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

Chapter 33 Taking Advantage

Early the next morning.

Zhao Pingxiu and Zhang decided to go to the dental clinic to have a look.

But just as they walked to the door, they ran into Wang Yuyan who was going shopping.

Zhang thought about what her son said yesterday. This damn girl now has hundreds of taels of silver in her hands.

She walked forward eagerly and tried to hold Wang Yuyan's arm, but the latter gently dodged by moving sideways.

Zhang's smile froze, then she pulled the corner of her mouth and said, "Da, Yuyan, are you going out?"

Wang Yuyan nodded calmly, "Well, I'm going out to buy something."

Even though she now lives in the Zhao family as the adopted daughter of Zhao Pingxiu and Zhang, she looks down on country people in her heart. She even looks down on the scholar Zhao Junyi, let alone Zhang.

He even felt a little disgusted at Zhang's hypocritical approach.

Zhang rolled her eyes and immediately said, "That's great. I'm going shopping too. Let's go together."

After saying that, she winked at Zhao Pingxiu and said, "Boss, since Yuyan is also going to the street to buy things, I will go with her, and you don't have to accompany me."

Zhao Pingxiu immediately understood, nodded, and turned back to the house.

After Zhang and Wang Yuyan left, he left the yard and headed straight for the dental clinic.

Wang Yuyan was actually not very willing to go with Zhang, but when she thought about going shopping for clothes and jewelry, she knew that Zhang would definitely not buy these things, so they would naturally separate once they got to the street.

But she didn't expect that when she entered the clothing shop, Zhang followed her in closely.

Wang Yuyan frowned and asked, "You want to buy clothes too?"

Zhang smiled and said, "Yes, it has been a while since I bought new clothes. I plan to buy two sets for each family member."

Wang Yuyan had no doubts about it. She thought that they were just like her. They got so much money yesterday and came to buy two new sets of clothes today.

She ignored Zhang and just walked around the shop by herself.

Zhang didn't need her to worry about it. When Wang Yuyan was trying on dresses, she picked out two sets for herself and her family members.

She didn't pay, but asked the shopkeeper to pack it for her and put it on the counter. Then she sat aside and waited patiently.

Wang Yuyan had money today, so she was very confident and tried on no less than ten sets of clothes.

Just when the shopkeeper was about to lose his patience, he waved his hand and said, "This, this, this, and these, I'll take them all."

The shopkeeper immediately smiled and said yes, then put what she wanted aside, a total of 6 sets.

Then the abacus beads began to clatter.

"My lady, the total is 18 taels and 150 wen. I will give you the exact 18 taels."

"hiss--"

Zhang, who was sitting next to them, took a breath when she heard this.

Wow, a few sets of clothes are so expensive?

Without blinking, Wang Yuyan took out two silver ingots weighing ten taels each and paid the money readily.

When she was trying on clothes just now, the shopkeeper had given her a quote and he had a rough idea of ​​the price.

The cheapest of the dresses she tried on cost two taels of silver, while the most expensive ones cost five taels.

This is not cheap in this county town. But she is still a little dissatisfied, always feeling that she didn't buy what she particularly wanted.

I sighed in my heart, this is all I can do for now. I will save more money in the future, and when Zhao Junyi passes the imperial examination in three years, I will go to the prosperous Chang'an with him. By then, I shouldn't have to worry about not being able to buy beautiful clothes.

When she was about to leave with her packed dress, Zhang called her back.

"Well, Yuyan, this is the case. I was in a hurry to go out just now and forgot to bring silver. Can you pay my stepmother's as well?"

Wang Yuyan looked at her in disbelief and refused without thinking, "You pay for it yourself."

"But I forgot to bring my money."

"If you forgot, don't buy it. Just come back to get the money and buy it later."

"Hey, Yuyan, please help your stepmother. It takes so much time to run back and forth."

Wang Yuyan's good mood just now was ruined by her, and she was very unhappy. Now she still had something to understand, Zhang Shi must have wanted her to pay from the beginning, that's why she went shopping with her.

This clearly made her a fool.

Humph, she doesn't want to be taken advantage of by them.

"I can't help you. If you don't want to run back and forth, don't buy it."

Seeing that she was not moved, Zhang was secretly annoyed, but she still had a warm smile on her face, "Yuyan, even if your stepmother begs you, please help her this time because she always takes good care of you. Your stepmother is not asking you to buy it for us, but just asking you to help advance the payment. I will give you the money when we go back later."

Wang Yuyan didn't believe her nonsense. She sneered and was about to turn around and leave without paying any more attention to her.

Seeing this, Zhang hurriedly grabbed her.

"Oh, Yuyan, please don't leave. I have no choice. I just forgot that I didn't bring any money. I have already picked out the clothes and asked the shopkeeper to pack them. It would be rude not to buy them. Can you help your stepmother to pay for them first?"

The shopkeeper was a shrewd man. After hearing this, he immediately realized that if he wanted to sell the packaged clothes, he would have to get the girl to pay for it.

She walked forward with a smile and asked, "Are you two here together?"

Zhang immediately replied, "Yes, yes, this is my adopted daughter."

"Oh, you are so lucky to have such a rich daughter."

The shopkeeper wanted to praise Wang Yuyan, but when he looked at her, he couldn't find the right words to describe her.

She is beautiful, but she is also skinny and her skin is dark and rough.

You can say that she is well-behaved, sensible, obedient and filial, but looking at her attitude towards her stepmother, these beautiful words have nothing to do with her.

In a moment of desperation, the shopkeeper remembered that she was very generous in buying clothes just now, so he used the word "generous".

But Zhang's focus was obviously not on this. When she heard the shopkeeper say that she was blessed, she agreed.

"Yes, I am indeed a blessed person. In addition to my adopted daughter, I also have a good son who passed the imperial examination at a young age. Now he is the youngest scholar in Xiemu County."

The shopkeeper was surprised. He didn't expect that this woman who looked like a village woman actually had a scholar son.

When the people around heard this, they all turned their heads to look at her.

Someone asked, "Auntie, your son is Zhao Junyi, the scholar Zhao, right?"

Zhang's eyes lit up. She didn't expect that someone would recognize her son. She answered proudly, "Yes, Jun Yi is my son, and I am Jun Yi's mother."

"Oh, you are really Mr. Zhao's mother. I am so disrespectful. I heard that Mr. Zhao left a couplet yesterday at Penglai Teahouse after decades of trying to find a perfect match. The teahouse rewarded him with two hundred taels."

"Yes, Mr. Zhao has such great talent, he will definitely be admitted to the imperial examination in the future. Madam Zhang, just wait and enjoy the good life."

Zhang felt very pleased to hear the flattery from the crowd.

I didn't expect that within just one day, when I went out on the street, everyone started to flatter me.