The pastoral concubine of space

Chapter 21 Someone Follows?

The shopkeeper held the jewelry and looked at it for a long time before blushing with excitement and admiring: "The workmanship is so exquisite, there is no trace left by the craftsman at all, although there is some craftsmanship, but the flaws are not concealed, it is a good thing! And the quality is also very good, I have been the shopkeeper of Linglong Pavilion for so many years, I have seen a lot of good things, but I have never seen such fine gold jewelry!"

Xiao Yunchu twitched the corners of his lips, of course there were no traces, it was simply made by a machine, so what artificial traces would there be?
Just because it is not carved by humans, the machine looks very ingenious and lacks spirituality, but as the shopkeeper said, the flaws are not hidden, the workmanship is perfect, and it is obviously more complicated and beautiful than the jewelry on the counter outside. The tricks are enough for the shopkeeper to enjoy.

Not to mention the fineness, modern gold is mostly 90.00% pure gold, but in ancient times there was no such technical content that could be purified to this level.

It's not that she didn't think that taking out something of such good quality would arouse people's doubts, but as long as she is strong enough, she is confident that she can solve any trouble, so it doesn't matter.

Soon, the shopkeeper went through a total of five accessories, and after confirming with her again that he would sell them to Linglong Pavilion, he happily offered the price.

Two pairs of plum blossom peony gold earrings totaled 40 taels, an ancient style golden step shaker with extremely complicated and exquisite workmanship was 30 taels, and three heavy gold bracelets added up to 130 taels, all added up, exactly 200 taels of silver!It was much higher than Xiao Yunchu expected.

If these things are simply based on the weight of these gold ornaments, they may not even get half of the price. The price of jewelry can increase because of its own design, but it will definitely not rise so high.

Xiao Yunchu looked at the shopkeeper meaningfully, and the latter explained with a frank smile: "This price is indeed much higher than the price of other jewelry purchased by Linglong Pavilion. Just think that I, Linglong Pavilion, made friends with you. For such fine and exquisite jewelry, please continue to choose our Linglong Pavilion."

Xiao Yunchu half-truthfully said: "The shopkeeper is joking, these few gold ornaments are still passed down from our family's ancestors, if it weren't for the recent family expenses and money is not so easy, how could I sell it for money, no matter how much I have But no more."

The shopkeeper just smiled without saying a word, and didn't know whether to believe it or not.

In short, the shopkeeper gave her a price that satisfied her, and Xiao Yunchu also expressed his gratitude. If Linglong Pavilion doesn't have any crooked ideas, she will naturally continue to choose this place if she needs it in the future.

The shopkeeper quickly brought two hundred taels of silver bills, and the two parties counted the goods and money face to face, and after confirming that they were correct, the transaction was considered completed.

After collecting the banknotes, Xiao Yunchu waved his hand to the shopkeeper, leaving a sentence of "I wish the shopkeeper a prosperous business" and left gracefully.

The shopkeeper watched her go all the way until there was no one in sight. He turned around and carefully wrapped the gold ornaments, said hello to the clerk in front, and left the shop in a hurry.

On the other side, after Xiao Yunchu left Linglong Pavilion, he went to the dim sum shop to buy the dim sum promised to Zixi, but on the way back, he was acutely aware that someone seemed to be following him.

As soon as he felt it, he stopped slightly, pretended to have dropped something, turned his head, and looked in a certain direction inadvertently, only to find that there were only a few little girls looking at the gouache on the rouge stand, and there were no No suspicious looking guys.

Afterwards, I continued to walk forward calmly as if nothing had happened, but this time I didn't feel anything.

But she was sure that someone was following her just now, but it didn't seem to be malicious. After thinking about it for a while, she couldn't come up with a reason, so she simply didn't want to. The abilities and cultivation that came back should be enough.

By the time I returned to the village in the afternoon, rumors about her building a new house had spread in the village.

The main reason is that Village Chief Liu was too efficient to do things. The town's yamen sent someone to measure it. Curious people asked and found out that she actually bought several more pieces of land and planned to build a compound with high walls!
Widow Xiao, who used to only be able to live in thatched cottages once she made money, suddenly wanted to build a mansion that was bigger and better than anyone else's. The whole village was excited and said everything.

Some people say that she is a prodigal, and she wants to spend any money she has, and sooner or later she will have to live a miserable life.

However, some people also said that Xiao’s thatched thatched hut could not stand the wind and rain at all, and it would probably rain lightly in the house if there was a heavy rain, and a strong wind might blow the whole thatched hut away, so there is nothing wrong with building a new house while you have money .

It's just that when building a house, you build a house, and there are few people in the family who want to build a bigger house than anyone else. This is unavoidably eye-catching, which makes some people feel unbalanced and jealous.

Some people privately estimated that if Widow Xiao's house was built, would there be any money left in her hand, and even if she left, it might not be too much.

Some people have quick brains and think Xiao Yunchu is very smart. Although the life of her and the two children may be brought back to normal after spending all the money, it is better to have a good house that can shelter from wind and rain. She was much stronger before, and now that she doesn't have so much money, those who have any thoughts about her money will stop thinking about it.

It's impossible to find a way to blackmail the house, right?
The village head originally wanted to wait for the land formalities to be completed before talking to the village about Xiao Yunchu's recruitment. Seeing that the discussion in the village was in full swing, he decided not to delay any further. The village hired people to build a house and gave them a decent wage.

This is great news for those who have no shortage of labor at home!

The villagers couldn't care less about what happened to Xiao Yunchu and the Zhao family not long ago, things that had nothing to do with them in the first place, and their immediate interests are the most important right now, so they rushed to ask the village chief various specific questions, such as How much is the salary, regardless of food, how long is the construction period, and how many people are needed? Youxi Village has a small population, but there are also fifty or sixty households. It is impossible to hire so many people, is it first come first served?

Fearing that they would not be able to grab the quota, several people rushed to sign up on the spot, and the courtyard was instantly noisy and chaotic.

Xiao Yunchu handed over the job recruitment to the village chief, but no matter how much they troubled him, he was busy drawing the blueprints of the new house at home.

She said that she was going to build a three-entry house, but she didn't plan to copy it completely according to the ancient fixed template. There are many decorations in the houses of those big families, such as pavilions, terraces and waterside pavilions, which are purely decorations and useless at all. No, try to get something more practical.

Zichen Zixi knew that her mother was painting their new home, so she put down her toys and ran over to watch her write and draw, even though she didn't quite understand, she would utter 'wow' from time to time.

It was also at this time that Xiao Yunchu remembered that the two children were five years old and could not read a single character. Although most people in Youxi Village could not read, how could her children be illiterate.

"Xiaochen Xiaoxi, do you want to learn how to read?" Xiao Yunchu put the drawings aside, and hugged the two children, one on the left and the other on the right.

"Literate?" The two children were overjoyed, and Xiao Zixi looked at his mother staringly, "Can we learn how to read?"

Xiao Zichen frowned, "But, there is no school in the village." Besides, ordinary schools would not admit female students either.

"If you don't go to the school, Mother will teach you in person. All you have to do is say, do you want to learn?"

The two children looked at each other, and then said in unison: "I want to learn!"

(End of this chapter)