After "returning home", Mu Yi and Jin Lily had dinner early and returned to Wattang. As soon as they entered the house, they saw the relatives and neighbors who had helped these days eating. Mu Yi took Jin Lily and

Greeting each other: Auntie Jin, uncle Jin, Mrs. Fan, Aunt Wenying, uncle Baobao, uncle, aunt, father-in-law, mother-in-law (little mother-in-law), uncle, aunt, uncle, aunt...

…

After greeting everyone, Mu Yi and Jin Lily were busy adding food, soup, and service to everyone. When everyone had finished eating and drinking, Jin Lily felt a little uncomfortable. Mu Yi saw that Jin Lily was still there.

She was sweating coldly and her face was a little pale, so he sent her back to her room to rest.

In fact, Jin Lily had just had a "return meal" from her parents' house and hurriedly walked back with Mu Yi. On the way, she felt a little unwell and her stomach ached a little. But when she arrived at her husband's house, she saw that all the relatives and friends who had helped these days were all gone.

While eating, it would be inappropriate to go back to the room to rest without saying hello or serving everyone. That’s why I kept holding on. As soon as everyone finished eating, their tense nerves relaxed.

, and seemed even more uncomfortable.

Mu took Jin Lily to the room to rest. Then he closed the door and went from the main room to the watchtower to see what dishes were left after the banquet. Generally speaking, the leftover glutinous rice and fried meat from the banquet

, steamed braised pork, crispy pork, dumplings, fried crispy fish, crispy peanuts, etc. will be distributed to everyone to take home. Especially the crispy pork and dumplings are usually divided into many small portions and taken to those who are unable to eat due to other reasons.

Guests who come to eat nine large bowls of Youdunzi. Because the Youdunzi is relatively greasy, the host usually leaves it to boil off the water and puts it in a jar to eat slowly.

Looking at it, I found that there were a lot of vegetables left, especially the crispy pork, dumplings, and fried crispy fish. There were almost half a basket each. This was not because Mu Yi had overestimated, but because he had deliberately asked the kitchen to make more.

There is still some leftover after finishing the nine bowls. This way, I can take some to the guests who have no one in the whole family to eat the nine bowls, to express the gratitude of Mr. and Mrs. Muyi. Dunzi still has a small half of the beef head pot, Diao

The warmth in the room was quite low, and the grease in the pile had solidified.

Mu Yi mentally calculated those who did not come to participate and divided these things into many portions. At the same time, he went out and was busy returning things, renting quilts, renting steamers, paying for dishes, paying for beer and drinks...

When Mu Yi finished his work and bought a handful of food to take home and prepare to pack crispy meat, dumplings, and crispy fish, he was dumbfounded. Everything was gone. Even the dumplings were gone.

Mu Yi hurriedly went to his parents to ask. He learned that they only distributed the glutinous rice, fried meat, steamed and blanched meat, and cooked crispy pork dumplings to the people who helped. The dried crispy pork dumplings

, fried crispy fish, crispy peanuts, etc. were not distributed to the helpers because everyone knew that Mu Yi wanted to give them to the guests who did not come.

The remaining crispy meat, dumplings, crispy fish, and dumplings just mysteriously disappeared. Muyi was both angry and puzzled. How could so many things disappear without any reason under everyone's eyes?

Hai Wanqiu: "If it's gone, it's gone. No matter how angry you are, it won't come back."

Brother Jun: "Brother, I saw that my uncle and aunt were the last to leave, and my aunt went out with an armor on her back. There seemed to be an apron covering the armor's back. I greeted them, but they didn't agree.

. He left in a hurry. Could it be..."

Xiaojie: "Brother Jun, don't talk nonsense. My uncle and aunt are not people who don't understand the rules."

Mu Deqian: "Boss, forget it. Let's not talk about this matter. Our father and son are here. Let's calculate the expenses for your wedding."

Hearing his father suddenly say these words, Mu Yi was really stunned for a moment. At that moment, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. However, Mu Yi still forced out an embarrassed smile. "

Okay. Dad, you can do whatever you want to do."

As expected, Mu Deqian was well prepared. He asked Xiaojie to find paper and pen, and then calculated each stroke for Mu Yi. Soon it was all done. "Take the eight words" is eight thousand, and "give a gift" is ten thousand.

