In Dongjiang, when getting engaged, the man usually needs to prepare three pieces of gold. If the conditions are good, he will add one jade, that is, three pieces of gold and one jade.
Three golds: gold rings, gold bracelets (gold earrings), and gold necklaces must be made of pure gold. Platinum and silver jewelry are not allowed.
Yiyu: mostly jade earrings.
This is the most important part of Dongjiang's ancient "recruitment".
Some traditional families still follow this etiquette.
If your family situation is not good, you can buy something with a lower gram weight, but you can’t live without it.
Nazheng is the fourth of the six rites in the Three Books and Six Rites in ancient times.
To put it bluntly, the man gives the woman a betrothal gift.
Three gold and one jade are called "gold and jade", which is people's beautiful yearning for their future marriage life.
It is precisely because of this that many people made their fortunes in gold and silver jewelry in the 1980s.
Mr. Xu is like this, and so is Zhang Zongbao.
Soon, the person in charge of Xu's jewelry counter ran up to Shen Yu and Pei Yuqin with his business card.
The manager is a woman in her early forties. She has an ordinary appearance, but she has a kind-hearted face. Just by looking at her, she feels that this person is easy to get along with.
When she saw Shen Yu, she immediately laughed happily, as if she were seeing a big star, "Oh, it's really Mr. Shen. I couldn't believe it when I saw the business card. Mr. Shen, you are so busy with work, how could this be possible?" I am so happy to see you when I come to Dongjiang to buy jewelry."
"Hello, Sister Dong, I'm very happy to see you. Congratulations on your promotion!"
Shen Yu, the manager of the counter group, actually knew that he used to be a clerk in General Manager Xu Duofu's office. Although he was from the Dong family, he was married to a cousin of Xu Duofu. If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. Then since he is a member of the Xu family.
Among the clerks in the entire office, Sister Dong can be said to be one of the most trusted people by Xu Duofu.
I just don’t know when she was asked to come to Dongjiang to manage the Xu’s jewelry counter in the Donggu Department Store flagship store. It’s obvious that Xu Duofu wants her to gain experience and then take over the Xu’s jewelry business.
Hearing Shen Yu call him eldest sister, Manager Dong's smile changed from eight teeth to a mouth full of teeth, "I'm so happy that you can come to the counter group I'm in charge of to buy jewelry. It's also a coincidence. I just got the gift from you yesterday. The Chuzhou main store sent three sets of jewelry specially prepared for the newlyweds' engagement. They were all handmade by the most experienced master craftsmen of the main store. They are in the safe now. How about I take them out and let Miss Pei choose them?"
Shen Yu nodded, "It's just your fault, eldest sister."
"No trouble, no trouble!"
Manager Dong quickly opened the door of a display cabinet and found a small safe inside. After unlocking it with his fingerprint, Manager Dong took out three sets of gold jewelry.
The first set is called Dragon and Phoenix, the second set is called Splendid Years, and the third set is called Many Children and Many Blessings.
If it’s as Manager Dong said, the jewelry is extremely exquisite.
Especially under the light, the golden light is like a treasure. It is definitely a rare work of art.
Pei Yuqin was very neat in her work. After trying them on, she bought all two sets of jewelry, including Longfeng Chengxiang and Duoziduofu, except for the second set.
"Congratulations to Miss Pei and Mr. Shen on their happy marriage and many children!" Manager Dong also sent his blessing.
If Xu Duofu knew about the engagement jewelry that Shen Yu bought in the counter group she was responsible for, she would definitely be very happy. Salary and bonus are secondary. The main reason is that Xu Duofu's favor will be greatly improved, which will allow her to compete with her competitors. Stand out from the competition.
Just when Shen Yu wanted Pei Yuqin to choose another jade earring, Pei Yuqin said in a loud voice that she had to go to the bathroom.
Shen Yu said casually: "Sister Qin, shall I accompany you?"
Pei Yuqin rolled her eyes at Shen Yu, put her handbag in Shen Yu's hand, and then lowered her voice, "Idiot, you can't get in, why are you going with me?"
Shen Yu scratched his head, watched Pei Yuqin leave, turned around, took out his bank card and handed it to Manager Dong, "Sister, swipe your card!"
Manager Dong waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, no, because of your relationship with our Mr. Xu, if I want your money, I'm afraid I will have to pack up and go home in the afternoon."
"Hey, these two sets of jewelry look very good."
A coquettish voice with a coquettish tone came over.
Shen Yu turned around and saw that this was a pretty-looking woman in her thirties.
There is heavy makeup on the face.
Especially the eyes, eyeliner, eye shadow, contact lenses, and false eyelashes are all available.
But even thick foundation can't cover her crow's feet and forehead lines.
And the clothes she wore were not in line with her age. It was already winter, but she was wearing summer clothes, a tight-fitting women's shirt, a black miniskirt and red high heels. In addition, she walked with an exaggerated twist, which clearly made her look a bit self-conscious. The smell of dust.
Behind her was a middle-aged man in his forties wearing rimless glasses and carrying several luxury bags. He looked like he was not short of money.
It can be vaguely seen that he was still handsome back then, but time is like a butcher's knife, and his beer belly and slight baldness have deeply betrayed him.
In addition, there are chloasma on the face caused by endocrine disorders, and the eyes look dull and the eyelids are swollen. It doesn’t take much to look at it, but it is too much alcohol.
The middle-aged man had a pulled face, obviously unwilling to go shopping with a woman wearing heavy makeup.
Maybe the more you look at it, the more you like it. The woman with heavy makeup actually reached out to get the set of three-gold jewelry in front of Shen Yu, which means many children and many blessings.
"Do you understand, first come, first served? I'm already ready to pay." Shen Yu held the gift box containing two sets of jewelry in his hand.
The woman with heavy makeup missed it and almost hit the glass counter, "Why, first come, first served? You haven't paid yet? If you haven't paid, it's not yours."
As he spoke, he kept moving closer to Shen Yu. The strong smell of perfume made Shen Yu frown.
"I don't need to pay for the things here, they are mine. As long as I want, I can take any jewelry and leave!" Shen Yu said very "arrogantly".
The woman with heavy makeup was startled when she heard this. Then she pointed at the four three-meter-long glass display cabinets with her finger painted with blood-red nail polish, and laughed bitterly, "Haha, oh, I'm laughing so hard. You're not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue, why didn't you say that all the jewelry in Xu's glass display cabinets are yours?"
Shen Yu coldly lowered his voice, "You are really right. As long as I want, I can take any of these jewelry directly without paying a penny!"
This time, not only did the woman with heavy makeup froze in place, but the middle-aged man behind him also frowned slightly.
"Are you crazy? Xu's jewelry is not owned by Donggu. Even if Gu Yongcheng, the president of Donggu Department Store, came, he wouldn't dare to say that he would take all the jewelry without paying a penny." The woman with heavy makeup looked like she was crazy. , and took a step back by the way.
