Xiang Tiezhu couldn't figure out where the money came from.
When he paid the bill at the state-owned restaurant yesterday, he only had a little over two dollars left in his pocket, but today he had some extra money as if by magic.
The couple studied for a long time and finally locked on Xiang Hongqi.
Xiang Tiezhu had almost no contact with anyone today. Only Xiang Hongqi's sudden hug last night could explain the source of the money.
He immediately became anxious: "How can I let my second brother support me? Let's turn around and return it to my second brother!"
Yesterday's two main dishes to entertain guests only cost more than one yuan, and now there were more than ten yuan in his pocket, which made him feel guilty and uneasy.
Even though he sent so much food, it was a gift to his second brother and a favor to ask someone to take care of his son.
It is not an item of equivalent exchange for money!
Yuan Huimei grabbed the handle of his cart and shouted anxiously, "You stubborn guy, can you return this money to my second brother?!"
Stunned by the scolding, Xiang Tiezhu stopped in his tracks and said, "Why can't I return it to him? He's my biological brother!"
He thought that his wife was reluctant to part with the money and wanted to keep it to support her own family. Although the family was short of money, she couldn't take advantage of her second brother like this.
Even though he knew that Xiang Hongqi was rich, Xiang Tiezhu didn't want to become a poor relative who came to beg for money.
Yuan Huimei really had no good words to say to this idiot: "Are you stupid? Didn't you look at this money carefully? It's obviously private money. If you take it back, won't it cause a quarrel between my second brother and his wife?"
The amount of this money varies, and it can be used for anything other than private money.
Since Xiang Hongqi gave it secretly, it meant that the money could not be made public. They just accepted it silently. It’s good for you, me, and everyone else.
If the money was sent back and Zhang Jidi found out, the couple would definitely have a quarrel.
After hearing this explanation, Xiang Tiezhu was still a little hesitant: "This amount of money is too much! It's a month's salary for a temporary worker. I would feel guilty if I took it!"
He thought that he would definitely not take it back openly, but would go directly to the steel plant to find someone to return it to Xiang Hongqi.
Yuan Huimei poked her man's head hard: "Why did I marry someone as stubborn as you? His family's Lili is getting married soon, so why don't we just give her a big gift?"
She was always listening for news in the county town, and accidentally even found out Xiang Lili's wedding date.
This girl is indeed a small wealthy woman. She has a good job, a good husband, and she is married to a nearby family. The matchmaker circle always mentions her.
It's much better to keep face by interacting with relatives than to pay money back directly, right?
Generally speaking, marrying off a daughter in a county town requires showing courtesy to one's uncles and aunts. One first gives the uncles and aunts a red envelope of a few dollars, and then adds a few dollars at the time of the formal wedding, which is returned at the wedding.
This makes the woman's family appear to be quite powerful, but it also seems a bit like trying to show off.
But this is the established custom, every household does it, and no one can go too far beyond the norm.
Xiang Tiezhu had already been convinced by his wife's words. At this time, the cake seller said impatiently: "Tsk, are you still going to buy cakes?"
Only then did they realize that they were blocking someone's business, so they quickly paid and took the pastries away.
Setting off again, Yuan Huimei sat on the cart at the back, and Xiang Tiezhu continued to pull her along: "But this money is still a bit too much, let's take it..."
He knew that Xiang Hongqi had to pay 20 yuan in alimony to Old Lady Xiang every month, which was several times more than what other families received.
You can imagine how difficult it was for my second brother. He had to buy a property in the county town, send his children to school one by one, and get them married soon. There was money everywhere.
He didn't know how he squeezed out these dozen dollars from between his teeth, and the money felt a little hot in Xiang Tiezhu's hand.
Yuan Huimei couldn't persuade him anymore, so she threw in the towel and said, "Then return the money. You just used your own money to buy the cakes. Do you think your second brother will beat you?"
She dared to make a thousand guarantees that if Xiang Hongqi didn't beat up Xiang Tiezhu, the stubborn guy, she would take Xiang Tiezhu's surname!
Xiang Tiezhu calmed down, put himself in the other person's shoes, shrank his neck and dared not speak.
He thought that if he was doing well, his second brother Xiang Hongqi would come to his house to give gifts, and he would give back a dozen yuan of private money, but it was forced back, which would only make him furious.
Even brothers can't settle accounts so openly. What's the difference between breaking up with two families?
Xiang Tiezhu whispered, "Doesn't Lili have a twin brother, Lihua? Did you find out when he got married?"
He felt that as an uncle, giving a gift of more than ten yuan to Xiang Lili at her wedding was too eye-catching, and if Xiang Lihua was given as well, the cost would be just enough to split the bill.
Don't mention it, Yuan Huimei really knew the news: "Forget it, he joined the army, and he has to apply to his superiors to get married. Even my second sister-in-law can't urge him to get married."
Xiang Lihua didn't know where the ambush was. His shooting skills were really accurate, and the telescope made him even more powerful.
This man has been given countless ultimatums by his mother Zhang Jidi, asking him to bring a daughter-in-law home as soon as possible, and the requirement is that she must be a living female.
But I'm almost 21 and still no news.
This sometimes makes Xiang Mianmian have wild thoughts and wonder if her brother likes the same sex.
Don't blame her for being so rebellious. The main reason is that the possibility is too high. Isn't there a saying that goes, "After three years of military service, a sow becomes as beautiful as Diao Chan?"
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