Lu Beicen returned home carrying the wedding gifts he bought for Fang Nan. Jiang Yunjin happened to get up from a nap in her room and was a little surprised to see her daughter carrying a jewelry handbag.
"Are you going shopping?" Jiang Yunjin picked up the handbag and looked at it.
"Well, Mom, this is the wedding gift I bought for Fang Nan. It's so beautiful. I think she will definitely like it." Lu Beicen's face was filled with excitement, and his eyes turned into crescent moons.
"What did you buy? Can you open it and take a look?" Jiang Yunjin knew the jewelry brand and asked calmly.
"Okay, Mom, you open it and take a look. I'm going to wash my hands and drink some water. The barbecue I had for lunch is a bit salty."
When Lu Beicen finished drinking the water and walked into the living room, a set of jewelry with a very special shape studded with broken diamonds was spread out on the table. The diamonds were not big, but the craftsmanship was complicated. In the same series, except for the ring, Lu Beicen
Beicen bought the necklace, bracelet and earrings together.
"Doesn't it look good, Mom? I liked it at first sight." It was rare for Lu Beicen to discuss such a matter with Jiang Yunjin. Jiang Yunjin smiled and nodded, then took the necklace out of the jewelry box and gave it to Lu.
Bei Cen put it on.
Lu Beicen hid, and shouted softly with a bit of embarrassment and confusion: "Mom, this is the gift I bought for Fang Nan."
"Put it on first and let me see." Jiang Yunjin reluctantly put the necklace around her daughter's neck. The pendant studded with diamonds shone brightly between her daughter's delicate collarbones.
Jiang Yunjin nodded with satisfaction: "How much does this set of jewelry cost?"
"Mom, Fang Nan has been my friend since childhood and cannot be measured by money." Lu Beicen pouted and was about to take off the necklace.
Jiang Yunjin took Lu Beicen's hand, stopped her movement, and pulled her to sit down. Facing the light from the balcony, she looked at her carefully before saying softly: "Mom knows that you and Fang Nan are in love."
Sister, the more this happens, the more you have to think about others. Your set of jewelry should cost at least 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. When you get married in the future, have you considered how Fang Nan can repay your favor?"
Lu Beicen was stunned by what Jiang Yunjin said. He recalled that when she bought this set of jewelry, Lin Fei persuaded her twice and asked her to buy another one without diamonds, but it was also very beautiful and the price was only about 10,000.
She didn't react at the time, but when her mother told her about it, she immediately reacted.
"Then what should we do? She shouldn't go to the mall specifically to see it, right?" Lu Beicen looked embarrassed and said with a bit of luck.
"You think everyone is like you and don't hear what's going on outside the window. Courtesy and communication are all knowledge. It's my fault that mother didn't teach you. Just keep this set of jewelry for yourself. I think this necklace is real when you wear it.
It's very beautiful. It's rare that you like it very much. Mom hasn't bought you any jewelry in these years, so just treat this set as your birthday... gift from mom!"
When it came to Lu Beicen's birthday, mother and daughter suddenly felt something in their hearts. For a moment, the air in the room was stagnant.
Lu Beicen's real birthday was a month earlier than the date on her ID card. She had never celebrated a birthday in the past many years. When she was a child, she didn't understand why her adoptive mother never celebrated her birthday. Later,
When I got older and found out that I was an adopted child, I never mentioned birthdays again.
After returning to the Lu family, Lu Beicen used all her adolescent rebellion against her biological parents, but her behavior was not so violent. She just did not communicate with them. All the beautiful clothes Jiang Yunjin bought her,
They were all hung in the closet as furnishings. She was always in school uniform. Only the books that Lu Xusheng bought for her were her favorites, and she slowly accepted them.
But at that time, both Jiang Yunjin and Lu Xusheng were still working hard towards their careers and did not have much energy to worry about family matters. Only Ahao, like a little tail, followed Lu Beicen pitifully every day.
Behind me, sister called out. She looked at Ah Hao and actually had a certain amount of empathy. To some extent, his experience was slightly similar to her own, so she was also willing to be kind to Ah Hao.
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However, no one in their family, not even Ahao, dared to say anything about celebrating Lu Beicen's birthday, because Jiang Yunjin and Lu Xusheng were too busy and forgot about her first birthday after returning home.
When she thought about it, she realized that the day had passed. When she came back to make up for it, the sumptuous dinner and birthday cake reminded her of her adoptive mother inexplicably. She hid in the room and cried so hard that she couldn't help herself.
Even if you knock on the door, it won't open...
What Lu Beicen didn't know was that Jiang Yunjin had been guarding outside her door all night that day. In the morning, he was afraid of irritating her, so he carefully replaced Ah Hao to guard her door, repeatedly telling him to follow his sister to and from school.
