Chapter 414: Feeling sorry for the money, come with me
"I have one too, right?" Qin Wenbin followed in happily, took out his own set of clothes, and tried them on for a long time.
Seeing how happy he was, Qin Wenjun felt relieved but also a little sad. Her family was not well off before, and they had always lived in the village. In order to save money, her family never bought new clothes during the holidays. At most, they would buy new clothes on weekdays when they found that the clothes were no longer wearable. They were all cheap street goods, and they had to keep them carefully and wear them on major festivals. To be honest, those street goods were only thirty-four yuan each, but they still treasured them like they were something.
"Oh, I'll go call mom back and let her try it too." Qin Wenjun said as he quickly went up the hill. After calling her mother a few times, she finally showed up. "Why are you here at this time? She should be back for dinner tonight."
As Qin's mother spoke, she walked downstairs carrying chicken eggs in her hands.
Qin Wenjun hurriedly followed, "We must come back. We can't just eat and drink for free at the boss's house all the time. By the way, I bought a new set of clothes for each of you. Try them on when you go back later."
"Bought new clothes? That costs so much!" Mother Qin stopped in surprise and looked back at Qin Wenjun.
Qin Wenjun explained, "I went to the county town with Wanwan today. She wanted to buy clothes for Brother Bai Yan and Uncle Zhang, so I rushed to buy them. I bought a set for Brother Bai Yan. I thought it would be unreasonable not to buy one for you since I bought one for Brother Bai Yan, so I chose one for each of you. Don't throw away the old clothes that are too old to wear. Keep the ones that are wearable and wear them when you work. You can keep the clothes I bought for you to wear during festivals."
When Qin's mother heard that Qin Wenjun also bought clothes for Zhang Baiyan, she smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. She didn't care about her wasting money and asked, "Did you give the clothes to Baiyan? What did he say?"
"I gave it to him, stuffed it into his arms and ran away." Qin Wenjun said embarrassedly.
Mother Qin glared at Qin Wenjun with a look of disapproval, and said, "You should have told him that this was bought for you and asked him to see if it fits. What if he misunderstood you if you ran away without saying anything?"
Qin Wenjun shook his head decisively, "No, it's because Brother Bai Yan gave me the necklace first last night, so I gave him the clothes. He will understand."
When Mother Qin heard that Zhang Baiyan had given Qin Wenjun a necklace, her eyes lit up immediately, "What necklace?"
"It's the necklace we saw in a jewelry store in the county yesterday. I liked it very much at that time, so I took a closer look at it, but it was too expensive and I couldn't buy it. I didn't expect Brother Bai Yan to buy it directly. That necklace cost more than 20,000 yuan." Qin Wenjun felt painful as she said this, but on the other hand, this proved that this man was willing to spend money on her and she felt sweet about it.
When Mother Qin heard the price of more than 10,000, her eyes widened like bells and she exclaimed, "What? More than 20,000? Even a gold necklace isn't that expensive! How many grams?"
Qin Wenjun whispered, "It's not gold, it's platinum, and the pendant has a diamond and a pearl."
"It costs so much to buy that thing!" Mother Qin shook her head repeatedly, but because it was Zhang Baiyan who gave it to Qin Wenjun, she couldn't say much, but said earnestly: "Since you accepted such an expensive thing, it means you agreed. If you don't get married, I will be too embarrassed to see your uncle and aunt Zhang. Find a time, I will discuss with your aunt Zhang and see when we can sit down and choose a date for you to get married."
Qin Wenjun wanted to ask if it was too fast, but seeing that her mother had made up her mind, she had to shut up.
The mother and daughter returned to the bungalow. Mother Zhang washed her hands and looked at the clothes Qin Wenjun bought for her. She liked them but couldn't help asking, "Girl, how much did you spend on these clothes?"
"It's not expensive. Yours is only over 400 yuan." After Qin Wenjun said this, her mother almost threw the clothes away because of shaking hands.
"What do you mean by not expensive? More than four hundred is not expensive? Then how much does it cost to be considered expensive? You spendthrift girl, you don't save the money you earn, how come you learn to be extravagant and wasteful?" Zhang's mother muttered to herself as she carefully put away the clothes.
Qin Wenjun looked at her and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Mom, why are you collecting these clothes? What would you do if I said that the set I bought for Brother Bai Yan cost more than a thousand?"
Mother Qin was completely stunned.
Qin Wenjun continued, "We went to the county town yesterday, and Wanwan bought two sets of clothes for Aunt Zhang, which cost about 5,000 yuan. Her own clothes cost more than 10,000 yuan. When the Zhang family moves, will it be okay for us to visit them without a decent set of clothes?"
Mother Qin originally wanted to give Qin Wenjun a good scolding, but now she was silent after hearing what she said. Thinking that she would have to discuss marriage with the Zhang family later, it would be a shame if she didn't have a few sets of clothes to wear. With this in mind, she simply kept silent and thought, "Then I will keep this set of clothes well and wear it to the Zhang family on the fifth day of the New Year."
"Okay! You can arrange it however you want." Qin Wenjun breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as he took out his father's clothes to show his mother.
Qin's mother only glanced at them a few times before putting them all in the cupboard, reluctant to get them dirty.
When Qin Wenjun returned to the Zhang family's old house, Zhang Boyan even changed into the clothes she bought and swung them in front of her twice, asking arrogantly, "How is it? Does it look good?"
Seeing his flattering look, Qin Wenjun couldn't help but laugh out loud and nodded, "It looks pretty good."
Zhang's mother came out with a basin to pick vegetables. Seeing Zhang Baiyan still showing off, she couldn't help but say, "Go in and change your clothes quickly. Come over and help me. Wenjun, let's have dinner here tonight."
"No, no, my mom just told me to go over there in the evening and sit around the fire with them." Qin Wenjun said apologetically.
Zhang's mother didn't take it seriously. "Then you can go over here after dinner. We eat late anyway. Oh, and let Bai Yan go with you. It's not safe for a girl to walk alone at night."
"Pfft!" Zhang Wanwan almost burst out laughing in the living room. She really didn't know what was unsafe from the village to the end of the village. Their place was not the kind of place where outsiders gathered. They were all villagers and knew each other well. What could happen?
However, Zhang's mother wanted to create opportunities for the two to get along, so she didn't say anything.
Around five o'clock in the evening, Zhang Baiyan followed his mother's instructions and went to the end of the village with Qin Wenjun. At this time, the Zhang family began to prepare dinner. Qin's mother was already standing at the door, looking forward to it. Seeing the two people walking side by side from afar, Qin's mother was overjoyed and quickly ran into the house to tell Qin's father, Qin Wenbin, "Baiyan is here too. You two should talk properly later, and don't force him to drink or anything like that."
Qin Wenbin nodded hurriedly, and Qin's father even said, "How many years have I not drunk alcohol?" No one in their family drank alcohol since his rheumatism worsened.
(End of this chapter)
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