After returning from her trip, Zhou Wei took the gifts she bought for her mother and went home.
When Zhou's mother saw the huge pile of gifts her daughter had bought, she was both happy and a little heartbroken: "Why did you buy so much stuff? We have everything at home. You should have used this money to buy yourself some more clothes."
"Mom, don't worry about me. I bought more things for myself than here. I'll take pictures and show you when we get home," Zhou Wei said with a grin.
Hearing this, Zhou's mother smiled and nodded: "That's right. You young people should dress yourselves up properly, otherwise it will be too late when you want to dress up at my age."
“Nonsense, my mom isn’t old at all. When we go out together, people think we’re sisters,” Zhou Wei said, clinging to her mother’s arm affectionately.
Zhou's mother gave her daughter a reproachful look: "You're just trying to make me happy. By the way, your friend probably hasn't gone home yet, right? Why don't you bring her over for a meal? I'd like to thank her properly in person."
If it weren't for Weiwei's friend's kind loan to them a few years ago, she wouldn't be able to stay by her daughter's side now.
Zhou's mother had long wanted to properly thank her daughter's friend, but her daughter said that the friend had been abroad and had not returned, so she had no choice but to give up.
A while ago, I finally heard from my daughter that the boy had returned to China, but then my daughter immediately went on a trip with him again. This time, she insisted on inviting him over for a meal.
Zhou Wei smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll talk to her about it later."
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Xia Qingqing readily agreed when Zhou Wei said she wanted to take her home for dinner.
For her first visit, Xia Qingqing had prepared a small gift.
Zhou Wei happened to see her wrapping the gift and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Qingqing, you're being too generous. My mom definitely won't want to accept it."
It's rare to find a prospective son-in-law so generous as to give a gold bracelet as a gift on a friend's first visit.
"Oh no, what should we do?" Xia Qingqing paused, her hand holding the gold bracelet still.
Zhou Wei suggested with a smile, "Let's choose a cheaper gift. Actually, some fruit or something would be fine."
Xia Qingqing frowned in distress: "Let me look. Auntie probably wouldn't wear a hairpin. How about a jade bracelet? Or earrings? A necklace?"
“Then you can get a silver one, my mom definitely won’t accept a gold one,” Zhou Wei said.
Xia Qingqing searched through the system's inventory for a long time before finally finding a pearl necklace suitable for Zhou's mother's age.
"This should work, right?" Xia Qingqing asked, holding up the necklace.
Zhou Wei nodded: "It should work. Anyway, my mom doesn't know much about things. Just tell her it cost a few hundred yuan."
The next day, they slept until almost 10 a.m., and after washing up, they didn't even have time for breakfast. Zhou Wei drove Xia Qingqing home.
"Hello, Auntie," Xia Qingqing greeted with a smile as soon as she entered.
When Zhou's mother saw Xia Qingqing, her eyes lit up: "Auntie is so glad to see you! Qingqing is so beautiful."
Xia Qingqing smiled generously and replied, "Weiwei is so beautiful, it's clear that Auntie must have been a great beauty when she was young."
"Oh my, what a beauty! Qingqing just knows how to make Auntie happy," Zhou's mother laughed so hard she almost fell over.
Xia Qingqing handed over the prepared gift box: "This is a small gift I prepared for you. It's not worth much, I hope you won't mind."
"How could that be? Auntie likes it no matter what it is," Zhou's mother said with a smile, then turned and glared at her daughter. How could she let the guest prepare a gift? She invited Xia Qingqing to dinner to thank her, this was putting the cart before the horse.
She didn't open the package to see what the gift was inside, thinking that if it was cheap, she would accept it, and if it was too expensive, she would ask Weiwei to return it.
Zhou Wei touched her nose helplessly. So it was all her fault? She told Qingqing not to send gifts, but Qingqing didn't listen to her.
Zhou's mother pulled Xia Qingqing to sit down on the sofa, chatted with her for a while, and then prepared to go to the kitchen to cook.
"Qingqing, have some fruit to tide you over. You'll be able to eat dinner soon," Zhou's mother said, stuffing a whole bowl of cherries into Xia Qingqing's hands.
"Weiwei, you chat with Qingqing, I'm going to cook."
Zhou Wei obediently replied, "Okay, I promise to take good care of Qingqing."
After Zhou's mother went to the kitchen, Zhou Wei pouted and said, "Qingqing, you've received all of my mother's love since you arrived. My mother can hardly tell which one is her daughter anymore."
"Haha, well, what can I do? Everyone loves me," Xia Qingqing said with a grin.
Because Zhou's mother had prepared almost all the ingredients in advance, all that was needed was to stir-fry them, so the dishes were all cooked in just over half an hour.
Zhou's mother put a piece of beef into Xia Qingqing's bowl: "Here, try it and see if it suits your taste. Weiwei said these are all dishes she likes."
"Oh, thank you, Auntie. You can have some too. I can get it for myself."
"Okay, okay, eat more. Don't be shy with your auntie, just treat yourself as your own home."
Looking at the two who were as close as a mother and daughter, Zhou Wei pretended to be angry and snorted heavily at her mother: "Someone has a new daughter, and I, the old daughter, have fallen out of favor. How pitiful."
"You naughty child, come on, eat up," said Zhou's mother, placing a chicken wing into her daughter's bowl.
Zhou Wei immediately beamed with joy: "Hehe, thank you, Mom."
After dinner, Zhou's mother sent the two to their room to rest, while she went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.
"Mom, let me wash it," Zhou Wei offered to help.
Zhou's mother pushed her away: "Go away, you don't need to lift a finger to clean these bowls. Go keep Qingqing company."
About ten minutes later, there was a knock on Zhou Wei's bedroom door, and Zhou's mother came in carrying a bag.
"Qingqing, thank you for your help to me and Weiwei before. This is a gift that I prepared for you. See if you like it."
The family had already paid off the money they owed Xia Qingqing. Originally, Zhou's mother wanted to pay Xia Qingqing more interest, since it was their business to have money, and why should they lend it to them for free?
But in reality, the loan was something Zhou Wei made up herself. That money was a reward given to her by Xia Qingqing, so how could she possibly ask her to repay it, let alone charge interest?
Zhou's mother thought of buying a gift for Xia Qingqing, because verbal thanks were too little and not enough to express her gratitude to Xia Qingqing.
Xia Qingqing glanced at Zhou Wei, wondering why she hadn't told her about this.
Zhou Wei herself was also a little surprised, as her mother hadn't told her about this.
But she still smiled and said to Xia Qingqing, "Qingqing, since it's a gift that my mom specially picked out for you, then you should accept it."
"Thank you, Auntie," Xia Qingqing said as she opened the gift. Inside, she found a designer handbag that cost ten or twenty thousand yuan.
Zhou's mother was a little embarrassed: "I saw on the internet that girls like this kind of bag, so I went to the mall and bought one. I don't know if you like it."
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