Chapter 298: Don't Watch the Fun (Page 1/2)
After Ling Fei hugged him tightly, Huo Qingyan set off on his bicycle. Ling Fei turned her head and said to Zhao Xiaoxia who was not far away: "Xiaoxia, run faster and help me get off the bicycle later."
Huo Qingyan turned around and called out, "Xiaoxia, follow them and walk slowly. You don't have to run. I'll help Feifei down by myself when we get there."
Zhao Xiaoxia nodded, "Okay, I understand."
Ling Fei put her right arm around Huo Qingyan, and tapped him lightly on the back with her left hand, saying coquettishly, "You only know how to ruin my show."
"Fei Fei, we're riding bicycles, and Zhao Xiaoxia is walking. How can you make her run?"
"Don't we pay her salary?"
"Do you know how much the initial salary was negotiated?"
"She'll get twenty dollars a month for taking care of a pregnant woman, and I'll raise her salary after you give birth."
"But we provide food and accommodation!"
"You let her sleep on the sofa, don't you think she's uncomfortable? I plan to buy another 1.2-meter-tall bed for the living room first, and then put it back in the room for the children to sleep in."
"Where should I put the sofa?"
"Move the sofa and put a bed next to the door. Our living room is pretty big anyway."
"What's so big about it? If you put another bed there, it will be really crowded. How about you let her sleep on the floor, with a straw mat and a quilt on top."
When Huo Qingyan heard Ling Fei say this, he retorted somewhat unhappily, "You're asking people to sleep on the floor in the middle of winter. If word gets out, what will people think of us? Buying a bed won't cost much, and the children can sleep on it in the future."
Seeing Huo Qingyan say this, Ling Fei changed her tone and said, “Then let’s buy a bamboo bed. We can sleep on it when it’s hot in the summer, and a straw mat and a mattress will be enough for the bed in the winter.”
Huo Qingyan looked at Ling Fei, nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, then I'll go to town and see if there are any suitable bamboo beds for sale. If not, I'll consider other options."
Ling Fei knew Huo Qingyan had compromised, so she smiled and said, "Well, it's decided then."
Huo Qingyan nodded in agreement: "However, I'm busy these two days and may not have time to buy a bed. I can only let Xiaoxia sleep on the sofa for a few more days."
Ling Fei nodded to show that she understood, then she suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, how much red envelope are you going to give to Si Jie for her wedding?"
Huo Qingyan thought for a moment and said, "Lin Jing is my buddy. I need to write a 20 yuan gift in his family's book of affection for his wedding. Also, Si Jie is my cousin, so we need to prepare a dowry for her. I bought her a mattress and a pair of pillowcases."
"Is twenty yuan a lot for a red envelope? They only give one or two yuan."
"That's my best buddy. Even though we didn't have a wedding banquet, he still gave me twenty dollars."
Ling Fei said, "Oh, so that's how it is. You gave your eldest brother a hundred yuan when he got married, so they also got a hundred yuan when we got married?"
"That's right! That's how it works in relationships. You give me what I give you back, and the rich ones who like to look up to you add a little extra. In the countryside, they can go to a wedding with a dozen eggs or a few cents. The rich ones who have a good relationship with you only give four or five yuan."
"Then why did you give your eldest brother so much money before? Take a hundred yuan to write a favor."
"Do I have to be like the country folks, giving only a few yuan in red envelopes to my brothers and sisters?
If I had only given my brother a few dollars when he got married, what would he have thought? Would he have given me the money back so I could buy two kilograms of candy and enjoy it myself?
Ling Fei knew that the social interactions between rich and poor people were different. Her husband had a high salary, and her uncle also had a high salary, so they really couldn't afford a few dollars of membership fee.
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A few dollars are only enough to buy snacks for my uncle's children, and my mother-in-law gives their children red envelopes of 10 yuan each for the New Year.
She has two babies in her belly and will be able to receive red envelopes next year. I wonder if they will give her red envelopes during the Chinese New Year this year since she is pregnant.
Huo Qingyan suddenly remembered that he would have to help Lin Jing block the wine later, so he said to Ling Fei, "Fei Fei, I will help Lin Jing block the wine later. After you and Xiao Xia finish your meal, go upstairs and take a nap. Don't wait for me."
"I'm going to their new house later to see how the bed is made."
"If you're pregnant, don't go. It'll be crowded. When you get there, just sit downstairs and have the banquet. It's better not to go upstairs."
"Just now your cousin didn't let me go to her new house. I don't know why she is so superstitious."
"You shouldn't move into a new house when you're pregnant. Just like they say it's best for pregnant women not to move. Look, you didn't hit your stomach when you took a shower at home before, but you hit your stomach as soon as you moved in.
Although there are some things you can’t see or touch, you have to be in awe of them. Feifei, listen to me and don’t go upstairs for a while.”
Ling Fei didn't say anything else, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Huo Qingyan rode the bicycle carefully, fearing that if the bicycle bumped, his wife would start to bleed again.
As a result, some of them walked faster than he did on his bike, and ten minutes later, they finally returned to the bottom of the family building.
After arriving, Huo Qingyan slowly braked, then touched the ground with both feet, turned around, held the handlebars with one hand, and held Ling Fei with the other, "Fei Fei, hold on to me and slowly get down."
Ling Fei helped Huo Qingyan down slowly. At this time, the bride and groom had arrived and went upstairs with relatives and friends who were picking out dowries. Lin Man took her two sons and found a table to sit down first.
She didn't plan to take the children upstairs. First, she didn't want to go up and say hello to the Lin family. Second, the room was full of people and there was no place to stand. She didn't want to take the children to join in the fun.
Third, she was also afraid that her two babies would see the Five Blessings people making the bed and climb onto the quilt if they saw delicious food on it.
If something goes wrong with Liao Sijie's pregnancy, or if she doesn't give birth to a son, her child will be blamed.
In some places, in order to give birth to a son, little boys are asked to roll on the wedding bed. If they roll well, it's fine, but if they don't, the woman will say that the boy has taken away the blessing of having a child.
So, it is better to do less than more, stay away from the crowd, stay away from disputes, stay away from troubles,
Ling Fei looked at Lin Man and the two little ones sitting there eating peanuts, and walked over to greet Lin Man.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you go upstairs?"
"I'll go up later."
"Sister-in-law, I want to go up and take a look. Are you really not going? Si Jie has decorated the new house, and I haven't gone to see it yet."
Lin Man shook her head and said, "I'm not going."
What Ling Fei wanted to do was none of her business. After the banquet, she and Huo Qingci went home to pack their luggage. They had to go back to the courtyard in the afternoon, so they had no time to watch the fun.
After Huo Qingci sent the quilt up, he stopped watching the fun and turned around to go downstairs to find his wife.
Lin Huaiyou originally wanted to talk to him about Lin Man, but after walking around the living room, he couldn't find him and realized that he had run away.
Xu Wenying asked Lin Jing, "Xiao Jing, is your sister here?"
"Grandma, she's here, but she didn't come upstairs."
Xu Wenying and Lin Huaiyou looked at each other, and they both understood what the other meant. Their granddaughter still didn't intend to recognize them!
Lin Shaoqian felt very uncomfortable when he heard his son say this.
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