The girl traveled through another world and forced the prince to take the imperial examination

Mu Qingcheng came to this world and went shopping for the first time. Everything she saw was new and interesting. The silver Yunqing gave her was in the form of silver ingots weighing one hundred taels each. She asked Zhou Niangzi to take her to the bank to exchange for small change. She also exchanged the remaining silver for silver notes to save space.

With so much money in her pocket, she wants to buy, buy, buy, buy.

Daxing Town is just a remote town with only six or seven shops, most of which are grocery stores that sell everything. There is only one jewelry shop and one cosmetics shop.

What woman doesn't love visiting jewelry stores? But this shop mostly sells pure silver items: silver hairpins, silver earrings, silver bracelets, and some crude jade pieces. The styles are simple, and the workmanship isn't particularly refined. These items really disappoint Mu Qingcheng.

The boss greeted Mrs. Zhou warmly and introduced some silver jewelry to her.

Mu Qingcheng took a look around and was drawn to the six velvet flowers displayed on the counter. Each one had its own unique style and was exquisitely crafted. The most eye-catching was a cluster of pale pink flowers piled together, their lifelike petals and stamens dotted with pearls.

It is worthy of being an intangible cultural heritage, it is really beautiful.

The boss saw Mu Qingcheng staring at the velvet flowers for a long time, so he asked Mu Qingcheng if she wanted to buy one.

Is there any need to ask? You must buy it!

"Boss, how much is this?"

The boss was intrigued when he heard this: "You know what you're talking about, young lady. These are new arrivals in our shop, the most popular styles in the city. The supply is very tight, and we only have these six."

Madam Zhou was unhappy: "Why are you saying all this? Are you worried that my sister can't afford it?"

The boss said, "No, no, I just wanted to say that this velvet flower is a new style and the price is indeed not cheap."

Mu Qingcheng also became impatient: "How much is it?"

"Eighty cents a branch."

"What? Eighty cents, you're trying to rob me!" Madam Zhou exclaimed, pulling Mu Qingcheng away.

The boss immediately protested: "Didn't I tell you? This is a new model, and supply is tight. We only have these six, and we don't know when the next batch will arrive!"

Mu Qingcheng thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll take all six. That's a total of 480 coins, right?"

The boss was surprised that this girl, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, was so generous. "Okay, okay, I'll find a box for you to pack it up."

Mrs. Zhou wanted to bargain, but the boss had already packed up the velvet flowers.

Mu Qingcheng picked up two more silver hairpins and asked the shopkeeper, "How much are these two?"

When the boss saw that the little girl wanted silver hairpins, he was even happier: "These silver hairpins are three taels each. Since you bought so many, I'll give you a discount. How about two for five taels of silver?"

Mu Qingcheng pretended to be hesitant and said, "After buying the flowers, I only have a little over two taels of silver left. Why don't I just forget it? I'll come back another day when I have enough money."

The boss's mind worked quickly. He calculated that he had made a lot of money from the velvet flowers, and that he could also make a profit from the two silver hairpins. So he said, "Since the little girl likes it so much, I'll give her two taels. Please take good care of her in the future."

Mu Qingcheng was still a little embarrassed: "But my mother said that I need to buy two pairs of shoes. This way I won't have enough money to buy shoes. Let's do it next time!"

The boss felt a little heartbroken. It was really difficult to get off the tiger's back. Mu Qingcheng pulled Madam Zhou to leave, but the boss gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and stopped her again.

"Oh! How much are two pairs of shoes? I'll give you a hundred coins off. Isn't that enough to buy the shoes?"

Mu Qingcheng's eyes lit up and she said, "Thank you, boss. Just pack up the pink velvet flower for me and put the other flowers together."

She took out the hairpin and gave it to Madam Zhou, and prepared to give the other one to Madam Wang.

Madam Zhou tried to refuse, but Mu Qingcheng insisted on giving it to her, so she had no choice but to accept it.

After leaving the jewelry shop, they went to the cosmetics shop. As soon as they entered the shop, they smelled a cheap fragrance. Mu Qingcheng immediately lost the desire to shop.

It took less than an hour to finish browsing these shops. Mu Qingcheng was not satisfied yet, it was not even noon yet.

