Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family - Chapter 268
Chapter 268: Chapter 266: Buying Jewelry, YingEr Gets into Trouble
After dismounting the carriage, everyone was cold and hungry, so they casually found a small restaurant on the side of the street and ate their fill.
“I remember that the Silver Pavilion is on East Street. Let’s head there and check it out.”
Di Yelei pointed east.
The Silver Pavilion on East Street was huge and the shop was both luxurious and grand.
The waiter at the entrance wasn’t pretentious and welcomed them in politely.
“Sister Guihua, Sisi is young and doesn’t know any better. You’ll have to guide us through what we’ll need for this… engagement, and how to prepare for it. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if something goes wrong when the time comes.” Liu Sisi held YingEr’s hand on one side and Guihua’s hand on the other. She quickly walked over to the counter to examine the items.
“No need to bother with these conventions. Let’s just pick something to adorn ourselves and dress up our YingEr properly. We’ll buy some red cloth to hang up and then take the couple’s birthdate information for a match. Lastly, we’ll submit it to the government office for official record.”
While saying this, Guihua carefully inspected the silver ornaments in the display case.
YingEr’s mother had passed away early, and from the age of one, Guihua had raised her for most of the time, treating her like her own daughter. Having YingEr get engaged to Zhang Yun earlier made her feel relieved.
“Does the engagement need to be filed at the government office?” Liu Sisi was surprised to hear this.
“It’s not necessary to file it, but doing so can save some money. However, if a suitable marriage age is reached and there is no record of the engagement at the government office, the family will be reported, so…”
“Oh, I see!”
Liu Sisi nodded in understanding and pointed at one item, “Sister Guihua, what do you think of this one?”
Guihua took a look and immediately rejected it, “No good! It’s so small that it won’t even be visible when it’s tucked in the hair.”
Isn’t this already small?
Liu Sisi looked again and again, swallowing her reply. If it were any bigger, it would look vulgar on the head, right? A lump of shiny silver piled on the head…
Well, maybe her taste doesn’t match the aesthetics of the people here.
Considering that it’s only for an auspicious day, Liu Sisi gritted her teeth!
It’s just for one day, so might as well go all out!
While the pair tried to choose carefully, they couldn’t find anything that satisfied their hearts.
“Guihua, you come over here and see.” Zhang Peng called the two over.
Liu Sisi looked back to see that Di Yelei and Zhang Peng were at another counter, where the items displayed were golden ornaments, a whole level higher in quality than their current selection.
Zhang Yun and Di Xuan also stood to their left and right, while only YingEr seemed to be running around like a wild mule.
“How is it? Did you find something you like?”
Di Yelei asked casually.
Liu Sisi shook her head in disappointment. She had wanted to casually pick a couple of items for temporary use, but she couldn’t find one that she liked.
“Take a look at this side, are there any you like?” Di Yelei pointed at the golden ornaments.
“Isn’t this…too expensive?” Liu Sisi asked hesitantly.
Although she didn’t know the price difference between gold and silver here, she assumed it wouldn’t be cheap.
“We won’t be buying these jewelry often. If you buy them now, you can save them for our daughter’s dowry in the future. It’s better than having to purchase them temporarily.” Di Yelei spoke softly.
“If that’s the case, why not call YingEr over and ask what she likes before we buy?” As she spoke, she hurriedly turned around to call YingEr.
“I’m not…”
Di Yelei stopped halfway through his sentence.
He could see that Sisi truly treated YingEr as her own daughter.
However, because of that, he was even more worried.
He once thought that whether or not he had a child didn’t matter, but now his mind had changed.
He wanted a child, a girl who looked like her or a boy who looked like him, a continuation of their lives.
It seemed that Sisi had no intention of having a child belonging to him and her. He saw it in her eyes and it worried him! However, he couldn’t express it in words.
At the moment, what he was talking about was originally a child of her and him, but she mistakenly thought he meant YingEr, which made him feel bitter.
“It’s here! It’s here! Mom! Ah——”
The startled cry of YingEr suddenly rang out, frightening everyone. They hurriedly rushed towards the direction the sound came from.
“Where did this wild child come from? Charging recklessly, if you bumped into our Prefecture Princess, can you afford it? Prefecture Princess, are you all right?”
A panicking and flattering voice came.
“Uh, it hurts…” a stifling voice came.
When Liu Sisi and the others ran over, they saw the scene right before their eyes.
A fierce maid was protecting her master who was tightly clutching her stomach behind her. With a forceful shove, she pushed YingEr to the ground.
As for YingEr, she looked like she was on the verge of tears, sitting on the side, dumbfounded and motionless.
“Prefecture Princess, please don’t scare this slave. If something happens to you, what should this slave do?” the maid’s high-pitched voice rang out again.
“YingEr! How are you?”
Liu Sisi exclaimed in shock, hurriedly stepping forward to help YingEr up from the ground.
“Mom! Wuuwuu——”
YingEr turned and threw herself into Liu Sisi’s embrace, clearly scared by the fierce maid in front of her!
“Don’t cry! Let Mom see, how is our YingEr? You’re all right, aren’t you?”
Liu Sisi hurriedly comforted her, gently patting her back.
“Mom… YingEr is fine…” YingEr sobbed and cried.
On the other side, the maid’s arrogant voice kept coming, her sharp words piercing and painful to the ears.
The noisy sounds made YingEr burrow further into Liu Sisi’s arms.
Next to them, Di Yelei was arguing with the maid: “What do you mean, ‘worth a fortune’? How much could a child’s accidental bump hurt? You’re actually seeking compensation. Don’t you think you’re going too far?”
“Lan’er! Shut up!”
The woman who had been hit seemed to have eased a little, and her melodious, clear voice immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
Her hair was styled in a cloud bun, adorned with small beads of various colors, and a peacock-shaped ornament in the middle, dazzling everyone’s eyes with its radiant colors.
With a jade-like melon-seed face, she truly met the aesthetic standards of the time.
She was wearing a lilac silk robe with a cloud pattern on the outside, a white butterfly-patterned shirt inside, a brocade red flower breastplate underneath, a double-fish-patterned rose ornament at her waist, a jadeite-sprinkled skirt underneath, and a pair of red embroidered shoes with golden butterflies, revealing a small toe cap.
At the moment, her ten slender fingers were holding a coral tree slightly larger than her palm, standing gracefully in front of everyone.
Surrounding colors quickly faded, and everyone’s eyes were left with this prestigious-looking girl.
The girl’s eyes swept over everyone as her gaze flickered with disdain. She parted her red lips.
“These uncivilized barbarians, why are you arguing with them? Slap her!”
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The girl in the text is played by book friend Luo Thirteen.
