readytorunbook Chapter 268: Lowly? If you dare, don't breathe
Chapter 268: Lowly? If you dare, don't breathe
The next day, Yao Qingnian planned to go out for a walk. Except for the last time she met the Prime Minister's daughter, she had never gone out for a walk again. So she took Shan Wei out. The streets were bustling with people.
Yao Qingnian looked around and bought a bunch of little gadgets, planning to bring them back to Yinuo later.
When passing by a ready-made clothing shop, she thought of what Linglong was wearing, which seemed to be brought back from the countryside. Now that she was following her, she couldn't treat her badly.
"Miss, do you want to buy clothes? This shop is not the best in the city. If you want to buy something, I can take you somewhere else." This shop is just average in the city. If the lady wants to buy something, she can just take her to the master's shop.
"No need. This place looks pretty good too. I'll go in and pick out some clothes for Linglong. What she's wearing is very old and doesn't fit in with the other people in the Shangshu Mansion." Hearing that it was bought for Linglong, Shan Wei said nothing more and followed Yao Qingnian in.
This clothing store is well decorated, but it looks like a medium-sized store. When you walk in, you can see all kinds of purse fans, etc. Going further in, rows of shelves are filled with all kinds of fabrics and ready-made clothes, which is dazzling. It is a bit bigger than the largest clothing store in Anding County.
Yao Qingnian was so engrossed in watching that he didn't pay attention and bumped into someone head-on. Shan Wei hurried forward to steady Yao Qingnian, but accidentally knocked another person to the ground.
"Who is the blind person who bumped into me?"
The girl looked at Yao Qingnian angrily and said, "It's you, a country girl."
It turned out to be Pei Qianxin. Enemies often meet here. Should she check the almanac? It seems that it is not suitable to go out recently. Last time she met the unreasonable daughter of the prime minister, and this time it was the lady of the earl's mansion, and the two had just had a conflict not long ago.
What happened yesterday, her mother scolded her in front of so many people, which made her lose face and embarrassed to go play with her sisters. Although her mother did not blame her afterwards, she still felt uncomfortable and blamed Yao Qingnian for everything, thinking that she would take revenge if she had the chance. She originally came out to get some fresh air, but she didn't expect to meet her, and she felt even more uncomfortable.
Then he saw her wearing a gorgeous and fashionable dress, which was the style he had his eyes on. He had begged her mother for a long time but she still didn't buy it for him, which made him even more angry. But he thought that she was from the countryside, and no matter how beautiful her clothes were, she was still a country girl, so he regained some confidence, stood up with the help of the maid, patted the clothes on her body, and changed his appearance: "Miss Shen, are you here to buy clothes?"
"If I'm not here to buy clothes, am I here to eat?"
"You are indeed from the country. You have never seen good things, yet you come to a place like this to buy clothes." She adjusted the jeweled gold hairpin on her head and made a sarcastic remark.
"Ms. Pei is really a wonderful person. She is standing here herself, but she is making fun of others." Yao Qingnian sneered.
Pei Qianxin's face darkened, and then she returned to her normal self: "Miss Shen, you don't know, I'm here to buy it for the maid. Look, I'm about to go to Nishang Pavilion."
"In the capital, the ladies and ladies of noble status think highly of themselves and all of them go to Nishang Pavilion, or even ask famous shopkeepers to make custom clothes for them or have embroiderers come to their homes to tailor their clothes. They won't come to this kind of place as they feel it is not worthy of their status. But not all officials and families can afford to go to Nishang Pavilion. This shop is upper-middle class and is also very popular among ordinary ladies and girls." Shan Wei explained to Yao Qingnian on the side.
"Miss Shen, take a look. This is a new fashionable pattern in the shop, pink brocade. I like it very much! I plan to buy it back to make two spring clothes.
Do you want to take a look? Maybe you will like it. You can't see it in the countryside. It's made of top-quality material. "The maid next to Pei Qianxin was smart. She understood what the lady meant and immediately stepped forward to tease her.
"Puchi..." Pei Qianxin couldn't help laughing out loud. This maid was really mean. I didn't expect her to be so smart. I would have to reward her when I get back. It was refreshing to think about looking at a batch of cloth with the servants. Lowly people should be treated like lowly maids.
"What are you laughing at?" Yao Qingnian looked at her calmly with a raised eyebrow, and then said, "Do you feel proud that your maid humiliated me and thought that I was lowly and only worthy of buying the same fabric as her?"
That's what she thought. She didn't expect that this bitch was quite self-aware: "Oh, it's good that you know it. Is it so difficult to admit that you are lowly?"
"So what if I'm looking at the same piece of cloth as a servant? You keep saying that I'm a lowly person from the countryside, but aren't the cloth you're wearing woven by farmers, and aren't the grains you eat grown by farmers? If you have the guts, don't wear clothes or eat!"
Pei Qianhuan was stunned.
"Besides, you are breathing the same air as everyone else. If you have the guts, just don't breathe! Close your mouth and nose and suffocate to death. We are lowly, so how can you, Miss Pei, be so noble?" She spoke sharply, leaving Pei Qianhuan speechless.
"You! You!..." She was so angry that her face turned red and she couldn't think of what to say for a long time.
The shopkeepers and customers who came to buy cloth and fabrics applauded. Although this shop is not the best in the capital, it has a complete range of goods and is not bad. Although the people who come here are not all dignitaries, they are not the lowly people she said. This lady from the Earl's Mansion said that their cloth is only for servants. Does this mean that the common people in the capital are the same as their servants?
As far as they know, the current Earl's Mansion is nothing but an empty shell. After Earl Pei passed away, his son was a loser, and the family was supported entirely by Madam Pei, who was not even necessarily much better off than them. They really didn't know why Miss Pei was so arrogant.
At this time, a girl about twelve or thirteen years old, accompanied by two maids, walked in. The girl was wearing a beige dress, and was petite and lovely, with her chin slightly raised, giving people the feeling that she was unruly and not easy to mess with.
As soon as he saw the girl, the shopkeeper immediately came up to her with a smile, bowing his head and saying, "Greetings to Princess Zi Ning!"
Seeing this, the people around also saluted.
"No need for the gift, boss. Do you still have the purse that I liked last time?" Princess Zi Ning asked directly.
"Yes, yes, yes! I've kept it for you!" The shopkeeper hurried to get it himself, and soon came out with a wooden box. When he opened it, he saw two exquisite and beautiful purses inside.