‘43 US cents a day’: girl secretly saves pocket money for a year and gifts mother a delicate gold ring, touches hearts in China
- A little girl in China makes a touching effort to save her pocket money for a year to buy her mother a ring by putting aside 3 yuan (43 US cents) a day
- A video of her bargaining with a saleswoman at a jewellery store and then surprising her mother with the ring has gone viral on mainland social media
A girl in China who saved her pocket money for a year and amassed 1,350 yuan (US$194) to buy her mother a gold ring as a gift has warmed hearts on mainland social media.
Star Video reported that the unnamed girl from Shandong province in eastern China hoarded her pocket money for a whole year before buying her mother the ring at a local shopping centre earlier this month.
In a video, the girl is seen walking with her uncle and carrying a bag with her pocket money. After taking out the cash from her bag, the girl explained she had saved 3 yuan (43 US cents) daily over the past year.
“I’ve kept saving 3 yuan a day since the beginning of March last year, and I’ve been waiting for this day,” the girl said.
Then the uncle followed her to jewellery stores in the shopping centre where after looking around, she stopped at one counter and asked a saleswoman about a gold ring adorned with a bow. She also tried on different gold rings.