Little boy in China gives 100-gram gold bars worth Rs 12 lakh to classmate as 'engagement gift'

A little boy in China gifted gold bars worth $15,000 (Rs 12,47,870) to a girl in his class as an “engagement gift”. His move left his parents baffled and amused social media users.

The incident happened in December in Guang’an, Sichuan province, southwestern China. According to a report by South China Morning Post, the excited little girl showed off the two 100-gram gold bars to her parents who were obviously shocked.

A video doing the rounds of Chinese social media showed the girl holding a red box with the gold bars inside. When her mother asked what was inside, the girl innocently replied, “I don’t know.”

The woman told the boy’s parents the next day who apologised. “The boy’s parents said they had told their son that the gold bars were intended for his future wife, but they didn’t expect him to secretly take them out and give them to our daughter,” the girl’s mother said. “The whole situation was both amusing and bewildering for them.”