From that day on, no one in the Lu family dared to mention celebrating Lu Beicen's birthday. Only then did she truly know her exact date of birth. It was not until a long time later that she was admitted to college and Ahao heard about it before he went abroad.
He had spoken of the scene outside her door that night.
But the incident has passed, and neither mother nor daughter mentioned it again. Today, Jiang Yunjin suddenly mentioned her birthday. Lu Beicen originally wanted to explain the situation back then, but he felt that this emotional attachment to his adoptive mother,
Saying it will only make the mother feel more sad, and their originally harmonious mother-daughter relationship will become awkward again.
In the past, Lu Beicen would rarely consider whether Jiang Yunjin would be sad, and would even sometimes provoke her with a somewhat inexplicable mentality. But today, she didn't know why, but she suddenly wanted to obey her mother.
the meaning of.
After a moment of silence, Lu Beicen took out the shopping receipt from his bag and handed it over under Jiang Yunjin's expectant eyes.
Jiang Yunjin quickly took the small ticket, glanced at the amount on it, and then glanced at his daughter. Lu Beicen saw a hint of disbelief and a bit of surprise in her eyes, and suddenly looked at
The words "children are debts" touched me very much, and I couldn't help but feel sour in my heart. She quickly covered it up and joked: "Mom, but you said it was a birthday gift for me, so you wouldn't want to part with it after seeing the price.
Well, I don’t care about that. If you don’t reimburse me, I will go to my dad to complain..."
Jiang Yunjin had never seen his daughter act coquettishly in front of him like this, and reach out to him without any grudges. Her eye circles turned red instantly. Lu Beicen could feel the change in her mother's mood, and quickly stood up and pretended to put her bag away.
She went to the restaurant to get water again. She really didn't want to end up in a scene where mother and daughter were holding each other's arms and crying. Some things should be let go after they've passed. There was no need to bring it up again and make everyone sad again.
Quietly wiping away her uncontrollable tears and taking a deep breath, Jiang Yunjin finally calmed down her emotions. When Lu Beicen came back with two cups of freshly brewed tea, she had already regained her smile.
Seeing that his mother was back to normal, Lu Beicen handed over the water glass and joked with a smile: "Mom, why don't you just give me a complete set and buy me the ring as well?"
Jiang Yunjin couldn't hear the joke in her daughter's words, so she smiled and shook her head: "As a mother, I don't want to buy rings. That's what a future son-in-law should do. Xiaobei, are you okay?
Did you hide the situation from your mother? Who gave you that bracelet in your room?"
Lu Beicen quickly remembered that when he went to bed last night, he casually put the bracelet given by Jiang Zhongze on the bedside table. He got up in a hurry in the morning and forgot to put it away. He immediately blushed: "Mom, I can't do it myself."
Want to buy a bracelet?”
Jiang Yunjin pursed his lips and held back what he wanted to say. That bracelet was a top-quality tourmaline. Although it was not pure red or pure blue, the size and clarity of the beads were definitely not cheap.
Judging from her daughter's behavior, she couldn't even figure out the price. In addition, she was obviously unnatural and said that there was no situation. It was impossible for Jiang Yunjin to believe it.
But my daughter's personality is definitely a passive one when it comes to this kind of thing. Since she doesn't want to say anything, she still has to rush to ask. I'm afraid it will be counterproductive, so she might as well just do it.
Don’t ask first, just wait and see what happens.
Jiang Yunjin lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea, then simply changed the subject: "The old lady from the Jiang family praised you this morning, saying that the bowl of beef noodle soup you made tasted a bit like the soup made by her elders when she was a child. She also said that the beef was stewed until it was soft.
It’s rotten and tasty, the meat doesn’t fall apart, and the heat is controlled very well.”
Seeing that his mother was no longer holding on to the bracelet, Lu Beicen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and shook his head and said: "The soup and beef were both bought in the supermarket yesterday, and there are no beef bones, so we still need them.
The taste is a little bit different. I'll get up early tomorrow and go to the market to have a look, and then ask Mama Yu what the spices are."
Jiang Yunjin nodded: "Did you go to work to ask for leave today?"
"Well, I'm going to Qianyang next week. I'm counting down to the tourism conference. I've been busy for half a year. Taili takes it very seriously."
"What have you been busy with? You've almost never been home in the past six months."
"I'll just make a film. On the day of the live broadcast, you should be able to see the film we shot on TV."
Jiang Yunjin smiled and said: "Your father said that he received an invitation from Qianyang. We should go there together to see it then."
Lu Beicen was a little surprised: "Mom, I remember my dad's company is engaged in medicine and foreign trade. Why did Qianyang send him an invitation to the tourism conference?"
