Chapter Seventy-Three: Climbing the Branches

Since Hong Yanwen himself still has to work in Fangshan, for his marriage, on the Hong family's side, of course, the old couple can only fight with Hong Yanzheng and Hong Yanwu.

And the consensus reached by the Hong family is basically to do a big job. Even if Hong Yanwen wants to be thrifty, he can't do it.

Interestingly, the process of finalizing this matter is very similar to the last time we discussed repairing the house, and it is basically the same.

At the beginning, Hong Yanzheng's proposition was still based on diligence and thrift.

He planned to find a few cooks to make a running water banquet in Phaureau. He also said that he could serve on the furniture. In those months, he could find suitable timber and buy a complete set of thirty-six legs for his brother. The only thing is that it is a bit difficult to make sofa springs, and you have to bother to find a way.

But before he could finish speaking, this opinion was strongly opposed by Hong Yanwu.

This kid's proposition is completely reversed.

Hong Yanwu said that Hong Yanwen was the most bitter of all the children in the family, and he was obviously the "70th class" who could stay in Beijing, but he was unlucky, but he went to school a year earlier and became the "69th class".

It's been eight years since I went to the queue, and I only went home once in the middle.

On that loess slope, it is not much better than asking for rice flowers, those who have no food to eat, and the poor are almost bare-bottomed. The sin he suffered was not as good as that of his labor camp in Chadian.

Well, now other people's families have to do a decent job even if they don't hesitate to smash the pot and sell iron. is to make up for these children who go out to cut the queue. How did our Hong family turn around?

Therefore, his second brother's marriage must be done in a big way. You have to buy the best things, and you can't be small about the movement of kissing.

No matter what, you have to invite relatives, friends, and neighbors to come, put a cannon battle for one night a day, pick up the bride in a sedan chair, and then set up dozens of tables in the largest restaurant in the capital.

Let everyone take a good look at what the Hong family, one of the 'Eight Great Mansion Gates', was like marrying a daughter-in-law.

Hong Yanzheng was embarrassed when he heard this, and hurriedly pleaded.

said that he was not stingy, and his family was reluctant to let his younger brother handle it if he had money. Instead, I feel that extravagance and waste are a thankless task, which not only makes people gossip behind their backs, but also does not implement benefits.

What he really meant was that he would use money everywhere in his life, except for what he needed to use. It's better to give the money to the second child, and let the younger couple use the money on the knife edge according to the situation.

Unexpectedly, Hong Yanwu still objected categorically.

"No, I can't. Big brother, you just got married back then, and I panicked for my sister-in-law. Anyway, no matter what, I will never let my second brother have such regrets as you. What kind of money do you have to use on the blade? We're not bad at all. It's a big deal, I'll pay all the money. Just give me the authority to do it at home. ”

Okay, what does it mean to have a lot of money? What does it mean to have a horizontal waist? Hong Yanwu dares to throw this out because he has confidence.

But in this way, Hong Yanzheng couldn't hold his face even more, and he was really angry.

"What happened to me back then? Your sister-in-law has no opinion, so you don't need to hold it here? Third child, I know that you have a high vision and can't look down on the furniture I played. But this time it's a part of my heart for the second child, I don't need to have the final say, what's the matter with you? Don't you don't know what your surname is after two days of good life, I think you forgot that you forgot that you didn't have enough stinky tofu in the first place, and you forgot your roots. ”

This is not counting, maybe he felt that Hong Yanwu was too crazy and hurt Hong Yanzheng, and even his parents opened their mouths.

Wang Yunlin said, "The third child, I know that you are a deep brother, but the back of your hand is the same, doesn't your eldest brother know that he loves his brother? Don't be so impetuous, people are people, we are us." Your eldest brother is right, the Hong family is not interested in comparison, it is about a duty. The focus of marriage and life is not in the extravagance of operation, but in the temperament and feelings of the two people. ”

Hong Lucheng also said, "The tone is really not small! You will pay back the money? No matter how rich you are, can you go past your parents? You don't want all the rules and etiquette? Besides, it's not a good thing to be in the limelight, especially for a family like ours. Are you still carrying eight sedan chairs and eight mansion gates? Are you not afraid of beating your parents again as a bourgeois and feudal remnant?"

