Chapter 241 - 241 Clothing and Jewelry
241 Clothing and Jewelry
Cla.s.smate Han shook his head, “Though it was Lady Lu who earned the money, you’re still honorable for writing her name. Do you know how many men in this world betray or even kill their wives for money?”
The two of them soon left the government office. Cla.s.smate Han was going to give Xie Yunjin a ride home when Xie Yunjin surprised him, “I want to go to a textile store. I want to buy Lu Jiao some clothes and jewelry.”
Cla.s.smate Han nodded in encouragement, “This is the right thing to do. You should buy lots of clothes and jewelry for your woman. I noticed today that Lady Lu only wore old clothes and absolutely no accessories.”
Xie Yunjin pursed his lips and remained quiet. He then cooly stared at Cla.s.smate Han. It took Cla.s.smate Han some time to realize that something was wrong.
Yunjin was jealous.
Cla.s.smate Han suddenly remembered that Xie Yunjin looked at him like this before when he chatted with Lady Lu. All these sneaky glares were all because he was jealous!
Cla.s.smate Han started to laugh and even pushed Xie Yunjin away.
“Yunjin, were you jealous before?”
Xie Yunjin’s body tensed up and his face turned cold. He subconsciously denied it, “That’s not true. Don’t talk nonsense. She’s my wife and should keep herself at a normal distance from other men.”
Cla.s.smate Han raised an eyebrow, “Is that all?”
Xie YUnjin threw him a look, “That’s it.”
Cla.s.smate Han didn’t dare to push it. Truly, Xie Yunjin wasn’t the type to get jealous. This man had always been calm and collected. Why would he ever get jealous over a woman?
Cla.s.smate Han didn’t think too much and smiled, “It’s not embarra.s.sing to get jealous over a woman like Lady Lu.”
Xie Yunjin’s face cooled down even more and he gave Cla.s.smate Han the side eye. Cla.s.smate Han stopped talking instantly.
But now, he was highly skeptical of Xie Yunjin’s claim that he was not jealous.
The two chatted and headed to the clothing store. Since Xie Yunjin wanted to get something really nice for Lu Jiao, they went to a rather famous store in the city of Qinghe County.
Not only did this place have clothes that were ready-to-wear, there were also lots of pieces of jewelry to choose from.
Cla.s.smate Han was about to go in to help pick out some jewelry when Xie Yunjin stopped him. Xie Yunjin asked him to wait outside and he himself went in with 200 tales of silver borrowed from Cla.s.smate Han.
Cla.s.smate Han grunted and mumbled alone outside. How was he not acting jealous?! That man continued to pretend but he will for sure show his real self someday.
After he stayed with Lu Jiao for so long, Xie Yunjin had a good idea of what Lu Jiao liked. It didn’t take him long to pick out three sets of clothes for Lu Jiao. Each set was 10 taels of silver and made out of silk. The surface of the robes was bright and smooth. He also intentionally picked out colors that were bright and engaging.
With the three sets of clothes in hand, Xie Yunjin couldn’t help but envision how beautiful Lu Jiao would look in them. His cheeks subconsciously grew hot.
The worker at the shop complimented Xie Yunjin’s taste, “Young master, you have great taste. These sets will for sure look beautiful on the body. Young master, do you want to pair some jewelry with the clothes?”
Xie Yunjin then picked out some accessories for Lu Jiao. He picked out the best-looking ones without looking at the price tag.
He basically wasn’t going to leave until he spent all 200 taels of silver.
The worker made some recommendations. Xie Yunjin made his pick based on the color of clothing he chose and what he thought Lu Jiao would like. In the end, he chose a set of silver hair ornaments. Though the set was silver, everything was delicately made. That alone cost him several dozen taels of silver. Then, he picked out a gold hairpin with a cloud and phoenix pattern. After all, all 200 taels of silver were spent.
With all the money gone, he walked out with a bunch of stuff, satisfied. The store worker was even happier and walked him all the way to his horse carriage.
Back inside the horse carriage, Cla.s.smate Han noticed how content Xie Yunjin was. He couldn’t help but tease, “What did you buy? You look so happy. Let me see.”
Sadly, the moment Cla.s.smate Han extended his hand, Xie Yunjin pulled away his cloth-wrapped bundle.
Coldly, he sneered, “What’s a grown man looking at a woman’s clothing for?”
Cla.s.smate Han was speechless, “It’s not like I won’t get to see it. Lady Lu will wear it at some point.”
“You can see it when she wears it then.”
Then at the very least, he’ll be the first person to see Lu Jiao wear it. The thought of that made him smile.
What more could Cla.s.smate Han say? He gave Xie Yunjin a ride back.
Back at the Xie courtyard, Lu Jiao and the four little ones were setting up their bedroom together.
The back courtyard had four princ.i.p.al rooms. Lu Jiao decided to take the east bedroom as her own. Outside would be the greeting room for guests. The west bedroom would be where the four little ones stay. Outside of that room, she planned to make it into their study room.
As for Xie Yunjin and Lu Gui, they could stay in the front courtyard. Xie Yunjin could stay in the princ.i.p.al room in the front courtyard and turn the room beside his bedroom into his study room.
Lu Gui could stay in the western wing room in the front courtyard.
Lu Jiao had planned everything out without even entertaining the idea of having Xie Yunjin stay in the back courtyard. The four little ones were unaware of her plan and were in a great mood, believing that finally, their mommy and daddy will share a bed.
Excitedly, they set up their room with Lu Jiao.
The west bedroom originally only had one bed. Lu Jiao moved another bed inside. And there, there were now two beds in the bedroom.
Luckily, the room was big and had enough s.p.a.ce for both beds.
“You four can decide amongst yourselves how to share the beds.”
Before, the four little ones split up to sleep with their mom and dad every night. The First and Second Born would sleep together while the Third and Fourth Born slept together. They decided to do the same again.
The Fourth Born pounced onto the inner bed and rolled around in it, “I want this one. I want this one.”
Lu Jiao knew why right away. He was easily scared and therefore wanted to sleep inside.
His older brothers didn’t blame him and agreed.
Lu Jiao asked the four little ones, “What else do you want in your room?”
The room was already equipped with everything. But it was missing some childishness.
Lu Jiao walked around, “I will ask someone to buy two vases. One here and one here. We’ll use them for flowers so your rooms would smell good. What do you say?”
The First Born nodded aggressively, “Okay, mommy.”
Lu Jiao then pointed at the wall, “We should hang a painting here.” She then thought about it, “Hmm, I will go buy you a painting sometime?”
Lu Jiao liked to paint but she was going to get really busy. So she decided to buy one for now.
She didn’t expect the four little ones to object right away, “Mommy, let daddy paint us one.”
Lu Jiao was about to tell them that their father was busy and had no time when Xie Yunjin entered.
“Sure. I will paint you a painting.”
The four little ones smiled happily, “Daddy, you should paint us four. Also Soot and Marble! Oh right, also paint our sheep and rabbits.”
The First Born chirped out, “Also mommy and daddy.”
Lu Jiao was speechless. The painting was going to be a family portrait?
The Fourth Born added, “You should include uncle in the painting too.”
The other three nodded to show that they approved of the idea.