That day, they followed a girl from a certain family to look at hair ornaments at a roadside stall. The girl was wearing a veil, which covered her face completely. In fact, the people of the Great Jin Dynasty were open-minded and women could go out without veils. However, for daughters from families who were more conservative or had strong rules, they would still wear veils when they went out to prevent outsiders from seeing their true faces.
"I heard that Miss Wu is incredibly beautiful, a famous beauty in the county. It's a pity we can't see her face, and it's not appropriate for us to just go over and lift her veil." Xingxing shook her head with a regretful expression.
"Judging from the two pretty maids beside her, Miss Wu must be incredibly beautiful," Chen Yueru said thoughtfully, stroking her chin.
Chun Chun was just there to make up the numbers and watch the fun. She nodded and agreed with everything Xingxing and Chen Yueru said. All the city girls, whether maids or young ladies, were beautiful.
She was dressed neatly and cleanly, and even wore jewelry in her hair, unlike the girls in their village who all wore coarse linen clothes, or at most, better-off girls who wore clothes made of finer materials.
Chun Chun looked down at the clothes hanger on her body. It was a light blue cotton coat. The fabric was a gift from Aunt Guihua. Ever since Aunt Guihua's family became wealthy, they would send her some good things. For the past few years, all the clothes her family wore were made from fabric sent by Uncle Zhou's family.
The villagers envied their family's good relationship with Uncle Zhou's family, as they could send a lot of cloth and often have new clothes to wear. In the past, those patched clothes were only worn when working in the fields; when not working in the fields, they wore new clothes.
"Chun Chun, stop standing there in a daze! Miss Wu has gone to the teahouse, hurry up and follow her." Xingxing gave Chun Chun a push, and the latter suddenly came back to her senses.
Soon the three of them arrived at the teahouse again, but Miss Wu went into a private room, so they didn't dare to barge in. Just as Xingxing was thinking about how to get in and take a look, she saw the waiter carrying a plate of pastries into the private room. The door to the private room was not closed, and then they heard the voice of a maid scolding from inside.
"You clumsy servant, you can't even serve tea properly. You've dirtied our young lady's clothes, can you afford to pay for it?"
Listening to the maid's cursing, Miss Wu didn't stop her at all, letting her subordinates bully her.
"Let's go, there's no need to look anymore. If even the little maidservant around her is so difficult to get along with, then her master is even less likely to be easy to deal with. This person is not suitable." Xingxing led the two away.
After leaving the teahouse, Xingxing said again, "This Miss Wu is just the daughter of a minor county magistrate, but she acts more like she's above me."
"Although he's just a county magistrate, he'd be nothing in the capital, but in the county, he's a very important official, second only to the emperor, and incredibly powerful." Chen Yueru explained carefully to make her understand.
Chun Chun nodded vigorously. "The highest official in the town is the village head, and in the village, the village chief is the highest. Even the county magistrate is not a position that just anyone can hold."
"We really underestimated this minor official. It seems we underestimated Miss Wu. Our brother Fu is not worthy of her." Xingxing snorted a few times, having already ruled out Miss Wu.
“Our Brother Fu deserves better,” Chen Yueru chimed in.
“Yeah, Fu is such a good guy, he’ll definitely find an even better wife,” Chun Chun chimed in again.
Chen Yueru's favorability towards Chun Chun, who is such a supporter, skyrocketed. She really likes this young lady. Oh right, she only just realized that this honest and simple Chun Chun is older than her. She must be seventeen this year.
Looking at Chun Chun's appearance again, well, she is actually quite pretty. Her eyes are not very big, but they are bright and piercing, with a touch of naivety. Her hair is jet black, and she has a tall and slender figure, half a head taller than her and slightly shorter than Xingxing.
Tsk tsk, Xingxing is really tall. Chen Yueru's height in the south was already considered outstanding, but she looks short standing next to Xingxing. It's true that there is no harm without comparison.
Chen Yueru's thoughts drifted away the whole way, and she didn't hear what Xingxing and Chunchun were talking about. Before she knew it, she had arrived home. She was just thinking of finding an opportunity to ask Xingxing how Chunchun was doing. It was a pity that such a good girl had fallen into someone else's family. If she could marry into the Zhou family, wouldn't that be perfect? It would be a blessing to be sisters-in-law with such a good-tempered and supportive man.
Although the village chief's surname is also Zhou, the village chief's family and Zhou Laoda's family are more than five degrees of kinship, so it is perfectly acceptable for the two families to form a marriage alliance.
However, before she could figure out how to bring this up with Xingxing and her aunt and uncle, Chun Chun accidentally bumped into Da Fu as she entered the room.
Dafu, a tall and strong man, was hit but didn't even flinch. Chun Chun, on the other hand, was petite and fell right into Dafu's arms. The two of them froze for a moment, unable to move, before they reacted and quickly separated.
Both of them blushed deeply, and Chunchun stammered, "Yes, I'm sorry, Brother Dafu, I ran too fast and didn't know you were about to come out."
Dafu's ears turned red, and he gave Chun Chun a deep look before saying in a serious tone, "It's okay, it's not your fault. I wasn't watching where I was going. I was in a hurry to go out and buy something."
Xingxing entered first and saw Dafu and Chunchun looking awkward and unsure of what to do. A look of suspicion crossed her face. "It was just a bump, what's the big deal? We're all family, why are you being so polite? It's like something terrible has happened."
After saying that, he patted Dafu on the shoulder and said, "Big brother, didn't you want to go out to buy books? What are you standing there for? Hurry up, or you'll miss lunch."
Dafu lowered his head and glanced at Xingxing with some annoyance, as if she had ruined something for him.
Watching Dafu's hurried departure, Xingxing was completely bewildered, wondering if her older brother was angry.
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