Chapter 83 Meeting the Sister
Su Ruojin reminded: "You eat first!"
Hua Ping looked like he wouldn't eat unless you told him.
Su Ruojin chuckled and said, "I'll add one tael of monthly silver."
"That's only two taels."
Su Ruojin rolled her eyes at him and said, "You don't do any work, so it's good enough that you can get two taels."
Hua Ping raised her head in anger, thinking that he must have owed her in his previous life. She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, add an extra ounce." She lowered her head fiercely, took a mouthful of rice, and swallowed it in big gulps.
Oh my God, "Uncle Hua, if you keep doing this, you'll have stomachache when you get old."
People like them don’t even know if they’ll ever have the chance to grow old. Hua Ping looks very depressed.
No, no! Uncle Hua is really sick from being idle.
Su Ruojin didn't beat around the bush with him, "From now on, you go to my house every morning and teach my eldest brother, Mao Ya and the others the basic skills. Let them learn a few tricks so that they can protect themselves."
It's really exploitation.
He said sarcastically, "If you follow my lead, maybe I'll consider it."
Su Ruojin: ...
This soft and tender young lady definitely can't bear this hardship, Hua Ping thought secretly, but who knew that the next moment, the young lady readily agreed, "Okay!"
Such a good opportunity, don't miss it! This is a master, a master!
Su Ruojin left happily, walked a few steps, turned around and pointed at the plate and said, "In the Su family, you are not allowed to waste food. If you are caught, you will be punished by not being able to eat for a day." After that, she skipped away.
Hua Ping...he has never won against Su Erniang.
Why is he so miserable!
Mao Ya was also happy when she heard that the young master asked Hua Ping to come every day. If she wasn’t a servant, she would almost jump for joy like the young master. Uh... no, wait, practicing martial arts is very hard. Can the young master endure this hardship?
There was a lot of work to do in the mountains, so Old Man Feng had to go back after staying for two days. Su Ruojin hurriedly went to Zhucui Pavilion with her mother to buy a gold lock. She quietly took more than fifty taels of silver with her, and Cheng Yingzhen didn't know about it.
The mother and daughter dressed up beautifully today and went into Zhucui Pavilion with Shutong and Maoya.
The waiter inside hurriedly came forward to greet them: "Madam, young lady, what do you want? If you want ordinary gold bracelets and gold jewelry, they are on the first floor. If you want pearls, jade, and other jewelry inlaid with jade and rubies, they are on the second floor."
Cheng Yingzhen was nervous, and her face became serious: "It's on the first floor."
The waiter seemed disappointed. He had thought they were a wealthy customer because they were dressed elegantly and appropriately, but he didn't expect them to be just small customers buying samples on the first floor. He stepped aside without much enthusiasm.
Su Ruojin didn't like shop assistants who were too friendly wherever she went to buy things. The waiter's behavior was just what she wanted. She held her mother's hand and slowly looked from one side of the counter to the other, choosing a gold lock first. There were not many styles for this one, and the main thing to consider was the purity and weight of the gold.
Not to mention the gift from the Feng family, the wild grapes alone were extremely precious. Su Ruojin was not stingy and bought a big gold lock, spending nearly twenty taels.
Although Cheng Yingzhen felt pained, she didn't say anything. Her daughter said that if she had to spend money to buy those small wild ginseng and dried mushrooms, they would cost more than ten taels, and there were so many wild grapes.
After choosing the gold lock, Cheng Yingzhen wanted to take her daughter to check out, but her daughter pulled her back and said, "Mom, please choose a gold hairpin, and help me choose two pearl flowers, and buy a wooden hairpin for dad and brother."
Wooden hairpins are relatively common. Low-end ones include peach wood and boxwood, mid-range ones include ebony, red sandalwood, and green sandalwood, and high-end wooden hairpins are mainly made of rosewood and huanghuali.
The Su family definitely can’t afford high-end ones at the moment, but two ebony ones are still okay.
