The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 782 - 771: The Gift

Chapter 782: Chapter 771: The Gift

Old Zhou’s spirits lifted as he asked, "Our Manbao is that famous now?"

"Indeed, customers who often come to our restaurant say that there are three on Kangxue Street..."

"Ah!" Manbao suddenly let out a loud cry, interrupting Zhou Liulang’s words, "Dad, Mom, I also bought special gifts for you both, just wait."

Having said that, she ran off in a flash.

Zhou Liulang chuckled and said no more.

However, the members of the Zhou family were still waiting, asking, "What does Kangxue Street have to do with your younger sister?"

Zhou Silang cleared his throat and rounded back the conversation for his siblings, "Dad, we live on Kangxue Street, and during Double Ninth, the County Magistrate Tang of Huayang County held a free clinic. Manbao managed to set up her own medical booth and treated many people, so everyone is very grateful to Manbao."

"What? Weren’t you in Yizhou City? Why did you run off to Huayang County? Is it far?"

"Oh, Dad, Huayang County is right within Yizhou City. Do you know Guo County? Most of the city is under Huayang County’s jurisdiction, all managed by County Magistrate Tang. We didn’t go far."

Old Zhou finally calmed down.

Ms. Qian asked, "Manbao can already treat patients on her own?"

"Yes, she can check pulses, prescribe medicine, and do acupuncture all by herself. Now she’s at Jishi Hall, half learning, half treating people."

Ms. Qian was filled with relief, "So our Manbao is a doctor now, right?"

Zhou Silang nodded, "Yes!"

Zhou Liulang added, "And quite famous, too."

It was only after a long time that Zhou Liulang found out that their Manbao had even saved an important figure, thus earning a lot of gold.

Zhou Liulang felt envious for a moment, just about to boast to his father when Manbao came running over with a bundle in her arms.

She opened it to show them the various boxes inside and casually picked one up to open it, revealing a set of pearl jewelry. She casually placed it aside, "This is for Daya."

She opened a larger box, inside which was also a set of jewelry, but adorned with stones of various colors. Manbao happily handed it to Ms. Qian, "Mom, this is for you."

Old Zhou watched agape, finally reaching out shakily to touch the jewelry, asking, "Manbao, this, this is gemstone, isn’t it? Where did you get so much money?"

"Dad, these aren’t gemstones; they’re just stones. The color is dyed on, but I asked about it, and the dye is safe. There’s no problem wearing it, and it’s quite pretty too, almost like real gemstones."

Old Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, "They hardly differ at all, looking even prettier than real gemstones."

Ms. Qian, smiling, took it and glanced at Old Zhou, "You talk as if you’ve seen real gemstones before."

Manbao had bought "gemstone" jewelry for her mother and sisters-in-law, very generously giving a set to each, in all sorts of colors, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet; they had every imaginable color except the ones they couldn’t imagine she didn’t have.

Moreover, these gemstones varied in size and were very symmetrically arranged, which made the Zhou family members recognize at a glance that they were fake.

Knowing they were fake, they didn’t feel too worried about the cost when receiving the gifts; instead, they were continuously surprised and delighted, "These designs are really pretty."

"The colors are dyed so accurately. I wonder if they’ll fade?"

Manbao said, "They won’t!"

"What about when they come into contact with water?"

Manbao said, "They won’t, they won’t. If you don’t believe it, try soaking them in water."

Ms. Fang’s eyes lit up. She immediately picked a hairpin from her box and soaked it in water, everyone gathered around to see, even rubbing the gemstones, and found that they indeed did not fade, becoming even more delighted, "What could this pigment be, so vivid and pretty yet it doesn’t fade? If we used it to dye clothes, I wonder how nice that would look."

Junior Ms. Qian said, "This craft must be a family heirloom, the formula and such definitely wouldn’t be passed outside, but it’s good luck for Manbao to come across it. People like us who have never seen a gemstone can’t even tell it’s fake."

Zhou Silang was already dumbfounded on the side, squeezed next to Manbao and asked in a low voice, "Manbao, where did you buy this stuff, can the seller still be found?"

Seeing Zhou Silang looking as if he was up to no good, Manbao replied, "Can’t find them anymore, it was just a chance encounter, there won’t be another."

Zhou Silang was so disappointed, "Such great craft, why didn’t you tell me at the time? I could have made friends with the person."

Old Zhou hit him on the buttocks with a pipe, saying, "Our Zhou family doesn’t do deceiving and swindling."

Zhou Silang, holding his buttocks said, "Dad, am I that kind of person? But haven’t you seen it? These stones are dyed to look like real gemstones. Fake goods have their price too, some high and some low, and Manbao was able to buy so many in one go, obviously the price was not high."

He said, "I would buy low and sell high but still tell people they’re fake. They wouldn’t be deceived, and I could make money, right?"

Manbao said, "The price isn’t high."

"But the quality doesn’t seem that high either," Ms. Fang said, holding up a fallen gemstone with an embarrassed smile, "I only rubbed it a bit, and it fell off."

Zhou Silang gaped, "It’s that fragile?"

As he spoke, he reached out to take the hairpin, and as he held one of the silver petals, it fell off.

Zhou Silang: ...

Everyone: ...

The hairpin was flower-shaped, the silver petals formed the flower, and in the middle was a red gemstone. Ms. Fang had washed it, and the red gemstone fell off, and as Zhou Silang touched it, three silver petals fell off one by one.

He crudely tried to snap off the other two, one didn’t budge after a couple of tries and he breathed a sigh of relief, smiling at everyone. Then he touched the last petal and it simply fell off with a touch.

Everyone: ...

Manbao eyed in astonishment: ... No wonder they said it was a practice piece, hence the cheap bulk sale; it really is a practice piece.

Old Zhou backed off, waving his hand, "Alright, alright, as long as the gemstones look pretty, later we can wrap it back with iron wire."

Ms. Fang looked over the bright red gemstone in her hand, "Forget it, it looks quite pretty just as a stone."

Manbao scratched her head, "Sister-in-law, give it to me, I can fix it."

"Can it be fixed? Do you know how?"

Keke: "Some glue should do the trick."

Manbao nodded confidently, "It can be done."

Ms. Fang handed it over to her.

Everyone looked down at the jewelry in their own boxes, dazzling to behold, and truly, it was very pretty.

They all cheered up once again.

Old Zhou was waiting with his six sons on the side, and after a while, seeing no further action from Manbao, he couldn’t help asking, "Manbao, is there more?"

"Oh, there are also pearl jewelry. These are real pearls, though not very symmetrically shaped, but they’re still beautiful when made into floral designs," Manbao said with delight. "I bought a lot for myself and Daya and the rest."

Old Zhou: ...

The brothers: ...

Zhou Wulang looked left and right, and leveraging his close relationship with Manbao, he quietly asked, "What about ours ... and Dad’s?"

"Ah?"

Turning her head to look, Manbao saw her father’s face turning dark and hesitantly said, "Dad’s ... there is, but Dad, do you also wear hairpins?"

Inside her mind, Manbao urgently called for Keke, "Keke, can you ask the seller if they have any jewelry for men?"

Keke: "They do."

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