Chapter 268 - Chapter 268: Chapter 266: Buying Jewelry, YingEr Gets into Trouble (1/2)
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.