Jiang Xin took out the invoice and smirked.
Looking down, she glanced at the contents of the invoice.
The price for those five dresses was exactly six hundred and two yuan.
Not a single cent was rounded off.
It even included the item number of each dress.
Coincidentally, the tags hadn’t been removed from those dresses, so a quick check would easily match them up.
Moreover, even if Mrs. Fu’s family members had removed all the tags from those dresses,
it wouldn’t be impossible to verify.
In this day and age, there aren’t many other ways. If the tags are removed, they would have to be somewhere in this room.
It hasn’t been long, so they haven’t had time to dispose of them. A quick search in the room would surely reveal them.
By then, matching the tags would directly reveal the price of each dress.
After Jiang Xin finished looking at the invoice, she handed it directly to the police officer standing beside her.
"This is the invoice for those dresses."
"I’ve kept it intact all along. Those five dresses were bought at the same time, so they are all listed on a single invoice."
"With the police officers present today, I would like them to witness and confirm that the amount on this invoice is indeed six hundred and two yuan."
"This is the total value of those five dresses. If you don’t believe it, feel free to verify whether this invoice is genuine."
In this era, it’s hard to fake things.
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The police officer glanced at it and sternly told Mrs. Fu and her family members:
"This invoice indeed states that the total value of these five dresses is six hundred and two yuan."
"If you have any further doubts, you are welcome to step forward and take a look."
Mrs. Fu and her family members were instantly shocked upon hearing the officer’s words.
They didn’t expect those simple dresses to actually be worth over six hundred yuan.
Mrs. Fu remembered she had mentioned returning only four dresses and letting her niece wear the remaining one for tomorrow’s matchmaking.
She offered to cover the cost of that dress.
With this breakdown, it turns out each dress costs over a hundred yuan, making it a significant expense for her.
It feels a bit like being ripped off!
Mrs. Fu immediately regretted her decision, as she’s currently cash-strapped.
Even though she has been supporting her family these years, there’s a method to this support.
Money should be spent wisely.
Over the years, Mrs. Fu has mostly bought essentials for her family.
In her eyes, spending so much on a single dress seems overly foolish.
Over a hundred yuan could cover her family’s grocery expenses for nearly half a year.
Why not enjoy a few more meals with ribs instead of incurring a debt of over a hundred yuan for just one dress?
While Mrs. Fu hesitated,
her mother and sister-in-law thought it over and decided not to pass up a good deal.
They directly said to the police officer:
"Since it’s decided, why not do as my sister-in-law suggested? We’ll return four dresses and use the remaining one for my daughter’s matchmaking tomorrow."
"As for the loss, let my sister-in-law cover it. After all, they’re family and won’t miss a hundred or two hundred."
After swiftly calculating in their minds,
they realized that at those prices, keeping those dresses would be a bit much to afford.
They didn’t want their family to suffer because of this and decided not to risk everything for some small things, as that would be detrimental.
They understood this simple truth.
It was better to just return the dresses, since keeping one would suffice.