Because the salary is transparent, Li Ping's income is very easy to calculate.
He has been working for a total of five years so far, three of which were as an apprentice.
That is to say, the salary he received over the years was only more than 1,300 yuan.
Then he handed over half of it, leaving him with less than seven hundred yuan.
Not to mention the usual social interactions and normal expenses, just that bicycle was enough to reduce his savings to less than 500 yuan...
Even after being exposed by Sun Xiu, Li Ping still insisted, "Although I don't have much money, I can still give him a hundred yuan. Besides, the cost of the third brother's martial arts training is not a small amount, so I should contribute a little."
At this time, Hu Guilan touched Li Ju's little head and said with a smile, "Xiao Ju's expenses are all covered by Xiao Xu, so we don't have to worry about it. When the disaster is over, we will buy her some delicious food as a token of our appreciation."
Hearing this, Li Ju, who was sitting next to her trying to eat, immediately stopped what she was doing, narrowed her eyes, and said incoherently, "Thank you, sister-in-law and brother."
"What's there to thank you for? Your elder brother and sister-in-law only have so much ability. They can't help you with more even if they are too busy. Just don't think it's not enough." Li Ping said with a smile.
Li Jiakang and his wife and Li Xu looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.
Only then did they understand what Li Ping meant.
Simply put, Li Ping felt that as the eldest son of the Li family, he had to do his part in this situation, and at the same time, he had to take some responsibility for the family.
In fact, this is the thinking of most eldest sons in families today.
Because they have been instilled with such ideas since childhood.
So they feel that everything at home is related to them, and they have the responsibility and obligation to contribute.
This has led to the fact that in this era, we often hear stories about people whose parents died early and it was entirely up to the eldest brother to raise their younger siblings.
Li Ping's approach is equally impertinent.
His savings were less than 500 yuan, and might not even be 400 yuan. He not only had to support Li Chen with 100 yuan, but also had to buy food for Li Ju in the future.
It goes without saying that considering how much the couple loves Li Ju, how little money will they spend?
It can be said that he suffered a heavy loss this time.
Although Li Xu and the other two understood what he meant, it was not easy to persuade him.
Because they were sure that no matter how much they tried to persuade him, Li Ping would definitely persist...
That's why they sigh.
After a long silence, Li Jiakang decided to try again, "Boss, I think you should not spend the money. You can buy some meat for them when the time comes. It will be a token of your love for them.
Besides, your mother and I have an agreement that if the third child gets into high school or technical secondary school, we will cover his share of the tuition. If he fails, he will have to pay for it himself, so this matter has nothing to do with you."
Li Ping shook his head. "You'd better take it. My wife and I don't have any big expenses, so we have enough money left. Besides, you've spent a lot of money in the past two years. If you really can't make it, just consider it as a supplement to the family expenses."
"Is it your turn to contribute to the family income? We have more money than you..."
Li Jiakang was interrupted by Sun Xiu before he could finish his words. "Alright, what subsidy? We two don't need you to subsidize us. Since you insist, we will accept it. We will use the money for the third brother to practice martial arts."
Then she turned to look at Li Chen and scolded him, "All you do is eat all day long. Don't you know how to thank your elder brother and sister-in-law?"
Li Chen quickly put down his chopsticks, took a sip of water, and thanked Li Ping and his wife.
Hu Guilan and the other two responded, and then Li Ping advised, "Third Brother, since you've made this decision, study and practice hard in the future. Maybe it will come in handy."
"Don't worry, big brother. I will definitely study hard. When my nephew grows up, I will teach him martial arts." Li Chen quickly assured.
Li Xu said angrily, "Just forget it. Can you teach casually? If something goes wrong during practice, can you take the responsibility?"
Li Chen knew he couldn't afford it, but he still said unconvincedly, "I will definitely be able to teach him in the future."
Everyone ignored him and continued eating dinner.
After dinner, while Hu Guilan was cleaning up in the kitchen and Li Ping was out to the bathroom, Li Xu hurriedly asked, "Mom, you just agreed too readily. Can you at least lower the price?"
"Do you think he'll agree to a price reduction? Can't you see that he not only wants to support the third child, but more importantly, he wants to help with the family expenses?"
Li Xu scratched his head. "I can see that, but Big Brother doesn't have much money, so I feel bad."
"I can't bear it either, but honestly, I'm quite happy about what he did." Sun Xiu's face was full of smiles, and she continued to ask, "Xiao Xu, how about this? After we buy the radio, we can save up some industrial coupons and buy your sister-in-law a watch. That would be like compensating them. What do you think?"
"No problem, but I wonder if they would accept it?"
"When the time comes, we can give it to her in the name of your father and me, saying that we're thanking her. It shouldn't be a problem."
"Okay." Li Xu nodded in agreement.
...
A few days later.
The news that the county was going to introduce industrial vouchers spread everywhere.
Everyone was discussing this matter in their spare time.
Some people have even started looking for co-workers with whom they have a good relationship to borrow money in advance.
Especially Li Jiakang and his wife and Li Ping, they were simply overwhelmed by it.
There was no way, they already had bicycles and watches, so those people thought they would not buy big items for the time being, so they rushed forward to borrow them.
The three of them had to find excuses to refuse one by one.
That night.
The Li family is very lively.
Because today is the first birthday of little guy Li Wenbai.
Nowadays, the only birthday that people pay more attention to is their first birthday.
The rest is completely unimportant.
It's like Li Xu has been in this era for almost two years, and he has never seen anyone in the Li family celebrate a birthday...
Li Wenbai was wearing a red suit, and with his fair, tender and chubby body, he looked just like the children in New Year pictures.
When Sun Xiu came home from get off work, she hugged him tightly and never let go. She even kissed him from time to time and kept saying "Grandma's good grandson".
This made Li Jiakang extremely envious. He stood by and watched eagerly, hoping that Sun Xiu would hand Li Wenbai to him when she was tired.
But according to the current situation, he may have to wait...
Seeing this scene, Li Ping suddenly sighed and said, "It's a pity that I can't take Wen Bo out, otherwise I would definitely take him to take a birthday photo today."
Li Jiakang thought about it and gave him an idea, "It's okay. Wenbo was born bigger than other children. I remember you took a photo of him when he was 100 days old. You can use that photo to tell him that it was taken when he was one year old."
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