Chapter 87: 50 cents to pay for the New Year

Su He, Wu Sanfeng, Li Jinhua and several daughters-in-law were chatting together, Gu Jianhua was chatting with his two cousins, Gu's father, Gu's second uncle, second aunt Zhang Xiuying and Gu's mother and several older people were chatting together, and they talked about Gu Jinzhu.

"Will Jinzhu be back tomorrow?" asked Gu's mother while eating melon seeds.

Speaking of this son, Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu became angry. Zhang Xiuying curled her lips and said, "I don't know, I didn't say it."

Ever since her son married that woman Xiao Beibei, he rarely comes home once a year.

Mother Gu showed an understanding smile, "Beibei is pregnant, maybe Jin Zhuteng won't help."

Xiao Beibei is pregnant, and it is estimated that she has been pregnant for about five months now. She also heard it from Zhang Xiuying, who complained to her about her third daughter-in-law.

Zhang Xiuying snorted, "Everyone has been pregnant before, but she is rich. I was still working in the fields when I was pregnant."

She really had no good feelings towards her daughter-in-law Zhang Xiuying, who had taken away her best son.

Gu's mother just smiled and said nothing. Anyway, the eldest family lived in harmony and there were no such troubles.

The whole family chatted for a while, and then the people from the second room went back.

Gu's mother murmured to Su He, "Your second aunt is no longer so proud now. Her most proud third son ignores her and doesn't even come home."

I have been married to Xiao Beibei for more than a year, but he has never come back once. He didn't come back last year, and he doesn't plan to come back today.

Su He, "I guess it was because my uncle and aunt asked for 200 yuan as a betrothal gift that hurt Jin Zhu's heart."

This is indeed excessive. These days, for families that are doing well in the city, the betrothal gift rarely exceeds one hundred yuan. No, even one hundred yuan is rare. Most of them are only a few dozen yuan.

What's more, Jin Zhu is a man! It's reasonable for you to ask the woman's family for a 200 yuan gift, so it's normal for Jin Zhu to be angry and not come back.

Mother Gu said, "That's right. At first, the couple lived with the girl's parents, so they were not considered live-in sons-in-law. But asking for 200 yuan confirmed the problem, which was equivalent to selling their son to the Xiao family."

No matter how friendly Gu's mother and Zhang Xiuying seemed on the surface, they both hated her deep down, so she felt a little gloating at the moment.

Su He also felt that Gu's mother was very happy and in high spirits today.

She put herself in Gu's mother's shoes and thought that this feeling must be very good. The sister-in-law who used to be at odds with her has fallen on hard times, while she is getting better and better.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, they had to visit relatives in the afternoon and finish the visit in the village. After having lunch and taking a short rest, Gu Jianhua and Su He took their two babies and gifts and went out.

We went to Uncle Gu's house first. Zhang Xiuying surprisingly gave each of the two children 50 cents as New Year's gift. Su He was a little surprised. Gu Jianhua's attitude was, "Take it."

Su He accepted it. She was thinking that the second wife wanted to be on good terms with their first wife to such an extent. Putting aside other things, this year during the Chinese New Year, they visited the second wife's relatives and gave them New Year's money, which made their family a lot of money.

The second room bought two cans of food for one dollar. They also brought one can of food and a pound of grilled fruits, which cost fifty cents a pound. The total price of the gift was also one dollar.

My mother gave me 70 cents as New Year's money, and I got one dollar back, making a profit of 30 cents.

After leaving Uncle Gu's house, the family of four went to Sister Gu's house. They decided to visit all the relatives in the village today. Tomorrow, the second day of the Chinese New Year, the family of four would go to the city to visit their grandma, grandparents and uncle.

The day after tomorrow, Gu Jianhua will go to his elder sister Gu's home and his uncle's home in Dakuo Village.

Gu's second sister and brother-in-law were also waiting for them. When they entered the door, they greeted each other with Happy New Year, and then brought the two treasures to pay New Year's greetings to their second aunt and uncle.

Second sister Gu, like third sister Gu, also loved the two babies very much. She picked up the two children, gave them a kiss, and then took out some New Year's money and gave it to them, also fifty cents per person.

Su He found that although Second Sister Gu's family was not very wealthy, Second Sister Gu was very generous in her dealings with people and in eating and drinking. She was not stingy and would not deny the ladies food and drink just to save a few cents.

Why did she say that? Because she saw a drink bottle on the table, as well as apples and orange candies.

Generally speaking, just buy dried fruits, not apples or candies.

Second sister Gu made tea for them both, "Xiao He and Jian Hua, have some tea."

Then he said to her three girls, "You three go drink some water."

The third lady poured water into the empty drink bottle and put an orange candy in it, so that the water had a little sweetness.

After saying this, Second Sister Gu smiled and said to Su He, "They have been asking for that soda for several days. Your second brother-in-law bought a few bottles when he was doing New Year shopping. They each drank a bottle yesterday."

"I couldn't bear to throw away the bottle after I finished it, so I poured some water into it and drank it!"

Su He also smiled and said to the kids, "We'll have drinks at grandma's house tomorrow."

The kids smiled shyly. The eldest, Mingyue, took two candies and wanted to give them to the two babies. Su He stopped them from laughing and said, "Mingyue, they can't eat candies yet. You can eat them yourself."

The two babies can only eat soft candies, such as White Rabbit milk candies. They are afraid that hard candies will get stuck in their throats.

Mingyue put the food back without eating it and played with the two babies.

But the two treasures were attracted by the candy, so they pointed at the candy on the table and said, "Eat it."

Su He: Taking children out is troublesome.

Gu Erjie, "Why don't you lick the child? Is it okay to lick him?"

Su He shook her head, "No, second sister, they won't lick it honestly, they just put it all in their mouths."

I gave them hard candies before, and they were in their mouths in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, they were discovered and picked out.

Gu Erjie said, "Well, eat the apples, babies. Auntie will peel some for you."

"Don't worry, second sister. I have some candies here. I brought them." Su He took out two White Rabbit milk candies from his pocket and gave them to the two babies.

"Eat, both of you."

White Rabbit milk candy is long and soft, so there is no need to worry about them swallowing it.

Seeing the two babies eating candies, Gu's second sister's son Xiao Hongjun was also greedy, so Su He took out four more candies and gave them to the eldest son Mingyue, "Share it."

Second sister Gu stopped her and said, "Sister-in-law, just keep this for Changyi and Changan. You don't need to give it to them."

Su He waved her hands, "It's okay, second sister, let the children eat."

She liked Gu Erjie's children and liked being with them, so she was happy to give candy to the children.

Mingyue was a good kid. She thanked Su He the moment she got the candy, without having to worry about what her second sister said. "Thank you, aunt."

Su He waved his hand to indicate that he was welcome.

After chatting for a while, the second brother-in-law took Gu Jianhua to see the cows. Gu's second sister's family bought a cow and started raising cows in the future.

Seeing that her second brother-in-law had gone out, Gu Erjie whispered to Su He, "Hey, sister-in-law, do you know?"

Su He vaguely guessed what Second Sister Gu was going to say, and sure enough, before she could reply, Second Sister Gu spoke to herself, "My sister-in-law Ge Cuilan is in love with Zhang Daneng, and you should know Li Yinhua's husband."

Su He nodded, "Second sister, I heard about this from mom. How are they doing now?"

Second Sister Gu curled her lips and said, "I guess they are together again. I haven't told anyone about this. We are the only ones who know about it."

"But I tricked Ge Cuilan yesterday. You were not there. Her face was visibly panicked."

Sister Gu laughed after she finished speaking.