In fact, Du Wanying was able to think of this because she saw a gold shop called Chow Tai Fook when she went to the city last time.
In later generations, it was normal for girls to buy some gold when they got engaged, but in this era it was indeed rare, almost non-existent.
Gold now costs 25 yuan per gram, and a cup of milk tea in the future would cost more than that. But when Du Wanying thought that the wages of workers in that era were basically 20 or 30 yuan, she didn't think it was cheap.
When Du Yuanxiu bought a ring for his wife, Du Wanying bought a gold bracelet for her mother. The bracelet weighed 15 grams and cost Du Wanying 375 yuan.
She didn't feel bad at all about spending nearly 400 yuan. She thought the money would be recovered by doing more translation, and her mother would definitely be very happy to receive this gift.
"Yu'er, come here." Zhao Fangling shouted.
After Bai Yu'er came over, Zhao Fangling took out a stack of money from her pocket and said, "Yu'er, this is 88 yuan as compensation from Shuisheng and I for changing your story."
Bai Yuer was a little confused when she heard about the fee for changing her statement.
Bai Yuer: What is the fee for changing her statement? Can someone tell her? Waiting online, it's urgent.
Bai Yu'er didn't understand, but Sun Huizhen did. Just when she was about to pour tea, Du Wanying came over with two cups of tea.
"Second sister-in-law, quickly serve tea to our parents."
Bai Yuer finally reacted after hearing Du Wanying's words. She hurriedly picked up a cup of tea and handed it to Zhao Fangling. When she thought that she would have to call Zhao Fangling and Du Shuisheng "mom and dad" like Du Yuanxiu, her face turned red uncontrollably.
But her excitement outweighed her shyness, so Bai Yuer mustered up the courage to say, "Mom, please have some tea."
“Hey.”
Zhao Fangling quickly took the tea and started drinking it.
Bai Yuer followed the same method and served tea to Du Shuisheng, which made Du Shuisheng very happy.
After serving tea, Zhao Fangling pulled out a handful of money from her pocket. "Mother-in-law, this is 288 yuan as a betrothal gift for Yu'er. In addition, our family will prepare the three major items for the wedding, and then we will buy Yu'er a Plum brand watch."
Although Du Yuanxiu was marrying above his station, Zhao Fangling had more than one son, so the first thing she had to do was to treat them equally.
This is conducive to family harmony. Otherwise, if she favors one son, the family will never have peace.
Sun Huizhen took the money with a smile. She and Lao Bai only had one daughter, so as long as the future son-in-law treated their daughter well, they didn't care about the betrothal gift.
What's more, the Du family has three sons. Even if Zhao Fangling wanted to give more to Yu'er, it would be impossible. If she didn't treat them equally, the family would definitely not be so harmonious.
Compared to some money, Sun Huizhen still hopes that Yu'er can maintain good relationships with everyone in the Du family.
Yu'er can handle the relationship well with the Du family, not only for herself, but also for Du Yuanxiu. Only by handling the relationship well with the other party's family can Du Yuanxiu have no worries, and their relationship will be more stable.
Du Yuanxiu is not an ordinary person, Bai Aijun had already seen this. He agreed to marry his daughter to Du Yuanxiu mainly because he was impressed by his future and his attitude towards Yu'er.
Otherwise, why would he be willing to marry his daughter, whom he had cherished since childhood, to Du Yuanxiu?
Life is not just about love, there are also food, clothing, housing and transportation. If he can't even guarantee the basics, then why would he marry his daughter to Du Yuanxiu?
Is it because he is poor or because his job is dangerous?
Now, Bai Aijun and Sun Huizhen have no worries at all. Whether it is Du Yuanxiu or anyone in the Du family, they all treat Yu'er very seriously.
Although the Du family is not wealthy now and is just an ordinary working-class family, their future cannot be underestimated.
The most important thing is the relationship between Du Yuanxiu and Yu'er. If Yu'er doesn't like Du Yuanxiu, then no matter how rich the Du family is, they will not marry Yu'er to them.
The parents of both sides discussed the wedding date, and Du Yuanxiu's matter came to an end.
We stayed up until 12 o'clock and everyone went home to sleep.
76 years.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone got up early. Although they went to bed at 12 o'clock at night, they could not stay in bed.
Because there are still many taboos on the first day of the New Year.
For example, you can't stay in bed, you can't cry, you can't say unlucky words, you can't use needles and thread, you can't take out the trash, you can't throw dirty water outside, you can't visit other people, you can't sleep during the day...
But there are also many happy things on this day, because even families who are very poor will buy new clothes for their children. After all, the new year means new beginnings.
The Du family was no exception. Everyone, big and small, changed into new clothes from head to toe. Most of these clothes were bought by Du Wanying.
In addition, the packages that Sun Huizhen brought over were filled with new clothes, all of which were Kyoto's new models this year.
Since they were going to celebrate the New Year at the Du family's house, they definitely couldn't come empty-handed, so Sun Huizhen simply prepared a new set of clothes for each member of the Du family.
Although every household is basically poor nowadays, the New Year still has a festive atmosphere. Unlike later generations, people have better food and better clothes, but the New Year no longer has a festive atmosphere.
In this era, basically every household’s New Year’s Eve dinner was not as sumptuous as in later generations, but why do so many people say that there is no New Year atmosphere in later generations?
The main reason is that the whole family eats the New Year’s Eve dinner together, which is very happy. But in later generations, it is no longer the case, and brothers and sisters have less contact with each other.
After eating dumplings early in the morning, Zhao Fangling took everyone to pay New Year's greetings. At this time, the streets were very lively, with people singing operas, walking on stilts, and crowds of people everywhere.
While moving through the crowd, my second sister-in-law's shoes were squeezed off. There was nothing she could do as there were simply too many people.
In the blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and it was also the day when Du Yuanxiu and the Bai family were going back to Kyoto.
Early in the morning, Du Wanying got up to prepare dry food for them. She also took out a can of beef paste and shrimp paste that she had made earlier.
The people in the family who are most reluctant to leave are Zhao Fangling and Du Shuisheng. Du Yuanxiu has only been back for a few days, and now he has to leave again after the New Year. We can't stop him from leaving.
TRAIN STATION.
A group of people went onto the platform carrying large and small bags, and they were reluctant to look at Du Yuanxiu and Bai Yuer.
"Yuan Xiu, Yu'er is your fiancée now. You must treat her well, understand?"
"Mom, don't worry. Yu'er will be my wife in the future. I will definitely treat her well." Du Yuanxiu pretended to be angry and said, "Mom, you forgot about your son now that you have a daughter-in-law. Now you keep talking about Yu'er. There is no place for me in your heart."
Du Yuanxiu was afraid that his mother would be sad after he got on the train, so he pretended to be angry, so as to dilute the sadness of parting.
As expected, Zhao Fangling didn't care about being sad, but gently tapped Du Yuanxiu's forehead, "You kid."
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