"Crackling!" Xu Huizhen flicked her slender fingers on the abacus and reported a number, "Comrade Li Donglai, the total is 216.45 yuan. The wild boar meat is the material you provided, and this part has been deducted."
For ten tables of guests, each table only costs 21.65, which is really cheap.
wrong.
I seem to be swollen.
The salary of a first-level fitter is only 31 yuan, and this meal is worth more than half a month's salary.
Hey, I feel really bad. Now I just hope that the gift money I received can be used to offset part of it.
Li Donglai dug out a roll of banknotes, counted out 22 large bills and handed them over.
After taking the change, he returned to the dining table.
At this time, Ding Qiunan and Ding's mother were holding hands and talking, both of them had red eyes.
Next to him, Ding Boren looked desperate.
When mother and daughter had a heart-to-heart talk, Li Donglai naturally couldn't get close to him.
He wandered out of the tavern and prepared to go to the public toilet on the street to sprinkle water.
As soon as I walked out of the door, I heard a call from behind: "Brother Donglai."
Turn your head.
Lou Xiao'e poked her little head out from behind the corner, looking sneaky.
"Comrade Lou, why are you here?"
"Isn't today the day of your wedding to Sister Qiunan? You have saved me. How can I forget this kindness?" Lou Xiao'e said as she took out a wooden box and a red envelope from behind.
The surface of the wooden box is engraved with flowers, birds, insects, and fish, and some mysterious symbols are painted on it. At first glance, it seems to be a bit old.
Isn't this an antique?
"This gift is too expensive, we can't accept it." Li Donglai quickly waved his hand and said, "We are very happy that you can come to the wedding."
"Brother Donglai, it's not anything valuable, just two pairs of silver bracelets, for your future children." Lou Xiao'e opened the box, and there were two pairs of well-made bracelets lying on the red cloth inside.
People in the old capital have the habit of wearing silver bracelets on their one-month-old children, which symbolizes warding off bad luck stars.
Since it was not a valuable thing, Lou Xiao'e was also interested in it, so Li Donglai was disrespectful.
After taking the box and the red envelope, he saw Lou Xiao'e turning around to leave, so he stopped her and asked: "Your sister Qiunan is inside. When you come, please go in and have a glass of wedding wine before you leave. The manager here is my friend, I invite you."
She will serve you some more food."
"No, I still have something to do. Please say hello to Sister Qiunan and wish you a chubby child soon."
Seeing that it was getting late, Lou Xiao'e turned around and ran away in a hurry.
After running two steps, Lou Xiao'e hesitated for a moment, then turned around, ran to Li Donglai's side, and lowered her voice: "Also, you have to be careful about Xu Damao, he may have someone's life in his hands."
Does Xu Damao have a life on his hands?
Just as Li Donglai was waiting to inquire in detail, Lou Xiao'e had already ran to the other side of the road.
Then she saw a black car parked in the distance, and the driver of the Lou family was looking at it eagerly, so he didn't stop her again.
It seems that Lou Bancheng has probably woken up and is about to run away.
The fact that Xu Damao had a life on his hands was beyond Li Donglai's expectation.
In the past, he only thought that Xu Damao was a loyal man who liked to play with women, and was sweet-mouthed and secretive.
Unexpectedly, he was also carrying a life lawsuit against him.
I just don’t know who Xu Damao harmed?
Li Donglai regretted not stopping Lou Xiao'e just now and asking about the matter.
Forget it, just be more careful with Xu Damao from now on.
...
Return to the courtyard.
Li Donglai simply washed himself and lay lazily on the bed.
From three o'clock in the morning to now, he hasn't closed his eyes and kept smiling at the guests. Now his face is stiff.
Li Xiaomei may have thought she was a light bulb, so she went to play skipping with Yan Jiedi.
Ding Qiunan closed the door and took out a bulging canvas bag with a look like a money-crazy one.
"Brother Donglai, come and open the red envelope."
Speaking of this, Li Donglai is no longer sleepy.
He asked Ding Qiunan to take out a rubber notebook from the cabinet and prepare to record all the gifts in the notebook. These gifts would have to be repaid in the future.
Under the gaze of two pairs of smiling eyes, a red envelope was opened.
"Liu Fang, 10 yuan."
"Hu Tian, 10 yuan."
...
