Chapter 198: Face, How Much Is It Worth?!
Nine o'clock in the evening.
Wen Shuo dragged his somewhat tired body, got off the bus, and walked leisurely towards the Internet café with his hands behind his back.
He had just gone to the train station to see off his mother and aunt's family.
It stands to reason that my mother and aunt came at an inopportune time, because they were just in time to negotiate the terms of the agreement and sign the contract with Huayuan Network, but since they didn't want to participate in the negotiation of the terms and the final signing ceremony, then the mother and aunt's family came to the capital to travel, just so that they could get rid of these complicated affairs as a matter of course. So when he received a call from his mother on Thursday, saying that his aunt's family wanted to take advantage of the weekend to bring his prospective daughter-in-law to the capital for two days, Wen Shuo agreed without hesitation, and said that he also had time on the weekend, accompanied him throughout the whole process, and said resolutely: "Mom, you must come too, my son is rich now! Let's have fun!"
Such an attitude can make Li Qin so happy, and she really earns enough face in front of her sister's family!
She didn't know that her son had been in the capital for almost a year, and he had never made a special trip to any well-known scenic spots. There are two reasons, one is that there is no time, and the other is ...... Go to any attraction, ride, meal, ticket......
You have to spend money anywhere!
On Friday night, Wen Shuo arranged for them to rest in a hotel near Beijing University, took them to visit Tiananmen Square and the Palace Museum on Saturday, took a car to Badaling early in the morning on Sunday, climbed the Great Wall to play, and went directly to the train station after returning to Beijing, and bought a train ticket back to Dongyun at seven o'clock that night, and the time was arranged quite closely.
There is no way, even if Wen Shuo doesn't mind, he can take leave to play with his mother and aunt's family for two more days, but they said on the night they arrived in the capital that they must return to Dongyun on Sunday night, and they must not delay his class on Monday.
Therefore, Wen Shuo had to arrange the time as tense as possible.
For two days, eating, drinking, lodging, traveling and playing, Wen Shuo spent more than 1,700 yuan, which made him so distressed that he secretly shivered a few times.
Fortunately, I was very happy to see my mother, and I looked very faced...... The poor fat man's heart was full of blood and generosity, and it felt like it was worth it. And in the past two days, although he has taken care of everything, but the aunt Li Xiang's family, including the cousin who has not officially married her cousin, did not show the slightest appearance of taking advantage of the big family, and would rush to pay every time, seeing that Wen Shuo had spent a lot of money in the past two days, they were also sincerely grateful and moved, and when they got on the train, they also nagged "I'm causing you trouble, it's broken, alas, ......" and "Although Shuo has made money in the capital, it is not easy to ......" and so on.
Wen Shuo could see that the aunt's family did not falsify in the slightest, but revealed their true feelings.
So he has always been stingy and stingy, although he still feels distressed and spent a lot of money, but he feels that the money is well spent.
The mother has face in front of relatives, the aunt and the eldest aunt have face in front of the prospective daughter-in-law, the cousin has face in front of the prospective daughter-in-law, and the cousin-in-law can also have face in front of her relatives and friends after she goes back-and this pile, everyone gets face, because he is Wen Shuo, a student of Beijing University, he has a company and two big Internet cafes in the capital, and the investment is several million, and he can earn tens of thousands of yuan a day......
It seems a little funny, a little exaggerated.
But, it's true!
In the last century, when the country's economy began to take off, Dongyun, a small remote county town, was only more than 200 kilometers away from the capital for the rural people there, but it was very luxurious to make a special trip to the capital, and it would even be criticized for being wasteful and contrived. Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall...... For many rural people, it is like a holy place in their yearning, and they want to go all the time, but they feel unrealistic.
Li Xiang's family decided to travel to the capital this time, because on the day of the engagement of their son and daughter-in-law, when relatives and friends were chatting, Feng Chunmei showed off where she had traveled, and then in front of Hu Zhiqiang's fiancée, she said, "Zhiqiang, don't take your daughter-in-law to the city park to play after you get married this year, and then go to the mall to buy clothes, even if it is the old yellow calendar! Listen to my aunt, go back and take my daughter-in-law out for a trip, how fashionable it is!"
This seemingly joking remark put Li Xiang's family on the wall without a ladder.
After all, in front of her in-laws, in front of her future daughter-in-law, and today is an engagement again, Li Xiang, her husband, and son, can you say no? Can you say let's not spend money indiscriminately?
No one can understand why Feng Chunmei said this!
Just when Li Xiang's family was embarrassed and at a loss, Li Qin interjected in time and said: "Yes, yes, yes, go back and call Xiao Shuo, your family will travel to the capital, let Xiao Shuo take you to play! He has been in the capital for almost a year, and he is familiar with ......."
No one knew that after Li Bin returned home that night, he gave his wife Feng Chunmei two ear scrapers for the first time!
