The growth system comes at the age of 30

Chapter 191 Congratulations on becoming a grandmother! (4K please subscribe and vote)

At the entrance of Baida Mall.

"Sorry, it's been a long wait."

Li Beixing walked quickly to Chen Jingle and smiled apologetically.

Today, she wore an off-white long skirt, paired with a light blue cardigan, and carried a beige bag on her shoulder.

It is still a simple and ladylike outfit.

To put it bluntly, if a person is good-looking, he or she will look good in any clothes.

Chen Jingle waved his hand: "No, I just arrived too. At least there was one time when I arrived earlier than you, otherwise you would always arrive first, which made me feel embarrassed."

Li Beixing pursed her lips and said, "No way. Didn't you arrive earlier than me before? In fact, as long as you are not too late, it doesn't matter if you are a little early or late. Don't make stereotypes that men must arrive first and women must arrive later."

"I also feel that way."

Chen Jingle chuckled and said, "Let's go in first. It's a bit hot outside."

Although it is a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings in Jiangbei at the end of October, you still need a fan or air conditioner when it is sunny like today.

For Chen Jingle, the temperature is neither too high nor too low, so wearing short sleeves is the most comfortable.

The two of them then walked inside.

Chen Jingle asked with a smile: "It's time to use your shopping advantage. What are the arrangements?"

Li Beixing thought for a moment, looked at Zhou Moufu's jewelry counter not far away, and said, "Let's go to the jewelry counter and buy the silver bracelet first. How about it? This one is small and won't affect my holding it."

"Okay!" Chen Jingle had no objection.

When Zhou Moufu's salesperson saw them coming over, she immediately asked with a smile, "What do you two need?"

Li Beixing asked: "Are there any silver bracelets for full-month babies?"

"Yes, yes." The salesgirl quickly motioned them to the other side, "These are all, you can take a look first to see if there's anything you like."

Chen Jingle took a closer look and found that there were so many styles that he felt a little dazzled.

Li Beixing glanced around and tapped his slender fingers: "This, this, and this, please take them out so we can have a look."

"Ok."

The shopping guide took out the three models that Li Beixing liked.

Li Beixing took it in his hand, looked at the details of the workmanship, and asked Chen Jingle: "What do you think? Which one looks better?"

Chen Jingle looked at it carefully and nodded, saying, "They are both good. If we have to point out a problem, we need to consider whether this kind of uneven surface with patterns will cause damage to the baby's delicate skin. After all, babies are not like adults. So I prefer this one with simple patterns."

Li Beixing nodded slightly. She also preferred this style. It seemed that everyone had the same aesthetic taste.

The saleslady next to him said quickly, "This gentleman is very thoughtful. But don't worry, our styles are carefully designed and the situation you described will not happen. Of course, if you are really worried, this simple style is also a good choice. Whether it is a gift or for your two children to wear, it is a very good choice."

Your own child?

When Li Beixing heard this, he couldn't help but his ears turned red.

Chen Jingle was a little embarrassed and his eyes were wandering.

The salesgirl seemed to realize something and was a little surprised.

The two handsome men and beautiful women in front of me, although the man is wearing a mask, but judging from his temperament, he should be good. Not to mention the beauty, both her appearance and temperament are excellent, and they look very compatible.

Does that mean they haven't come together yet?
But it looks like it's not far away.

After all, the salesgirl was well-informed and understood what was going on immediately, and subconsciously smiled like an auntie.

Li Beixing broke the awkward silence by saying, "Can you please show me the other simple models?"

"Ok."

Simplicity has its advantages. Although the shape looks quite ordinary, upon closer inspection, it feels better than the two ones with more patterns.

Li Beixing prefers a simple style more, as you can see from her daily outfits.

They all seem pretty good, which one should I choose?

She was a little confused and looked at Chen Jingle.

"How about this one?"

Chen Jingle said, pointing to the one with a cute dragon head engraved on it, "Simple and cute, this year is the Year of the Dragon."

This was also the model that Li Beixing first fell in love with.

The salesgirl smiled and said, "You two both have good taste. Our auspicious dragon is at least among the top three in sales among all the baby silver jewelry on the counter."

Li Beixing nodded, looked at the price tag, and asked Chen Jingle, "What's the price? Is it acceptable?"

Chen Jingle glanced at it and nodded, saying, "The current price of 999 silver is 7 yuan per gram. Adding the labor cost and brand premium, it's not outrageous."

