Ancient Foodie Survival Guide Chapter 21
Translated by Serena Love
Edited by Azure
Chapter 21: Buying Clothes
Jiang Shuyao secretly glanced at Xie Xun's face, fearing that he would blame her.
She secretly regretted it. Who would have thought that she would meet a man who had been entangled by the original owner as soon as she went out?
Xie Xun's chest was tight.
He knew about the absurd things Jiang Shuyao did before she got married. Since he married her, he wouldn't count on her previous affairs. Besides, marrying her was nothing more than avoiding the Empress' marriage edict, just to deal with it. Now, he shouldn't be angry about it.
He was sulking, and Jiang Shuyao was also a little embarrassed, but she was quickly attracted by the dazzling array of gold ornaments.
She was dazzled by the exquisite and gorgeous hand-made jewelry on display. The hairpins, hair sticks, and back combs were extremely luxurious, with hooks inlaid with beads and complex craftsmanship.
The shopkeeper knew that she had an extraordinary background when he saw her. He approached her and politely asked, "Madam, did you want to buy some jewelry? Why don't you go up to the second floor and look at the store's collections on the second floor."
Jiang Shuyao nodded and agreed. Having money feels so good.
The shopkeeper led her up to the second floor, and her maid naturally followed behind. Xie Xun paused and followed.
Ordinary people can't step on the second floor. There are guards outside the door. After opening the door, you could see several sets of wooden cabinets.
The shopkeeper's lead Jiang Shuyao to sit down, opened one of the wooden cabinets with the key, brought it over and placed it on the table to show Jiang Shuyao.
Xie Xun was standing aside and bored. He wanted to leave to go to the teahouse and wait for her. Before he could speak, Jiang Shuyao suddenly stood up and walked towards him.
This room was different from the liveliness on the first floor. It was very quiet, and there was no sound when people stepped on the Persian carpet.
Jiang Shuyao stood still in front of him, Xie Xun turned his head and met her intense eyes.
Her skin was white and tender, and her eyebrows were dazzling. When Xie Xun was close to her, he discovered that she had a thin layer of rouge today. Her facial features were delicate and beautiful, and her eyes were full of waves.
Suddenly, his heartbeat slowed by half a beat.
It was the first time that he looked at Jiang-shi like this. The obsession in her eyes was amazing and had no restraint.
It should be so. She wanted to marry him at the risk of her life. How could she not like him?
He thought this way, and a flush quietly raised up at the back of his neck.
As for the right and wrong in the past, it was nothing more than a little girl's ignorance. There was nothing on those people that can be compared to him—
He was still thinking about it, and Jiang Shuyao pushed him away.
Then she bypassed him, and cast her obsessive gaze on the beaded headgear of a golden qilin and phoenix pattern behind him.
Xie Xun: ...?????????
"Shopkeeper, I want this set of headgear." Jiang Shuyao's eyes glued to the luxurious and exquisite hair accessories, earnestly surprised.
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A group of people walked out of the jewelry shop. Jiang Shuyao bought the beaded hair jewelry she liked. The maids also feasted their eyes. Their faces were happy and cheerful, but Xie Xun looked strange.
Jiang Shuyao was about to step into the cloth shop, but Xie Xun suddenly stood still, and said to her calmly, "I'm going to that bookstore to find a book. If you have something, ask someone to call me." After he said that, he fled.
Jiang Shuyao watched him leave without thinking about anything. After all, men didn’t like shopping, especially for jewelry and clothes.
She was wealthy and could spend money like dirt. She started to buy left and right as soon as she entered the cloth shop. No matter the price, she got people to wrap it up. The shopkeepers were prancing around following her everywhere.
Jiang Shuyao had bought enough cloth and jewelry, so she thought about going to the spice shop to see if there were any spices that could be used as ingredients for cooking.
As soon as she walked towards the door of the cloth shop, she was stopped.
Jiang Shuyao looked for the voice and saw a young girl staring at her.
Bai Zhi saw that Jiang Shuyao was looking confused, and whispered, "This is theTao family's young miss. Young lady quarreled with her because of Master that day. Did you forget?" Bai Zhi said tactfully. That day was not as simple as arguing. It was pulling each other's hair directly and fighting on the floor.
Jiang Shuyao was speechless. This trip was too difficult. She met the original owner's rotten peach blossom on the front foot and Xie Xun's admirer on the back foot. From now on, she should stay at home to raise her tummy.
Jiang Shuyao nodded to Tao Junyu, turned around to leave, but she was stopped, "Wait!"
"You..." Rivals were extremely jealous when they met. When Tao Junyu's gaze swept over Jiang Shuyao's hibiscus face, she was even more resentful, "You don't stay at home quietly, come out and misbehave. Do you still think that young master Xie doesn’t get enough criticism from you? Or did you feel overwhelmed after marrying young master Xie and came out to swagger in the market?"
Jiang Shuyao didn't want to entangle with a stranger and didn't answer. She just led her maids out.
Tao Junyu was even more annoyed when she saw her like this. She stepped in front of her, and was about to speak, but she was berated by a man behind her, "Little girl, don't be rude."
The man didn't know Jiang Shuyao, and only saw that his little sister was being rude. He hurriedly stepped forward to apologize to Jiang Shuyao, "My little sister is spoiled, I hope Madam will forgive me."
