Back to 1984: Earning Money, Raising Kids, and Keeping the Household Busy

Chapter 310 Buy, buy, buy

While Lin Ying was reprimanding Xu Jian, Du Feng secretly took a picture of her and uploaded it to the company's colleagues' group chat. He hurriedly popped up with a message: "Comrades, open your eyes wide and take a good look. This is our boss's biological mother. Make sure you recognize her. Next time she comes to the company, you'd better treat her with respect. The boss is getting a scolding right now!"

This comment sparked a huge discussion.

The previously silent colleagues' group chat suddenly became lively.

Lin Ying had no idea about her "great achievements" and got into the car with Xu Jian to go to his place.

Xu Jian has been doing quite well in Guangdong Province over the years. He not only bought land in the city to build an office, but also acquired a plot of land nearby to build a villa.

The villa is quite large, about 800 square meters inside and out. It's a house that I built myself, with five and a half floors in a Western style.

There is also a woman in her forties in the family who is in charge of cleaning and cooking.

Lin Ying was delighted when she saw the house. "Not bad, not bad at all! Even the new house is ready. This will give us more confidence when we go to the Tang family to propose marriage!"

Xu Jian said with a fawning look, "Mom, it's all thanks to you and my aunt for teaching me so well. If you hadn't always told me that if I had money, I should hurry up and build a house, I wouldn't have started thinking about this as soon as I had money, right?"

Lin Qin glared at him, amused. "Stop talking nonsense. Has Jingjing contacted you?"

Xu Jian nodded hurriedly, "Absolutely. Although we don't see each other often, I go to her place once a month. If I have time to discuss business, I can go for a week to ten days. Occasionally, she will come over when she has time off, but her job as a counselor is very busy."

Her students kept coming to see her even on weekends. I was thinking of advising her to quit, or come to Guangdong Province to find a teaching job again. With her qualifications and work experience, it should be easy for her to find a comfortable and respectable job in the education industry.

Lin Ying nodded. "I've heard Xin Yi mention that before. She's complained to me a lot about how busy Jingjing is on weekends."

Lin Qin felt they were being too presumptuous. "I think you need to have a serious discussion with Jingjing, but the most urgent thing is still the meeting with the Tang family. What are the arrangements?"

“This weekend! I’ve asked Jingjing to come to Guangdong Province this weekend. She’ll tell her family in advance, and then we’ll go over.” Lin Ying turned to her son, informing him of this.

Xu Jian silently calculated the time; there was still enough time.

First, I took the Lin sisters shopping and eating Cantonese food, and then led them to several clothing wholesale markets and jade wholesale markets.

For women, this place has a fatal attraction.

Once they went in, they couldn't get out. Lin Qin and Lin Ying not only bought things for themselves, but also for their family. Putting everything else aside, the clothes here were incredibly good value for money. A set of clothes of the same quality and style would cost about 200 yuan in Anshi, but only 50 yuan here. You could get even more discounts if you bought a lot. The materials and workmanship were impeccable.

So, the two of them completely let loose.

After working tirelessly for six hours at the clothing wholesale market, Xu Jian ran errands for them, transporting clothes back and forth countless times. Lin Ying and Lin Qin only stopped when his truck had delivered several batches of goods home.

When Lin Ying said she was hungry, Xu Jian felt as if he had heard heavenly music. "Mom! If you're hungry, let's go get some dim sum. We even get a discount if we go at this time!"

Taking advantage is in the nature of middle-aged women.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Ying took off.

Xu Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally managed to coax the two of them to the restaurant, but as soon as they sat down, Lin Ying said, "We have to go to the jade wholesale market tomorrow. I just heard that there's also a pearl wholesale market here that specializes in selling pearls. All the pearls there are real. When we visit someone's home, we definitely need to bring a decent gift, right?"

These pearls are wonderful! They look elegant but aren't outrageously expensive; they're presentable!

Xu Jian wanted to say something, but he chose to swallow it back silently.

So the next day, he had to bite the bullet and accompany them around. Fortunately, Du Feng was helpful and found a guide in advance.

Hiring a guide costs about 500 yuan. No matter what kind of jade you want, he can help you find it and get the lowest price for you.

Lin Ying initially thought Xu Jian was being unnecessary, but when they arrived at the store and she saw a jade bracelet she liked, the shop owner asked for 20,000 yuan, but she managed to bargain it down to 2,500 yuan. She was completely impressed and never said anything about wasting money again.

With the guide's help, Lin Ying selected five sets of jade jewelry: two sets of bright green for her and her sister, one set of spring-colored for Tang Jing, and two sets of light purple for Xu Xinyi and Chen Xinyue.

These five sets are considered high-quality items, and the total cost was 4.5 million, even after the guide negotiated a crazy price.

Lin Ying was both delighted and distressed about the money, "How come money disappears so quickly? A few pieces of jewelry cost millions?"

She had never been so extravagant in her life. The first time she had ever been so extravagant was for a million dollars. She felt like she didn't recognize herself anymore.

Lin Qin patted her hand and comforted her, "What's this? You bought these things for your child's wedding. After all, she's the eldest daughter-in-law. Once you give her these as wedding gifts, you won't have to worry about any mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflicts in the future."

"Then A-Kang and Xin-Yi can use it after their wedding; a set of jewelry can last a lifetime and can be passed down to their grandchildren. Thinking about it that way, it's quite worthwhile."

These jadeite pieces are all quite nice. Of course, they can't compare to the ones Xiao Jinlin prepared for Chen Xinyue, but they can still hold their value. If Lin Ying hadn't insisted on paying for them, she would have already paid for them herself.

Xu Jian agreed and added, "Mom, I think you should learn from my aunt. Money sitting in the bank is just dead stuff; it's better to invest it. Buying some jewelry would be a good idea. Our family doesn't have much savings anyway, so we can keep it as a family heirloom, hahaha."

"Get lost!" Lin Ying playfully punched her son, but he actually listened to what she said.

So they then selected several more jadeite bangles, including white moonlight, Muna snowflake, white-based green, spring color, icy yellow jade, and spicy green, all priced between 20,000 and 50,000 yuan. They could wear them on a daily basis, showing off their elegance without worrying about bumps or knocks.

After their shopping spree, Lin Ying and Lin Qin were both very happy.

After returning home for lunch, we went to the pearl wholesale market.

They have all kinds of pearls here. The two women went on a rampage inside and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Over the course of two days, Xu Jian's villa was almost completely buried with all sorts of clothes and jewelry.

He felt a chill run down his spine and quickly arranged for a group to be sent back to Anshi ahead of schedule.

Before we knew it, the day to visit the Tang family arrived.

Tang Jing arrived at Tang Yu's house the night before. As soon as she entered, she saw Tang's mother holding her grandson and playing there.

Mr. Tang sat on the sofa watching TV.