"Are you back? Aren't you leaving?" Gu Xiaoxia put the car in position and asked this was the first thing she asked.
"I'm not leaving. I'm done with the work in the mountains. Now I want to take a good rest and enjoy our happy life." Li Long said with a smile, "I won't leave even if you chase me away. "
"Hehe." Gu Xiaoxia looked happy, she put down her bag and went to the bedroom. After changing his clothes, he said:
"I'll cook. What do you want to eat tonight?"
"I've already made the meal and I'm just waiting for you to come back." Li Long laughed He pulled her into the kitchen and said, "I don't know if you like cold noodles or not."
"I like it. It's hot today, so it's good to eat cold noodles." Gu Xiaoxia always had a smile on her face, a happy smile.
Li Long suddenly felt a little guilty. I have always been negligent. Gu Xiaoxia is only twenty years old. In future generations, she has not graduated from college. It is the time to enjoy youth and love. However, after marrying her, she has always faced work and A life of less gathering and more separation.
Unfair.
The two sat down. Gu Xiaoxia first took the bowl and mixed the vegetables for Li Long. After mixing, she pushed the bowl to Li Long:
"Eat. I definitely don't have time to cook in the mountains. Let’s have a meal?”
Li Long actually wanted to say that the food he ate in the mountains was quite good, but looking into Gu Xiaoxia's eyes, he smiled and said:
"Indeed, in the mountains, sometimes we just make do with what we eat. But you Don't worry, I haven't eaten less meat. You can see that I'm getting fat again."
"I don't look fat, but I'm getting stronger." Gu Xiaoxia smiled and blushed slightly. Hong lowered his head and started to mix cold noodles for himself. After mixing, he took a bite and nodded and said:
"Not bad, it tastes good. Well, we can make it more often in the future."
"Okay, As long as you like to eat it, I will cook it every few days. I also got some good mushrooms from the mountains and will make a soup for you tomorrow. This soup will be very filling.”
"I'm young and don't need to make up for it. You can take it back to my parents." Gu Xiaoxia said, "We eat well enough now. My colleague's eldest sister usually asked me what I eat at home, and I told the truth at first. , I didn’t dare to say anything later. I said I eat meat every day at home, but people said that. I don’t even believe it. How can we eat meat every day with our salary? I can’t say that you can always catch things in the mountains... I will mainly listen to you later."
Li Long listened to Gu Xiaoxia. I am concerned about the work at work, and I also talk about things in the mountains from time to time.
"Have they been talking about TV recently?" Li Long asked, "I heard that the Legend of the Condor Heroes is being played."
"Yes, I said it was quite good." Gu Xiaoxia said I don’t think it’s a big deal. Not many people have TVs now. In the whole office, only one eldest sister has one. When we talk about TV, her expression is, hey!
Another colleague is relatively close to this elder sister’s house. He occasionally goes to their house to watch TV, and his tone of voice when talking to this elder sister is quite flattering.
In the eyes of these people, Gu Xiaoxia was at least somewhat transparent when talking about these things. After all, she had just come from the countryside, and these people still looked down upon her.
Fortunately, Gu Xiaoxia doesn't care. She does her job well by herself. She is not stupid either. She knows the situation at home. In terms of living standards and quality, the overall situation, even including the leaders, is not necessarily better than that of your own family.
But there are some things that you just need to know, but you can’t say them, and it’s hard to say them.
Both of them are actually very smart. Compared with later generations, many people at this age are still in love and do not know the hardships of life. They have already entered the work and face relatively less complicated social relationships.
It is a good thing, but it is also not a good thing.
After dinner, Gu Xiaoxia refused to let Li Long clean up and drove him out of the kitchen. After cleaning up herself, she washed her hands, left the kitchen, and returned to the main room.
Then I saw the two wads of money and the bankbooks.
"This is..." Gu Xiaoxia hesitated a little, unable to guess what Li Long was going to do.
"This is our money. You take it and spend it however you want. You can plan it yourself." Li Long patted the bench next to him and motioned for her to come and sit. "I have earned a lot of money from last year to now. I got some money, that's part of it. I'll leave some of it here. You can spend it on whatever you want, whether you want to save it or buy some things."
