I went back to the bedroom and slept for a while, and it was already afternoon when I woke up.

My mother has prepared the meal, so we get up to fill our stomachs.

Leizi took the initiative to tell me that this time it was your housework, so it would be inconvenient for me to get involved, so I stayed to take care of my master.

I nodded and said yes, and asked him to tell his master that I'm going out.

After filling my stomach, my father and I walked out of the house and started to cross mountains and rivers. We had to walk until dark before we could reach the town, and there was a shuttle bus to the county town.

I asked my dad if he didn't need to pack some clothes for his clothes, it took several days to go there.

My father said no, and when I arrived in the city, I bought two clean clothes to change. Anyway, I haven't bought me new clothes for several years.

I smiled and said I didn't need it anymore. I asked my father to buy a better set of clothes. After all, I was going to attend the funeral and it wouldn't look shabby.

When it was dark, I arrived in the town. My father and I casually found a small restaurant and made do with dinner. I accompanied him for two taels of wine, and then found a small hotel to sleep.

The next morning, we boarded the shuttle bus to the county town.

When I went to the county town before, I was so excited that I had a big order worth 5,000 yuan waiting for me.

This time I went to the county town, my mood was not very turbulent. Maybe it was a bit excited for my father, but for me, I just accompanied my father. I would not feel too much when I saw my dead uncle.

In the afternoon, we arrived at the county town and I asked my dad if he could find his uncle's house. My dad said he could find it. When the aunt called him, she told him an address and he wrote down every stroke on paper.

My father took me to dinner first. We rural people rarely come to the city and dare not go to decent restaurants. We were afraid of being slaughtered, so we found a small noodle restaurant near the station to deal with our stomachs.

I said to my dad, "Let's take a taxi to my uncle's house, it's not easy for us to find it ourselves!"

The father said, "Don't worry, go out to the street to buy new clothes first!"

My father and I went to the street. The county town is different from the countryside. There are a wide range of shops on both sides of the street, and there are many people selling everything. I looked at the dress of our father and son. It really looked a bit old-fashioned among the crowds.

When I passed by a suit shop, I asked my dad to go in and buy a suit. My dad had the only one suit, which I bought when I got married. I was so white that I couldn't bear to throw it away. I took it out and put it on during the holidays. I felt sorry for him and asked him to buy a new suit. My dad mustered up the courage to walk in and quickly left, saying that the clothes inside were too expensive, and a suit cost several hundred yuan, which was as scary as if he was robbing money.

My father was "stingy" to myself, but he was not vague to me at all. He took me into the best trendy brand stores in the county, all of which were very trendy young people's clothes. My father asked me to choose whatever I wanted. I didn't want to choose, but later I thought that I was really embarrassed to go to my uncle's house in this outfit, so I still gritted my teeth and picked a thin autumn jacket, which cost more than 100 yuan. That was the half-month salary of an ordinary employee, which was already quite expensive.

Seeing me put on new clothes, my father was so happy that he couldn't stop talking: "My Jiujizi is handsome. When I change into new clothes, I'm just like a star!"

Of course, my father's words are a bit exaggerated. I know my weight. How can I compare with big stars with my rustic outfit? But as the saying goes, "People rely on clothes." After changing into this new outfit, I looked at myself in the mirror and looked at me. I was really handsome. I am pretty good and I look good. When I change into a new outfit, my confidence immediately improved a lot.

When I paid, my father took out a small plastic bag from his close-fitting pocket, and the plastic bag was folded into a square shape, covering about a thousand yuan. At that time, there was no wallet. Even if there was a wallet, rural people would not use it, so they often used some plastic bags or envelopes instead of wallets, and they were wrapped layer by layer, for fear that they would be stolen.

Many people in the city look down on us and think that we rural people are not only rustic but also very stingy. They also have a little money inside and three layers inside and three layers outside. In fact, that's because people in the city don't understand. It's difficult for us rural people to make money. Those bills of change are real hard-earned money, so we care a lot about money and must be kept well. If you can spend a penny, you will never spend two cents.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! There are still people queuing behind!" The cashier looked at his father paying for money, his eyes full of contempt, and he looked as if he looked down on others, and kept urging him.

It's really a shame to the person!

I couldn't stand it and wanted to argue with the cashier, but I was dragged away by my dad.

My father didn't care about the attitude of the cashier, but just grinned: "It's not easy for anyone to make money, there is no need to be angry!"

