"It seems you're quite unconvinced!" Su Qinghe's voice was slightly cold.
"If you want to leave, I won't stop you, but I've spent so much money on your medicine, you have to pay me back!"
"Medicine money?" Ji Qingyu licked her lips, the bitter taste of medicine still lingering in her mouth.
"Tell me! How much did you spend? I'll pay you back!"
"Yu-ge'er! Don't talk nonsense!" Ji Yuan scolded anxiously. "The Mistress is a rare and good female ruler. It's already lucky that you and I were bought by her. Don't be willful!"
"Brother! How could you be so easily seduced by a woman again? Have you forgotten... um!"
"Shut up!" Ji Yuan covered Ji Qingyu's mouth and turned to look at Su Qinghe in a panic.
"My lady! Yu-ge'er has just woken up and is still not quite clear-headed. What he said was just nonsense, please don't take it to heart!"
"He's perfectly lucid, you don't need to protect him, and I won't do anything to him!"
Su Qinghe pulled Ji Yuan to her side and looked at Ji Qingyu lying down with a cold face.
“Forty-three taels in total!” Su Qinghe held up four fingers. “But consider it an act of kindness; I’ll round it up for you, so you can just return forty taels!”
"What kind of medicine is so expensive! You're clearly trying to scam me!" Ji Qingyu glared angrily at the woman in front of her.
“Yu-ge’er! Your injuries are serious. The wife gave you the best medicine. I was there at the time. It really cost 43 taels.”
Ji Yuan looked at him and added, "I've been decocting your medicine these past few days. I saw some ginseng slices in it; it's worth the price!"
"I...I don't have that much money right now..." Ji Qingyu's arrogance immediately subsided.
"Could you give me some more time? I'll definitely get the money back to pay you back!"
"Sure! But to avoid you defaulting on your debt, you have to stay with us until you pay it back!" Su Qinghe looked at him with a half-smile.
"I'm about to open a restaurant, and since you're A-Yuan's younger brother, I'll keep you here to work! I'll pay you the normal wage, one tael of silver a month, with room and board included!"
“Okay!” Ji Qingyu’s eyes flashed, and she nodded in agreement.
"Alright! A-Yuan, now that she's awake, you two can chat! I'll take Xiao Xi out for a walk!"
After Su Qinghe finished speaking, she pulled Lin Xi out the door, leaving Ji Yuan standing there alone.
"My lady..." Ji Yuan looked at Su Qinghe's back, opened his mouth, and finally only called out softly. The person in front of him did not turn around and walked straight out.
"Brother! Everyone's already gone, what are you still standing there for?" Ji Qingyu reminded Ji Yuan when she saw him standing there.
"Look, she only takes other men shopping, saying she wants you to stay and keep her company, but it's all just an excuse!"
Ji Qingyu thought she had seen through Su Qinghe's true colors and proudly raised her chin!
"Yu-ge'er!" Ji Yuan walked to the bedside and sat down, then picked up the medicine that hadn't been finished being fed to him.
"Not all women in the world are heartless! My wife is truly wonderful! You won't believe me now, but you'll understand once you've spent more time with her!"
Ji Qingyu drank her medicine without saying anything more, whether it was because the medicine was too bitter and she didn't want to talk, or because she really took Ji Yuan's words to heart.
While feeding him the medicine, Ji Yuan explained their current situation to him until Ji Qingyu fell asleep again, and then he stopped.
On the street.
Su Qinghe held Lin Xi's hand and wandered aimlessly. Lin Xi now had two strings of candied hawthorns in her hands.
"Come on, let's go inside and take a look at the jewelry!" Upon seeing a jewelry shop, Su Qinghe wanted to pull someone inside.
"No! My lady! There's no need to spend money!" Lin Xi looked up at the shop, quickly pulled Su Qinghe back, and said obediently, "Xiao Xi doesn't need any jewelry!"
Su Qinghe looked at him, understanding dawned on her, and reached out to touch the wooden hairpin in his hair.
"Whether you need it or not is your business, whether I buy it or not is my business! Besides... this can't even be considered jewelry!"
“Just say what you want; your wife isn’t short of money right now.”
As she spoke, Su Qinghe pointed to the wooden stick on his head that could barely be called a hairpin, and dragged him inside.
"Hey!" Lin Xi couldn't resist her, so she had no choice but to let her pull her along.
As soon as she entered, a woman dressed as a servant greeted her with a smile, "My lady, are you here to pick out jewelry for your husband?"
"Although the shop is small, it has a full range of hairpins, bracelets, hair ornaments and so on. You can take your husband around first, and if you see anything you like, just go to the counter to ask the price and pay!"
The shop looked to be doing good business. After saying that, the man turned around and went to greet other customers.
Su Qinghe pulled the person directly to the display case showcasing hairpins. At a glance, they were colorful, made of various materials, and in various styles.
"Is there anything you like?" Su Qinghe turned to look at him.
"That one will do!" Lin Xi pointed to a carved wooden hairpin that didn't look very expensive.
Knowing he couldn't change Su Qinghe's mind, but not wanting his wife to spend money, he could only try to buy the cheapest items.
"Alright, since Xiaoxi likes that one, then buy it! I'll also pick out one that I like for Xiaoxi!"
As Su Qinghe spoke, she picked up a jet-black jade hairpin adorned with several flowers of unknown origin.
"Hmm! My taste is as good as ever!" Su Qinghe picked up the hairpin, compared it on Lin Xi's head, and smiled with satisfaction.
“My lady! This hairpin looks very expensive. Xiao Xi can’t afford such a good one!” Lin Xi shook her head and refused repeatedly when she saw the hairpin in her wife’s hand.
"It's good that it's expensive! Only expensive hairpins can show Xiao Xi's status in the wife's heart!" Ignoring Lin Xi's objections, Su Qinghe picked out another hairpin from the pile.
Just as she was about to pull the person to pay the bill, a man's voice suddenly came from behind her.
"etc!"
Su Qinghe turned around and saw a servant looking at her, with a veiled man standing behind him. Judging from his clothes, he should be the young master of some wealthy family.
"Is there something you need, young master?" Su Qinghe asked.
The person behind him didn't speak; it was the servant in front of him who answered.
“My lady, my young master also greatly admires the white jade hairpin you are holding. May I have it?”
Are they here to steal the hairpin?
Su Qinghe looked at the white jade hairpin in her hand and frowned.
The hairpin was pure white, with the top carved into the shape of a magnolia bud, giving it a very elegant look. It was the hairpin she intended to give to Ji Yuan.
"I'm sorry, this is a gift for my husband, and I'm afraid I can't give it up. Young master, you may go and look at the others!"
After Su Qinghe finished speaking, she turned around and continued to pull Lin Xi toward the counter.
“My lady, I see you already have two other hairpins, so it seems you don’t necessarily need this one. I really like it, so please let me have it!”
Seeing that Su Qinghe was about to leave, the veiled man stepped out from behind the servants, bowed to her softly, and spoke in a gentle voice.
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