Chapter 134 Buying a Bracelet
Looking at her younger sister, Liu Zhenghong initially found it hard to believe, but after confirming that she was indeed her sister, she excitedly asked, "Why didn't you visit our home when you came to the county town?"
Liu Zhengying smiled and said, "I just arrived in the county town, and my two children insisted on taking me shopping. I said no, but they dragged me along."
Two children?
Liu Zhenghong knew that her sister had taken in a girl and was raising her. Could it be that she later adopted another child?
Thinking this, she looked at the young man standing next to her sister, and was startled: "Who is this?"
She had just seen two outstanding young people standing in front of the counter looking at jewelry. When she saw their faces, she was surprised to find they were even more outstanding. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them the cream of the crop.
Liu Zhengying held her daughter's hand in one hand and her son-in-law's hand in the other: "This is my daughter Yi'an, and this is my son-in-law Mingshi."
After saying that, he looked at his daughter and son-in-law: "Bao'er, Mingshi, this is your aunt."
"Auntie."
"Auntie."
The two shouted in unison.
Liu Zhenghong sized them up, her gaze settling on Lin Yi'an before she asked Liu Zhengying, "Is this you back then...?"
She quickly stopped talking, saying, "The child is right here."
Lin Yi'an knew what she wanted to say, but since she didn't say it, she pretended not to know.
Liu Zhengying also looked at the young man and woman next to her: "Is this Hongyuan?"
Liu Zhenghong tugged at her son's arm: "Hongyuan and his girlfriend Ji Qingping, this is your aunt."
Zhu Hongyuan and Ji Qingping called out, "Auntie."
Liu Zhengying responded, "You've come to buy things too?"
Liu Zhenghong smiled and said, "Hongyuan is getting married, so he came to buy jewelry."
Liu Zhengying laughed and said, "We're also buying jewelry. Let's look at jewelry first."
The sales clerk had already taken out the bracelets Zhou Mingshi had mentioned, and she had a professional smile on her face: "Would you like to try them on?"
Although she worked in a small county town, she had seen the world. She couldn't tell the brand of the clothes the two young people were wearing, but she recognized the watches on their wrists. This family must be rich and powerful. If she treated them well, she might be able to close a big deal.
Liu Zhengying looked at her daughter: "Bao'er, try it."
Lin Yi'an extended her wrist, revealing the white jade bracelet Zhou Mingshi had given her: "I have bracelets on my wrist; these two would suit you. Try them on..."
Liu Zhengying: "I'm wearing it too..."
Zhou Mingshi, standing nearby, said, "Then let's not try it on, just wrap it up..."
At this point, he looked at Liu Zhengying and asked, "What is your mother's wrist size?"
Liu Zhengying: "You really want to buy it?"
Lin Yi'an laughed and said, "Are you going to pretend to buy it? Do you want to try it on?"
Seeing that her daughter and son-in-law insisted on buying it for her, Liu Zhengying had no choice but to say, "Then I'll try it? But just one is enough, I don't need so many."
Lin Yi'an picked up the antique gold tire bracelet that the sales clerk had brought out, put it on her wrist, and asked her father, "Does it look good?"
Lin Shuhe glanced at it and said, "It's beautiful, golden and sparkly, with gems on it. It's just too beautiful, and your mom will look down on me even more."
Liu Zhengying rolled her eyes at him: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Lin Yi'an looked at the bracelet: "The craftsmanship is nice, do you like it?"
Liu Zhengying looked at it curiously. She liked it, but it wasn't cheap, was it?
Looking at her expression, Lin Yi'an understood everything.
She smiled and said, "I'll take this one. Wear it; I don't need to take it off."
Then he looked at the sales clerk and asked, "Do you still have gold bracelets in that style?"
Liu Zhengying: "Enough..."
Lin Yi'an smiled and said, "I'll buy one for Grandma."
Finally, Lin Yi'an bought a gold bracelet suitable for young people, a bracelet for her grandmother suitable for older women, and a necklace, earrings, and a jade bracelet for her mother.
Zhou Mingshi paid the bill, which came to over two million, but less than three million.
Liu Zhenghong, her son, and her son's partner watched in astonishment. Ji Qingping tugged at her partner's hand and whispered, "Who is this aunt of yours?"
He casually bought a few pieces of jewelry and spent over two million yuan. Moreover, judging from the man's casual attitude when paying, he obviously didn't care about this amount of money. How rich must he be to dare to spend money like that?
Zhu Hongyuan shook his head: "I don't know."
He genuinely didn't know. He knew he had a younger aunt who, due to health reasons, couldn't find a husband in the vicinity and married someone from another county. The two families had no contact with each other.
He had seen this aunt when he was a child, but never saw her again after he grew up. He only occasionally heard his mother say that his aunt's family was poor, the man she married was disabled, and their child was adopted.
Liu Zhenghong looked at his younger sister. It seemed that his sister had made something of herself. When they were young, a fortune teller said that among the siblings, his sister had the best fate. No one in the family believed it, since everyone knew about his sister's health condition.
Years later, while she was worrying about her son's dowry, someone else's son-in-law bought her over a million yuan worth of jewelry without batting an eye. It seems that whether one is lucky or unlucky is unpredictable until the very last moment of life.
Liu Zhengying, carrying the bag, turned to look at her older sister: "Have you made your choices?"
Liu Zhenghong and the other two were so engrossed in watching them choose jewelry that they hadn't had a chance to pick any yet. She smiled and said, "Not yet, we'll choose now."
After saying that, she looked at her son and future daughter-in-law: "You two go and choose quickly."
Zhu Hongyuan led his fiancée to the counter.
Zhou Mingshi asked Lin Yi'an, "Shall we go upstairs and take a look?"
Lin Yi'an nodded and greeted her aunt, "Auntie, you're busy. We'll take my parents upstairs for a stroll."
Liu Zhenghong quickly said, "I'll add your mother's contact information and we'll get in touch later."
"Okay." Liu Zhengying took out her phone.
After exchanging contact information, the family of four took the elevator upstairs.
Liu Zhenghong and the other two watched them go upstairs, then turned back to look at the jewelry. Ji Qingping, thinking of the bracelet they had just bought, asked, "Do they still have the gold bracelet they just bought?"
The sales clerk said happily, "Yes, I'll show it to you right away."
Liu Zhenghong tugged at her son's arm. The bracelet her sister had just bought weighed too much, and their budget wasn't enough. Besides, they had already agreed on the size of the bracelet they wanted before they came. Why did they change their minds at the last minute?
Knowing his family's situation, Zhu Hongyuan hesitated and asked, "Qingping, should we look at some others?"
Ji Qingping said, "I really like the ones they bought."
"But the budget isn't enough," Zhu Hongyuan said honestly. Both of them knew their family's financial situation.
They were both ordinary people, with ordinary education, ordinary abilities, ordinary salaries, and ordinary looks. His parents had already spent a lot of money on his wedding, and he couldn't bear to squeeze them any more money out of them.
Ji Qingping pursed her lips, feeling a little bitter inside. People really can't be compared: "I understand."
She chose a bracelet, then bought a necklace, earrings, and a ring. Even though she bought the jewelry she wanted, she wasn't particularly happy.
Liu Zhenghong sat silently to the side. She knew her daughter-in-law was dissatisfied, but she could only give what she could afford. This was all the family could do. She gave what she could, and there was nothing she could do about what she couldn't give.
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