Chapter 79: Meeting

Li couldn't say that I wanted to show off in the village, for fear that my mother would slap her, so she lied, "I heard from my grandmother that some wealthy families would prepare dowries for their daughters from birth. I knew my mother would prepare it, but as a mother, I also wanted to save some. It just so happened that I had some spare money, so I was thinking of buying some jewelry."

Zhulan didn't know what Li was thinking, so she looked at him with a high opinion of him and said, "Cheng, go to the jewelry shop."

It just so happened that she also looked at the prices of jewelry in the jewelry shop, thinking that when Zhou Shuren came back, even if he didn't make any money, he would have enough money to sell as jewelry, and she would also buy some jewelry and dowry for the girls in her family. A girl's marriage depends not only on her parents' family but also on her dowry, and the more dowry she has, the more confident she will be.

There are two jewelry stores in the county with good reputations. When Li arrived at Feng's Jewelry Store, she was timid again. Even if she wore the best clothes, she was not as good as the maid next to the young lady. The maid looked at her with contempt and immediately shrank her head, "Mother, I won't buy anything."

Zhulan saw it clearly and shouted, "Stand up straight and raise your head."

Li stood up straight as she obeyed the order. Zhulan was satisfied and said, "Follow mother in."

Seeing that her mother was not influenced by the maid at all, Li was full of admiration. She thought her mother was worthy of being her mother and followed her in quickly.

The jewelry shop has two floors. The first floor is for ordinary people, and the second floor serves the wealthy and prestigious people. There are relatively few people on the first floor. Unless a family is getting married, no one has the spare money to visit a jewelry shop.

The clerk did not neglect Zhulan's coarse clothing. The lower the status of merchants, the better their attitude towards customers. "The jewelry in the store is all the latest models. I'll get whichever one you like."

Zhulan motioned Li to come forward, as she was not going to buy anything.

Li was no longer self-conscious. She had long been attracted by the dazzling jewelry. She pointed at the carved silver hairpin and asked, "How much is this hairpin?"

The clerk flattered her, "Sister-in-law, you have a good eye. This one sells the best. It weighs one tael, including the labor cost, and costs two cents for one tael."

Li felt a little pain, "So much!"

The clerk introduced, "This one is hand-carved by a master, so it's naturally more expensive. Plus, taxes are higher, so we just make our hard-earned money."

Li really liked this silver hairpin. She bought it and a pair of silver earrings, spending a total of 120 yuan. As soon as she left the house, Li started talking, "Mom, I will be so jealous of the young wives in the village when I go back."

Zhulan felt as if she had been slapped in the face. Well, she thought Li wanted to show off for her granddaughter, but it turned out to be for her. She didn't allow Li to show off everywhere, but this person found another way to show off by buying jewelry. Her face darkened, "Didn't you say you were saving it for Yulu as a dowry?"

Li Shiguang was so happy that she didn't notice her mother-in-law's gloomy face. "Mother Yulu is still young. I will take care of her first and wait until Yulu gets married before I melt her down and make a new one."

Zhulan was too lazy to pay attention to Li and just closed her eyes to rest.

Li still thought he was smart. He had already thought of how to show off. He would walk around the village twice in the morning and evening, not four times!

Finally, Zhulan went to the clinic. She had finished taking the tonic medicine and felt that her body was in good shape. It was time to change the tonic prescription. Because it was made with her own ginseng, Zhulan saved a lot of money on the tonic medicine.

The doctor felt my pulse and prescribed a new prescription, mainly for replenishing qi and blood, and some conditioning medicine. I spent two hundred coins for the seven-day medicine, and also bought the doctor's frostbite ointment, for a total of two hundred and thirty coins.

Zhulan was waiting to get medicine when she saw Wang Ru coming out from inside. There was blood on Wang Ru's body and she was anxiously looking for a doctor but didn't notice Zhulan. Zhulan vaguely remembered that Wang Ru had met the merchant's illegitimate son and should know that Xue Han is the heroine. She will always keep her eyes on the Zhou family in the future. It's heartbreaking to think about it.

After getting the right medicine, Zhulan didn't want to stay in the county for a moment. Zhulan's face was not good, and Li stopped complaining. She was too honest to be honest, fearing that if she made a mistake, she would be killed by her mother-in-law.

After returning home, Zhulan was in a bad mood. There was someone who was always trying to plot against her. The difficulty of survival in the Zhou family had increased. She was unhappy no matter how she thought about it.

When Zhou Laoer saw his mother coming back to the main room with a bad look on her face, he thought something had happened and asked his eldest brother, "What happened?"