My humble days in ancient times

When Xu Ruyuan got home and saw the hairpin, she was overjoyed. She blinked her eyes and said, "Big sister, it's so beautiful. Big sister really knows how to pick things."

Xu Ruyi said, "Your little mouth is so sweet. The silver hairpins are all the same. You can choose a gold hairpin!"

Xu Ruyuan looked at it and said, "Big sister, you choose first!"

"You're quite sensible." Xu Ruyi chose a peach blossom hairpin and said, "The two are the same price."

Xu Ruyuan happily picked up the exquisite plum blossom gold hairpin and carefully inserted it into her shiny black hair. Then she turned her head expectantly and asked in a gentle voice, "Big sister, come and see if I look good like this?"

Xu Ruyi, who was sitting next to her, smiled and nodded, with admiration in her eyes, and replied softly: "It looks great! This plum blossom gold hairpin really complements your temperament." After receiving her sister's affirmative answer, Xu Ruyuan was even more delighted.

However, the beauty-loving girl seemed not satisfied with this. She picked up the silver hairpin again and put it on her head with skill. Then, she showed it to her sister again and asked playfully, "Sister, what do you think of this silver hairpin? Is it more beautiful than the one just now?"

Xu Ruyi stood up and walked to her sister, gently put her arms around her slender shoulders, and praised with a smile: "Oh, my dear sister, you are a natural beauty! No matter what kind of hairpin you wear, you are so beautiful and radiant!" Hearing her sister's doting words, Xu Ruyuan couldn't help giggling.

Xu Ruyuan couldn't let go of the two hairpins. After hesitating for a moment, he put the gold hairpin into the wooden box and took the silver hairpin with him. The eldest sister said that the gold hairpin was expensive, costing one or two ounces of silver, while the silver hairpin was cheap, costing only one hundred coins.

But one hundred wen is also a very expensive thing for Xu Ruyuan.

Xu Ruyuan, wearing a silver hairpin and a pink floral dress, played with children in the village. Many children praised her hairpin for its beauty. Xu Ruyuan smiled proudly, "Of course, this is what my sister bought at the silver shop in the county town."

Xu Eryan saw it and looked envious: "The butterfly on the hairpin is so beautiful."

Xu Ruyuan said, "If you like it, just buy one. My sister said it would cost a hundred coins."

When Xu Eryan heard that it would cost a hundred coins, she said, "That's too expensive. I can buy a lot of things with a hundred coins."

Xu Ruyuan said, "My elder sister once said that if you like something, you should buy it. That way, you will be worthy of your hard work."

Xu Eryan was fascinated by this sentence: "Your elder sister said this very well."

When they returned home in the evening, Xu Eryan said to Luo Daying, "Mom, can I buy a hairpin?"

Luo Daying asked in confusion: "Hairpin, what hairpin?"

"It's a beautiful hairpin with a butterfly. Xu Ruyuan wore it on her head today, and it looks really beautiful. I heard it cost a hundred coins, and I also heard it was bought at a silver shop in the county town! It's so beautiful. Mother, can you buy one for me too?"

When Luo Daying heard that he wanted a hundred coins, he was reluctant to spend the money. So he said angrily, "Buy anything. A hundred coins can buy anything else. No matter how beautiful the hairpin is, it can't be eaten."

When Xu Eryan heard that the deal was not going to be sold, she burst into tears out of grievance, and her crying attracted Xu Dayan.

Xu Dayan asked, "Why are you crying for no reason?"

Xu Eryan cried and said, "Sister, I want a hairpin. Xu Ruyuan has a silver butterfly hairpin, which is very beautiful. But mother doesn't agree to buy it. ...Wuwuwuwu..."

Xu Dayan smiled and said, "Isn't it just a silver hairpin? Don't worry, I will buy it for you later."

"Really?" Xu Eryan stopped crying.

Xu Dayan hugged her and comforted her: "Of course, I can still lie to you."

Xu Ruyuan had a great time playing with his friends all day long. Their figures could be seen everywhere in the village and on the hillside.

That day, several children went to Xu Eryan's house to play, playing hide-and-seek inside and outside the house.

Xu Dayan walked over to Xu Ruyuan and said, "Your hairpin is so beautiful. Can I see it?"

Xu Ruyuan: "Then you can see!"

Xu Dayan took off the hairpin, looked at it carefully, and praised: "It is indeed beautiful."

