Chapter 62 At most five years old, no more.
Before the newcomer could even see who was in the room, he grabbed Lu Xiangyang's teacup and, without caring about the heat, gulped down half of it in one go.
He then let out a long sigh: "Delicious!"
Lu Xiangyang sneered and raised his leg to kick.
The man immediately dodged to the side, saying, "Hey, hey, San'er, San'er, San'er, I've finally come back, what's wrong with letting me have some water?"
Lu Xiangyang gritted his teeth: "That's my tea mug!"
He wasn't a germaphobe, but his mother was strict with him from a young age, and the military discipline was even stricter, which led him to develop a clean personality from childhood.
Things like toothpaste, shoe brushes, and laundry detergent can be shared, but I don't want anyone to touch my personal items like toothbrushes, teacups, and bowls unless absolutely necessary.
Even my own brother won't do!
Jiang Jianni stared blankly at this person who was three or four centimeters taller than Lu Xiangyang, with long arms and legs, who was jumping around like a monkey to tease him because Lu Xiangyang couldn't move.
Before the smile on her son's face could even spread, his actions froze it.
Enraged, Lu's father roared, "Lu Xiangdong, if you cause any more trouble, get out of here and don't ever come back to this house!"
Lu's mother was a beat too late; she reached out and grabbed her tall, burly eldest son, saying, "You better behave yourself."
"Don't take advantage of your brother's inconvenience to bully him, or he might retaliate against you later."
Lu Xiangdong immediately made a face as if he had a toothache, and respectfully placed the teacup next to Lu Xiangyang: "Third brother, I was wrong just now, here's the teacup back."
"Hey, I've never had this stuff before, I just couldn't resist."
"Don't mess with me."
Lu Xiangyang stared at him expressionlessly.
Lu Xiangdong was even more troubled.
He rummaged through the luggage bag left by the door, pulled out a cloth bag and handed it to Lu Xiangyang: "I went to a lot of trouble to find you a wedding gift, take a look and see if you like it."
He then tossed it to Lu Xiangyang.
Lu Xiangyang opened the cloth bag, inside which was a Tibetan knife about a foot long.
He drew the knife, its blade gleaming coldly, looking incredibly sharp.
Lu Xiangyang nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad."
Lu Xiangdong was very dissatisfied: "What do you mean 'not bad'? Do you know how much effort I put into finding this for you? If you weren't getting married, I wouldn't have been willing to give it to you."
Lu Xiangyang chuckled: "You never intended to give it to me, did you? If you hadn't stolen my milk tea and felt guilty, and weren't afraid of my retaliation, would you have been willing to give me the knife?"
Lu Xiangdong made a couple of noises and handed Jiang Jianni a handkerchief pouch: "Sister-in-law, take a look at this, do you like it? It was a gift from a fellow villager to thank me when I was on a mission before."
"I was afraid of being criticized, so I gave them all the money I had on me, several hundred dollars."
"But I won't wear this. You're our first wife, so I'll give it to you."
"Don't complain about the quality of the food."
"They said this thing doesn't look very nice, but it has a good meaning. It can ward off disasters and bring you smooth sailing and prosperity in your career."
Jiang Jianni opened the handkerchief and was stunned: "This...this is too precious, I can't accept it."
Her heart was trembling.
This is a nine-eyed dzi bead!
Moreover, it is clearly a natural nine-eyed dzi bead with weathering patterns, indicating that it has been held and worn by someone for a long time.
There was a time when there was a lot of online discussion about the various expensive accessories worn by actors.
Jade jewelry and dzi beads are the main focus of attention.
A famous actor wore a dzi bead that reportedly cost 20 million yuan to buy, and later someone estimated its value at 100 million yuan.
Jiang Jianni was a little shocked when she saw it; there really was someone who wore 100 million yuan around their neck.
She didn't know much about dzi beads, but just the fact that it was a natural nine-eyed bead, and that it had supposedly been passed down for several generations, meant that even if it wasn't as valuable as the actor's bead, it was still worth a lot of money.