"That's it." Li Beixing smiled with narrowed eyes, "By the way, do you want to buy a longevity lock?"

Chen Jingle thought about it and shook his head: "We don't seem to have such a custom over there."

"Then change to something else."

Li Beixing glanced around and saw a nice-looking golden gourd next to it. His eyes lit up immediately and he pointed: "How about this golden gourd?"

The salesgirl smiled and said, "The gourd symbolizes good fortune and luck, which is also good."

Chen Jingle nodded and shook his head and said, "That's good, but giving gifts that are too expensive is also a burden to others. After all, gifts should be reciprocated, and the gifts received now will have to be returned in the future. My relatives are ordinary people, not rich and powerful people. This kind of gift is a bit expensive for them."

He had considered this question before.

Given his relationship with his cousin Liu Guanghai, he would definitely be willing to give the gift, but the problem is that you have to consider the feelings of the recipient and even other relatives who are giving the gifts.

Things that cost thousands of dollars can be considered valuables, and many people don’t even earn that much in a month.

If Li Beixing really gave Liu Guanghai and his wife a golden gourd as a gift as he said, they would probably be more shocked and frightened than surprised.

So he decided to give silver jewelry.

In daily life, people are much more accepting of silver jewelry.

Daily gift giving between relatives is different from that between lovers.

If his relatives all have similar income to him, then there is no problem in giving this as a gift.

The problem is that it is not like that, we are all just ordinary people with average income.

What is an ordinary person?

From Chen Jingle's perspective, anyone who spends no more than 2000 yuan on food per month is considered an ordinary person.

For those who earn more than 2000, they still need to have a high enough income even if they spend most of their income on food and drinks.

People like Chen Jingle are definitely not ordinary people.

In this case, as a junior, what are you thinking of giving such a valuable thing?

No wonder some people say gift-giving is a science.

If he insisted on giving it, it was fine, but he would be criticized by his relatives behind his back, and then his uncle would call him and talk to him earnestly about life, advising him not to spend money lavishly and to think about the future. My cousin Guanghai and his wife would have to spend several days to accept this fact and figure out what gift to give him after his child was born.

trouble!

Then again, the price of gold is ridiculously high now. A gold gourd like this weighs at least 8 grams, including the labor cost and brand premium...

Chen Jingle took a look at the price, 8888.

Now I understand why so many people like to go to Shuibei to buy gold and then find a gold shop to process it.

Although the price of gold is already high enough, given the current chaotic international situation, it may continue to rise.

Chen Jingle muttered secretly, in prosperous times, gold is collected for troubled times.

Although the domestic situation is stable, the price of gold follows the international market. The situation outside is in chaos, so it would be strange if the price did not rise.

Li Beixing thought for a moment and said, "You're right. I didn't think it through."

In Jiangbei, people usually just give gifts with courtesy, not asking for favors, and rarely give expensive gifts. This is a place where people only give 20 yuan in red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.

Even in a family like Li Beixing's, her mother only gave her a red envelope of 100 yuan on New Year's Eve. This is probably hard for outsiders to imagine.

Of course, pocket money transferred on a regular basis is counted separately.

"Do you have those 1 gram gold beans?" Chen Jingle asked the shopping guide.

The salesgirl was a little disappointed when she saw that the big order was gone, but after hearing what he said, she nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes."

After saying that, he guided the two of them to the other side.

Chen Jingle smiled and said to Li Beixing, "Give a small gold bean. The pressure of receiving the gift won't be that great. It's for good luck."

Li Beixing suddenly became interested.

The gold beans all weigh 1 gram and come in a variety of shapes, including peanuts, melon seeds, bananas, gourds, small fish, ingots, etc.

She asked, "How much is one of these?"

The shopping guide said: "688 each, the price is the same for all of them."

This price is within the acceptable range for ordinary people. The current domestic gold price is 620 yuan per gram. Processing fees and brand premiums are definitely required. There is no way around it. Compared with the silver bracelet just mentioned, the processing fees are much less.

For Chen Jingle, it is acceptable as long as the quality is guaranteed.

"Which one do you think looks good?" he asked Li Beixing.

Li Beixing looked around, smiled and said, "I still like small gourds more."

Chen Jingle nodded: "Then let's gourd. Please help me get one, thank you."

"Okay, please wait." The shopping guide helped them take out the small golden gourd they liked and packed it in a gift box.

Chen Jingle took a look at it. This thing has a unique shape and pleasing color. No wonder many people on the Internet like to buy gold beans as an investment.

