That evening.
It was still half daylight, but the sun was setting.
Dong Xuebin checked the pair of pink diamonds again and again, carefully placed them in his arms, and quietly left the courtyard of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
There is a Huā shop diagonally across the road.
Dong Xuebin took a look and quickly walked inside.
"Hello, sir." A female clerk said with a smile: "What kind of flowers can I look at?"
"Are there any roses?" Dong Xuebin glanced at "red roses."
"Yes." The female clerk pointed to the corner, "Are you giving it to your girlfriend? How many do you want?"
Dong Xuebin estimated the little money he had and said, "Well, nine hundred and ninety-nine flowers, give me a bag. By the way, how much is one flower?" In the past, Dong Xuebin never asked the price when buying things. But now, Dong Xuebin has spent all his savings to buy the diamond ring, and he has also borrowed a lot of foreign debts. At this moment, including some small changes taken out from the bank card and the money in the wallet, there is only a little more than 3,000. Dong Xuebin, who once spent money without blinking an eye, never imagined that he would be poor today.
The female clerk replied: "We have one that costs three yuan."
"Three yuan? So expensive?" Dong Xuebin was depressed.
"This is the cheapest season for roses in our store. During Valentine's Day and winter, a rose costs more than ten yuan."
"No discount?"
"I can give you a basket for free."
Dong Xuebin waved his hand, "Okay, get it for me."
"Nine hundred and ninety-nine, right? Please wait a moment." The female clerk quickly packaged the roses for him and put all the roses in a large and beautiful basket.
Dong Xuebin looked through his wallet distressedly and paid three thousand yuan.
The weight of nearly a thousand roses was still unclear. After carrying this big flower basket out of the flower shop, Dong Xuebin could hardly see the road ahead. He walked forward with a wry smile for a while, looking at the car in front of him. Dong Xuebin didn't stop a taxi that was passing by, because he felt that the more than 100 yuan in his wallet might not be enough to cover the distance from here to Xie Huilan's home, so he walked a little further. Wanting to smoke a cigarette, but it was long gone. Dong Xuebin walked to a nearby canteen. He was about to ask for a pack of Zhonghua, but he swallowed the words. Looking at the cigarettes in the cigarette cabinet, Dong Xuebin only bought one pack. A three-dollar Dubao.
I took two puffs and it was really choking.
Let's make do, who doesn't have enough money
It wasn't until he passed this section of the road where there were frequent traffic jams that Dong Xuebin reached out to stop the taxi. When the car stopped in front of Sister Xie's house, it was exactly 118 yuan including the fuel surcharge. Dong Xuebin handed over the last 120 yuan he had on him and got the change. There were only two yuan in his wallet.
Beijing Standing Committee Family Court.
In front of Xie's villa.
Dong Xuebin stepped forward and hid the rose in an inconspicuous place in the garden, then walked to the door and pressed the doorbell.
Ding dong ding dong.
The door opened. It was Xie Hao who opened the door. "Haha, the idol is here."
Dong Xuebin smiled and said: "Can you please stop being an old idol?"
"Xiao Bin is here?" Han Jing came out of the room and said with a big smile: "Come in quickly.
Dong Xuebin said hurriedly and sheepishly: "Hello, aunt, I came in a bit of a hurry, and I didn't buy anything. I will definitely make up for it next time."
Han Jing pretended to be unhappy and said: "It's okay if you don't buy anything. Every time you come here, you bring big and small bags. There are fruit supplements and so on at home. If you can't finish them, throw them away. It's a waste. This is the best." Don’t buy anything next time, otherwise my aunt won’t let you in, haha.”
Dong Xuebin was still quite embarrassed. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to buy it, but that he really had no money.
In the room, besides Xie Huilan, Xie Ran and Xie Jing were also there.
Xie Huilan smiled and looked at him, "Let our whole family wait for you alone? Huh?"
"Traffic jam, traffic jam." Dong Xuebin greeted Xie Jing, Xie Ran and the others again.
At this time, Xie Guobang, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, walked slowly down from upstairs. When he saw Dong Xuebin, he smiled lightly, "Is Xiao Dong here?"
Dong Xuebin, who had just sat down, stood up in a hurry and said respectfully: "Hello, uncle."
"Don't be so formal." Xie Guobang pressed his hands, "Come on, wash your hands for a while and get ready to eat."
"Ai!"
"How was your study at the party school?"
"It's very good, it helps me a lot."
"That's good." Xie Guobang nodded, "Recharge more, it will be good for your future work..."
Xie Huilan interrupted with a smile: "Dad, you started to act like an official, and you asked my Xiaobin not to be restrained. With you like this, can Xiaobin be less restrained?"
Xie Guobang pointed at his daughter, smiled and shook his head, "This girl."
Han Jing winked at her husband and said with a smile: "Look at your daughter, how tightly she clings to her man. This is called a girl turning her elbows outward."
Xie Guobang, Xie Jing and Xie Ran both laughed.
Xie Huilan said generously: "Haha, do I have it?"
Xie Hao shouted: "Yes! There is too much! Sister, you are just partial! When did you treat me so easily!"
Xie Jing said with a smile: "I have almost lost all my memories of childhood, but there are a few scenes that I remember very clearly. It was our eldest sister spanking my brother and I fiercely."
