Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 310: Shop Till You Drop

Taking advantage of Lin Ying reprimanding Xu Jian, Du Feng secretly snapped a photo of her and uploaded it to the company colleagues’ group, hurriedly making a post, "Comrades, widen your eyes and take a good look, this is our boss’s real mother, remember her well. Next time she comes to the company, you better be respectful. Right now the boss is getting scolded!"

This message stirred up a lot of people.

The previously dead-silent colleagues’ chat group suddenly became lively.

Lin Ying was completely unaware of her "achievements" and went with Xu Jian to his place.

Over the years, Xu Jian had developed quite well in Guangdong Province. Not only did he buy land in the city to build an office, but he also acquired a piece of land nearby to build a villa.

The villa was not small, with a total area of about 800 square meters, with the building itself being five and a half stories, designed in a western style.

There was a forty-something-year-old housekeeper at home to specifically do cleaning and cooking.

Lin Ying was delighted to see the house. "Not bad, not bad, even the new house is ready. This way, going to the Tang family to propose marriage will have more confidence!"

Xu Jian, with a pleasing face, said, "Mom, it’s thanks to you and my aunt’s good teaching. If it weren’t for you both emphasizing the importance of having money to build a house since I was young, I wouldn’t be considering investing my money into this once I had it, right?"

Lin Qin jokingly glared at him, "Stop with the useless talk. Has Jingjing contacted you?"

Xu Jian nodded eagerly, "Of course, we may not meet often, but I go to see her place once a month. If you count the business trips, I can visit for a week to ten days at a time. Occasionally, when she has time off, she comes over too, but her teaching job is particularly busy.

On weekends, she’s always working with her students. I was just thinking of persuading her to resign and maybe find a new teaching job in Guangdong Province. With her credentials and work history, it should be quite easy for her to find a more relaxed and decent job in the education sector."

Lin Ying nodded, "I’ve heard Xinyi mention this before. She’s often complained to me about Jingjing being busy on the weekends."

Lin Qin thought they were being too presumptuous. "I think you should have a good talk with Jingjing, but the immediate priority is the meeting with the Tang family. How is it arranged?"

"This weekend! I asked Jingjing to come to Guangdong Province this weekend. She will inform her family in advance, and we will go over together." Lin Ying turned to her son, notifying him of the plan.

Xu Jian silently calculated the time, and it was still feasible.

For now, he first took Lin Qin and her sister shopping and for Cantonese cuisine, then led them to several clothing wholesale markets and jade wholesale markets.

For women, such places have a deadly attraction.

Once they went in, it was as if they couldn’t come out. Lin Qin and Lin Ying not only bought things for themselves but also for their family. Not to mention, the cost-effectiveness of the clothes here was incredible. The same quality and style of clothes that would cost around two hundred in An City were only fifty here, with further discounts for bulk purchases. The materials and workmanship were impeccable.

Thus, these two completely let loose.

They fought hard at the clothing wholesale market for six hours, during which Xu Jian acted as their porter, running back and forth transporting clothes countless times. He only knew he had to take several loads to the house before Lin Ying and Lin Qin finally settled down.

When Lin Ying said she was hungry, Xu Jian felt like he heard heavenly music, "Mom! If you’re hungry, let’s go have dim sum. There are discounts at this time!"

Taking advantage of good deals is the nature of middle-aged women.

This time Lin Ying didn’t hesitate for a moment and briskly walked away.

Xu Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He finally managed to coax the two into a restaurant, but as soon as they sat down, Lin Ying said, "Tomorrow we still have to go to the jade wholesale market. I just heard someone say there’s a pearl wholesale market here too, where the pearls are all real. When visiting someone’s house, you definitely have to bring a decent gift, right?

These pearls are great! They look luxurious but aren’t outrageously priced, something you can be proud to give!"

Xu Jian was about to speak but chose to swallow it back.

So the next day, he had to brace himself for more shopping, but fortunately, Du Feng was helpful and arranged for a guide in advance.

Hiring a guide costs about five hundred, and no matter what type of jade you need, they can help find it and also haggle the price down to the lowest.

Originally, Lin Ying thought Xu Jian was being unnecessary. But when they arrived, she took a liking to a jade bracelet, with the shop owner asking twenty thousand, and the guide haggling it down to two thousand five hundred, she was completely convinced and stopped complaining about wasted money.

With the guide’s help, Lin Ying selected five sets of jade jewelry. Two sets of imperial green were prepared for the sisters, a set of spring colors for Tang Jing, and two light purple sets for Xu Xinyi and Chen Xinyue.

These five sets were considered high-quality goods. The total cost was four hundred fifty thousand after the guide’s fierce bargaining.

Lin Ying was both happy and pained for the money. "How does money just seem to vanish so quickly? A few pieces of jewelry, and millions are gone?"

She had never been this extravagant in her life. The first time being extravagant, and it was in the millions. Even she barely recognized herself.

Lin Qin patted her hand, comforting her, "What’s this? You bought these for the purpose of your child’s wedding. After all, she’s your eldest daughter-in-law. Presenting such gifts at the wedding will save you from worrying about any mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts in the future.

Later, Ah Kang and Xinyi’s wedding can also use them. A set of jewelry lasts a lifetime and can be passed on to grandchildren; when you think of it like that, it’s quite worthwhile."

The finished jade pieces were indeed good. Of course, they couldn’t compare to the ones Xiao Jinlin prepared for Chen Xinyue, but they could retain their value. If Lin Ying hadn’t insisted on paying, Lin Qin would have covered it herself.

Xu Jian agreed and advised, "Mom, I think you should learn from Auntie. Money just sits in the bank doing nothing, better to invest it. Buying some jewelry is good, our family doesn’t have much heritage anyway, buy them now and keep them as family heirlooms in the future, hahaha..."

"Get out of here!" Lin Ying playfully hit her son, but she did take his words to heart.

Then, they selected several more jade bracelets, including moonlight white, wood grain snowflake, white base green, spring colors, ice yellow jadeite, and hot imperial green, all priced between twenty to fifty thousand, suitable for daily wear, showing elegance without worrying about getting damaged.

After a shopping spree, both Lin Ying and Lin Qin felt elated.

After going home to rest and then moving on to the pearl wholesale market.

Every kind of pearl imaginable was there, and the two women made a killing once again, spending several hundred thousand.

Over the course of two days, Xu Jian’s villa was nearly buried under various clothes and jewelry.

Feeling overwhelmed, he quickly arranged to have a batch sent back to An City in advance.

Soon, the day to visit the Tang family arrived.

Tang Jing arrived at Tang Yu’s house the evening before. Upon entering, she saw Tang Yu’s mother holding her grandson playing nearby.

Tang Yu’s father sat on the sofa watching TV.