Tao Junyu was a little afraid of her elder brother, and she didn't dare to let him know that she is jealous because of Xie Xun. She glanced at the cloth shop shopkeepers, who took the cloth and wrapped them up one by one, and said aggrievedly, "How can there be such a domineering person? She picked all the nicest bolts in this cloth shop."
Young Master Tao was also surprised at Jiang Shuyao's magnanimity, and when his younger sister complained, he couldn't laugh or cry, "What's the matter with you? We can't force people to buy or sell. If this shop is not what you want, let's change shop."
Tao Junyu didn't dare to whine anymore, she just pouted, "No need, today I was picking cloth and tailoring clothes for my elder brother." After that, she added sourly, "Some people just care about themselves, but don't buy anything for their husband. It's ridiculous. Is it great just to have a little money."
"Little girl!" Young Master Tao's face turned dark, and he couldn't believe that his sister was acting so rudely. He was about to apologize to Jiang Shuyao again, but suddenly he heard Jiang Shuyao say, "Ha, you reminded me."
She turned and walked towards a wall where the most expensive men's cloth are hung. "I really should buy some clothes for my husband."
She raised her hand, and her sleeves fell, revealing a slender wrist with a jade ring. She tapped her finger lightly, "This one, this one... and this one."
It seemed like she ordered a few pieces of cloth at random, but Tao Junyu took a closer look and found that these clothes were all slightly lower quality.
Oh, her eyes seem to be nothing more than that.
The sneer on her face was not hidden, but she heard Jiang Shuyao continue to say, "Except for those few, I want the rest."
Tao Junyu's face suddenly stiffened, and her expression was a bit distorted and extremely funny.
The shopkeeper was also shocked and looked at Jiang Shuyao in surprise.
Bai Zhi is surprised, "What are you doing? Our young lady's family is from the Lin family. Do you think we can't even get this money?" The Lin family were the richest merchants in the world. They were rumored to have endless wealth.
The shopkeeper sighed with relief, and hurriedly asked people to take down the cloth covering the wall.
Tao Junyu was dumbfounded, and said to Jiang Shuyao, "You, are you crazy?"
Jiang Shuyao smiled, "Sorry, it seems that Miss Tao and Young Master Tao can only find another cloth shop, or you can buy the cloth I didn't choose."
Tao Junyu was so angry at her violent appearance with her wealth, "All you have is a bit of stinky money? Why are you so arrogant?"
Jiang Shuyao carelessly corrected her, "I don't have a little stinky money, I have a lot of stinky money. Besides, it is not important whether money is stinky. Stinky, not stinky, it is still easy to use."
Tao Junyu was choked. After a while, she said, "How can you buy so much? Why bother to waste money in order to beat me."
"Look at what you said, why would I do it for you? I did it for my husband. To please him, why would it matter to spend some money? "Jiang Shuyao played the speech from a lovestruck woman effortlessly, "What if these bolts of cloth are not used? As long as I am willing, I can sew the uppers for my husband to make shoe soles, so my husband will be happy."
Everyone was startled by what she said, they were all stunned.
"Cough..." Hearing from the maid that someone was bullying Jiang Shuyao, Xie Xun, who hurriedly stepped into the cloth shop, saw this scene and was choked and coughed.
He suppressed the itching in his throat, desperately pretending to be calm.
Young Master Tao stood aside and looked at Jiang Shuyao's beautiful and charming face. There was a feeling of envy in his heart. He didn't know who the husband of this woman was, but he really married a good wife.
He was thinking about it, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Xie Xun. He was quite pleasantly surprised, "Master Xie." He had always admired Xie Xun's talent, he wanted to make friends but didn't have the chance to meet Xie Xun. He hurriedly walked forward to talk to him.
Jiang Shuyao was taken aback when she heard this voice and looked up, only to find that Xie Xun had appeared at the door.
Thinking of what she said just now, she was so embarrassed that she didn't know how to place her hands and feet.
Xie Xun didn't know Young Master Tao, so he just nodded to him, and then strode to Jiang Shuyao, pretending to be natural, "Just pick it and go."
"Oh." Jiang Shuyao nodded obediently, seeing that Xie Xun's face was stiff, she assured that he would not still be angry about that scholar, right? Or did he feel uncomfortable after hearing what she said just now?
She pondered to herself, ignoring Xie Xun's blood red ears.
The two left the cloth shop one after the other. Jiang Shuyao didn't dare to go shopping anymore, so they went home.
She was sitting on the carriage, secretly raising the curtain to look at Xie Xun, and she couldn't help but be discouraged when she saw that he was still stiff and cold.
After all, the relationship with him just eased a little. How could she displease him again? Although Xie Xun had no real relationship with her as husband and wife, she can live freely in Duke Xie's mansion relying on his indulgence to some extent.
She didn’t know if she could make him something delicious to bring back his good feelings.
She was thinking wildly, but she didn't know that Xie Xun was riding on the horse, and only hated that the spring breeze was not cold enough to blow away the heat on his face.
He looked up at the sky, feeling that the changing white clouds and Jiang Shuyao were exactly the same, unpredictable and incomprehensible.
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