readsfreenovel Chapter 293
Chapter 293
Nalan Jingwen did not answer, but directly took out the money and handed it to the shopkeeper.
"Pick one that you like."
Ah Nian stared at the sugar figurines on the stall with bright eyes, but after looking for a long time, he still couldn't pick one out. Seeing his hesitation, the stall owner offered, "If you have anything you like, you can tell me, and I can draw it for you."
Ah Nian looked at the shop owner, eager to try, and asked, "Can people be drawn too?"
The boss nodded, "Of course!"
Nalan Jingwen gave her enough money to buy her stall, so she naturally had to serve the two of them well, and even if it meant drawing a phoenix, she had to do it!
Ah Nian tilted her head, her eyes bright and clear, staring intently at Nalan Jingwen. Then she moved closer to her and smiled at the boss.
"Could you please draw me and my sister?"
After he finished speaking, he turned to Nalan Jingwen and asked, "Is it alright, sister?"
Looking into his eyes, no one could refuse, especially since Nalan Jingwen had no taboos and naturally agreed.
"can."
The shop owner seemed to have discovered something, and he smiled knowingly, saying to Ah Nian, "You two are the most well-matched couple I've ever seen since I started my stall. You are so lucky to have such a wife!"
Taken aback by her words, Ah Nian quickly realized what was happening and felt his cheeks burning. He lowered his head slightly, not daring to look at Nalan Jingwen, his ears turning pink, and stammered, "No...no..."
He was smart and had been by Nalan Jingwen's side for so long, so he naturally understood what the boss meant by "wife master". He just didn't expect to be misunderstood like this.
The noise was too loud for the boss to hear clearly. Seeing his reaction, the boss assumed he was just shy and smiled even more broadly.
Nalan Jing heard that he was about to droop his head to the ground. If he didn't explain soon, he was afraid he wouldn't dare to face anyone. So he said, "He is not my wife, he is my younger brother."
The boss was taken aback, realizing he had guessed wrong, and smiled somewhat awkwardly, "Please don't take my words to heart."
Nalan Jingwen nodded, which was taken as an agreement.
Anian was surprised that Nalan Jingwen would explain. She suddenly looked up at her, something flashing in her clear and pure eyes. Her fingers unconsciously tugged at the clothes at her side, and an indescribable feeling spread from the bottom of her heart.
Nalan Jingwen took the sugar figurine from the shopkeeper and handed it to him. Seeing that he was staring at him in a daze, he called out to him a few times. Only then did Anian come back to his senses, looking somewhat bewildered.
Something was shoved into his hand. He looked down and saw it was the sugar figurine he and Nalan Jingwen had made, painted so lifelike.
"What are you thinking about?"
Nalan Jingwen's calm and gentle voice sounded above his head. He stared blankly at her, and saw her gentle eyes and calm gaze at him. Finally, he gently shook his head.
"It's nothing, thank you, sister."
He looked rather obedient, and Nalan Jingwen, unusually, raised his hand and rubbed his head.
"Let's go."
Anian couldn't bear to eat the sugar figurine in his hand, so he kept holding it. Fortunately, it wouldn't melt easily in this weather, so Nalan Jingwen let him be.
He was curious about everything, but he didn't want everything. He would just look at things that were new and unfamiliar. However, Nalan Jingwen noticed that he preferred shiny things, such as jewelry, gemstones of various colors, jade, and glass.
Just as he stopped at a jewelry shop again, Nalan Jingwen had already stepped inside. When Anian saw her go in, he followed behind her.
"what do you like?"
Ah Nian looked around at the jewelry. Each piece was beautiful, shimmering with dazzling light, and clearly very valuable. He had never seen anything like it before. He stood there nervously, his fingers constantly fidgeting with his clothes, and remained silent with his lips pursed.
He knew these things were expensive, and he couldn't accept them; he couldn't let Nalan Jingwen spend money on him.
So he simply reached out and tugged at Nalan Jingwen's clothes, shook his head at her, and said softly, "Sister, I don't like these things. Let's go."
Nalan Jingwen lowered her eyes to look at the hand that was tugging at her clothes, then looked away and asked, "What color do you like?"
Ah Nian paused for a moment, somewhat confused as to why she was being asked this, but still obediently gave the answer.
"green."
Nalan Jingwen gave a nonchalant "hmm," then beckoned to the waiter who had been waiting for a long time, and immediately came over with a big smile.
"Miss, is there anything you like? Are you buying it for your husband? We just received a new batch of goods, would you like to take a look?"
Nalan Jingwen didn't bother to correct her form of address, and instructed, "Bring out all the green jewelry from your shop for him to see."
"okay!"
Before long, a whole table of jewelry inlaid with emeralds was laid out in front of Anian. Each piece was exquisitely crafted and eye-catching. Although it could not compare to those in the palace, it was already considered excellent in this place.
Nalan Jingwen sat in a chair, sipping tea. He glanced at the jewelry on the table, quite satisfied, and then looked at the young man beside him.
"Let's pick a few things we like and go."
Ah Nian stood beside her, clearly at a loss, but still couldn't help but glance at the jewelry on the table.
Seeing that he didn't move, the waiter took the initiative to step forward and introduce him.
"What do you think of these gold and emerald earrings? They'll look great on you with your fair skin!"
Ah Nian looked at the earring in her hand, his eyes clearly lit up, his attention drawn to it.
The teardrop-shaped emerald, vibrant green, seems to hold boundless life within it. Wrapped in gold thread, it may not be large, but it is exquisite enough to be worn as an earring.
Nalan Jing, seeing that he liked it, could hardly take his eyes off it and nodded to the shopkeeper, "Wrap this up."
"okay!"
Big order!
Ah Nian snapped out of her daze upon hearing her voice and tried to stop her, but Nalan Jingwen held her down. "Don't you like it?"
Ah Nian opened her mouth, then shook her head, "I don't have pierced ears..."
Nalan Jingwen's gaze fell on his rounded earlobes, which were indeed smooth. Logically speaking, boys should have their ears pierced at the age of twelve, as a kind of coming-of-age ceremony.
However, she didn't say anything, only that:
"You can buy it even if you don't have pierced ears. If you want to wear them later, you can get them pierced."
"Let's see if there are any other ones we like."
She picked up a necklace and handed it to him. It was made of emeralds and agates of various sizes. The largest gemstone in the middle was as big as a pebble, and the smallest was as big as a thumbnail. It was obviously very valuable. Anian clearly knew this and waved his hands to refuse. But Nalan Jingwen still saw the joy and longing that flashed in his eyes.
Yes I like it.
"Wrap this up too."
"okay!"
In the end, Ah Nian couldn't bear to let Nalan Jingwen spend any more money. He looked at her with pitiful eyes and finally bought her a white jade hairpin inlaid with pearls and a green jade bracelet with cloud patterns before stopping.
Even just those four items cost a full thousand taels of silver. Ah Nian had no concept of this price, but judging from the shocked looks of the people around him and the shopkeeper's wrinkled face, he knew that it must have cost a lot of money.
He felt uneasy, looking at Nalan Jingwen with teary eyes, feeling guilty and helpless.
"Sister, I'm not worthy."
He is not worthy of these things at all, nor does he deserve Nalan Jingwen's attention.
Nalan Jingwen didn't say anything, but took the jade cloud-patterned bracelet from the shopkeeper, pulled A-Nian's fair and well-defined hand, and put the bracelet on.
"Jade nourishes the body, so wear it well."
Eliminate the pathogenic factors.
There's no such thing as worth it or not; if you like it, it's worth it.