Yu Tanqi suddenly turned around, as if she hadn't seen Jiang Xuan's hands stretched out to her. Her eyes were clear and round, like an innocent girl who knew nothing about the world. "Sister Xuan, why are you walking behind me? Let's go together."
Jiang Xuan put down her hands without changing her expression and smiled slightly: "Okay."
She walked to Yu Tanqi's side and they walked down the stairs side by side.
Yu Tanqi tried hard to curl the corners of her lips and act innocent, but her heart was actually beating faster and her back was wet.
If she hadn't suddenly felt a chill on her back and looked back, she would probably have rolled down the dozen or so steps.
It was horrible, and she wanted to go home.
However, in order to maintain her image, Yu Tanqi still accompanied Jiang Xuan to a jewelry store frequented by wealthy families in Chenjun.
The Jiang family is the richest family in Chen County, and Jiang Xuan is the beloved eldest daughter. She is generous and often comes to buy jewelry. The owner of the jewelry shop smiles from ear to ear when he sees her and comes to entertain her warmly.
Jiang Xuan said, "Sister Tan Qi, just tell me what you like and I'll give it to you."
Yu Tanqi smiled and declined: "No need to spend money, Sister Xuan. I brought enough money with me today to buy a few sets of jewelry."
The original owner's father, Yu Shangheng, had only one daughter. The second-rank governor of the river was a lucrative position, and the Yu family was wealthy. When the original owner came to the Xie family in Chenjun, she brought with her most of the Yu family's wealth and her mother Xie Lin's dowry.
It can be said that in the entire Chen County, no unmarried girl can be richer than the original owner.
However, the original owner was low-key and introverted, didn't like to go out, and spent little. People who didn't know her thought she was living under someone else's roof. Only those who knew her knew that she basically used her own money to spend at the Xie family.
However, the Xie family has a good family tradition. The three uncles, aunts and grandmother are really good to the original owner. They send gifts to the original owner every few days. Yu Tanqi thought that before leaving, she should also give them a big gift to show her gratitude.
Grandmother, aunts and cousins gave jewelry and clothes, while uncles and cousins gave four treasures of the study.
Jiang Xuan's eyes flickered, and she smiled, "That's right, sister Tan Qi has much more private money than I do."
When Xie Lin got married, her wedding was decorated with a red bridal gown that stretched ten miles in length, comparable to a princess's wedding. The ceremony is still a topic of discussion among the people of Chen County.
As Xie Lin's only daughter, Yu Tanqi is said to have come to the Xie family with all her dowry.
Jiang Xuan clenched her handkerchief and thought about her situation again.
Although she is the eldest daughter in the family, her mother gave birth to more than just her. She also has two younger brothers and sisters. When she gets married in the future, she can only get one-third of her mother's dowry at most.
Dowry is the basis for a woman to speak and act in her husband's family. The richer the woman's dowry, the more respect her husband's family will have for her.
Jiang Xuan didn't want to compare herself with Yu Tanqi, but when she looked at Yu Tanqi's innocent eyes, she couldn't help but grit her teeth, feeling envious and jealous.
Why is Yu Tanqi so lucky, with a good family background, good looks, and great talent, that even her cousin Chi Li, whom she has liked since childhood, likes her?
It seemed as if nothing could compare to Yu Tanqi, so how could she not be jealous?
Yu Tanqi had a lot of things to buy, so she took ten silver bills of 100,000 taels with her when she went out. She bought everything she could, and would go out the next day to buy anything she didn't have enough money.
She won’t buy anything that’s not expensive, and when giving gifts to others, the more expensive the better.
Jiang Xuan watched as Yu Tanqi asked Linlang to directly take out a silver note of 100,000 taels and give it to the boss, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Sister Tanqi, are you going to buy a lot of jewelry at once?"
Even the most expensive set of jewelry in a jewelry shop is only worth 10,000 taels, and 100,000 taels is enough to buy ten sets.
Yu Tanqi said, "Yes, there are many elders and sisters in my family. If I buy a set of jewelry for each of them, 100,000 taels might not be enough."
Jiang Xuan's heart skipped a beat. One hundred thousand taels wasn't enough. Would it take two hundred thousand taels?
Her monthly allowance was only one hundred taels of silver, which was the highest among the noble ladies in Chen County.
Including the red envelopes given by the elders during the holidays, she had only saved up more than 100,000 taels of silver in the past 16 years. However, Yu Tanqi could easily take out 100,000 taels of silver just to buy jewelry for the Xie family.
Jiang Xuan bit her lip, trying hard to control herself from showing jealousy.
There are ten female members in the Xie family. Yu Tanqi picked out ten sets of expensive jewelry. Among them, the jewelry of her grandmother, Old Lady Xie, was the most expensive, costing ten thousand taels of silver. Madam Xie's was second, costing eight thousand taels of silver. Madam Xie's second and third were costing five thousand taels of silver. The other six cousins' jewelry cost three thousand taels of silver each.
Just buying jewelry for ten people cost more than 33,000 silver coins.
Yu Tanqi went to the clothing shop and ordered ten sets of dresses, paying 10,000 taels of silver in one go.
Suddenly she thought of something and looked at Jiang Xuan, who was dumbfounded. "Sister Xuan, I've always thought red clothes suit you very well. I'm leaving soon, so I wanted to give you a red dress. I hope you like it."
Jiang Xuan was startled: "Do I look good in red clothes?"
"Yes, I still remember the first time I met Sister Xuan, you were wearing a red dress, it looked so beautiful."
Jiang Xuan had almost forgotten that she used to be a cute little girl who loved wearing red clothes.
When did she stop wearing red and start wearing this light blue-green dress?
Jiang Xuan looked at the beautiful and delicate girl in front of her in a lake green dress, her eyes dimmed.
When she was about thirteen years old, she heard Chi Li say to Yu Tanqi, "Sister Tanqi looks really good in green clothes."
Yu Tanqi didn't take it to heart, but Jiang Xuan took it to heart after hearing it.
From that day on, she bought many sets of green clothes and put the red clothes she originally liked at the bottom of the box. Except during the holidays, she never wore them again.
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