A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 151 Buying New Clothes and Jewelry for Guier

The next day after school, Guier saw Sha Yanxiao sitting in the car as soon as she got in. She felt strange and asked, "How come Brother Yanxiao is free to pick me up from school today?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "The wedding is in a few days. I remembered that you haven't made new clothes for a long time. The jewelry you had before was not given as a gift, but was broken. You need to make two sets of clothes and buy some more jewelry."

As he said that, he asked Dali to drive to Yunxiang Building and customized a gold brocade dress, a smoke and cloud butterfly skirt, and a butterfly playing with daffodils skirt.

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "I also bought you a Western-style small gauze dress from Shanghai. It has been sent here. Try it on and see if it fits you. If it doesn't fit, you can have it altered here. Then you can be my flower girl."

At this time, the shopkeeper came out with a box and took out a skirt from it. Guier looked at it and found that it was a completely modern style lace embroidered skirt, very delicate, and there was a small wreath that matched the pattern of the clothes.

When Gui'er changed and walked out, all the customers in the store looked over here. It must be said that although Gui'er is still young, she is really pretty. She used to live in a poor family and had no food to eat all day long. She had a yellow face and skinny body, but she still looked pretty and lovely. In the past year or so, she has been in Song Jiang and the Marshal's Mansion. The food is good and she doesn't have to do heavy work. Her face has become more rosy. Now with the fairy-like gauze skirt, she looks like a little angel.

Gui'er looked at herself in the mirror and suddenly thought of Ji Yiru's square face, puffy eyes, and thick lips. If she wore this outfit and stood next to her, wouldn't she steal his limelight?

So she quickly said to Sha Yanxiao, "Brother Yanxiao, have you told Sister Yiru about being a flower girl? Does she agree? Actually, I can wear ordinary clothes."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've asked around, and it seems like she has a cousin who's also going to be a flower girl. So, two children, a boy and a girl, would make up the whole family."

Gui'er felt a little relieved.

Sha Yanxiao brought Gui'er to a gold shop. The shopkeeper greeted him warmly as soon as he saw him: "Young Marshal, you're here? Everything is ready."

So she led Sha Yanxiao and Gui'er into the VIP room, took out a wooden box wrapped in silk, opened it, and inside was a set of pearl jewelry, including necklaces, earrings, and bracelets.

At this time, another waiter took out a wooden box and opened it to reveal a jade and diamond necklace. The pendant of the necklace was made of jade and diamonds in the shape of a peacock feather. It looked very luxurious and valuable at first glance. There were also matching earrings.

Guier knew that jade has always been of high value since ancient times. Marshal Sha only gave 300 yuan to each of Sha Yanxiao and Sha Yanwen for their wedding budget. Guier estimated that this necklace cost more than 300 yuan.

So I said, "Brother, isn't it said that weddings should be frugal? Is it appropriate for me to wear such luxurious jewelry?"

Sha Yanxiao picked up an earring and compared it to Gui'er's ear. The shopkeeper nodded in satisfaction and said, "Not bad."

Then he said to Gui'er, "300 yuan is the budget given by the government. This is my own money, so you don't have to worry. By the way, you are still young and don't have pierced ears yet. Wait until you grow up and get pierced ears before wearing earrings."

Guier said, "Actually, I think the pearl one is enough. My favorite is the little gold heart necklace you gave me before."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "Do you like it so much? Don't worry, I've already taken the necklace to have it repaired for you. I'll return it to you once it's done."

After finishing these things, Sha Yanxiao took Gui'er to the restaurant of Yong'an Department Store and ordered a cream cake for her.

Sha Yanxiao said, "Ji Yiru relies on her powerful family background to act arrogantly. Her family members are unscrupulous in doing things. To be honest, I don't want to marry her, but my father told me to put the interests of the family first. I have no choice but to do so. I'm afraid I'll have to put you in a difficult position for a while. I know you're very sensible. If she really goes too far, tell me and I'll take care of it for you."

Gui'er originally felt a little wronged, but now that Sha Yanxiao said this, she felt embarrassed. After all, she had been taken care of by him for a long time, so she smiled and said, "It's okay, I believe Miss Ji will not do anything excessive to me, after all, I am the lady of the Marshal's Mansion." Gui'er felt that even if Ji Yiru dared to have someone murder Miss Rong, who also came from a famous family, she was her sister-in-law after all, and she would not kill her.

Sha Yanxiao smiled and nodded.

Gui'er asked Sha Yanxiao, "Don't you need to order your wedding suit, brother?"

Sha Yanxiao shook his head and said, "I'll just wear my military uniform."

Sha Yanxiao usually wears a military uniform, but it's just casual attire. As for formal attire, Gui'er has seen it in his wardrobe. It's very gorgeous and handsome. Gui'er smiled and said, "Brother, you must be very handsome in a military uniform. I want to take a picture with you then."

Sha Yanxiao smiled, patted Gui'er on the head and said, "Okay."

When the group returned to the Marshal's Mansion, they saw Ji Yiru sitting alone in the hall. When she saw them coming back, she smiled and said, "Oh, what a coincidence that you two came back together today."

Sha Yanxiao said, "Guier doesn't have any spring clothes or formal wear yet, so I took her to buy some."

Ji Yiru glanced at Dali, who was walking behind with a stack of clothes and a jewelry box, and said with a smile, "Yan Xiao is really a good brother, but I have been in Jiangcheng for so long, and I haven't seen you take me anywhere for a walk."

Sha Yanxiao smiled as he walked over to her and sat down, saying, "I'm busy, aren't I? As you know, Fengcheng has been quite unstable. I'll definitely take you out once I'm done with this."

While they were chatting, Gui'er waved to Dali and quietly went upstairs from the side stairs to avoid Ji Yiru saying anything unpleasant.

Dali put down his things and went back. Guier stared at the two sets of jewelry she bought today in a daze. If Ji Yiru knew about this, who knows what would happen.

Thinking of this, Guier locked the jewelry in the drawer of the dressing table.

Ji Yiru had already considered herself the master of Sha Yanxiao's courtyard. Every day, she would rush over there as soon as she woke up, ordering the servants to do this and that, even Dingxiang was no exception. And Gui'er, after finishing her homework, would either go play with Taohua, or go to the fourth concubine's house to play with Sha Lili, or even go to pay her respects to the mistress. She simply didn't want to stay in the courtyard.

She actually did this for two reasons: one was to avoid facing Ji Yiru and to minimize contact to avoid conflicts. The other was to build relationships with the other people in the Marshal's Mansion. If something really happened and Sha Yanxiao was not around or was not able to help her, it would be helpful if others could just stand up and say a word for her.