What must come, will come; she can’t escape it, so first let’s celebrate my wife’s birthday.
He wanted to give his wife a decent birthday gift, so he headed to the largest jewelry store in the county, and by coincidence, it happened to be affiliated with the one Xiaoxiao visited in the town.
After entering, he browsed around but didn’t know what to buy; the earrings he had given her before seemed never to have been worn, probably because she didn’t like them.
The jewelry store didn’t only sell gold and silver jewelry but also offered items like women’s handkerchiefs, fans, silk flowers. Yang Ming looked at everything, including hairpins, bracelets.
However, Yang Ming felt his wife might not really like these things, which made it hard for him to decide, and the shop assistant was growing impatient.
"Sir, what exactly do you plan to choose?"
Yang Ming was also stumped by the question; he wasn’t clear, either, as he felt these didn’t quite suit his wife.
He wanted to hear Xiao’er’s suggestion, which might help him find something appropriate, "I’m buying for my wife, do you have any good suggestions?"
"If it’s for your wife, there really is one thing, sir, you are actually in luck today."
Xiao’er then brought out a pair of rings that had just been delivered to Yang Ming.
"Sir, look at this pair of rings, a new design from our jewelry store, due to the urgent schedule, we have only managed to produce this one pair."
"This is a token of love worn by both men and women. See this heart shape here, the woman’s ring fits inside the man’s ring, aligning perfectly."
As Xiao’er spoke, he demonstrated for Yang Ming. Upon seeing it, his eyes lit up. This was it, the small and exquisitely made pair of rings his wife would surely love.
Xiao’er continued explaining, "This ring also has a beautiful meaning—it was said by the woman who designed it, signifying ’I wish to stand by your side and spend my life with you.’"
Such a delicate thing designed by a woman? ’I wish to stand by your side and spend my life with you,’ what a beautiful sentence. It seemed that the designer must have been very fond of her husband, causing him to feel a bit envious of her husband.
"Because we were in a hurry to produce them, this pair is sized according to that woman and her husband. I’m not sure if it matches the size of you and your wife, sir. Try it on and see."
Upon hearing this, Yang Ming felt somewhat disappointed. It would be a pity if he found a seemingly ideal gift only to have it not fit because of the size.
"Sir, wear it on the ring finger of your left hand, the designer said that this symbolizes that the couple is perfectly aligned in heart."
Perfectly aligned in heart? If he could be perfectly aligned in heart with his wife, that would be wonderful.
Following Xiao’er’s instructions, he slipped the ring onto the ring finger of his left hand. It fit surprisingly well, as if it had been custom-made.
"Sir, the size is just right; now look at the woman’s ring, I’m not sure if it will fit."
Yang Ming took the small, delicate ring intended for a woman. He held it carefully between his thumb and index finger, examining it closely, recalling the feeling of holding hands with his wife, imagining her hand clad in this ring.
"Xiao’er, take this pair, how much are they?"
"Sir, this pair is twenty taels."
Yang Ming hadn’t expected that such a small pair of rings could be so expensively priced. If it had been earlier, he really couldn’t have afforded them.
But now, since the last cabbage incident, he had come into an extra hundred and more taels. After giving Wang Kui a hundred, he just happened to have twenty left.
"Alright, I’ll buy them."