Xu Ruyuan was a little unhappy: "You can see it even if you wear it on your head, why did you take it off?"

Xu Dayan said with a somewhat unnatural expression: "I'll bring it to you later."

Xu Ruyuan pouted and said, "Then you should bring it to me now!"

Xu Dayan took advantage of Xu Ruyuan's unpreparedness, took out a wooden hairpin from his sleeve and inserted it into Xu Ruyuan's head.

Xu Ruyuan touched it with his hand and found a hairpin on his head, but it felt like something was wrong. However, Xu Ruyuan was only a seven-year-old child after all, so he didn't think too much about it at the time.

After leaving Xu Dayan's house, the children ran around the village for a while before going home.

As soon as Xu Ruyuan returned home, Xu Ruyi noticed the wooden hairpin on her head. Xu Ruyi asked her, "Ruyuan, when did you get a wooden hairpin?"

Xu Ruyuan hadn't reacted yet: "I don't have a wooden hairpin."

Xu Ruyi asked again: "What about the wooden hairpin on your head?"

Xu Ruyuan pulled out the wooden hairpin on her head and was stunned. How could the good silver hairpin become a wooden hairpin? Then she started crying in grievance.

Xu Ruyi went over and hugged her and said, "Don't cry, why are you crying?"

Xu Ruyuan sobbed, "Sister, the hairpin I liked is gone. I'm sad."

Xu Ruyi helped her wipe away her tears and said, "Tell me, big sister, where did you go to play today? Did anyone pull out your hairpin?"

Xu Ruyuan quickly remembered: "Sister, I was just at Xu Eryan's house, and Xu Dayan pulled out my hairpin to look at it. Woo woo ...

So that's how it is. Xu Ruyi understood: What a good substitution.

Xu Ruyi narrowed her eyes and said, "Ruyuan and sister, can we go to Xu Dayan's house now?"

Xu Ruyuan was a little scared and couldn't move: Luo Daying is an adult, and his face is cold when he doesn't smile. Xu Dayan is already fourteen years old.

Xu Ruyi saw her sister was a little cowardly and said, "Don't be afraid, Ruyuan. You don't have to be afraid as long as I'm here. Although others are older than us, we are right. We should be braver and not be afraid to speak up when being bullied. Otherwise, we will be bullied again next time."

Seeing her elder sister's firm attitude, Xu Ruyuan felt a little bolder.

The two sisters quickly arrived at Xu Dayan's house. Standing in the yard, Xu Ruyi said, "Xu Dayan, can you please take out my sister's hairpin?"

Xu Dayan pretended not to understand and said, "Hairpin, what hairpin? I don't understand what you are saying."

Xu Ruyi smiled and said, "Why don't you understand? You took my sister's silver hairpin. Do you understand now?"

Xu Dayan was stubborn and said, "I didn't take your sister's hairpin. Don't talk nonsense. Please leave my house now."

Xu Ruyi was also angry: "Give us back my sister's hairpin, and we will leave now."

At this time, many villagers came to watch the fun.

Xu Dayan was very brave and thick-skinned. Seeing so many people, she didn't feel embarrassed at all. She said to everyone, "There's nothing good to see. Let's go!"

The villagers did not react and just stood there.

Xu Ruyi smiled and said, "Xu Dayan, stop talking nonsense and take out my sister's silver hairpin."

Xu Ruyi then said to Xu Ruyuan, "With so many people watching, it's really shameful for someone to take your things."

Xu Ruyuan bravely said, "When I was playing at your house before, you took off the silver hairpin on my head and then inserted a wooden hairpin into my hair. You are such a shameless person."

Xu Dayan felt guilty, so she deliberately shouted loudly: "Who took your hairpin? Who saw it? You were running around the village by yourself, and who knows where it might have fallen. Please don't slander me."

Xu Ruyi looked at her ugly face that looked like a pig's head and said, "Why did you pull out the hairpin to look at it for no reason? Are you blind and can't you see it when it's on your head? You said my sister ran around and lost it, but how come the wooden hairpin wasn't lost? Don't talk nonsense. Don't you have any idea whether you took the things or not?"

When Xu Dayan heard the word "blind," she was furious and said, "Xu Ruyi, who are you calling blind? I'm telling you, if you didn't take it, you didn't take it. Don't yell and scream in my yard."