Chapter 399 Scolding Yan Bugui

"Speaking of marriage, now that you two are back,
Then I will have a good talk with you."

Before Yan Bugui could finish his words, Xu Fugui, who felt very proud because his son was about to get married and his wife was well-educated and cultured, immediately stopped smiling and interrupted him directly.

"Just say whatever you want to say.

Don't act as if you've suffered a great injustice.

Also, we are discussing a happy event today, and I hope you won’t say anything to spoil the fun and ruin everyone’s mood.”

Seeing Xu Fugui interrupting him without any explanation, he gave him a warning right at the beginning.

Yan Bugui's face immediately turned ugly.
"Mr. Xu, what do you mean? Are you polite? I haven't finished talking yet, why are you butting in?"

"Well, for everyone's sake, just tell me what you want to say. I'll listen."

Seeing that Xu Fugui stopped talking, Yan Bugui explained the whole thing to him and then went to him to ask for an explanation.

After hearing what Yan Bugui said, Xu Fugui said with some amusement,
"Old Yan, aren't we discussing the marriage of our two children today? You were the one who interrupted Old Yi in a hurry. What does it have to do with me?"

Unable to understand the meaning of Xu Fugui's words, Yan Bugui asked tentatively,

"So what you mean is that you accept what Xu Damao said."

Hearing this, Xu Fugui said as a matter of course,
"Yes, of course I recognize you. I should thank you for introducing Xiao Ran, such a well-educated girl, to our Damao.
It's just a few dollars or so for the wedding. Our Xu family gave it to us.

So that you don’t go out and talk nonsense later.”

Yan Bugui was quite happy when he first heard Xu Fugui admit that Xu Damao had said that he would pay for Yan Jiecheng's wedding and thanked him for introducing Mr. Ran from the school to Xu Damao.
But when Xu Fugui said it was only a few dollars or ten dollars, his face immediately darkened again.
That expression was full of changes and twists and turns.
The neighbors all laughed.

"Old Yan, how come you are just like Sichuan Opera face-changing? You can even perform on stage."

"That's right, Old Yan. You look like a Sichuan Opera master. No, even a Sichuan Opera master can't change his face as fast as you."

Hearing the neighbors' teasing, Yan Bugui was furious, but at least he knew what he needed now, so he did not get entangled with others, but questioned Xu Fugui instead.

"What do you mean, Lao Xu? Who would hold a wedding banquet with only 10 yuan?
You are kidding me.

Besides, Mr. Ran's family is a returned overseas Chinese, and they have a lot of wealth. Is this how you repay me?"

Xu Fugui knew Yan Bugui was dissatisfied as soon as he heard it, thinking that he had paid too little.
But in his opinion, being able to give more than ten yuan is already a token of gratitude for his care for his neighbors for so many years, otherwise he would not get a penny.
"Old Yan, why don't you go out and ask around to see the general rules for wedding banquets in Daxia now? What our Damao said about cooking a few dishes and making a few plates of dumplings is already very high-end.

Now is not the time when Jia Dongxu got married, nor is it the time when Zhuzi got married.

At that time, all you needed was money.
Now, we have to act according to the reality. If we show off recklessly, it will cause trouble.
The wedding banquet of our family Damao and Xiaoran will be according to the specifications I mentioned, and we will only give the same amount of money to your family Yan Jiecheng, as a thank you for being the matchmaker.

If you want to show off, do it yourself, but don't involve our Damao.

My father and I are film projectionists, and our job is propaganda. We dare not knowingly commit a crime.

That would lead to being criticized by the superiors, and if you make a mistake, you will lose your job. "After telling Yan Bugui about the current reality, Xu Fugui turned around and looked at Yi Zhonghai without caring whether he believed it or not.
"Old Yi, hurry up and start the meeting.
After discussing things, we have to ride back home. I have to go to work tomorrow and Zhaodi has to go to school. "

Yi Zhonghai stopped talking when Yan Bu interrupted him.

Just watch Yan Bugui perform.

When Xu Fugui asked him to start talking about the specific arrangements, he still looked at Yan Bugui first and asked,
"Old Yan, do you have anything else to say?"

After listening to what Xu Fugui said, especially when he talked about losing his job, Yan Bugui knew that he could not squeeze more money out of the Xu family, so he had to give up.
"Okay, I don't have anything to say, Lao Yi, start the meeting!"

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai began to make arrangements.
"Old Xu just said that the happy event of Damao's reconciliation should follow the trend and be simple.
Then we won’t talk about the menu, let alone ask Lao He and Zhuzi to help with cooking. We will just eat whatever vegetables they buy.

Let's focus on the purchase of various supplies and the layout of the new house.

Especially the cloth coupons.
I need your help.”

At this time, because food and meat were supplied with coupons, the food was relatively simple.
At the same time, since last year, cloth coupons have been used at half the face value, from 36 feet per year at the beginning to 18 feet, which is just enough to make a cotton coat.

Therefore, the red cloth and quilt covers needed for the new house decoration must be distributed by neighbors like Siheyuan.

Otherwise it simply won’t be enough.

So after Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, the first person he looked at was He Yuzhu, the richest man in the courtyard.

"Zhu Zi, when you and Xiao'e got married, you made a lot of bed sheets, quilt covers, clothes, shoes and socks. The militia also distributes military uniforms every year. I think your family has been using the cloth for the past few years. Do you think you can give it to Damao and Hejie for their wedding?"

Seeing that the neighbors, especially Xu Fugui and Yan Bugui, were looking at him, He Yuzhu smiled and agreed.
"The cloth we have pulled back over the past two years is still useless. It is not impossible to give it to Damao and settle the marriage, but you must first make it clear how they are going to return it to me.

Let me make it clear first, I don’t want money.”

Neighbors also knew that the He family was not short of money. The monthly salary of the family of three added up to 250 or 60 yuan. They would definitely not exchange the cloth for money.
But just when the neighbors were about to ask Xu Fugui and Yan Bugui to agree,
Yan Bugui stood up again.

"Zhu Zi, you have so many clothes at home, you don't need this little bit, why don't you just sell them to us?
Lao Xu, you can say something too."

Seeing Yan Bugui urging him to look for the cloth in He Yuzhu's house, Xu Fugui directly refused. He didn't want to become enemies with He Yuzhu because of this matter.

"Old Yan, what are you thinking about?

The higher-ups have now lifted the birth restrictions, and the top leaders have even called for more strength in numbers. Zhuzi and Xiao'e must respond to the top leaders' call and have a second and third child.

Now is the time to prepare clothes and diapers for the children. How can you have the nerve to ask them to share the cloths equally between our two families?

When your Yan Jiecheng gives birth to a child, will he beat up the family with the most cloth?

Old Yan, you are going a bit too far."

(End of this chapter)