The shopkeeper chuckled upon hearing this and explained, "Young madam, look at the craftsmanship on this bracelet. This was carved by master artisans, stroke by individual stroke, and the gold dust that comes off during the process is a loss. So, this minor wastage and the labor cost are actually not expensive. If you look around other states and counties, the prices at other silver shops would only be higher than ours, never lower."
Manbao put down the gold bracelet and asked, "I'd like to see the silver bracelets as well."
The shopkeeper didn't mind, thinking she wanted to exchange gold for silver, and had the shop assistant bring over two trays of silver bracelets.
Manbao and her companions started to carefully examine them. She felt that each sister-in-law should have a unique bracelet, otherwise how would they tell them apart if they got mixed up?
