Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 674: A rare moment of generosity

In addition, Chu Xiangqian only doted on the little thing Qiu, which made the three patriotic brothers feel that their eldest brother looked down on them.

Some even disliked the three brothers because they were slow in learning martial arts and had no talent.

I was beaten too many times and felt unloved.

Naturally, he didn't have the confidence to rely on Chu's forward momentum to act recklessly outside.

Otherwise, when Chu Qianqian gets angry, it won't be as simple as lashing out with the stick a few times.

Moreover, as my second uncle, I know Chu Xiangqian, my nephew, very well. I have said before that if you want to do business if you love the country and the people, you must have two sons and be over 30 years old.

Even if the two daughters-in-law and nephew-in-law were to cause trouble again, it would not change Chu Xiangqian's decision.

Thinking of this, the second uncle smiled and nodded, "How about telling you and your daughter-in-law tomorrow that the Yu family's father-in-law is not in the capital.

Then treat the Yu sisters to a meal on the second day of the Lunar New Year? "

Chu Qianqian shook his head helplessly, said something to his second uncle, second aunt, and third uncle, got up and went to the secret room of this courtyard house.

Xue Jinglan knew where the secret room was, but she had never entered it.

Seeing that Aiqiu was holding the golden goat and not letting go, even after thinking about it, she ran to Xue Jinglan instead of handing it over to her biological mother.

The second aunt's head was suddenly covered with black lines. Xue Jinglan happily picked up Ai Qiu and kissed her several times on the forehead.

Chu Qianqian, who originally only wanted to give her 10 yuan, thought about it, reached into his pocket, and selected a palm-sized pure gold Asan style from the treasures of the Tianzhu Temple in the Novice Village warehouse. Goat, hand it to Ai Qiu.

There are also rings, brooches and other jewelry, and even the occasional treasure chest of gold pocket watches.

In the red envelopes of the three brothers Aiguo, Aimin, and Ailin, there are 10 big black bulls, which is 100 yuan.

In this era, it might only be 10,000 or 20,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The panicked Chu Qianqian hurriedly held her arm. Kaikai Yuan had to kowtow to him for the New Year's money.

As for yellow diamonds, they are quite valuable. This necklace will probably be worth more than a 30-square-meter house in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island in fifty or sixty years.

The second aunt nodded hurriedly. My father-in-law is not in the capital, so there is no need to come to visit on the second day of the lunar new year to pay New Year greetings, and we can just have a meal together.
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Early the next morning, Chu Xiangqian paid New Year's greetings to his second uncle, second aunt, and third uncle.

When it was Ehime's turn, Ehime, who was already 20 years old, still cared about whether she had grown up or not. She knelt on the ground and wanted to kowtow to Chu Qianqian.

And the little thing Ai Qiu is also the one who bothers the big brother the most.

His younger brothers, sisters and wives began to pay him New Year greetings.

Hundreds of bracelets, necklaces, and tiaras inlaid with rubies, sapphires, and diamonds.

"Sister-in-law, can you keep it safe for me?"

Le's three brothers all smiled crookedly.

In the eyes of the little thing, the golden goat is lifelike, and he doesn't care whether the thing is pure gold.

It can be said that the diamond bracelet that I just took out in desperation is not even average among all jewelry.

Even though it was only about the size of a palm, it weighed seven or eight kilograms. Ai Qiu almost lost her grip.

When he took it with both hands, he almost didn't hold it firmly.

One look and he knew it was definitely a treasure, secretly thinking that Chu Xiangqian was too doting on Ai Qiu.

This string of diamond necklaces can be stored in the temple treasury, not only are they each the size of a soybean.

This time it is inevitable to lose money and send red envelopes to everyone.

At this time, even Xue Jinglan, Hong Kong Sheng and Feifei started pouting.

However, Xue Jinglan had sense and knew that it was best to leave this matter to the second aunt. To avoid unnecessary trouble in the future.

After all, a white diamond the size of a soybean will only cost tens of thousands of dollars each, even decades later.

There were also 4 soybean-sized yellow diamonds mixed in the middle, and the craftsmanship was extremely high. After Chu Xiangqian took it out, he felt a little regretful.

When she heard Feifei say with envy that it was worth at least 20,000 to 30,000 Hong Kong dollars, Ehime kowtowed to Chu Xiangqian with all her heart.

Chu Xiangqian's mentality immediately relaxed again.

Diamonds are also used on the left and right sides of the belly to create two identical patterns.

Chu Qianqian had no choice but to pull Ehime up. At the same time, he reached into his pocket, took out a diamond bracelet from the Novice Village warehouse, and placed it directly on her wrist.

There seems to be no point in just arguing with the younger sister, and everyone knows that the eldest brother always loves the younger sister the most.

It’s even harder to just love the country, the people and the forest.

The toes on the goat's hooves are inlaid with 12 diamonds.

Ai Qiu knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed to Chu Qianqian.

