Chapter 189 New Year's Eve
The Spring Festival of 2003 was not much different from previous years. On New Year's Eve, we posted couplets and ate New Year's Eve dinner to stay up late. On the first day of the new year, we visited the flower street to visit our elders. On the second day of the new year, we went back to our parents' home. At the beginning of the new year, At the beginning of the third year, various gatherings appeared, and everything seemed to be going through the motions. Perhaps this is because the older we get, the less youthful we feel.
"Where's Xiguan Plane? Didn't he say that he is very rich? It's only three thousand yuan. It seems that no one can make as much profit as me this year."
Follow your parents Tiantu, who came back from visiting relatives in Chaoshan, started calling his classmates as soon as he entered the house to inquire about everyone’s New Year’s profit. After he put down the phone, he said with a proud face: “Mommy, they just received a little profit and they pretended to be rich.” , I received more than 7,000 yuan and haven’t said anything yet.”
Tiantuo is qualified to make a noise. As the saying goes, the land is divided into Fujian and Guangzhou. The second sister-in-law is from Chaoshan, and the Chaoshan area is more suitable. For people from the Minnan culture next door, the New Year's money usually exceeds 1,000 yuan. In Guangfu, the general New Year's profit is 5 yuan and 10 yuan, which means that Tianxiu's classmates may not receive 100 yuan as much as receiving one from his grandparents' house.
"Yes, yes, look at how good you are." The second sister-in-law didn't think there was anything to be proud of. She had been like this since she was a child.
"Achan, have you read the newspaper?" Boss Guang suddenly asked. The second sister-in-law shook her head. With so many things to do during the Chinese New Year, how could she have time to look at that thing? "What did you say?" Some of the game consoles even went to hotel private rooms to treat classmates to dinner." The boss just talked about the information he read in the newspaper.
Second sister-in-law interrupted him angrily: "Hey, hey, uncle, be careful to teach me a bad boy. Tianxiu, a bad boy, can't do anything else. This is the fastest way to learn."
The boss just couldn’t laugh or cry. He just recited the news in the newspaper. How could he teach Yu Tsai a bad lesson? He said helplessly: "I'm not trying to teach you a bad lesson, I'm just reminding you. It's more than 7,000 yuan, which is two months' salary for an ordinary wage earner. How can you be so confident and let him keep it by himself?"
"Uncle, don't worry. Lao Dou just gave the small ones to me. He has deposited the older ones into my bankbook and said he would give them back to me when I grow up." Tianxiu's words reassured the boss. He stood down, nodded and went back to the room.
Although Er Lao looks cunning and cunning, he is actually a very good son, husband, brother and father. Not to mention anything else, he opened a bank account for Tianxiu when he was just born, and transferred money to it every month. Tianxiu’s red envelopes from childhood to now have also been deposited into it.
This bank account is the biggest guarantee Erlao’s father has given Tianxiu. Up to now, there are more than 50,000 yuan in his account, and Erlao has not touched a penny in it during the most difficult time. .
But the second guy couldn’t move the money, so someone else wanted to.
On the night of February 22, the second brother shouted angrily as soon as he returned to Kang's house: "Kang Tianpu, get out of here." When he shouted, not only did Tianpu panic from The room started to move, and everyone else came to the living room with curious faces.
"Let me ask you, where did you eat at noon today?" Erlao's question made Tianxiang relax, and he thought something was wrong. So he replied with a relaxed look: "I bought two fried chicken wings and a hamburger for lunch today."
"Do you want to die? These are bombs. Do you want to get sick?" The second sister-in-law cursed angrily.
The second guy glared at the second sister-in-law, "Now is the time to talk about this?" He turned to Tianxiu and asked, "Fried chicken wings, right? Hamburgers, right?" , "Why is there 500 yuan missing from this passbook? You can't eat 500 yuan even if you eat these things every day in the first week of school? Say, where did it go?"
"Me, me, me" Tianxiu stammered and couldn't speak, and the second brother became even more angry and started to take off his belt, "You haven't said it yet, right?"
Tianxiu was so frightened that he hid behind Zhu Wanling, and Zhu Wanling tried to save her He stopped him and persuaded the second brother: "Second uncle, please calm down. What can Yuzi do? The most he can do is buy chicken wing burgers and invite his classmates to eat together."
