Chapter 92: Write it off
"Han'er, if you have been cheated, take this box back and return it! If he doesn't give it back to us, our whole family will go to their house and make a scene with them!" When Mrs. Cen heard this, she was afraid that her precious grandson had been cheated, so she hurried to return the box to him.
"Grandma, I wasn't cheated." Cen Han pushed the box and put it back into her hands.
Then, he looked at Cen Ying with a half-smile on his face, and said, "Aunt, this is not some wood from the mountains. Sandalwood has always been precious and only the wealthy families in the county can afford it! This is the price for a small box!
"If you don't believe me, I'll take you to the shops in the county town someday, and you'll know what I said is true. Besides, this is for grandma, and her grandson is willing to spend money no matter how expensive it is!"
He saw Cen Ying trying to sabotage him, but he was not annoyed at all. Instead, he explained patiently with a smile in his eyes.
Cen Ying had only been to the county town a few times, and every time he went, he could only visit the small stalls in the street market. How could he dare to enter a shop?
She just thought that she really had no knowledge, so she smiled when she heard it and said nothing more.
"My dear grandson, I've always said that among all the grandchildren in the family, only our Han knows how to love and care for grandma!" Grandma Cen was so moved that she couldn't let go of the box even more.
"Grandma, open it quickly and see what's inside! This box is not valuable, but the gift inside is really valuable!" Cen Han urged.
"Okay, okay, I'll open it and take a look."
As Mrs. Cen spoke, she placed the box on the table and opened it carefully.
There was a piece of light blue silk cloth inside.
When the silk cloth was opened, it turned out to be a silver bracelet!
“This is…” Old Mrs. Cen picked up the bracelet with surprise and discovered that it was not light in weight, but the material felt soft in her hand. The quality was also good, so she knew it must be authentic.
"Grandma, everyone says that this silver bracelet is best for the elderly. Let me put it on you?" Cen Han said with a smile.
"Oh, how much silver does this cost!" Old Mrs. Cen handed the bracelet to her grandson and stretched out her left hand.
"It's not much silver, less than seventy taels..." Cen Han reported a number casually.
"What? Seventy taels!" Old Mrs. Cen was shocked by the price again.
Cen Yan was also frightened at the same time.
She stared at the silver bracelet in disbelief, wondering if she had heard it wrong.
Even if it was a genuine bracelet with no gemstones inlaid on it, it would only be worth three taels of silver at most... and he actually dared to ask for seventy taels? !
"This, isn't worth so much, right?" Yu obviously realized this and raised the question immediately.
"Aunt San, this is why you don't know the goods. This bracelet is not an ordinary bracelet."
Upon hearing this, Cen Han smiled again.
He stood there with an upright posture, pointed at a magnolia carving on the box and explained, "See? This is from the most famous store in the county, Canglanji!
“Their jewelry is all hand-carved by a master craftsman.
“Even the nobles in the capital are vying to buy the jewelry made by this master. If it weren’t for the fact that Canglanji is the shop of the Lan family, and the head of the Lan family now lives in Xiangyao County, and this master is the exclusive jewelry craftsman for the old lady of the Lan family, we can’t buy the jewelry made by him in Xiangyao County!
"Look at the lifelike carvings on this silver bracelet. It can only be sold for less than seventy taels of silver in Xiangyao County. If it were in the capital, it would be worth at least two hundred taels of silver!"
His flattery actually frightened everyone in the Old Cen family and they all believed his words.
When Gao heard that such a silver bracelet was worth nearly seventy taels of silver, her face was filled with uncontrollable grief.
But she had to hold it in, and absolutely could not show even the slightest bit of heartache, otherwise she would definitely be disliked by Old Lady Cen.
"Mom, look at how filial Han is. Let alone the other grandchildren in the family, they are still young and cannot earn so much money. Take Dajiang, the eldest son, for example. He is so filial and thoughtful that he cannot compare to Han!" Gao endured the pain and took credit for her son.
"That's really beyond words!" Old Mrs. Cen couldn't suppress a smile on her face. She stared at the shiny silver bracelet on her wrist and nodded in agreement.
She couldn't take her eyes off the silver bracelet for a moment.
When she thought that this piece of silver was worth nearly seventy taels of silver, she felt that the carvings on it were so exquisite that it was beyond words.
It turns out that the pattern on it is called magnolia?
So beautiful!
This bracelet may have been kept in the sandalwood box for a long time, so it has a faint fragrance that smells very pleasant.
Although Mrs. Cen is already an old woman, there is no woman who does not love beauty and these gold and silver jewelry.
As long as I think about it, I can wear this bracelet in the future and show it off when I go out. It was bought for me by my eldest grandson who was studying in the county town at a high price at some Lanhuaji. It was made by a craftsman specially made for the old lady of the Lan family...
When she thought of the envious and jealous looks those village women outside would show because of this, she felt relieved!
Especially the old hen that Old Mrs. Liu can’t lay eggs!
She will be the first one to show off in front of Old Mrs. Liu!
This old woman must be so jealous!
However, the one who deserves the most reward is his own good grandson.
Mrs. Cen admired the bracelet enough before she finally looked away and looked at Gao, who was standing obediently beside her with her head lowered. She said with a twitch of her lips, "Gao, Han is filial and bought such an expensive bracelet for a grandmother like me. For his sake, the thirty taels of silver you secretly gave to your brother Gao Beiyang will be written off!"
"Mom!" Gao raised her head suddenly when she heard that, her face full of surprise.
"What! How can this be written off? One thing at a time!" Yu was immediately unhappy and objected loudly, "Mother, just because he bought you a silver bracelet, can you be so partial to him?"
"Even if I am biased, so what? If anyone from your third room can buy me a silver bracelet, I will immediately ask your father to lift Cen Shuang's house arrest!" Old Mrs. Cen's words, as if it were a matter of course, immediately made Yu feel embarrassed and helpless.
She couldn't afford a seventy-tael silver bracelet.
Even if the three families sold everything they had, they still couldn't afford it.
When Gao saw that Yu was humiliated, she glanced at her with pride.
Old Lady Cen didn't want Gao to be too proud of this, so she threatened her immediately: "Gao, even though you and Dajiang are both very annoying, I have a good grandson like Han, so I won't bother with you any more. This incident will not happen again! If you dare to use the money from Old Cen's family to help your family next time... then even if Han buys me ten silver bracelets, it won't help!"
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