When Cheng Yingzhen heard that it was going to be bought for herself, she waved her hands repeatedly. When she heard that it was going to be bought for her husband, a smile spread across her face. She couldn't stop her love for her lover. Just as she was about to go to the hairpin to take a look, the light at the store door was blocked, as if someone had come in.
The mother and daughter subconsciously looked towards the door.
When Cheng Yingzhen saw the person coming, her face turned pale.
Su Ruojin didn't recognize the person, but Shu Tong did, and quickly came to the side of the young master, "Madam's eldest sister."
It’s really a joke to talk about it, but it makes me shed tears when I think about it.
As her parents' sisters, Su Ruojin didn't recognize any of them. It was said that she wouldn't even recognize any of them if they met on the street.
Su Ruojin was just about to pull her mother around and let them do whatever they were supposed to do, but Cheng Yingzhen still went over to greet her and said, "Ahzhen greets you, sister."
Cheng Yuzhu glanced at the gold lock in her concubine's hand. She bought these vulgar things as soon as she got rich. It was really cheap. A sneer appeared on her face, "Why don't you go upstairs and take a look? You can't afford it?"
What does it have to do with you whether you can afford it or not? Su Ruojin wanted to throw the money at people, but it was a pity that she only brought fifty taels today. She should have brought more earlier. It's really a bad start when she meets a villain when she goes out.
Cheng Yingzhen lowered her head and groaned in frustration.
Cheng Yuzhu raised her head proudly and walked up to the second floor. The waiter was smiling so hard that his mouth reached his ears.
This is the naked reality!
Su Ruojin rolled her eyes and was no longer in the mood to choose a hairpin.
"Mom, let's change stores."
Cheng Yingzhen shook her head. "Forget it, let's go back."
"No!" Su Ruojin shook her arm, "We've already agreed that we'll find a restaurant to have lunch at noon, and then go shopping in the afternoon. After that, we'll go to the Imperial College and bring dad back with us. What a wonderful day, don't you think, mother?"
"Oh." Cheng Yingzhen still couldn't muster up the energy.
Su Ruojin waved her hand and said, "Let's go to Madam Fan's restaurant for a good meal today."
Cheng Yingzhen looked up at the stairs. Her elder sister happened to be walking up the stairs and turned around to look over here, looking down at her like a high and mighty god who could strangle her to death with just a kick.
She was so frightened that she turned around and took her daughter away.
Su Ruojin was pulled by her mother, but she kept her head turned, looking at the woman who had bullied her mother and made her tremble whenever she saw her all her life. She gritted her teeth secretly, thinking that one day, she would make her mother stand high above them and look down on all the evil mothers and sisters in the Bo's Mansion.
The mother and daughter arrived at Mrs. Fan's Hongtai Restaurant listlessly. They didn't have a reservation, so the shopkeeper introduced them to a small private room. Su Ruojin ordered a few side dishes and a jar of fruit drink.
"That's all. Please serve the food as soon as possible."
"Okay, okay."
Shu Tong put the mule cart away before coming in. As soon as he came in, the shopkeeper recognized him and said, "Isn't this Brother Su? Are you here for dinner?"
There used to be barbecue here, and Shutong came over and took some skewers. Later, the barbecue was moved to Xiangguo Temple, and there is no barbecue here anymore.
Shu Tong smiled and replied, "I am here to have dinner with my wife and my young lady."
The shopkeeper immediately responded, "The mother and daughter who just came upstairs are Madam Su and Miss Su?"
Shu Tong nodded, "Yes, Shopkeeper Fan."
"Oh my!" Shopkeeper Fan hurriedly walked out from the counter and personally carried the tea upstairs. As soon as he entered the room, he bowed respectfully and said, "It's all my fault that I didn't recognize Madam Su. This is my gift of tea. I hope Madam will accept it."
Cheng Yingzhen almost lost her composure and tried to dodge, but was held down by Su Ruojin. She smiled at her mother and said, "You can do it."
Encouraged by her daughter's smiling eyes, Cheng Yingzhen tried to be dignified and generous, and said with a smile, "Thank you, boss!" The self-esteem that had been trampled into the dust by her elder sister just now was restored at this moment.
(End of this chapter)
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