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Chapter 27: Buying Jewelry and Encountering Uncle

"Six red hair strings, this wooden hairpin carved with peony flowers, these three small beads, and this silver hairpin."

In fact, Jiang Youzhen wanted to buy something else, but he bought too many things this time. If he bought silver jewelry, he would definitely be criticized when he returned. It would be better to buy it next time.

The stall owner was stunned. "Are you sure? This pearl flower is made of pearls. Even though the pearls are small, they cost 220 coins each. And the silver hairpin costs one tael of silver."

"Make it cheaper! Tell me how much it is?" Jiang Youzhen thought it was quite cheap when he heard that the silver hairpin only cost one or two taels of silver.

She reached out and took it in her hand and weighed it. It was solid, but probably only about two hundred grams at most.

It seems that ancient handicrafts are indeed expensive! But this hairpin is really beautiful. Whether it is worth it or not is another matter. It fits Shen's temperament very well.

When the stall owner saw Jiang Youzhen taking action, his eyes were immediately filled with vigilance.

But then Jiang Youzhen took out two taels of silver, which made him stare in amazement.

"Cheaper!"

Finally, the stall owner was stunned when he looked at the one tael and four cents of silver he had received.

"Brother, I was wrong before. I looked down on you. You are so generous! Come to me to buy jewelry in the future. I will definitely give you a discount."

The stall owner was also flexible and apologized immediately, worthy of being a businessman.

"You don't even have any gold jewelry here. I'm going to buy gold in the future, but I don't like it."

If she hadn't been afraid of being too high-profile and couldn't explain the source of the silver, she would have bought gold jewelry long ago.

The stall owner was not angry. "Just tell me in advance what kind of gold jewelry you want. I can find a way to get it."

Jiang Youzhen smiled and said nothing!

I'll go to a jewelry store in the future. There are so many styles there. Why don't I come to yours?

"Ji Lang, what are you doing here?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded. Jiang Youzhen turned around and couldn't help but curse inwardly that he had run into an enemy on a narrow road. The person who came turned out to be his uncle Jiang Haiqing.

"Oh! It's uncle? Aren't you busy in the shop now?"

Jiang Haiqing's expression changed slightly, and then returned to normal.

"I have something to do at home. What are you doing here? I see your family is busy building a stove and renovating the house. As a son, why don't you go back to help, but come to the town to have fun?"

As soon as this uncle opened his mouth, he started talking about profound principles, trying to gain the upper hand first.

"I heard that grandma is sick. Why is uncle not by her bedside to show filial piety, but is hanging out here instead?"

Jiang Youzhen glanced at his hands behind his back and said, "Oh! Is it because my aunt wanted to eat Baiyun Cake, so you came to buy it for her?"

Don't think she didn't see it just now. Even if you are quick-eyed and quick-handed, you can't escape her eagle eyes.

Jiang Haiqing's face froze. This nephew was becoming more and more unlikable.

At this moment, the stall owner handed the jewelry wrapped in red cloth to Jiang Youzhen. Jiang Youzhen took it calmly. Since they were split up anyway, what was she afraid of?

"You actually bought jewelry?" Jiang Haiqing's eyes widened. Could the thing that was wrapped in red cloth and exposed in a corner be a silver hairpin?

"Yes! My sister is going to arrange a marriage, so she needs to buy some dowry, right?"

Jiang Youzhen put the jewelry in his arms and kept it close to his body. There were many pickpockets in this market.

"How could you afford silver jewelry? Did you buy it with the five taels of silver that the village head lent to your family? After giving it as pension money, there was still more than one tael left. Your family couldn't even make ends meet, and you squandered it like this?"

Jiang Youzhen just thought he was being noisy, "Uncle, we have already separated, you have no right to control how I spend my money.

You know all the money in our family. If that's the case, let's count the jade hairpin on your head, the jade pendant on your body, and this silk dress. Where did they come from? These were all bought before the family split up."

"Mine was given by the master. Yours is different. Did your family hide some private money?"

Jiang Haiqing was very suspicious. Even if there was only a little more than one or two catties left, could the second brother and his wife tolerate this kid spending so much money?

The only explanation is that the second wife hid some private money, but the second wife only had that little income, so they couldn't hide much!

"The host is so kind that he even gave us these gifts. When catching thieves and seizing stolen goods, uncle should not frame people with just words. We caught Fourth Aunt hiding her private money.

If you feel unconvinced, I will go to your house now to see what good things are in the yard you rented. "

Jiang Haiqing suddenly remembered that the braised pork elbow he had eaten last night had not been cleaned up yet. Then he thought that as a scholar, it would be inappropriate for him to quarrel with his nephew, otherwise it would be a loss of status.

But evil will be punished by evil. I’ll wait until I go back tomorrow and see.

"Erlang, uncle advises you not to spend money lavishly. You have to pay back the money you borrowed from the head of the village. It's not a gift from him."

Jiang Haiqing was actually a little envious of the way the head of the village treated the second branch of the family. He had lived in a wealthy family for so many years, and when he saw the behavior of the head of the village, he was afraid that their background was not simple.

But who said Erlang was the lifesaver of the grandson? Besides, the head of the village treated the second wife a little better, and the rest of the family was not worthy of his attention. It was frustrating to think about it.

He and the fourth brother are both educated people, but he never expected that the head of the village would be so nice to the second brother, a peasant. He is really blind.

Jiang Youzhen turned around and left, "Don't bother your uncle to worry about you, you should worry about your aunt! She is taking care of your filial piety in the old house!"

The old lady had no one to do the work, so the two daughters-in-law naturally could not escape.

The fourth son's wife is a troublemaker. How could he be willing to serve the eldest son alone and let the eldest son's wife live a good life in the town?

So they proposed that they take turns doing the housework, once a month. The eldest daughter-in-law naturally refused, but the old lady said that it was okay if she didn't want to, so she let the unmarried Wu Ya take over for her.

Wu Ya has already been engaged and is preparing her dowry! How can she come to the old house and be bullied by the old lady? So she can only stay in the old house and serve.

Huh? No, my aunt is at the old house, so why did my uncle buy the white cloud cake? Is it for Wu Ya?

At this time, Asan came with an ox cart. The driver was an old man, but fortunately the ox was quite strong.

Jiang Youzhen turned around to look at his uncle's figure, but found that he was not going to the rented yard, but to Yiliu Lane.

She thought thoughtfully, this uncle, couldn't it be him?

"Ah San, didn't you say that this was all you had? There's still so much here that my cow can't pull it!"

When the old man saw the pile of cows on the ground next to Jiang Youzhen, he immediately felt sorry for the cows.

Jiang Youzhen came back to his senses and said a little embarrassedly: "Ouch! There are really too many things. How about this, I'll give you an extra three cents."

The old man felt sorry for the cow, but after much persuasion, he finally agreed to give the cow a ride.

"Where should I find you next time?" Jiang Youzhen was about to separate from Asan. She thought that this man was quite capable, so she might as well leave her address so that she could ask him for help in the future.

"I live in the abandoned temple over there. You can find out if you ask around."

"I'm asking you for a favor. Did you see the man who just spoke to me? He's my uncle!"

Ah San nodded. He had indeed seen a man talking to Jiang Youzhen from a distance.

"I saw it, what happened?"