After walking around the city, my father didn't buy the right clothes. In fact, it was not because he didn't have the right clothes, but because my father couldn't bear to buy them. I know he liked the men's suit in the suit store, which seemed to cost more than 400 yuan, but my father didn't even dare to take a look.

I asked my father to wait for me on the roadside, and I secretly went to buy him the suit alone. I saved hundreds of dollars on myself before, took out all of them, and bought him the suit.

My father was surprised and happy, his hands holding the suit were trembling, and he also complained to me: "What are you buying such expensive things? I work in the fields all day long, and it's not very useful. Jiujizi, why don't you go back and ask and see if you can get it back?"

I quietly tore off the document and said that I could not return it, and once I left the store, I would not return it.

The father said with distress: "Hey, why are people in this city doing business, so why are they so domineering?"

The streets were flowing endlessly. Looking at my father's hunched figure, my heart felt sore and my eyes turned red without realizing it. I secretly swear that I must use my own efforts to make my family live a good life. I want to buy them a big house in the city. If they are not used to living in the city, I will build a small foreign house for them in the countryside, and I will let them enjoy their old age.

My father changed into a suit and looked much younger. I led him into the barber shop again and got a mental hairstyle. He looked quite handsome. My father looked in the mirror and smiled shyly.

We both cleaned up and stopped a taxi and went to our uncle's house.

While in the car, my father hit my elbow and whispered: "Jiujizi, I have more than 700 yuan left here. I'm thinking about it. Leave a hundred yuan to spare for travel expenses, and will the remaining six hundred yuan be given as gifts?"

The city is different from the countryside. The city emphasizes the following gifts, whether it is black and white weddings, birthday banquets, promotions, etc., all of them have to follow gifts. Six hundred yuan is indeed nothing for rich people, but even according to the county level at that time, the gift of six hundred yuan was very high. Generally, it would be good to give two or three hundred yuan. A whole family in the countryside gave only fifty-one hundred yuan, so when my father asked for it, I was still shocked.

The father scratched his head: "I know your uncle's family is not short of this little money, but..."

"Don't explain to me, Dad, I know this is your intention. I agree with you as much as you want!" I can understand Dad's mood. For him, these six hundred yuan is not money, but a strong brotherly relationship.

We arrived at our uncle's house, who was in a high-end community in the county town. The taxi driver told us that this is a well-known wealthy area in the county town. People living there are either rich or noble, either officials or business owners. Ordinary people are not qualified to live in at all.

The mourning hall is located downstairs where my uncle lived before his death. There are many people coming to mourn, including government officials, but more of them are friends in the business world. My uncle is in the steel business and does a good job. The county town is just that big, so he is very familiar with both the political and business circles.

We are always surrounded by dignitaries, bosses wearing leather jackets, ladies wearing sable hair shawls. My father and I look too rustic after we come here.

But I don’t have anything to feel inferior. We are here to attend the funeral, not to attend the beauty pageant.

From afar, I saw a fat woman standing at the door of the mourning hall, dressed in black, greeting guests coming and going.

I could tell at a glance that this fat woman must be my uncle's wife, that legendary aunt.

On the way, my dad told me some things about my aunt. My aunt is from the city and has some background at home. My uncle was very handsome when he was young and worked under the aunt's house. Later, the aunt looked like she was looking at her. In order to make a fortune and live a good life, my uncle closed his eyes and married the aunt directly and became a son-in-law.

However, my uncle's life was not easy at first. My aunt was very strong. My uncle worked hard in front of her, serving her with obedience, and lived a cowardly life. However, my uncle was really able to endure it. After more than ten years of endurance, he finally took advantage of his aunt's resource advantages and successfully opened up his own business field. Then he slowly stood up and regained some men's dignity.

"Sister-in-law!" My father took me over and greeted the fat woman.

The fat woman turned her head and looked at her father, frowned and said, "Who are you? Who is your sister-in-law?"

A guest cast a strange look at us, and my father smiled awkwardly: "I am the second child, we were on the phone the day before yesterday!"

"Oh, my second brother, are you really here?" The fat woman looked at us arrogantly, her eyes full of contempt. When she heard her tone, she seemed to hope we didn't come.

I hate the fat woman's eyes, so I turned my head away and looked elsewhere.

My father quietly pulled me and asked me to call him Auntie. I called him Auntie reluctantly.
Chapter completed!