"Six dollars and a towel blanket as a gift, that's quite nice."
Wuyi blinked and looked at Zhang Laoer, "My dear second uncle, when your nephew gets married in the future, you don't have to give any gifts. It's not easy for you."
Zhang Laoer was so amused by him that he grinned and picked him up, "Little thing, you must remember this."
Wuyi patted his chest and said, "I won't forget it. Just watch carefully."
"Second uncle, what about you? What have you prepared?"
After hearing what Ping An said, Zhang Lao Er hugged Wu Yi's hands and freed one of his palms. "Look at the scar on my hand, don't you see it? Your uncle is poor, so he can only do it himself."
"furniture?"
"I'm not your father." Zhang Laoer said, and smiled guiltily, "Actually, your father is pretty good, but he loves to make trouble too much. I, your second uncle, can't keep up."
"box?"
"Okay, stop guessing. It's a washbasin stand." Zhang Laoer raised his eyebrows proudly. "There's a lot of broken wood at the scrap yard, so I brought it back and made two washbasin stands, one for my nephew and one for my nephew. What do you think? Isn't your uncle smart?"
The three Ping An brothers were dazzled and admired him very much. He was really smart. He only spent a few cents, plus the six dollars gift money. The gift was decent and affordable.
Zhang Laoer was even more proud when he saw this. "Let me tell you, your father is actually quite stupid. I told him to wear one less piece of military uniform, but that stupid boy didn't understand."
Wuyi disagreed with this and rolled his eyes at him, "I have so many brothers. If my dad listened to you, he would be naked all day long."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Laoer immediately laughed out loud: "Great, your father's love for you is not in vain. Yes, what we said on Wuyi is still very reasonable."
He wouldn't dare say that your father has plenty of ways to get it done! The little guy is very protective of his child.
"But, Uncle, what you said is a good idea. I'll go to my buddy's place and see if there's any way to save a few bucks. Alas... my dad is poor too."
Zhang Laoer was so amused by Wuyi that he burst into laughter. He had never expected that chatting with such a young kid could be so much fun.
"Didn't your father get a promotion?"
"Hey, I removed a couple of characters, how much is that worth? I asked, and they've only increased the price by two dollars, not even enough for a meal in a restaurant."
"Hahaha..." Zhang Laoer burst into laughter. He no longer dared to hug the little brat. He put him on the kang and fell down on the kang with laughter.
Oh my god, he really takes after his father in the way he talks.
Before Father Zhang opened the door, he heard bursts of laughter. The key point was that he only heard your laughter, as if you were crazy.
"What are you doing? Are you brain damaged?"
"Dad, you're here. Look at your grandson. He's making me laugh to death."
Wuyi opened his innocent eyes, spread his hands and shook his head.
Although Mr. Zhang didn't know what his grandson had said just now, when he saw the child's expression, he couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Dad, let's just have one meal for the day. I don't think half a pig will be enough."
"Pig offal and pig skin should be enough."
"I've already told Uncle Zuo and the others that they won't be coming. Is eight tables enough for everyone?"
"It should be about the same. They gave out wedding candy a couple of days ago when they got their marriage certificate and said they wouldn't have a wedding banquet. Your eldest brother and I also announced to the public that it was just the Zhang family gathering in the village for a meal."
"That's what happened."
"Okay, that's it. Don't show your dissatisfaction when you meet someone from the Huang family next time. After all, he is still your eldest brother..." Father Zhang swallowed the three words "I can't stand up".
"I think Xizi listens to his grandfather quite well."
Father Zhang smiled and changed the subject. Anyone could tell him about their own difficulties. Could it be that he, a grandfather, was supposed to stop them?
The three Ping'an brothers looked at each other thoughtfully, then smiled and joined Zhang Dad and his sons in chatting about other topics.
After deciding on the amount of the gift, Ping An felt relieved and packed a red envelope for his grandfather for 9.9 yuan. He still remembered that at Zhao Yuanyuan's wedding, the amount was openly 9.9 yuan.
Two gifts plus the round-trip fare, it cost so much money for one trip that the three brothers were so distressed that they gritted their teeth.
Since it was time to spend, it was necessary to earn it back. Now the three brothers finally had something to do.
I left two gifts aside, packed up a few bags, and took out everything I could exchange for and placed it on the kang. It was quite a lot.
Can it be less?
Miao Lishan prepared a lot of things for the children. She was worried that the children would be isolated in their hometown, so she kept saying that if they gave them more small gifts, everyone would play with them.
If Zhou Jiao hadn't stopped them, there would probably be more.
The three brothers discussed it seriously. What should they exchange for the small items? How should they maximize the value of the large items?
However, before they could barter, they knew they had to wait until Zhang Mingyuan's wedding banquet was over. Firstly, they could get some information, and secondly, after the banquet was over, there would be fewer eyes on them.
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On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the wedding that the Zhang family had been planning for so long finally began.
As soon as the rooster crowed in the early morning, the old courtyard not far away began to bustle with people.
Unlike the others who automatically headed for the old house, the three Ping'an brothers followed their usual routine, each doing their own thing. They even shot a pheasant while running. They stewed the chicken and boiled a handful of noodles they had brought. The five of them ate so well that they could have eaten there every day.
Xiao Wang and the others didn't bother to remind Ping An whether he should go over and help. They had been with Zhou Xiaozheng for so long, so they knew the three children were impatient to go out for social events.
A burst of crackling firecrackers mixed with the laughter of "The bride is coming...", and two carriages with red cloth tied around their heads drove into the intersection and stopped at the gate of the old courtyard.
Ping An sorted out the clothes for his brothers, and it was time for them to show up.
In order to abandon the old customs, all the procedures such as stepping on gold bricks and jumping over fire basins were cancelled. Therefore, when they passed by, the bride was already hugged tightly in the yard by the groom with a big red flower on his chest.
There were still many children at the gate fighting over the wedding candies and unlit firecrackers on the ground. Zhang Ziwen and others who had accompanied the bride to pick her up early in the morning stuffed wedding candies into the twins' pockets as soon as they saw them.
Zhang Meili was the most interesting. She glared at her son and nephews, then ran to somewhere, grabbed a handful of candy, and stuffed it into Ping'an's pocket, muttering to herself that our Ping'an is still a child.
It seems that this person thought he had forgotten Ping An.
Zhang's mother, who had been watching her eldest daughter-in-law fulfill her duties as the head of the family since early morning, saw the new daughter-in-law come in. She glanced at Huang's mother and the two Huang family daughters-in-law not far away, and nudged her daughter: "Did you see the three children?"
Zhang Meihao smiled and whispered, "Don't worry, Mom. My eldest sister and I went there twice this morning and asked Mai Sui to take them to the table on time."
Mother Zhang nodded with satisfaction and winked at her to come out.
"Mom, don't you want to chat with Sister Gong and the others?"
Zhang's mother glanced at her sideways. Why was she, an elder, joining in the fun?
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