For a while, Hong Yanwu completely became the target of the siege of his family, and seemed to play the role of a "loser". This is inevitably a bit of a thankless grievance.

But fortunately, his mouth could keep up, so he quickly explained separately.

"Big brother, don't get me wrong. I don't mean to despise you in the slightest. Especially for your craftsmanship, it's too late for me to admire. The reason why Izumiko and I were able to be so easy was not thanks to your help in making those two carts?

"What's more, a famous teacher produces a high apprentice, and even Master Wang praises you, you have obtained the true inheritance. As for the few carts that our carpentry team imitated, it didn't take long for all of them to be loose and crumbling, and the size was uncomfortable, and there was no comparison with what you did. Our section chief also inquired with me and wanted to spend money to find you to customize. ”

"But I pushed it back again. I think you're tired enough from working all day, and you can't stand it when you come back and hit furniture. Now outside, you carpenters are the most popular, and it's not easy for you to make money? But my sister-in-law won't let you earn because she feels sorry for you. Can I still find you something to do? So, no one else is in a rut, so why should we bother you if we can buy it?"

After saying this, Hong Yanzheng's face eased at that time. Who doesn't like to listen to nice things?

Hong Yanwu then said confidently, "Dad, Mom, I have to state one thing first, in fact, I don't have to compare with others, but I want to do better than others." Because getting married in any era is also a big deal, isn't it? He also has to be married by the media. If you don't have eight big cars, you have to have a Hongqi car, right? The family's money is not spent at this time, when is it spent?"

"My eldest brother's hardship and simplicity back then was helpless, it was purely forced by the current situation. I didn't mean anything else when I mentioned it just now, I just felt that the Hong family was sorry for him and sorry for my sister-in-law. If he and his sister-in-law were willing, I would rather spend double the amount to make up for their regrets......"

Having said this, although everyone present couldn't help but sigh "nonsense" and "nonsense", the parents looked pleased, and even Hong Yanzheng himself was happy. Obviously, the atmosphere is even better.

Hong Yanwu continued, "I know what you're all worried about. But now it's different from the past, and our family doesn't have the handle to pinch other people's hands anymore. The 'hats' have been taken off a long time ago, and the house has been returned, is the money given by the state? So even if it is extravagant, what is the matter? Anyway, we can make everything clear. If you don't steal or rob, you're afraid of something. What's wrong with us?"

"The other one, if you want me to say, it's really necessary to spend money to support the scene. For the sake of the second brother's happiness in the future, we have to do it bigger, and it saves people from climbing high branches. Marrying a woman at a low door and marrying a woman from a high door, isn't this reasonable?"

"I'm saying something nasty here. The eyes of the rulers are all powerful. Let's let the person surnamed Xu know that our Hong family is a high gate, and they are the ones who climb the high branches. If you don't take the money to suppress them, you are really diligent and thrifty, then the second brother will be passive in the future, and you will not be trampled under their feet and on their necks? ”

Not to mention, the agitation method sometimes really works. These last few sentences can be regarded as really talking about Hong Lucheng's heart, after all, he is also a mortal who eats whole grains, and he can't see some things.

"Yes, there is some truth in what you said. What kind of Gao Zhi is his surname Xu? Just a deputy district head. I don't know how many mayors and ministers I saw back then. If I were willing, the mayor of Beijing might not be able to get 'Qi Rentang' in turn. If he can hang up with us, isn't he Gao Pan? Yes, I'll listen to you, big deal! I'm in charge of this matter......

Of course, the old man's words are full of sentiment, but this statement is equivalent to setting the tone. Neither Wang Yunlin nor Hong Yanzheng can object.

In this regard, the mother and son smiled at each other, but they couldn't help but shake their heads.

In fact, it's all the same meaning, they all think that Hong Yanwu's kid is too ghostly, and he actually went around his father three times and two times.

I'm afraid that in the future, if he really calls someone else's line every time, then he has to fiddle with everything in the family?

However, they soon realized that they were overthinking. Because Hong Lucheng is shrewd, one thing does not mean that he can be taken away by Hong Yanwu. No, I'll ask right away.

