Farmhouse Green Plum

What was initially a messy pile looked particularly nice after she arranged it.

Daya asked, "Sister, how much are the hairpins and bracelets?"

"These are ten cents each, and the bracelet without wooden beads is two cents each." The woman answered while taking out a bracelet woven with only colorful ropes and placing it on the outermost side on the right.

Daya picked up one of the blue and purple bracelets and asked, "Is the one with two colors also 2 cents?"

"Yes, both are 2 cents."

The girls' eyes lit up, and they gave up the wooden hairpins and chose and tried on the pure bracelets. Soon, they each picked out a two-color bracelet.

For them now, 2 cents is nothing.

After choosing the bracelet, everyone stopped looking at the wooden bead bracelets and turned their attention directly to the wooden hairpins.

Everyone was reluctant to spend 10 cents on a wooden hairpin and had to pick out the one that satisfied them the most.

Daya selected for a long time. The wooden hairpin looked nice, but it didn't look good when she wore it on her head. Others felt the same way.

For a moment, everyone's enthusiasm was dampened, and they put down their wooden hairpins one after another and prepared to leave.

The young stall owner stopped displaying ornaments and waved for Daya to come over.

Although Daya was confused, she still walked towards her.

The woman picked out a wooden hairpin and said, "You will look good wearing this flame hairpin."

Daya glanced at the wooden hairpin in her hand and said disappointedly, "I just tried this one, it doesn't look good at all."

The flame hairpin has smooth lines and a simple style. Daya fell in love with it at first sight and tried it on first. Unfortunately, it looked out of place on her head.

The woman smiled and said, "That's because your hairstyle doesn't suit you. Double buns are cute and can be decorated with hair strings, red silk, and small necklaces.

This flame hairpin is gentle and simple, so it is not suitable for childish double buns. In my opinion, it is most suitable for a single spiral bun, but you are still young, so it is not suitable for you to wear a single spiral bun.

Well, you can wear your hair in a bun, and it will look great with this wooden hairpin."

As she spoke, she motioned for Daya to sit on a round stool beside her, untied her hair, and picked up the comb to comb her hair again.

The woman's movements were gentle and skillful. Before Daya could feel anything, she heard Lai Di and the others exclaiming in surprise.

Lai Di looked at the woman with admiration and begged, "Sister, can you help me comb my hair too?"

The woman smiled and said, "Of course."

Xiaoxiang and the others also quickly begged the woman, and the woman agreed.

Their attitude made Daya feel itchy and she really wanted to take a look at her hairstyle.

Xiaoxiang was very careful and noticed her thoughts. Before she could speak, she asked the woman, "Sister, can you lend her your bronze mirror so she can look at herself?"

After getting the woman's consent, she immediately picked up the bronze mirror and held it in front of Daya. Daya was also very surprised when she saw it.

Compared with the double buns, the hanging bun is much more delicate and complex, giving people a quiet and beautiful feeling.

If she decorated her hair with some beautiful ornaments and put on nice clothes, she would look like a lady from a wealthy family.

After combing her hair into a bun and inserting a flame hairpin, the woman squatted down slightly and looked at Daya at eye level, frowning in dissatisfaction: "Well, just a hairpin and a hair tie, it's a bit too plain."

Daya looked at herself in the mirror and for a moment wanted to take out the red silk from her pocket.

But she held back. Although they could be vain, she couldn't reveal the fact that they could make money.

Daya touched a small tuft of hair that had fallen down and smiled at the woman, "This is already very good."

The woman was not satisfied. She said, "Wait a minute."

Having said that, he stood up and left. Not long after, he came back with a few branches of plum blossoms, including red, white and wintersweet.

She picked two red plum flowers and two winter plum flowers and fixed them on Daya's bun in alternating and staggered patterns.

He squatted down again to take a closer look, and finally nodded with satisfaction: "This is much better."

Daya looked in the bronze mirror and could hardly believe that it was herself. The delicate bun and pretty flowers made her complexion, which had been gradually improved over the past few months, look even better. She looked no worse than the ladies of wealthy families.

Lai Di and others were so excited that they kept begging the woman to help them.

The woman did not mind the trouble and helped them choose hairpins and comb their hair one by one.

As time passed, more and more people came to the street. The hustle and bustle here attracted many girls. With the finished products of Daya and others on display, even some adults who originally had no intention of buying wooden hairpins were tempted to buy them.

Girls of the same age as Daya and her friends also lined up eagerly, wanting the women to help them comb their hair.

Daya was feeling very happy. Seeing that more and more people were gathering around, she pulled Lai Di and others who had already combed their hair to the back, and asked those who had not yet combed their hair to go to the front to avoid being cut in line.

Xu Yuzhi was the last one. When Daya asked her to go to the front, she bit her lip and said with a mixture of reluctance and embarrassment, "Forget it. I won't buy a hairpin."

Lai Di blurted out: "Why not buy it? The wooden hairpin is not expensive, and the stall owner can help us comb our hair into a beautiful bun."

Daya guessed something. Xu Xiucai had been dead for many years, and the Xu family had neither surplus property nor income. Over the years, she and her daughter had been almost entirely dependent on Xu Dahe's family for support. It was indeed difficult for them to come up with 10 cents.

It's not just Xu Yuzhi. If they don't have a way to make money, Daya can't even come up with 10 cents.

She had an idea and couldn't help but feel secretly happy. Here came the opportunity.

After carefully considering her words, Daya approached Xu Yuzhi and whispered, "Sister Yuzhi, please pick one. I don't have much money, and I can only afford these little things as gifts for your wedding. Please don't despise me."

Xu Yuzhi was stunned, "You..."

"Please pick one." Daya tilted her head towards the bamboo tube where the wooden hairpin was placed and interrupted her.

Xu Yuzhi lowered her head and was silent for a while, then raised her head and said softly, "The most important thing about gifts is the thought behind them. How could I dislike that? When you get married someday, it's within my power to choose a gift you like."

"Then you'll be at a big disadvantage," Daya smiled and leaned close to her ear, whispering, "The He family's young mistress has a very wide range of abilities."

A blush quickly appeared on Xu Yuzhi's face. She looked around shyly and was relieved when she saw that no one was paying attention to them.

Soon, she also smiled. Yes, the gifts she would give to Daya in the future would only be bigger, so it wouldn't be considered that she owed anything.

Thinking of this, she quickly took out the wooden hairpin that she had long set her eyes on from the bamboo tube and went to the front to queue.

Lai Di came up to Daya and winked at her.

It is indeed a time-consuming job for women to dress up. By the time the girls in Xinghua Village had all re-combed their hair, the sun had already fallen to the horizon.

Lai Di, Xiao Xiang, Xu Yulan and Daya all wore their hair in a bun; Zhao Xiaocui, Xu Yuzhi and other older girls wore a more dignified and neat flying bun.

The youngest two girls, Daxia and Erxia, had their hair in a bun, which was not suitable for hairpins, so the stall owner simply decorated them with a few plum blossoms.