But from another perspective, he is a good man who does not flirt with others.
"It's all my grandfather's fault. My sister-in-law turned out to be my younger sister." Yu Fuling complained dissatisfiedly.
Yu Jiao chuckled. Even if this hadn't happened, she wouldn't have become Yu Qizhe's wife. Her parents' orders and matchmaker's words didn't count for her. If she was willing to marry, it had to be based on true love.
"Where is the cloth shop in town?" Yu Jiao asked.
Yu Fuling's attention was diverted. She said, "It's on Nanhuai Street. Just across the intersection. Do you want to buy some cloth?"
Yu Jiao nodded, pulled out the torn fifty-liang silver note from her sleeve, and said, "Let's go to the bank first and exchange this silver note."
"Can this be exchanged for silver?" Yu Fuling had never used silver notes before and had no idea that torn silver notes could still be used.
"I don't know, let's give it a try." Yu Jiao felt that since silver bills were in circulation, it should be possible. After all, although silver bills were convenient to carry, they would inevitably be torn accidentally. She would definitely not be the first one to tear up a silver bill.
Yu Qizhe gave them a positive answer, "I've read in a book that damaged banknotes can be exchanged."
Poor farmers almost never see silver bills in their entire lives, and can only save some silver at most. Yu Fuling is not the only one who thinks that silver bills cannot be used if they are torn. The Yu family also thinks so, otherwise Yu Hanshan would not have been so anxious when he saw Yu Jiao tearing up the silver bills.
Yu Fuling felt that she had learned something new. She whispered, "If this banknote can be used, don't tell Uncle San and Grandmother about it."
Yu Jiao nodded.
The three of them went to the bank, and Yu Jiao handed the banknote to the bank clerk, "I accidentally tore this banknote, can it be exchanged?"
The clerk took the banknote and saw that it was only torn a little. He did not make things difficult for her. He nodded and asked her, "Miss, do you want to exchange it for silver?"
Yu Jiao still had more than twenty taels of silver in her hand. She was not in a hurry to exchange the silver notes for silver. She also thought the silver ingots were too heavy, so she said, "No, I'll keep it in the bank."
The clerk filled out the receipt, asked Yu Jiao to press her fingerprint with cinnabar, and returned a new banknote to Yu Jiao.
After exchanging the new banknotes, Yu Jiao put them away carefully. The three of them went to the cloth shop on Nanhuai Street. Yu Fuling was dazzled by the cloths of various colors and patterns on the counter.
The new clothes made in the family were mainly for the boys, and the girls never had a turn. Yu Fuling only wore new clothes during the Chinese New Year when she was a child. At that time, Song still had some dowry, and every Chinese New Year she would grit her teeth and take out some money to make Yu Fuling a new dress.
The dowry that Song had received had long been spent over the years.
Yu Jiao was not familiar with the measurement of cloth here, so she asked the shop assistant directly, "Can one piece of cloth make a set of clothes?"
The waiter smiled and explained to Yu Jiao, "One piece of cloth can make a set of clothes for an adult man."
After Yu Jiao understood, she said to Yu Fuling and Yu Qizhe, "Each of you choose two horses of your favorite colors. Oh, Sister Fuling, choose the same color for Aunt Song and Uncle Mengshan as well."
Yu Fuling was a little surprised by her generous tone and opened her mouth in disbelief, "Yu Jiao, are you saying that you want to buy cloth for me, my younger brother, my parents and others to make new clothes?"
Yu Jiao nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, I think everyone in the family should buy new clothes."
Yu Fuling was surprised and delighted, she was already very happy that Yu Jiao had such a heart. Although Yu Jiao had money, it was earned by herself after all. She was happy to make new clothes, but Yu Fuling felt a little guilty about spending Yu Jiao's money so lavishly.
She quickly took Yu Jiao's hand and said, "No need, just buy yourself some fabric, and my parents and I will have clothes to wear."
"I am now the daughter of Aunt Song and Uncle Mengshan. How can I wear new clothes by myself? I am honoring them. You are not allowed to interfere."
Yu Jiao knew that she was doing her duty and was sensible, so she smiled and said, "I call you elder sister, do you still treat me as an outsider? Third Aunt made new clothes for Yu Jinshu and Yu Jinyan, and Zhe Ge'er will also take the provincial examination, so he naturally needs decent clothes. Don't be polite with me. If you really feel bad, just help me make the clothes. You also know that my needlework is really not good enough."
After hearing what Yu Jiao said, Yu Fuling stopped being polite, but still said, "I only need to choose one."
Yu Jiao had no choice but to follow her lead. She turned to look at Yu Qizhe and said, "Pick two horses of the colors you like."
Yu Qizhe was not as polite as Yu Fuling, but he was not a woman and could not tell whether something was good-looking or not. He pointed at the dark blue material and said, "Let's take this one."
Yu Jiao chose lake blue and honey-colored material with cloud patterns, Yu Fuling chose smoky color, and the two of them decided to choose pine brown material for Yu Mengshan, and tea color for Song.
The waiter saw that the three people were dressed in plain and old clothes, but he didn't expect that they would ask for so much cloth at once. He was so happy that he grinned and asked enthusiastically, "Would you like to call a carriage to send the girl home?"
It would be a burden for the three of them to carry so many pieces of fabric back home. Yu Jiao was about to nod, but Yu Fuling was reluctant to do so. It was already a lot of money to buy so much fabric. She whispered to stop him, "We can carry it all. It will cost more to hire a carriage."
Yu Jiao smiled and said, "No, I'm a delicate person and I'm afraid of getting tired."
She said to the waiter, "Please help me hire a carriage."
The waiter responded quickly and went outside to find a carriage.
Yu Jiao thought for a moment, then picked out another piece of bamboo green cloth and said, "I'll take this one too."
Yu Fuling asked curiously, "Why did you buy another piece? This is a lot of fabric..."
"Yu Zhizhou is also going to take the provincial examination, so I bought it for him for your uncle's sake." Yu Jiao had troubled the eldest wife a lot when she went up the mountain to collect herbs before. Although Yu Zhizhou looked down on her, she decided to take him along for the sake of the other people in the eldest wife's house.
Yu Fuling couldn't help but hug Yu Jiao's arm and said sincerely, "You are so kind! If my aunt knew, she would be very happy! Third Aunt was showing off like that yesterday, and my aunt was feeling very upset."
Yu Jiao smiled. She unexpectedly liked the intimacy of Yu Fuling's arm around her.
Yu Qizhe frowned. Although Yu Jiao's personality now was nothing like before, and he had almost forgotten about the time when Yu Jiao seduced Yu Jinyan, it did happen after all, and he didn't like Yu Jiao being nice to Yu Zhizhou and the others.
Looking at the smile on Yu Jiao's face, Yu Qizhe restrained himself and remained silent.
Yu Jiao had no idea what Yu Qizhe was thinking. Considering the world she came from, every time there was an exam, they would buy some test papers and special topics in advance. Yu Jiao asked Yu Qizhe, "Is there anything else you need to buy? The provincial examination is coming soon, do you need to buy more books?"
Seeing that she was thinking about her own affairs, Yu Qizhe felt a little sweet in his heart, and the unhappiness just now disappeared. He shook his head and said, "There is nothing to buy. We already have enough books at home."
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