Recently, a girl named Xiao Li from Shanghai stole valuable jewelry worth a million RMB from her home and sold it for only 60 RMB to use as pocket money. The incident has sparked discussions among netizens.
According to reports from mainland Chinese media on January 24th, a Shanghai resident, Mrs. Wang, sought help from the police, claiming that her daughter Xiao Li mistakenly sold the million-worth jewelry from their home at a low price and she hoped to retrieve it.
Mrs. Wang explained that Xiao Li, who is in her adolescence, took out the jewelry from home secretly just to earn some pocket money. Not knowing the true value of the items, Xiao Li sold them as fake goods at a jade and gemstone recycling shop in a bird and flower market for an extremely low price.
After receiving the report, the police contacted the person in charge of the bird and flower market and then found the owner of the store involved, Mr. Chen. Chen admitted that he had bought nine pieces of jewelry in total.
It is said that Chen, despite knowing that the jewelry and gemstones sold by Xiao Li were genuine and without any relevant purchase certificates, chose to conceal the truth and purchase them at a low price. After facing criticism, Chen returned all the items, and Xiao Li returned the full 60 RMB.
Regarding this, netizens have been discussing fervently:
“Nowadays, the integrity of businesses has almost hit an all-time low.”
“These merchants who purchase jewelry and jade deceive those who are not knowledgeable and children by taking genuine items as scrap goods has become a common practice.”
Some netizens also raised questions:
“A family with a million-worth of jewelry, yet the girl lacks only 60 RMB for pocket money?”
“If there are million-worth jewelry at home, the family’s financial condition should not be lacking. Why would a child resort to selling things at home due to lack of pocket money?”
“Even if the jewelry is returned, what is there to be happy about for a mother? It’s concerning that a child at this age has resorted to selling things from home for money. If attention is not directed towards the child’s education, these family assets will still be squandered in the future.”