Chapter 801: Ancient Maple

On the street, Zhulan took her daughter to buy materials for carving. There were more men in the shop than women.

Yu Shuang and Yu Lu were not interested in the materials, they preferred rouge and powder, so they asked Zhu Lan for permission to go to the rouge shop diagonally opposite.

Zhulan didn't know much about materials, mainly because she wasn't interested in them. Looking at the materials on display, she really couldn't tell whether they were good or bad. She only knew how valuable they were by looking at the price.

Xue Han frowned, and Zhu Lan asked, "What's wrong?"

Xue Han looked at the material in the hands of the young man in front of her. Her hands were too slow, and someone took it away first. She would not steal someone else's things, but she didn't want to give in, so she asked the shopkeeper, "Do you have better material?"

The shopkeeper grinned when he heard it, "Yes, yes."

As she spoke, she took out the key and unlocked the locked cabinet. There were several pieces of fabric in the cabinet, and she took them all out. "These are the good stuffs that have been hidden in the bottom of the box. They were taken out only because customers requested them. Miss, please take a look and see if you like them."

Xue Han selected a palm-sized piece and was about to pay when she heard a noisy sound outside and a child crying. Xue Han felt a gust of wind and the young man who had just been bargaining with the shopkeeper was rushed out.

Zhulan was worried about Yushuang and Yulu, and hurried out. Xuehan also hurriedly paid the silver and went out with the material.

On the street, the frightened horses had been pacified, some stalls had been overturned, and the streets were still quite chaotic.

Zhulan saw Yushuang who had sprained her foot at a glance. Yushuang was leaning on the old woman, not daring to put one foot on the ground. The one crying was a little girl of about eight or nine years old. The little girl must have been frightened, but she was not injured.

Zhulan walked quickly to her granddaughter's side and asked, "Besides spraining your ankle, where else are you injured?"

When she came to ancient times, the girl was only three years old. She watched the child grow up. She felt distressed when she caught a cold or fell ill, let alone when she was injured.

Yu Shuang's forehead was covered with sweat and she felt pain. She shook her head not wanting her grandma to worry, "Grandma, my granddaughter is fine."

Yu Lu was very unhappy and glared at the little girl who was still crying. "My elder sister and I were standing quietly to avoid the carriage, but this little girl rushed out and startled the horse, and the carriage came towards us. If I hadn't brought two servants with me to stop the horse in time, it would have hit my elder sister and me. Even so, my elder sister protected me but still twisted her foot, and she started crying first."

This was truly an unexpected disaster today, and I am so angry.

Zhulan saw that there were already people around the little girl, the young man from the fabric shop, and two women in their thirties. One of them looked a little helpless, and the other had a distressed and angry look on her face.

Xue Han said, "Mom, let's go home. Yu Shuang's feet need to be checked."

Zhulan was worried about her granddaughter's feet, so she signaled the servant to call for her own carriage. While waiting for the carriage, the young man came forward and apologized, "I am sorry for disturbing you because of my cousin. I saw that you seemed to be injured just now. Here is some silver, please accept it."

Zhulan looked at the young man in front of her. He looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, but he was not short. She saw his little movement just now. The young man touched his purse. The silver was for buying materials, and it was not much. Just now in the shop, when he was bargaining, he mentioned eight taels of silver. It was estimated that there was only a little more than eight taels in his purse.

The young master took the purse and before Zhulan could speak, a harsh voice came, "Your cousin was frightened and didn't know what was inside and what was outside. How come there is extra silver? It just so happens that your cousin wants rouge. Use this silver to buy rouge for your cousin."

Zhulan was so angry that she laughed. She walked past the young man, whose face had turned a little pale, and walked forward with a cold face. From the jewelry and clothes the woman wore, she knew that she was also a government official's wife. "Today's incident started because of your daughter's recklessness. The horse didn't hit anyone, but it was also because my servant was very skilled. Otherwise, I don't know how many people would have been injured. Now my granddaughter has sprained her foot, and you didn't handle it properly. You even shouted at me. You really opened my eyes."

