Chapter 233: Not a Red Envelope, Even More Needless
Lao Shi came here with his wife and daughter, taking a ride with Qi Jinzhou.
Comrade Xiao Qi used the public vehicle for personal purposes and drove his big truck to Sihe Village. He parked the car right next to the wall of Lin Guoqing's yard. Several little kids from several families who had not yet gone to school saw it and immediately surrounded it, touching and bumping everything.
Qi Jinzhou said, "Don't throw stones at the car," and then he walked into the yard with a smile.
Lao Shi was in a tug of war with Lin Guoqing. He brought both red envelopes and gifts, and was smacked by Lin Guoqing for a long time.
"Choose one of the two. You pick one to take back, and I'll keep the other one."
The gifts were two large thermoses and a bag of canned fruit. Since they had already come from the city to the village, it was impossible to bring them back. Lao Shi could only pout and take the red envelope back.
Qi Jinzhou followed behind and watched as their tug-of-war finally came to an end, then he walked forward with a smile.
"Uncle, congratulations on moving into the new house." He took out a small red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand.
"Oh, no, no!" Lin Guoqing jumped away. When it comes to red envelopes, there are rules about who can accept them and who cannot.
This guy and Sanni are still in a relationship, so how could he accept his red envelope? Even if they were married, it would belong to Ma Dexiang's family, and each family only needs to contribute one portion. He rejected Ma Dexiang's red envelope, but now he's accepting one from a younger generation? Is he still going to be an uncle?
Sanni was in the kitchen when she heard Jiuni come to tell her that her brother-in-law's truck had arrived. Amidst the teasing of a group of middle-aged and elderly women, she came out with a red face and saw her uncle standing at the gate of the yard, looking as if he was facing a great enemy, so she hurried over.
"Uncle, this is not a red envelope." Sanni took the small red envelope from Qi Jinzhou and wanted to put it back into her uncle's hand, but unfortunately her uncle felt his hand was too hot and put it behind his back.
"If it's not a red envelope, then what is it? If it's not a red envelope, then I don't want it!" Lin Guoqing was just ignoring it and refused to accept it, which made Sanni anxious.
"Then I'll go give it to my aunt!"
"Your aunt certainly won't want it either!"
My aunt really wants it.
Sanni whispered in Shen Chunhua's ear for a while, and Shen Chunhua looked at her with slightly wide eyes, "Really?"
Sanni nodded, and seeing that Chen Chunhua was still hesitant, she added, "Jinzhou already has one at home."
When Chen Chunhua heard this, she readily accepted the small red envelope.
"Okay, I'll take it for now. Just think of it as asking Jinzhou to buy it for you, and I'll pay him when the time comes."
"No money required, the factory also gave it to him!"
"No, let's put it this way. You have to give me the money, or I won't take it."
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Lin Guoqing watched as his wife took the small red envelope from Sanni's hand, then stuffed it back into her hand. This back and forth went on for a long time, making him anxious. He wanted to at least let her know what it was first! This made him lose all interest in welcoming guests!
Qi Jinzhou was also naughty and refused to tell him, saying that since it was his aunt who took it, he should go and ask his aunt.
After finally watching Chen Chunhua put the small red envelope into her pocket, Sanni went back to the kitchen. Lin Guoqing ran to his wife and asked,
"What is it?"
Chen Chunhua rolled her eyes at him. "How old are you? So impatient? Serve the guests first! We'll talk tonight!"
Lin Guoqing: ...I really want to curse, but he doesn’t dare.
Only he and Erniu came to Lin Fuqiang's house. Lin Fuqiang's mother didn't come. He also wanted to give a red envelope, but was pushed back by Lin Guoqing.
"Why are you giving me this? You helped me build the house, and I gave you the hard work fee a few days ago. You're paying me back today? You're kidding!"
Lin Fuqiang didn't force it, but smiled innocently and said congratulations before going in. However, when Lin Guoqing asked about his mother and wife, his smile shrank a little.
"They... definitely won't come. There are too many people here today."
Ma Fengjuan has many "enemies" in the village, and she cannot resolve them by just eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures. Now she basically stays at home. Her mother is old, and she feels uncomfortable with the state of her family. In recent years, she doesn't want to go out and see other people's faces.
Lin Guoqing nodded, and without asking any more questions, he quickly sat down and arranged for him to sit at the table with the big guys who were building the house together.
Today's banquet has fish and meat, and the dishes are no worse than those at other people's weddings, but the cost is not high.
The chicken and duck eggs were all from their own farm. Liang Shengdi caught a few fish a couple of days ago, but she kept a few that she didn't sell. The bamboo shoots were dug from the mountains, and the mushrooms were from the mushroom house. Even the vegetables were picked from their own fields. If they weren't enough, they would ask Lin Yulan for more.
The only thing I spent money on was probably buying some cooking oil and pork to make the meatballs and egg dumplings in the three fresh dishes.
Oh, and there is also the wine bought by Lin Guoqing.
He bought six bottles of Daqu at 3 yuan a bottle. Normally, each table gets one bottle, but two and a half tables were filled with women and children, so the only two remaining tables were actually drinking.
He was stingy and calculated what he bought during the National Day holiday. He could have prepared a table of wine for 18 yuan, so he would not spend more. If 3 bottles of wine were not enough for a table, he would just order yellow wine, as he had no more at home anyway.
There weren't many drinks at the moment, but the children each had a bowl of sugar water and were so happy they were flying.
Even if you calculate it this way, excluding the drinks, these five tables of food cost less than a hundred yuan.
These days there are basically no leftovers. Even if the children leave the table early, the food on the table will be brought to the adults who are still eating. I don’t know whether the city people will dislike them, but the villagers don’t.
The meal ended around 8 o'clock. Chen Chunhua cleaned up until midnight. She was reluctant to leave the dirty clothes directly on the bed, so she patiently washed and wiped them all before she could finally lie down on the new bed to rest. She didn't want to get up from that moment on.
Although only their sheets, quilt covers and cotton blankets were old, she had dried them in the sun and washed them over and over again, so they were warm and fragrant. With the spacious new house and new room, it was a pleasure to lie in them no matter how!
Lin Guoqing was already at the desk, using a second-hand dim desk lamp he had found from somewhere to organize the red envelopes. He wrote down in his little notebook how much each family had given. These were favors, and he would have to pay them back when they did something for him.
"Hey, what was in that thing Jinzhou gave me just now? Tell me about it so I can record it in the account!" Lin Guoqing was still thinking about it.
"Oh, yes." Chen Chunhua got up again and found her pants placed aside, took out the small red envelope and threw it to Lin Guoqing.
"Please put 200 yuan into the boat."
"TV tickets, go to the city and buy one when you have time."
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