Chapter 169 168. Let him feel warm and itchy
"How do you know so much?"
After listening to Zhou Yi's lecture on ivory carving, Lei Li also became curious. "Was your family so wealthy in the past that you could even afford ivory carvings? Or is your family in the ivory carving business?"
“Neither.”
Zhou Yi shook his head. "I just prefer going to museums. I've visited museums like this one for handicrafts a few times. There was an intangible cultural heritage inheritor of ivory carving promoting something, so I just listened for a while and took in the general idea."
He added, "My family isn't as rich as you think. Don't get used to calling me a playboy and think my family is rich."
"It's not that I think your family is rich."
Lei Li said half seriously and half mischievously, "You sound like someone who's rich. You even know about round sculptures and bas-reliefs. Didn't you see that the owner of this ivory carving shop was intimidated by you and even offered us a discount?"
"These are just furs."
Zhou Yi laughed and said, "If I really had to try to identify them, I wouldn't know how to do it. For example, I can't tell the difference between fish teeth and ivory products. I just know that there are these categories."
"That's better than a lot of people."
Lei Li not only said this, but also thought so in her heart. She was quite proud and arrogant, thinking that her husband was really amazing and that most people could not compare to him.
At this time, if other boys from the village, who have little experience, find that their husbands are so capable and knowledgeable, they will feel a little inferior in their hearts, thinking that they are illiterate and unworldly and are not worthy of anything.
But Lei Li doesn't think so at all.
What's wrong with not being able to read? Won't he learn it if he learned it? Zhou Yi wasn't born knowing how to read. Everyone starts by learning one, two, three, four, right?
What's wrong with not having seen the world? Can't you just see it slowly? Zhou Yi has seen so much, but hasn't he still been a good husband and the father of his children?
Not worthy?
He deserves a beating.
If one meal is not enough, try a few more.
Lei Li's sense of being worthy is so strong that even if he were to become emperor now, he could sit on the throne with a thick face and say confidently, "My dear ministers, please stand up."
At most, he is not proficient in the business, but that’s okay. He will become proficient after being the emperor for two more days!
So Lei Li spent quite a while in the ivory carving shop. Even though some rich young men and women came in to look, and the waiter and the shopkeeper were standing by, he didn't feel embarrassed at all even though he didn't buy anything after shopping for quite a while.
After finishing their shopping and seeing enough, Lei Li informed the shopkeeper and then took Zhou Yi out of the store to visit his grandmother and the others at the noodle shop.
It was already noon. Grandma and the others had already eaten and were chatting. Lei Li and Zhou Yi were also a little hungry, so they had a big bowl of noodles at the noodle shop before continuing to go shopping.
There are many expensive things in Folk Culture Street, but there are also many common things. For example, ordinary people cannot afford ivory carvings, but there are also beautiful wood carvings, cheap stone carvings and jade carvings that are dazzling and moving.
Even Liu Xiaocao, who was frugal and thrifty, couldn't help but be tempted and bought a peach wood hairpin inlaid with jade and a pair of red jade earrings. The hairpin was for him, and he wanted to leave the earrings for Tao Ge'er to wear when she got married. They would be so festive and prosperous.
The main reason is that the jade on the earrings is small and cheap, so Liu Xiaocao can afford it.
Zhou Yi also wanted to buy a red jade hairpin for Lei Li. Lei Li had fair skin and dark hair, so a red jade hairpin would definitely look good on her. The one he bought for Lei Li before had poor water content and had become old after wearing it for several years.
But I didn’t buy it.
...The private money Zhou Yi saved was not enough.
"Which one do you like?"
Lei Li noticed that he was staring at her, raised an eyebrow, and whispered to him with a smile, "Want to buy it for me? To see me wear it?"
"Um."
Zhou Yi nodded, looking into his eyes, the tips of his ears a little red, "Red is your name."
Before they got married, Lei Li bought a dark red headband, but he thought it was too bright and not suitable for him, so he kept it in the bottom of the box and never used it.
Later, Zhou Yi took it out and embroidered some patterns on it, and used it frequently to tie Lei Li's hair. After using it for a long time, it became old, so he replaced it with a new one, indigo blue and dark green, and there was no red one.
However, Zhou Yi has always been thinking about the red color. When he saw Lei Li wearing something red, he remembered the red dress Lei Li wore on the night of her wedding. He didn't pay attention to it at that time, but now he thinks it is quite beautiful and seductive.
It makes him feel itchy.
"Then buy it."
Lei Li smiled softly and gave the silver readily. He didn't need the waiter to put it in a box and asked Zhou Yi to put it in his bun.
"Is it beautiful?"
"nice."
Zhou Yi nodded seriously, and looking at the smiling person with the red jade hairpin, he felt warm and itchy in his heart again.
Seeing that his father had a red jade hairpin on his head, little Jiang thought that what his father had must be a good thing, so he also started to ask for a hairpin. He looked at it with his big black eyes and called his father in a soft and sticky voice.
"Daddy, Daddy! I want ginger too, I want ginger too, I want this from Daddy! I want this hairpin!"
"The hair on your head is not even as long as your fingers, why do you need a hairpin?"
Lei Li found it funny and patted little ginger's butt, saying that he would buy him a candy man to eat later and not to wear a hairpin, and would buy him one when he grows up.
"I want a hairpin!"
Little Ginger refused to give in, tears welling up in her eyes. She pointed at the hairpin on the counter with her little hand, "Zhanzhan! Ginger wants that! Ginger, Ginger doesn't want the sugar man..."
