Chapter 159: Supplying Qin Song’s Dowry
The gold bracelet is neither thick nor thin, it is a very moderate width that can be matched with anything. The design is also very simple. Only the outer ring of the bracelet is carved with a few elegant peonies, and the rest is the traditional plain ring style.
The bracelet must have been there for some time. Qin Song could see a layer of fine dust on it at first glance.
"Mom, this is..." She held the jewelry box blankly, looking at Pei's mother in confusion.
From the moment Qin Song entered the door, Pei's mother had a kind smile on her face. Seeing Qin Song's inquiring eyes, she took two steps forward, took the jewelry box back from Qin Song's hand, and then took out the gold bracelet.
"Xiao Song, this gold bracelet was one of the dowries my parents gave me when I married Xingzhi's father. I like it very much and I have never worn it in all these years."
Qin Song could tell that Pei's mother had something to say, so he unconsciously widened his eyes slightly and pretended to listen attentively.
But Pei's mother took her hand and pulled her to sit beside the bed.
"I'm not a good person. I didn't keep the dowry my parents gave me for long before I spent it all. Now I only have this bracelet left."
"It was all spent..." Qin Song pondered over these three words, and had some guesses in his mind, "Is it because he had to raise Xingzhi and Xiaoxuan that he had to spend it all?"
"Yes." Mother Pei smiled, her smile was a little bitter, "but not entirely."
"Huh?" Qin Song didn't understand.
Mother Pei patted her hands, and a hint of fatigue appeared in her eyes, which were still bright despite her age.
"Xingzhi's father is not a good guy. I have been married to him for nine years, and he has been gambling outside without telling me for nine years. When I finally found out, he was already in debt."
"Debt collectors came to our house every now and then, forcing me to not be able to go out to work, and Xingzhi to not be able to go out to school. Xingzhi has been a very good student since he was young, and I didn't want to see his future being affected by his father, so I had no choice but to take out all my savings, sell them, and use them as collateral, and finally I was able to pay off part of his father's debt."
"Later, his father cheated on his wife and fell in love with another woman. When they divorced, he took away all the family property. I had a hard time raising two children, so I had no choice but to exchange the remaining dowry for money. This was how the three of us, mother and son, could barely get through that difficult time."
Speaking of this, Pei's mother couldn't help but feel a sore nose and her eyes immediately became a little red.
"I kept this gold bracelet to keep it for myself and to prevent myself from being desperate in the future. I couldn't bear to wear it, but I also couldn't bear to sell it. I didn't expect that I would keep it for twenty years."
Pei's mother spoke of these past events in a very calm manner, as if as time passed, they had become someone else's trivial matters.
But Qin Song knew that the reason why Pei's mother was indifferent was because her heart had long been hurt and numbed.
She held Pei's mother's hand tightly and looked at the wrinkled woman with heartache.
"Mom, you've worked hard over the years." She said sincerely but palely.
Mother Pei smiled and shook her head, both her expression and eyes revealing a sense of cold indifference.
"No matter how hard it is, it's over. From now on, only good days will remain for our family."
"Yes!" Qin Song nodded heavily.
Pei's mother took out a tissue from the drawer of the bedside table, carefully wiped the dust off the gold bracelet, and then put it on her wrist when Qin Song was not paying attention.
"...Mom!" Qin Song was suddenly startled and subconsciously wanted to take off the bracelet.
Pei's mother had anticipated this and just as she was about to take action, she grabbed the gold bracelet and prevented her from taking it off.
"Xiao Song." She looked into Qin Song's eyes and said seriously, "When you married into the Pei family, your parents didn't prepare any dowry for you. Although Mom didn't say anything, she was very sad in her heart."
"You did have a bad temper in the past, but you are a newly married girl anyway, how can you survive without a dowry? So after thinking it over, I decided to give you this bracelet."
Qin Song was flattered, but actually terrified: "Mom, this bracelet is your only dowry, I can't take it."
"You have to have it." Mother Pei frowned tightly, her expression serious. "I have actually wanted to give you this bracelet for a long time, but you and Xingzhi were always arguing about divorce, and I wasn't sure how long you could stay with Xingzhi, so I never had the courage to give it to you."
"Now that I see that you and Xingzhi have such a good relationship and you are about to give birth to a child for Xingzhi, I finally believe that you really want to give Xingzhi a home, so I have the courage to take out this bracelet."
"Xiao Song, consider this bracelet as your dowry. Please accept it and wear it well. When I have more money in the future, I will buy you a better one."
"...Mom." Qin Song was speechless for a moment.
This bracelet is the last valuable thing on Pei's mother. During the years when Pei Xingzhi was in his prime, his mother also bought a lot of luxury goods and jewelry, but in the end, due to the bankruptcy of the Pei Group, all these things were sold by his mother a long time ago.
After many twists and turns, this gold bracelet was the only thing left on Pei's mother's side.
This bracelet meant a lot to her. She had kept it for more than 20 years and was reluctant to wear it, but now she gave it to Qin Song casually.
But what moved Qin Song the most was not this, but the original intention of Pei's mother in giving him the bracelet.
Pei's mother didn't want to give her the bracelet as a reward because she was about to give birth, but she gave her the bracelet as a dowry to supplement Qin Song after she was sure that she was really willing to stay with Pei Xingzhi.
This bracelet is Qin Song’s dowry, not a reward for Qin Song having a child.
Pei's mother's action not only respected Qin Song's independent personality, but also made up for the regret that Qin Song had always had in his heart.
Qin Song was certain that no matter who came today, it would be difficult to escape Pei's mother's sincerity.
In this situation, if Qin Song dared to say another word of rejection, it would be a trampling on Pei's mother's sincerity.
She lowered her head, gently raised her hand and touched the carvings on the bracelet, and said to Pei's mother with a sour nose: "Thank you, Mom. I will take good care of this bracelet."
"Yeah." Mother Pei breathed a sigh of relief, and the look she showed towards Qin Song was filled with pity and satisfaction.
"Xiao Song, the Pei family owes you now. When Xingzhi makes a comeback in the future, Mom will definitely ask him to compensate you."
"Okay." Qin Song blinked gently, but tears fell uncontrollably.
The love and attention that Pei's mother gives her now is something that her biological parents could never give her.
She grew up in an extremely cold and calculating family. The love and affection that other children could easily get was something she could never ask for in her entire life before she traveled through time.
But fortunately, God gave her a chance to start over. She met Pei Xingzhi and Pei's mother, and it seemed that she slowly gained all the things that she could not pray for in her previous life.
"Thank you, Mom." She grabbed Pei's mother's hand and said solemnly again.
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