He pursed his lips and took out a blue checkered handkerchief from his pocket with something wrapped inside.
"A gift for you." Gu Chen said with a smile: "Today is the day when you officially meet my parents, so giving you a gift is... a token of love."
After saying that, he was still a little embarrassed and didn't dare to look at the person opposite.
"What?" Shen Man was still very surprised. He didn't expect there was a gift.
She took it and opened it and saw that it was a small silver watch. Although it was not as beautiful as her own, it was a new watch.
"Is this for me?" Shen Man looked at him in surprise.
Because the original owner has some information about the price in her memory, she knows very well how valuable this thing is.
The cheapest women's watch costs 80 yuan, which is almost three months' salary for a regular worker, which is still a high salary.
It is worth several thousand yuan in later generations. This is not a cheap item.
"I can't accept it, it's too expensive." Shen Man pushed it back directly. This was inappropriate.
Even though the two of them are in love, they still can't accept expensive gifts because it's not good for anyone.
Hearing this, Gu Chen was stunned for a moment and asked, "You don't like it? Then I can change it to something else."
Before he went to a department store, he heard that it was the latest model and that little girls liked it. It was really not easy to go to the city for this watch.
But if Shen Man doesn't like it, he can change it.
"No." Shen Man waved his hands quickly and said, "It's just too expensive..."
They are all from a rural family, so how can they get so much money to buy a watch? Although Gu Chen has a job, he definitely doesn't have that much money, right?
Accepting gifts also depends on the person's salary. If the gift is too expensive, it will put a lot of pressure on the person.
Seeing what she meant, Gu Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, I thought you didn't like it. I was promoted last month, and my salary was thirty-eight yuan a month, as well as various subsidies, which is almost four It’s more than ten yuan.”
It's really not easy to have such a high salary in a place like this.
Hearing his words, Shen Man was a little curious, "What do you do?"
I learned from the memory of the original owner that Father Shen was engaged in underground coal mine operations, which is a high-risk industry. His monthly salary was more than thirty yuan, plus various subsidies, which totaled more than fifty yuan.
I haven't seen any factories here either.
Gu Chen didn't think much and replied: "I work in a forest farm. The forest farm is a heavy industry, so the benefits are much better."
I see.
Shen Man nodded, then looked at his watch, and thought for a moment that he should accept it first. At worst, he could just give him a similar gift in return later.
This kind of thing shouldn’t be refundable, right?
The two of them went out one after another. Gu Chen looked back and was a little surprised to see her carrying a bunch of things.
After Shen Man explained, he pursed his lips and said nothing, but he was still very happy in his heart. This was enough to prove that Shen Man valued his family.
People in collective households are no longer interested in them. They should play cards when they should, and read books when they should.
Along the way to Gu's house, there were many people watching them. Because it was daytime, there were quite a lot of people coming and going on the road.
"Gu Chen, what are you doing here?"
An acquaintance of the middle-aged man asked, Gu Chen was working in a commune at this time, and there were many celebrities in the brigade, but his wife's reputation was not very good.
Gu Chen smiled and nodded, "Fourth uncle, I'll take my partner home to see."
Object?
Upon hearing this, the man looked at Shen Man with only surprise in his eyes.
"Uncle Four." Shen Man greeted with a smile.
"Hey, okay, okay, then you go." The man watched them leave, scratched his head and went home.
Of course, I have to tell my wife about this matter. After all, the rumors about Gu Chenke's wife have not happened for a day or two, but for two or three years.
As long as people passing by on the road say hello and ask about Shen Man, Gu Chen will introduce him.
"Object."
"Yes, my partner."
"..."
Every time Shen Man calls someone by Gu Chen's address, he greets him with a smile and never leaves a bad impression on others.
"Second sister-in-law!"
In the room, Li Jinhua was preparing to cook. Gu Chen said that important guests were coming today, so he had to prepare good food for them.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" She heard the noise and opened the door, and saw the spring flowers coming across from her house.
Chunhua didn't waste any time and patted the other party, "Second sister-in-law, you are really good at hiding her. Why don't you tell me that Chen has a partner? I'll give you a look at him at my parents' house."
She also heard what others said. In less than a few minutes, almost half of the brigade knew that Gu Chen had brought someone home.
Li Jinhua was also confused when she heard this, "Who is this?"
Then she remembered that Gu Chen said that an important person was coming to visit, so could it be that he brought his partner with him.
"Oh my God, this kid didn't say anything!" Li Jinhua slapped her thigh and said quickly: "I have to prepare some food, so I won't tell you now!"
She didn't care how the other party knew, anyway, it was a big deal for her son to bring his partner back, so she had the best preparation.
"Who's dating?" Gu Nan heard the noise in the room and came out, and saw that Aunt Chunhua had left across the door.
With a smile on her face, Li Jinhua greeted: "Your second brother is back with his partner. Hurry up and take out the chicken from the water tank!"
"Ah? Isn't that what we wanted to eat during the Chinese New Year?" Gu Nan was very surprised when she heard about the chicken. Her father got it from her uncle's house. It was just one chicken.
"Your second brother has a date because our family is celebrating the Chinese New Year! Go quickly!" Li Jinhua didn't care how much she ate and entered the house happily.
Seeing Gu Dacheng still lying on the kang, he grabbed the other person's collar and pulled him back, "Get up quickly, go to the brigade headquarters and pick up two kilograms, no, five kilograms of meat and come back!"
As she spoke, she went to take out the money from the cabinet. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the family must do it well.
"What are you doing? Isn't it okay?" Gu Dacheng looked at her fussy look and was also confused.
Even if the New Year pig is killed, the family usually buys two kilograms of meat and makes dumplings twice during the New Year.
Now one purchase costs five kilograms, which is really worth it.
Hearing this, Li Jinhua chuckled, "Your son has brought someone back, why don't we have something good to eat? Come on, grab the pork belly, I'll make some braised pork!"
As soon as he heard that his son had brought someone back, Gu Dacheng didn't have time to ask any more questions and immediately went to buy meat.
This shows that the Gu family now cares a lot about Gu Chen's personal problems, which are their top priority.
Li Jinhua was afraid that her son would find someone when he was almost 30. There would be no older girls at that time. She didn't want her son to marry a second marriage.
Gu Nan came back from the outer room with the chicken and threw it directly into the basin to soak it in water.
It’s really the Chinese New Year, and all the delicious food is out.
There are small salted fish and chicken placed next to the pot. Isn’t this what we eat during the Chinese New Year? In addition to making many dumplings.