Li Xianghong looked a little strange. She actually knew someone who had a bicycle ticket and didn't need it, but it would be difficult to exchange it.
Chen Qiangwei was delighted when she saw that there was a good chance. She said to Li Xianghong, "Sister-in-law Xianghong, just tell me what they want. Whether it's money or goods, it's no problem."
Li Xianghong took Chen Qiangwei home and complained as they walked. It turned out that the person who had the bicycle ticket was none other than Li Xianghong's younger brother.
A few years ago, her brother was about to reach marriageable age. The family had bought a bicycle, a sewing machine and a radio in recent years, and now the only thing missing was a watch.
At the end of last year, his brother was named an outstanding employee and was rewarded with a bicycle ticket by the factory. He planned to exchange the bicycle ticket for 12 industrial coupons to buy a watch.
In order to prepare the first three things, he had spent a lot of money and favors, and even used up all his industrial coupons. Last year, his brother got a girlfriend. She was pretty and a regular employee in the cannery.
The parents of both parties are very satisfied with each other, and the girl is also very satisfied with the things bought by Xiang Hong's family. They have reached the stage of discussing marriage.
But I don’t know what’s wrong with her brother. He insists on having a watch before getting married, and he wants a men’s watch for himself.
You said that it is understandable for other people's weddings for the woman to ask for three turns and one ring, but in her family, the woman did not have such a requirement, and his brother was just being pretentious, and he bought a watch not for the woman, but for himself.
Whenever Li Xianghong thought of this, she became so angry that she wanted to pry open her brother's head to see whether it was filled with paste or tofu dregs.
Chen Qiangwei's eyebrows lit up when she heard this. Wasn't this a coincidence? She reached into her pocket and actually smuggled the men's watch out of space. "Sister Xiang Hong, do you think this is okay?"
Li Xianghong: ...The surprise came so quickly that I was caught off guard.
"This, this, Sister Qiangwei, are you willing to give it up?" This is a Shanghai brand all-steel watch.
Chen Qiangwei's eyes reddened, "Sister-in-law Xiang Hong, I'm not happy with what you said. This watch was bought for my ex-fiancé when we got engaged, but he ended up hooking up with my best friend...
If you don't think it's bad luck, I'd like to exchange this watch for a bicycle ticket."
Li Xianghong was furious when she heard this. She said that Sister Qiangwei had an extraordinary family background and was also very good-looking, so she would never have fallen to the point of suffering in the countryside. She didn't expect that there was such a secret behind this.
Li Xianghong comforted her, "Don't be sad, Sister Qiangwei. It's that man who is blind and has his eyes covered with shit. I, who have only met you twice, can feel your kindness.
I'll introduce you to someone better in the future to piss off that heartless man, Chen Shimei."
Chen Qiangwei wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded with a smile, "Thank you, Sister Xiang Hong. I also think I'm a good person. I'm also very lucky to have discovered their affair before getting married. If I had discovered it after marriage, I would have been sick to death."
Li Xianghong: "Yes, that's the right way to think. Good food is never too late, and a good woman will never have trouble finding a husband. There are better ones waiting for us.
If you trust me, please give me the watch and I will go back and ask my brother."
Chen Qiangwei generously handed the watch to Li Xianghong, "Then I'll trouble Sister Xianghong."
After returning home, Li Xianghong asked Chen Qiangwei to wait at home, while she hurried back to her parents' home with the watch. If her brother did not get married honestly this time, she would beat him up.
Chen Qiangwei was a little bored at Li Xianghong's house, so she simply went into the kitchen to get the vegetables out and stir-fry them so they could be eaten.
She had just finished packing when Li Xianghong came back.
"My brother is very satisfied with this watch. What do you think of exchanging it for?"
A bicycle ticket certainly cannot be exchanged for a watch. The market price of this Shanghai brand all-steel watch is 120 yuan plus 12 industrial coupons.
Not to mention the 120 yuan, an ordinary employee now only has two or three industrial coupons a year, and it takes four to five years to save up the industrial coupons.
Wang Hongjun takes good care of this watch. He has worn it for almost a year and there is not a single scratch on it. It looks almost like a new one.
Chen Qiangwei naturally knew that bicycle tickets were incomparable to watches. She was very satisfied with the attitude of Li Xianghong and her family. After thinking for a while, Chen Qiangwei said,
"Sister-in-law, I bought this watch a year ago. It's worth thirty yuan off. The bicycle ticket can probably be used to buy fifteen industrial coupons. After another thirty yuan off, you can give me a bicycle ticket and sixty yuan. Is that okay with you?"
Li Xianghong was overjoyed when he heard this and took out a bicycle ticket and a wad of money from his pocket.
"Okay, of course. My mom said I have to give you eighty yuan in change. Here's the bicycle ticket and eighty yuan. Count them."
Sister Qiangwei is generous, so they can't be stingy. They have to give what they should give, otherwise they will bring shame to Beijing.
Seeing Li Xianghong's frank and unpretentious attitude, Chen Qiangwei also took the money and stuffed it into her pocket. "I can't trust anyone but you, sister-in-law."
Li Xianghong was very happy to see Chen Qiangwei's actions. This was also a manifestation of Chen Qiangwei's great trust in her. If it were someone else, they would have to sit down and count them three or five times.
"When my brother's marriage is settled, my sister-in-law will invite you to the wedding.
Hey, you've already cut the vegetables. You go rest outside. I'll come here. After dinner, I'll take you to buy a bicycle. Do you have enough money? If not, I still have some.
Li Xianghong took out two sausages from the cupboard while speaking. We have guests today, so we have to eat something good.
"Sister-in-law, don't spend any money. Leave the sausages for Brother Qianjin and my nephews and nieces. I'll just eat whatever I want."
Not only did he go to someone's house to eat and drink for free during the holidays, but he also ate up all the food they had. It was a bit unreasonable. Besides, Chen Qiangwei had already eaten two big meat buns on the way here in the morning, so she wasn't craving meat now.
Li Xianghong pushed Chen Qiangwei outside and said, "Go sit and wait. I have the final say on what to cook."
Just as the meal was ready, Li Xianghong's daughter Xu Guoyu came back from school. Before she even arrived, she called out, "Mom, are you cooking sausages today? They smell so good."
Li Xianghong poked her head out of the kitchen and said, "You greedy little cat, wash your hands quickly and get ready to eat. This is your Aunt Qiangwei, call someone."
Xu Guoyu's personality is very similar to Li Xianghong's. She wasn't shy about seeing a stranger in her home. "Hello, Aunt Qiangwei. You're the one who brought us pork and White Rabbit candy last time, right? You're so beautiful."
Chen Qiangwei smiled and took out a handful of Xiaoersu from her pocket. "Here, this is a famous candy in Jing City called Xiaoersu. It's delicious."
Xu Guoyu swallowed, put down his schoolbag and ran to the kitchen, "Mom, Aunt Qiangwei wants to give me some candy from Jing City, can I take it?"
Li Xianghong and Xu Qianjin have educated Xu Guoyu very well. As a child of elementary school age, she has no resistance to candy. If it were someone else, they would have run up to take it long ago.
"Go on. Thank you, Aunt Qiangwei."
Xu Guoyu rushed out of the kitchen, took a mango from the table and handed it to Chen Qiangwei, "Thank you, Aunt Qiangwei. Aunt Qiang, have a mango."
Seeing Chen Qiangwei take the mango, she happily took the children's pastry with both hands.
At this time, the door opened from the outside, and Xu Qianjin's voice came in, "It smells so good, you two secretly had some meat while I was away."
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