"That... can't be done. I walked to Li Long and sat down, feeling a little numb.
Needless to say, this great unity is at least a thousand.
Two stacks and a few deposit receipts.
This must cost thousands of dollars!
Knowing that her husband could make money, but with so much money in front of her, the first thing Gu Xiaoxia felt was not surprise, but numbness and shock. She was not in a dream, was she?
"You are the hostess, so it's your turn to take it. I still have a lot of it in my hand. Tomorrow I have to sell the Fritillaria we dried, and all these miscellaneous things add up to I have several thousand dollars." Li Long handed her the money and deposit certificate. He pushed it in front of him and said, "These few thousand yuan can just buy two color TVs. One is for us to watch together, and the other is for your dad's place. I plan to put the one in our yard for my parents to watch. , what do you think?”
"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia didn't think there was anything wrong, and then shook her head:
"My dad...won't buy it, right? You also know that my dad is very stubborn. Besides, He is also afraid of other people gossiping.”
“What is there to gossip about? You are his only daughter, so don’t be filial to him. Should it?" Li Long smiled, "How can people in this village laugh? It's too late to be envious."
"Then..." Gu Xiaoxia looked at the money in front of her, then looked at Li Long and said:
"Then use this money to buy it. I take so much money - I am scared and a little panicked."
She was really panicked.
My salary is now thirty-seven and five yuan a month. As a young man who has only been working for a year, this salary is already not low.
After working for a year, she was frugal and saved more than three hundred yuan in total. This is considered rich among young people.
But Li Long took out a handful of money and said he would spend it on her. This handful of money was her twenty-year salary!
How could you not panic?
The eldest sister from the work unit has been working for 20 years. She bought a 14-inch color TV at home, and one-third of the money was borrowed from someone else.
Li Long casually took out the money that could buy three or four TVs. This was still part of it. It was only earned in one year.
Can she not panic?
Gu Xiaoxia believed that Li Long would not do anything illegal, but it was precisely because of this that she panicked.
What’s wrong with this society?
Is money really so easy to make?
Impossible!
Think about Sister Yang, how hard she worked from getting up early and working late at night. It was really much harder than herself. Selling food in the market means you are exposed to freezing temperatures in winter and heat in summer. Just like this, I can earn fifty or sixty yuan a month.
More than myself, but much harder than myself.
At the dinner table, Sister Yang often used herself as a role model to teach Han Fang that she must study hard and pass the normal school or technical secondary school, so that after graduation, she can become a national cadre like herself, have a formal job, and can work in the office , no need to work hard outside like her.
This is what more than 90% of fathers in this era expect from their children.
Gu Xiaoxia is sometimes very proud. Among her peers, Wu Shufen has no chance of formal employment after getting married. Most of the little sisters in other villages are already married, and those who are not married work at home.
When I went back to see my father, I met him occasionally, or they went to see me at home. When they talked to me, their tone was often envious and flattering, or they praised Li Long for making money, or they praised themselves for getting more and more beautiful. .
Sometimes Gu Xiaoxia would feel elated, after all, she was different from them.
But most of the time, she still knows very well how she got her job, and it is still different from others.
She herself is not the kind of person who loves vanity, so she can basically remain unfazed by favors and humiliations.
With Deputy Director Wang supporting her and Li Long helping with analysis from time to time, Gu Xiaoxia knew that as long as she did her job well and reported the situation to her leaders frequently, there would definitely be no problem in this aspect of her work.
Under such circumstances, she felt that she was already relatively outstanding among her peers, but today her husband suddenly took out so much money at once, and also used other money to give to the family and her father. When she bought a color TV there, she was shocked and had some self-doubt.
Is this still Li Long?
“Do you feel a little unbelievable?” Li Long smiled, “Here, let me tell you how this money came from.”
Gu Xiaoxia naturally wanted to hear it.
Buying and selling Fritillaria is the best explanation. Gu Xiaoxia already knew something about this when she had dinner at Sister Yang's place.
