Fengwei Town was not a bustling big town, and it was not very far from Daliushu Village.
The young and old of the Su family walked for a little over an hour before reaching the town.
Little Tangbao lay on her Second Brother’s back, looking around in all directions, unable to feel a twinge of disappointment.
Although the people here dressed better and lived in better houses than the villagers in Daliushu Village, many signs of dilapidation were still visible everywhere.
In a place like this, there was likely no money bank at all—where could they find someone to appraise the gold?
Little Tangbao knitted her tiny eyebrows in secret.
Su Erhu, who had arrived filled with excitement, noticed this problem at this moment as well.
“Father, where are we going?” Su Erhu asked Old Man Su.
Old ginger is indeed spicier than young ginger.
Old Man Su already had a plan in his mind.
“We are going to buy things,” Old Man Su said directly.
“Buy things?” Su Erhu was puzzled.
“Yes, buy things!” Old Man Su spoke like a strategist in full control of the situation, “Going to Zhenbao Jewelry Shop to buy things.”
Su Erhu: “…”
Had his father gone mad?
“Father, do we have money?” Su Erhu reminded Old Man Su.
He knew very well that when his father left home, he had only taken twenty copper coins from his mother.
Buying a few snacks for his little sister was alright.
Going to Zhenbao Jewelry Shop?
Heh… they’d probably end up buying nothing but empty air.
“Father, you wouldn’t be thinking of mortgaging yourself off, would you? But you’re already at such an advanced age, they wouldn’t want you either,” Su Erhu said, courting death. “Don’t get any ideas about us either, Mother will definitely disagree.”
“You stinky brat! What nonsensical blabber are you spewing!” Old Man Su slapped him across the head.
Little Tangbao giggled, feeling that this Second Brother truly asked to be taught a lesson.
Su Erhu was thick-skinned and tough-fleshed; getting slapped by his father didn’t bother him at all.
Instead, he glanced at the patches on Old Man Su’s clothes and suggested with unyielding persistence, “Father, why don’t we go to a ready-made clothing shop first and buy you a suit of clothes on credit?”
Wearing this patched outfit of his father’s, he feared the folks at Zhenbao Jewelry Shop wouldn’t even let them step through the door.
Old Man Su: “…”
This time, he didn’t hit his son.
After pondering for a moment, he turned a corner and actually stepped straight into a ready-made clothing shop.
Su Erhu: “…Father, do you really think people will let us buy on credit give it to us?”
He had merely been throwing the idea out there; he had never heard of a ready-made clothing shop giving out clothes on credit before.
As it turned out, Su Erhu was mistaken.
When Old Man Su picked out a slate-blue cotton robe and produced that yellow lump to pay the bill, the shopkeeper was completely stunned.
“Old Master, this… look at my tiny shop, where on earth would I find enough change for gold?” The shopkeeper wore a look of utter dilemma.
This piece of gold weighed no less than ten taels.
As for the clothes he sold, even the most expensive ones cost merely one or two taels of silver.
Most were just a few hundred copper coins.
How could he possibly have prepared so much silver just waiting around to give customers change?
What’s more, the purity of this gold… looked a bit off.
The shopkeeper didn’t dare to make a firm judgment in his heart—was this really gold or not?
Little did the shopkeeper know, although he didn’t dare confirm it, he hadn’t denied it either.
This caused the eyes of everyone in the Su family to light up in unison.
Su Erhu’s eyes sparkled bright as he looked at Old Man Su, “Father, why don’t we head over to Zhenbao Jewelry Shop?”
A small shop couldn’t make change, but Zhenbao Jewelry Shop definitely could.
His father truly possessed amazing foresight!
Unintentionally, Old Man Su’s stature grew immensely grand in his son’s heart.
Hearing Su Erhu’s words, the shopkeeper hurriedly agreed, “This young brother speaks truly. Why don’t you distinguished guests go to Zhenbao Jewelry Shop to buy things first, and then return to my small shop afterward…”
Looking at the patches on his father’s clothes, Su Erhu said without a shred of guilt or hesitation, “Shopkeeper, can you let my father take this suit of clothes on credit first? We’ll pay the bill as soon as we come back in a little bit.”
Before stepping into the store, he had lacked confidence, but now he was brimming with it.
A hint of hesitation appeared on the shopkeeper’s face.
Suddenly, Little Tangbao said in a milky voice: “Buy, buy, clothes!”
Having said that, her tiny finger pointed directly at a suit of dark purple dress and skirt.
If her mother wore this outfit, she would definitely look beautiful.
Old Man Su’s gaze immediately fell upon the dress.
In his heart, he thought of his own wife.
“Alright! We buy!” Old Man Su waved his large hand generously.
Yet Little Tangbao reached out her hand again, pointing at other clothes.
“Brothers… Sisters-in-law… Pan-Pan…”
Her tiny hand moved continuously, counting every single member of the family.