"I didn't ask for details, but the Lu family and the Jiang family have jointly invested and built a factory in Qianyang. It has been decided. The first batch of investment is two billion. An invitation letter is not a big deal. If the old man of the Jiang family is known there,
When I return to China, I’m afraid someone will come to invite me.”
Jiang Yunjin drank almost all the tea in the cup, then raised the cup and looked at it. He saw that his daughter had no expression at all and was just drinking the tea in her cup. Knowing that she was not interested in these things, she raised the cup.
He raised the tea cup and said, "Did your mother fry this tea herself?"
Lu Beicen nodded and said, "Yes, it's so hard to pick wild tea. I told her not to go, but she wouldn't listen."
Jiang Yunjin sighed and said with a pun: "You said you like drinking this tea, right? Mothers are all the same for their children. They always want to give the best to their children. After busying you for a while, I will follow you.
Your father will go with you to bring your mother to live with you for a while. It was my fault before, so many people are treating you well, I should be happy!"
This is the third time Jiang Yunjin has mentioned to Lu Beicen that he wants her to bring her adoptive mother to Huxia. At first, Lu Beicen always thought she was just testing or just talking. Today, when I saw her speaking seriously and solemnly, Lu Beicen
Only then did she realize that her mother was sincere, so she looked at Jiang Yunjin solemnly: "Mom, thank you!"
Now Jiang Yunjin's heart really started to sour, and she pretended to be angry and said: "Are you and your mother Yu also so polite?"
Lu Beicen immediately realized that he had made a mistake again, and quickly came to his mother's side, acting coquettishly at her like a kitten: "Mom, please help me take off this necklace, I will put it away, and you will give it to me as a birthday gift.
On Good Friday, should I also give you a gift?"
"Don't take it off, just wear it like this. That girl doesn't have any decent jewelry. When the time comes, you will cook me a good meal, the whole family will sit together happily, and I will be satisfied if I blow out the candles for you."
Jiang Yunjin shook off Lu Beicen's hand and pouted.
"Okay, I'll just wear it. As for Fang Nan's wedding gift, mom, why don't you come back and accompany me to pick it out? By the way, take pity on me and buy me two sets of summer clothes?" Lu Beicen decided to act coquettish to the end.
Jiang Yunjin then laughed out loud: "This is what you said, don't buy it and not wear it when the time comes."
"I promise not, but mom, just be responsible for paying. Don't blame me for choosing poorly..."
It has been many years since Jiang Yunjin was in such a happy mood as today. It has been so many years since her daughter came back, but it seems like she has truly lost her daughter and found her again today.
The mother and daughter held hands and went to Jiang Zhongze's house. Jiang Yunjin's good mood continued. After dinner in the evening, she said goodbye to Jiang Zhongze's house and compassionately let her husband, who had been tired for a day, sit in the co-pilot while she was responsible for driving.
How could Lu Xusheng not feel his wife's rare good mood: "What happened to you today? My daughter gave you candy."
Jiang Yunjin's smile unconsciously overflowed: "It's not just giving me candy, it's like giving me honey."
"Really? Tell me and let me be happy too."
Jiang Yunjin originally wanted to stretch her arms, but she was really happy and couldn't hide the joy in her heart, so she started talking about the necklace, rambled on, not missing a single detail, and repeated it to her husband.
Lu Xusheng had a meeting all day and was very tired at first, but after chatting with Jiang Yunjin, he felt better. However, this good mood did not last long.
"I'm telling you, your daughter may have a partner, so you have to be mentally prepared." Jiang Yunjin thought of the bracelet and made a U-turn, which made Lu Xusheng wake up from his drowsiness.
"Who is it? Xiaobei told you?"
Seeing her husband's nervous look, Jiang Yunjin couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Why are you so nervous? How could she tell me? I guessed it myself." Jiang Yunjin told the story about the bracelet again.
"Why don't you ask clearly, Xiaobei's character is willing to accept such an expensive gift..."
"I don't want to ask. What happened to Xiaobei's character? I know my own daughter. She is a stable child. When it's time to let you know, she will naturally let you know. I'm going to ask now.
Don't do the opposite. You are not allowed to ask, you are a girl in your twenties, it's time to fall in love, you see Fang Nan is getting married, do you hear that?" Jiang Yunjin was worried and started to warn her husband again.
"Then why don't you ask? A girl's search for a boyfriend is different from a boy's search for a girlfriend. Don't be fooled. It will be too late to regret it later."
Jiang Yunjin looked at the worry on Lu Xusheng's face and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, then you go and ask. As long as you are not afraid that your daughter will get upset and get dragged down by others, you can go and ask."