The great aunt handed the red envelopes and New Year's money for Zeng Wenjuan and Zhao Jianguo to Zeng Yike. She squatted down with a red envelope and said to Goudan: "Call me great grandma, and I'll give you a big red envelope."
When Goudan saw the stranger in front of him, he hid behind Zeng Wenjuan out of fear.
"I'm afraid the baby will be born." The aunt looked at Goudan and smiled, then stood up and handed the red envelope to Zeng Wenjuan: "Then you keep it for the child and save it for him."
Zeng Wenjuan took the red envelope that had been stuffed into her hand, and she was too embarrassed to refuse it. She smiled and said, "Thank you, auntie, you are so polite."
"These are the rules here, and it's all about reciprocity. You haven't been home for these years. We will make it up to you when you come back." The aunt said happily, holding Zeng Wenjuan's hand.
Zeng Yike took Zeng Wenjuan, Zhao Jianguo and Goudan for a walk and introduced them to everyone in the family. Zeng Wenjuan also received a large stack of red envelopes.
ps: The red envelopes at that time should be called red envelopes, because they were all sealed with red paper.
Everyone sat together, and Zeng Yike looked at the eldest sister-in-law of the Chen family: "Sister-in-law, whose daughter did Chen Wei marry? What about the betrothal gift and dowry? How did the two children know each other?"
"He met the girl himself. She was his colleague at work. They didn't talk about these things. The two children got married when they fell in love with each other." The eldest sister-in-law of the Chen family said with a smile.
Chen Wei's mother Wu Fenfang also said with a happy face: "The two children said they don't want anything. But how can they really give nothing to their daughters who are so grown up? When we got engaged that day, I discussed with the other party's parents about giving a betrothal gift of 300 yuan, but the other party didn't say that as long as the two children are well, it's fine."
"That's true. The other party's parents are also reasonable. Girls are afraid of marrying the wrong man, and boys are afraid of choosing the wrong profession. Marrying a good wife will bring prosperity to three generations." Zeng Yike nodded.
"Yes! But since they said so, I, as the boy's parent, can't really give them nothing. So I bought them three-wheeled toys and a ring. Anyway, they will need them in the future." Wu Fenfang said with a smile. Anyway, no matter what, these things will be used at home in the future.
"Do you want to play with us?" A little boy walked up to Goudan, patted his shoulder and said to him.
Children's friendships come so quickly. When Goudan saw someone inviting him to play with them, he readily agreed. The two friends held hands and went out to play in the yard.
"Why have I never seen you before? Was that your mother standing next to you just now?" The little boy asked Goudan with his head tilted.
"Yes, brother, that was my mother just now. I used to live in my hometown. This year I followed my mother here to find my father." Goudan said with a smile.
"My mother just told me that your mother is my aunt. Then you can't call me brother. Let me do the math. I'm your nephew, you should call me uncle." The little boy looked a few years older than Goudan. He counted on his fingers as he spoke.
"Ah! No way? How could I be your uncle? You are older than me." Goudan widened his eyes in shock. Is this brother kidding?
"If you don't believe me, you can ask my sister. She's already a big kid in the fifth grade, she knows a lot." The little boy blinked and smiled. He shouted to a place not far away: "Sister, come here quickly."
"Why are you yelling? Can't you see I'm playing here? Can't you come over by yourself?" The little girl also has a bad temper.
When the little boy heard his sister's angry tone, he ran over happily. Goudan stood there and wanted to go back to his room, but the people in the room were talking about something he couldn't understand, so he chased after them happily.
"Sister, didn't mom just say that her mother is our old aunt, so should we call him uncle? How can there be an uncle younger than us?" It seems that the little boy was also confused by the conclusion he calculated.
"Then his mother is our old aunt, so we should call him uncle. What does age have to do with it? Xiao Qiao just stopped playing, so come over and help me hold the rope."
As luck would have it, Goudan, who had just run over, was immediately drafted into the army.
When it was time for lunch, Goudan sat between Zhao Jianguo and Zeng Wenjuan. He curiously approached Zeng Wenjuan and asked, "Mom, why do those brothers and sisters, who are older than me, call me uncle?"
"Because their grandparents are much older than yours. From mom's perspective, and you're older, there's another age difference, so they call you uncle. The one who's getting married this time is also your cousin." Zeng Wenjuan put her arm around Goudan's back and spoke to him tenderly.
Goudan nodded as if he understood, he only knew that he was still a child, but was going to be an uncle, and the one who was going to get married this time was also his cousin.
"It's time to eat!" Grandma Chen, who was the first to start eating, said to the people sitting around the big table.
Great-grandma also picked up a piece of chicken from Goudan, Zeng Wenjuan, and Zhao Jianguo, saying, "Well, you guys are so skinny. Eat more meat to replenish your body."
"Thank you, grandma. You guys eat. If we want to eat something, we will pick it up ourselves." Zeng Wenjuan stretched out her bowl to catch the chicken that grandma had picked up. She said with a smile, it must be uncomfortable to be watched while eating.
After lunch, Zeng Wenjuan and Zhao Jianguo took Goudan to the room assigned to them. Zhang Wenjuan took out a large stack of red envelopes from her bag and placed them on the bed.
"Wow, so many red envelopes, is there a lot of money in them?" Goudan ran over with a smile and lay on the bed playing with the red envelopes.
"We don't know yet, so don't move. Let mom and dad count these red envelopes." Zeng Wenjuan stopped Goudan and picked up a red envelope beside her and opened it to take a look.
"Ah!" Zeng Wenjuan screamed in surprise when she saw the amount in the red envelope, but then she covered her mouth again after she reacted. She took out a big unity note from the red envelope and showed it to Zhao Jianguo and Goudan: "It's actually a big unity note. The amount of money they gave is too big!"
"Didn't mom and dad remind us? The red envelopes they gave today were the ones they had given out before. Plus, since this was the first time they met me and Goudan, they gave us bigger red envelopes. We will have to give the money back in the future!" Zhao Jianguo also casually opened another red envelope, which contained two big unity notes!
"Then we are still at a disadvantage. They all have several children. Some of them are already grandparents." Zeng Wenjuan heard what Zhao Jianguo said, and Lewis said after a while.
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