Chen Afu, wearing a half-worn fine cloth dress and with a plain face, went out holding Dabao's hand.
I heard that the most prosperous commercial area in Dingzhou Prefecture is West Street, where there are several silver shops. Before coming here, Chen Afu specifically asked Jin Yanzi which shop has a better reputation and what the price is.
Jin Yanzi said that Yafeng Silver Shop had a strong backstage, and some shops bullied customers because they were big. They didn't treat customers who were not wealthy well. It was very unhappy with this shop and stole from it twice in a row. However, the shopkeeper of Yuqilin Silver Shop was very good. It stayed there for several days and didn't have the heart to eat. This silver shop was the second largest silver shop in Dingzhou Prefecture, second only to Yafeng.
Therefore, Chen Afu’s goal was very clear, to go directly to West Street and then directly to Yuqilin Silver Shop.
The mule cart stopped outside the Yuqilin Silver Shop, and Chen Afu and Dabao got off.
After entering the silver shop, I saw a large jade screen with five sons passing the imperial examinations placed next to the gate, and several huge agate screens or coral and ivory carvings placed around it, which was very impressive. Chen Ahfu took Dabao to the counter and told the waiter that he wanted to meet the shopkeeper because he had something to sell.
The waiter was very nice and asked her to wait. Manager Bai was greeting important customers on the second floor.
Chen Ahfu and Dabao stood here waiting, and saw that there were only some wooden and silver headpieces and ornaments on the counter. There was no glass cabinet to prevent theft like in the previous life, so they dared not put out the expensive jewelry. Chen Ahfu wondered how Jin Yanzi got the goods.
After a while, I saw those people coming down from the second floor: an old lady in her fifties, a woman in her thirties, a girl who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old, a girl who was twelve or thirteen years old, a man in his thirties, a few maids, and at the end a man who looked like a shopkeeper.
At first glance, this family is obviously wealthy. They are all dressed in silk and satin, looking very elegant.
That man is so handsome.
Perhaps it was because the man was too outstanding, making the women around him look like passers-by. Even the two young girls were far inferior to the man. The old man behind them, Shopkeeper Bai, looked even older and uglier in comparison.
That man was so handsome, tall and slender, with delicate features and a temperament like orchid. When he went downstairs, he was holding the old woman, who should be his mother.
He was different from the "hero" that Chen Afu had seen. The hero was also good-looking, but he was also very heroic, with sharp edges and corners, and a kind of domineering and arrogant air.
This man had beautiful features that were almost perfect, even women couldn't compare to him. In the words of his previous life, he had the appearance of a typical pretty boy. If it weren't for the two short mustaches on his upper lip, he would have given people the impression of being in his twenties.
Being too beautiful was secondary. The most important thing was that he gave off a familiar vibe. Chen Ahfu couldn't remember exactly where he was familiar, but she just felt that he was familiar. Unconsciously, a tear fell, and an inexplicable sadness spread in her heart.
Her eyes followed the man all the time. Even after they walked out the door and disappeared from her sight, Chen Afu was still in a daze.
Chen Dabao didn't notice those people. He was staring at the red coral ornaments on the ground. When he looked up, he saw his mother staring at the door in a daze. He pulled her hand and said, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
The waiter on the side laughed out loud, thinking that this young lady was too unscrupulous in looking at the handsome man. Fortunately, no one saw her look, otherwise he would be unhappy.
Chen Ahfu woke up from his trance and raised his hand to wipe the tear from his cheek. That man looked so familiar, who did he look like? He didn't look like someone I knew in this life, could it be that he looked like someone I knew in my previous life, which made him so sad that he even shed tears?
Just as I was thinking about it, the shopkeeper who had sent those people out came back.
A waiter asked with a smile, "Boss Bai, that old man looks like a wealthy man. He must have bought a lot of jewelry, right?"
Shopkeeper Bai laughed and said, "Mr. Chen's hometown is only a few dozen miles away from Dingzhou Prefecture. He lived in Jiangnan for more than ten years before returning. He will settle down here in the future. He heard that our silver shop has a good reputation, so he brought his mother, wife and daughter to buy some jewelry." He laughed very happily, happy for having made a lot of money, and also proud of the good reputation of his own store.
His surname is also Chen. His home is dozens of miles away from Dingzhou. He has lived in Jiangnan for many years and seems to be in his early thirties.
Chen Afu suddenly realized that the man was not like someone else, but was too much like himself in this life.
Thinking of this, she was 99% sure that the man was her son-in-law, Mr. Chen, the biological father of this body. Not only because of the above points, but also because of intuition and the strange reaction of this body. As for the remaining 1%, it was not confirmed by Wang herself.
Is he going to stay in Dingzhou? Is he coming back to settle down because he was dismissed from office, or is he coming to Dingzhou to work as an official? Seeing that his family can come to the silver shop to buy jewelry in a leisurely manner, it should not be because he was dismissed from office...
Chen Ahfu was just thinking about it when the waiter pointed at her and said, "Manager Bai, this young lady said she has something to sell to our store."
Chen Ahfu took a deep breath. She was not the original owner, and she was related to him by blood. She was not Wang, and she had lived with him day and night for ten years, and she was pregnant with his child. As for whether he was dismissed or promoted, it had nothing to do with her.
Her primary task now is to sell the jewelry at a good price and provide her family with a good life with her own efforts.
She quickly calmed down and took Dabao to Shopkeeper Bai. She smiled and said, "Hello, Shopkeeper Bai."
Dabao also shouted loudly, "Hello, Grandpa Bai."
The word "OK" stuck in Shopkeeper Bai's throat. He stared at her blankly, thinking that she looked too familiar. He couldn't help asking, "Have we met before?" He felt that it was inappropriate to ask, as if he was flirting with the young lady, so he quickly explained with a red face, "Uh, no, I mean I think the young lady looks familiar, that..." This was still flirting with the young lady, and he really couldn't explain it, so he asked again, "Young lady, what do you want to sell to our store?"
Chen Afu knew that he must have seen that he and Mr. Chen looked too similar, except that one was a big man in fancy clothes and the other was a young woman in plain clothes, so he didn't think of the two of them together.
What she didn't know was that after being "reminded" by Shopkeeper Bai, the waiter also felt that this young lady was familiar.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "My family has two pieces of jewelry that were passed down. Unfortunately, our family fell into poverty, so we spent all the gold and had a few gems left. I wanted to sell them to pay for my father and brother's medical treatment."
Shopkeeper Bai invited them to a small room, and Chen Afu took out the emerald and ruby.
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