Jin opened her mouth to retort, but then stopped. She was only paying attention to the young lady and didn't pay attention to her surroundings. She didn't pay much attention to the actions of the Mianmenxing. Only now did she realize that there were old women and maids standing next to the two girls in front, and there was also a servant blocking them.

When Jin heard the word "Shu Ren" again, she panicked. Only the family members of a third-rank official could be called Shu Ren. Her father was a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue, and the official rank difference between them was too great. She hurriedly bowed her head and apologized, "It's all my daughter's fault. We will compensate you for the money you need. Please don't hold it against us."

As she spoke, she untied her purse and took out a silver note. Zhulan glanced at it and saw that it was a fifty-liang silver note. She motioned to Mrs. Song to take it.

Zhulan frowned, "Where is the stall that was knocked over?"

Jin didn't want to get involved, but she didn't dare to offend him, so she could only admit it and said, "Compensation, I will definitely compensate you."

Zhulan saw the little girl glaring at her. This was a spoiled little girl. She glanced at her calmly until the little girl shrank her neck in fear. Then she looked away and said, "Take care of yourself."

If the Zhou family did not hold a high official position today, they would have to accept this matter. This capital city has demonstrated power to the fullest.

The Zhou family's carriage arrived. Zhulan signaled to the maid to send Yushuang up. Just as she was about to get on the carriage, she saw Zhou Shuren standing there. Zhou Shuren was still wearing his official uniform.

Zhulan was surprised, "Why are you here?"

Can Zhou Shuren say that he saw the whole process? Coincidentally, the prince deliberately walked towards the palace in order to annoy Lord Feng, and then took a detour to come back. Because the road was blocked, he went forward to check. When Zhou Shuren heard that it was his family that was in trouble, he hurriedly got off the carriage.

Zhou Shuren did not mention the prince, and the prince was not in a position to show up, "I'm out here to do something."

Yu Lu greeted him, "Grandpa."

Zhou Shuren motioned to Yu Lu to get on the carriage, then helped his wife get on, and he was the last one to get on.

Because of Zhou Shuren's official uniform, Jin didn't react in time. By the time she reacted, the Zhou family's carriage had already left.

Jin was very scared, fearing that she would bear a grudge against her. She glared at her sister-in-law fiercely, "You are the star of death."

Mrs. Hu was very scared, "Sister-in-law."

Jin said coldly, "Don't call me, stay away from me, you dead star."

Gu Liufeng supported his mother, who was about to fall, with one hand and clenched his fist with the other hand, "Mom, don't be afraid."

Mrs. Hu was really scared. She couldn't be without him. No, her son couldn't be without his eldest brother's protection. "It's all mother's fault. If mother hadn't said it today, nothing would have happened."

In the Zhou family carriage, Yu Shuang frowned, and Yu Lu asked distressedly, "Sister, are your feet hurting badly?"

Yu Shuang shook her head, "My feet are much better now. I just thought that the young master must have had a hard time back home."

Although she only heard a few sentences, she was smart enough to guess the general background of this young man, and that life as a dependent must be difficult.

Yu Lu, "It's hard to say. All the money we have to pay for today's compensation will be charged to this young master."

Xue Han knew in her heart that the young man just now had no money to buy the material, so he asked the maid to buy the first material he liked and was playing with it.

Yu Shuang saw it at a glance, "Aunt, why did you buy two pieces of material?"

Xue Han told Yu Shuang what happened in the shop just now. Yu Shuang was unlucky today. Xue Han handed the material he bought to Yu Shuang and said, "This piece is for you."

Yu Shuang was embarrassed, "Aunt, I can't accept it."

Sister Yu Lu was here, and she asked for some material. To be fair, her aunt would definitely give Yu Lu something else, as she didn't want her aunt to spend money.

Xue Han took out a bracelet from her purse, gave the bracelet to Yu Lu and the material to Yu Shuang, "I'm very happy today, take them all."

Yu Shuang knew this would happen. She looked at the bracelet and asked, "Didn't my aunt make this herself a few days ago?"

Xue Han smiled, "Yes, I wanted to give each of you sisters one, but now that I've given you the material, I've saved myself the effort."

Yu Shuang held the material and her aunt said this on purpose.

(End of this chapter)