Chapter 308 Don’t Affect Other People’s Life Trajectory
Li Ye drove a Volga on the deserted streets to deliver clothes to his senior brother Peng Rui's bride.
Senior brother Peng Rui’s newlywed wife is Yuan Hongmin, a doctor at Union Hospital. She is also a college student who settled alone in Beijing and lives in a single dormitory at Union Hospital.
Because Li Ye didn't know the exact address, his senior sister Yu Xiufen and two senior brothers volunteered to accompany him so that they wouldn't have to stand in the cold wind in the corridor.
"I'll make it clear first! When I get married, you have to give me two sets of clothes, one set of Fenghua brand, and one set of this wedding dress."
As soon as she got in the car, Yu Xiufen started muttering to Li Ye.
Wang Zhiyuan immediately said: "How can you say it so lightly? How much are two sets of Fenghua cards?"
Yu Xiufen immediately said to Wang Zhiyuan: "You won't pay for it? I said I won't pay, didn't I say you won't pay?"
Li Ye hurriedly tried to stop the quarrel between the couple: "No, no, no, this is all given to you by your junior brother. Talking to me about money is embarrassing me!"
"That's right, look at how stingy he is," Yu Xiufen finally spared her man, and then said to Li Ye: "Don't worry, little junior brother, I will give you money! He doesn't even earn as much as I do!"
“.”
In fact, before Peng Rui got married, Li Ye consulted with them about how much money they should give as a gift, and everyone agreed to give ten yuan per person.
In 1983, a ten-dollar share was already a lot, even three or two dollars was not a small amount.
But Li Ye always felt that since they had known each other for a while, ten yuan was a bit cruel. But if you gave more to one person alone, where would the other brothers and sisters be placed?
So he asked Peng Rui for the body sizes of the two newlyweds and "sponsored" two sets of Fenghua brand clothes for the bride and groom. Unexpectedly, this became the cause of the quarrel between Yu Xiufen and Wang Zhiyuan.
However, Yu Xiufen only quarreled with Wang Zhiyuan for a few words before she was attracted by the two sets of clothes in the back seat.
"Li Ye, where did you buy this dress? It looks so festive."
"I just came from the south. They are more traditional there, not as casual as we are here."
"Yes, my grandmother said that she had a red veil when she got married. But now, there is no red veil even for worshipping heaven and earth. What is this dress?"
When Yu Xiufen saw another improved version of the "Xiuhe costume", she was immediately attracted by it.
"This is a modified bridal dress based on traditional customs in the south. It is said to be influenced by Hong Kong Island. After you give it to the bride, it is best to ask the hospital for the specific situation, so as not to cause any bad influence."
In fact, the most beautiful wedding dress for women in Li Ye’s mind is the grand wide-sleeved robe from the Ming Dynasty, but that is too complicated and is not suitable for the social environment in 1983.
That's why Li Ye drew a simple picture of the "Xiuhe dress" and gave it to Fan Xiuling from Hong Kong Island, asking her to add some elements of Ming Dynasty clothing to improve it into a "simple type" women's wedding dress.
But it was this simple wedding dress that touched upon the traditional feminine nature of Yu Xiufen.
Which woman doesn’t want to be glorious and beautiful when she gets married?
Those suits and wedding dresses are powerless in front of our ancestors' things.
Seeing Yu Xiufen constantly stroking her new wedding dress, Wang Zhiyuan was about to say something.
Normally he would never argue with Yu Xiufen in such an occasion. He knew that if he said one word, Yu Xiufen would respond with ten words. But why are you stroking someone else's wedding dress?
Li Ye saw Wang Zhiyuan's situation from the rearview mirror and said quickly: "Don't worry, Senior Sister, I will give you a wedding dress when the time comes.
When I get married and have a child, you can be the child's godmother. That's it. The child will be filial to you. Is that ok?"
"Hahahaha~, then I will accept my godson's filial piety, hahahaha~"
“.”
Li Ye thought about it, why did he feel something was wrong?
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When they arrived at Union Hospital, Yu Xiufen took the clothes and went into Yuan Hongmin's dormitory. Li Ye and two senior brothers were waiting outside.
Hearing the screams coming from the female employees' dormitory, the three men reacted differently.