As for the money earned by the editor, Li Long did not hide it, including the full payment to his eldest brother. Gu Xiaoxia nodded, this is what it should be.
After all, Li Jianguo is close friends with Gu Boyuan. In Gu Xiaoxia's eyes, Li Jianguo is actually considered an elder. He has taken care of Li Long for so many years, so he deserves more. There are also skins of various animals and antlers from the mountains.
Li Long ran to the guest bedroom again and took out the large and small gold nuggets he had picked up.
“Did you see, this was picked up in the mountains.”
“This is...gold?”
“Yes, natural gold.” Li Long turned the dog’s head The gold was placed on the table and he said, "There is no bank gold that is pure, but this natural gold It's very rare, and it would be very expensive to sell it, but we won't sell it now. If you put it away later, it will become more valuable!"
"Then put it away!" Gu Xiaoxia has the gold that Li Long bought. Jewelry, but she didn't like wearing these things, so she put them away. She still knew the price of gold. The little money she had in her hand was worth hundreds of dollars, but what she saw in front of her was a huge pile of gold! How much is this worth?
"So you take this money. Our family is not short of money. If you see something you like or think our family is lacking something, just buy it yourself. Don't be afraid of spending money. We make money just to spend it. Otherwise, what's the use of the money? Meaning? "
When Li Long said this, Gu Xiaoxia felt slightly relieved. She stood up, then went to the master bedroom, took out two notebooks from the drawer, took them to the living room, and sat down in front of Li Long.
"This is the money I saved." Gu Xiaoxia was still a little embarrassed, "I didn't save as much as you. Look, this one, this one..."
She put the money one by one on different pages in her notebook, and when she took it out, she had all the money in order.
"A total of three hundred and twenty-five yuan and five cents." Gu Xiaoxia said with a blushing face: "I thought I was pretty good at saving money, but now compared with you, I am nothing."
"How can it be nothing?" Li Long said hurriedly, "How much is your monthly salary? Being able to save so much money is already amazing, okay? My income is relatively flexible, and I happen to have benefited from good policies and The convenience of my status.”
Although she knew that Li Long was praising herself, and that the compliment was a bit exaggerated, Gu Xiaoxia was still very happy to hear it.
"Okay, you keep this money, you also keep this money." Li Long said with a smile, "Our family will get richer and thicker, believe me. Our life will get better and better. The better..."
"It's already very good!" Gu Xiaoxia is a very contented girl, and her current life has exceeded her psychological expectations. In fact, Gu Boyuan would also ask her about life matters when he went home on weekends. When she told her what happened, Gu Boyuan was also surprised.
Think about it, I usually live in a yard that is far above average, I have meat every day, I control my own salary and don’t need to add extra money to the house, and there are people who make lunch for me... …
Is this better than the life of landlords and wealthy people before?
Fortunately, Gu Boyuan knew Li Long's earning power, so he just told Gu Xiaoxia to go to her yard every time she returned to the team to say hello to her parents-in-law. I usually buy something for the Li family when I come back.
Gu Xiaoxia carefully acted as the daughter-in-law of the Li family when Li Long was often absent. Fortunately, he was originally a junior, and Li Jianguo and Gu Boyuan had a good relationship, and Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang preferred Li Long, and Gu Xiaoxia had a bonus from her work, so there was no conflict with her husband's family.
Gu Xiaoxia used to be in school, but now she is in the office. She has heard too much about conflicts between parents and mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
In this era, most conflicts are caused by poverty. Because they are poor, people don't do too much. It is different from many family conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in later generations.
Now I have control over my work, and my husband can make money without restraining himself. The relationship with my husband's family is also good, and the quality of life is one of the best. I don't even dare to talk about it outside. What else can I ask for?
The two settled the matter, Gu Xiaoxia collected the money, and Li Long looked at it as it was getting dark outside and saw that it was still early. I thought that if there was a TV, I would watch TV at this time and enjoy the peaceful life at night.
But it doesn’t matter. Since there is no TV, let’s enjoy another kind of fun.
