If Ye Weiwei knew how much Old Master Qin thought of her, she would definitely deny it three times: No! Absolutely not! Don't joke around!
She doesn't treat everyone like that; it depends on the person!
Seeing that Ye Weiwei had packed up and was ready to leave, Old Master Qin finally couldn't help but look at Huo Xiao and say, "Last night, I was delirious with fever and mistook someone for someone else."
Huo Xiao frowned, nodded, and looked indifferent, as if he didn't intend to speak.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit cold, Du Zhenguo couldn't help but laugh and try to smooth things over: "Comrade Huo, don't take it to heart. Old Qin probably thought he wasn't going to make it last night, and his mind was all muddled from the fever. He thought everyone looked like his wife."
Old Master Qin's eyes darkened, and then he looked Huo Xiao up and down again. He thought to himself that what Old Du said was not entirely true. He didn't think everyone looked like her. It was just that this young man's eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Qingxue's, which was why he had mistaken him for someone else.
If Qingxue hadn't had that accident, their child would probably be about the same age as this child now.
Seeing that Huo Xiao's mouth was as tight as a clam, Ye Weiwei could only smile and reply, "That's not true. He's just like that all the time; he doesn't talk much."
Du Zhenguo, Zheng Weiguo, and others all expressed their understanding.
Old Master Qin took out a jade thumb ring from his clothes and gave it to Ye Weiwei: "I have nothing left now except this thumb ring. It's just a small trinket and not worth much money. I hope you won't find it offensive."
The thumb ring is made of red jade, with a full and translucent texture, clearly of superior quality.
She quickly waved her hand and said, "Mr. Qin, you're too kind. I can't accept this."
She remembered that the book mentioned this red jade thumb ring, which was the symbol of the head of the Qin family and was not an ordinary trinket.
Du Zhenguo and the others never expected that Old Master Qin would take out the red jade thumb ring that he had always kept hidden on his person and give it to Ye Weiwei. They all knew the meaning that the ring symbolized.
Old Master Qin pulled Ye Weiwei's hand and placed the ring directly in her palm. "Take it. If you don't like it, just keep it for me for now."
Since things had come to this point, Ye Weiwei felt she had no choice but to accept. Without much hesitation, she nodded and said, "Alright! I'll keep this for you for now. But let me make it clear, I'll just keep it for you. This can't be used to offset my consultation fee."
Grandpa Qin couldn't help but smile. "Alright."
After Ye Weiwei and Huo Xiao left, Du Zhenguo looked at the lingering smile on Old Master Qin's face and sighed, "Why did you give that thing away?"
You should know that Old Master Qin suffered a lot in order to keep this thing.
Even after they arrived here, those people came to search the place several times, but they couldn't find Old Master Qin anywhere.
It felt unreal that he had given away something he had risked his life to protect so easily.
For some reason, Old Master Qin recalled Huo Xiao's face, "That child and I clicked."
"Besides, in my current state, even if I had that thing, it would be nothing but an inanimate object! Having just come back from the brink of death, I've come to terms with it. If I were to die here, keeping those things would be a waste. I might as well give them to someone I like."
Du Zhenguo fell silent upon hearing his words.
After a long while, he sighed and said, "You're right. In this godforsaken place, we don't know when we'll be gone. What's the use of keeping those things? That young lady from Old Master Zhang's family is a good person. Giving it to her is the right choice."
Grandpa Qin nodded.
After Du Zhenguo figured it out, he rummaged through the thatched hut for a while and found an oil paper package from somewhere. When he opened it, he found a stack of house deeds and land deeds inside.
He spread these things out in front of everyone and said with a smile, "What do you think? If I give these house deeds and land deeds to Ye Zhiqing and Comrade Huo, could we exchange them for some grain and meat? I'm not greedy, how about one house deed for one pound of meat?"
He has a stack of twenty or thirty bills. At this rate, he should be able to exchange them for at least ten kilograms of meat, which should be enough for them to eat well for a while.
Old Master Qin chuckled: "How did you manage to bring all these things out here?"
Du Zhenguo beamed with pride, "I have a brilliant plan!"
After saying that, he sighed again: "My Du family was once a famous family with a history of hundreds of years. What are these few things? Before this incident, I had at least two or three hundred of these things. Now, all that's left is these."
I originally planned to keep these property deeds and land deeds from Beijing and Haicheng for my retirement, but now I see that these worthless pieces of paper are not as valuable as a piece of meat.
The others were also deeply saddened by Du Zhenguo's state.
Ye Weiwei was unaware that Du Zhenguo also wanted to exchange the property deeds in Beijing for meat with her. Ever since she returned home, she had been fiddling with the red jade thumb ring, her fingers tracing the patterns on it.
Huo Xiao reached out and snatched the ring, tossing it aside. Then, before Ye Weiwei could say anything, he put a bracelet on her wrist.
Ye Weiwei felt a cool touch, looked down, and froze.
She wore a red jade bracelet on her wrist. The quality of the bracelet looked even better than that of the red jade thumb ring, with a rich and alluring color.
She looked up, her eyes sparkling as she gazed at Huo Xiao.
Huo Xiao slightly raised his chin, deliberately looking away.
Ye Weiwei chuckled and tugged at Huo Xiao's sleeve, "Huo the Three-Year-Old, where did you get this bracelet? Is it for me?"
Huo Xiao snorted: "You're my only wife, who else would I give you?"
Ye Weiwei feigned displeasure: "Judging from your tone, do you think you have too few wives and want to find more concubines?"
She reached out and poked Huo Xiao's chest. "You little rascal, you've got some nerve!"
Huo Xiao grabbed Ye Weiwei's fingers, then looked down at the bright red mark on her fair wrist. A hint of satisfaction appeared on his face, but he quickly composed himself and said with a serious expression, "Isn't it pretty? I picked it out especially for you as a New Year's gift."
Ye Weiwei was surprised that Huo Xiao had prepared a New Year's gift for her, and she was very pleased. She liked the bracelet even more.
"Beautiful! My man's taste is definitely top-notch!"
Huo Xiao's gaze suddenly deepened as he stared at Ye Weiwei and asked, "So, do you prefer the bracelet I gave you, or the thumb ring that the old man gave you?"
Ye Weiwei: ……
This childish guy is really something!
It turns out we've been arguing about this all along!
He's jealous of a three-year-old child like Little Star, and he's jealous of an old man like Old Qin. Why doesn't he just live in a vat of vinegar?
"Of course I like bracelets, is that even a question?"
Huo Xiao's expression brightened considerably. "Then why were you staring at that ring for so long?"
Ye Weiwei: "I was just curious and took a second look. I was wondering if there was some special meaning behind Grandpa Qin carrying this with him?"
Huo Xiao retorted, "Whether it has any special significance or not, it's none of our business."
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