After a while, Ophelia got into Dulin's car. They needed to prepare something for the engagement ceremony next week, such as an engagement ring.
In fact, the frequency of engagement rings in today's society is not high. The consumption power of the working class limits their expenditure on engagement. Most of them will use wedding rings instead of engagement rings at the engagement ceremony. Wear it again when the time comes.
But aristocrats are a stereotyped group. They always don’t know how to adapt to many things. Of course, it is also possible that this inflexibility is one of the ways for them to show themselves to be unique in this society without aristocrats and classes. Then Some things in the engagement ceremony are particularly important.
For example, this engagement ring is not used in most engagements.
There are many jewelry shops in the imperial capital, some of which are only open to nobles. Most of the operators of these jewelry shops have specialized in serving the nobles for several generations, and even longer, they have become not considered a noble class. But it is a special service class that is higher than the civilian class.
Serving the nobles improved their social status, which was also the basis of their survival, so even if they entered a new era and new society, they would still not be open to ordinary people.
This time they went to such a jewelry store. It had a small front door with a statue of the founder and a signboard. After pushing the door in, it was not as luxurious as those jewelry stores open to the public. Instead, it seemed a bit shabby.
Display cabinets were hung on three walls. There were not many special jewelry displays inside. An old craftsman was sitting behind the counter. When the doorbell rang, he stood up immediately and greeted, "Dear guests, welcome to Austria." Sibao Jewelry Store, what kind of service do you two need? ”
There was a small sofa set in the room for sitting and talking. After Dulin and Ophelia sat down, Dulin said, "We need an engagement ring for the engagement ceremony. They said I am here." I can get what I need.”
The old man bowed slightly. The weather was already very hot at this time. Even though there was a cold circulation system in the room, the temperature in the room was still 23, 45 degrees. However, he was wearing a complete set of formal clothes, with four pieces inside and outside. She is wearing a set, and her hair is combed meticulously. The shiny scalp outside the retreated hairline can reflect the splendid decoration on the ceiling.
"This is the recognition of my distinguished guests, Mr. Dulin, Miss Ophelia, please take a look at this album first..." He took out two albums from the cabinet on the side and handed them to the two of them. Now The whole central and northern part of the empire are discussing this marriage. It is impossible not to know these two people, not to mention that Du Lin spent 10 million to establish an angel charity fund, which made Ophelia even more In an instant, he became the most jealous object of many girls in the empire.
Du Lin opened the picture album given to him by the shop owner. There were many kinds of engagement rings in it. The bodies of these rings were different. The only similarity was the huge gemstones.
The word "huge" is very accurate. In these albums, the gemstone on the smallest engagement ring is as big as a quail egg, and it is also famous on that page. This is a certain day of a certain month of a certain year. The ring used by the viscount when he was engaged to a certain noble lady.
If you look at the bigger picture, there are also some rings ordered by the Dukes. Each gemstone is the size of an egg. Dulin is a little curious. Wearing this thing... won't it be tiring
He glanced at Ophelia, who was in high spirits, and felt that she wouldn't be tired.
After flipping through many pages, the two put down the picture album. To be honest, the things on it were very beautiful, but almost most of them were customized by others. This was not very good, and it also made the two of them a little strange. Why did they put out such a picture album? Here comes the album.
At this time, the shop owner, who had been waiting quietly for a long time, explained, "The engagement rings in these albums are all from our shop. While letting you know the history of our shop, it also gives you a deep understanding of the details of engagement rings." Get acquainted, and then we will tailor the most suitable engagement ring for the beautiful lady according to your needs.”
What followed was a painting class. Dulin and Ophelia made requests, and then the shop owner quickly drew them and then made modifications. Finally, after about forty minutes of revisions, the style of the engagement ring was finally decided.
The body of the ring will be made of platinum and gold to resemble the outline of a love tree leaf, which is a unique plant from the southern part of the empire. In fact, this plant is not "one" or "one", but is composed of two completely different species. Plants develop naturally.
Some biologists have revealed the essence of the love tree - it is an ordinary plant plus a parasitic plant, which cannot be associated with love.