Gu Xiaoxia went to the bedroom to put money, and Li Long followed her in. She put the money in the drawer and said while putting it away:
"I think it's better to save these two thousand yuan. There is nothing to add to the house for the time being. There will be interest if you save it, and the little money will add up. , that’s quite a lot in a month. We have nothing to do tomorrow afternoon, so I’ll save the money then.”
"Okay, you can figure it out yourself." Li Long stepped forward and hugged her from behind, whispering in her ear:
"It's getting dark, shouldn't we take a rest?"
< br>Gu Xiaoxia's face suddenly turned red. Li Long hugged her, and the two of them came to the bed and sat down like conjoined people.
There was enough time to get to know each other, so Li Long did not rush to take off his clothes and get to the point. He whispered his thoughts in Gu Xiaoxia's ear, and slowly kissed them. Gu Xiaoxia was still a little nervous at first. Passive, but quickly respond proactively.
On this night, both of them felt better than ever before.
Early in the morning, Gu Xiaoxia called Li Long.
"The meal is ready. If you don't want to think about it, just sleep for a while. Anyway, it's okay. I'll go to work after eating."
"Okay, you go ahead. "Li Long really didn't want to get up.
When Gu Xiaoxia went to work, Li Long stayed in bed for a while before getting up.
Lazyly, he went to the yard, released the roe deer and let them run wild, beating them to prevent them from eating vegetables. Li Long cleaned the glass house, poured water on them, and sprinkled them with water. Serve food and rush back.
After all this was done, Li Long went to wash up and eat.
Although I wanted to enjoy myself without working, I really can’t just stay at home. After all, it’s boring.
So after dinner, Li Long first took out the dried fritillaries that had been dried in the side room a few days ago, and rode to the purchasing station on his bicycle.
Chen Hongjun was standing in the yard chatting with his colleagues. After seeing Li Long, he smiled and said:
"Comrade Xiao Li, I heard that you shot another bear this time? Bear Where’s the leather bear bile?”
"I haven't done it yet." Li Long said with a smile, "I thought I would come here to sell it after it is done."
"You'd better take it over. This thing is so rare, I'm afraid Li Xiangqian That guy revealed the news to others by then. Someone else came to collect it again. It’s hard to find it. You have no use now, so just sell it to me.”
Li Long didn’t expect Chen Hongjun to be so eager to get the bear skin and bear. Palm, but since he said it, he agreed.
After Chen Hongjun weighed the fritillaries brought by Li Long and issued the invoice, Li Long went to get the bear bile and bear skin that were not completely dried.
“Hey, this bear is not very brave.” Chen Hongjun looked at it and said, “Isn’t it an adult bear?”
"Well, it should be less than two years old. It's not as tall as me." Li Long said, "If it were really big, I might not be able to kill it."
"It's okay, it's better than nothing." ." Chen Hongjun looked at it and said, "The quality is okay, but it's a bit small. How about I give you eight hundred yuan for this courage?"
"Okay. "
"The bear skin is rotten, and the skin will give you a total of one thousand and two. Bear skin is actually quite valuable, mainly because it is rare," Chen Hongjun explained, "If there is no bullet hole, the price will be more expensive. . ”
This added another thousand and two dollars to his account. In addition to the one thousand five hundred and forty yuan he sold for the Fritillaria just now, Li Long had almost five thousand yuan in his hand.
If you want to buy two TV sets, you can buy them at more than 3,000 yuan at the current price, and you still have enough change left in your hand.
Because he can make money, Li Long is also a big spender. After selling the skins and bear bile, he rode his bicycle back to the compound.
To buy two TV sets, a bicycle would definitely not work. He would have to drive a tractor.
It was still early, so Li Long calculated it and found that he still had enough industrial tickets in his hand, so he went directly to the department store.
"Buy two color TVs? Eighteen-inch ones?" The salesperson at the counter was a little surprised after hearing what Li Long said.
"What, is it out of stock?"
"There is only one available now." The salesperson shook his head and said, "The next batch will arrive in June. Do you want to buy one first?"< br>
Why is Li Long thinking about buying one? If you want to buy one, just buy two.
Let's go to Shicheng. By the way, we can also visit our brother-in-law Chen Xingbang and see how he is doing there. (End of this chapter)