The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

Ever since Sun Guixiang mentioned wanting to meet Dongfang Ming to Sun Chuang, Sun Chuang has been secretly sending people to keep an eye on the two of them.

He is currently unaware of Dongfang Ming's purpose in coming to their Shifeng Village.

Of course, he also wanted to test Dongfang Ming's attitude towards his daughter.

Sun Guixiang had been cooped up in her courtyard for several days. Her coming-of-age ceremony was just around the corner, and she had originally planned to take this opportunity to properly invite that person.

However, her father had guessed her plan and had been keeping her from running around for the past few days, sending people to guard the gate of her yard.

I finally managed to sneak out to buy some nice jewelry, but I never expected to run into her.

Sun Chuchu is the daughter of the second-in-command of Shifeng Village.

Sun Chuchu never expected to run into Sun Guixiang. Sun Chuchu's skin was much fairer than Sun Guixiang's. Sun Guixiang's features resembled her father's, and she couldn't really be described as pretty.

Sun Chuchu, on the other hand, inherited her mother's features from the south. She had fair skin and delicate features. Although not particularly exquisite, her fair skin made her look much more attractive than Sun Guixiang.

However, because her father's status was lower than that of Sun Guixiang's father, she was always inferior to Sun Guixiang.

Every time the two had a conflict, her father would tell her to give in more.

Over time, the two of them started to dislike each other.

Sun Chuchu arrived first, holding a pink butterfly-shaped glass hairpin in her hand.

Actually, she had only been here a short time and was just browsing around.

She didn't particularly like this hairpin either.

However, Sun Guixiang snatched the hairpin from her hand as soon as she entered the room, which made her very unhappy.

“I was the one who first took a liking to this hairpin.” Sun Chuchu turned around, looked up, and stared at Sun Guixiang as she spoke.

Sun Guixiang asked dismissively, "You saw it first?"

"Shopkeeper," she called to the counter, summoning the shopkeeper.

Did Sun Chuchu pay for this hairpin?

The shopkeeper was in a bit of a dilemma; everyone in the village knew that the two men didn't get along.

He dared not offend either side.

He must have forgotten to check the almanac before going out today. He glanced at Sun Chuchu in a panic and shook his head.

"Miss Sun is looking at it, but hasn't paid yet."

Because most of the people in the village share the surname Sun, the village distinguishes between the two by calling Sun Guixiang "Miss Sun the First" and Sun Chuchu "Miss Sun the Second".

Upon hearing the shopkeeper's words, Sun Guixiang raised her head and said, "Don't you have the money to pay? I'll buy this hairpin." Her tone was full of disdain.

After saying that, she gestured to Xiaoqing next to her to pay the bill.

Xiaoqing walked triumphantly to the counter, took out her wallet, and shouted, "How much?"

The waiter glanced at the shopkeeper, and only after receiving a response did he dare to cautiously speak, "Fifty coins."

Xiaoqing was counting money when she heard Sun Chuchu speak from the side.

“I’ll offer sixty coins.” After saying that, she raised an eyebrow at Sun Guixiang.

Sun Guixiang never expected that Sun Chuchu would have the audacity to try and take her away from her.

She glared back dismissively, "One hundred coins!"

She doesn't even deserve to compete with me.

Upon hearing this, Sun Chuchu realized that the other party had indeed fallen for the trap.

She smiled and said, "One hundred and fifty coins."

"Two hundred coins!"

"Two hundred and fifty coins." Sun Chuchu looked at the cinnabar in her hand calmly.

"Three hundred coins!!"

Sun Guixiang's tone became increasingly agitated.

"Five hundred coins."

One tael of silver!!!

Seeing that the price had already reached one tael of silver, Sun Chuchu decided not to continue.

Feigning regret, she said, "Oh dear, Miss Sun is so rich! This is too expensive, I can't afford it!"

Sun Guixiang looked at her smugly, "You think you're worthy of competing with me? How about it, you can't afford it now, can you?"

The shopkeeper never expected that an ordinary glass hairpin could sell for one tael of silver.

He happily took out the hairpin himself, put it in a nice wooden box, and handed it to Xiaoqing.

"One tael of silver."

Xiaoqing opened the money bag, and inside there was only one tael of silver; the rest were copper coins.

She had personally weighed and cut the tael of silver before she left home.

Her young lady's monthly allowance was only two taels of silver.

Sun Guixiang wanted to go shopping as soon as her daily allowance arrived, so she asked me to fetch a tael of loose silver.

I didn't expect that I would spend all my money in the first jewelry store before I even had a chance to shop around much.

Sun Guixiang knew she had overpaid for the hairpin, but if it made Sun Chuchu unhappy, then the money was well spent.

Sun Chuchu pretended to be sad and left the store, then turned around and went to the shop next door.

"Miss, you're too..."

Sun Chuchu's eyes were cunning and mischievous. "Too much?" she threatened her maid with a slightly coquettish tone.

A-Zhu smiled and took Sun Chuchu's hand, "Miss, you are so smart."

“Sun Guixiang has been bullying you for quite some time now, so it’s good to make her lose some money today.”

"But Miss, how do you know that Sun Guixiang is determined to buy that hairpin?"

"secret!"

After saying that, she pulled Ah Zhu inside to look at jewelry.

After taking the hairpin, Sun Guixiang decided not to continue shopping; she had secretly slipped out.

And we've run out of money.

"Xiaoqing, let's go home."

Xiaoqing took the wooden box and followed Sun Guixiang.

She kept her head down, a hint of disdain in her eyes.

This idiot, he was sold out and he's still counting the money for the seller.

It's better to be a little stupid, that way things will go much more smoothly for the master.

The two walked slowly down the street, passing a small stall selling things.

Sun Guixiang had already walked past when she was suddenly drawn back to her senses by something familiar.

She pointed to the hairpin on the stall and asked, "How much is this hairpin?"

"Twenty coins," the stall owner said, holding up two fingers.

"Miss Sun has excellent taste; this hairpin is in the most fashionable butterfly style right now."

"If you don't like this color, I have other colors here."

After saying that, he took out several hairpins of different colors but all the same style from under the table and arranged them.

Sun Guixiang looked at the colorful hairpins in front of her and thought about the scene just now.

Only then did she realize that she had been tricked by Sun Chuchu.

Enraged, she snatched the wooden box from Xiaoqing's hand and took out the hairpin.

Upon close comparison, they are indeed exactly the same.

Enraged, she threw the hairpin to the ground.

*Crack!* It shattered!

"Sun Chuchu! You just wait!!!" She gritted her teeth, so angry she was jumping up and down.

The stall owner was so frightened that he quickly and carefully put the hairpins away.

He was afraid that she would get angry and smash these things for him again.

Sun Guixiang completely lost her mood for shopping.

She stormed off with Xiaoqing in a huff.

After she disappeared, Dongfang Ming stepped forward from the side.

Unexpectedly, Sun Chuang, such a shrewd man, has such a foolish daughter.

However, Sun Chuchu is an interesting person.

But her father was only the second-in-command and had no real power in the village.

After Sun Guixiang finished her dinner, she saw Xiaoqing run in happily.

"Miss, Miss, good news, good news!"