However, the market does not accept this truth. People are more willing to believe that this is a special plant that can only exist in pairs. Without either one, the other will quickly wither. They are also willing to believe that people's love will be like this love tree, forever. entwined together, irrespective of each other.
The ring will be set with a colorful gemstone, which is made of six different colors of gemstones bonded and polished using a special process. In the words of the shop owner, this engagement ring symbolizes colorful and beautiful love.
For this, Du Lin needs to pay a custom-made fee of 30,000 yuan. Love is such a luxury!
Since engagement rings are made here, wedding rings and a series of matching accessories are also made here.
More than an hour later, Du Lin stood at the door of the store and couldn't help but look back. In less than two hours, this jewelry store took away nearly 200,000 yuan from him in the name of love. He had one I had the illusion that I was being robbed
Of course, Ophelia didn't feel too deeply about this amount of money, because the dignity of nobles was often reflected in the details, and they couldn't show off in the market with gold chains of three or five gold items.
But in some details that are often overlooked, there are trinkets worth dozens of kilograms of gold that quietly demonstrate the noble status of the wearer.
As the shop owner said, wedding rings need low-key luxury. Married life is like this, closer to the essence. In order to wear a wedding ring on different occasions without looking too obtrusive, it is natural to wear a series of accessories that can complement the wedding ring on the finger.
As big as a corsage or as small as a cufflink, the same style, the same style, the same artistic source, every little accessory requires a terrible design fee.
Why are there always so many people in the Royal Academy? Because knowledge can really sell for money!
The next time became happy and leisurely. Dulin took Ophelia to an amusement park.
Since Dooling became popular in the movie-themed amusement park in District 8, amusement parks everywhere have added the word "theme", from car-themed amusement parks to phone-themed amusement parks. In short, tourists now like it very much.
In the Imperial Capital, there is also a theme amusement park, but it does not have a serious theme. On the contrary, it is very happy, because this amusement park is owned by Dulin.
After the success of the movie-themed amusement park in District 8, he immediately bought a piece of land outside the imperial capital to build an amusement park. It had nothing to do with heavy stuff, it was all about light things.
This was Ophelia's first time coming to the amusement park, and just standing at the door made her impatient. Dulin looked at her with some sympathy. Being born into a big family may not always be a good thing, but there are also sad things.
"Can we...can we go in and play for a while?" Ophelia thought Dulin was just passing by, so she begged pitifully, "Just for a while!"
Nobles are very strict about underage girls. For commoners, children are considered adults when they are sixteen years old, but girls among nobles are not truly adults until they are twenty years old, even if they are already sixteen years old. The coming-of-age ceremony was completed.
In fact, this kind of strict attitude that can be said to be unhuman comes from the fact that in history, there have always been a few ignorant aristocratic ladies and commoners who ran away. This kind of "scandal" that corrupted the family tradition seriously damaged the family. The dignity and image of nobles, so before the age of twenty, you want to go to crowded places and play with commoners
hehe!
Dulin looked at his watch and then nodded, "Of course, it is the responsibility of every gentleman to make a beautiful girl happy."
"Awesome, you're the best!" Ophelia waved her forearms excitedly. She pulled Dulin into the amusement park, then shuttled among various large amusement machines, looking at a group of People screamed loudly with excitement...
If someone asks you if you are looking for excitement, it does not mean that your behavior is rude, nor does it mean that the other person wants to beat you. He just wants to ask you if you want to go to an amusement park.
You tell him: "Yes, that's what I think. Are you also looking for excitement?" This way the other party can understand your true intentions and avoid misunderstandings.
Spending money for excitement is the most attractive part of the amusement park. From the moment you enter the park, there are screams everywhere. This makes Ophelia nervously hold Dulin's hand and stretch her head like a little squirrel. Look everywhere, now at this, now at that.
After experiencing the pirate ship with a pale face, Ophelia felt that it might not be as fun as she imagined, it was too scary!
"You know? My hair was flying just now. It was so scary. Why is there such a game here?" She patted her beating chest, "My heart is about to jump out!"
Du Lin said with some regret, "Your clothes are blocking your view, so I can't see you."
Ophelia was startled for a moment, glared at Dulin angrily with a girlish look, and ran out with a smile...
(End of chapter)