Xu Zijiang was still a little angry when he brought up yesterday's events. His team had never had any vulgar wedding pranks before, and yesterday these four people almost ruined the good atmosphere of his team.
"Yeah, how could you let those guys be your best men? You almost ruined the wedding by not choosing the right best men."
When Yu Jiu brought this up, she also felt it was very inappropriate. If anyone dared to cause trouble at her wedding, she would knock them all out with a stick.
“I was in elementary school with these guys. I didn’t go to junior high or high school and I don’t know anyone else. I’m only familiar with people in our team. They came up to me and said they wanted to be my best man. We used to be good friends. We were classmates and were in the same team, so I agreed. I never expected that they had something bad in mind.”
“I have sworn to cut ties with them and will never associate with them again. As for the broken gate at the educated youth settlement, I will make them fix it. If they can’t fix it, they will pay for it. Why should I pay for this loss? If I dare to pay for it, Zhang Yan will beat me up.”
As he spoke, Gouzi patted his chest, clearly still shaken. He had obviously been scolded by Zhang Yan yesterday.
“That’s the right way to think. If you can’t beat him by yourself, take a few more people with you, including your father and uncles. If they refuse to pay compensation, go to their house and make them pay. It’s unreasonable to deliberately cause trouble at someone’s wedding. We can drown them with a spit from everyone.”
Yu Jiu strongly urged Gouzi to take some men to settle accounts with them, and Gouzi agreed. This debt really needed to be settled. After seeing An'an, he hurriedly left.
As expected, Gouzi led a group of people to beat them up, demanded compensation, and repaired the gate to the educated youth settlement. Only then was the matter considered closed.
Zhang Yan and Gouzi got married just before the New Year. Now, not long after their wedding, it's almost New Year's Eve. Today is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve, a night for family reunion. However, due to the impact of the last flood, many people lost a lot of their belongings, and their stored food was also contaminated. Even with rescue efforts, not much could be salvaged, resulting in some losses.
Farmers rely on the weather for their livelihood, and it's really hard to withstand any risks. After the flood, many families still haven't recovered. Although it's almost New Year's Eve, Xu Zijiang went around and saw that many people were still planning to continue eating sweet potatoes and potatoes, and they couldn't even bear to buy a piece of candy for the children to celebrate.
Xu Zijiang felt that this wouldn't do, so he wanted to use his own money to buy some things and send them to particularly poor families. It wouldn't be much, just a token, to help them have a better New Year. However, now that he was married, all the money was in Yu Jiu's hands, so Xu Zijiang asked Yu Jiu for her opinion.
"Is this alright, honey? I've done the math, and there are fifteen families that are relatively poor. The others are doing alright, though they might not be able to afford meat, but they can at least afford to fry an egg for the New Year. Each family can afford to spend about a dollar on groceries. I'm applying for fifteen dollars to help everyone have a good New Year. Please approve, honey!"
Xu Zi saluted and delivered his report with a strong voice. If he hadn't been holding a baby in his arms, he would have been quite convincing.
"Oh!"
An'an was fascinated by her father's salute and couldn't help but exclaim "Ah!" She pointed at his raised hand with her chubby little finger, her big, dark eyes darting around curiously, her cheeks pink and tender, making her incredibly cute.
"Daddy is applying for funds with Mommy. An'an, let's help Daddy out. Come on, salute Mommy!"
Xu Zijiang got even more excited and raised An'an's little hand above her head, pretending to salute Yu Jiu.
Hahaha~~~
Little An'an was amused by Xu Zijiang and laughed, her chubby little chubby cheeks puffing out. Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu have raised An'an to be chubby and healthy. She is four months old now, but apart from a cold last time, she has no other minor ailments. She is being taken very good care of by the two of them, so it's impossible for her not to be chubby and healthy.
"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. Put An'an down, don't let her fall. We can give you the money, it's a good deed, after all. Our family isn't short of fifteen yuan. But since we're going to do this, we can't do it secretly. Why don't you gather everyone together to donate some money? We'll contribute fifteen yuan, and the rest of you can contribute as much as you want. You can even contribute some food, cabbage or eggs, it's all about the sentiment."
This will prevent people from accusing us of secretly doing good deeds without involving them. It will also avoid future disputes and arguments about favoring one side over the other.
Yu Jiu was amused by Xu Zijiang and his daughter's antics. She chuckled. She was making steamed buns and was bored, so she decided to make some to eat. Her cooking skills were pretty good now, and she could learn to make them quickly. Xu Zijiang was in charge of taking care of the children and helping her, so she became the main force in making the steamed buns.
"Okay, I was thinking that most of us don't have much money and probably wouldn't be willing to donate, so I didn't organize any donations. But with us taking the lead, the rest of us can just do our part. I think everyone would be willing. If we had money, who wouldn't want to be a kind person?"
Xu Zijiang sighed with emotion.
Their rule is this: you can refuse to give money to those begging for it, but you must give it to those begging for food, unless you yourself are starving. No one would stoop so low as to go door to door begging for food unless they are that poor; their pride wouldn't allow it.
"That's how it is, so let's take the lead, and the rest is up to everyone."
"Scratch my face, it's itchy. My hair is falling on my face."
Yu Jiu was kneading bread and buns with her hands, so she couldn't touch her face with her hands, lest she get her hands dirty and her face covered in flour.
"good."
Xu Zijiang smoothed her hair up and gently rubbed her face with his fingertips. He only let go when she said it was okay.
"Why did you make so much dough? How many buns are you going to make?"
Xu Zijiang looked at the large lump of dough in front of Yu Jiu and asked with some amusement, "The two of them can't eat much at all, and the buns won't last more than a few days."
"I don't know, I just added as many as I could. I added too much flour, so I added water, and then I added too much water, so I added flour, and that's how it turned out."
Yu Jiu shrugged, not really caring, and said, "Making steamed buns is just a matter of having fun. Nothing else matters. Once they're done, we can sell them or give them to relatives and friends. What's the big deal? As long as it's not a waste."
"I estimate we can make at least a hundred. We'll keep fifty for our family and give the rest to everyone."
Xu Zijiang estimated it and said.
“No problem, then send twenty to Gouzi and Zhang Yan, six to Caihong, and twenty to Brother Zhou and Sister-in-law Hongjuan. If there are enough left, send one to each of the fifteen households. Mix them with other things, and they won’t stand out.”
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