Gold is priced at 120 per gram, and this price includes processing fees.
Each thin necklace weighs 2.5 grams and costs 300 yuan. Five necklaces would cost 1500 yuan.
Each thick necklace weighs 30 grams, the kind worn by nouveau riche. They most likely buy them as collectibles. Each necklace costs 3,600 yuan, so two necklaces would cost 7,200 yuan.
Each ring weighs about 3.5 grams, so one ring costs 420 yuan, and seven rings would cost 2940 yuan.
The bracelets are made of solid gold, each weighing 54-55 grams, so each one costs 6480 yuan, and five bracelets together cost 1000 yuan.
Compared to bracelets, earrings are much cheaper. A pair weighs just over 2 grams, so each pair costs 240 yuan, and 5 pairs would only cost 1200 yuan.
All the gold in the world together costs one pound.
Considering the era, the price of gold wasn't low, but Lin Wei had just made money.
Lin Wei smiled and, after putting on a practice bracelet herself, adorned Lin Xiaomeng with gold jewelry.
“Auntie, wear it. I bought it to wear.” Turning to the salesperson, Lin Wei said, “Give me the receipt and pay.”
After receiving the receipt from the waiter, Lin Wei went to the bank, put 50,000 yuan in cash in a bag, and paid the money.
Carrying a large bag of gold, Lin Xiaomeng was worried about being robbed. She was already walking on tenterhooks, but then Lin Wei actually wanted to go shopping.
"Come on, Auntie, we have money, let's go buy some nice clothes."
Lin Xiaomeng immediately grabbed Lin Wei, "Stop shopping! With all these things in your arms, I'm afraid someone will rob you. Let's stop shopping and go home."
Before Lin Wei could object, the three of them turned around and went home.
But his guilty conscience was certainly eye-catching.
Just as he returned to the alley entrance, Uncle Li called out to him, "Xiao Lin, what's wrong? What happened?"
Lin Xiaomeng was taken aback. "It's nothing."
Uncle Li was puzzled. "Seeing you like that, I thought something was wrong."
"It's alright, it's alright."
With a 'bang,' the courtyard gate was slammed shut, and Lin Xiaomeng dragged the siblings to her room.
As soon as she entered the room, Lin Xiaomeng quickly took off all the gold jewelry she was wearing.
"Auntie, what are you doing? Don't pick them."
"You bought it with your own money, so keep it safe. You can wear it yourself, but why are you giving it to me?"
“Aunt.” Lin Wei grasped Lin Xiaomeng’s hand. “Aunt, I’ve already taken one bracelet. I’m going to school, so that’s enough. Besides, these pieces of jewelry were originally bought for you. Why are you being so formal with me?”
“You silly child, this is gold, more than 45,000 yuan! You don’t care about it at all.” Lin Xiaomeng sighed. “Auntie knows that you will not abandon me and will take care of me in the future, but these things are too many and too valuable. Even if I am your own mother, I have no face to accept them with a clear conscience.”
Lin Wei finally realized what was going on.
That's true. Lin Wei is close to Lin Xiaomeng because she saved her in a past life, and her understanding of this kinship is different.
However, their relationship didn't involve the events of their previous life. Lin Xiaomeng simply took them in, but she felt it wasn't quite right to accept all of this.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Wei said, "Then I can't keep them, Aunt. How about this, I'll give you a set of these jewelry pieces, and the rest will still be mine. But you can keep them for me. I can't wear them to school anyway, so they're just sitting there. You can wear them in rotation, is that alright?"
"Aren't they the same thing?"
Although Lin Wei said she would give her a set, she has no children and no plans to remarry, so won't all these things eventually end up with Lin Wei?
But then I thought, yes, not only the jewelry, but also this house, will eventually be left to Lin Wei and Lin Yuan.
Of course, maybe they don't need it.
Thinking about it this way, Lin Xiaomeng felt relieved.
“I’m just an aunt, I’m only benefiting from my niece’s fame. Even your mother isn’t this lucky.”
"What do you mean by taking advantage of someone else's kindness? If it weren't for you taking us in, my brother and I wouldn't know what to do."
The aunt and niece were relieved, but Lin Yuan could not.
"Sis, you all bought things, but I didn't get anything."
Of course, he didn't say he absolutely needed anything, but he felt incredibly lonely.
"Here, I was just about to go shopping and buy you two outfits, but I'm back now, aren't I? Auntie, why don't we put the jewelry away and go out for a stroll again? I've already withdrawn the money, but I haven't spent it yet."
Everyone's back, why go out again?
"No need, Yuanyuan doesn't need anything. Kids grow so fast, it's a waste to buy too many clothes for him to wear. Just go to Uncle Li's and buy him a bag of snacks. You should rest well, it's time to go back to school soon."
Furthermore, she hadn't yet figured out where to hide the gold, and if she didn't hide it properly, she wouldn't feel at ease going to work tomorrow.
Left with no other choice, Lin Wei could only give in, "Fine, fine."
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Even on the way back to school, Lin Wei was secretly excited after buying so much gold.
But when she actually arrived at school, she realized something was wrong.
People looked at her with prejudice, and would point and whisper when they secretly covered their mouths to speak.
Lin Wei is carefree, but even the most carefree person couldn't possibly discover such a big problem.
She hurried back to the dormitory and saw the other three people sitting at their desks with gloomy faces.
"What's wrong? Did you two have a fight? Didn't you just get your paychecks? You should be happy, what's there to argue about?" Lin Wei asked tentatively.
Wang Ying, however, felt she couldn't swallow this insult. "We did have a fight, but it wasn't just the few of us who argued. It was me, it was me... I felt so choked up."
"What happened?" Lin Wei asked again. "I felt very strange when I came back. Everyone was pointing and whispering when they looked at me. I felt like everyone knew me, but I don't remember knowing them."
Seeing that she couldn't hide it any longer, Zhang Yanyan said directly, "Wasn't it the opening ceremony on Wednesday? You and Shen were photographed standing in the middle and made onto the cover by the newspaper."
“I know, my brother told me after I got back.”
So what's the problem?
“Yes, we didn’t know about this either. We only mentioned it casually when we were eating in the cafeteria after you left yesterday, but rumors started circulating at the same time.” Zhang Yan said cautiously, “They said you seduced someone’s fiancé, that you used improper means to become the designer this time, and that you are a shameless woman with a heart of stone.”
'Bang'
Lin Wei slammed her hand on the desk. "Nonsense! Who's my fiancé? Who is he? I won over that designer with my brains, it was all fair and square. How am I a shameless woman? Is it so hard to admit someone is better? Why do you have to start this competition? Do you think belittling me will elevate someone else?"
Anjing quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "We know you're not that kind of person. We all know how much effort you put into preparing that design. These three designs were all done by you based on your own abilities. We are all witnesses to that."
“There are just too many brainless people. Everyone hears rumors and immediately jumps on the bandwagon, causing the rumors to spread instantly.” Zhang Yanyan guessed, “I suspect there are other people behind this, and with so many people in our school, it would be impossible for this to spread so widely in such a short time without someone doing something.”
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