Xie Hao grunted: "She also beats me."
Xie Ran smiled, "Sister, she's doing it for our own good."
"Look, Xiaoran said something fair." Xie Huilan smiled and said: "You still want to settle old scores with me? Okay, let's talk about it, you, Xiaojing, when you were a child, you..."
Xie Jing blushed and said hurriedly: "Stop talking, stop talking! Am I wrong?"
"It's good that you know." Xie Huilan turned her head and said, "And you, Xiaohao, when you were seven or eight years old..."
Xie Hao was anxious, "Damn it! We're not settling old scores here? It's you who are settling old scores!"
Everyone laughed.
Han Jing smiled and said: "This time is the fastest thing that has ever passed. You were all just little ones at the beginning. It seems like it was just yesterday. In the blink of an eye, you are all older. Your eldest sister is getting married soon. Think about it. Come to think of it, it was still fun and cute when you were kids.”
Xie Hao shouted: "By the way, sister, when will you get married?"
Xie Guobang suddenly said to his daughter: "Yesterday I went to the old man's place. The old man said that it will be held this month. Your mother and I will arrange the wedding."
Dong Xuebin was excited, and Mr. Xie also agreed
Xie Huilan smiled and looked at Dong Xuebin. "As I said last time, some people have not shown sincerity in proposing. How can I be so eager to get married? Right?"
Xie Jing chuckled and laughed, "Brother Dong, my sister is beating you."
Han Jing laughed and scolded: "Girl Huilan, how can you talk like that!"
Suddenly, a news on TV attracted everyone's attention.
I heard Xie Hao shout, "Look, look, look!"
On the TV screen, the pair of pink diamonds appeared on the screen again. The host said: "Guardian Auction House has auctioned this pair of pink diamond rings. The result exceeded many people's expectations. The starting price was 80 million. , the final transaction price of the ring with an estimated price of 200 million yuan was actually 237 million yuan. If commissions and other expenses are included, the final transaction price of this pair of rings was nearly 300 million yuan, which not only set a domestic record The highest price ever paid for a diamond also set a new record for a diamond ring auction in the world. It is well-deserved to be the most expensive diamond ring in the world!”
Xie Jing was surprised: "Nearly 300 million? So high?"
Xie Ran smiled bitterly and said: "The rich people in China are not much worse than those in foreign countries."
"Let me go, who bought it?" Xie Hao said: "The estimated value has already exceeded the market value, why is it half higher than the estimated value? Are you crazy?"
Xie Huilan and Han Jing were also staring at the TV.
Just listen to the host's voice: "As far as we know, this pair of sky-high pink diamonds was bought by an unknown young man. Relevant people who participated in the auction told us that the mysterious young man was not there until the end of the auction. He just entered the venue, wearing sunglasses, and as soon as he started bidding on the pink diamond, the mysterious young man increased the price all the way, beating out many competitors and finally came out on top.”
Hearing this, Xie Jing was even more surprised: "A young man bought it? Such an exaggeration?"
Xie Ran thought for a while, "Maybe the money provided by my parents is for getting married? Otherwise, I wouldn't have spent so much money to buy two rings."
"No need to ask, I must be getting married." Xie Hao hummed.
Xie Jing said with envy: "How big of a scene would it be to propose with such a sky-high price pink diamond? If it were me, I would probably be extremely happy. Hehe, it's so romantic."
"What's romantic? It's just money." Xie Hao was unconvinced.
Xie Jing glanced at him, "What do you know? It's not because the ring is expensive, but because the woman thinks that the man is willing to spend money on her and values her, so she finds it romantic."
Xie Hao muttered: "Women, it's just too troublesome. What kind of romance? Can they be used as food?"
Han Jing and Xie Huilan both looked at Xie Hao.
Xie Hao was startled and said hurriedly: "Auntie, eldest sister, I'm not talking about you two, please don't fight each other." Seeing that he was about to arouse public outrage, Xie Hao hurriedly changed the subject, "Sister, what do you want me to do, Brother Dong?" Propose, tell me, I will give you some advice.”
Xie Huilan said with a smile: "Is it still interesting to say it? It seems like I am begging, your eldest sister is not so thick-skinned, haha, let him think for himself."
Xie Hao and Xie Jingxin said you are not thick-skinned? You are the thickest in our family!
But just when this topic had not started, Dong Xuebin suddenly stood up under the gaze of Han Jing and Xie Jing, coughed, walked to Xie Huilan, and said solemnly: "Huilan, there are some I want to tell you something.”
Xie Hao was stunned and said, "Damn, what's going on!"
"Hush, hush!" Xie Jing immediately stopped Xiao Hao.
Han Jing and Xie Guobang looked at each other and looked over with smiles.
Everyone can see that Dong Xuebin seems to be proposing, but looking around, Dong Xuebin has nothing prepared, not even flowers. Is this also called a proposal? This is too casual. Xie Huilan smiled and raised her head, "Oh? What are you talking about? Just say it."
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Everyone can see that Dong Xuebin seems to be proposing, but looking around, Dong Xuebin has nothing prepared, not even flowers. Is this also called a proposal? This is too casual. Xie Huilan smiled and raised her head, "Oh? What are you talking about? Just say it."
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