After drinking some more wine with his father-in-law, Wu Zhu left. As soon as he stepped out of his father-in-law's house, he spat against the wall and muttered, "Old man, he'll be greedy to death sooner or later!"
That evening, the dim candlelight illuminated the humble room. Madam Wang sat at the table mending the clothes Wang Shuren had worn that day, the cuffs of which were torn.
The garment looked worn and shabby on the outside, but Madam Wang was mending it with gold thread. When the garment was turned inside out, it was covered in gold thread, making it a dazzlingly luxurious dress woven from gold silk.
At this moment, Madam Wang was completely different from the poor woman she had been during the day. Her head was covered with gold hairpins and jade rings, her neck was adorned with more than a dozen strings of pearls, her left forearm was covered with gold bracelets, and her right forearm was covered with jade bracelets.
This outfit must have been very heavy, because she could barely lift her hands to sew, but she stubbornly refused to take off a single piece.
Looking at Wang Shuren again, he no longer bore any trace of poverty. He wore a brocade robe with cloud patterns, boots with eight-treasure auspicious patterns, and his hair was tied up with a red jade sash.
What is the Brocade Cloud Robe? It is the most precious silk fabric in Jiangnan, with every thread worth its weight in gold. What is the Eight Treasures? It is eight luminous pearls the size of pigeon eggs. And what about the Red Jade One Inch of Smoke? It is a pearl tear produced by a clam from the deepest part of the South China Sea. Only one pearl is produced every hundred years, making it extremely precious. Even the palace has only three in its collection over the years.
Under the candlelight, the room was poorly furnished, but Wang Shuren and his wife were adorned with jewels that could dazzle anyone.
At this moment, Wang Shuren took the package of golden cake that he had put in the wardrobe during the day and slowly opened it layer by layer of paper. A golden light emerged, revealing pieces of gold.
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