Chapter Seventy-One: Purchasing a Dowry
"Let's go in, Mom, it's a rare time to come to the county to open your eyes. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Lin Xiujuan also persuaded. I'm really curious, and I don't usually have the opportunity to see these beautiful jewelry.
At the instigation of their two daughters, Qi mustered up his courage and walked in together. There is no scene full of golden light in Lin Yujuan's imagination, after all, there is no glass display case now. Most of the samples are displayed on the shelves behind the counter, and you have to look at what you want to see from a distance of more than a meter. If you want to take a closer look, you have to take it to the counter.
As soon as the three of Qi's mother and daughter entered the store, the shopkeeper saw it and quickly estimated the consumption level of these three people in his heart. The clothes of the three of them are okay, but they basically don't have any jewelry, especially the middle-aged woman's eyes flickered, obviously lacking confidence. It's not as good as two little girls, it is estimated that they are young and ignorant and do not know fear. After the assessment, he shouted: "Niu Er, you come to greet these three female guests." The words fell, and the guy at the counter closest to the door greeted the Qi mother and daughter warmly with a smile.
"Three female guests, please, see what you need."
Lin Yujuan took Qi's hand and walked over, and after a closer look, most of them were silver jewelry. There are also a small number of pieces of yellow jewelry, only to know that they are all silver and gilt. Lin Yujuan looked along this counter and then looked at the other counters inside, and found that the more jewelry inside, the larger the piece, and the workmanship was more fine. It seems that I am a junior consumer in this store. Qi and Lin Xiujuan didn't want to buy a few things after seeing them, and they originally discussed at home to buy a few pieces of gold jewelry, even if it was a small one.
So Lin Yujuan proposed to go to the counter inside, and the shopkeeper saw that the mother and daughter couldn't look down on these and gave a few guys a look. The guy immediately understood, and took back the few silver ornaments that he brought out. "If the sister-in-law doesn't like these, there are even better ones next to her."
The guys at the counter inside also greeted the Qi family. Most of the counters are small pieces of gold jewelry, and the guy introduced them. There are engraved and tired silk flowers and birds golden hairpins. The whole set of pure blonde hairpins are made of small and exquisite, with plum blossom hairpins, lotus hairpins, and Zen cane hairpins, and the hairpin head is also decorated with water chestnuts, lotus leaves and other ornaments. There is also a golden hairpin with a lotus pattern for babies, which is a style of a child holding a lotus leaf and playing, and the guy said that this meaning is excellent. There is also a pair of earrings that are also very chic, which is in the shape of a filigree hollow gourd, with a good shape, a good meaning, and the key is light, which the three of them like.
After watching it for a long time, I finally decided to buy the pair of gourd earrings, a gold ring, a small plum hairpin, a pair of twisted silver bracelets, a silver collar with bats, and goldfish pattern locks. The total price of one question is more than seven taels, which is within the psychological price that the mother and daughter can afford. Lin Yujuan also instigated Qi to buy two pieces of silver jewelry for herself, and a pair of silver bracelets for Lin Yujuan. A total of almost ten taels were spent, and it was not until the mother and daughter left the store that the Qi family realized that she had spent a lot of silver today. kept complaining that Lin Yujuan not only didn't persuade her, but also encouraged her to buy several more.
Lin Yujuan said: "Mom, others also call you Mrs. Lin, and you have two decent pieces of jewelry." The gold is reluctant, and it doesn't matter if you buy two pieces of silver. And this can be left to your daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law in the future, and it will not be wasted. ”
"Mom, I really saw a lot of beautiful things today. The jewelry on the innermost counter is really beautiful, and the red and green stones on it are so beautiful. Lin Xiujuan couldn't help but sigh.
"The red, blue, yellow, and green ones are all gemstones, and the more beautiful the gems, the more expensive they are. A good gemstone costs hundreds or thousands of taels of silver, and we can only look at it in other people's stores. I can't afford it. There are also jade, large pearls, as long as women like it. Lin Yujuan said that her eyes lit up. Qi and Lin Xiujuan also feel the same way, they only hate that they don't have money in their hands, otherwise it would be nice to buy a few more.
Three days later, Lin Guilu came to pick up the three of them on time, and the furniture was naturally taken away by the way. Sitting on the boat with nothing to do, Lin Yujuan picked up the bronze mirror and was always dissatisfied with the left and right shots, which was far worse than the glass mirror. Although she was not very satisfied with the effect of the bronze mirror, she still looked at herself intently in the bronze mirror. It's been five or six years, and I can take a good look at what I look like. Duck egg face, willow leaf curved eyebrows, double eyelid eyes are not big or small, the nose is small, the bridge of the nose is not very high, and the small lips are also ruddy. No spots, no wrinkles, it's nice to be young. Lin Yujuan gave herself a high score of eighty.
After the county town went home, the weather in late autumn was getting colder and colder day by day. The Lin family began to cook on the stove with the kang open, and the whole kang was warm and baked. Qi's mother and daughter like to sit on the kang and chat and work when they have nothing to do. Lin Guilu saw that the effect was so good, and quickly contacted Master Sha, and prepared to build a kang for Old Man Lin. Master Sha followed Lin Guilu to the countryside to look at the house and said, "This kang is built in the west of the main house, and people should also move on the kang during the day, so it is best to rely on the window on the south side." In this case, this door must be moved when entering the western room. Your old lady is reluctant to build a stove in the hall unless she opens another door on the west wall of the west room and builds a small kitchen outside, and the stove is built in the kitchenette. Anyway, it must not be with the kang, it has to be separated. "In this way, we have to build a small house, open two doors, and build a firekang. In the end, it cost three or four taels of silver, and Lin Guilu now has money in his own pocket.
In Jiang's bulging ineffective protests, it was all done in just ten days. After using it, there will be no more nonsense, anyway, unless necessary, it will not leave the kang. The old man Lin kept laughing at her for being hard-mouthed and soft-handed. Occasionally, after someone came to her house, they envied her son's filial piety and praised her for being blessed. Throughout the winter, the kang at Mr. Lin's house was the most lively. The neighbors around love to come to her house to rub the warm kang when they have nothing to do, chat, and take the soles of their shoes. In addition, Lin Guilu sent some wine and meat every now and then, which made others even hotter. Under the influence of the people around him, the Jiang family did not hate Lin Guilu's family as much as they did a few months ago.
And throughout the winter, Lin Yujuan spent all winter weaving gloves and crocheting flowers on the kang in addition to doing some necessary housework. Originally, I planned to weave a few hundred pairs of them and send them to the county seat to sell, but now they are busy with Lin Xiujuan's clothes, shoes and socks, and the needlework and thread that come to the door to return the gift, and there is no time to be busy with anything else.