She would be terrified to accept such an expensive gift.
Lu Xiangdong was puzzled and examined the bead over and over again: "Is this bead very valuable? The villager didn't say so."
Jiang Jianni didn't know how to explain, mainly because she didn't understand either: "I just heard it..."
Lu Xiangdong said indifferently, "Who cares if it's valuable or not? We're just after its good fortune, and we don't plan to sell it."
"It's only worth a few thousand or tens of thousands, but when you wear it around your neck, it's just a bead."
"I don't use this thing. It just sits in my drawer all day and I never wear it."
"You should keep it."
“It looks good on a young girl to wear this.”
Even the youngest of the four Lu brothers, Lu Xiangbei, is three years older than Jiang Jianni, so Jiang Jianni isn't the youngest in the whole family.
Jiang Jianni really didn't dare to accept it: "Then give it to your sister-in-law when you get married in the future. It's really inappropriate for me to accept it."
Lu Xiangdong grew impatient: "Once I gave it to you, it's yours. Why are you pushing it back and forth over a broken bead?"
He looked at Lu Xiangyang: "San'er, your wife is not as straightforward as you."
Lu Xiangyang sneered, took the dzi bead and stuffed it into Lu Xiangdong's hand: "I'll buy the things my wife wears myself, and you can keep your own things."
Lu Xiangdong was dumbfounded: "You, you, you!"
Jiang Jianni felt as if a huge burden had been lifted off her shoulders, and she said with a sense of relief, "Big brother, I really can't accept this."
"I heard from a classmate that this thing is very valuable."
"There are people on the other side of the harbor who are willing to spend hundreds of thousands to buy this thing, but they are struggling to find the real thing."
Lu Xiangdong could hardly believe his ears. He looked at it from all angles, as if he wanted to hit it with a hammer: "Really?"
"Just this one broken bead costs hundreds of thousands?"
Lu's mother couldn't stand seeing her eldest son acting foolishly: "Have you ever heard the saying 'a thousand pieces of gold cannot buy what the heart desires'?"
"If you come across something you like, even if it's just a stone, plenty of people are willing to spend money to buy it."
Jiang Jiani nodded.
right.
That's right.
Some stones really are that expensive.
For example, some people are willing to spend a fortune on a broken stone that can only be displayed, let alone tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars.
Not to mention that dzi beads not only have religious significance, but also have auspicious meanings.
Lu Xiangdong is not stupid.
If this thing is really as valuable as Jiang Jianni claims, it's no wonder she didn't accept it.
After this incident, he appreciated Jiang Jiani's character even more.
Then he kept pestering Lu Xiangyang, asking him to tell him about his relationship with Jiang Jiani.
Lu Xiangdong is very lively and outgoing. In the time it takes to eat a meal, he has already found out the whole story of how Lu Xiangyang and Jiang Jiani met and got married.
He listened with a surprised look: "Hey, San'er, do you think if I go out for a walk on the street, some girls will come up to me and say they like me and want to go on a blind date with me?"
He also wants to find a wife.
However, every time he went on a blind date, the girls always had all sorts of questions and demands. Moreover, he had heard too many stories from his comrades about their wives having conflicts with their mothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, and other family members. He was very annoyed and didn't want anyone to add trouble to his happy life.
However, if there were a girl as decisive and straightforward as Jiang Jiani, he wouldn't necessarily refuse to marry her.
Jiang Jianni didn't feel anything special when she did these things back then, but now when Lu Xiangyang talks about them, she always feels embarrassed.
And the road leads east? That's so strange!
What kind of elder brother-in-law would pry into his younger brother's dating history in front of his sister-in-law?
She asked Lu's mother with some doubt, "Mom, is my eldest brother really thirty-five?"
At this age, he's no more than five years old.
Lu's mother also felt ashamed: "Your older brother has only grown tall and not smart since he was a child. If he says something unpleasant, just pretend you didn't hear it and don't take it to heart, so as not to upset yourself."
Jiang Jianni: "..."
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