Chapter 107: Red Skirt_1
Qin Jin: "The Qin family’s ancestors owned a pawnshop, and Grandma learned a bit about appraising from Grandpa. During the slack farming seasons, she often took me around, and the longest we were away from home was half a month. However, the first time I tried my hand at it, I made a bad call and suffered a loss. We were so poor that Grandma and I drank thin porridge for two months. There’s still a set of books at home, do you want to take a look?"
Li Qiao grinned, it turned out that Qin Jin’s habit of wandering far from home had been nurtured since childhood. "I’m not interested, and you shouldn’t collect anymore in the future. Most of the antiques that end up outside must be burial items, right? That’s not auspicious."
Qin Jin had no intention of collecting anymore. Being far from home, many of the items he could sell were indeed unclean, and getting caught would mean he couldn’t afford to bear the consequences.
By then, if he were put away, whenever others mentioned her, they would look down on her for having a man who had served time.
How heartbroken she would be?
The two chatted all the way to the city.
The garments in the department store were pricey, with the cheapest costing three and six, and the priciest going up to around ten.
Li Qiao was reluctant to buy: "These clothes seem a bit thick, not suitable to wear as it gets hotter, and by next year the style will be outdated. Let’s not buy them."
"We’ve come all this way; going back empty-handed would only give Grandma more to nag about."
Li Qiao: "How about we wait until we get to Beijing? The clothes there are more fashionable."
Qin Jin found this quite reasonable and accompanied Li Qiao to the skincare section, where she picked up a palette of eyeshadow to examine.