A car accident, our family of three crossed

"You misunderstood. I just raised a question. I didn't mean to question the quality at all."

Song Ning secretly raised an eyebrow at Zhou Ru. She seemed to be making her angry.

Since she was not allowed to try it, she had no interest in it anymore. She asked someone to get a dozen boxes of the most common ointment and said, "Pack it up for me! I will take it back and give it to the girls working in our house."

When she said this, everyone present had different expressions, especially the maids who accompanied the ladies.

As a servant in a family with a better status, the monthly salary would be only two taels of silver. For those with slightly worse status, the monthly salary would be only one tael to one tael and five cents.

The cheapest item in the Hongzhuang Pavilion would cost them one month's salary. If they were asked to buy it themselves, they would definitely not be willing to spend the money.

Therefore, when Song Ning waved his hand and directly picked out a dozen boxes, saying that he would take them back to reward the servants in the mansion, it was unknown how many people were envious.

"Are you sure you want all of these?" the waitress asked uncertainly.

Although these are the most common ointments, the quantity they want is huge! They want more than a dozen boxes, which would cost dozens of taels of silver.

Song Ning nodded: "Of course, wrap it up!"

"Oh! Okay, I'll pack it for you right away." The waitress's attitude suddenly changed. The smile on her face seemed much more sincere, and she quickly went to count the items that Song Ning had selected.

Yangyang was led aside by Qingshuang. He whispered to Qingshuang, "Aunt Shuang, that aunt was unhappy just now! She became happy again when mother said she wanted to buy something."

He thought he was speaking quietly, but many people still heard it.

Qing Shuang looked down at the little guy, curled the corners of his lips slightly, and responded briefly: "Yeah!"

Zhou Ru also turned her head and blinked at the little guy, praising him with her eyes. She was feeling very uncomfortable. If Song Ning hadn't held her down, she would have yelled at him.

Some ladies covered their mouths and giggled, while the female waiter had an embarrassed look on her face, but she still went through the counting and settlement for Song Ning.

While waiting for the inventory and settlement, Zhou Ru felt a little bored, and suddenly she heard a familiar voice calling her.

"Sister Ru."

Zhou Ru turned around subconsciously and saw the sisters Zhou Rong and Zhou Yan from Cheng'en Marquis Mansion walking in.

She didn't want to pay attention to them, but she had to put on a show, so she forced a smile and called out to them, "Sister Rong, Sister Yan, are you here to buy cosmetics?"

Zhou Rong was originally going to Jinxiufang, next to Hongzhuang Pavilion, to try on her wedding dress. She saw Zhou Ru's carriage outside and asked Zhou Tong, who was guarding outside. Only after she knew that Zhou Ru was there did they come in.

To be honest, they don't like the ordinary things in Hongzhuang Pavilion, and they are reluctant to buy the ones with slightly better quality, which cost dozens or hundreds of dollars or even more.

After all, they didn't have much money in their hands. As legitimate daughters, they only received fifty taels of silver from the mansion every month. If they reluctantly bought a box, they would have to empty their own small treasury, which was really unaffordable.

On a normal day, they only used cosmetics worth a dozen or twenty taels of silver, and they had to ask their maids or old women to buy them for them. They couldn't afford to lose face.

However, in front of everyone, Zhou Ru asked her this question, so Zhou Rong had to put on a brave face and answered, "Yes! As you know, my wedding is coming soon, so I thought about adding some things to my makeup box."

After saying this, she asked someone to bring out the best cosmetics and pretended to select them carefully.

Zhou Yan, who was standing by, turned her eyes and looked at Zhou Ru and asked, "Sister Ru, what did you buy? Why don't you let the sisters take a look?"

Zhou Rong also stopped what she was doing and looked at Zhou Ru. She was also curious about what grade Zhou Ru would buy. If what she bought was worse than hers, wouldn’t she be outshined by her?

But Zhou Ru shook her head and said, "I'm not buying it. I'm here to accompany Sister Song."

When Song Ning heard her mention him, he turned sideways and nodded and smiled politely at the two sisters.

Zhou Rong saw that she was unfamiliar, so she asked, "Who is this sister?"

Zhou Ru was reluctant to introduce them, but now that she had run into them, she couldn't refuse.

"This is Sister Song, my good friend from Pingyang County. This time she is accompanying her husband to the capital to take the imperial examination, and she is coming with us."

After hearing what the two sisters said, Zhou Rong still knew how to maintain the etiquette of a lady in public and nodded slightly to Song Ning.

Zhou Yan pouted and smiled, with a look of disdain written all over her face, "Sister Ru, you too, before you brought this sister to the Red Makeup Pavilion, did you tell her what the Red Makeup Pavilion is? The things sold here are not cheap."

The implication of her words was very clear. She was mocking Song Ning, a woman from a small county town. Could she afford to buy things from Hongzhuang Pavilion?

But as soon as she finished her words, the female waiter who received Song Ning packed the things Song Ning wanted and calculated the total price.

"Madam, I have packed up all the good things you have chosen for you, a total of forty-six taels."

"okay."

Song Ningdang didn't understand the meaning of Zhou Yan's words, so he took out a silver note worth one hundred taels and handed it to the female waiter.

When Zhou Yan saw this, the expression on her face suddenly changed.

Zhou Ru was secretly happy when she saw her like this, and pretended to be stupid and added: "Sister Song wanted to give them as rewards to the servants in the mansion, so she only picked some ordinary ones. They didn't cost much, so it won't be a problem."

It didn't cost much, just forty-six taels, which was enough to buy a box of good quality cosmetics. If they wanted to buy one, they had to consider for a long time.

Zhou Rong glared at Zhou Yan secretly with some dissatisfaction. This younger sister has always been willful and capricious. She always speaks without restraint and always makes her look bad.

"Sister Rong, Sister Yan, please take your time to choose! Sister Song and I will leave first." Zhou Ru realized that her words had successfully made them feel jealous, so she didn't plan to continue dealing with them. She took Song Ning's arm and prepared to leave.

Zhou Rong was just worrying about not having a suitable excuse to turn down the cosmetics selection. Seeing Zhou Ru about to leave, she suddenly had an idea and called out to her, "Sister Ru, wait a moment."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"I have another matter to go out today, which is to go to the nearby Jinxiufang to try on wedding dresses. Since you are here too, why don't you go and help me choose some?" As she spoke, she seemed to be worried that Zhou Ru would refuse, and added: "If Sister Song doesn't mind, why don't you come with us! Jinxiufang is right next to us."

"Let's go, let's go!" Just like the laughter and jokes between two very close sisters, Zhou Rong smiled sweetly, took Zhou Ru's arm without giving her any chance to be rejected, and walked out.

Seeing that they were about to leave, the waitress who had just received Zhou Ting asked, "Miss Zhou, do you still want to choose this cosmetic?"