The rest of the Chu family saw that Ai Qiu had actually obtained such a large piece of gold, and the goat's eyes were obviously inlaid with a pair of rubies.

Ehime looked left and right, and immediately felt that this diamond necklace must be very valuable.

Tianzhu has been the origin of raw materials for diamonds, rubies and sapphires since ancient times, and they are of excellent color.

But when I thought about the 12 silk bags in my hand that contained rubies, sapphires, colored diamonds, and white diamonds of different sizes.

Aiguo, Aimin and Ai Lin suddenly felt that their elder brother no longer loved them.

Others, not even Hong Kong Sheng and Feifei, let alone the second and third uncles, don't know.

Ten minutes later, Chu Qianqian returned to the main hall with nine boxes. He opened two boxes first, revealed two gold pocket watches inside and handed them to his second uncle and third uncle.

This thing is not an antique, but because Chu Xiangqian likes to collect watches and is interested in pocket watches.

So whenever that girl Margaret goes shopping and sees a watch or pocket watch she likes, as long as the price is not too expensive and it is a new luxury product, she will buy it and keep it for Chu Xiangqian.

So Chu Xiangqian had at least a dozen luxury watches and pocket watches in his hands.

And now I don’t want to wear the pocket watch anymore. I gave it to my second and third uncles and treated it as a collection for them to play with at home.

The second uncle and the third uncle laughed so hard that Chu Qianqian took out another box and opened it, revealing a pair of gold and ruby ​​bracelets inside.

Anyway, there is no shortage of rubies for Chu Xiangqian, let alone the novice village that can produce rubies.

But in the eyes of Chinese people, rubies are more festive than sapphires and diamonds, and are therefore more popular.

The second aunt saw that she had gifts, and they were such a beautiful pair of bracelets. She was very polite, but it was impossible for her to take them off her wrists.

But the second aunt also knew that this thing could only be hidden at home, and occasionally taken out to look at at night.

If you really wear it, you will cause trouble for yourself.

I sighed with emotion that I am a country girl, but when I am old, I can still wear jewelry that even the nobles in the old society could not buy.

The second uncle rolled his eyes, and after hearing the second aunt sigh a few more times, he looked at Aiguo and Ailin and said, "It just so happens that after you two brothers get married, mom will have something to give to your daughter-in-law. I'll tell you then. It’s a family heirloom, just one for each daughter-in-law, so you don’t say I’m partial.”

Aiguo and Ailin looked happy, but Chu Xiangqian shook his head and said, "Aunt, you can keep these things for yourself."

After saying that, he took out two of the remaining six boxes and gave them to the second aunt and one to the third uncle.

"It just so happens that the whole family is here. These three things are considered heirlooms passed down by the second and third brothers to their younger siblings when Ai Guo, Ai Min, and Ai Lin got married."

Ai Guo, Ai Min and Ai Lin were really excited now. Their eyes looked expectantly at the box in the hands of the second aunt and third uncle.

Unexpectedly, although the second aunt and the third uncle were tempted at first and wanted to open it, they suddenly gave up the idea at the same time.

Just put the box in your pocket.

It made Patriot, Lover and Lin feel itchy, but they didn't dare to insist on taking a look in front of Chu Qianqian.

Afterwards, Chu Xiangqian handed over the last three boxes to Xue Jinglan, Hong Kong Sheng and Feifei.

The three girls happily borrowed the jewelry box. However, although the three of them eagerly opened it, they avoided the three of them.

But when they saw the box, there were actually three pink diamond rings, and all of them had pink diamonds the size of thumbnails. The three girls couldn't care less about keeping a low profile.

Feifei took it out directly and put it on her finger.

Feifei's and Hong Kong's are basically the same size, one is 4.1 carats and the other is 4.3 carats.

Only Xue Jinglan’s pink diamond is almost 0.9 carats larger.

Pink diamonds of this level were considered treasures even in ancient times.

If it is sent for auction in a few decades, it will cost tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars at least.

It is possible that Xue Jinglan's piece could be auctioned for 100 to 200 million yuan.

This time it was Ehime's turn to pout, but considering that her elder brother gave her a diamond ring, it seemed that she really couldn't give herself such a gift.

I could only sit in envy between Xue Jinglan and Feifei, muttering that it was so beautiful.

The second aunt couldn't help but peek at the two jewelry boxes. She felt relieved when she saw two white jade bracelets inside.

In fact, before the new millennium, diamonds were not considered mainstream in China. In the hearts of Chinese people in the 60s, they were far inferior to rubies and sapphires, let alone a pair of mutton-fat white jade bracelets.

Afterwards, the second aunt couldn't hold it back anymore and secretly asked Xue Jinglan how much this kind of bracelet was worth. Xue Jinglan didn't know much about this aspect.

But she has also lived in Hong Kong Island for more than a year. She usually goes shopping with Hong Kong students. At first, she only went to ordinary stores.

But as time passed, Xue Jinglan gradually began to dare to spend money as she pleased.

After Feifei, Ehime, Linda, and Alyssa started to get in touch with her, she visited gold stores many times.

