Seeing Wen Ruan's excited expression, Song Yan smiled and handed her the dressing box.
After taking it, Wen Ruan carefully felt around inside the box. Finally, she found a small gap at the very back and slowly pried it open with her fingernail, revealing a hidden compartment about three centimeters deep.
The interlayer was filled with small yellow croakers!
The two looked at each other in shock.
Wen Ruan carefully took out the small yellow croakers, exactly sixteen in total!
The two estimated that, based on the current gold price of over twelve yuan per gram, these estimates would be worth over seven thousand yuan.
Wen Ruan couldn't help but gasp. You have to understand that at this time, a second-level worker's salary is just over thirty yuan. The five thousand yuan dowry that Wen's parents gave her was money that they had worked hard to save up for more than half their lives.
There was also the savings book that Song Yan handed him when they got married. It contained his salary from two years of work, which was only a little over a thousand yuan. This sum of more than seven thousand yuan was undoubtedly a very generous gift.
Looking at the pile of things in front of her, Wen Ruan felt a surge of excitement, her hands trembled slightly, and she looked at Song Yan with great enthusiasm.
Song Yan smiled, patted Wen Ruan's head, and said, "You're getting excited already. Your mother has been talking about it for a long time. She saved up a box of jewelry for you, saying it was for her daughter-in-law. But she had someone store it away for her."
“I think Mom has noticed that things have calmed down a lot lately, and she’s preparing to take stock of her dowry that she kept back then. She’s contacting the old manager of the storage place. I’ll definitely tell you about it when the time comes.”
“You know a little about our grandfather’s skills, so almost everything that has been preserved must be a treasure. Don’t get too excited then,” Song Yan said to Wen Ruan with a teasing look.
"Waaaaah, I love Mom so much! She's truly the best mother-in-law in the world! Waaaaah, I promise I'll take good care of her from now on. If we ever get divorced, I'll take my mother-in-law with me! Waaaaah!" Wen Ruan was deeply moved.
No, you're all putting on a show of deep mother-in-law and daughter-in-law affection, so why is it that you're the one who gets blown away? Song Yan was speechless.
He stared at Wen Ruan with a serious expression: "What did you just say?"
Wen Ruan suddenly realized what she had just said, gave an awkward laugh, and then said ingratiatingly, "I spoke too quickly, it was definitely not what I really thought, Brother Song Yan, please don't mind."
Then she changed the subject: "So what do you think we should do with these things?" Wen Ruan suddenly felt a little melancholy, not knowing how to solve this problem. It would be difficult to explain if people found them at home.
If you sell it through some channel, it's not appropriate to keep the money anywhere. If you deposit it in a bank, it would be difficult to explain if a large sum of money suddenly appeared in your bank account. You know, these days, there are almost no people with 10,000 yuan in savings, so this would be too conspicuous.
Is this the trouble of the rich? Wen Ruan was somewhat worried.
Wen Ruan thought for a moment and said, "Didn't our two families agree to buy a house before we got married? We can exchange these things for some money, and then, together with what we have, we can see if we can buy a suitable small courtyard house."
“I really like the layout of that courtyard house. When the time comes, we won’t need our parents’ money anymore; it’s all their retirement money.”
Song Yan looked at Wen Ruan and nodded in agreement.
They decided to put the small yellow croakers back in their original place and hide them.
The two have been visiting the housing management bureau frequently these past few days to see if there are any suitable houses to buy. Once they find a suitable one, they'll sell these small yellow croakers and buy it.
The next morning, the two got up early, got ready, and prepared to go out.
We agreed today to deliver the high school textbooks I bought yesterday to Song Ling.
When Song's mother heard this, she also wanted to join in the fun. There was no other way, so Song's father had to put down what he was doing and ride his bicycle to take Song's mother along.
The group chatted and laughed, and time flew by; they arrived in less than an hour.
As soon as I entered the village, a lively sound came from the doorway; it turned out that someone was welcoming a bride.
The group quickly arrived at Song Yan's uncle's house, where Miao Cuihua greeted them with a happy expression and warmly welcomed them.
Wen Ruan untied the textbooks from the handlebars and had Song Yan carry them to Song Ling. She then carefully inquired about Song Ling's progress in studying at home these past few days and whether there were any problems.
After the two had finished their conversation, Wen Ruan suddenly remembered the wedding procession she had just seen and asked curiously, "As soon as I entered the village today, I saw a wedding procession. Which family is getting married today?"
“Jin Hua,” Song Ling said with a complicated expression.
"Huh? With whom? That female educated youth from Shanghai?" Wen Ruan was shocked. Just last week, she had personally witnessed Jin Hua pestering Song Ling. And now, only a few days later, they're already married?
"No, sister-in-law, on the very night you went back, Jin Hua and the brigade leader's daughter went into the woods and were caught red-handed by Zhao, the educated youth."
"Huh?" These few words shocked Wen Ruan several times.
"Is Zhao Zhiqing the same female educated youth from Shanghai that I often talk about?" Wen Ruan asked doubtfully.
"Yes, that's her. It seems that Jin, the educated youth, arranged to meet Wu Qingqing from the brigade leader's family. That night, when Jin Hua went out, Zhao, the educated youth, caught him red-handed. He wanted to see what Jin Hua was doing out so late at night, so he followed him."
"As a result, they ran into Jin Zhiqing and Wu Qingqing having a secret rendezvous. It is said that the two of them were hugging each other. Zhao Zhiqing was furious and tore at them, causing a huge commotion."
"It just so happens that Aunt Hua's house is nearby. Aunt Hua came out to use the toilet at night and heard it. She thought someone was stealing something, so she alerted all the neighbors."
"Anyway, by the next morning, everyone knew that Jin Hua and Wu Qingqing had been caught by Zhao Zhiqing while they were out in the woods the night before, and the news spread like wildfire throughout the village," Song Ling concluded.
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