“I want to try your sour plum soup.” Since the sour plum soup was so delicious, Lu Xiaoyue also wanted to taste it.

“Okay, sister, go ahead and drink it.”

Lu Xiaoyue took a sip of Lu Xiaoli’s sour plum soup. “It’s really good.”

She then took another sip of her own red date silver ear soup.

The taste was okay, sweet and smooth.

“Xiaoli, do you want to try mine?”

Lu Xiaoli glanced at the red date silver ear soup. “I’ll have a taste.”

Lu Xiaoli took a sip of the red date silver ear soup and said, “It’s quite good.”

Lu Xiaoli then asked Shen Xuezhun, “Mom, your green tea probably doesn’t have much flavor. Why didn’t you buy some of the sour, sweet sour plum soup instead?”

Shen Xuezhun finished her green tea and said, “I like green tea.”

Actually, Shen Xuezhun thought green tea was the cheapest. She didn’t want to spend money on herself just because she had some now.

She was willing to spend on her daughters for whatever they wanted, but she hesitated when it came to buying things for herself.

She didn’t want to tell her daughters that the reason she bought green tea was simply because it was cheap.

Otherwise, they might think the tea they drank was too expensive and stop drinking it, and just have green tea with her next time.

Now that she had money, she didn’t want her daughters to be too frugal.

…

After finishing the tea, Shen Xuezhun led her daughters onto the ox cart.

She told Zhao Lao Er that they would go to the ready-made clothing store first, and then to the butcher’s shop.

Zhao Lao Er responded and reminded them that he was driving the ox cart now.

Shen Xuezhun said they were all ready, so they could head out.

Soon, the ox cart headed to the nearest ready-made clothing store.

After a while, they arrived at the clothing store.

Shen Xuezhun and her daughters got off the cart and walked into the store.

The shop assistants noticed that Shen Xuezhun and her daughters were dressed poorly and didn’t approach to greet them.

Shen Xuezhun thought they must be the kind of store where customers browse by themselves and call the shop assistants when they’ve found something they like.

She casually looked around, while the shop assistant kept watching her, afraid that she might ruin the clothes.

Shen Xuezhun spotted a light yellow top suitable for Lu Xiaoli. She touched it to check the fabric.

The shop assistant immediately stopped her, “Please don’t touch the clothes. If you ruin them, they won’t be sold.”

In modern times, she would touch any clothes she liked when shopping, so why couldn’t she touch clothes in ancient times?

Shen Xuezhun turned her gaze to the shop assistant, and saw the look of disdain in their eyes.

Shen Xuezhun understood; they were judging her for being a poor village woman.

She waved at her two daughters. “Let’s go, we’re not buying anything.”

She walked up to the shop assistant and said coldly, “Are the clothes in your shop of such poor quality? Why would they get ruined just by touching them?”

The shop assistant was furious. “Our clothes are of excellent quality. If you’re not buying anything, don’t spread false rumors here.”

“Since you say your clothes are of good quality, then why did you just say I’d ruin them by touching them?”

The shop assistant was stunned and speechless.

He glared at her and raised his voice, “I told you not to touch the clothes in my shop! Can’t you understand what I’m saying?”

As customers heard the shop assistant refuse people from touching clothes, they started to leave the store.

Seeing the customers leave, the shop assistant ran to the door and shouted, “Sir, madam, why are you leaving right after coming in?”

A well-dressed woman turned around and said, “Didn’t you say we couldn’t touch the clothes? If I can’t touch them, how can I know the fabric? I’ll just leave and not buy.”

Shen Xuezhun rolled her eyes at the shop assistant who was chasing after the customers by the door.

“You have to take responsibility for your own words.”

The shop assistant realized that Shen Xuezhun was talking about him.

Fuming with anger, he thought that there were no customers left in the store now, so it didn’t matter.

“It’s all because of you, this village woman. Now our business is ruined.”

“Why are you still here? Don’t you want me to call someone to throw you out?”

Shen Xuezhun raised her voice and coldly stared at him. “Go ahead and call someone to kick me out. I’m not afraid of you!”

“I have a score to settle with you! You actually said I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“I’ll tell you, you don’t understand! Your whole family doesn’t understand!”

The shop assistant was so enraged that he gritted his teeth. “You dare say that to me? You’re looking for trouble!”

He shouted into the store, “Shopkeeper, get out here, there’s trouble!”