didn't want to argue with him. She happily stood up and looked at herself in the mirror.

Xie Jian thought Ah Heng would just look in the mirror to see if the clothes were suitable, but she actually took out a few clothes from the box and tried them on one by one.

Now that I have the jewelry, I naturally want to see which clothes can match it with it.

In fact, Yuan Heng had a jewelry box with several silver hairpins in it. Yuan Heng used to cry every time she saw it, complaining that her mother hadn't even given her any gold jewelry, and she would complain about it for a long time. Chen Heng rarely took it out, and usually wore the wooden hairpin that Xie Jian had given her.

"If you like these, I will buy them for you later," said Xie Jian.

Chen Heng looked through the mirror at Xie Jian's young but somewhat steady face. Being Xie Jian's wife, no, should I say family member, was quite a blessing.