"Duan Erlu and I grew up together. When his family first moved in, I was the only one he played with. One day, he accidentally let it slip." Li Jiakang then warned, "Just keep this a secret for you. Don't spread it out, or both our families will be in trouble."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"No wonder Uncle Duan was so nice to me before." Li Ping muttered softly, then asked, "Xiao Qiang, what happened at Uncle Duan's house?"
"My dad said his wife was sick and he couldn't afford the treatment. Later, my dad felt bad for accepting this thing, so he gave him some more. When Zeming was born, his wife was almost fully recovered."
After hearing this, no one knew what to say.
After a moment of silence, Li Jiakang said, "I misunderstood you just now, but we still can't accept this gold bracelet. You should take it back to Zeming."
Li Qiang walked quickly to the table, took out the bracelet, and after looking at it for a while, he pointed to a place on the inside of the bracelet and said, "Uncle, look, there is Wen Bo's name engraved on it. Our family prepared it specially for Wen Bo.
When this big yellow croaker was handed to me, my father specifically told me to find someone to cast it into nine bracelets, saying that they would all be for our first children. If you don't accept it now, my father will definitely come to you after the disaster is over.
Besides, this thing isn't that precious. Uncle Duan has a large yellow croaker, but he can't even afford medical treatment, right? "
Li Jiakang looked at Li Wenbai's name, exchanged glances with Sun Xiu, and then nodded in agreement. "Okay, I'll shamelessly accept it. I'll thank your father later."
Li Qiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. "If that's considered shameless, then our family must be thicker than a city wall to accept three jobs."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone burst into laughter.
They chatted for a while, and then Hu Guilan and Qin Hua came in holding the coaxed child.
Seeing the two little kids’ red eyes, Mr. and Mrs. Sun Xiu felt so distressed.
Each of them took one and kept teasing it.
After a while, Sun Yizhuo's brother and Hu Guilan's parents came over.
They also prepared gifts for Li Wenbai.
Although it is not expensive, it shows their thoughtfulness.
What the Li family members didn’t expect the most was that Du Hong and Du Ming also came, and Du Hong even brought a special gift.
Originally, Hu Guilan refused.
She felt that Li Xu had already given her a gift and should not accept anything from Du Hong.
But Du Hong insisted that she and Li Xu had not yet married and they should be considered separately.
Du Ming and his wife beside him also tried to persuade him.
In the end, Hu Guilan had no choice but to accept it.
When everyone left, each of them received a few red eggs as a gift in return.
Originally, Li Xu wanted to send Du Hong and the other two back, but they did not agree.
He had no choice but to give up.
The Li family returned to the main hall. Hu Guilan took out the gold bracelet from the box and put it on Li Wenbo's hand to try it out. Then she said, "This bracelet is a bit big. Let's save it for Wenbo first and give it to him when he gets married."
Li Ping looked at her with amusement, "Why, if it's not too big, you still want to put it on him?"
"It's fine to wear it at home, but it must never be seen by outsiders." Sun Xiu interrupted, "This thing can be regarded as a family heirloom."
Li Xu smacked his lips. "Second Uncle is really generous. He only had one large yellow croaker, but he was willing to forge it into nine bracelets, and he gave them away as a gift. So, when Zeming turns one, what should our family give him?"
This made everyone scratch their heads. Li Jiakang also frowned. "It's true. At this time, this thing can be called valuable or not. If we count it as a valuable item, the return gift will be a real hassle."
The problem is that Li Jiafu sent more than one copy.
He also planned to give a gold bracelet to Li Xu and his friends' first child.
Li Jiakang naturally had to do the same.
He needed to prepare a gift for the first child of Li Qiang and his brothers.
But if gold is considered a valuable item, I really don't know what to give as a return gift...
After pondering for a while, Sun Xiu asked, "How about we find a way to get some gold back and make some jewelry for them?"
Li Ping shook his head. "Mom, that's a good idea, but where are we going to get the gold? Are we going to trade it on the black market?"
"Forget it. This thing must be traded for food. Taking food into the black market at this time is no different from seeking death." Li Jiakang waved his hand and said.
Sun Xiu also had a worried look on his face. "Then what do you think we should do?"
At this time, Li Xu hesitated and said, "Even if you have gold, when you find someone to make jewelry, aren't you afraid that someone will steal your money and kill you?"
To be honest, he still hasn't figured out this problem.
How did Li Qiang and his friends dare to ask someone to make a gold bracelet?
To take a step back, even if someone didn't commit murder for money, if he stole some gold, who would be able to find out?
"There are only a few people in our county who can make gold and silver jewelry. They used to be craftsmen in gold and silver shops. Later, the shops went bankrupt, so they made things for others privately to support their families. Their reputation is first-class, and they never ask too many questions. They are very tight-lipped.
Moreover, if they were out to kill for money, they would definitely kill the entire family, otherwise there would be a risk of the news getting out. In all these years, have you ever heard of such a thing happening in our county?"
After listening to Li Ping's explanation, Li Xu nodded thoughtfully.
It seems that those craftsmen are more law-abiding and are satisfied with just taking some processing fees to make a living.
Thinking of this, he said, "When the time comes, I will bring back two large yellow croakers. You will pay for 15 sets of jewelry, four of which will be given to Brother Qiang and his family. This will be a token of our family's appreciation."
Hearing this, everyone looked at him in amazement.
Then they all asked, "Xiao Xu, where did you get two big yellow croakers?"
"I exchanged two of them with someone before, but I never told you. I'll ask them to make them look nicer. It definitely can't be as simple as this gold bracelet."
There are several large yellow croakers in Li Xu's space, so it doesn't matter if he takes out two.
What's more, when he exchanged these things, they were no different from the price of cabbage, so naturally he didn't feel bad about it.
Of course, there is no need to feel sad.
If the two large yellow croakers were kept for another 40 years, their total value would only be tens of thousands of yuan.
If it is kept for 60 years, it will only be 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.
He felt that if he still cared about this little money when he reached that age, it would be a disgrace to all the other travelers...
Besides, he wanted someone to make it more exquisite, so he would definitely spend a lot of money.
So I plan to let Li Jiakang and others pay for it.
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