Chapter 626: Top Scorer in the College Entrance Examination (13)
"Dad, Fourth Uncle, I'm full." Ruan Jiaojiao replied, curiously flipping through the book in front of Fourth Uncle. After opening it, she realized that it was a favor book.
While she was flipping through the favor book, Wu Le also walked over from the main room, holding a black sack and a plate.
"Jiaojiao, why are you sitting here? Aren't you going to eat?" Wu Le also asked with a smile, while putting the candy on the plate. Over there, Ruan Jianguo was unpacking cigarettes and also putting them all on the plate.
"I'm full. Can Jiaojiao do this? Jiaojiao can help distribute the candy." Ruan Jiaojiao was really bored and wanted to find something to do.
"It's so hot outside, dear, go in, don't get sunburned." Ruan Jianguo had just unpacked a few packs of cigarettes, and upon hearing this, he immediately said distressedly: "Your fourth uncle and fourth aunt are busy here, there's no need..."
"But Jiaojiao wants to help, Dad." Ruan Jiaojiao blinked her big eyes and looked at Ruan Jianguo, and Ruan Jianguo immediately surrendered: "Okay, okay, then Jiaojiao will help distribute candy, but if you are tired or hot, go in immediately, understand?"
Ruan Jiaojiao nodded hurriedly.
According to Ruan Jianguo's plan, each family will have two cigarettes and six candies.
Wu Le will distribute cigarettes, and she will distribute candy.
Ruan Jiaojiao didn't have to wait long, because soon people over there finished their meals and started walking over here to pay for gifts.
The economy has developed rapidly in the past two years. In the past, 30 yuan was considered a lot, but in the past two years, everyone's salary has basically doubled, so the amount of favors has increased from 5 yuan to 10 yuan.
The first people to pay the gift money were the villagers, who basically paid around 10 yuan. The slightly richer ones who had some kinship with the Ruan family paid 20 yuan.
It was Xu Jianlin who paid the gift money to the Xu family, and Liu Mei followed far behind.
The disaster that year disabled both of her hands. I heard that it cost more than 500 yuan, and she was hospitalized in the hospital for nearly a year before she barely saved her life.
It may be because of such a catastrophe.
Liu Mei has also become much more low-key, no longer as arrogant as before, and often avoids the Ruan family when they see them.
Now Xu Jianlin came up to pay the gift money, and she followed him from a distance.
Ruan Jiaojiao looked at Xu Jianlin in front of her again. He looked like he was burning oil for a long time, and he was so thin that he was completely out of shape.
She watched him tremble with his hands, and take out a bag from his dirty and torn pocket, the kind used to hold washed edible salt, and shake out a bunch of change from it, two cents and five cents, one dime and two dimes, and the largest one was only fifty cents.
After counting for a long time, he finally counted out three yuan. With shaking hands, he handed it to Ruan Jianmin a little embarrassedly: "Jianmin, here are three yuan..." There were many people around, all waiting to pay the gift money. He could not read, but he still knew the big words from one to ten. Seeing that there were all tens and twenty inside, his hand trembled even more.
Ruan Jianmin sighed and wanted to say that there was no need for the gift money, but he knew that if he said that, it would actually be a real insult to him.
He could only take the money and write down his name and the amount of the gift money.
Wu Le handed him two cigarettes. When it was Ruan Jiaojiao's turn to hand over the candies, she didn't count and just grabbed a handful and handed them over. She smiled sweetly and said, "Uncle Xu, this is for Xu Cheng. Please help me take it back to him." Then she grabbed another handful and handed it over.