Volume 5: Twenty Undoubted Chapter 295 Their whole family is born in the Year of the Monkey
After leaving the girls' dormitory, Jiang Xiaoguo asked Yuan Xudong out. The two walked hand in hand on the school playground. Jiang Xiaoguo slowly told her story and Yuan Xudong listened. After understanding the whole story, Yuan Xudong held Jiang Xiaoguo's hands, looked into her big black and white eyes and smiled:
"So, you came to me so that I could tell you what are your good qualities?"
"Where is that?"
Jiang Xiaoguo felt a little embarrassed when Yuan Xudong looked at her, so she lowered her head and said shyly:
"I'm completely unemployed now, and I just want to talk to someone. Don't you want to?"
"Of course I do!"
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo was a little shy, Yuan Xudong pulled her and continued walking:
"It doesn't matter if you can't find a suitable job for the time being. If you are short of money, just tell me. I can support your living expenses first, and you can pay me back when you make money in the future!"
"Do I have to pay you back?"
Jiang Xiaoguo followed Yuan Xudong and looked up at him and said with a smile:
"I thought you were going to support me in the future, but you only supported me with living expenses, and I have to pay it back in the future, what a stingy guy!"
"Then you don't have to give it back to me!"
Yuan Xudong looked at Jiang Xiaoguo, gently pinched her cheek and smiled:
"Just give yourself to me as compensation!"
"Bah, disgusting!"
Slapping away Yuan Xudong's right hand that was pinching her face, Jiang Xiaoguo rolled her eyes at him, rubbed the place where he had pinched her, and spat softly:
"I want to give myself to you as compensation. You are dreaming!"
"Not only do I have beautiful thoughts, I am also beautiful!"
Yuan Xudong smiled, pulled Jiang Xiaoguo to stop, took out a zodiac monkey jade pendant tied with a red string from his neck, handed it to Jiang Xiaoguo, and said with a smile:
"Xiao Guo, this is for you!"
"What?"
Jiang Xiaoguo picked up the zodiac monkey jade pendant and took a look. It was a vivid monkey jade pendant. The jade was ordinary, and the color was between white and light blue. There was a red rope tied on it. There was nothing special about it. Jiang Xiaoguo looked directly at Yuan Xudong and asked:
"What is this?"
"Jade pendant, this is not an ordinary jade pendant!"
Yuan Xudong looked at Jiang Xiaoguo and said with a smile:
"My grandfather was born in the year of the monkey, my father was born in the year of the monkey, I was born in the year of the monkey, and my mother was born in the year of the monkey. Our whole family has a connection with monkeys. This jade pendant was passed down from my grandfather to my father, and then from my father to me. Now I am giving it to you!"
"ah?"
Unexpectedly, this seemingly ordinary jade pendant actually has such great significance. Jiang Xiaoguo quickly returned the jade pendant to Yuan Xudong and said:
"You should keep this precious jade pendant for yourself. I can't take it!"
"You can't have it, or you don't want it?"
Yuan Xudong smiled, put the jade pendant back into Jiang Xiaoguo's hand and said:
"Although this jade pendant is not very valuable, it is the thing I value most. I am giving it to you now because I already have a treasure that is more important than it. Do you know what it is?"
"What is it?"
Jiang Xiaoguo held the jade pendant and asked knowingly. Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo who lowered her head and was very shy, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"I won't tell you!"
"you……"
Seeing Yuan Xudong teasing her, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and said angrily:
"Hate!"
"Come, I'll put it on for you!"
Yuan Xudong smiled, took the jade pendant from Jiang Xiaoguo's hand, put it on her neck, looked at Jiang Xiaoguo who lowered her head, put his arm around her waist and said with a smile:
"Xiao Guo, this is my gift to my mother-in-law. From now on, you are my wife!"
"ah?"
Hearing Yuan Xudong say this, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but raise his head and look at him, slightly widening his eyes and said:
"Is this considered a betrothal gift?"
"yes!"
Facing Jiang Xiaoguo's gaze, Yuan Xudong said confidently:
"My grandfather was very foresighted. He knew that the bride price would become more and more expensive in the future, so he prepared this heirloom in advance. My grandmother and my mother both married into our family in this way. You wouldn't disagree, would you?"
"You...are disgusting!"
Jiang Xiaoguo patted Yuan Xudong twice gently. He made her feel a little embarrassed and blushed:
"Who said I would marry you?"
"That won't work!"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo being so shy, Yuan Xudong put his arm around her waist and said with a smile:
"You've even accepted the betrothal gift, it's too late to regret now!"
"I…mmmm!"
