The village chief's red envelope contained a five-yuan note, as did the brigade leader's. Uncle Deng's contained two ten-yuan notes and a pen. Uncle Zhang's contained two ten-yuan notes and a book. Uncle Huang's red envelope contained more, ten ten-yuan notes. I didn't expect so many, but considering he said he was his master's cousin, perhaps it was because of his master.
She opened the red envelope her master had given her, and she was startled. She knew it was thick when she received it, but she hadn't expected so much. She counted it and found fifty ten-yuan bills, which was five hundred yuan. Since the largest denomination of banknotes now is ten yuan, this stack of money looked quite extravagant.
Could it be that her master is one of those legendary rich, handsome, and powerful old men? Her master's clothes are quite simple, yet he is so generous. Su Xingran felt that she had not only gotten a good deal, but also, as people in the new century say, had hooked up with a rich man and latched onto a powerful figure.
She opened the box her master had given her. Inside was a silver necklace with a small silver pendant that read "Peace." Su Xingran held the necklace and murmured softly, "Peace." Her master had truly taken her in as a disciple with all his heart. She would be filial to her master in the future.
There was a knock on the door. "Ranran, are you up? Dinner's ready." Su Xingran, who was in the spatial dimension, immediately returned to her room. "Mom, I'm up, I'll be right there."
They had a rather substantial lunch at Dr. Huang's house. Since lunch and the afternoon were not far apart, Su's mother simply cooked some corn porridge, stir-fried some greens, and boiled two eggs for Su Xingran.
Su Xingran shared the eggs with her parents. Actually, she didn't like eating eggs anymore. She remembered a mission where she was a chef and had to make various dishes with eggs. She couldn't even remember how many eggs she ate during that mission, but she stopped liking them after that. Her parents didn't want to eat them and insisted that Su Xingran eat them. Only after Su Xingran confirmed that she didn't want to did they eat them themselves.
Mom and Dad, after I woke up, I looked at the red envelopes that the uncles and the village chief gave me at noon today, as well as the one my master gave me. The village chief and the brigade leader each gave me five yuan, Uncle Deng and Uncle Zhang each gave me twenty yuan, and my master's cousin, Uncle Huang, gave me one hundred yuan.
There were also items from the master craftsman, a total of five hundred yuan, and a silver necklace.
What Su Xingran had said earlier, Su's parents thought was a lot. In the village, people usually gave children red envelopes containing one or five jiao (0.1-0.5 yuan) during festivals, and those who were better off would give about one yuan. So when they heard what Dr. Huang had given them, they were really shocked.
Su's parents looked at Su Xingran in surprise. Five hundred yuan would take their family many years to earn at the current standard of living. This Doctor Huang gave too much. Adding the red envelopes from the village chief, the team leader, the town mayor, the secretary, and the police captain, it came to six hundred and fifty yuan in total.
In those days when even basic needs like food and clothing were not yet met, 650 yuan was a huge sum of money for them. Ranran, Dr. Huang is giving us so much, isn't it too much for us to accept?
We were very happy that he accepted you as his apprentice, thinking that your path in medicine would be smoother if you could learn from him. But the apprenticeship red envelope he casually gave you was five hundred yuan. Your parents really can't imagine what kind of background Dr. Huang has to be so generous.
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