Power and Wealth

That evening.

The sky is still half bright, but the sun is about to set.

Dong Xuebin repeatedly confirmed the pair of powdered diamonds and carefully placed them in his arms. He quietly left the Central Party School compound.

There is a flower shop across the street from the ramp.

Dong Xuebin looked at it and quickly walked inside.

“Hello, sir.” A female clerk laughed: “What flowers are you looking at? ”

“Is there a rose?” Dong Xuebin's gaze swept away, "Red Rose. ”

“Yes.” The clerk refers to the corner, "Are you giving it to your girlfriend? How many do you want? ”

Dong Xuebin estimated the only amount of money he had, “Well, give me a bag for nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars. How much is one?” In the past, Dong Xuebin never asked for a price. But now, he has spent all his savings on buying a diamond ring and has borrowed a lot of foreign debt from others. At this moment, counting some of the pieces taken out of the bank card, counting the money in his wallet, there are only a little over 3,000. When did Dong Xuebin spend money without blinking? How could he have thought he would be poor today?

"We have three dollars here," replied the maid. ”

“Three dollars? So expensive?" Dong Xuebin was depressed.

“It's the cheapest season in our store for roses, and if it's Valentine's Day and winter, one is over $10. ”

“Not discounted? ”

“There is a free basket for you. ”

Dong Xuebin waved, “Okay, get it for me. ”

“Nine hundred and ninety-nine, right? Please wait.” The waitress quickly packed him and used a big beautiful flower basket to load all the roses in.

Dong Xuebin painfully flipped his wallet and paid $3,000.

The weight of nearly a thousand roses is still unclear, holding this large flower basket out of the flower shop, Dong Xuebin couldn't even see the road ahead. He snuck forward for a while without laughing. Looking at a taxi that had passed in front of him, Dong Xuebin did not reach out, because he felt that the more than 100 yuan in his wallet might not be enough to pay for the journey from here to the Xie Huilan family, so he walked a little further. If he wanted to smoke, the cigarette was long gone. Dong Xuebin walked to a small store next to him and was about to say a packet of China. If he went to the mouth, he swallowed it. Look at the cigarette in the cigarette cabinet. Dong Xuebin only bought a packet of three yuan of Dubao.

Smoke two, cough, cough, choke.

Come on, who doesn't have enough money?

Dong Xuebin didn't reach out to stop the taxi until he walked past this part of the road, which was often jammed. When the car stopped at Xie's door, the fuel surcharge was exactly 118. Dong Xuebin handed over the last 120 yuan, recovered the change, and there were only two yuan in his wallet.

… the Jingcheng Standing Committee family home.

In front of Xie Jia Villa.

Dong Xuebin walked up to the front and hid the roses in a discreet place in the garden, then went to the door to ring the doorbell.

Ding-dong, ding-dong.

The door opened. It was Xie Hao's door. "Ha ha, here comes the idol. ”

Dong Xuebin laughed: "Don't be an idol, will you? ”

“Is Bin here?” Han Jing came out of the room and smiled very strongly: “Come on in. ”

Dong Xuebin was busy and embarrassed: “Auntie, what is it? I'm in a bit of a hurry. I won't buy anything. I'll make it up next time. ”

Han Jing was unhappy: “If you don't buy something, you always have a large bag of fruit nutrients at home. If you can't finish eating it, throw it away. It's weird and wasteful. This is the best way, don't buy anything next time. Otherwise, Auntie won't let you in, huh? ”

Dong Xuebin is still quite embarrassed. It's not that he doesn't want to buy it, he really has no money.

In addition to Xie Huilan, Xie Jing is also in the house.

Xie Huilan smiled and looked at him, “Let us wait for you alone? Hmm?”

“Traffic jams, traffic jams.” Dong Xuebin greeted Xie Jing Xielan again.

At this time, Xie Guobang, secretary of the Beijing Metropolitan Committee, walked down from upstairs and saw Dong Xuebin. He smiled slightly. “Is Xiao Dong here? ”

Dong Xuebin, who had just sat down, stood up in a panic and said respectfully: "Hello Uncle. ”

“Don't be so shy.” Xie Guobang pressed his hands, "sit down, wash his hands and prepare for dinner later. ”

“Huh!”

“How'd it go with the party school? ”

“It's good and helps me a lot. ”

“That's good.” Xie Guobang nodded, “Charge more, for your future work too...”

Xie Huilan interrupted with a smile: “Dad, you've been down all over your body, and you still let my Xiaobin be discreet. Can you leave Xiaobin alone like this? ”

Xie Guobang pointed to his daughter and shook her head with a smile. "This girl. ”

Han Jing gave her husband a smile: “Look at your daughter, how tight she is to her man. This is called Daisy Outward, elbow to the outside. ”

Xie Guo Bang and Xie Jing Xie are both smiling.

