"I'm so tired. Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, Mingqi, let's go eat too. After eating, there is still some finishing work to do." After Zhang Qiurui finished cooking the last dish, she wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Qiurui, eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, you all have worked hard. The finishing work will be left to us. This is a little token of our appreciation." At this time, Zhang Wenmin came over with Yu Yang, greeted everyone, and handed each person a red envelope.
This red envelope is a thank you gift to those who helped prepare the banquet.
The amount is not much, only about three or five cents.
As for the members of the production team who attended the banquet, those with whom they had a good relationship might give fifty cents as a gift, while those with whom they had an average relationship would mostly give thirty cents as a gift.
"Thank you, Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law."
"Thank you. I wish you a happy marriage and a baby soon."
"Thanks."
Everyone took the red envelopes and congratulated with joy on their faces.
When the banquet was over, Zhang Qiurui saw Zhang Ercheng and Zhou Guihua standing at the door with smiles on their faces as they saw the guests off.
The two old people held hands, and the smiles on their faces were full of satisfaction and relief.
The wish of the parents is nothing more than to see their children get married, start a family and live happily, and that they support each other and grow old together.
They may have had ups and downs and hardships in their lives, but more importantly, they have used their actions to interpret what true companionship and staying together are.
Seeing this, Zhang Qiurui felt a warm feeling in his heart and his eyes involuntarily turned red.
She deeply realized that this simple and pure happiness cannot be purchased by any amount of money.
And she has the material for her next novel, which is called "Parental Love".
She does not plan to copy the book where the hero is a navy man and the heroine is a capitalist lady. She plans to create a novel based on her own parents. She may make up some plots and characters, but the core emotions and storyline will be faithful to her parents' real experiences.
Zhang Qiurui thought that this novel should not only tell the love story of his parents' generation, but also convey the extraordinary emotions that were nurtured in ordinary life - a kind of love that can stand the test of time, transcend countless storms, and remain tenacious.
It just happened to be winter vacation, and there was no farm work to do in the production brigade during the winter. The month-long winter vacation was just the right time to polish this novel.
It may be published in the magazine as soon as next year.
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"Qiu Rui, do you still have the blood-replenishing medicine you gave me before? I'm almost finished. But I can buy more from you with money." After dinner in the evening, Xie Lin saw that only she and Qiu Rui were in the kitchen. Xie Lin, who was washing dishes, wiped his hands, walked up to Zhang Qiu Rui embarrassedly and asked.
"Second sister-in-law, do I think you are worth such a small amount of money now? I bought it and put it in the room. I forgot about it because I was busy these days. I will send it to your room later.
"However, sister-in-law, how are you feeling after taking these blood-tonifying foods?" Zhang Qiurui asked with a smile, her eyes full of concern.
Hearing this, Xie Lin's face lit up with a warm smile, his eyes sparkling with gratitude.
"Thank you so much, Qiu Rui. After eating the blood-tonifying supplements you gave me, I feel much better. My hands and feet are much warmer when I sleep in winter.
Although I haven't recovered to my pre-marriage health, I've recovered about 30% to 50%. Xie Lin's words were filled with sincere gratitude. She knew her sister-in-law was kind to her and was also very good to the children. She would either buy them snacks or bring them any delicious food at home.
"Sister-in-law, we are all family, why should we be so polite?"
However, the conversation between Zhang Qiurui and Xie Lin in the kitchen was overheard by Gao Erping who was about to come into the kitchen.
Gao Erping's first reaction after hearing all this was, "Sister-in-law buys all the good things for her younger brother and sister-in-law? Why doesn't she get any?" She couldn't help but feel a sour and complicated emotion in her heart.
My second reaction was, where did my sister-in-law get the money to buy blood-replenishing medicine for my second brother’s wife?
Gao Erping thought a lot and remembered what her mother had said before, that the mushrooms cultivated in the county were all sold on the black market by her second son and his wife. Sometimes they were sold for 20 cents per pound, sometimes for 18 cents per pound, and sometimes even for 16 cents.
Gao Erping thought about how cunning her uncle had always been. He would go to the black market to sell mushrooms, and he would sell them for a few cents per pound, and he would secretly hide a few cents or a few yuan each time, and they didn't know about it.
The mushrooms were grown by my sister-in-law, who has such a good relationship with my uncle. It is possible that they colluded with each other and secretly embezzled part of the money from selling the mushrooms.
Once this thought arose, it was like a wildfire that could no longer be suppressed.
She tiptoed back to the door, afraid that her footsteps would interrupt the conversation in the kitchen.
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"Tomorrow we will go back to the county to take care of those mushrooms. We will take advantage of the New Year to sell another batch of mushrooms so that we can save money to build or buy a house." That night, after Zhang Qiujin and Zhang Qiuyu left, Zhou Guihua saw that the whole family was in the main hall and immediately gave the order.
"Mom, how much have we saved from selling mushrooms? Mom! Why don't you rest at home and I will go to the county to take care of the mushrooms and sell them for you." Gao Erping asked with something in mind.
"It's about 70 yuan. Mushrooms are expensive these days, so I can sell three batches at most and still save over 40 yuan, which adds up to over 120 yuan.
By April next year, we'll have bought two bungalows in the county, and by August or September, we'll be almost done with building our new house." Speaking of building a new house, Zhou Guihua and Zhang Ercheng's eyes flashed with anticipation.
"Mom! Yangyang and I have discussed that before our house is built, we will hand over all of our salaries, except for a portion of our expenses.
When the house is built, we..., we... " Zhang Wenmin and Yu Yang looked at each other. Yu Yang nodded at Zhang Wenmin, and Zhang Wenmin felt a little embarrassed at the end.
"Okay, Mom knows what you mean. Let's do it!" Zhou Guihua calculated the salary of the third brother and his family. It was less than 80 yuan a month. After deducting living expenses, it would be considered good if she could hand over 55 yuan.
If you save for six months, you will have about three hundred yuan.
Three hundred yuan to build a two-bedroom house with five bedrooms and a living room seems not enough, and I still have to give it a thumbs up.
The third sister's family is from the city and has never suffered any hardship since childhood. Now she has taken the initiative to hand over her salary to help build a house for her family. Zhou Guihua is naturally very pleased.
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