The person making the noise outside was Li Youcai, the cook who prepared the banquet yesterday, from their village.
If you think about it carefully, they are relatives within the fifth degree of mourning.
Lin Ye had to call him uncle, and it was because they were relatives that Tang Guifen felt at ease to let him prepare the banquet.
He said eighty, so it was eighty, and he didn't bargain.
But at the banquet yesterday, there were less than ten dishes in total, eight vegetarian dishes, one cold dish, and the only meat dish was shredded pork fried with chili peppers.
She took a look and could clearly count the shredded meat on the plate.
The villagers all grumbled during the banquet, saying that her house was not spacious or grand.
Later, when Li Youcai's wife asked for her wages, she wanted to ask.
But Lin Ye had a fever and he couldn't take care of him, so he could only give them sixty yuan and let them go back first.
I didn't expect that he would come to ask for money so early in the morning.
"Don't say your nephew stole your money. The expenses should be clearly stated on the document!"
Li Youcai's face was full of flesh and there were few hairs left on his forehead.
He was spitting all over the place, and he almost wanted to throw the wrinkled list into Tang Guifen's face.
I know she can't read, so it's easy to fool her!
He took out the six big unity notes he had given Tang Guifen yesterday from his pocket and counted them out one by one for her to see.
"You only give me 60 yuan, how is that enough?"
Tang Guifen waved her hand and narrowed one eye.
"Uncle, I don't recognize this character either. Let me show it to Lin Ye first..."
When Li Youcai heard that Lin Ye had woken up, his eyes rolled and he withdrew his hand.
"Auntie, is Lin Ye awake? Why are you letting him rest and making him worry so much?"
"We're all family, how could I possibly cheat you? Well, I'll give you ten less, and you can just give me the remaining ten."
"There are old people and young people at home, and Lin Ye has difficulty walking. In the future, just give me a call and I will come to help you."
Hearing Li Youcai say this, Tang Guifen's hands trembled. Yes! Without a capable man at home, if anything happens in the future, she will have to beg them for help!
Thinking of this, she resigned herself to her fate and prepared to pay the money.
Su Man couldn't stand it anymore, so she walked out of the kitchen and pulled Tang Guifen with a smile.
"Grandma, there's a visitor at home so early in the morning? Who is this?"
"Oh, just call me Uncle Youcai. We are all family."
Li Youcai glanced at Su Man and gave her a half smile.
"Is this Lin Ye's wife? She's quite pretty."
It's a pity that she married a disabled person.
"If you have any troubles in the future, just come to me, okay?"
Su Man nodded and slapped her head.
"Oh, grandma, yesterday Lin Ye told me there was a fake Great Unity note at home and told me not to spend it."
"I looked around but couldn't find it. Did you give it to Uncle Youcai?"
"ah?"
Is this true? Tang Guifen was bewildered.
Li Youcai was not happy. Although he had never seen what counterfeit money looked like, he had heard that some people had received it.
He immediately took out the six pictures of Great Unity and looked at them over and over again.
But they all look the same, and it’s hard to tell the real one from the fake one!
"Uncle, let me show you."
Li Youcai didn't think much about it and returned the money to Su Man.
She waved them against the light and looked at them one by one.
"It's all true..."
Li Youcai breathed a sigh of relief and was about to get the money.
"I was wondering why my aunt would give me fake money."
Su Man took a step back and raised her chin towards the list in his hand.
"Uncle, my grandma can't read or count, can I help take a look?"
"Brothers should settle accounts clearly! We should pay back what we owe and make up what we owe. Don't you agree?"
Little hoof, it turns out she is waiting for him here!
The money has been taken back, he can't just rob it openly.
Li Youcai gritted his teeth in hatred, his face trembling, and reluctantly threw the list over.
"Niece-in-law, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are since you don't manage the household. Uncle didn't ask for a penny more than 80 yuan!"
Humph, even if I saw it, so what? He'd already quoted a higher price on the list.
This young wife can't just go to the town and settle the accounts one by one with a flattering face, right?
Su Man took a quick glance and immediately understood what was going on.
The total number is correct, but do they really treat their family like pigs?
Take tofu for example, it costs 1.5 cents per pound, and two tables of banquets used 20 pounds of tofu?
Su Man smiled politely and read out the dishes on the list one by one.
"Uncle, apart from anything else, this bill lists chicken, duck, fish and meat, so at least the meat is visible."
"I didn't see any chicken, duck, or fish at the banquet yesterday!"
When Li Youcai opened this order, he was only thinking about how to reconcile the account and didn't care about anything else at all.
After being asked this question by Su Man, he hesitated for a long time.
"Everyone had finished eating when you came in, so it's normal that you didn't see it."
Tang Guifen also sensed something was wrong and frowned.
"No, uncle, I didn't see these things in the kitchen!"
Otherwise, she would definitely leave some for her granddaughter-in-law!
Li Youcai became furious and snatched the order away.
"How can you, a one-eyed dragon, see clearly? I finally understand. Your family just wants to eat for free."
"Okay, don't ask me to help you with any housework in the future. I'll go to the village chief and talk to him. I don't believe that no one will listen to my reason."
I thought this would scare the two women, one old and one young.
Unexpectedly, Su Man nodded and followed.
"It's time to have a good chat. I'll also ask the people who came to the banquet yesterday if they had any of those things."
"If not, it must have been eaten by a dog..."
The only thing missing was to name Li Youcai as the dog. Seeing Su Man like that, Li Youcai got scared.
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