Chapter 17: Opal

After Liu Guiyuan finished talking about the snail noodles, seeing that it was dark and he was going to go back soon, Sun Jingxuan felt that it was not appropriate to leave them to eat at home, so he personally sent them out of the alley.

Before the breakup, Sun Jingxuan told the three sisters of the Liu family the address of the foot shop he rented, and said that the store would open in about three days, and they should not forget to send Tianluo in advance.

"Don't worry, I can't forget, I still have to go to Sun Yangzheng's store to sell snails today, and leave half of it here for you to practice cooking soup, and when your foot shop opens, I will send you all the snails that I have made."

Liu Guiyuan waved his hand, said goodbye to Sun Jingxuan, and pulled the eldest sister and second sister towards the direction of Sun Yangzhengdian. She estimated that Sun Yangzheng would ask for the snails she sent twice at most, and she would not ask for them again. After all, some people like the sour smell of snail powder, and some people are extremely disgusted, if you make it in a restaurant, it is likely to affect other diners.

When she arrived at Sun Yangzheng's store, as Liu Guiyuan expected, she sent half a basket of snails inside, and the guy in charge of weighing said a few words with a little disgust, and finally gave her ten cents, and told her not to send it in the future.

"Eldest sister, second sister, a good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear?" Liu Guiyuan looked at them with a smile.

"Say it, say it, don't sell it." Liu Huahua couldn't bear her temperament and hurriedly urged her.

"The good news is that I made ten cents, let's use the money to buy things and go shopping in a while, the bad news is that Sun Yangzheng's store will not accept snails in the future, we have to find other ways to make money."

Liu Guiyuan gave each of them three copper coins with a small hand, and then pointed to the most lively place on the street and said, "Let's go, let's go shopping." ”

Liu Guiyuan and the eldest sister and the second sister came to the most lively street, and watched people draw bows and shoot arrows in front of the bow and arrow stalls for a while, and watched people ring rings in front of the stalls full of pots, bowls, bottles, and cans.

The person who bought the circle was a young man in his twenties, who bought ten bamboo rings in one go, and threw them forward with a whoosh. It's a pity that the last one didn't hit, so I could only shake my head and call it bad luck, and I walked away.

The owner of the stall was a middle-aged man, and when he saw that the three sisters had been watching for a long time, he took a bamboo ring and put it in front of them, and asked, "Do you want to try it, it's fun to have two circles for one penny." ”

Before Liu Guiyuan could speak, Liu Huahua hurriedly shook his head and refused, then pulled her and her eldest sister out of the stall, and waited until they were far away before saying, "I don't want to spend that unjust money, what are those bottles and cans worth." ”

"So where else do you want to go?" Liu Guiyuan asked her second sister.

"I want to go to the sweat towel shop, if there is a cheap face towel to buy one." The first time Liu Huahua came to town, some people would always stare at her face when they saw her, she was annoyed but helpless, and she just wanted to buy a face towel to cover it at this time.

Liu Guiyuan nodded, inquired about the shop that sold sweat towels, and soon came to a place that specializes in selling sweat towels, the owner of the shop is a middle-aged couple, the counter not only lists all kinds of silk scarves and sweat towels, there are also many colorful scarves hanging on the beams, the wind blows, the scarves are swaying, and they are particularly beautiful.

As soon as Liu Hongjube and Liu Huahua entered the store, they saw silk scarves of various materials, and couldn't help but open their eyes to appreciate them, and finally Liu Huahua picked a plain face towel on the counter and asked the owner: "How much is this?" ”

In addition to a layer of veil, there is no trace of pattern and embroidery, if the owner of the shop asks for a very high price, Liu Huahua can only turn around and leave, go home and cut a rag casually, as a face towel.

The shopkeeper smiled and spoke, not slacking off at all because the face towel she picked was cheap, and said, "The customer has good eyesight, this is woven from cotton, and it only costs five cents." ”

When Liu Hongzao heard this, she immediately took out two articles from her hand, stuffed them into her hand and said, "Take it, I don't want a face towel." ”

Liu Huahua couldn't resist the eldest sister, and she really wanted a face towel, so she honestly bought it and put it on her face before leaving the store.

"I still have a penny, why don't you go to the merchant who passed by just now to buy a few colored threads, embroider a butterfly on it, and your face towel will look better." Liu Hongzao looked at Liu Huahua, who was a little sullen, and comforted her with a smile.

"Then eldest sister, don't you have nothing?" Liu Huahua was very upset.

"I don't lack anything, I don't know what to buy if I give me money, don't say it, go quickly, the merchant will be gone for a while, and I won't be able to find it." Don't know what color butterfly you want? Liu Hongjube pulled Liu Peanut, gesturing as he walked, and did not forget to call Liu Guiyuan to follow.

Liu Guiyuan suddenly had an idea in his heart, looked at the two sisters walking in front, and said: "You go to the merchant to pick the color line first, I want to go to the front to shop, and then we will meet at this place that sells sweat towels and handkerchiefs, okay?" ”

Just now she saw the owner's wife, who was not only brightly dressed but also had silver ornaments and beads on her head and ears, and suddenly wanted to give them something, but she didn't have enough money in her hand, so she thought of her pink backpack. If she remembers correctly, there seemed to be two pairs of opal studs in her pink backpack in her makeup bag, just in time to take them out and play with them.

