656: I can’t accept such a valuable thing
While Yu Xiaoye was angry, he tried hard to save his collapsed image. He quickly found clothes to put on, returned to the space as quickly as possible, took a shower, brushed his teeth, tied his hair, and tidied the room.
Get everything done in ten minutes.
Then he tried to calm his breathing, pretended to be calm and graceful (but actually he was terrified), walked out of the room, and walked down the stairs slowly.
When I went downstairs, I realized that I was still not feeling well. I was worried that someone would notice something, so I had to hold on to the stairs.
Downstairs, Zhuang Huaijian heard the sound of someone coming down the stairs and hurried over to ask in a coaxing tone:
"Are you awake, Ono?"
Yu Xiaoye smiled awkwardly but politely, explaining why he accidentally slept until after eleven o'clock:
"I'm sorry, auntie. I was so tired from dancing yesterday that I slept so soundly."
Zhuang Huaijian smiled gently:
"Yeah, so many things happened yesterday, it's time to rest. It's okay, just get enough sleep."
Yu Xiaoye: “——” I always feel that my future mother-in-law’s words are full of hidden meanings.
So much had happened—yes, it was true, a lot had happened.
Zhuang Huaijian greeted Yu Xiaoye with a smile as she came down the stairs. Perhaps because she had a good sleep, Yu Xiaoye looked even more fresh and beautiful than yesterday, with rosy cheeks. If you didn't know her better, you would think she had put on makeup and dressed up.
When I came downstairs, I smelled the aroma of food coming from the kitchen. Aunt Zhang was already making lunch.
"Are you hungry? Lunch will be ready soon. If you're really hungry, I'll find something to fill your stomach."
Yu Xiaoye, who was already starving, smiled and shook his head:
"It's okay, auntie, I'm not hungry yet."
"Then you wait a little longer. Sit over here and have a cup of hot water."
Zhuang Huaijian led Yu Xiaoye to sit on the sofa. Zhou Ziying heard Yu Xiaoye's movement and came out of his parents' bedroom and took out some jewelry that his mother had secretly collected.
When Zhuang Huaijian was young, her family was quite wealthy. They opened several shops in the city in their early years. Moreover, the Zhuang family had relatively open-minded ideas. Although Zhuang Huaijian was a girl, they sent her to a foreign school, paid for her to finish her education at a women's university, and gave her a lot of dowry when she got married.
Although a lot of the gold and silver jewelry were lost later, most of them were kept.
When my daughter got married, I gave her a portion of it as a dowry, and now I still have some valuable things in my hands.
Zhou Ziying took out a gold ring, a Rolex watch, and two pieces of transparent jade, placed them in front of Yu Xiaoye, and asked Yu Xiaoye if he liked them.
Yu Xiaoye was a little confused by the question and didn't dare to answer. He looked at Zhou Ziying with a questioning look.
Zhou Ziying said with a smile:
"This is what my mother gave you."
When Yu Xiaoye heard this, he quickly shook his head:
"Thank you, Auntie. I can't accept such a valuable thing."
Although Yu Xiaoye didn't know much about gold, silver, jade and other things, he could guess that these things should be good things, the gold was pure gold, and the jade was good jade.
Seeing Yu Xiaoye's refusal, Zhuang Huaijian took Yu Xiaoye's hand and said:
"Xiao Ye, it's okay. Since you have entered our house, you are a family. These things are just a little gift from me. Please don't despise them."
"I don't mind!"
"If you don't mind, take it."
“——”
Before Yu Xiaoye could say anything more, Zhuang Huaijian had already put the ancient gold ring on her ring finger, then admired it with a smile:
"The size is quite suitable, but the style is a bit old-fashioned, from decades ago. It's not popular now. I'll find a goldsmith to make you a fashionable pattern."
Yu Xiaoye looked at the golden ring on her finger. She felt that although the style was old, the craftsmanship was exquisite and the shape was sophisticated. From her perspective as a person in the 21st century, it had a sense of historical weight. It was no longer just gold, but more like an antique.
Besides, the aesthetics of the 1970s are sometimes hard to describe in words.
Rather than rebuilding it, it’s better to keep it as it is:
"Aunt, this ring is already very beautiful. Although the style is a bit old, who knows, in a few years, this style may become popular again. It will be difficult to make it exactly the same then, so it's better not to touch it easily."
Zhuang Huaijian listened to Yu Xiaoye's words and expressed his admiration:
"Xiao Ye has good taste. Actually, I also think this ring is very beautiful. Back then, I hired the best goldsmith in the city to make it. The labor alone cost two dollars. Now it's hard to find a goldsmith with such fine craftsmanship, so I kept it and didn't touch it. I'm giving it to you today because I'm afraid you won't like the style. If you like it, then I won't change it!"
"Aunt, thank you for your kindness, but I really can't accept it. You've kept this ring for so many years, it must be very meaningful. Why don't you keep it for yourself?"
Zhuang Huaijian firmly grasped Yu Xiaoye's hand with the ring on it, refusing to let go:
"Xiao Ye, I know you're already with Hengzi. Auntie likes you very much and already considers you her daughter-in-law. We'll be a family from now on, so don't be so distant with me. These things are part of the betrothal gift to you. If you refuse them, it means you don't really want to be with Hengzi."
"No, aunt, I really want to be with him--" Yu Xiaoye's voice became lower and lower as he said this, and he blushed at the end.
Zhuang Huaijian saw the shyness on her face and said with a smile:
"Then just take it. I'm giving it to you, not to anyone else, right?"
Yu Xiaoye didn't know how to refuse.
Zhou Ziying picked up another watch and said:
"And this watch, a Rolex, was bought by my parents when they got married. It's a foreign brand. It's been around for decades and the movement is very accurate, but the chain is a little worn. I'll take it to a watch shop and get a new chain and I'll give it to you."
Yu Xiaoye wanted to refuse again, but seeing that the attitude of Zhou's mother and daughter was not polite to her at all, it would be a bit ungrateful if she simply refused.
Looking at the ring on his hand, and then at the two transparent jades, Yu Xiaoye smiled awkwardly:
"Okay, Auntie, I'll put it away for you first. If you want to take a look at it someday, just tell me and I'll take it out for you."
"Oh, okay," Zhuang Huaijian was very happy. "Xiao Ye, no matter what your aunt gives you in the future, just take it. Don't forget, we are a family."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you, auntie."
Yu Xiaoye went upstairs with the gold ring and two pieces of jade given by her future mother-in-law, and carefully put the things into her bag.
Thinking about what the future mother-in-law said, she must have known that their son had a relationship with her.
How shameful—
I don’t know if they heard any noise I made last night.
I can’t think about it, I can’t think about it. The more I think about it, the more my scalp tingles.
Yu Xiaoye forced herself not to think too much, put the gold ring and jade in her bag and hurried downstairs.
When I came downstairs, I was supposed to wait for Zhou Jingru to come back for dinner.
But they waited for a long time and did not wait for Zhou Jingru to come back, but waited for a soldier.
The soldier came over to report that Mr. Zhou had been invited home by Mr. You for dinner, and asked them not to wait any longer.
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