This time, Xuemei and Han Chen received more than 20 yuan in cash alone. The most came from Xuemei's third uncle's family. Each family gave five yuan in cash. Her grandparents, eldest uncle's family and fourth uncle's family also asked her third uncle to bring red envelopes of five yuan, five yuan and three yuan respectively. Xuemei didn't mind that her third uncle's red envelope was smaller than that of the other two uncles, because she was the only one in her fourth uncle's family who had a salary.
Although her second uncle's family only gave her a two-yuan red envelope, Wang Weimin and her eldest cousin Zhiqing also made a free 80-centimeter-long and wide stroller for Xuemei and Han Chen, complete with railings, while they were making her bed. Xuemei was deeply touched by this thoughtful gesture from her second uncle and will always remember it.
Xuemei's second uncle Liu Guanghui's family and her aunt's family both gave two dollars.
But Xinyan brought a pair of pillowcases for Xuemei. Although they were green, Xinyan had specially embroidered a pair of mandarin ducks on them in red; He Wanting gave Xuemei a red envelope with one dollar in it.
Grandpa and grandma and parents also gave red envelopes, but Han Chen did not accept them. Grandpa and grandma had already given Han Chen money to change his name last time, and Liu's father and mother had been busy with Xuemei and Han Chen's affairs, so it should be them who gave the money to Liu's father and mother.
He Jing from the Youth League Institute also gave a red envelope of fifty cents, Dai Dongfeng also gave a red envelope of twenty cents, and Wu Yuezhu also gave fifty cents. Xuemei knew that they were thanking the Liu family for taking care of their family, and that it was Li Quanmin who brought Wu Xingqiao over for a drink.
Xuemei, He Wanting and others said that although Li Quanmin had only been married for two or three days, his relationship with Wu Xingqiao seemed no different from that of a biological child. Wu Xingqiao was very dependent on Li Quanmin. When she saw someone, she would hug him and introduce him to others as her father.
All the Liu family members from Liu's father's branch of the village came, as did some less close relatives, such as Liu Laizi's mother, Li Hua, who came specially for the banquet. However, these were all given red envelopes of one or two cents.
Luo Yao was also very thoughtful. She specially exchanged thermos kettle tickets with others and bought a thermos kettle from the county town to bring to Xuemei.
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