Without waiting for Jiang Xiaoguo to continue speaking, Yuan Xudong kissed her red lips. A soft touch, accompanied by a sweet and delicious taste, Jiang Xiaoguo closed her eyes slightly, stood on tiptoe, hooked her hands around his neck and tried to cooperate. Under the hazy moonlight, the two kissed each other. The classmates who passed by in twos and threes all ran away laughing. After a long time, their lips parted. When Yuan Xudong held Jiang Xiaoguo's waist and wanted to say something, Jiang Xiaoguo quickly pushed him away, her face flushed and said:
"It's almost half past ten. I...I'm going back first. Good night!"
"Hey, Xiaoguo, I..."
Before Yuan Xudong could finish his words, Jiang Xiaoguo ran out in a panic. Yuan Xudong smiled and quickly chased after her, sending her to the downstairs of the girls' dormitory. When they were about to separate, Yuan Xudong held Jiang Xiaoguo's hands and said with a smile:
"Why are you running? Are you afraid that I will eat you?"
"No, no!"
Hearing Yuan Xudong say "Are you afraid I'll eat you?", Jiang Xiaoguo's face turned red and she stammered:
"It's almost half past ten. I, I need to go back to bed!"
"Yeah?"
Looking at the flustered Jiang Xiaoguo, especially her red face, Yuan Xudong took her hands, leaned close to her ear and whispered with a smile:
"Xiao Guo, I really want to eat you. When are you willing to be eaten by me?"
"you……"
After being teased by Yuan Xudong again, Jiang Xiaoguo quickly pushed him away and said:
"I'm going home, good night!"
"Good night!"
After watching Jiang Xiaoguo disappear into the corridor, Yuan Xudong greeted the dormitory manager and then left the girls' dormitory under her wary gaze. Perhaps due to excessive hormone secretion, there have been some daring guys trying to sneak into the girls' dormitory recently, making it impossible for the dormitory manager to slack off and watch TV series anytime and anywhere. She is now very wary of these young boys who are in love, because there may be bad guys who want to take advantage of the situation.
When Jiang Xiaoguo returned to the dormitory, it was already 10:11 pm. Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo with a red face and a bit absent-minded, Duan Jiabao hurriedly said to her with concern:
"Xiao Guo, are you okay?"
Hearing Duan Jiabao's voice, Jiang Xiaoguo came back to his senses, adjusted his glasses, coughed twice, and covered up:
"It's okay, what can happen to me?"
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo had returned to normal, Duan Jiabao quickly asked:
"Then have you asked Yuan Xudong what your strengths are?"
"Well……"
Looking at Duan Jiabao who was full of curiosity, Jiang Xiaoguo thought for a moment and replied:
"He said I was virtuous, filial, knew how to make ends meet, and could save money!"
"ah?"
Hearing Jiang Xiaoguo say this, Duan Jiabao slightly widened his eyes and said:
"Isn't this the same as what I said? This is all about the advantages of being a young wife. Did he say anything real, something special?"
Hearing Duan Jiabao ask himself this, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but blurt out:
"He loves me so much!"
"ah?"
Hearing Jiang Xiaoguo say that Yuan Xudong loved her especially, Duan Jiabao couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead and said:
"No, what kind of advantage is this?"
"Alright, alright, stop making things difficult for her!"
After taking one look at Jiang Xiaoguo, who seemed to be infatuated with him, Liang Shuang looked directly at Duan Jiabao next to her, rolled his eyes and said:
"She's thinking about becoming someone else's wife right now. Women who fall in love have negative IQs. If you don't believe me, ask her if she still knows her last name or her name!"
“Oh~~”
Hearing Liang Shuang say this, Duan Jiabao waved his right hand in front of Jiang Xiaoguo's eyes and asked:
"Jiang Xiaoguo, what's your last name and your name?"
Hearing Duan Jiabao ask Jiang Xiaoguo this, Liang Shuang and Luo Yan next to them couldn't help but look at her. What a guy, you even called out her name, and you still asked her what her last name and name are. Isn't this an insult to her IQ?
"Well, what did you say?"
Jiang Xiaoguo covered the jade pendant on his chest with both hands, and asked with a puzzled look:
"Dabao, what did you ask me just now?"
"It's over, it's over!"
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo did not answer his question, Duan Jiabao looked at Liang Shuang and Luo Yan and said:
"Xiaoguo's IQ has really become negative!"
Liang Shuang and Luo Yan looked at each other. Liang Shuang glanced at Jiang Xiaoguo and Duan Jiabao and said with a smile:
"See what I said, women who are in love really have negative IQs, right?"
“Hmmmm!”
Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
"Go! Go! Go!"
