Chapter 31: Originally, this big purchase was yours, but it’s all because of your big mouth that caused this mess

After Lu Xiaoli changed into the clothes, she walked out.

The shop assistant led her to a copper mirror.

Lu Xiaoli felt the clothes were so beautiful on her, and she really wanted to buy them.

Both Shen Xue Zhu and Lu Xiaoyue said the outfit looked great on her.

Lu Xiaoli exchanged a glance with Shen Xue Zhu, and Shen Xue Zhu knew that Lu Xiaoli really wanted to buy this piece.

Shen Xue Zhu turned to the shop assistant and said, “I’ll take this outfit for my daughter.”

The shop assistant responded, “Alright, I’ll wrap it up for you right away.”

Shen Xue Zhu added, “I’ll go look at some more clothes. I still need to buy a few more.”

Even though Shen Xue Zhu was buying several pieces, the shop assistant didn’t become overly flattering or change his attitude—he remained as polite as before.

“Okay, please feel free to look around.”

Shen Xue Zhu let her two daughters choose the clothes they liked, assuring them that she would buy whatever they picked.

After looking for a while, the three of them selected three sets of clothes.

Lu Xiaoyue chose two sets, and Lu Xiaoli chose one.

Shen Xue Zhu encouraged them to pick a few more sets of clothes. “Pick two more sets, ideally three or four, so you have enough to change between.”

“Your old clothes are all too small and worn out, full of patches. Don’t wear them anymore. I’ll keep them and use them for bedding if needed.”

“In the future, you’ll only wear beautiful clothes.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoyue and Lu Xiaoli picked out two more sets.

Once they had chosen, the three of them headed to the fitting rooms.

Lu Xiaoyue went in first to try on her clothes.

After she finished changing, both Shen Xue Zhu and Lu Xiaoli were impressed.

“Sister, you look so pretty in this outfit! Your face even looks a bit fairer,” Lu Xiaoli said honestly.

Shen Xue Zhu agreed, “It does look really good.”

To save time, Shen Xue Zhu only tried on one outfit for herself.

She felt that it fit okay.

Finally, she helped Lu Xiaoyue and Lu Xiaoli each pick out three undergarments, while she selected two for herself.

After they finished choosing, they headed to the counter to pay.

The shopkeeper smiled as he saw that Shen Xue Zhu was buying over twenty sets of clothes. His smile never left his face.

Shen Xue Zhu thought to herself, You can’t judge a book by its cover.

This young woman looked so simple and plain, yet she bought so many clothes at once.

The shopkeeper quickly did the math in his head.

After a short while, he said, “Madam, the total for these clothes comes to two taels and four hundred and fifty wen.”

“Since it’s your first time shopping at our store and you’re buying so many clothes, I’ll offer them to you for two taels and three hundred and fifty wen.”

Shen Xue Zhu thanked the shopkeeper and took out three taels of silver to pay him.

She had a lot of small change on her, but she was saving it for making change when selling eggs, so she didn’t take out any of that change.

The shopkeeper’s eyes lit up when he saw Shen Xue Zhu place three taels of silver on the counter.

She really had money and was very quick to pay.

After giving her the change, the shopkeeper saw that she wouldn’t be able to carry all the clothes.

He said, “Let me have someone send these clothes to the town entrance. You won’t be able to carry this much.”

Shen Xue Zhu replied, “Someone from my village has an ox cart. He’s waiting for us outside the previous clothing store.”

“Just send the clothes over there, please.”

The shopkeeper nodded and immediately sent two shop assistants to deliver the clothes.

Then, Shen Xue Zhu left the shop with her two daughters.

The two shop assistants, holding the clothes, followed them.

They walked to Zhao Lao Er’s ox cart.

One of the shop assistants from the previous store recognized the two assistants from Tianxin Fabric Shop.

The assistants were still holding so many clothes, and he wished he could sell this much in one go.

When he saw Shen Xue Zhu and her daughters, he immediately realized that she had left their store and gone to Tianxin Fabric Shop to buy clothes instead.

He scolded himself for not recognizing how wealthy Shen Xue Zhu was earlier.

The shopkeeper from the previous store saw what had happened and coldly glared at his assistant.

“Look at you! This big sale could have been yours, but because of your big mouth, it went to waste.”

“Now Tianxin Fabric Shop gets all the profit, and we lost out.”

“What good are you to me if you keep making mistakes like this? If you mess up again, you can just pack up and leave!”