after years of being lazy, how could one possibly remove their laziness so quicklyAt the beginning, the first two days were okay. I thought if I persisted for a few more days, it would be alright. But...Qi Yunwen coughed lightly: "Uncle, your family is poor now and you have no money. You wouldn't go back on your word, would you"

Song Xining :“……”

Can she say she's being fickle Today when she left the house, she acted cute with her grandmother and said she wanted to buy a beautiful piece of jewelry. Her grandmother always doted on her and gave her one hundred taels. Now it's almost gone, just thinking about it makes my heart ache.

She took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, picked up the hairpin, examined it carefully, and then said with a look of disdain: "Shopkeeper, although the color of this hairpin is acceptable, the style looks mediocre. It's really a waste of good jade material. I'll offer at most eighty taels. If you're willing, I'll buy it. If not, forget it. Let's go to another shop and have a look."

The shopkeeper just made a profit, and is now very agreeable. He smiles broadly and says: “Since you ladies are so filial, I'll sell it to you for eighty taels. Let's consider this as forging a good relationship.”

Song Xining nodded and said, "Okay." Then she took out eighty taels of silver from her purse and handed them to the shopkeeper.

This time, Qi Yunwen was dumbfounded. He asked in a low voice, "It can be so much cheaper"

Song Xining asked, "Didn't you guys negotiate the price"

Qi Yunwen: "..."

They never haggle when they buy things, and don't know how to.

Song Xining's voice was laced with sarcasm, a hint of mockery directed at fools: "...Indeed, if one has money, they burn it recklessly. Unlike us children who only receive a few taels of silver each month, we would even split a single tael in half to make ends meet."

Qi Yunwen: "..."

Your niece almost said that they were being taken for a fool.

It seems that money makes the world go round. His niece actually dared to ridicule him! In the past, his niece wouldn't have been so bold as to speak to him like this.

Well, he's eating people's food and taking their hands, so he'll just bear it for now.

Song Xining saw that he was standing still, her eyes narrowed with caution as she eyed him, afraid that he would take a liking to something else and take advantage of her naivete. She quickly said, “Let’s go, I have no more silver to spend.”

The uncle and nephew left the Jinyu Pavilion.

A summer breeze brushed against her face, and Song Xining felt disheveled. What had she done to deserve this She'd just stepped out the door and ran into this unreliable uncle.

Qi Yunwen was in a great mood. Glancing at his niece, whose face was full of dejection and whose eyes held a deep resentment towards him, he smiled and said, “Niece, don’t be like that. Next time you come to my place, your aunt will cook something delicious for you. You know you love your aunt’s cooking the most, right”

Song Xining let out a light hum: “If it weren’t for my aunt, I wouldn’t be willing to spend this silver.”

Qi Yunwen smiled kindly: "Hey, my niece is so filial. My uncle didn't raise you in vain. I'll buy you some delicious and fun things next time."

Song Xining touched her flattened purse, a faint sadness in her heart. But she quickly pushed it down and asked, "Uncle, why did Uncle Gu suddenly buy so much jewelry for Ayao Does he like Ayao"

Qi Yunwen replied, "I don't know if Xi likes him or not, but he seems to be paying more and more attention to your younger sister."

Upon hearing this, Song Xining was slightly surprised, then she felt it was normal and smiled: "Ai Yao is so good, she's beautiful and so young. It's only natural that he would like Ai Yao."

Qi Yunwen said: “Your Uncle Gu is not bad either.”

Song Xining curled her lips: "He's not bad, he's just a bit old, the same generation as you."

Qi Yunwen glared at her, annoyed. "What's wrong with me being one generation older than you Am I too old I'm younger than your father, he's almost forty!"

Song Xining : "...."

For the sake of eighty taels of silver, Qi Yunwen temporarily didn't treat his younger generation like equals and softened his tone: "Go home. Would you like Uncle to send you"

Song Xining replied, "It's alright, I can go back by myself. Uncle, take care and farewell."

Qi Yunwen took two steps, then turned back to his niece and said, "Anning, give your uncle another one or two taels of silver. Your aunt's favorite snacks are gone, and your uncle needs to buy some."

Song Xining : "...."

Although she was cursing inwardly, thinking of her uncle and aunt treating her like their own daughter, she silently took out her purse, opened it, and shook out the remaining one or two silver coins, handing them to Qi Yunwen with a stiff face.

Qi Yunwen took the silver without any guilt, and even praised: "My niece is so filial."

Song Xining: "..."

You are so high and mighty, you want to pamper your wife but end up giving nothing in the end, leaving your niece to help out.

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Changxing Hou Mansion, Weiruixuan.

Gu Jingxi returned home and saw the little girl fiddling with a set of Chinese interlocking rings. After a while, she finally managed to take them apart, a happy smile spread across her face, her beautiful eyebrows arched slightly with the smile, and she even praised herself: "I told you, I followed my grandfather since I was young, I've always been smart."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jingxi couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Meng Jinyao's smile faltered. She turned her head to follow the sound and saw Gu Jingxi looking at her with a half-smile. Remembering what she had just said, she suddenly felt embarrassed. She straightened her face and nonchalantly said, "Husband is back."

Gu Jingxi moved forward and handed the wooden box in his hand to her: "My lady, here you are."

What is this

As Meng Jiny Yao spoke, she reached out and took the wooden box. Opening it, she gazed inside at the twelve golden hairpins that shimmered brilliantly. Her eyes instantly fixated on them.

Although these hairpins are made of gold, they are very elegant. The pearls used as embellishments are lustrous and perfectly round. These twelve hairpins are neatly arranged in the box, making it a truly pleasing sight to behold. It's hard not to love them.

Gu Jingxi saw that she was staring at the hairpin without speaking, and for a moment he couldn't tell if she liked it or not. He felt inexplicably nervous and opened his lips to ask, "Madam, do you like it"

Meng Jiny Yao was taken aback: “These, these are all for me How come there are so many”

Gu Jingxi nodded and said, "Well, they're all for my wife. I saw these twelve hairpins in the Jinyu Pavilion, and they were all quite beautiful. There are twelve different styles, each flower corresponding to a month. I felt it would be a pity to discard any of them, so I bought them all."

Bought it myself.

And she also bought twelve hairpins, all for her.

Meng Jiny Yao gleaned two pieces of information from the man's words. Her mind was a bit muddled, unable to understand why this man had suddenly gone to a jewelry shop to buy her so many hairpins. This aesthetic sense even hit the spot for her liking.

She lowered her head to look at the hairpin, and a subtle feeling welled up in her heart. It felt like something was swelling in her chest, an indescribable sensation.

After a moment, she slowly raised her head to look at the man. He was looking at her with gentle eyes, as if waiting for her answer.

Her heart skipped a beat, fluttering in her chest. She felt an inexplicable thump as she nodded her head honestly and whispered truthfully with her lips, "The hairpin is very beautiful, I like it very much, thank you, my husband."

Gu Jingxi let out a breath and smiled, "As long as Madam likes it."quite lively.Gu Xiuhong, who was taking the imperial examination this spring, did not participate in these activities. On the ninth day of the second month, when the Spring Festival Examination was he...