"Yes, yes, Lao Dou, I didn't do anything bad. They just followed me to McDonald's, and then asked me to treat them, so I invited everyone to eat together. I really didn't do anything else." Tianxiu nodded, Trembling, he told the truth.
"Huh, let me tell you, this passbook will be kept with me from now on, and you don't have to think about the money in it anymore." The second brother thought for a while and decided: "Your school is far away from Third Uncle’s work is just a few steps away. Starting from next Monday, you will go to Third Uncle’s work canteen for lunch. Ayao?”
“It doesn’t matter, I’ll get him a meal card.” Ayao nodded. "Did you hear that? From now on, you can use your meal card to eat. When you use it up, your parents will recharge it for you." The second brother completely deprived Tianxiu of his ability to spend money and only gave him a Meal card.
The second guy took out two hundred yuan from his wallet and handed it to Ayao, asking: "Is this enough for a meal card?"
"That's enough. It's enough for a month." Ayao took the money. The canteen of their company was not reserved for private individuals, but was owned by the company. There is no profit target, so we focus on high quality and low price, basically charging the cost price.
Ayao waved to Tianxiu and said: "I will go to help you apply for the card after work on Monday. Come over at noon and wait for me at the security booth at the door. I will go find you and take you there. "Canteen."
Tianxiu rolled his eyes and had an idea, and asked the second brother tentatively: "Dad, why don't you buy me a mobile phone? I'm afraid I'll find it later." Not even the third uncle.”
“What are you talking about?” The second guy was already sitting down to drink tea, but he jumped up and said in disbelief: “Do you want to buy a mobile phone for me for lunch? Can I give you a laptop?”
“Okay, okay.” Tianxiu didn’t hear the weirdness of the second guy.
At this time, mobile phones are still very expensive. The Nokia 3650, which was just launched this month, sells for as high as 3,999 Chinese dollars. The "Guangfu National Economic and Social Development Statistical Bulletin" released also this month shows the current average monthly salary of Guangfu employees. It is 2092 blocks.
Not many people in the Kang family currently have mobile phones. Only eight of them, Ayao, Sachiko, Azu, Diana, Kang Qirui, and Zhu Wanling, the second half of the family, have mobile phones. Everyone bought my mother a gift for her birthday, while others bought their phones because they really needed them for work. And they rarely use mobile phones. If possible, they still use the landline at home.
"Zai, don't you have a magnetic card? Make a magnetic card phone call." The second sister-in-law didn't even buy a mobile phone herself.
“The magnetic card phone is always broken, and there are many people queuing up.” Tianxiu persisted and still wanted a mobile phone. He added: "Besides, sometimes I come back late. It would be easier for you to find me."
"Hey, what about that?" The second brother hesitated and asked the second sister-in-law for her opinion. . The second sister-in-law thought for a while, nodded and said: "Speaking of which, it is more convenient to have a mobile phone. Your mobile phone has been used for two years. How about you buy a new one and give the old one to Tianxiu. ”
"I don't want it, I want something like Uncle Yao that can play games, and I want a new mobile phone." Tiantuo pushed even further, and Kang Qirui couldn't help but pat him, "You bastard, your old Dou bought you a mobile phone." You’re not here to play games. If you want me to tell you, just buy him a PHS.”
The second man and the second sister-in-law looked at each other, wondering why they hadn’t thought of it. The second guy smiled and said: "Then it's settled, I'm telling you, don't pout, do you like it or not." He glared at Tianxiu.
"Humph, Uncle Yao, you are so bad." Tianxiu said angrily when he didn't ask for the phone. Kang Qirui pulled him into his arms and said pretending to be angry: "Oh, you are a bad boy. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even have a PHS. You still blame me? You have to thank me, don't you understand?"
"Tch, if you don't say anything, I can at least get my old Dou's old mobile phone. Thank you for giving it back, do you think I'm stupid?" Tianxiu retorted.
"You don't understand this. I'll tell you secretly." Kang Qirui said something in Tianxiu's ear. After hearing this, Tianxiu was surprised and said: "Really?"
Kang Qirui nodded and kept looking at him. Tiantuo was looked at for a while before he reacted: "Thank you, Uncle Yao."
(End of this chapter)