Chapter 772 Gift
Old Zhou was in high spirits and asked, "Is our Manbao so famous?"
"Of course not. Customers who often dine at our restaurant say there are three on Kangxue Street..."
"Ah," Manbao suddenly shouted, interrupting Zhou Liulang, "Dad, Mom, I bought you special gifts, just wait."
After saying that, he ran away.
Zhou Liulang chuckled and said nothing more.
Old Zhou's family was still waiting, and asked, "What does Kangxue Street have to do with your youngest sister?"
Zhou Silang coughed lightly and tried to smooth things over for his brothers and sisters, "Dad, we live on Kangxue Street. During the Double Ninth Festival, Magistrate Tang of Huayang County held a free clinic. Manbao was able to open a medical tent and treated many people, so everyone is very grateful to him."
"What? Aren't you in Yizhou City? Why did you go to Huayang County? Is it far?"
"Oh, Dad, this Huayang County is in Yizhou City. Do you know Guo County? Most of this city is Huayang County's territory, and it's all under the jurisdiction of County Magistrate Tang. We didn't go far."
Only then did Old Zhou calm down.
Qian asked, "Is Manbao able to treat himself now?"
"Yes, she can take the pulse, prescribe medicine, and give acupuncture. She can do it all by herself. She is now in Jishiditang, half studying and half treating patients."
Qian was very pleased, "Then our Manbao can be considered a doctor, right?"
Zhou Silang nodded: "Okay!"
Zhou Liulang added, "And it's quite famous."
It took Zhou Liulang a long time to find out that Manbao had saved a big shot and got a lot of gold.
Zhou Liulang was envious for a moment and was about to brag to his father when Manbao came running over with a bag in his hand.
She opened the various boxes in the bundle to show them, picked up one and opened it, revealing a set of pearl jewelry. She put it aside and said, "This is for Daya."
She opened a relatively large box, which also contained a set of jewelry, but it was decorated with stones of various colors. Manbao happily handed it to Qian Shi, "Mother, this is for you."
Old Zhou was stunned watching from the side. After a while, he reached out his hand tremblingly to touch the jewelry and asked, "Manbao, this is a gem. Where did you get so much money?"
"Dad, this isn't a gem, it's a stone. The color is dyed on. But I asked, and they said it's safe to dye. There's no problem wearing it, and it looks pretty good, just like a real gem."
Old Zhou heaved a sigh of relief. "It's not bad at all. It looks even more beautiful than a real gem."
Qian took it with a smile and glanced at Old Zhou. "You talk as if you've seen a real gem."
Manbao bought all kinds of "gem" jewelry for her mother and sisters-in-law, and she was very generous, giving each person a set of jewelry in various colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. There was no color that she didn't have, except the ones they couldn't think of.
Moreover, these gems are of different sizes and are very symmetrical, so the people in the Zhou family can tell at a glance that they are fake.
Because they knew it was fake, they didn't feel bad about spending money when they received the gifts. Instead, they were pleasantly surprised and said, "This style is really nice."
"The color is also dyed very brightly, I wonder if it will fade."
Manbao said: "No!"
"Not even if it touches water?"
Manbao said: "No, no, if you don't believe me, soak it in water and see."
Fang's eyes lit up, and she immediately picked up a hairpin from her box and soaked it in water. Everyone came over to take a look, and rubbed the gem with their hands. They found that it really had not faded, and they became even more happy: "I don't know what this pigment is made of. It's so bright and beautiful and it doesn't fade. If it were used to dye clothes, I wonder how beautiful it would be."
Mrs. Qian said, "This craft must be a family heirloom. The recipe will definitely not be passed on to others. However, Manbao is lucky to have come across it. People like us who have never seen gems before can't tell it's fake."
Zhou Silang had been standing there for a long time, so he squeezed over to Manbao and whispered, "Manbao, where did you buy this? Can you still find the person who bought it?"
Manbao saw that Zhou Silang looked like he was going to do something bad, so he said, "I can't find him. We just happened to meet each other. This is the only time."
Zhou Silang felt so sorry, "Such a good skill, why didn't you tell Fourth Brother at that time, Fourth Brother could have made friends with others."
Old Zhou hit him on the butt with his pipe and said, "We in the Zhou family don't do fraudulent things."
Zhou Silang covered his butt and said, "Dad, am I that kind of person? But didn't you see that? This stone is dyed like a real gemstone. Even fakes have fake prices, high and low. To allow Manbao to buy so many at once, the price is obviously not high."
He said, "I buy low and sell high, and I tell people it's fake. They don't get fooled, so I make money, right?"
Manbao said: "The price is not high."
"But the quality doesn't seem that high either," Fang said, holding up the gemstone she had fallen off, smiling awkwardly. "I just rubbed it, and it fell off."
Zhou Silang glared, "So weak?"
After saying that, he reached out to take the hairpin, but when he was holding a silver piece, the silver piece fell off.
Zhou Silang: ...
Everyone: ...
The hairpin was in the shape of a flower, with the silver pieces being the petals and a ruby embedded in the middle. When Fang washed it, the ruby fell off. When Zhou Silang took it again, one of the three silver petals fell off.
He simply tried to break off two more pieces. He tried twice to break off one of the pieces but it didn't budge. He breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at everyone, and then tried to break off the last piece. Unexpectedly, it fell off as soon as he touched it.
Everyone: ...
Manbao glared:... No wonder they said it was a practice piece, so they sold it in packages at a low price. It really is a practice piece.
Old Zhou returned it and waved his hand, saying, "That's enough. As long as the gem looks good, I can just wrap it back together with some wire."
Fang looked at the bright red gem in her hand and said, "Forget it, this stone looks beautiful even when it's like this."
Manbao scratched his head and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, give it to me and I will fix it for you."
"Can this be repaired? Can you fix it?"
Keke: "It should be OK if you just stick it with glue."
Manbao nodded affirmatively, "Sure."
Fang gave it to her.
Everyone looked down at the jewelry in their boxes. They were dazzling and really beautiful.
Everyone became happy again.
Old Zhou was waiting with his six sons. After a while, Manbao didn't make any other moves, so he couldn't help but ask, "Manbao, what else?"
"Oh, there are also pearl jewelry. These are real pearls. Although they are not very symmetrical, they are very beautiful when made into pearl flowers," Manbao said happily, "I bought a lot for myself and Daya."
Old Zhou: ...
Brothers: ...
Zhou Wulang looked left and right, and relying on his best relationship with Manbao, he asked quietly, "What about us... and Dad's?"
"ah?"
Manbao turned around and saw that her father's face had turned dark. Manbao hesitated and said, "Dad's... too, but Dad, you wear a hairpin too?"
Manbao called Keke urgently in his heart and said, "Keke, please ask the seller if she has any jewelry that boys can use."
Koko: “Yes.”
(End of this chapter)
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