Second, the total wedding money is 20,000 yuan. Excluding the expenses incurred by Mu Yi to settle the banquet himself. A pig for the ceremony, a pig for nine bowls, and other items such as rice, sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, and honeycomb briquettes.

The miscellaneous expenses include a total of 5,000 yuan. The house decoration materials, labor, etc. cost a total of 2,000 yuan. The total expenditure is 30,000 yuan.

Mu Yi didn't understand what his father meant by settling accounts. At this time, his mother spoke.

"Boss, we don't know that you have received a lot of gift money. You should take out the gift book and show it to everyone, so that we can know whether those relatives are here or not, and everyone has rushed out a lot of gift money."

In fact, Mother would have discussed this with everyone even if she didn't mention it. Because, although the amount of gift money cannot be used to measure anything, these relatives are too different. Since she is so anxious to see it.

Mu Yi went back to the room and found the gift book.

"Dad, Mom, they are all recorded here. A total of 19,860 yuan was collected. My friends and colleagues collected 16,160 yuan, and your relatives on both sides collected a total of 3,700 yuan. Some collected a maximum of 100 yuan, and the lowest collected

I paid 10 yuan, and most of them were 20 yuan, 30 yuan, and 40 yuan. Let me put it bluntly. Some people don’t even send money to ask for money. I Muyi, how many times did the car come and go? I ran away.

How far is it? At first I was not very willing to invite these so-called relatives. However, I guess I have to invite them. To put it bluntly, these people don’t even have enough money for the minimum meal. It’s not that I don’t care.

The essence of this money is that they look down on you at all, or they look down on me, Mu Yi. They treat me as a beggar, and they give me ten or twenty yuan when they come to ask for help..."

Mu Deqian: "In the past, this was how we used to give gifts in that era. Two yuan, three yuan, five yuan, ten yuan and twenty yuan was a big gift."

"Then why don't other people do this when giving gifts?"

…

After some meaningless nonsense, everyone felt a little unhappy.

Mu Yi: "Then let's not talk about this. Anyway, through this incident, we have a clearer understanding of the person and the situation. From now on, we will have an idea of ​​what to do.

"

Mu Deqian: "Not to mention anything else. The total money we paid for decorating the house and running the nine bowls is 7,000 yuan. How about we add two to one and make five?"

Mu Yi: "Dad, you mean to ask me to give you three thousand five hundred, right?"

Hai Wanqiu: "Yes. Also, the 20,000 yuan that Jin Baihe's family got back intact will be kept by your mother for you. You are the head of the family. If you are not tight, you will be lavish in a few days."

What will you do if you run out of money? And if you are afraid of the gift money sent by relatives, it would be more convenient to give it to us."

Seeing that her mother wanted to take possession of Muyi's gift money more and more clearly. Muyi felt a little sad when he recalled the past. At this time, if he gave up his rights and did not protect his own interests, then his little

What to do at home? If you want to fight for your own interests, you will inevitably have a head-on conflict with your mother, and you will also have a conflict with your father. I don’t know what impression it will leave on Xiaojie and Brother Jun. In a sense, my mother

If the adults appropriate the gift money from Mu Yi and Jin Lily, the direct beneficiaries may be Xiaojie and Brother Jun.

Mu Yi took off his eyes, covered his face with both hands, stroked it up and down hard, and took a few deep breaths. Then he didn't look at the expressions of his parents and brothers, since he couldn't see clearly anyway. Then he said calmly.

Said: "I am very grateful to you for giving birth to me, giving me a life, giving me a name, and saving money for me to study. Then, I am also lucky enough to have such a job. In fact,

Mom wants our gift money, maybe you have your considerations and your reasons. If you must, just take it. Don’t say these tens of thousands of dollars, you can take it even if it’s my life. If you regret it

If you give birth to me, I can give my life back to you. But, I am already married. You also know that Sayuri is pregnant. We have our own family, and I no longer live just for myself.

When other people's parents raise a son, no matter whether they are poor or rich, they will marry the child a wife and build a house so that they can have a place to live and develop. The 20,000 yuan from Jin Baihe's family as dowry,

It was indeed you who came up with it for me to get married. Dad, you also expressed your opinion at the beginning. I won’t say that you agreed to get 40,000 yuan first, and then Jin Baihe’s family gave 40,000 yuan as a dowry. In that case, we will use the 40,000 yuan you lent.

