"Okay." Then the two of them began to happily open the red envelopes.
Jiang Shushu was the first to open the red envelope, and he took out 20 yuan. "Wow, 20 yuan! Who's so rich?" Jiang Shushu turned the red envelope over and saw Zhao Cheng's name. "It's Zhao Cheng. He gave us a four-piece bedding set. The gift is already expensive enough, so why is the red envelope so much? Do you want it?"
"He must be thanking me for telling him about the job. He's doing great at the tractor station now and is a key technician. He has a bright future ahead of him. Keep it! I'll return it to him when he gets married. His workplace isn't far from us anyway, so I'll always be able to pay him back someday."
"good."
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"I've counted it here, and it's 184.6 yuan in total."
"I've counted it too. It's 102.20 yuan." Yang Xiaobei handed the money to Jiang Shushu.
"A total of 286.8 yuan? That's a lot of gifts. You took the lion's share. Most of your colleagues gave five yuan. Do the people you know well give such large gifts? Here, everyone just gives a dollar as a token of appreciation, for good luck."
"We also gave one dollar over there, as a lucky draw. The group that gave five dollars was because of my injury last time. The enemy had buried a lot of bombs, and they didn't know about it. I stood in the distance and shouted loudly, and then the enemy shot me.
They felt I had saved them, but they hadn't found a suitable opportunity to express their gratitude. At the time, their medical expenses were reimbursed by the bureau, and they wanted to buy me something expensive, but tickets were hard to find and even hard to buy. So they took this opportunity to give me a larger gift as a token of their appreciation. Zhao Laifu told me that this was a pre-arranged agreement, and that I had to accept it, otherwise they would feel bad.
"Should we accept it?" Jiang Shushu was also unsure about what to do.
"Keep it. When they're free later, we can find an opportunity to treat them to a meal in the cafeteria. We can use this money to make the meal more sumptuous so that everyone won't be embarrassed."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Yang Xiaobei kept the 325 yuan left from his business partnership with Huang Erniu, and gave all the remaining bonuses and salary to Jiang Shushu.
Yang Xiaobei said with a smile: "Wife, this is my reward and my salary. I didn't give it to you before because I needed money for the wedding. At that time, you were working and it was inconvenient to ask you for it, so I didn't give it to you. Now that the wedding is over, the money in the family will be left to you. I like to eat and spend a lot. I have 760 left now. There is 600 in this passbook. Well, there are 160 in change. You take it. I will hand over my 40 yuan salary every month in the future." I kept the money from the partnership business for myself. This money was not earned in a glorious way. I told you about it so that Shushu wouldn't worry. And I have an old problem. I am afraid of being poor. I feel anxious when I have no money. I really can't eat or sleep well.
"Give it all to me? Why don't you keep some for yourself?" After the wedding, he handed over all the money. I was too embarrassed to accept it. How shameless this behavior is. It's such a sin to leave someone penniless after getting married! I have to leave him some money no matter what.
Yang Xiaobei thought of what his brothers had said at the bachelor party: "..." Is my wife trying to figure out if I have any private money? Is she willing to pay?
"No need to leave any for me. I'm a grown man and I don't spend much money." Yang Xiaobei thought about it and realized that it would be unreasonable if he didn't have a penny. "Then I'll leave two dollars for myself every month, and occasionally add a meal. The rest is for you to use. If I need money, I'll ask you."
Jiang Shushu: "..." Two yuan, you have the nerve to ask? I'm embarrassed to give it to you. People work hard to earn 40 yuan a month, how can I have the nerve to take 38? Isn't this a sin? Life without money, how can it be called living? It's just surviving.
A few months of this might feel refreshing, but who could endure it over time? If it were me, I certainly wouldn't be able to stand it. Even if this person is my true love, if they leave me broke every month, with no spiritual pursuits, I probably wouldn't be able to love them. Without money, how can I have time for romantic pursuits? And without romantic pursuits, how can I find true love? Dust from the bottom of a pot is fine, but without bread, how can I find love?
"Yang Xiaobei, are you getting married? Are you crazy? Are you planning to live a life of seclusion and become a Buddha? Two dollars a month, tell me, how are you going to save money? Do you think you don't have to do anything except eat every day?"
Yang Xiaobei: "..." I don't plan to save! My extra income averages about ten yuan a month. When the time comes, I don't have to worry about food, it's enough to spend, and I can also save a small amount for myself, which can both give me peace of mind and save it for emergencies.
"It's enough to spend. All my married colleagues spend this much. I don't know about the senior management, but the highest pocket money of my married colleagues is only 2.5 yuan. My two yuan a month is definitely not the lowest. The lowest seems to be one yuan." Although two yuan is indeed not a lot, it is considered to be at an upper-middle level and it is not shameful to say it out loud.
Jiang Shushu: "..." Are all policemen so henpecked? The monthly allowance is surprisingly so little.
"Alright, I'm not Zhou Paopi. You're so embarrassed to ask for two dollars, but I'm too embarrassed to give it to you. Just hand over half of your salary from now on. Keep the other half for yourself and treat yourself well. Eat and drink as you please. Don't be stingy. Marriage is for both of you to live a better life, not just for one person. Besides, you're my husband. If you live a hard life, I'll be heartbroken!"
I have more money than I can spend, and I don't need his money. I asked Xiaobei to pay half so that he would understand that he should have a sense of responsibility after marriage, and I will keep the other half for him to spend! I had a hard life when I was a child, and I finally achieved financial freedom through my own hard work. I can't get married and have to live a hard life again, right?
Jiang Shushu took out two large unity notes from his change and placed them in Yang Xiaobei's hand. "Here, this is your pocket money for this month. If you need to use a large amount of money, just tell me again and I'll give it to you. As long as it's reasonable, I will take it."
Seeing Jiang Shushu being so generous, Yang Xiaobei felt a little guilty about secretly putting away the 325 yuan: If I had known earlier, I would not have put away the 325 yuan. If Shushu asked about the origin of the money, I could just say that it was saved before.
"No, no, it doesn't need to be that much. I'm a grown man and I have to earn money to support my family. If you think two dollars is not enough, then you can just give me five dollars a month as pocket money. Twenty dollars is too much."
"Take it. If you can't spend it all, save it. Didn't you say before that you wouldn't feel at ease without money?"
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