If he couldn't make sense, he would start to act like a spoiled child and throw little Pearl away, "I want ginger, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy... Daddy, Daddy! I want ginger too, woooooo!"
The little guy's voice was so soft when he cried, just like a small custard bun. Lei Li couldn't help laughing when he cried. If there weren't so many people outside laughing at the child, he would have wanted to tease the little ginger a few more times and see him cry loudly.
Zhou Yi felt sorry for his child, so he brought Little Jiang over to comfort him while looking at Lei Li. "This hairpin isn't expensive, why not buy him one to play with?"
Lei Li's red jade hairpin has better water content and is a bit expensive, costing thirty taels of silver. However, Xiao Shengjiang doesn't know what water content quality is, so he just buys a cheap one to fool him.
Lei Li nodded and said yes.
But this little fellow was quite clever, and didn't want the ordinary ones. He immediately fell in love with a hairpin with golden branches and jades, and thought it was so beautiful with its golden and red color. He kept pointing at it and looked at his father pitifully.
"I want this!"
Little Jiang knew that his father was the one who made the decisions at home. At this time, he didn't even look at his father, but acted coquettishly towards him, kissing his face and calling him "Daddy" in a soft voice.
The rich lady who was buying a hairpin nearby was so moved that she couldn't help but say, "If the child wants one, just buy one. Money is just material possessions..."
There was also an old lady who saw that Xiao Shengjiang liked it so much that she wanted to buy this hairpin as a gift for him.
"It's not expensive. I bought it to please the little one. If such a pretty, fair-skinned boy were mine, I would pick all the stars in the sky for him..."
The old lady had three sons and all her grandchildren were sons. She had no boys or girls, so she had always wanted a well-behaved, soft, and caring little girl. Seeing that little Jiang was so pretty and loved beauty, she thought the little guy was a boy.
"My child is beautiful. People often say he's a little boy. I also want him to be a little boy. He's sweet and well-behaved, not like today when he was naughty and made the old lady laugh."
Lei Li smiled helplessly and said.
The old lady was still surprised, shook her head and laughed, "I made a fool of myself. I didn't realize he was just a little boy. He will definitely be a handsome and dashing young man when he grows up."
"Thank you for your kind words."
Lei Li smiled and said a few words to the old lady. Seeing that Xiao Sheng Jiang really wanted the Golden Branch Jade Flower Hairpin, he asked the waiter the price and said, "Pack it up."
Gold, jade and craftsmanship.
One hundred and sixty taels.
It's okay.
Lei Li thought, since Xiao Sheng Jiang chose it, it would definitely look gaudy and ugly if he used it himself. This hairpin was more suitable for boys to wear, so he could use it as a gift for his daughter-in-law in the future.
"Daddy! Daddy!"
Little Ginger tried hard to reach the box containing the lily of the valley hairpin. After finally getting it, he smiled with his eyes curved, revealing a row of small teeth.
But little Jiang didn't keep the box to himself after getting it. Instead, he made a fuss to get down from his father's arms. Then he ran to Xiaobao and asked for credit in a sweet and soft voice, "Brother Xiaobao, give me the hairpin!"
"Give me?"
Xiaobao was surprised.
He had just seen the whole thing and thought that Xiaosheng Jiang was just a child. He wanted something when he saw others had it, and brightly colored things were naturally popular with children. He didn't expect that -
This is actually what the little ginger wanted to give him? !
"yes!"
Little Jiang stood on tiptoe and held the box high to his brother Xiaobao, smiling happily, "The hairpin is beautiful! For brother! Daddy bought it for me!"
"I can't have that."
Xiao Bao frowned in confusion. Although Xiao Shengjiang was very cute and would definitely be sad if he was rejected, this hairpin was worth 160 taels. How could he accept such an expensive thing?
“Yes, yes!”
Little Ginger also frowned, insisting on giving it to brother Xiaobao. Seeing that his brother really didn't want it, he pouted his mouth and started to cry, almost sobbing until the little pearl fell out.
This little guy also knows how to complain.
"Daddy Miao, brother, please don't wear the hairpin, wuwuwu..."
"Ouch……"
Miao Fulang naturally picked up Xiao Shengjiang to coax her, while Xiao Shengjiang's father grinned, and Xiao Shengjiang's elder sister Lei Jingsheng covered her mouth and laughed.
"You're quite clever at such a young age, Xiaobao. You'd be fooled if you met a little fool like our ginger!"
"This child is so sincere. He gave the gold hairpin as a gift without hesitation. He will definitely love his wife in the future."
The old lady and young lady who saw it nearby also laughed.
The little ginger didn't know why everyone was laughing. He thought they were laughing at him, but he didn't understand what he had done that was so funny. So he just stared at them blankly and forgot to even cry.
"Alright, alright."
His father, Lei Li, had laughed enough before he became serious and said to Xiao Bao, "If Xiao Sheng Jiang wants to give it to you, just accept it. A hairpin is not worth anything. After all, Xiao Bao is Xiao Sheng Jiang's brother. What's wrong with a younger brother being filial to his older brother?"
Then he joked, "If Xiaobao really marries our Jiang in the future, then it goes without saying. It's natural for a husband to love his wife. Why be shy?"
Xiao Bao looked at his father and when he saw his father nod, he blushed and accepted the box containing the gold hairpin. "Well, then leave it here for now. Later, later..."
He didn't say anything later, but the adults all knew what was going on and smiled kindly.
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