The small object on the ground was a silver ring.
The inner band was engraved with a few numbers: the date Fu Hanyi had proposed to me. That day, while we were meeting secretly by the river, he had pulled a stalk of foxtail grass, wound it around my finger, and asked me to marry him.
The next day, Fu Hanyi bought a silver ring to replace the grass one as a formal engagement ring. He promised that once he had money, he would certainly buy me a "pigeon blood" ruby as a wedding ring.
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