Most of the gifts given by colleagues were 10 yuan, which was somewhat higher than Li Donglai's expectations. He had learned that the amount of money shared among colleagues was usually only 4 or 6 yuan.
However, if you give more, you will have to pay back more in the future.
Facing the surprised Ding Qiunan, Li Donglai just asked her to write down her name clearly.
Then came the red envelope from the head of Qin Sanmin Village.
The red envelope was bulging, and Ding Qiunan carefully opened it, his eyes widening immediately.
"Dong, Brother Donglai, there are so many."
Li Donglai also fell silent. The red envelope contained a roll of notes.
Most of them were 5 cents, and Li Donglai turned over a dozen of them for 2 cents.
In Qinjiagou, people from the same village give wedding gifts, which is only 20 cents.
"Brother Donglai, didn't we tell Village Chief Qin? Let him tell the villagers not to give gifts." Ding Qiunan felt that the money was a bit heavy.
When Ding Qiunan was learning needlework, he heard his second aunt say that there was almost no way to make money in the village.
Every household has old hens, but they are reluctant to feed their children eggs.
I saved some eggs and secretly took them to the town to exchange for money.
In addition to buying salt and other daily necessities, the money also had to pay for my child's tuition, which was not enough at all.
5 cents, you have to sell at least 20 eggs to get enough.
The children of the second aunt's family can only eat a boiled egg on their birthdays.
Ding Qiunan's heart stirred, and he looked at Li Donglai: "How about we return the money to Village Chief Qin."
"This is also what the folks want. Let's just accept it. If we have the opportunity in the future, we can just repay it twice as much." Li Donglai couldn't laugh or cry.
This silly girl doesn't understand the countryside at all.
This money is not money, but face.
If you return the money, it will be a slap in the face to all the folks.
After asking Ding Qiunan to roll up the red envelopes and put them away, he opened the red envelopes from everyone in the courtyard.
"Xu Damao, 10 yuan."
"Yi Zhonghai, 6 yuan."
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"Bangs, 4 yuan."
"Liu Gangzhu, 6 yuan."
"Zhou Xiaoming, 4 yuan."
"Wang Xifang, 2 yuan."
...
Most of the gifts are 6 yuan, and some are 2 yuan, which is quite a lot in this era.
What surprised Li Donglai was that Yan Bugui handed over 10 yuan.
Although Yan Bugui brought his entire family to dinner, and even his daughter-in-law Yu Li, who had not yet married, the money was still too much.
Could this old boy be planning something else?
After opening the red envelopes in the courtyard, Ding Qiunan handed over three thick red envelopes with names on them, "Dean Jiao, Director Yang and Professor Hu."
Dean Jiao’s red envelope included 16 yuan, Director Yang’s red envelope included 20 yuan, and Professor Hu also included 16 yuan.
The first two are my leaders, so I can just find an opportunity to return the favor in the future.
Why does Professor Hu pack so much?
And why did he come to the wedding banquet today?
Li Donglai took the red envelope and made up his mind to visit him personally in two days.
Just when Li Donglai was deep in thought, Ding Qiunan opened two more red envelopes.
"Wow, Gu Shen actually paid sixty yuan."
"Lou Xiao'e paid sixty yuan."
"The amount of money they paid was actually the same..."
Li Donglai looked at the two red envelopes and was speechless for a moment.
Could it be that they have some kind of understanding?
It is a pity that Lou Xiao'e is not from a good background and is fleeing to Hong Kong City.
Otherwise, maybe you can introduce it to Gu Shen.
"By the way, I don't think I saw Xiao'e today?" Ding Qiunan looked confused while holding the red envelope.
"This is after the wedding banquet..." Li Donglai recounted the entire meeting with Lou Xiao'e.
After listening, Ding Qiunan's smooth forehead twisted into knots: "So, the Lou family is really planning to flee to Hong Kong City?"
She liked that little girl who was pure at heart.
She had heard Li Dong say before that a strong wind was coming, and those from the Lou family would be affected.
She thought it was just Li Donglai's imagination. How could a barefoot doctor know such a thing?
Now, the Lou family's escape has confirmed the accuracy of this news.
The Lou family is from a big capitalist background, and my family is from a scholarly family...
Ding Qiunan immediately thought of his own family, and the joy on his face turned into worry: "Our family is also a family of intellectuals, will it also be affected?"