Seeing Liang Shuang, Duan Jiabao, and Luo Yan were all making fun of her, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but roll her eyes at them, and then she couldn't wait to take out the jade pendant that Yuan Xudong gave her, sharing it with them and showing off at the same time:
"Look, this is the jade pendant he gave me. It's pretty nice, isn't it?"
"Let me see, let me see!"
“I want to see it too!”
Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan hurried over to look at the jade pendant. Seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo treasured the jade pendant so much, Liang Shuang couldn't help but move over to see what kind of treasure it was. Could it be made of Hetian jade?
Looking at the low-quality jade with ordinary texture and color between white and light blue, Liang Shuang couldn't help but frowned slightly and said:
"What is all this?"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo, Duan Jiabao, and Luo Yan all looking at him, Liang Shuang explained:
"Gold has a price, but jade is priceless. The best jades are jadeite, Hetian jade, Lantian jade, Dushan jade, and Xiuyan jade. Among them, jadeite is known as the king of jade, and its main production area is Myanmar. Hetian jade, Lantian jade, Dushan jade, and Xiuyan jade are collectively known as the four famous jades. Among them, Hetian jade is the most representative variety of traditional jade in my country, and is mainly distributed in the Hetian area of Xinjiang, my country. Dushan jade is produced in Dushan, Nanyang, Henan, Xiuyan jade is produced in Xiuyan County, Liaoning, and Lantian jade is produced in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Your jade is a bit like Xiuyan jade, but Xiuyan jade is tough, delicate, warm, and has a bright luster. It is obviously inconsistent with your jade pendant. Your jade pendant is completely the leftover material of ordinary jade, not much different from a stone. It is worth a few hundred to a thousand yuan at most. I thought it was some extraordinary treasure!"
"You're the only one who knows a lot?"
Looking at Liang Shuang who was speaking so logically, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but roll his eyes at her and retorted:
"What do you mean gold has a price but jade is priceless? It's all a lie, used by jade sellers to fool jade buyers. Whether it's jadeite or one of the four famous jades, isn't it just a nice-looking stone? Is it necessary to sell it so expensively? Just like the jade sold in shopping malls, there are tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands. Can I sell jade that I bought for 500,000 for 500,000? A piece of jade worth 1,000 yuan is marked at 20,000 yuan, and I can still make 1,000 yuan with a 10% discount. They are just trying to trick the rich and stupid people into buying their stones!"
Speaking of this, Jiang Xiaoguo smiled and said:
"I majored in finance. The jade sold in shopping malls is generally mass-produced. From raw materials to processing, the cost is very low. However, the rent, commission, water and electricity, human resources, decoration costs, etc. of the shops are the big expenses. Add to that the value-added tax and corporate income tax, employee commissions, financial costs, etc., and the customers will eventually pay for all of these. The good jade you mentioned is just a stone with a better appearance. What is good and what is bad are all inherent concepts instilled in you by others. Just like a diamond, it is essentially just a piece of stone. So the jade itself is not important. What is important is the intention of the person who gave the jade!"
After a slight pause, Jiang Xiaoguo looked at Liang Shuang, Duan Jiabao, and Luo Yan and said:
“Have you ever heard of the tulips in Holland?”
"No!"
Liang Shuang, Duan Jiabao, and Luo Yan shook their heads slightly.
Seeing that they didn't know about the Dutch tulip incident, Jiang Xiaoguo coughed twice and briefly explained:
"In the mid-17th century, tulips were introduced to Western Europe from Turkey. At that time, they were in small quantities and expensive, and were regarded as a symbol of wealth and glory by all the upper classes. Speculators saw the business opportunity and began to speculate wildly. At first, they speculated on tulips, and later even the bulbs of tulips were not spared. At that time, everyone believed that tulips were noble and a symbol of wealth. At the craziest time, a few tulip bulbs could be exchanged for a villa. But in fact, tulips are just ordinary flowers, nothing special, just like the so-called diamonds and the four famous jades. Later, some people sailed across the oceans to ship countless tulips, dreaming of getting rich, but eventually the tulip market collapsed suddenly. Just because of an ordinary tulip flower, it indirectly led to the decline of the Netherlands, the economic center of Europe at that time."
At this point, Jiang Xiaoguo paused slightly and said:
“Of course, after the tulip incident, those speculators have become more experienced. Let’s take diamonds and jade as an example. On the one hand, they control the supply and prevent too many diamonds or jade from entering the market. On the other hand, they issue certificates for their diamonds and jade. The prices of identical diamonds or jade with and without certificates are very different. But in fact, is there any uncertainty in their nature?
