Chapter 734: She Was so Angry

Ma Ruren calmed down and looked at her niece irritably,

"She has already paid for it, can aunt still take it away from her?"

Ma Juan snorted unconvinced,

"Aunt is too easy to talk to. A country woman wants to curry favor with aunt. It's a beautiful thought. She is reluctant to even offer a hairpin. There must be something wrong with her brain."

The shopkeeper next to her couldn't help shaking his face when he heard Ma Juan's tone.

Just now he heard from beginning to end, what flattery, sarcasm is almost the same, I really don't know how this girl heard it? If he couldn't afford to offend the person in front of him, he really wanted to applaud Mrs. Bai just now.

She laughed lightly and even mocked and ridiculed people. If you have a little greed, you are worse than those ignorant women in the countryside.

Mrs. Bai's words just now were very clear. Even if the country folks were rude and ignorant, they would not rob others. Moreover, you are the wife of the high and mighty county magistrate, the wife of an official. If you are not even as good as a country peasant woman, you will be laughed at. "Aunt, what are you thinking? Hurry up. If you hesitate any longer, they will run away."

Ma Juan stamped her feet anxiously. "If the gift you chose with great difficulty is gone, what will I do for the old lady's birthday?"

"Stop it. You're making me feel a headache."

Ma Ruren glared at her. This niece was very short-sighted. No matter how she taught, she couldn't change her petty nature.

In front of the shopkeeper, if she showed the idea of ​​asking for Bai's hairpin, it would spread throughout the county in less than half an hour. People would say that she was the wife of the county magistrate, bullying a country woman.

Thinking of this, Ma Ruren tightened her hand holding the handkerchief. Bai's cunning shrew was not only sharp-tongued, but also set traps for her everywhere.

"Shopkeeper Su, take out a few more red sandalwood hairpins, and I'll pick out the others. "

Listening to the tone of the county magistrate's wife, Shopkeeper Su curled his lips in disdain. The carving skills of the master are not street goods, so he can get as many as he wants.

Thinking about it, but still smiling, he walked forward and led the person to sit down in the chair, "Ruren, you don't know, there are not many high-quality red sandalwood, and the carving skills of the Zhuang family are generally unique. "

Before Ruren Ma spoke, Ma Juan pouted, "Look, aunt, you are too soft-hearted and easy to talk to, and let people run away. "

Listening to the tone of her niece, Ruren Ma glanced at her, and a cold color flashed in her eyes, which frightened Ma Juan so much that she shivered violently, lowered her head directly, and dared not speak.

Seeing her niece calm down, Ma Ruren turned to look at Shopkeeper Su, her words were still gentle and polite, and she didn't look angry at all.

"I know what Shopkeeper Su said, but the old lady at home is having a birthday, and I always want to carefully select a birthday gift that suits her. After thinking about it, only the old red sandalwood is suitable for the elderly. If it is gone, I will not force it. I wonder if Shopkeeper Su has other jewelry suitable as birthday gifts? "Listening to Ma Ruren's question, Shopkeeper Su was in a dilemma. "This... Ruren, please follow me. I will bring you all the new styles recently. According to your preferences for the old lady, you can choose a satisfactory one." As he said, he turned to the counter, took out a tray with red velvet on it, carefully placed all the new jewelry on it, and brought it to Ma Ruren. "These three are new Hetian jade, jade nourishes the body and mind. These two are gold jewelry, hollow filigree craftsmanship, and are also masterpieces. There are also these old silver hairpins, which are suitable for the elderly in terms of age and craftsmanship..."

Ma Ruren looked at the accessories on the tray, including hairpins and bracelets, which looked really good. Needless to say, the price must be very high.

She wanted to give a unique gift, but the price couldn't be too high. Now she had limited money, and she couldn't spend too much money from the public treasury. In addition, the old lady's birthday banquet had already overspent this month.

As the mistress of the house, the birthday gift she gave couldn't be too light, so as not to be laughed at. Because of this, she hesitated and dragged it on until now. She finally gritted her teeth and reluctantly took out some money from her own pocket to make up for it, but unfortunately she missed a step and it was bought in advance.

These things in front of her are beautiful, but she has a limited budget and can't afford them at all.

Shopkeeper Su looked at her frowning and staring at the tray She did not rush to buy the jewelry, but waited quietly by the side, and did not forget to wink at the waiter, asking him to serve a cup of tea.

Ma Juan stood by, looking at the jewelry on the tray, with envy in her eyes. If she had one of these exquisite jewelry, she would definitely keep it as a dowry.

Unfortunately, her aunt could not give her such gorgeous jewelry. Not only her, but even her cousins ​​did not have many exquisite head ornaments.

On the bottom of her aunt's makeup box, there was a set of exquisite gold head ornaments, especially the gold hairpin, which was inlaid with two rubies, which looked extremely noble. Unfortunately, her aunt only took it out occasionally to look at it and try it on her bun, and never wore it out.

After a while, Ma Ruren sighed quietly, "Bracelets, gold hairpins and other jewelry are too ordinary. The old lady doesn't need them, so I can give them to her, but compared with other birthday gifts, they don't have any outstanding features. "

Her purpose of sending birthday gifts was to let the old lady and the master know that she, as the mistress, had put in a lot of effort and was a filial daughter-in-law. If the master and the old lady were happy, they would give her a few shops and farms to manage, which would be another source of income.

She was the mistress of the Xie family and was in charge of the household expenses, but who knew her hardships? The income of the mansion was limited, and she had to subsidize her parents' family every month, so she lived a tight life.

Sometimes she couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the whole Song State, there was no mistress who was more miserable than her. She lived a life of robbing Peter to pay Paul every day. The public income was increasing and decreasing every month. If this continued, she would have to use her own limited private money to supplement it.

If the master knew about it, he would not only not pity her, but also say that she didn't know how to manage the household and was incompetent.

Think about her, and then look at Xie Yu, the rebellious son, who lived a comfortable life every day. There were several of them in the other courtyard alone, and he could not stay at home for ten days a month.

Every time he came back, he could always give the old lady some new things to make her happy, and then he would turn around and find fault with her, saying that the food at home was bad, and that the servants were not managed strictly, and they would find fault with her everywhere.

Every time she complained to the master and the old lady, they either pretended to be deaf and dumb, or talked about something else, but they didn't help her.

In the end, it was still partiality. Her son was equally outstanding and could please the old lady, but he had limited private property and was not as good at handling things as Xie Yu's rebellious son, so he always lagged behind.

If her brother from her mother's family hadn't come to ask for some money a while ago, she wouldn't have been so tight on money that she couldn't even afford a decent birthday gift.