80-yr-old man spent his life savings to buy old wife a diamond ring

An 80-year-old man in China spent his life-savings to buy his wife of many years a diamond ring for because she has had 'a hard life'.


Staff at a jewellery store in Xinjiang,said they were approached by the elderly couple and asked if they could see some 'reasonably priced' rings.
The OddityCentral reports that the man wanted to make his wife happy because they had experienced of lifetime of struggle.


According to staff member Zhou Lanlan, the couple had visited their shop at noon on Wednesday. The man then proceeded to ask for diamond rings that were ‘reasonably priced’.

The salesperson recommended one particular ring that was being sold at a discounted price. After trying it on, the man payed for the ring with a huge roll of small banknotes that are believed to have been his entire life’s savings. He mentioned that he wanted to make his wife happy after a lifetime of struggles. “We’ve been leading a hard life. I just hope to cheer her up,”