Xie Huilanda said generously: "Oh, did I? ”

Xie Hao shouted: "Yes! Too many! Sister, you are biased! When did you ever be so nice to me? ”

Xie Jingjie laughed: “I almost lost my memory when I was a kid, but there are only a few images that I remember perfectly well, which is that our older sister beat me and my brother up. ”

Xie Hao grunted: “She also beat me up a lot. ”

Thanks for smiling, "Sis is for our own good too. ”

“Look, let's just say a few words.” Xie Huilan laughed: “Still going over old accounts with me? Okay, let's just say that you, Jing, when you were a kid...”

Xie Jing blushed. “Stop it, stop it! Am I wrong? ”

“Just so you know.” Xie Huilan flanked: “And you, Xiao Hao, when you were seven or eight...”

Xie Hao hurried, “Holy shit! Where are we going with the old books? You're the one who turned it over! ”

Everyone laughed.

Han Jing smiled: “This is the fastest thing that ever happened. When you were both little, it seemed like it was yesterday. At a glance, it was all big. Your sister was about to get married. Think about it. It's still fun and cute when you were kids. ”

Xie Hao shouted: “By the way, when are you getting married? ”

Xie Guobang suddenly said to his daughter: “Yesterday I went to the old man's place. The old man said," Let's do it this month. The wedding is between me and your mother Zhang Luo. ”

Dong Xuebin was excited. Did Grandpa Xie agree?

Xie Huilan laughed and looked at Dong Xuebin. “As I said last time, some people have not shown their sincerity in proposing marriage. How can I rush to marry? Right?"

Xie Jing giggled and laughed, “Dong, my sister is beating you. ”

Han Jing scolded with a smile: "Huilan, where are you talking like that? ”

Suddenly, a news story on TV caught your attention.

Just heard Xie Hao scream, “Look, look! ”

On the TV screen, the pair of children's pink diamonds appeared again, the host said: “The Card auction house has auctioned the pair of children's pink diamond rings, the result was unexpected by many people, the starting bid was 80 million, the ring valued at 200 million yuan was actually the final transaction price of 237 million yuan. If the commission and other fees are added, the final transaction price of the children's ring is nearly 300 million yuan, not only the highest price of the domestic diamond transaction, but also the highest record of the world's diamond ring auction has been set, the world's most expensive diamond ring is well deserved! ”

Xie Jing was surprised: “Nearly 300 million? So tall?”

Thankfully smiled bitterly: "Rich people in the country are not much worse than overseas. ”

“I'll go. Who bought it?” Xie Hao: “The valuation has already exceeded the market value, how can it be half higher than the valuation? Are you out of your mind? ”

Xie Huilan and Han Jing also stared at the TV.

Just listening to the host's voice, “According to our understanding, this pair of children's priceless pink diamonds were auctioned by an unknown young man, and the people involved in this auction told us that the mysterious youth did not enter until the auction was almost over. Wearing sunglasses, when the pink diamonds were bidding, the mysterious youth went all the way up the price and pressed down many of their competitors before finally pulling the lead. ”

Rumor has it, Xie Jing is even more surprised, "A young man bought it? So exaggerated? ”

Thanks for thinking, "Maybe my parents paid me to get married, right? Otherwise it wouldn't cost so much to buy two rings. ”

“You don't have to ask. You must be getting married.” Xie Hao hummed.

Xie Jing envied: “How big was that? If it were my turn, I'd be dead happy, hip-hop, too romantic. ”

“What's romantic? It's money.” Xie Hao was disgusted.

Xie Jing glanced at him, “What do you know? It's not because the ring is expensive, but because the woman will think that the man should pay her money and value her, which is why she feels romantic. ”

Xie Hao muttered, “Woman, it's just too much trouble. What's so romantic? Can you eat as dinner? ”

Han Jing and Xie Huilan both looked at Xie Hao.

Xie Hao shocked. "Auntie, sister, I'm not talking about you two, don't take your seats.” Xie Hao immediately aroused anger and rushed to change the subject. "Sister, how do you want me to propose to Dong? Tell me, I'll give you staff officers. ”

Xie Huilan laughed. “Does that mean anything? As if I were begging, your sister's face isn't that thick, huh, let him think for himself. ”

Xie Hao, Xie Xie said that your face is not thick yet? Our family is your thickest face!

But just waiting for the topic not yet started, Dong Xuebin suddenly stood up under the eyes of Han Jing and Xie Jing all of them. He coughed. He walked to Xie Huilan and solemnly said: “Huilan, I want to tell you something. ”

Xie Hao stunned, “Holy shit, what's going on! ”

“Shh, shh!” Xie Jing immediately stopped Xiao Hao.

Han Jing and Xie Guo Bang looked at each other with a smile.

Everyone can see that Dong Xuebin seems to have proposed, but look around, Dong Xuebin is not prepared for anything, not even flowers, is this also called a proposal? That's too casual, isn't it?

Xie Huilan smiled and looked up, "Oh? Say something. ”

(To be continued)