Xu Guixiang's words were like a warm current, making Zhang Ting feel that she was no longer isolated and helpless, no longer an orphan with no one to rely on. She nodded in gratitude.
At this time, Su Weiguo stood up from his chair and said, "I will go to the captain's house to ask."
Su Wan heard this and shouted to Su Weiguo: "Dad, when you go there, tell the captain that anyone who helps out tomorrow will be given one dollar per person as a thank you, and a meal will be provided."
By the way, this should be revealed to those who are helping first, so that everyone won't rush in just for that piece of money. That will only increase the budget, and some people will just fill the numbers. It will be difficult to tell who is really helping and who is just pretending to do it for the money.
So it won’t be too late to wait until tomorrow when we have enough and tell everyone on the way to town.”
"Wanwan."
Xu Guixiang was frightened by Su Wan's words.
"Wanwan, you...are you mistaken? One yuan per person, so if you go to 30 people, it will cost 30 yuan. Add a meal, how much will it cost?"
Thirty yuan, plus a meal. There must be less meat in the meal, so it will cost at least thirty yuan.
This calculation was not so bad. After the calculation, Xu Guixiang just felt a pain in her flesh.
At this time, you can earn one dollar after working hard in the fields all day. If you count this as wages, one dollar a day is definitely a high wage.
"Mom, don't worry about it. I'll pay for all these expenses. We'll have a house for free.
Spend some money to make everyone happy. If you need anything in the future, they will definitely rush to help if you just call them. What do you think? "
Su Wan's words were indeed reasonable. However, Xu Guixiang still felt a little sorry for the thirty yuan. That was thirty yuan, and Xiao was only three or two yuan.
Although Su Wan said that all expenses would be paid by her, it was precisely because of this sentence that she felt even more distressed.
Her daughter has already contributed enough to the family, and now she is asked to pay for it too. She feels really bad in her heart, but she is the one who paid for it, and if she did it, she wouldn't feel so bad.
"Su Wan, Auntie, let me pay for this. You all did this for me. I don't want you to help me with all the work and pay for it. If that's the case, I'm too sensible."
As Zhang Ting was talking, she had already taken out a beautifully embroidered wallet from her trouser pocket.
She unbuttoned her jacket and pulled out a roll of money.
There was only one ten-yuan note and two five-yuan notes in it, and the rest were all one-yuan, fifty-cent, ten-cent and twenty-cent notes, and some cents.
She originally wanted to count and take out the thirty yuan from it, but after thinking about it, she simply rolled it up again, took Xu Guixiang's hand, and stuffed it directly into her palm.
This little savings was the basis for her to live with her brother, so she kept it with her and would take it out and count it from time to time.
Just last night, she took it out and counted it.
She remembered it clearly, the total was thirty-three dollars, seventy cents and eight cents.
This was the money she saved from making paper boxes in the past two years, in addition to her and her brother's daily expenses.
This was all they had saved, and to be honest, taking it all out at once would be like cutting off her own flesh.
She had to bear the pain just to save the house. This was her business, so she should let everyone pay for it.
If that were the case, how would the Su family look upon her in the future?
"Mom, please return the money to Zhang Ting. She makes a lot of money by making paper boxes every day. Moreover, the two siblings rely on making paper boxes for their livelihood. If we take this money, they may not even have food to eat."
Before Xu Guixiang could respond, Su Wan started shouting.
Xu Guixiang had no intention of asking Zhang Ting for the money. After hearing what Su Wan said, she hurriedly stuffed the money back into Zhang Ting's hand.
"Put it away quickly. You heard Wanwan ask you to put it away. Your parents are here now. I know without asking that your life must be better. Keep some money with you in case of emergency.
You are much stronger than us, our whole family, and we can get through this difficult time if we work together. You two siblings will be the same, and no one will help you, so you should just keep the money."
Zhang Ting refused to say anything. "Aunt, Su Wan, this is what I should pay. If you don't even let me pay these few tens of dollars, then I won't be able to let you ask the villagers to help out of your dignity. I will go back and face them alone."
Seeing her firm attitude, Su Wan had no choice but to make concessions.
She walked over and took the roll of money from Xu Guixiang's hand, then pulled out the only big reunion note from it.
"Okay, I can see that you will always feel bad if I ask you to pay a penny. Let's do this. I suggested that you take one dollar for every dollar you pay. In fact, it's completely reasonable to take this money just for a meal.
I am the elder because I have my own plans, which is also a bit selfish, so I should pay for it.
If you invite so many people to help, you must provide meals, so this ten yuan will be your meal money for everyone tomorrow."
After Su Wan finished speaking, she stuffed the rest of the money into Zhang Ting's arms, then turned around and gave the ten yuan to Xu Guixiang.
"Mom, use this money to buy meat tomorrow. We don't need to make it too complicated. Just rice with a big pot of vegetables and plenty of meat."
Seeing that Su Wan had arranged everything clearly, Zhang Ting had no choice but to put the remaining money back into her purse, buttoned it, and carefully put it back into her pocket, even pressing it down subconsciously with her hand.
"Okay, Wanwan, take Zhang Ting to rest first. We have to get up early tomorrow."
Su Wan responded and took Zhang Ting back to the house.
The two talked for a while. Su Wan knew that Zhang Ting must be tired because she walked a lot today, so she turned off the light and the two lay down to sleep.
Sure enough, the next day, before dawn, Xu Guixiang called Zhang Ting to get up.
Su Wan looked out the window. It was still dark outside. Something happened at home, so she might as well go back to sleep.
After getting up, I found that Xu Guixiang and Liu Ye had already prepared breakfast, and everyone in the family except San Gou had already gotten up.
After everyone took turns washing up and finishing their meal, it was just getting light. While they were still eating, people carrying hoes had already come to their house one after another to gather.