Feng Juan rubbed Yun Qiao's head lovingly, then took out several red envelopes from her pocket, identified them, and handed them to Yuanyuan, Qin Zheng, and He Tingjun respectively.
Yuanyuan imitated Yunqiao and took Feng Juan's arm, dragging out the last syllable and saying sweetly, "Thank you, Mom."
Although they were siblings, Qin Zheng was a man. He could never act like a delicate little girl. He just smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Aunt Feng."
He Tingjun looked surprised: "Me too?"
Feng Juan smiled and nodded. "Of course not. In our family, any unmarried child can receive a red envelope."
Feng Juan's words "our family" made He Tingjun laugh like a fool.
When Yun Qiao's mother spoke to him, she used the three words "our family". What does this mean?
This shows that Yun Qiao’s mother approves of him!
It also proves that his mother-in-law approach is effective!
He Tingjun decided that he would do his best to please his mother-in-law and try to marry Yun Qiao home as soon as possible.
He Tingjun put the red envelope into his pocket with a look of cherishment on his face, his mouth almost grinning from ear to ear: "Thank you, Auntie."
After Feng Juan distributed the red envelopes, Aunt Feng also took out a few small red envelopes and handed them to Yun Qiao and the others.
Qin Zheng was not willing to be outdone.
He left the table temporarily, went back to the room, took out the New Year gift he had prepared for Yun Qiao in advance, and handed it to her.
"Mom and little grandma have already given out red envelopes, so brother can't be left out." Qin Zheng took Yun Qiao's hand and placed a piece of paper in her palm. "Here, this is from brother."
"Is this... a passbook?"
When Yun Qiao opened it, he was almost blinded by the amount of money inside.
She suspected that she had misread the decimal point of the balance, and she widened her eyes in disbelief and counted it carefully again.
There are two zeros after the decimal point, and tens, hundreds, and thousands in front...
That’s right, five thousand yuan.
Five thousand yuan!
Five thousand yuan in 1970!
It’s enough to buy a courtyard house in a remote area of Beijing!
Yun Qiao slammed the passbook shut and stuffed it back into Qin Zheng's hand: "No! This is too much! I can't take it!"
Qin Zheng pushed it back into her hand: "If I give it to you, it's yours, take it."
"But, but this is too much..." Yun Qiao felt that the money was too hot to handle.
How much is Qin Zheng’s monthly salary?
A regimental-level cadre has a monthly salary of 141 yuan, but he was promoted to regimental-level cadre at the beginning of this year. In the previous few years, he was a deputy regimental-level cadre, and the monthly salary of a deputy regimental-level cadre was only 171 yuan.
Throughout the year, even if you don't eat or drink, you can only save 1,500 yuan at most.
But humans are not machines. If they don’t eat for a meal, they will feel hungry. If they don’t eat for a day, they will feel weak. Let alone not eating or drinking for a year, even if they don’t eat or drink for a month, they will die long ago.
This five thousand yuan is probably all his savings from all these years of military service.
Yun Qiao definitely can’t accept it.
She resolutely returned the passbook to Qin Zheng: "Brother, this is too much, I really can't take it."
"I can't take back what I've given you." Qin Zheng said, glancing at He Tingjun meaningfully. "It doesn't matter if you don't want it now. I'll keep it for you and use it as a dowry when you get married. Money is a woman's confidence. It helps her avoid being looked down upon by her husband's family."
He Tingjun wanted to express his opinion, "No one will look down on Yun Qiao", but he had no reputation, and if he opened his mouth, Qin Zheng would definitely scold him for being self-indulgent.
His handsome face flushed red, his throat felt a little itchy, and he couldn't help but cough lightly: "That..."
"Shut up!" Qin Zheng didn't want to hear his voice: "We are brothers and sisters talking, outsiders should not interrupt."
He Tingjun: "..."
Yun Qiao knew that Qin Zheng was deliberately making fun of her and He Tingjun. Her pretty face flushed slightly, and she said stubbornly, "I don't want it as a dowry. I'm still young, but you're already thirty. You should keep this money to marry yourself."
Age was not a sore point for Qin Zheng. He remained calm: "I still have enough money to marry a wife. I've said what I give you is yours. If you refuse again, I'll be unhappy."
Hearing Qin Zheng say this, Feng Juan also joined in, "Yun Qiao, since it's given to you by your brother, just accept it. It's a token of his love."
It was New Year's Day, and Yun Qiao didn't want to keep pushing and shoving Qin Zheng at the dinner table, so he could only put the passbook away temporarily and prepare to return it to Qin Zheng later.
"Okay, I'll take it first."
"Eat, eat."
Feng Juan tried to smooth things over and liven up the atmosphere at the New Year's Eve dinner table.
In the second half of the night on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yun Qiao rested his head on the red envelopes given by his family and had sweet dreams all night long. He didn't wake up until around eight in the morning.
Visit relatives and friends to wish them a happy new year on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The room was not very soundproof. Yun Qiao had just opened his eyes when he heard voices outside.
Like the neighbor next door, Sun Lan.
"Happy New Year, Auntie. Captain Qin is home too."
"It's better to hurry than to hurry. Come, let me introduce you. This is my cousin from my mother's side, Sun Zhu. You can just call her Xiao Zhu."
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