Chapter 182 - 181: The Regret that Calculations Failed to Take Effect
Mrs. Wang and Qin Liuxi returned to the main room and sat down. She first handed over the long box she was holding.
"Your maternal grandmother sent this as your coming of age gift, do you like it? Try wearing it for fun."
Qin Liuxi opened it and saw a tian-tsui dragonfly hairpin inside. She picked it up, admired it for a while, then inserted it into the half-up hairdo on her head, purposely tilting her head: "Mother, does it look good?"
"Very pretty," Mrs. Wang expressed her delight, chidingly laughed and said: "But that’s not how you wear a step-shake; all your hair should be done up into a bun to wear it properly. It might easily be lost the way you have it now."
Qin Liuxi replied, "I’m used to tying my hair in a Daoist bun, I don’t know how to do those complicated hairstyles; they take too much time."
"At your age, a young lady should dress up nicely; it’s a pity not to. What girl doesn’t want to look charming?" Mrs. Wang admonished her, "And besides, when it comes to discussing marriage proposals... "
She paused, seeming to realize that it was not quite appropriate to discuss this now, so she took out the money and goods her mother had someone send over, pushed them in front of Qin Liuxi, and said: "This is the emergency fund your maternal grandmother had Zhang Quan’s Family send over. I’ve been thinking that the small estate we bought earlier is rather insufficient. As the children get older, our expenses increase, and with weddings, we’ll need even more silver coins, so we still need to start some kind of business."
Mrs. Wang rested one hand on the small table, her fingers playing with the gold ornaments inside the box, saying, "There are two thousand silver notes; I plan to put twelve hundred into the family fund, whether to buy properties or lease shops to do business, we need to use it to open up some opportunities."