Thinking of a similar bracelet I had seen in a jewelry store, I finally priced it at HK$2.

Unexpectedly, Feifei shook her head directly, looked at Xue Jinglan and said in disagreement, "Sister, the jade bracelets in the jewelry stores in Hong Kong are nowhere comparable to the bracelets collected by the master.

I think this pair of bracelets costs less than 3 yuan individually. If they are paired, they can be sold for to yuan.

There is also the pair of ruby ​​gold bracelets that my aunt has, which are about the same price. "

The second aunt was so frightened that she almost didn't dare to ask for these two pairs of bracelets, and then her whole body became elated.

After she calmed down, she felt even more proud.

Fortunately, I gave birth to two brothers, Ai Guo and Ai Lin, for the old Chu family. Otherwise, like the third brother who only had Aimin, he would only have one.

But after feeling secretly happy in my heart, I remembered that my third sister-in-law had left early, otherwise she would have been like myself and felt that the hardships I had endured in the past were not in vain.

Thinking of this, I actually made a plan to pass on the pair of bracelets I own to Ehime and Aiqiu when they get married.
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Aiqiu's golden goat was finally taken away by her second aunt, which made the little girl unhappy.

Fortunately, she was still just a 7-year-old baby. The second aunt gave her fifty cents and asked Aiguo, Aimin and Ailin to take her to the utility room to get some loose firecrackers to go out and play. She immediately forgot about the golden goat.

Early the next morning, Chu Xiangqian took Xue Jinglan and the New Year's greetings to his father-in-law's house.

My eldest uncle Xue Jianrong cannot come back to celebrate the New Year this year because he is leading troops on the plateau.

The second uncle, Xue Jianguo, was at home, but he didn't know what he was busy with, so he went out early on the New Year's Day.

Aunt Xue Hongmei and uncle Qiu Xixi work in their workplace in the capital city. Moreover, the uncle has no ambitions and lives a very stable life.

Cousin Qiu Jie and cousin Qiu Wan, when they saw Chu Qianqian and Xue Jinglan, they ran over and asked for lucky money.

Chu Xiangqian and Xue Jinglan were not stingy either. The couple originally only needed to give two red envelopes, but Qiu Jie and Qiu Wan got four in the end.

Le's brother and sister almost jumped.

As for my uncle Xue Xiaoyi, my aunt Pang Yufen, and the third generation of the Xue family, Xue Jianshe, because my uncle is really unavailable in the south, he did not come back to celebrate the New Year this year.

As my uncle's hometown is in the south, he doesn't have many holidays, so he simply celebrates the New Year at his own home, and then goes to my father-in-law's place for a party on the first day of the new year.

So when Chu Qianqian and Xue Jinglan came to the door, the old man, the old lady, the father-in-law, and the mother-in-law were so happy.

However, Chu Xiangqian only had lunch at Xue's house, and then took Xue Jinglan to the Luoguxiang courtyard.

When the neighbors in the yard saw that he and Xue Jinglan were back, they all took the initiative to come to pay New Year's greetings.

After the third uncle came to visit with his three sons and one daughter regardless of his face, Chu Xiangqian could only go to the deaf old lady in the backyard to pay New Year's greetings, followed by the first uncle, the second uncle, and other older neighbors in the yard.

To avoid being accused of not knowing etiquette.

The second uncle also hinted to Chu Xiangqiang, his meaning was obvious. He had collected a lot of antiques and was waiting to exchange them with Chu Xiangqiang.

Naturally, Chu Xiangqian would not refuse. No matter how the deal was made, he would still get the advantage in the end.

When they arrived at Jia's house, Qin Huairu suppressed her excitement and chatted with Chu Xiangqian for a few words. Seeing that Chu Xiangqian hinted that he would look for her in the next few days, Qin Huairu wished that he would leave early.

In order not to offend Jia Zhang, unexpectedly, although Jia Zhang was angry, her face could not help but smile, and she even took the initiative to say a few auspicious words to Chu Qianqian.

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but admire Qin Huairu's methods.

After that, anyone of the same age in the yard was no longer worthy of his special visit.

As for the little ones in the yard, they were so excited when they saw Xue Jinglan, Ai Yuan and Ai Qiu bringing out peanuts, melon seeds, fruit candies, red dates, preserved fruits, and chestnuts to distribute.

The auspicious words for New Year greetings are also said with open mouth.

When Chu Qianqian came out with a chair and distributed the New Year's money, everyone was kowtowing. Seeing that everyone was getting 5 cents, the little dolls and half a dozen children behind him became even more active in kowtowing.

Chu Xiangqian did not specifically target Banggan and his sister Xiaodang this time.

And Bangge probably knew that Chu Xiangqian was an official and the most powerful person in the yard, so his attitude towards him was completely different from that towards Silly Zhu in the TV series.

When I pull Xiaodang to kowtow, I call him "Qin" when I call him "Uncle Qiang" or "Uncle Qiang".

(End of this chapter)