Gu Tiezhu stopped in his tracks.
"What happened during the Long March?"
What brings you here?
After Gu Changzheng's reminder, Gu Tiezhu remembered that he did indeed come to see Changzheng about something, but he had forgotten because of the smoke in their house.
"It's like this, um... Huang Zhiqing and I... wanted to invite you and your sister-in-law... to a meal..."
Gu Tiezhu blushed and stammered for a while before finally speaking.
He and Huang Tingxiu have officially started dating, and they've already registered their marriage. He doesn't have many close friends in the village, and his parents have passed away; his only good friend is Gu Changzheng.
Huang Tingxiu is the same; she doesn't have many close friends. Lu Huaijiao is one, and He Yun is another.
On the day they received their marriage certificate, I wanted to cook a meal and invite them over to celebrate, marking their official marriage.
Gu Tiezhu's face was still red after he finished speaking.
This man is too honest; he can't be as shameless as Gu Changzheng. Even just announcing his good news to people like this, he blushed.
If Gu Tiezhu were to act like Gu Changzheng did with Lu Huaijiao in front of outsiders, he would probably never do it with Huang Tingxiu.
Before Gu Changzheng could answer, Lu Huaijiao exclaimed, "You're getting married already? Isn't that a bit too hasty?"
Gu Tiezhu was stunned.
"Hasty... hasty?"
He truly felt sorry for Huang Tingxiu, for not giving her a generous dowry and a grand wedding. Although nowadays weddings are like this—just a bundle of blankets and luggage, move in together, and that's considered marriage.
But he still wanted to give Huang Tingxiu a wedding.
Before Lu Huaijiao said anything, Gu Tiezhu didn't realize it, but now that she has, he feels extremely guilty.
"I……"
"Brother Tiezhu, you should at least give Sister Xiuxiu a token of your love, right?" Lu Huaijiao's words were not referring to their decision, but rather to the assumption that Gu Tiezhu hadn't given Huang Tingxiu anything.
That's not fair to the girl.
However, it seems that Gu Changzheng didn't give her any token of his affection.
Her attention shifted to Gu Changzheng.
"Gu Changzheng, wasn't our marriage also rushed?"
Gu Changzheng: ...
They've dragged me into this again out of nowhere.
Fortunately, I was prepared, so I wasn't flustered.
"Yes, I gave it to them."
"What?"
"Three stinky boys in my belly."
Gu Changzheng remained calm and composed, without even blushing or panting.
Lu Huaijiao was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and it seemed to make sense! She nodded firmly and said to Gu Tiezhu, "Brother Tiezhu, you can also help Sister Xiuxiu get pregnant."
“The child is not only a gift for Sister Xiuxiu, but also a gift for you. This couldn’t be better.”
Gu Tiezhu: ...
He couldn't quite keep up with the couple's thought process.
Besides, aren't tokens of love given before marriage? The child was conceived after marriage, so how can it become a token of love?
Gu Tiezhu couldn't understand it.
Gu Changzheng interrupted his thoughts before he could figure it out.
"Brother Tiezhu, wait for me a moment."
As he spoke, he went inside, counted out a thousand yuan of the money he had received that day, wrapped it in a newspaper, and handed it to Gu Tiezhu.
"What's this?"
Gu Tiezhu took it with a puzzled look.
He opened the newspaper and was stunned when he saw the money inside.
"The Long March, this..."
"Part of this is the wages I earned for helping with the work before, and the other part is the wedding gift you gave. Take it back and see if you need to buy anything for the house. Don't make things difficult for your sister-in-law."
Gu Changzheng is very generous.
She is really very generous.
A thousand yuan—that's an amount that an ordinary family would need to save for several years without eating or drinking to earn. Gu Changzheng just casually gave Gu Tiezhu that much.
Gu Tiezhu dared not accept it.
She quickly pushed the money into his hand.
“This is too much, too much money, I can’t accept it.”
"Take it, it's yours to keep, we're brothers, don't be shy."
Gu Changzheng was resolute.
Gu Tiezhu still refused.
Gu Changzheng's face darkened.
Lu Huaijiao spoke up from the side: "Brother Tiezhu, do you think the money is too little?"
Gu Tiezhu: "No, how can you say it's little? It's too much. I can't earn this much money in several years..."
He explained in a very anxious tone, and his expression was also somewhat anxious.
Lu Huaijiao hummed in response.
"Then keep it. Didn't Fourth Brother say this is your wages and a congratulatory gift? There's no rule about how much a congratulatory gift should be, right?" She genuinely didn't understand.
Gu Tiezhu: ...
Why does he always feel like he can't keep up with his sister-in-law from the city?
Gu Tiezhu eventually took the money back with him.
Gu Changzheng refused to accept the returned newspaper, and Lu Huaijiao also refused. Not only did she refuse it, she even complained that the newspaper was dirty, as if she was afraid to touch it.
Utterly helpless, Gu Tiezhu had no choice but to take the huge sum of money back with him, feeling extremely embarrassed.
And before leaving, we made an appointment to have dinner at their house the next night.
After Gu Tiezhu left, it was just the couple in the yard. Gu Changzheng pulled Lu Huaijiao into the house and took all the money out of his portable warehouse.
"It was a total of nine thousand yuan. I spent more than three hundred on shopping, leaving eight thousand seven. I gave one thousand to Brother Tiezhu, so I have seven thousand seven left."
More than seven thousand yuan was placed on the table, and the amount looked quite substantial.
In fact, such a large sum of money, let alone now, would still be a huge amount even ten years from now.
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