Being rejected by a scholar? She is so rich, what is she afraid of?

Chapter 34 Good calculation

Zhang's mouth was almost stretched to her ears. "Yes, my Jun Yi is well educated and will definitely have a bright future. He is also a filial son. As his mother, I am already enjoying his blessings."

After saying that, he pulled Wang Yuyan over and said to everyone with a smile, "My adopted daughter is also a good one, well-behaved and sensible, and filial to us."

Everyone choked when they heard this. They had just seen how Zhang asked her to help advance the money, but the girl was not happy about it.

Do you call this sensible? Filial piety?

Everyone couldn't afford to offend Zhang, so they just smiled and agreed against their will, "Haha, yes, I can tell from the looks of it that your adopted daughter is a filial one, and she even accompanies you shopping. She's really a thoughtful and lovely person."

Zhang also said, "Yes, yes, she likes to accompany me no matter what I do."

Wang Yuyan frowned slightly, withdrew her hand, smiled awkwardly at everyone, and wanted to leave.

Zhang saw that she was about to leave, and hurriedly stopped her, "Yuyan, I haven't paid for these clothes yet, so you can help mother pay for it first, and I'll give it to you when I get back."

After that, she explained to everyone, "I came to the shop with my adopted daughter today. I wanted to buy two sets of clothes for my family. But I left in a hurry and forgot to bring money. So I wanted my adopted daughter to help me pay for it first."

In fact, even if she didn't say it, everyone already knew what was going on from the conversation between the two just now.

They saw it clearly just now. This girl was not willing to advance the money at all. She was her adopted daughter, but she was so unkind.

Everyone started talking at once, "Oh, Miss Wang, this is your fault. Madam Zhao is your stepmother, she just asked you to help advance the money, even if she asked you to buy a few clothes, it's your due."

"Yes, Madam Zhao just praised Miss Wang for being sensible and filial. Why does she seem unwilling to help advance the money for a few pieces of clothing?"

Wang Yuyan was annoyed as she listened to everyone's discussions. These people really liked to meddle in other people's business.

And this Zhang is so calculating. She doesn't even know why he praises her so much in front of everyone.

She just wants me to pay for her.

However, today's atmosphere has been set to this point. Everyone knows that she is Zhao Junyi's sister. It would be a bit unreasonable if she didn't help with this little bit.

So, she couldn't refuse anymore.

He forced a smile and said, "Mom, I'm not unwilling to help you. I just wanted to go shopping somewhere else and made a slip of the tongue. I'll buy it for you right away."

Then he gritted his teeth and asked, "Boss, how much money does my stepmother need?"

The shopkeeper smiled and replied, "The total is 8 taels and 82 wen. Just give 8 taels."

When Wang Yuyan heard that it was only 8 taels, she thought it was more expensive than what she bought because it was so big. She didn't say anything, but pursed her lips and took out the silver.

Zhang is not like Wang Yuyan. Even if she wants to plot against her, she cannot reach that level of consumption.

Except for the two long gowns I picked for Zhao Junyi, which were a bit more expensive, costing about four or five taels, the other gowns in the family were relatively cheap. None of them cost more than one tael of silver. Basically, they were all around three or four hundred coins each.

In fact, Zhang thought that this was not cheap. If she had to buy cloth to make her own clothes, three or four hundred coins of cloth could at least make two new clothes.

Wang Yuyan paid the money and left the clothing shop.

Zhang greeted everyone hurriedly and followed them in a hurry.

Seeing that she was still following, Wang Yuyan said unhappily, "Do you still want to go shopping? Didn't you forget to bring money? Aren't you afraid that you won't have money to pay the bill later?"

Zhang didn't care, "It's okay, I'll accompany you and won't buy anything."

Wang Yuyan was skeptical, "Really?"

"Of course. I have no money, so what can I buy? I'll just accompany you, and when you've bought it, we'll go back together."

Wang Yuyan glanced at her and said nothing more, then walked slowly towards the jewelry shop.

She had already made up her mind that if she was asked to pay again, she would say she would not pay anything and that she did not bring enough money.

It’s just that some things are well thought out, but they just don’t develop as you expect.

When she came out of the jewelry shop again, she had 30 taels less silver in her hand. She bought two sets of jewelry and spent 26 taels.

Zhang even shamelessly picked out two silver hairpins, saying that they were for herself and her daughter, and she asked for nearly ten taels.

This time, Zhang didn't use the euphemism she had used in the clothing store. After she had chosen her clothes, she pointed at Wang Yuyan and said to the shopkeeper, "We are together. This is my adopted daughter. She will pay for it together when the time comes."

Wang Yuyan discovered that as long as Zhang said that she was her adopted daughter, others could use filial piety to pressure her.

She said she didn't bring enough money, but Zhang knew where she put the money. She pointed to where she put the money and said, "I just saw that you still have a few dozen taels in your purse, right?"

Then, everyone started looking at her with strange eyes and pointing fingers at her.

Wang Yuyan came out of the jewelry shop angrily. She had originally wanted to go to the pastry shop to buy some pastries, but now she had no mood for it at all and went straight home.

Zhang followed her happily, carrying a big bag of clothes and with two new silver hairpins in her hair.

When I got home, I happily let my daughter and younger son try on the clothes.

The two children were very happy when they saw the new clothes and ran happily in the yard.

Wang Yuyan became even more annoyed by the noise and angrily went to ask Zhang for money.

Zhang's eyes flickered. "Well, Yuyan, the money in the house is not with me. Wait until your adoptive father comes back."

In fact, Zhang was not lying. Before, the two of them were going to go out to look at the yard, and they asked Zhao Pingxiu to take all the money in the family. They planned to pay a deposit first if they found the yard satisfactory.

Wang Yuyan frowned, but there was nothing she could do, so she had to go back to the house and wait.

They waited until the sun set, and Zhao Pingxiu and Zhao Junyi returned home with joy on their faces.

Seeing this, Zhang asked, "Master, have you taken care of the yard?"

Zhao Pingxiu nodded, "Well, I was lucky. I happened to come across a two-courtyard house, which is also very close to Jun Yi's college. Jun Yi also went to see it and was very satisfied. So he decided to buy it."

"How much silver?" Zhang asked.

"The location is good, but the price is a bit high. It was originally 420 taels, not a cent less, but later I reduced it by 20 taels for Jun Yi's sake."

Zhang was so proud of it that her face smiled like a chrysanthemum.

My son is awesome.

Then he remembered the problem of insufficient silver at home and asked, "Have you agreed when to pay the missing silver?"

Zhao Pingxiu said, "We have already given two hundred taels, and Jun Yi said he would give the remaining two hundred taels in ten days."

After saying this, the whole family laughed happily. There were rewards for making couplets in the teahouse, so the remaining two hundred taels were not a piece of cake.

However, what they didn’t know was that this easy task was destined to be in vain.