"Sister-in-law has so many nice things! It dazzles the eyes to look at them! Truly, each item is lovely!" Shi Yumei chuckled in admiration, then said, "Why not just pick a couple of items at random, sister-in-law? Anything goes!"
Sang Wan naturally refused to do so, knowing that no matter what she chose, it would not please Shi Yumei. So it was better to let her pick herself. After all, these things weren't truly hers, and she wouldn't feel heartache if others took them away.
Seeing her insistence on picking herself, Shi Yumei couldn't help but smile and, without any formality, chose the mutton-fat white jade hairpin that Sang Wan had worn on her bun the day she arrived, two strings of eighteen jadeite bracelets—one inlaid with rubies and the other with pearls—a pair of jewel-embedded phoenix-and-paulownia hairpins with layered wires, and a pair of gold ear-hoop earrings inlaid with rubies.
