As an ordinary civil servant of a local government in India, Mr. h.r.giger is not the kind of person who can afford to visit a jewelry store, and his salary is just enough to support his family.
However, h.r.giger and his wife had to walk into the biggest jewelry store in the city. They have been married for 20 years. Although they are not rich, they are still happy. They have two daughters-/Kloc-Lakshmi aged 0/9 and Lagu aged 0/7. Lakshmi is getting married and needs to buy a pair of diamond earrings as a dowry, so they came to the jewelry store specially. However, this day is mainly about styles and prices. In fact, the only thing that worries h.r.giger is that money may not be enough.
Diamond earrings are a necessary dowry for married daughters. Who has heard that the bride has no diamond earrings at a wedding in southern India?
However, h.r.giger's wife is not worried about money.
"Sell my diamond earrings," she said. "I don't need them now, but the style is too old. We should buy a pair of fashionable ones for our daughter. "
However, only h.r.giger knows that his wife's earrings are not real diamonds, but imitations.
H.r.giger and his wife are free to fall in love. Her family is poor and her father is the headmaster of a rural primary school. At that time, h.r.giger's parents strongly opposed their marriage, but h.r.giger insisted on marrying her. Finally, her parents had to agree, but there was one condition: the bride must have diamond earrings in her dowry.
Where did his wife's father get the money to buy diamond earrings? Later, h.r.giger solved the problem very simply.
One day, h.r.giger saw an old man sitting on the sidewalk selling fake diamond jewelry. Earrings are all beautiful. The price of a pair of earrings ranges from 10 to 50 rupees, and some of them look like real diamond earrings.
"Where did you get these jewels?" H.r.giger asked.
"Rangoon diamonds brought by Burmese refugees during World War II," the old man replied.
Hearing this, h.r.giger didn't believe it at all, because Yangon diamonds are expensive even if they are imitations, and a pair of earrings should cost at least 100 rupees.
Gigel chose a pair of earrings that were particularly beautiful. It's hard to tell if they are fake diamonds without being an expert. H.r.giger gave the old man 10 rupees in addition to 50 rupees, because he was very satisfied with the style of this pair of earrings.
He put on diamond earrings and went straight to his future father-in-law's house.
"Thank you very much, h.r.giger, where did you buy it? How much is it worth? I will definitely pay you back at the price later. " The father-in-law said.
Please promise me that no one will know that I bought earrings. H.r.giger didn't tell his father-in-law the truth.
"definitely."
That's it. H.r.giger married the daughter of a primary school principal.
Ok, now, let's continue the previous story.
H.r.giger and his wife came to the jewelry store to choose new earrings for their daughter and sell the "diamond" earrings he bought for her. She doesn't know the details yet.
They walked into the jewelry store. The doorman smiled at them, but h.r.giger was still a little nervous.
A young man received them and gave them an encouraging smile.
His wife was about to point her finger at her earrings when h.r.giger nudged her in time and whispered, "Let's choose the earrings for Lakshmi first. We can sell it later. "
H.r.giger wanted to delay the revelation of the truth as much as possible. Young people took out several pairs of diamond earrings for them to choose from and talked about the advantages of each kind of diamond. A pair of special earrings attracted them, and his wife and he reached for it at the same time.
"These earrings must be very expensive!" H.r.giger thought.
The young man coughed and said, "You have a good eye. This is an excellent diamond, "he said. "We rarely have such pure diamonds. The price is 1.5 million rupees, which is already the' reserve price'. "
They are all excited about finding the right earrings, but the embarrassing situation they are about to face still makes h.r.giger nervous. First, when his wife learned the truth about the earrings, he had to face her shock. Also, where did he get 15000 rupees?
"Do you accept used earrings?" He asked the young man.
"accept." The young man looked doubtfully at the earrings on h.r.giger's wife's ear.
The wife took off her earring and gave it to the young man.
H.r.giger looked at his face eagerly, and his heart was pounding. I saw the young man's expression suddenly changed. He said, "Please wait a moment. I have to call my boss. "
The young man addressed his boss in a language that h.r.giger didn't understand. A 60-year-old man came out of the back room. The old man sat down, put on special glasses and looked at the earrings over and over again to identify the authenticity. H.r.giger was sweating with nervousness.
"Where did you buy this pair of earrings?" The boss asked h.r.giger.
"Why?" H.r.giger said, "My father-in-law bought it. He must have bought it from Trecci, the nearest town to his village. " When he said this, h.r.giger's face must be ugly. He felt his hands full of sweat.
The jeweler stared at h.r.giger for a while, and then said meaningfully, "This is the rarest diamond, and it's a rare gem."
"Then how much is it worth?" H.r.giger asked. At the moment, his heart seems to be a little slow.
"I'm not sure without professional testing." He said. Then he stood up and motioned for h.r.giger to go to the office with him. He closed the door and said seriously, "diamonds are imitations." Tell me about it. "h.r.giger's legs are weak, and his brain is blank.
The jeweler sat h.r.giger down and poured him a glass of water.
H.r.giger told the jeweler the whole story of "Diamond" earrings, and then let him dispose of them. After all, he thinks he is suspected of cheating others.
After listening to h.r.giger's story, the boss pondered for a while and said, "In this case, it's best not to let your wife know. You can' change' a pair of real diamond earrings and pay me in installments later. " H.r.giger was too moved to speak. ...
That day, my wife happily gave her "diamond" earrings to the shop assistant and "exchanged" a pair of new diamond earrings worth10.5 million rupees for her daughter. The secret of "diamond" earrings is only known by h.r.giger and the kind jeweler. His kindness and understanding safeguarded the dignity of h.r.giger's father-in-law, his wife and himself, and even their whole family.