When the two returned home, Huang Yixiao went to cut the pigweed naturally while Jiujiu went to cook. When Jiujiu finished cooking, Huang Yixiao had already cut the pigweed. Seeing that Jiujiu's forehead was sweating from cooking, Huang Yixiao had an idea. He raised his hand and gently brushed it across Jiujiu's forehead. He brushed Jiujiu's hair to the back of her head and reached into his pocket. He took out a small ceramic box and handed it to Jiujiu. "This is for you."
Looking at the small box with exquisite patterns on the lid, Jiujiu was stunned. She took the box and opened it while asking, "What is this?"
"Open it and you'll know." Huang Yixiao's eyes were fixed on Jiujiu. His pupils emitted a charming light, making Jiujiu's cheeks heat up.
Jiujiu opened the box. Inside the box was a milky white translucent cream. When she brought it to her nose, she could smell a refreshing floral fragrance. Jiujiu blinked her eyes. Only then did she realize that this should be a moisturizer.
The ancient moisturizers were made purely from plants. Because flowers were used as the raw material, the moisturizer had a natural floral fragrance. Moreover, because there were no additives, it was much better than any cosmetics now. However.
There weren't many flowers in ancient times. Who knew how many flowers were used to make such a small box of moisturizer. Moreover, the rarer something was, the more expensive it was. Such a small box of moisturizer couldn't be bought without one tael of silver.
Even Li Fugui would only give rouge and powder that weren't worth much. Things like moisturizers, which were obviously high-end, were not something he could take out. After Chen Jiujiu married Li Fugui, Li Fugui only bought a moisturizer for Chen Jiujiu once. Even that one time made Chen Jiujiu happy for a long time. Now that Huang Yixiao took it out, Jiujiu was touched and worried.
"Big Brother Huang, this is too expensive." Jiujiu closed the box and handed the moisturizer to Huang Yixiao. "You should return it."
Although Huang Yixiao was willing to buy this for her, Jiujiu wasn't a greedy person. Now that Huang Yixiao's family was poor, and when school started, there were many places to spend money. If he had the money to buy a moisturizer, anything would be better than this moisturizer.
When Huang Yixiao saw Jiujiu push the moisturizer over, the smile on his face slightly disappeared. He held Jiujiu's hand and put the moisturizer in Jiujiu's palm. He looked into Jiujiu's eyes and said, "Don't worry, I have money."
He used to be poor, but now, because of Jiujiu, he had to support his family in the future. Huang Yixiao worked harder. Moreover, Huang Yixiao wasn't a stupid person. He was smart and flexible. He knew how to make money, and he was smarter than the people in the mountain village.
Although the mountains were poor, there were treasures in the mountains. Recently, when he had nothing to do, he went to the mountains to hunt and dig for medicinal herbs. He really found a few good medicinal herbs and hunted a few prey.
Yesterday, he went to sell the medicinal herbs and prey for some money.
Thinking of the last time he saw Li Fugui holding the rouge and water powder in his hand to curry favor with Jiujiu, Huang Yixiao's heart was particularly uncomfortable. He went directly to the rouge and water powder stall to buy some for Jiujiu. In the end, he didn't like any rouge and water powder. Those things either had a strong smell or were not good for the skin. After picking and choosing for a long time, he finally liked the moisturizer. Although the price was much more expensive than rouge and water powder, he didn't hesitate to buy it when he heard the shop owner say that the moisturizer was good for the skin.
Although Jiujiu's skin was very good, as smooth and delicate as a freshly peeled egg, beauties were like flowers. No matter how good the flowers were, they would dry up if you didn't water them.
Jiujiu was so beautiful. If he didn't take care of her carefully, she would become ugly. When he thought of Jiujiu's ugly appearance, Huang Yixiao was particularly uncomfortable.
It wasn't that he disliked Jiujiu, but he felt that only a man with no ability would make his woman ugly. Jiujiu was ugly, not because Jiujiu was ugly, but because he had no ability.
Therefore, even if he spent a lot of money, Huang Yixiao still resolutely bought the box of moisturizer.
Huang Yixiao stuffed the moisturizer into Jiujiu's hand. Seeing that Jiujiu's eyes were still a little hesitant, as if she didn't believe him, he directly took out the money he had left from the moisturizer he bought yesterday.
Although it was all bits of silver, it was still around two taels.
Although it couldn't be compared to Li Fugui's family fortune, it was still much better than the average person. After all, the people in the mountains relied on the heavens to make a living. If the heavens didn't give them face, it was common for them to not be able to eat. It was even more difficult to save some money. It really was impossible to take out money in a short time.
And Huang Yixiao's family was known to be poor. Now that he casually gave her moisturizer and even took out two taels of silver, Jiujiu knew that Huang Yixiao wasn't puffing himself up at his own cost. He really was rich.
Jiujiu always knew that Huang Yixiao was a capable person, but now that she saw it with her own eyes, she was still a little shocked.
Jiujiu pursed her lips and looked at Huang Yixiao as she said, "Big Brother Huang, put away the silver. Be careful not to lose it."
In response to Jiujiu's quiet exhortation, the corners of Huang Yixiao's mouth hooked up to reveal a smile. He grasped Jiujiu's hand and stuffed all the pieces of silver in his hand into Jiujiu's hand, "Help me keep it safe."
Although he and Jiujiu wouldn't be married for a while, in Huang Yixiao's eyes, Jiujiu was already his woman. Giving his money to his woman to keep safe was a matter of course.
Huang Yixiao was especially reassured when it came to Jiujiu.
Jiujiu didn't think that Huang Yixiao would give the silver to her for safekeeping. She hurriedly handed the silver over to Huang Yixiao, but Huang Yixiao ran away with light steps.
Huang Yixiao was tall and had long legs. Each of his steps was several steps ahead of Jiujiu. He increased his pace and ran. Even if Jiujiu used all her strength, she couldn't catch up to him.
Jiujiu could only hold the pieces of silver in her hand as she watched Huang Yixiao run out of sight. Holding the pieces of silver in her hand, Jiujiu sighed rather helplessly. She turned around and went into the house to put away the silver.
After putting away the silver, the Chen couple came back not long after. After the family finished eating, Chen Zhangsheng said to Jiujiu, "Jiujiu, you don't have to cook tomorrow. We're going to the county town."
"Why are we going to the county town?"
Jiujiu swallowed the food in her mouth and asked in confusion.
Chen Zhangsheng picked up the bowl and gulped down a mouthful of porridge. As he ate, he said, "You and Yixiao are going to get married soon. I'll take you to the county town to buy some things for your dowry."
The wedding dress for Jiujiu had already been made, but Chen Zhangsheng still wanted to buy some fabric to make a few more sets of clothes for her. After all, getting married was a lifetime event. He only had one daughter, Jiujiu. Naturally, he couldn't be too shabby.
Seeing that Chen Zhangsheng wanted to buy more clothes for her, Jiujiu didn't say anything else. She nodded in agreement.
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