If I give it back to you, we can still get at least 40,000 yuan in dowry. This is really important to us. However, because of your backbiting, I don’t know what you think about it, and I don’t want to know. Because it’s all over.

Yes. There is no point in knowing it. It just adds to the trouble. If you must take back the 20,000 yuan, then I have no objection. As for the little money we received, I will not give it to you. Except for mine.

Friends and colleagues aside, this is just a human relationship between us. Just relatives on both sides of you. From this incident on, from the time Sayuri and I get married, people will invite us, and they will also invite you. We will honor our gifts, and you will

Thank you for your gift. In everyone's mind, we are actually two families. Just now you asked me to pay half of the money. I will not pay half, but all. I believe that this little money seems very important now.

.But life should be worth more than this amount of money, right? But, in the future, there is no need to mention the kindness of parents. Brother Xiaojiejun is also here today. You have all seen and heard it in person.

Everyone understands what is going on. From now on, if there is such a day, I hope that you will not come to me if anything happens. Just pretend that there is no such person as Mu Yi. I will count the money to you immediately. Today

It’s already dark, so I’m not looking for a car. When it gets bright tomorrow, I’ll look for a car to pick up our things. I think I’ll take Sayuri and the baby in her belly with us as a family.

This house can still survive. It will just be a little difficult for the time being. But I firmly believe that no matter how difficult it is, there will be a day when we can get ahead."

I don't know if Mu Yi said harsh words or words of despair. I don't know if my parents are compassionate or concerned about face.

Father suddenly seemed to have made a lot of determination. "Wan Qiu, go and give Sayuri's dowry money to others. If you say it out loud, it will be like spitting out. You can't take it back."

Mu Yi's mother, Hai Wanqiu, stood up with some resentment, silently walked back to the blockhouse, went up to the first floor, opened the box, reluctantly took down the 20,000 yuan wrapped in a handkerchief, and threw it to

He put it on the table in front of Mu Yi. Then he turned around and went to rest.

Mu Yi looked at the 20,000 yuan in front of him and did not move.

Mu Deqian: "Boss, let's have a father-son relationship. No more words. The 20,000 yuan is indeed what I promised to give you for your marriage. The Jin Lily family can give it to you or not.

. I actually brought it, and it’s just for you. Just take it. You don’t want the money to go out. Go get some rest early.”

After saying that, my father got up and went to rest. Xiaojie and Jun Ge didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. Seeing that their father was gone, they also got up silently, went to the toilet, entered the watchtower, and opened the new building on the first floor.

After digging the hole in the wall, I went back to the barn to rest.

The main room suddenly became empty, and it was surprisingly quiet. The only sound that could be heard was the "click, click, click..." of the quartz clock movement hanging on the wall. Mu Yi put his elbows on the table with his fingers, feeling a little lost.

He scratched his scalp. After sitting there for a long time, he suddenly put down his hands, straightened his waist, put on his glasses, stood up, took the money and went back to the house.

In fact, Jin Lily never fell asleep. When Mu entered the room in the dark, Jin Lily called out: "Brother."

Mu Yi agreed with "Alas" and quickly walked to the bedside and hugged Jin Lily tightly. Mu Yi felt two lines of heat flowing down his face. Those were Jin Lily's tears. Mu Yi quickly used his hands to gently

Wiping it away gently, she put her mouth against Jin Lily's ear and whispered: "Be good. Don't cry. Be strong!"

In the darkness, Jin Lily nodded vigorously. Then she put her mouth close to Mu Yi's ear and whispered: "Husband, no matter how difficult the road ahead is, Sayuri and our baby will always be with you!"

Mu Yi nodded vigorously and took off his shoes to get ready to go to bed.

"Brother, Sayuri is hungry."

Jin Lily said she was hungry. Mu Yi also felt hungry. So he turned on the light and left the room. He went back to the main room, heated a large bowl of rice on the iron stove, took two pairs of chopsticks and returned to the room.

After the two of them had eaten, Jin Lily got up and went to wash the dishes. Mu Yi rushed to wash the dishes. Jin Lily still got up because she had to go to the toilet.

The two of them were lying on the bed, and Mu Yi told Jin Lily about the mysterious disappearance of crispy meat, dumplings, crispy fish, and dumplings.

"Brother, I know who picked it up and took it away."

"who?"

"Auntie."

"you sure?"
To be continued...