"Hey, third. You kid just said so wildly, you won't really go and dump foreign exchange coupons, will you? You have to tell me 1510 how much money you have in your hand, and how did the money come from?

The old man's face was serious when he said this, which immediately made Hong Yanwu feel a lot of pressure.

It's just that then again, what kind of Lao Tzu can give birth to what kind of son, and shrewdness can certainly be inherited.

Because he had been prepared, Hong Yanwu's excuse was to come as soon as he opened his mouth. He repeated his old tricks, but still used stamps to resist, and this time the story was a sequel to the series.

He said that he sold those old stamps last time to repair the house, and then he had some money left. And what about the money, he took it out and bought some stamps, and the result...... Earned again.

In fact, needless to say, Hong Yanwu himself knows that this story is not easy to believe, and it sounds a little too dreamy and a little too coincidental. Therefore, without waiting for his family to raise objections, he went to the West Courtyard by himself and retrieved a few full-page monkey tickets from the camphor wood box of the Chen family to show his relatives for evidence.

When the stamp was displayed, he was arguing with Hong Yan.

"Big brother, do you remember this kind of stamp? These are the four that I once pasted on the envelope, which made you scold that time. I'll tell you now, this is the Gengshen New Year Monkey Ticket issued at the beginning of this year, a full page of eighty tickets, and the price was six yuan four when it was issued. Due to the scarcity of quantity, the post office has been sold out since August, and the price has been rising since then. Don't look at it as less than half a year, but now an eight-cent stamp can already be sold for one piece. As for me, I actually didn't buy much, I just bought 300 full-page tickets in July, so-so, and now it's worth more than 20,000 yuan......"

Okay, as soon as he finished saying this, Hong Yanzheng was directly dumbfounded.

Last time, Hong Yanwu took out dozens of tickets, and in front of him, he said that he earned 10,000 yuan. Oh, and now that the money is running out, I used the rest of the money to buy these stamps.

How...... What......'s the matter? I earned more than 20,000 more. Isn't this an international joke? Could it be that the post office is your boy's bank?

So this can't rely on his gaffe, think about it, who has ever seen such a profit?

In fact, not to mention Hong Yanzheng, Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlin are also distracted. They also had a hard time believing in Hong Yanwu's luck.

But what if you don't believe it? The evidence is clearly in front of you. This son is really evil!

Of course, this is still Hong Yanwu playing an ambush, to let his family know that he has actually earned 400,000 yuan by relying on monkey tickets, I am afraid that the family will have to break the domestic high jump record in turn.

And so it was, on December 22, 1980. Regarding the direction of Hong Yanwen's marriage preparations, the Hong family's "Marriage Organizing Committee" was officially finalized.

In the end, the general plan adopted was that the Hong family's hometown would pay 5,000 yuan, Hong Yan would fight for 500 yuan, and Hong Yanwu would pay 4,500 yuan. A total of 10,000 yuan was scraped together for a happy event.

Of course, even if you buy the best things, you can buy all the home appliances, furniture, and wear. It certainly doesn't cost so much to do things.

Then the rest will be handed over to the little couple. In this way, Hong Yanwen will even set up a household and go out alone.

It is a coincidence that this day is not only the winter solstice, but also the day when the largest three-layer turntable three-dimensional cross overpass in China - Beijing Xizhimen Overpass was completed and opened to traffic.

So far, the 23.3-kilometer-long Second Ring Road express lane and 6 overpasses have all been passed. The capital has entered the era of the Second Ring Road.

Similarly, it was from this day that the Hong family began to raise their heads, and they were about to return to society with a high-spirited attitude beyond everyone's imagination.

I have to say that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the real high-ranking family is indeed amazing. What's more, there is Hong Yanwu, a son who knows the future.

So there is no need to doubt it, as long as they want to, then it won't be long before this family, which has been silent for many years, will overtake in corners, regain its former glory, and become the focus of attention of the people of the capital again.

The Hong family will still be the one who stomps his feet, and the wind will blow in the capital!

The second group has been opened, group number: 6086400

(End of chapter)