Liu Guiyuan said goodbye to the two sisters, walked forward for a while, and then looked at a latrine at the corner, and after entering, through the cover of the door, he summoned the pink backpack that had also passed through, opened the makeup bag, and there were two pairs of earrings pinned to the cardboard, one pink and one green.

This is what she bought before her trip, a total of three pairs of 9.9 free shipping, not too cheap. Originally, there was a pair of whites, but she accidentally dropped one and the other was thrown into the trash can of the B&B. I knew that there would be such a day, and I didn't throw any of them.

"It's ...... Stud earrings? God, it's so chic, where did you buy longan? This color is one pink and one green, the water head is really good, this must be very expensive, right? ”

At the door of the sweat towel shop, Liu Huaanhua saw Liu Guiyuan holding two pairs of delicate earrings in his hands, a pair of gem powder and a pair of jewel green, and couldn't help but exclaim God, followed by a series of questions, but it was obvious that her mind was all on those two pairs of earrings, and her eyes did not blink.

"This is what I bought in a gold and silver jewelry store in front of me, his shop because of bad business, hung a dumping sign on the door, I went in and took a look, and found these two pairs of earrings, the store said that the thing set on the top is called opal, you see, there is a glowing place on the top, it looks very much like a cat's eyes, flashing and flashing?"

Liu Guiyuan has already practiced the habit of lying without blushing, and that nonsense comes when she opens her mouth, but now she has experience, and she knows that when she lies, she must add some real facts to it, and when she went to the toilet, she did pass by a dumping shop, but it was not a gold and silver jewelry store, but a shop that sold some small ornaments.

Sure enough, she flickered, and the two sisters were stunned when they heard it, and they hurriedly lowered their heads and took a closer look.

Both of them are from the countryside, and their families are poor, where have they seen any opal studs, and the most common thing they usually see is the clove studs worn by Liu Jindi, which are still copper.

"It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful opal, but Guiyuan, how did you buy these two pairs of studs with the money you have?" Liu Hongzao looked at her suspiciously.

Liu Guiyuan didn't panic at all, and said with a smile: "Eldest sister, where do you want to go, is it possible that I will steal it?" Didn't I just say that the shop was doing dumping, and the price of those expensive gold and silver jewelry was not much lower, but the knick-knacks like this were very cheap, because there were only the last two pairs left, and the shopkeeper saw that I wanted it, and sold it to me for four cents. ”

Liu Guiyuan didn't know until ancient times that the business routines of the ancients were no worse than those of modern people, what dumping, promotion, and rings, don't play too slippery one by one!

Liu Hongzao heard that she didn't steal it, and gradually relieved, but it was still a little strange, and asked: "How can this jewelry made of opal be sold so cheaply in the store?" ”

"This shop explained to me that this is not a real opal, but imitation, and its practical use is some glowing stones, but it looks the same as the real thing, and no one can tell if you don't ask a connoisseur to identify it." Liu Guihua continued to half-truths and half-truths, anyway, it was said that this pair of opals was fake, purely artificial imitation, and worthless.

"Oh, it doesn't matter if it's imitation or not, it's good-looking, eldest sister, don't you ask the east and the west, don't you know who our little longan is?" Liu Huahua then handed the pair of opal earrings in her hand to her eldest sister and said, "Eldest sister, you look good with powder, and the light green one is for me to wear?" ”

Liu Hongjuo was interrupted by Liu Huahua like this, burst out laughing, looked at her with disgust, and said, "Okay, which one do you like to wear." As he spoke, he was going to put it on for her.

Liu Guiyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, her eldest sister was really difficult to deal with, but fortunately she had made an excuse in advance. Seeing that it was not early, Liu Guiyuan crossed his waist and looked at the two people wearing studs, and teased: "I said that the two beautiful young ladies, it is not early, go home early." ”

Along the way, the three sisters carried an empty basket, one of them held a palm-sized dry biscuit in their hands, and walked home while eating.

When he returned to his home, Liu Chongshan went to the field to see the wheat, and the Zhang family was coaxing the lotus seeds to sleep in the back room, and saw that the two sisters had a pair of delicate earrings pinned to their ears, and they couldn't help but ask and nagged again.

"Mother, you see how good the eldest sister and second sister look in it, not like a country girl at all, but like a daughter in the city, don't talk about it."

Liu Guiyuan took Zhang's hand and sprinkled coquettishly, which stopped her nagging.

Zhang touched Liu Guiyuan's head and said with a smile: "You see that your sisters are wearing them well, so you don't want to buy one?" I think I should prick your ears and eyes, and when I catch up with Ming'er, I will pick a good one, and put on the stinky beauty myself. ”

"Huh? How much does it hurt to pierce your ears and eyes? Liu Guiyuan didn't want to experience the process of not having a professional ear gun and disinfectant alcohol, so he shook his head again and again.

"No, I'll call you tomorrow, and I'll buy you one when the second sister has money."

"No, I don't love that."

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