latelenovela Chapter 346: Gifts
Chapter 346: Gifts
"Oh, what good things did my cousin bring me?" Li Xiaoxiao stopped working and turned around to ask with interest, looking him up and down.
Seeing her money-obsessed look, Si Chengxu did not show it on his face, but he was actually angry and amused in his heart. He had been holding the hairpin in his palm for a long time, and now he pretended to take it out from his bosom again.
Soon, a emerald green hairpin appeared in his hand.
Li Xiaoxiao fell in love with this hairpin at first sight. It was small and exquisitely crafted. She reached out to take it and found it warm to the touch and had a very textured feel.
"Cousin, I didn't expect you to use this as a grand opening gift." Li Xiaoxiao took it in his hand and looked at it carefully.
"Don't you like it?" To be honest, he had never given anything to a girl before. The only time was when Si Er gave it to her. He suddenly felt a little flustered.
"I like it. My cousin sent it to me from far away, and it's obvious that it's not an ordinary item. Why shouldn't I like it?" As she said that, Li Xiaoxiao took the hairpin and inserted it into her hair.
Today she was wearing a white gauze dress with only a simple silver hairpin on her head. The emerald green hairpin set off her black hair. Li Xiaoxiao was already beautiful, and now she looked even more radiant and charming.
"As long as you like it." Si Chengxu's voice was the same as usual, but the slightly curved corners of his lips showed that he was in a good mood.
"Xiaoxiao." Suddenly another gentle male voice sounded. It was Gu Feiyan.
Gu Feiyan also saw Si Chengxu, and the two nodded to each other as a greeting.
"You came at the right time. I was just thinking about you." Seeing him coming, Li Xiaoxiao immediately curved her eyebrows and smiled cunningly.
"What do you want from me?" Gu Feiyan smiled.
"Do you see this hairpin on my head?" Li Xiaoxiao tilted his head so that the hairpin could be more clearly exposed in front of him.
"Yeah, it looks good." Gu Feiyan praised without knowing why.
"This is a business opening gift my cousin gave me. I think it looks great too." Li Xiaoxiao stopped there.
Gu Feiyan was stunned at first, then he shook his head and laughed. Fortunately, he was prepared today, otherwise it would be embarrassing. He called his personal servant to bring the things from the carriage.
After a while, the servant came over with something covered with red silk. No one knew what was inside, but he gently placed it on the table.
"This is something I carefully selected for you. Open it and see if you like it?" Gu Feiyan said with a smile.
"It must be correct as it was carefully selected by Grand Secretary Gu." Li Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand and uncovered the piece of red silk.
What comes into view is a Pixiu with a diameter of about 30 centimeters, golden all over, exquisitely carved, and a gold ingot in its mouth.
This should be gold-plated. If it is pure gold, it must have contained a lot of silver. It must be quite heavy. But it’s not bad either. It just so happens that her store is short of one of this thing.
Pixiu attracts wealth and is also the treasure of the store. Putting one in the store is both beautiful and practical.
"It's really good. Academician Gu has good taste and the gift he gave me is to my liking." Li Xiaoxiao reached out and touched it and felt it was pretty good.
"I've brought Xiaoxiao to thank Mr. Gu." Si Chengxu spoke in a cold voice, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
"If you want to thank someone, please thank me a little. How dare I trouble Mr. Si to thank you." Gu Feiyan frowned.
"She is my cousin and we live in the same house, so her business is my business." Si Chengxu said it as a matter of course and still insisted.
"Xiaoxiao just has nowhere to go temporarily, so she lives in your house with her family. As long as Xiaoxiao is willing, I can find a house for her to stay in temporarily."
"Then there's no need to trouble Mr. Gu. My house is spacious and can easily accommodate a few more people." Si Chengxu retorted.
"It's just a favor between friends. Besides, Xiaoxiao is a young girl now. If she lives in your house, it will affect her reputation over time. I don't think this is what Mr. Si wants to see." Gu Feiyan insisted.
"Her mother is my aunt, so it's reasonable for her to live in my house. It won't have any impact. You're overthinking it."
"But people's words are scary. You are a man, so it won't affect you. Xiaoxiao and her sister are both young girls. If a bad reputation spreads, it will be too late to regret it."
"There won't be any bad reputation. We are doing the right thing and we are not afraid of what anyone says. Besides, we have lived here for so long, isn't it okay?" The two of them talked back and forth.
Li Xiaoxiao was stunned. What happened to these two people today? Why did they suddenly bring up her residence? And her reputation? Did they go too far?
"Okay, what are you two talking about?" Li Xiaoxiao interrupted them.
The two of them were feeling very strange today. Why did they suddenly start arguing? This had never happened before. When they thought carefully about what had just happened, it was very normal.
With Li Xiaoxiao's intervention, the two stopped talking and the atmosphere became awkward for a moment.
Li Xiaoxiao ignored them and watched as everything was packed up. He then called together the four girls who were helping in the store and carefully reminded them of the things they should pay attention to if any customers entered the store.
Although her shop sells many cosmetics of this era, the profit is limited. She now wants to make a lot of money.
But the cosmetics in her space were all in bottles, which had not yet appeared in this era, not to mention that they were all exquisite porcelain bottles of various workmanship and shapes.
If she sold them directly, they would be treated as monsters and dissected, so a few days ago she went to a pawnbroker and bought two maids, signing a contract to sell them.
Li Xiaoxiao tested their character and found them to be trustworthy, so she specially arranged a house for them in Si Chengxu's residence.
Let the two of them be inside and refill the contents of those bottles and jars into modern popular porcelain bottles.
Even though she did things mysteriously, Si Chengxu didn't ask, and neither did Li Dahai and Sun. They all believed in Li Xiaoxiao.
In this way, the bottled cosmetics in the space were quickly poured into porcelain bottles and then placed on the shelves.
Seeing that it was already noon, Li Xiaoxiao asked someone to bring the firecrackers that had been prepared to the door.
At this time Zhou Lingfei also came. She saw Gu Feiyan at first sight and her heart started pounding. In fact, she hated herself for being like a crazy nympho.
Today, for some reason, Gu Feiyan seemed not to have seen her and stared straight ahead.
Zhou Lingfei's excitement gradually calmed down, and finally she pretended nothing had happened.
The auspicious time has arrived, and firecrackers at the door are crackling non-stop. As the firecrackers stop, many ladies who have been gathering at the door rush in.
When they see the interior decoration and the skin care products and cosmetics, their eyes light up. Which woman doesn't love beauty?
"How much do you sell this for?" A young girl in a moon-white and green water-rippled fairy dress pointed at the cosmetics that Li Xiaoxiao had just placed on the shelf.