So they went to the vegetable market and bought some rice, flour, oil, meat, eggs and the like for Su Qingyan and the others, as well as the fruits, snacks and candies that Mu Yao wanted.

After leaving the market, she saw a bookstore and went in for a browse. After flipping through a few books, she discovered that simplified Chinese characters had been introduced. It turned out that Yun Qing hadn't deliberately learned to write simplified characters, but that they had always existed in that era. It's just that most of the characters were still in traditional Chinese.

She couldn't understand any of the books she was reading. She recognized most of the characters, but they were difficult to understand. The ancients' writings were always full of quotations from classics, which reminded her of the classical Chinese literature she learned in high school. It was hard to describe in words. She asked the shopkeeper if he had any books for children's enlightenment. The shopkeeper brought her two books: the Three Character Classic and the Hundred Family Names.

Mu Qingcheng suspected that people in this era would use these books to educate their children, fearing that the children would develop a dislike for learning. Aren't there any illustrated storybooks or something like that?

Oh! Never mind. She bought them for Zipei and Zijin; they wouldn't be school-shy. She also bought some brushes, inkstones, and a few books on poetry she couldn't read. These were for herself; she had to secretly study the writing, otherwise she'd be laughed at for being illiterate.

After leaving the bookstore, Mu Qingcheng thought of Su Qingyan and the others, who still had no bedding or change of clothes, so she went to the grocery store and bought some cotton. She then went to Madam Wang's house and bought some cotton cloth to make quilts, and also bought some clothing fabric and some embroidery thread from her.

Embroidery is probably the favorite pastime of most girls in this era. It is a pretty good day for a few girls to sit together, embroider and chat.

When she finished shopping, she filled up a whole cart, and she sent the blessing to Daxi Village.

Yun Qing was a little jealous when he saw that she had bought so many things but hadn't bought anything for him. He was even more angry because he had given her the three hundred taels. He should not have given her the money. Wouldn't it be better for him to use the money to buy her a dress and flowers?

Su Qingyan and several other girls were overjoyed when they received the gifts from Mu Qingcheng, especially Mu Yao.

Since they had nothing else to do, Su Qingyan suggested cleaning out the east wing and buying two beds and two cabinets for it. That way, Mu Qingcheng would move in with them in a few days, at least until the new house was built. She planned to give her room to Mu Qingcheng, while she and Mu Yaolinglong took the second room and let Zipei and Zijin occupy the east wing.

So she went to the village chief and asked him who could do carpentry work. The village chief took Su Qingyan to Xu Yongfu's house. Su Qingyan knew that Xu Yongfu was Zijin's uncle.

When they arrived at the Xu family's house, they saw that it was in a mess. Xu Yongfu and his eldest son were both injured and lying in bed, unable to get up.

Su Qingyan deliberately asked what happened to the Xu family. The village chief briefly explained it to her.

Su Qingyan asked sympathetically, "Aunt Xu, how is your niece now? Is she in danger?"

Fang's face darkened as she said, "Though that girl is pitiful, we have tried our best. There is nothing we can do. Who allowed her to have such parents? She can only blame her unfortunate fate."

Su Qingyan immediately understood what Fang meant, that is, even if Zijin escaped back, the Xu family would no longer care about her.

But she still didn't give up and wanted to ask for a correct answer so that Zi Jin would give up the idea and follow Mu Qingcheng properly.

"If she escapes back again, will you still take her in?"

"What?" Fang was anxious when she heard it: "She dares to come again. She has ruined our family. If she dares to come again, don't blame me for kicking her out."

"How can you, the Yongfu family, talk like that?" The village chief quickly scolded Fang, thinking that women are just short-sighted. Even if they think so, they shouldn't say it like that!

"I..." Fang said desperately, "Her parents have no shame. Why should our family be the scapegoat after being beaten? I will never let her enter the house."

"Mother Caiping, cough... cough!" A weak voice came from the room.

Fang hurriedly got up and went into the house. This should be Zijin's uncle. She didn't expect him to be so weak.

Su Qingyan really wanted to go into the house to check on Zijin, but unfortunately she couldn't.

Intermittent voices were heard in the room, and Uncle Zijin's voice was almost inaudible. Only Fang's suppressed crying voice could be heard.

Su Qingyan felt very sad, but this was the sadness of the world.