Then, after several years, decades, or even hundreds of years of propaganda, people’s mindsets were subtly changed, and the originally worthless stones gradually became valuable, becoming more and more expensive. Finally, even the descendants of those speculators began to believe that these stones were truly priceless treasures, that is, the so-called gold has a price, jade is priceless, love is eternal, diamonds are forever, etc. What they sold was not ordinary diamonds and jade, but people’s psychological pursuits, a kind of self-satisfaction and vanity to show off to others! ”
Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo's well-reasoned words, Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan couldn't help but admire:
"Wow, Xiaoguo, you are so awesome!"
“It’s just so-so!”
Jiang Xiaoguo waved his hand and smiled modestly.
Looking at the boastful Jiang Xiaoguo, Liang Shuang curled his lips and said:
"So you don't like diamonds? And if it's just a broken stone, why do you treasure it so much?"
"Who said I don't like diamonds?"
After looking at Liang Shuang, Jiang Xiaoguo held the jade pendant given to her by Yuan Xudong and said confidently:
"Isn't it because you don't have money to buy diamonds? If you have money, who wouldn't want to show off?"
Looking at the shameless Jiang Xiaoguo, Liang Shuang couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said:
"It's half past ten, turn off the lights and go to bed!"
"ah?"
"Oh my God?"
"Half-past ten again?"
Ignoring the complaints of Jiang Xiaoguo and the other two, Liang Shuang climbed onto the bed and began to sleep. After a brief hesitation, she hid under the covers and took out her phone to browse Chen Zhuo's Weibo. Seeing him showing affection with his fiancée on Weibo, Liang Shuang closed Weibo in displeasure, then opened WeChat and began to look at Yuan Xudong's Moments. Seeing him posting photos of Jiang Xiaoguo on Moments, Liang Shuang could not help but close her phone and go to sleep, muttering to herself with her mouth curled up:
"None of these stinky men are good!"
Just as Liang Shuang was lying in bed tossing and turning, Jiang Xiaoguo turned off the chandelier in the dormitory, and then pulled Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao to hide under her small desk lamp and whisper. After the breakup, Liang Shuang was a paper tiger without claws and teeth. They were no longer afraid of her. Jiang Xiaoguo shook the jade pendant on her neck in front of Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan and smiled slyly:
"Do you know? This jade pendant is not an ordinary jade pendant. It is a monkey. Yuan Xudong's grandfather was born in the year of the monkey, his father was born in the year of the monkey, he was born in the year of the monkey, and his mother was also born in the year of the monkey. Their whole family..."
"The whole family is born in the year of the monkey!"
Before Jiang Xiaoguo could finish her words, Duan Jiabao next to her nodded and interrupted.
"Dabao, be good and don't interrupt me. Just listen to me!"
“Oh~~”
After taking a look at Duan Jiabao, Jiang Xiaoguo continued:
"Where was I?"
"The whole family is born in the year of the monkey!"
Luo Yan next to her reminded.
"Yes, their whole family was born in the year of the monkey. Bah, no, what nonsense?"
Jiang Xiaoguo nodded first, then spat lightly and shook his head.
"The whole family has a connection with monkeys. His grandfather passed this jade pendant to his father, and his father passed it to him, and then he gave it to me. Do you know what this means?"
"What do you mean?"
Glancing at Duan Jiabao who was asking the question, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but snickering:
"He wanted to marry me and eat me. Luckily I ran fast, or I would have been eaten by him!"
"ah?"
"That's it?"
Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo who was laughing secretly, Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan looked at each other, and then said in unison:
"I'm tired, I'm going to bed, good night!"
"Don't leave, stay and chat with me for a while. I'm a little excited now and can't sleep!"
"Go count the monkeys!"
"That's right, show affection and you'll die quickly!"
Giving the excited Jiang Xiaoguo two middle fingers, Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan each climbed onto their own beds and began to sleep. Just as Jiang Xiaoguo was about to say something, Liang Shuang, who was lying in bed, lifted the quilt and said:
"It's so annoying, Jiang Xiaoguo, are you going to let me sleep?"
"Just go to sleep, why are you so fierce?"
Jiang Xiaoguo was startled when he suddenly heard Liang Shuang's voice. Seeing her lying on the bed with her big eyes staring at him, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help swallowing and whispered in a low voice with some lack of confidence:
"Why are you looking at me? I'm telling you, Liang Shuang, you're just a toothless paper tiger now. I'm not afraid of you!"
"sleep!"
"I...will sleep if I want to!"
After glaring at Liang Shuang, Jiang Xiaoguo quickly climbed onto his bed and went to sleep, thinking to himself, this tiger is still a tiger, it's still just as scary even without its teeth!
