Chapter 5.1 - Merchant (2/2)

Jiang Lî pointed a finger at her nose and said, “Smelled it.”

“This servant knows that the young miss smelled it. This servant wants to ask, how did the young miss know that it was the Apricot Spring Workshop’s cosmetics, the silver case fragrant ointment of the Red Sleeve house, and the osmanthus flower hair oil of the Fragrant Refined Building?”

Jiang Lî thought, of course she knew. When she had just married Shen Yurong and arrived at Yanjing, the Shen family had despised her because she was a young girl from a small county in Tongxiang. Even a few female relatives1 and Shen Yurong’s mother had looked down on her. She was afraid that she would embarrass Shen Yurong, so she worked hard to learn the popular clothing and accessories of the madams and young ladies in Yanjing, and slowly corrected her accent.

She had always been a fast learner. Xue Huaiyuan once said that if she wasn’t a girl, she, together with Xue Zhao, might be able to bring fame and honor to the Xue family name.

It was not possible for second miss Jiang who hadn’t gone down the mountain for 7 years to know these products. However, she was able to accurately distinguish them.

Jiang Lî said, “Of course I can distinguish them.”

Tong‘er thought about it and actually came up with a logical and reasonable explanation, “Of course young miss knows. Before, these things were used daily by the Jiang family, there’s no reason not to be familiar with them.” As she spoke, she was laden with grief, “Speaking of which, it has been a long time since miss has left the Jiang family…..”

“Tong‘er, do you want to go back to Yanjing?” Jiang Lî interrupted her,

Tong‘er’s eyes widened and immediately shook her head, resolutely said, “Don’t want! Tong’er only wants to follow young miss. Wherever young miss goes, Tong’er goes.”

Jiang Lî smiled, “It’s alright, very soon we will go back”

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Footnotes:

1: 妯娌, this lit. means sister-in-law, wives of brothers; however Shen Yurong doesn’t have brother; although it could refer to Shen Ruyun, it’s talking in plural, so it is most likely referring to female cousins or other types of extended family (in which SRY might be included) .:leftwards_arrow_with_hook: