criminal mentality

Chapter 284
In the center of City V, there are many tall buildings and crowds.

Aunt Zhao and her sister-in-law, Aunt Lin, met today. The purpose of shopping is very clear: Aunt Zhao’s eldest son is about to get engaged. According to their tradition, they want to give three gold coins to the future daughter-in-law at the engagement banquet as an engagement ceremony. .The so-called three golds, as the name suggests, are gold earrings, gold necklaces and gold bracelets.The first two items are few in grams, so they don't cost much, but the gold bracelets cost tens of thousands of dollars.Aunt Zhao has been used to being frugal all her life. She usually has to plan carefully even when buying vegetables, and she can't wait to break a penny into two flowers.Alas, there is no way, people are poor, so the Qi is naturally shorter.

Aunt Zhao was born in a rural area. When she was young, her family was poor and she had many brothers and sisters. She only went to school for two years, and she only knew a lot of Chinese characters. When she grew up, she was introduced to her husband by someone. After getting along a few times, they talked about marriage.Her parents were both greedy for money, and there was no essential difference between marrying her daughter and selling her daughter, and they asked for a gift money that could be regarded as a huge sum of money at the time.The man's family swallowed and gave, and the two got married smoothly.

For many years since that day, Aunt Zhao has not had a good life. Her mother-in-law was very unhappy because of the gift money her family asked for. Although she was protecting her, she was also gentle and considerate to her when there were only two of them. After two years, after their son was born, the mother-in-law finally got better with Aunt Zhao for the sake of her grandson. Take it easy.

In the days of planing food in the soil, the money is hard to come by, so of course it must be spent carefully. Fortunately, my husband is very diligent and always goes out to earn some pocket money during the slack. Don't worry about wearing it.

Until five years ago, they were in a village on the edge of the city. Because of the housing reform, everyone in the whole village was counted as one, and they all got a lot of money and lived upstairs. Aunt Zhao finally saw it in her hand. The money is gone, she is so happy, she put all the money on the bed, counted it back and forth seven or eight times, and then happily deposited it in the bank.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. Even if she has money this time, Aunt Zhao’s frugal habits still can’t be changed. The money is deposited in the bank and she is reluctant to spend it. The blood came back, but she was happy and willing to give the blood. She specially withdrew 2 yuan from the bank to prepare for an engagement banquet for her son.

This street is the busiest commercial street in V City, with shops lined up next to each other. Zhao and Lin, who have never been shopping in the street, look like they can't wait to have two eyes.

When it came time to really spend money, no matter how generous Aunt Zhao said, her petty side of her character was exposed again, tightly holding the money in her pocket all the time, reluctant to take it out.

Aunt Lin knew that Aunt Zhao couldn't bear it when she saw this posture. She was very jealous. Aunt Lin is Aunt Zhao's natal sister-in-law. There is only one year difference between the eldest brother of the family, Aunt Zhao and a younger sister. When she married, the two younger sisters in the family were both old enough to marry, and they were sold for a good price. It is said that she lived a very nourishing life, of course Aunt Lin has enjoyed a few years of blessings.

It's a pity that their family is all lazy, and they can't afford to spend that kind of money. In a few years, the family's situation has become worse and worse, and the two married girls hate their parents for exchanging them for money. Of course, my mother's family didn't care.

Now seeing that my sister-in-law's family who has always been similar to me has suddenly become rich, and she has to buy three golds, three golds, how much is it?Aunt Lin herself has two sons, both of whom are already married. When they got married, they only gave a gift of 2 yuan, and nothing else was spent. Because the marriage produced less blood, Aunt Lin was still proud for a while.

Now the eldest son of Aunt Zhao's family is not yet married, and he will lose a lot of money after making an appointment. He really has money to burn!

No matter what, the two came to Jiujiu Gold Shop all the way. They had inquired about it before they came. Jiujiu Gold Shop is a gold shop with the lowest gold price in V City, which is at least ten yuan per gram lower than other gold shops. The craftsmanship of the jewelry produced is quite good. Calculated in this way, if you buy all three pieces of gold, you can save hundreds of dollars, and you can save a table of meals at the engagement banquet.

"Welcome to Jiujiu Jinxing" as soon as the door was opened, two tall hostesses bowed to the two aunts Zhao and Lin, and then enthusiastically took them to visit the store.

There is no woman who does not love gold and silver jewelry, even two old women who have been poor for most of their lives, who did not have it before, and are unlikely to have it in the future.Aunt Zhao looked at the bracelets one by one, tried them on one by one, and compared them one by one. The quality of the salesperson was quite high. Wanting to buy, she also smiled and took out jewelry one by one for them to try on.

In the end, Aunt Zhao decided to pick out all the things she wanted to buy, and she was about to open a ticket and prepare to pay. The salesperson looked happy. If it weren't for the store's regulations that all customers entering the store must be attentively served, she would have been unable to bear it. I can't help but lose face, but fortunately I didn't, otherwise I wouldn't be able to earn the commission for this transaction, it's more than 200 yuan, hehe.

Aunt Zhao counted the money carefully, counting and counting, she was reluctant to hand the money to the window. She was very happy when she was choosing jewelry just now, but now she has to pay the bill, her heart is bleeding.

"Call you who are in charge, and see what you sold to my old lady?" Just when Aunt Zhao was still hesitating and didn't want to pay, a woman dressed in gold and silver and heavy makeup pushed open the door. I just broke in, and as soon as I came in, I pointed at a salesperson and yelled, relentlessly.

"My old lady, I bought a gold-encrusted jade Buddha statue from you at a huge price. What did you bring to my old lady?" The woman was obviously in a hurry, and took out a bunch of things from her bag and threw them on the counter.

Because she was right next to Aunt Zhao, she became curious and leaned over to take a look. Just this one look made her legs weak: inside the shattered gold-encrusted jade Buddha statue, there was a golden statue imbedded in the gold. A human finger!And these fingers have begun to rot, exuding a foul smell!

"Look for yourselves, what's in this Buddha statue! I also said, why have I not been able to do anything since I bought such a Buddha statue half a month ago! I was hit by a car when I was driving, and a flowerpot could fall from the sky while walking. It smashed on my feet, and thieves stole my wallet when I went shopping. It turned out that it was all made of this thing! If it weren’t for the stench from the Buddha statue these days, the more I smelled the smell, the more wrong it would be, like a dead rat! That’s why I fell After it, you say you are wicked or not? Selling me such a dirty thing! This thing is not over today! You, yes, it is you, you sold me this Buddha statue, I remember you, find your boss Come on, or I will call the police, why is there a finger in this gold, you have to talk to me about it." The woman had a tough attitude, seeing that this matter was about to become a big problem.

"Hey, Sister Zhang~~ I'm here to take care of the business of the small shop again today? You came just in time. The shop invited a new pure gold Guanyin statue yesterday. The carving is exquisite. I still want to call and call Sister Zhang tomorrow. Let's take a look, I didn't expect that my sister will be here today, come here, Xiaofang, quickly bring the iron box on the desk in my office." The store manager, Brother De, just got the news and tried to comfort Zhang Sister, this is a big customer in their store, so I can't afford to offend him.

"No need, I don't dare to ask for anything from your store anymore." Sister Zhang said eccentrically, "Xiaode, sister, I treat you well. Tell me yourself, since the opening of your gold store, I will How much business have you taken care of? But what about you? You just use such a thing to fool me? Why do you feel at ease? "

Brother De followed the direction Sister Zhang pointed and saw the fingers in the Buddha statue. The meal he just ate had the urge to go out, so he quickly turned his eyes away and apologized to Sister Zhang: "Oh, sister, you are my friend!" Dear sister, I can fool no one and you can't fool you, there is something in this Buddha statue, I really don't know."

"Ten days ago, the factory notified me that when this batch of goods was being processed, an employee violated the operating procedures and was accidentally scalded by gold water when the gold was molded, and his fingers fell off on the spot. He was afraid of being fired. At that time, I dared not say that, without anyone knowing, that batch of gold water was processed into gold utensils. If the fingers were exposed outside, it would be fine, and they would be destroyed when they leave the factory. But who knows, Your finger is wrapped in it, and thanks to the fact that the inside of the Buddha statue is empty, otherwise you will never find it. Sister Zhang, calm down, we really don’t know about it. Sister, give Xiaode some face, and we will replace it for you. Do you think so?"

Sister Zhang scolded a lot of people, and now she got a reasonable explanation, and Xiaode's attitude was very sincere, so she took advantage of the situation and went downhill.

He took a gold-encrusted jade Buddha statue that was slightly more valuable than the original gold-encrusted jade statue to appease Miss Zhang, and sent her away. Brother De breathed a sigh of relief, wrapped up the gold-encrusted jade Buddha statue on the counter, and warned the salesperson present not to say goodbye After talking nonsense, I returned to my office.

He took out his mobile phone and dialed a number skillfully: "Hey, Brother Zhou, the matter is settled, yes, that finger is retracted, um, I understand, I understand, hey, Brother Zhou, don't worry, it will never be an example."

Aunt Zhao was frightened a long time ago, and now she paid the money, and everyone in the shop was talking about what happened just now, so she hurriedly greeted her sister-in-law, and slipped out of Jiujiu Gold Shop.

Sure enough, there are no good ones at cheap prices. Aunt Zhao spat at the gate of Jiujiu Gold Shop after she went out, turned around and went into another gold shop next door, bought three golds in a flash, and drove home happily. I went to help my son with the wedding reception.

(End of this chapter)