eurekapd Chapter 288 Gold Bracelet
Chapter 288 Gold Bracelet
After nearly half a quarter of an hour, the swing finally stopped. Song Ying got down from the swing weakly, feeling dizzy.
Aunt Song helped her sit down beside him to calm down. She asked with a smile, "Are you that scared?"
Song Ying nodded, with a lingering fear on his face: "Several times I felt like I was going to fall over!"
"You're too nervous. Swinging on a swing is all about who can let go more freely. If you imagine yourself as a bird flying with the wind, you won't be so scared."
"I can't imagine it. Birds have wings, but I don't."
At this time, Luo Yanxing had had enough of showing off to his defeated opponent, and ran over with a smile and said, "We won!"
Song Ying didn't feel any joy from winning the competition. She glared at Luo Yanxing and said, "I will never swing with you again!"
"Come on, if you don't play with me, who should I play with? I can't play alone, can I?"
"You alone can outperform two others, and from now on you will swing on your own."
"No, that won't work. It's boring to hang out alone."
Song Ying looked up at her, and after a long pause hesitantly said, "The more embarrassed I scream, the happier you will be, right?"
"No, no!" Luo Yanxing shook his head like a rattle, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
Song Ying was furious, "You are so good, Luo Yanxing, I risked my life to accompany a gentleman, but you laughed at me!"
Erni, Tian Fang and others also came over. After listening to Song Ying's words and looking at Luo Yanxing's expression, they became furious. It turned out that she asked to swing with them just to see them scream in fear.
So the girls said, "Yanxing, you are so mean. We won't swing with you anymore!"
"No, I was wrong, please don't leave me alone..."
Seeing that Song Ying had recovered, Second Aunt Song started chattering with the other girls and criticizing Luo Yanxing.
She smiled, let the children play, and went back to chat with the adults.
After laughing and joking for a while, Erni pulled Pandi and said, "Come on, let's go swing, slowly. Don't be like her, fighting for victory or defeat without caring about your life."
After hearing this, Tian Fang quickly pulled someone else along: "After them, let's go together. This time I have to take a good look at the scenery on the swing!"
Soon, the girls went back to continue swinging on the swings, leaving only Song Ying and Luo Yanxing behind.
Luo Yanxing sat down next to her and hugged her arm: "Are you still angry?"
Song Ying pulled his arm out of her hand and said, "Isn't this nonsense?"
"Oh, don't be angry, don't be angry. I forgot to tell you something. After dinner at Tianxianglou that day, I saw that Master Chen stuffed a gold bracelet into Yuan Shan's hand."
"Gold bracelet?" Song Ying was stunned. Although the villagers did not know how to buy gold jewelry, had never touched gold bars or gold ingots, and did not know the exchange rate between gold and silver, there was no doubt that gold was many times more valuable than silver.
A gold bracelet must be very expensive. She had made it very clear that day, and Yuan Qing also acquiesced. She was trying her best to avoid accepting money from Chen Yunze.
In this situation, Yuan Shan took the gold bracelet and remained silent. Did she know that this might betray her brother?
Luo Yanxing nodded, "Yes, it's a gold bracelet that looks quite heavy. When you were analyzing it for us, I was so surprised that I forgot about it.
Should we tell Yuan Qing about this matter?"
Song Ying nodded: "Of course."
She fell into deep thought. During this New Year period, Yuan Qing was at home, and they certainly couldn't go directly to her. It was the time when relatives were paying New Year's greetings, and if they were seen by someone, who knows what kind of mess would be spread.
She thought about it, called Song Yuan over, and asked, "Little brother, have you gone to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Wang?"
Song Yuan shook his head. "On my last day of school, my grandmother asked me to bring a piece of meat from home to Mr. Wang, saying it was a New Year gift."
According to the custom in previous years, the children from these community schools would send festival gifts before the New Year, but would not go out of their way to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year.
Song Ying coughed lightly and asked, "I haven't asked about your studies yet. How are you doing?"
Speaking of this, Song Yuan couldn't help but be proud, "The teacher said that I am much better than my brother. In the Mo Yi meeting years ago, I only made two mistakes!"
Song Ying wanted to curl her lips. Isn't it just reciting according to the prompts? It doesn't matter if there are few mistakes.
However, she did not discourage him, but said: "Since you entered school, Mr. Wang has been very concerned about you. You are where you are today, and it is inseparable from Mr. Wang's patience and meticulousness.
You will be idle at home during the New Year, so why not bring some gifts to Mr. Wang to wish him a happy New Year and thank him for educating you over the past six months."
Although Song Yuan's academic performance was much better than Song Tian's, he was still a little afraid of his teacher and did not want to make himself unhappy during the New Year.
"No need. Brother Ziliang and the others have never visited their husbands to pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year. It would not be appropriate for me to go. Besides, grandma and the others have not prepared any gifts."
"There is no precedent for this, but can't you set one? It is normal for students to wish their teachers a happy new year, and Mr. Wang is so kind to you.
We haven't prepared any gifts at home. My eldest aunt and the second aunt all brought gifts back today. We can just pick out some good ones and send them to Mr. Wang."
"But……"
Song Yuan wanted to refuse, but Song Ying interrupted him, "I have something else I want to ask you for help with."
"What's the matter?" Song Yuan was cheered up and became excited.
For a moment, Song Ying didn't know whether she should be happy or not, as Song Yuan cared so much about her.
She told him about Chen Yunze giving Yuan Shan the gold bracelet, and said, "When you go to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Wang, find a chance to meet Yuan Qing and tell him about this."
"A gold bracelet!" Song Yuan was shocked. "Can 100 taels of silver buy a gold bracelet?"
Song Ying understood that he wanted to know whether the 100 taels of silver given to Luo Yanxing was more expensive, or the gold bracelet given to Yuan Shan was more expensive.
"It's hard to say. In the current market, about 5 taels of silver can be exchanged for 1 tael of gold. If the gold bracelet is just a simple design, it would be about taels of silver; but if the workmanship is exquisite, or it is inlaid with other gems or something, then the value is hard to estimate."
For Song Yuan, who only had a dozen coins on him, more than twenty taels was not a small sum. He was amazed again: "Mr. Chen is so generous. Brother Yuan Qing is really something. Why don't you be friends with such a generous person?"
"You can ask your brother Yuan Qing about this matter. He has his own thoughts. Just remember to tell him about this matter."
Song Yuan agreed without hesitation. He was impatient and said immediately, "I'll go back and tell grandma and the others right now!"
Song Ying didn't stop him. The sooner this matter was done, the better.
She felt that the bracelet that Chen Yunze gave to Yuan Shan should not be cheap. Even if it was not worth 100 taels, it should be about the same.
She felt that her previous guess might be wrong. Chen Yunze might not just want to make friends with Yuan Qing. He might need Yuan Qing's help with something.