Chapter 499: Huge Red Envelope
A few days ago, in the alley, New Year’s Eve.
Dongzhe discovered that his parents had some problems recently.
Because ever since Brother Tuanan came back, their parents have liked to smile at him foolishly until today, as if they had found a treasure.
He kind of wanted to call Aunt Huang.
But when he thought that today was the 30th, he held back. He decided to observe for two more days. If they continued like this, he would talk to Aunt Huang about it when he went to wish her a happy new year.
The Lin and Li families were preparing New Year's Eve dinner in the yard. When they saw someone passing by, they looked over and saw the person entering Wang Yong's house.
Aunt Li muttered to herself, "I thought Old Wu was back."
"It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. I guess it won't happen that quickly. When he left, he told me that he had to rush back to work on the fifth day of the New Year. If his salary is deducted again, he really won't be able to survive." Lin Wufeng replied.
Everyone sighed in unison.
Song Ying asked Dongzhe, who was taking care of Xiaohu, "Lin Dongzhe, did you call Xiaoting today?"
"I'm going to fight you tomorrow morning when I'm going to pay New Year's greetings."
Dongzhe and Xiaohu were fighting over a piece of radish leaf. Xiaohu pulled it hard and broke it, falling backwards. Dongzhe caught him just before he fell, making him laugh. Then he went to find a piece of green onion to play with Dongzhe.
"You didn't fight yesterday!" Song Ying shouted.
Dongzhe looked at her, puzzled.
"I...I yesterday..."
He remembered that he went out to play yesterday and the day before yesterday, but it was not convenient to go out today on the 30th because the shops were closed, so he did not play.
Lin Wufeng glanced at Song Ying.
Song Ying changed her tone: "Your aunt...will definitely talk about it. And your brother Tunan, didn't you call him every day before? Even now that phone bills are cheap, you don't save money. You have to wait until he returns to Beijing before making long-distance calls."
"Oh... then I'll go call it now, Xiaohu! Let's go and make a phone call!" He stood up and picked up Xiaohu.
"Okay!" Xiaohu responded crisply.
Lin Wufeng shook his head at Song Ying. When the two of them returned to the house to get their things, Song Ying whispered:
"Please ask them to go to school! I'm going to be caught sooner or later."
"You! I really admire you. Can't you just pretend you don't know?" Lin Wufeng shook his head helplessly, while looking outside, afraid that Dongzhe would come back.
"I...can't! When I think about Xiaoting becoming my daughter-in-law in the future, I'm so happy! I haven't been able to sleep well for several nights."
"I know that. He almost gave me internal injuries."
Song Ying patted Lin Wufeng's arm while laughing silently. Dongzhe came back at this moment. When he saw his parents like that, he turned around smoothly and went back to the yard.
In the evening, Song Ying looked at her son and said:
"It would be nice if we could celebrate the New Year with Sister Ling's family in the future."
"Then just plan ahead for next year! It's not a difficult thing!" Dongzhe answered naturally.
Everyone looked up at the fireworks at the same time.
......
To save everyone the trouble of visiting each other for New Year’s greetings, the two families simply agreed to have a meal at Huang Ling’s house on the third day of the New Year.
Huang Ling first gave the red New Year's money to Dongzhe, who took it and exclaimed "Wow".
Huang Ling raised her eyebrows at him.
"Thank you, Auntie! I wish you good fortune and good health..." Dongzhe said all the blessings he could.
"This is your level. You got six last year and six this year, but none of them are long." Huang Ling teased him.
"Six sixes are auspicious! Next year, I'll say eight! Good luck!" Dongzhe continued with a smile.
It was Song Ying's turn. Her red envelope was not in her pocket, but in her bag.
She raised her hand and Lin Wufeng handed the bag to her swiftly. She took out a huge red envelope from the bag with great difficulty.
"Xiaoting, this is your New Year's money." Song Ying said with a smile.
Not to mention Xiaoting, everyone in the room was stunned.
Huang Ling was shocked.
She had never expected Song Ying to give so much.
She knew that under the current circumstances, Song Ying would definitely give more New Year's money. Based on her understanding of Song Ying and her love for Xiaoting, it would be at least one hundred yuan, so she gave Dongzhe a hundred yuan in total.
In previous years, it was always twenty yuan.
Huang Ling estimated the thickness of the red envelope. If it was all in large amounts, it would be one thousand.
She rubbed her forehead and looked at Song Ying, her eyes saying: Just tell them you already know.
