After Zhao Yuzhen settled the children, she slept with Zhou Guoqiang.

Before going to bed, Zhou Guoqiang suddenly remembered and asked: "Today, his uncle got married, how much gift money did you pay?" ”

Zhao Yuzhen said: "I'm out of twenty. ”

Usually, people who have normal relationships with each other usually give five yuan as a gift, and if they have a good relationship with relatives, they will give ten yuan. However, this is definitely different from the marriage of his own brother, although the family is saving money to buy bricks, but Zhao Yuzhen still gritted his teeth and went out of twenty.

Zhou Guoqiang didn't squeak, he felt a little too much in his heart, but it was not good to say anything.

Zhao Yuzhen sensed something strange from her husband's attitude of wanting to speak and stopping: "That's my own brother, I got married once in my life, and I originally wanted to buy something decent for him." But I didn't have much money at home, so I didn't buy it. ”

The implication is that twenty is less.

Zhou Guoqiang retorted dissatisfiedly: "The old man built a house and we paid ten yuan." ”

Zhao Yuzhen was annoyed and ashamed: "What does your boss have to do with us building a house, a few years ago, when people were rich, we had no money, so we had to pay less money." But now we have some money in business, and I paid more than 20 for my brother to get married. ”

If it goes on again, it will really quarrel, and Zhou Guoqiang turned his head and fell asleep silently.

The more Zhao Yuzhen thought about it, the more angry she became, she was so poor that she couldn't even take care of her mother's family.

After being married for so many years, she bought something home at most during the New Year's holidays, and her two sisters made clothes for their children's grandmothers when the seasons changed, but what about herself? The five or six big and small mouths in the family are almost unable to support her, and she can't raise her head when she goes back to her parents' house.

Now that life is finally better, of course she doesn't want to be shorter than her sisters, both of them have twenty yuan! You have to be like them!

The couple gambled for a few days and didn't speak, Zhou Xiaoyun, who was sensitive to low pressure at home, was the first to feel it, and Xiaobao didn't even dare to say more at home when he saw that his parents' faces were tight, and he didn't even dare to say more at home.

The youngest Erya was born a clever ghost, although she was young, she was very flexible, and she was very obedient like a little follower behind Zhao Yuzhen.

Only Dabao was careless and didn't pay attention at all, and broke a bowl at home and was slapped twice by Zhou Guoqiang.

Zhao Yuzhen was distressed again, and the bowl was distressed, and the treasure was distressed, and Zhou Guoqiang was angry, and the combination of several things completely ignited the flames of war. The two of you quarreled with me.

Erya saw that her parents' voices were getting louder and louder, and she almost overturned the kitchen roof and cried in fright, and Xiaobao was not very bold, and she wanted to cry when she saw her sister crying. Zhou Xiaoyun hurriedly took the two of them to the main house to avoid the battlefield, so as not to affect it.

Before leaving, he gave Dabao a look to Dabao, who was stunned, and Dabao finally reacted and ran out to play with his partner.

After coaxing Xiaobao and Erya, Zhou Xiaoyun took the two to the uncle's house next door and asked them to have more fun at the uncle's house. Zhou Xiaoxia was watching TV when she saw Zhou Xiaoyun coming to greet her to watch the cartoon.

Zhou Xiaoyun asked his younger siblings to sit down and watch TV with Zhou Xiaoxia and Zhou Zhihai, and turned around to go home to see how his parents were doing.

When I got home, Zhao Yuzhen and Zhou Guoqiang were angry after arguing. One of them was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen, and the other was sweeping the floor in the yard.

Zhou Guoqiang vigorously picked up the big broom and swept the yard vigorously, and the soil was swept up a layer to vent the anger in his heart. Zhou Xiaoyun thought about it and walked to Zhou Guoqiang's side, and said softly: "Dad, let me sweep the ground." ”

Zhou Guoqiang swept for a while, his heart calmed down a lot, and when he heard the voice, he looked back and saw that it was Zhou Xiaoyun. He has always preferred his obedient and sensible eldest daughter, and the tense expression on his face unconsciously softened a lot: "I'll sweep it, you can play." ”

Zhou Xiaoyun followed Zhou Guoqiang, accompanied him to gossip, and saw that Zhou Guoqiang seemed to calm down, so he took the opportunity to persuade him:

"Dad, don't be angry with Mom. My mother takes her younger siblings to do housework and field work every day, and she is busy like a spinning top spinning all day long. You can also understand her, since our uncle's wedding gift money has already been paid, it is too worthwhile to be angry about this. ”

The sound of the two quarreling was so loud, and Zhou Xiaoyun couldn't hear it if she wanted to, only then did she know what the fuse of the matter was.

Zhou Xiaoyun said that Zhou Guoqiang couldn't think of it, and he also spit out bitterness: "Big girl, I'm not distressed about the twenty yuan." It's that we have always paid ten yuan for something in your uncle's family and your third uncle's family, and now that your uncle is married, we will pay twenty. If you let your uncle know about this, where will I put my face? ”

Zhou Guoqiang sighed after speaking, this is what he is most angry about. Zhao Gang is the younger brother of his brother-in-law Zhao Yuzhen, but he also has a brother, so of course this gift must be treated equally.

Zhou Xiaoyun thought for a while and said to Zhou Guoqiang: "Dad, I think our family's economy will be better in the future, and it will be okay for the uncle and the third uncle and aunt to do things." ”

That's a good idea!

Zhou Guoqiang suddenly opened his mouth when he heard this, and finally had a smile on his face, and nodded again and again.

Zhou Xiaoyun went into the house again to persuade Zhao Yuzhen, Zhao Yuzhen was sitting on a stool wiping her tears, and when she saw her daughter coming in, she complained regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one:

"Big girl, come on, is this your father's fault or mine's fault? You are just an uncle, I am such a brother, he got married, your aunt and aunt both paid 20 yuan, do you think I can give 10 yuan? This makes me behave in front of your aunt and second aunt, and what will your grandmother and uncle think of me? Your dad would complain about me, why didn't he think about it for me? ”

Zhou Xiaoyun found a stool to sit next to Zhao Yuzhen, and quietly listened to Zhao Yuzhen's chatter and complaints. She knew that she didn't have anything to say to her mother at this time, and Zhao Yuzhen only needed an audience.

Zhao Yuzhen talked for nearly half an hour until her mouth was dry, Zhou Xiaoyun poured her a cup of hot tea, Zhao Yuzhen took the teacup and drank the hot tea, and her mood finally eased a little.