He had never been so angry!
He knew his wife, and the reason why he said that was only because when the eldest sister was eating and chatting, she praised Xiao Shuo for being promising, so Feng Chunmei, who couldn't tolerate her relatives and friends stronger than her, felt awkward and uncomfortable, and felt that this was said to her! As a result, she said such an embarrassing thing!
Although the economic conditions of the eldest sister's family are not bad in the village, they are only at a medium level, and they are about to marry their children, which is a big thing that ordinary farmers need to take out all their savings and even have to borrow money to complete!
How many families are willing to travel at this time?
That's called bad money, it's called not counting!
Whoever does this, no one lends you money to borrow money from relatives and friends - oh, and you still have the money to travel, but you have to take our money to get our children married?
Nonsense!
On the second day of the incident, Li Bin sent 12,000 yuan to his eldest sister's family, and he said: "10,000 yuan will be lent to you in advance, and it will be used for Zhiqiang's marriage in winter......
Like Li Qin's character, Li Xiang resolutely did not ask for the 2,000 yuan given by his younger brother, the 10,000 yuan borrowed by his younger brother, and his younger brother's statement, which is enough!
Who doesn't have a little ambition?!
Hu Junhai and Li Xiang had already decided yesterday that they would have to let their son take their daughter-in-law to the capital for a trip!
It's just that they didn't expect that after Li Qin called Wen Shuo, he said happily: "Go all, go all, Xiao Shuo said, he doesn't have to go to class on weekends, and he has time...... He also said, let me go with him, hey, you say this kid! Sister, brother-in-law, don't you know, Xiaoshuo has now opened a branch that is several times bigger than the previous Internet café, hey, I also said that you are so busy, there is a company, and there are two Internet cafes, he said it's okay, anyway, they hire people to do things, he usually goes to class every day, and he doesn't take care of it much......"
The cheesiness of the commoners, the affection of the commoners.
Also, the pride and face of the common people!
The reason for this incident, Wen Shuo listened to his mother talk about it in private, so in the past two days, he couldn't help but feel distressed but spent the money firmly, and also expressed his attitude to his aunt and aunt-in-law in private: "When my cousin gets married, don't worry about the money, call me how much you use, don't go to my uncle to borrow money, so that the two of them don't have to quarrel again." ”
When he said this, Wen Shuo only felt that the back of his spine and the top of his head felt numb!
Refreshing!
Atmosphere!
Vanity!
Back in the office of the Internet café, Wen Shuo sat on the sofa, twisted his tired body to make himself more comfortable, glanced at the computer screen on the desk next to him was turned on, and was angry that the loser girl didn't turn off the computer when he left!
Sighing, he got up and walked over to turn off the computer, then sat down in his office chair, pulled out a cigarette and lit one.
"Damn, it seems that you have a smoking addiction?" Wen Shuo muttered to himself, but he was reluctant to put out the cigarette he lit into the ashtray - he remembered that since he entered Beijing last year and started at the military training base, he often carried cigarettes on his body, at that time it was Hongtashan for six yuan a pack, and then before opening an Internet café, the cigarette he was carrying became Yuxi, and then later, I don't know when it started, he carried expensive Chinese cigarettes.
In the past two days, he has carried Chinese cigarettes with him, and his aunt-in-law Hu Haijun is willing to buy a few packs of auspicious cigarettes when he comes to Beijing for tourism.
Later, under the hint of his mother's eyes, Wen Shuo simply gave his aunt two packs of unopened Chinese cigarettes.
Tobacco and alcohol, research......
Wen Shuo sighed, and finally snuffed out most of the cigarettes that he hadn't smoked a few puffs in the ashtray.
At this moment, the door of the office was pushed open, and Skullcap Zhi walked in, smelling the smoke, she frowned slightly, but she didn't say anything, just turned on the exhaust fan casually. Wen Shuo had already gotten up and sat on the sofa, and said slightly apologetically, "I thought you went back to rest." ”
Just this casual sentence made the trace of unhappiness in Skullcap's heart disappear just now, and said with a smile: "Auntie, are they gone?"
"Hmm. Wen Shuo slumped himself on the sofa and said, "Are the people from Huayuan Network gone?"
"Gone, the plane at five o'clock in the afternoon. ”
"Thank you and Lao Lin for your hard work. ”
"Lin Bo today, drunk ......" Skullcap Zhi couldn't help but smile and briefly tell the scene that happened in Shu Xuanju at lunch today, Wen Shuo, who was tired and tired, was full of energy, his eyes were shining, and he grinned with envy and hatred and muttered: "Hey, why don't I have such good luck as Lin Bo?"
Skullcap couldn't cry or laugh - fortunately, Fu Minglan met Lin Bo, if she met a dead fat man, she might lose a lot of face.