If you started buying it in 2018 at more than yuan per gram and kept buying it until now, you would have indeed made a profit.

When the war broke out, he had expected the price of gold to rise, but he didn't expect it to rise so much. It was just that at the time, he needed money to build a house and renovate it, so he didn't invest in gold.

I have a friend who bought two kilograms of gold when the price was almost 300. He must be grinning from ear to ear now.

Chen Jingle feels that the biggest problem for poor people to become rich is the cost of trial and error. Even if there is a very good and sure opportunity in front of them, as long as the cost is too high, they dare not take the risk.

Because high cost itself is a risk.

……

A silver bracelet and a gold bean, total consumption is 1018 yuan.

Seeing that he had successfully chosen a gift, Li Beixing was happier than Chen Jingle.

Chen Jingle glanced at the counter, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

In fact, he wanted to give Li Beixing a piece of jewelry, but then he thought, wouldn’t it be too presumptuous to give her jewelry?
After all, only close people would give these gifts.

Especially between opposite sexes, giving jewelry has some special meaning, whether it is a bracelet, necklace, earrings, not to mention rings.

After thinking about it, I decided to give up this idea.

"I'll send you something else later."

Give something that a normal friend of the opposite sex can accept.

"Then comes baby formula?" Li Beixing tilted his head and looked at him.

Chen Jingle nodded: "Well, let's go!"

The mother and baby area is in the supermarket on the underground floor.

Chen Jingle pushed a small cart. What if he wanted to buy something else? Besides, it would be tiring to carry a big can of milk powder.

"What do you two need?"

The shopping guide in the mother and baby area saw them stop and hurried forward to ask.

Chen Jingle waved his hand: "Let's take a look first, there's no rush. We will take the initiative to consult if necessary."

When he goes to the supermarket, he likes to look around on his own and doesn't like being sold to.

"Should we choose imported or domestic products?" Li Beixing asked.

Chen Jingle said: "Domestic products are good."

He had done some homework in advance.

This is no longer the era when the moon is rounder in foreign countries. Some domestic brands are of high quality and high standards and are also worth choosing.

It’s not that foreign milk powder is of good quality, it’s because of its good quality that it is allowed to be imported.

Same thing as Hollywood movies.

Hollywood produces countless bad movies every year. The problem is that we don't import bad movies, which gives some people the illusion that everything produced by Hollywood is a masterpiece.

It may also be that some stakeholders deliberately promote it this way.

In fact, it is definitely not the case. There are so many bad movies.

"If it's domestically produced, how about Feihe Xingfeifan? Or Wandashan? Or Junlebao Youcui? Or Jinlingguan Yuhu?"

Li Beixing had also done research in advance.

The brands she mentioned are all domestic brands with relatively high sales in the past two years. Their quality, reputation and cost-effectiveness are all very good.

There were also expensive ones, but since Chen Jingle said that gifts should not be too valuable and should be suitable, she ruled out the more expensive ones first.

As for why we need to study these, we can only say that they will be useful sooner or later.

Unless she doesn't get married or have children in the future.

Chen Jingle thought for a moment and said, "How about Wandashan?"

In fact, these four domestic brands all have a very good reputation. If you have to choose one among these three, Chen Jingle thinks Wandashan’s reputation should be the best, but it is not that famous.

"Then take two cans?"

"Well, take it!"

Chen Jingle took two cans of milk powder from the shelf and put them on the cart.

They didn't notice that a slightly fat middle-aged woman not far away saw this scene and was very surprised. Then she thought of something interesting and showed a gloating expression.

I took out my phone and quietly took a photo.

……

"Aqin, congratulations, you're going to be a grandmother!"

Jiang Zhiqin, who was cutting flowers at home at the time, heard the WeChat message alert and took out her mobile phone to check.

It was sent by my sister-in-law from my mother's side.

But this statement seems incomprehensible.

I frowned and replied, "Xia Jie, what did you say? Why don't I understand what you mean?"

The other party sent a photo with a sentence: "Don't you know? Your Beixing has started to pick out maternity and baby products. Could it be that she didn't tell you that she was pregnant?"

Jiang Zhiqin clicked on the photo and saw her daughter standing with a man. Although only her daughter's profile was captured, she could clearly see a smile on her face.

As for the man, only his back can be seen, which gives the impression that he has a straight figure.

The key point is that the two of them had their background in the mother and baby section of a supermarket.

"..."

Jiang Zhiqin took a deep breath.

(End of this chapter)