"Ruirui, don't run, walk slowly, we are not in a hurry!" Xuemei said to Ruirui who was running over.
"Sister, I met Aunt Gu. She asked me how Dr. Wu and the others were doing in the village recently. I was delayed for a while and I was afraid you were waiting anxiously!" Ruirui replied.
"Why did you bring the backpack back?" Xuemei asked.
"This is what Yaoyao carried away when she came to our house last time. She brought it to the hospital this time so that we can take it back! By the way, sister, there are some things for Dr. Wu and others in the backpack!" Ruirui added.
"Okay, I got it. Let's talk about it when we get home! Let's go to the scrap yard first. Your brother Han has something to do there!" Xuemei said.
As soon as Han Chen came out of the scrap yard, he handed the money and bills to Xuemei. Xuemei refused and said, "You keep them yourself. I was just keeping the money you gave me before!"
Han Chen said to Xuemei sincerely, "Xuemei, what I said when I confessed my love to you that day was true! My things are yours. The money I give you is not for you to keep for me, but it is yours from now on. You can spend it however you want. You don't need to ask me! I will definitely not ask you about these things."
Xuemei deliberately asked, "What if I run out of it?"
Han Chen smiled and said, "If I spend it all, I'll earn more. Supporting a partner is a matter of course for me! Hurry up and put the money and tickets away. Someone will be here soon. It won't be a good influence if we argue here!"
Xuemei then took it, looked at it, and counted it, and found that there were half a pound of meat coupons, five feet of cloth coupons, two pounds of grain coupons, and more than twenty-eight yuan.
Xuemei put the money and ticket in her pocket, actually storing them in the space. Then she whispered, "Have you repaired the radio?"
Han Chen also replied in a low voice: "I have fixed one, but I need to go back and study the other one for a while, so I may not be able to fix it well!"
Xuemei gave a thumbs-up and praised, "Han Chen, you're really impressive! You've earned a month's salary in one go!"
Han Chen smiled happily and looked at Xuemei with affection.
"Sister, what are you guys talking about in secret? Aren't you leaving yet?" Qingya saw Xuemei still whispering with Han Chen after taking the money, and shouted impatiently.
"Qingya, don't be anxious! Let's go. Han Chen, look at the time, what time is it?" Xuemei asked.
Han Chen looked at his watch and suggested, "It's past ten o'clock. Why don't we go to the photo studio and take some pictures? Then we'll go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner. After dinner, we can go to the movies!"
Xuemei asked puzzledly, "Why do you suddenly want to go to the photo studio?"
"I want to take a picture of you and send it to Grandpa Lin and Uncle Lin to see! They are the family of my father's good brothers that I told you about. They have always taken good care of me after my father passed away. Now I have a partner, I want them to see you and let them rest assured that I have someone to accompany me!" Han Chen explained.
"Okay, then I'll ask Qingya and the others if they are willing!" Xuemei had just finished talking to Han Chen.
Qingya said, "Sister, we are all willing to go to the photo studio!"
Xuemei looked at Ruirui and Feifei, and the two brothers nodded in agreement.
After arriving at the photo studio, Xuemei and Han Chen took two photos together, Xuemei and her four siblings took one photo together, and Xuemei and her four siblings took another photo with Han Chen. Finally, Xuemei even asked Qingya and the other two to take a photo each by themselves!
In the end, they took three one-inch photos and four two-inch photos. The one-inch photos cost 40 cents each, the two-inch photos 70 cents each, and developing each photo was an additional 2 cents. Xuemei planned to develop two of each one-inch photo and three of each two-inch photo. In the end, Xuemei spent a total of 4 yuan, 10 cents, and 8 cents. When Xuemei paid, everyone except Han Chen felt very distressed.
Xuemei asked Han Chen to arrange a time with the staff to pick it up, and she took Qingya and the other two siblings out first. Xuemei was afraid that she would feel even more heartbroken if she stayed any longer.
As soon as Han Chen came out, he saw that the four siblings all had heartbroken expressions on their faces, and jokingly said, "Why would you guys do that? We can keep these photos for a long time, and these few dollars are well worth it."
Ruirui nodded and said, "Brother Han, the money I earned from taking the photos this time is almost the same as the money my mother gave me for feeding the pigs for a year. Think about it, I used to feed a pig at home and only got a five-yuan reward a year. Now it's more than four yuan off. Don't you feel bad?"
Qingya also said: "I only have 20 yuan saved now, and this is one-fifth of my savings. Big sister, we are losing money!"
"Ah? What's the loss?" Xuemei asked puzzledly.
Qingya analyzed, "Big sister, look, two-inch photos are almost twice as expensive as one-inch ones, but two-inch photos don't limit the number of people. We should have called our parents over today!
"And Ruirui, Feifei, and I shouldn't have taken individual photos of ourselves. We should have taken a two-inch photo of the three of us together, side by side. And then, once we got the photo, we'd crop it out separately. Wouldn't that make it no longer just individual photos?" Qingya felt more and more regretful as she spoke. She patted her thigh in excitement, then frowned and said, "Sister, we've lost at least a dollar! Oops!"
Xuemei felt relieved when she heard Qingya's words. She said with a smile, "With more people, each person will take up less space in the photo, and then everyone's face won't be that clear! Besides, you're all so old now, it's only natural for each of you to take a solo photo.
Besides, our expenses today were paid for by your Big Brother Han? Don’t worry too much about the money, just remember your Big Brother Han’s kindness! "
Xuemei said this to test Han Chen, telling him not to just talk nice things but to be serious about it. She said that all his money was hers, so she shouldn't feel uncomfortable when he spent it.
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