Song Ying didn't understand Huang Ling's eyes, and had an expression that said "You didn't expect that?"
Huang Ling looked at Lin Wufeng again, and Lin Wufeng gave her an expression that said, "I told you, it's useless."
"Auntie..." Xiaoting felt that something was wrong with the lucky money and didn't dare to take it.
"Take it! It's given by your aunt, not by anyone else. There are many expenses in college, so we don't need to be frugal. You can spend it however you want!" Song Ying stuffed the red envelope into Xiaoting's hand.
Xiaoting looked at Huang Ling somewhat bewilderedly.
Before Huang Ling could speak, Dongzhe spoke up: "Xiaoting, take it. My mother is happy to see you spend her money."
"But...this is..."
"Take it. Your aunt made money by hoarding goods." Huang Ling thought of an excuse.
"Hahahaha, yes, yes, yes." Song Ying laughed.
This was indeed true. She asked Lin Wufeng to go to Shenzhen when he was on a business trip to Guangdong and buy some gold on Zhongying Street. The price had skyrocketed. Although she knew the time had not come yet, she was afraid of losing money, so she couldn't help but sell some of it. She still made a lot of money.
Xiaoting had no choice but to accept the red envelope.
After the Lin family returned home, Xiaoting hurriedly took out the red envelope and handed it to her mother.
"Mom, I counted and there are 999! My aunt...what happened?"
Huang Ling smiled and said, "She's fine! Don't worry! Do you want me to save it for you, or do you keep it for yourself?"
"I'll save this much for you! I want to return it to you on your aunt's birthday. What do you think?" Xiaoting came up with an idea.
"We'll talk about it later. I'll save it for you first."
Xiaoting nodded at this, and went back to her room but couldn't concentrate on reading. After thinking about it, she felt that something was wrong.
The Lin family of three were on their way home.
Suddenly Dongzhe asked, "Mom and Dad, you all know about Xiaoting and me."
Song Ying froze there.
"See! I told you that if the red envelope was too big, it would be exposed, but you just didn't believe me! Our son is a top student at Fudan University!" Lin Wufeng threw the blame away.
"Forget it, forget it. I can't hide it anyway. It's only for one or two days." Song Ying spread her hands and gave up resistance.
"Mom, you are really... Now it's not just you who knows, it's Auntie who knows too. She's such a smart person... so Auntie knew it a long time ago too."
"She knew it before me!" Song Ying nodded.
"Hahahaha! So you all have no objection!" Dongzhe became happy.
"I have to go and pray to the gods even if Xiaoting becomes my daughter-in-law, and you still oppose it." Song Ying rolled her eyes at her son.
"That's good, that's good. I haven't been sleeping well these days because I was afraid that Auntie and Uncle Zhou would object." Dongzhe touched his chest and patted it hard.
When they reached the entrance of the alley, Lin Wufeng asked Song Ying to go back first and left his son behind.
Taking advantage of this momentum, he still educated his son:
"Dongzhe, you are a man, you must know how to behave and observe etiquette. There is still a long way to go. If you two want to go a long way together, you need to respect and protect each other. This is not a joke, it is a responsibility.
Although the adjustment period for you two is much less than that for other couples, it does not mean that there is none. From the perspective of our elders, you have undergone a change in status, and any change requires adjustment. You must calmly deal with the various problems brought about by the adjustment period, understand?
This was the first time Dongzhe heard such words from his father.
This is a conversation between two men.
Dongzhe thought about his father's words carefully, then nodded solemnly and promised:
"Dad, I understand. I will."
After the two finished chatting, they walked into the alley. Song Ying was answering calls from Wu Shanshan and Wu Jun.
Wu Shanshan called on the first day of the new year, but there was some problem with the phone on her end and she couldn't hear clearly. The Lin family was not at home yesterday, so she called again today.
While waiting for the call, Lin Wufeng looked in the direction of the Wu family.
It's the third year of junior high school, and Wu Jianguo hasn't returned yet.
They were going to Guangdong. Lin Wufeng was a little worried for a moment, afraid that they would meet Wu Shanshan, but when he heard Wu Shanshan's relaxed and cheerful tone, he felt relieved.
We also heard that the Xie family went to Guangzhou to celebrate the New Year together. The siblings are very happy now, and the Lin family is also sincerely happy for them.
On the evening of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, just as the Lin family went to bed, they heard a noise in the alley. Lin Dongzhe asked his parents not to move. He put on his clothes and went to check. He came back and said:
"Uncle Wu is back. I heard that they lost their keys on the way and now they can't get in."
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