Wang Zhiyuan said, "Marriage is just a formality. Those two pieces of clothing cost at least one or two hundred yuan, and they are only worn once. It's such a waste of money."
Zou Mengcheng smiled and said, "Zhiyuan! Let me tell you something unpleasant. If Xiufen hadn't fallen in love with you, you would have been single forever. You either don't talk for a long time, or you say something that is offensive.
Is Xiufen usually a lavish person? This is the only marriage in your life, so what's wrong with you loving her just this once?"
Wang Zhiyuan smoked and said nothing for a long time before he managed to say, "With that money, I would rather buy her a washing machine."
After a while, Yu Xiufen came out.
After getting on the Volga, she said happily, "I have discussed with Yuan Hongmin that she should be careful when she wears it tomorrow, and when I get married, both of them will be given to me. See, isn't this a savings?"
Zou Mengcheng smiled and said nothing.
Wang Zhiyuan: “.”
Li Ye: "Alas~"
Yu Xiufen poked Li Ye unhappily: "Why are you sighing? Aren't you happy that I saved you money?"
"I'm happy, I'm very happy!"
Li Ye shook his head and said to Wang Zhiyuan: "Brother! You are so lucky to have met such a good woman like my senior sister!"
Yu Xiufen didn't wait for Wang Zhiyuan to speak, and said proudly: "That's right, the Wang family must have burned incense to marry a daughter-in-law like me."
Wang Zhiyuan: “.”
But when the group of four was about to return to the Xicheng Taxation Bureau, Wang Zhiyuan, who had been depressed all the way, suddenly said something that made Li Ye realize that although Wang Zhiyuan did not understand romance, he also had his strengths.
"Li Ye, do you think if I take out a loan to buy a house now, will the interest be enough to cover inflation? If I take out a loan to buy two houses."
Li Ye was a little surprised. He didn't expect Wang Zhiyuan's thinking was so advanced.
Zou Mengcheng is in the banking system. Based on the situation in 1983, taking out a loan to buy a few courtyard houses would definitely be a profitable business with no investment.
But Yu Xiufen immediately said, "Calm down! The greater the opportunity, the greater the risk. If you want to do that, you might as well get promoted to professor and move to the expert building!"
Li Ye thought about it and finally decided not to persuade them to speculate in real estate, so as not to affect the life trajectories of the three people.
In 1983, there was no housing loan, and in order to obtain start-up capital, given Wang Zhiyuan's personal situation, he would have to use some "flexible" means to obtain a loan. If any problem arose, it would inevitably affect Zou Mengcheng's path to promotion.
He didn't know about Yu Xiufen and Wang Zhiyuan, but Zou Mengcheng later rose to become a super boss in the mainland financial world.
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The next day, Li Ye drove to pick up the bride and see off the guests, and provided solid service for the wedding for the entire day, which moved Brother Peng Rui so much that he held his hand and said many warm words.
Then Li Ye took Yu Xiufen and Zou Mengcheng to the courtyard of the zoo.
As they had more and more spare money, Li Ye and Jin Peng bought houses at a faster pace, and even Wang Jianqiang bought two more.
As for the apartment near the Zoo, both the location and quality are better than the one in Zaojun Temple where Li Ye lives now.
"Li Ye, is there no tenant here?"
Yu Xiufen fell in love with the place as soon as she entered. It was not noisy like in a slum, and it was quiet and spacious.
"Not yet. If you are willing, you can pay me two dollars a month for rent. If not, I will rent it to someone else."
"No, we can't let others take advantage of this. We'll rent together with your Senior Brother Zou, and each of us will give you five dollars."
"If it's more, it's just two dollars, two dollars per person. If it's one more cent, it's not rented!"
"Hey~"
In the end, several people still followed Li Ye's advice.
Because Yu Xiufen is from the class of 1977 at Peking University, she is already 26 years old this year, which was an absolutely old young woman at this time in 1983, and she really couldn't delay any longer.
Zou Mengcheng is in a similar situation. He wants to bring his mother over. Now that there are two households living in one yard, it's perfect.
I have something to do today, so the number of words is less. I will definitely update three times in the next two days. Lao Feng promises
(End of this chapter)
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