allonlinenovel Chapter 197 Buy New Year's Goods and Go Home
Chapter 197 Buy New Year's Goods and Go Home
Seeing that they were also buying jewelry, the waiter immediately agreed, "What the lady said makes sense. As long as the jewelry has no scratches, is beautiful in style, well protected, and not damaged, our store will accept it. For example, the gilded hairpin that the lady just chose, when we accept it, we will definitely pay 10% or 20% more than the same weight of silver."
"Really? That's good." Luo Meihua nodded, not quite understanding.
Gu Qingqing looked at Luo Meihua, who was a little confused but had bright eyes, and knew that she was probably mistaken. However, she did not say much and planned to talk to her in detail when she returned.
After all, what the waiter just said was that the price of the same weight of silver would be 10% or 20% higher, not that the price she paid would be 10% or 20% higher. The difference here is still quite large.
While they were talking, Dahua gently pulled Gu Qingqing's clothes and looked up to ask, "Mom, is this okay?"
Dahua pointed at a very ordinary-looking silver hairpin and asked.
The waiter immediately took the hairpin that Dahua liked off the counter and praised her repeatedly, "You have a good eye, little girl. This is a new ivory hairpin made in our store. Although the style is simple, it makes you look elegant when you wear it."
Gu Qingqing grinned as she listened to the shop boy's nonsense, but there was nothing she could do. The jewelry in their town was just like that. If she wanted something special, she would have to go to the county or the prefecture.
The reason why the ivory hairpin is called the ivory hairpin is because the hairpin is slightly curved and its overall appearance is somewhat similar to ivory, except that there are two circles, one large and one small, on the top of the hairpin, which is the only highlight.
"Dahua, do you like this? Will it be ugly?" Gu Qingqing felt that the style was too simple.
However, Dahua was too sensitive about spending money and thought that the things she chose were too expensive, so she quickly shook her head and said, "Then I don't want it."
Although she said no, her eyes looked at the hairpin uncontrollably.
Gu Qingqing sighed inwardly. She still had some opinions on her own when dealing with Erhua and Daxin, but as long as they were with her, she was always worried that she would do something to bring trouble to the family.
In the final analysis, he was too sensible and didn't want to be a burden to her and Wen Wuyan.
In this respect, she is not as good as Erhua. Erhua had just chosen the gold headpiece without fear. After being told by Gu Qingqing that she could only choose the hairpin, she pointed at a gold hairpin inlaid with rubies and chrysanthemum petals and said, "Mom, this one looks good."
Look at how bold Erhua is in choosing, they all go for the gold inlaid with gems.
Gu Qingqing didn't rush to agree to Erhua. She circled Dahua's shoulders and said to the waiter, "We want the ivory hairpin. You can take it to the side first to avoid it being picked up by other customers. We will take a look at the rest."
When Erhua saw that her sister bought the one with silver, she thought the silver one looked better and did not want the gold hairpin inlaid with rubies and chrysanthemum petals. In the end, she chose a silver hairpin in the shape of an agate Buddha's hand.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a Buddha’s hand or not. What matters is that this one is most similar to the crooked one on my sister’s.
Sanhua was not present, so Gu Qingqing helped choose a silver hairpin with a lotus head as a treasure.
After buying the hairpins, Gu Qingqing also bought two ribbons for each child. The ribbons can be worn on weekdays, while the hairpins bought today will be kept as treasures in the bottom of the box.
But when it was her turn to choose, tragedy struck. She had brought one or two taels of silver with her when she left home today, and she also had another one or two or three hundred coins earned from delivering more than two hundred kilograms of sauerkraut to Zhiweilou.
She had moved two hundred and twenty coins to Meihua, and used the remaining two taels to spend on her three children, and she still wanted to buy gold jewelry?
Don't even think about it.
There was no choice but to choose a butterfly silver hairpin. It was called a butterfly hairpin, and in Gu Qingqing's opinion, its shape was just two clovers put together to resemble a dancing butterfly.
I also bought myself a pair of silver earrings of the same style, and almost used up all the silver I brought with me.
After coming out of the gold shop, Luo Meihua smiled at Gu Qingqing and deliberately asked, "Sister-in-law, you just spent money quickly. Aren't you planning to buy more pork and food? There are also other things needed for the family. What should we do now?"
Gu Qingqing brought only one or two taels of silver with her when she went to the town. At first, apart from wanting to buy herself a piece of jewelry, she also planned to buy rice, flour, wine, meat, candy, firecrackers and other household items. One or two taels of silver was basically enough.
Now, I only have a few dozen copper coins in my hand.
Hearing this, Gu Qingqing turned around and smiled at her. Although she knew that she probably didn't want to buy anything, she still asked, "Do you want to buy anything else?"
Luo Meihua still wants to buy it? She shook her head like a rattle, "No, no."
Gu Qingqing looked at Niu Yuzhu, "What about you?"
"I didn't... My sister-in-law said she didn't want to buy it, so she didn't buy it." Niu Yuzhu changed his answer halfway through his sentence.
Gu Qingqing chuckled again, stretched out her hand to Niu Yuzhu and said, "Then Yuzhu, lend me the money you have on you, and I will return it to you when I return."
They first went to where they usually set up stalls and pulled up their own cart. Meihua was now familiar with the stall owners nearby, so no one would move the cart even if they left it there.
Zheng's noodle stall has not been open since the last time Gu Qingqing briefly met them. Meihua heard that something happened in their family.
No one could explain clearly what happened.
Only then did Gu Qingqing take the list of items that needed to be prepared for the New Year from Wen Wuyan.
She had bought some candy when she went to town last time, and gave it to Xiaocao when she went to see her.
Today I bought another pound of brown sugar and half a pound of white sugar. I have to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, so sugar is indispensable.
When he bought writing paper for Wen Wuyan, he also bought five large sheets of red paper and went back to write couplets.
Several children in the family had new clothes made for the New Year, but Daxin only had two sets of clothes. He couldn't be left behind since he came along today, so Gu Qingqing bought him another set of thick clothes.
As for Old Yang at home, she didn't help him buy anything.
Because they had agreed to provide him with food and lodging but no wages, she had asked Wen Wuyan to send him a hundred coins yesterday to see if he needed anything and let him buy it himself.
It was already the afternoon when I finished buying the items on the list.
Erhua was better off. Xiaoyang and Xiaoguang had just eaten, but were now very sleepy. They had bought a lot of food and some other items, all tied up with ropes, and could not move for a while.
If you really want to put it on the cart, there is some space in front next to the shaft, but you can't lie down completely, you can only half sit.
"Let's go this way first. The children will be cold if we really leave them in the car. Meihua, you carry one and I'll carry one, and we'll get home in a short walk." Gu Qingqing said as she carried Xiaoguang on her back.
Luo Meihua looked at Erhua and said, "What if Erhua gets sleepy later?"
"Aunt, I'm not sleepy. I still have to race with my sister." Erhua immediately stood up and spoke for herself after hearing this.
Gu Qingqing also said, "Let's go first, and talk to her when she gets sleepy."
Erhua felt a little sleepy on the way, but fortunately Dahua and Daxin kept her entertained, and she managed to make it to the village.
Xiaoyang and Xiaoguang slept all the way without waking up, so Gu Qingqing carried Xiaoguang and Luo Meihua to their home.
While sending the child over, Sanhua was also taken back.
"You guys are back? Oh, the two little ones are tired and fell asleep, hurry up and give them to me."
When Gu Qingqing saw Niu Li coming to pick up the child on her back, she twisted her body slightly and didn't give the child to her. She panted and said, "Aunt, please help open the door and make the bed first."