Chapter 18 Bicycle Ticket
Li Huifen felt wronged. "Mom, you said it wasn't your money. Jinsheng has only been working for a few years. How could he save so much money? Jinqiang is the eldest son of the Yang family, but you didn't even mention buying him a bicycle. You are too partial."
Sun Erni turned her head and glanced at her eldest son, then asked in a cold voice, "Yang Jinqiang, Yang Jinwei, do you also think that I paid for it? Do you think I am partial to Jinsheng?"
Yang Jinqiang glanced at the brand new bicycle and forced a smile, saying, "It's your freedom to decide who to give your parents' money to. I can't control it."
"Mom, how could you be partial? I know it in my heart. Please don't be angry." Yang Jinwei said sweetly. He walked forward and patted Sun Erni on the back to help her calm down.
Sun Erni looked at Yang Jinqiang disappointedly. "It seems that if I don't explain clearly, you will think that I am biased. I will make it clear today. The dowry I give to you all is the same, 188 yuan, but you know how much your wife brings back. Xiaobai's family brought back 100 yuan, and even brought back a bicycle ticket. Who do you think paid for this?"
Yang Jinsheng glanced at his elder brother and his wife, sneering, "When my elder sister-in-law married into our family, she only brought back 20 pieces of the 188-dollar dowry, and her dowry was just a washbasin. Unlike my Xiaobai, who brought a large quilt as a dowry in addition to money. The money for buying the bicycle this time was also paid from Xiaobai's dowry. Sister-in-law, why are you so jealous?"
"Jinsheng, sure, you've emptied all of my sister-in-law's dowry money, you kid."
Yang Jinwei walked up and patted his younger brother's shoulder, looking at the bicycle in front of him with curiosity. His father was the only tattered bicycle in the family, and he had never seen such a new one before.
Yang Jinsheng smiled proudly, "Of course, Xiaobai is very nice to me. He felt sorry for me because I was tired from walking to work, so he asked me to buy it."
Yang Fugui looked at his eldest son and his wife, both of whom had grim expressions, and sighed deeply. His sons have started their own families now and have their own little thoughts.
Yang Xiumin quietly approached her third brother and said coquettishly, "Third brother, please take me to school tomorrow morning. It's on the way anyway. Please, third brother~"
Yang Jinsheng raised his head, "The day after tomorrow, the first person to sit in the back seat of this car should be your third sister-in-law. I will take her for a walk tomorrow."
As long as there is a seat, it's fine, Yang Xiumin agreed happily.
"Alright, alright, stop showing off and eat!"
The Zhao family upstairs was also talking about Yang Jinsheng buying a bicycle. Ding Li, the second sister-in-law of the Zhao family, glanced at Jiang Xinlan who was eating quietly and said, "Xinlan, I heard that Yang Jinsheng bought a new bicycle. Don't you and Yitai have money too? Why don't you buy one?"
Jiang Xinlan paused while picking up the food, then put down her chopsticks and said with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, do you mean to lend us a bicycle ticket? Thank you so much, second sister-in-law. Yitai, why don't you thank your second brother and sister-in-law quickly?"
"Ah, really? Second brother and second sister-in-law, you are so kind, thank you, well, how about you give it to me now, I will buy one tomorrow, hehe."
Zhao Yita didn't understand the meaning of his wife's words. He actually thought that his second brother and his wife had given him a bicycle ticket, and his face was full of anticipation.
Seeing that her brother-in-law took it seriously, Ding Li quickly waved her hand and refused, "Yitai Xinlan, don't get me wrong. Where did your second brother and I get the bicycle tickets? We thought that since Xinlan bought a bicycle, we thought you would buy one too. Since you don't have tickets, then wait a little longer."
"That's right. I heard your second sister-in-law talking nonsense. If there were tickets, I would have bought them long ago." Zhao Yifeng rolled his eyes at his wife, telling her to make trouble for no reason.
Zhao's eldest sister-in-law, Xia Ju, couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Xinlan, your second sister-in-law just worries too much." The implication of her words was that Ding Li was meddling in other people's business.
"Hey, I'm just concerned about you, right, mom?" Ding Li and Xia Ju didn't get along well in the first place, and she felt even more unhappy when she said that.
"You care, you just say you care, why don't you take practical action?" How could Xia Ju not understand Ding Li's little thoughts? Wasn't she just thinking about her third brother's wife's dowry?
"Haha, you are talking about me, but what about you? What practical actions have you taken?" Ding Li said without giving in.
"Huh, I'm different from you." Then she turned to look at Jiang Xinlan and said with a smile, "Xinlan, sister-in-law wants to discuss something with you. How about your brother and I pay for the tickets and you pay for the money, and we buy a bicycle together? What do you think?"
"Oh, you still accuse me of calculating. Look at yourself, a ticket is only a few dollars, but a bicycle costs one hundred and fifty or sixty dollars. Aren't you obviously taking advantage of the couple from your hometown?" Ding Li thought Xia Ju was so noble, but she was just thinking about taking advantage.
Jiang Xinlan and her husband looked at each other and shook their heads, "Sister-in-law, we don't want to buy it for now, and we don't need it..."
"How can we not use it? Yitai also needs it for work. I'll pay for the ticket and you pay for it. You will have the car for five days a week and we will have it for two days. What do you think?" Xia Ju continued shamelessly.
Zhao Yitai couldn't listen any longer and replied directly: "Sister-in-law, even if we buy it, we won't buy it together. This is a car, not something that can be separated. It would be bad if there is a conflict in the future."
At this time, Xu Fengni also said, "Xiao Ju, do you have a bicycle ticket?"
"Yes, otherwise why would I want to buy it together with Xinlan." After all, if they buy it, they will definitely use Jiang Xinlan's dowry, so she still needs her nod. As for Zhao Yita, he is not important. Didn't you see that he has been staring at Jiang Xinlan.
Xu Fengni thought for a moment, looked at Jiang Xinlan hesitantly, and asked, "Xinlan, do you have any ideas about buying a bicycle?"
Jiang Xinlan nodded honestly and said, "Yes, we do, but we..." As she spoke, she glanced at Xia Ju, and her meaning was very clear, she just didn't want to buy together.
Xu Fengni understood, and she said directly to Xia Ju: "Xiao Ju, if you don't buy it now, just give this bicycle ticket to Xin Lan. It's the right amount, and you won't lose out."
Seeing that Jiang Xinlan really didn't want to buy together, Xia Ju looked at her husband reluctantly, then hesitantly said, "Then how much do you think is appropriate, Mom?"
Xu Fengni shook her head. "How can I decide that? Just decide for yourself. If Xinlan and the others can accept it, then change it. If not, then you can keep it."
"Well, I heard that a bicycle ticket costs ten Datong now. We are all family, so I don't want more. If Xinlan and Yitai want it, they can take it for eighty." Xia Ju's words were not nonsense. Bicycle tickets were hard to come by now, but not everyone dared to go to the black market. Besides, it was so expensive that most people would not buy it.
Jiang Xinlan frowned, thinking that she was being taken advantage of. The fifty yuan her brother-in-law had mentioned before was too expensive, so she offered eighty yuan. She was not stupid.
Zhao Yitai blurted out without thinking, "Sister-in-law, you are too cruel. Eighty, you can even say that."
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