Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

When Anan was leaving with the jade hairpin, the shopkeeper came up to her and handed her a very delicate golden nanmu box, saying with a smile: "Miss, the hairpin is precious. It would be a waste if it were damaged."

Anan grinned and shook his head, saying: "A hairpin is convenient to carry close to the body, but carrying a box is very cumbersome."

The shopkeeper was helpless and said to Anan, "I'll have someone send the girl back!"

"It's okay. Even if I take it out and tell everyone that this is your store's treasure, no one will believe it." Anan casually put the hairpin into his arms, threw the basket back on his back, and walked away.

The shopkeeper stood there and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "That makes sense."

On the other side, he brought Jinyun and Huaizhu into the city. Jinyun just said he had something to do and then disappeared.

Huaizhu had been following him quietly. He was a little at a loss, as if he had nowhere to go in such a big Yongning Guard. Suddenly, Huan'er whispered, "Miss Nan?"

He looked up and saw that it was indeed her. She was carrying a bamboo basket on her back and holding a sugar cake bigger than her face in her hand. She came out of Lin Yin Pavilion and walked briskly towards the edge of the city.

Huan'er smiled and said, "Miss, let's go to this Linyin Pavilion too!"

The three of them entered Lin Yin Pavilion and met the shopkeeper who was seeing Anan off, who greeted them warmly.

Na Huan'er looked around the shop, grabbed the shopkeeper, secretly put a silver ingot into her hand, and asked loudly: "What did the sister who just went out buy? Let me see it too!"

The shopkeeper took the silver, smiled deeply, and said, "The one with the basket on his back?"

Huaizhu turned around, frowned slightly, and winked at her. He stopped and looked at the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The girl came with two ladies and bought seventeen jade hairpins in one go."

"But we only saw the girl, not the lady." Huan'er asked unhappily.

"Girl, come back and get the backpack." The shopkeeper looked at Huan'er with a smile.

"Boss, think about it again. How can someone who comes out to buy things be so careless that he forgets everything?" Huan'er was a little anxious and gritted her teeth.

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and then said, "I understand what the young lady means, but have you ever thought about how much they paid for the hairpins? It's not even close to the profit I make from a piece of jewelry. When I sell it to them, I just break even. I don't do business at a loss."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, Huan'er's face turned red and white.

"Huan'er! You are so unreasonable!" Huaizhu said in a soft and low voice.

Huan'er was still not giving up, so she grabbed the shopkeeper and asked again: "Think about it carefully, there must be something, right?"

As he spoke, he stared at the bag where the shopkeeper had just put the silver, his eyes dark.

The shopkeeper looked at Huan'er carefully, then at Huaizhu, and grinned: "If you say it's wrong, it really is."

Huan'er was overjoyed and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"

"That little girl looks like a servant. She bought an expensive bamboo leaf jade hairpin. I think she must have spent half a year's salary. I heard the two ladies chatting earlier. They said they gave a hairpin to every unmarried man and woman in the mansion so that they could look at each other. I think that girl has a lover! The girl looks good, but she is a little silly."

At this point, the shopkeeper looked at him who had been silent all this time, and smiled deeply, "If you are her friends, please help keep an eye on her. If she is deceived by a frivolous person, losing half a year's salary is not a big deal, but if you lose other things, it will be too late to recover!"