Chapter 90: The Farewell Banquet
Saying goes; Three-six-nine, go out, two-five-eight, good to go home.
It is very said that when you go out in the northeast, you have to choose 369, that is, to catch up with the third day of the lunar calendar, the sixth day of the first month, and the ninth day of the lunar calendar.
Wang Bo's work efficiency is very high, that is, in two days, Wang Bo got three soft sleeper train tickets from Jiangcheng to Harbin City, the date is exactly the ninth day of the lunar calendar, which is the best day to go out.
In addition to buying three soft sleeper tickets, Wang Bo also brought 200 catties of national food stamps and the Northeast specialties promised by Wang Bo before.
At that time, the national food stamp was a great thing, only the national food stamp could be used throughout the country, and the local food stamp could only be used locally.
You take the food stamps from the local places to other places, and other places do not recognize your food stamps, and it is precisely because of this reason that there are many fewer people who go out at that time, and there are no food stamps, and there is no food.
In the early eighties, when going far away, except for a certain level of leadership, few people would spend a lot of money to buy a soft sleeper train ticket.
However, Li Zhongxin is not short of money in his hands now, and the relationship between Zhongxin Company and various departments is good, so it is still very easy to get a few soft sleeper tickets.
Through Hong Bin's relationship, the plane ticket from Harbin to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport was also booked, as long as Wang Yaqing led Wang Xiutai and them to Harbin Airport, someone naturally helped them apply for plane tickets and board the plane.
There are not many souvenirs brought by Wang Bo, they are all light items such as dried fungus and dried monkey head, but they are quite exquisite, and they belong to the fine products of lime fungus and monkey head.
After everything was ready, Li Zhongxin asked Wang Bo to order a good meal at the Four Steaks Restaurant in Jiangcheng, which was regarded as a feast for his mother and grandfather.
Getting on the car dumplings and getting off the noodles is a tradition and a habit. Under Li Shangyong's obstruction, Wang Bo only ordered four meat, two vegetarian dishes, six dishes, and four plates of dumplings.
According to what Li Shangyong said, even if you are going out, you can't be too extravagant and wasteful, it is difficult to make money at this time, if you eat and drink a lot every day, you will eat poor sooner or later.
You can't eat poorly, you can't drink poorly, and if you can't calculate, you're poor. That's, Li Shangyong didn't see the family eating and drinking big fish and meat every day, and the family was still rich.
There were only six people in their home and outside the house, and if they cooked too much food, it would be a crime.
This has a lot to do with Li Shangyong's family conditions.
Li Shangyong's fourth child in the family, is the youngest child, his mother is Li Zhongxin's grandmother died shortly after he was born, Li Zhongxin's grandfather worked alone in Liao Province, and he couldn't afford to support these children, so Li Shangyong and his brothers and sisters all went to Jiangcheng here, Li Zhongxin's grandfather (grandfather's brother) to live in the house.
Li Zhongxin's grandfather has six children in his family, and with the addition of Li Shangyong's four children in their family, there are a total of ten children, even if Li Zhongxin's grandfather's family was quite wealthy at that time, but it was not enough to eat.
Li Shangyong has always told Li Zhongxin that when he was a child, he was at his uncle's house, and when there was no food, he drank the pot water a second time.
Many times, they can wake up hungry when they sleep at night, and now that their life in the family is better, they must develop the good habit of thrift and thrift, and they can't be extravagant and wasteful at any time.
When Li Zhongxin was young, Li Shangyong asked Li Zhongxin to memorize the most ancient poem "Compassion for Nong", and when he was a child, he told Li Zhongxin that a grain of grain and a grain of rice are exchanged for the blood and sweat of farmers.
During the three years of natural disasters, they couldn't even eat tree bark, but now that life is better, at least the family can have food and clothing, and they must not forget the hard life at the beginning, and learn to be thrifty.
Although Li Shangyong has always advocated frugality, at the wine table of the Four Steaks Restaurant, he expressed his position, and he said to Wang Yaqing: "Xiaoqing! Go to Guangzhou, if you are not familiar with the place, don't be reluctant to spend money over there, you can leave twenty yuan for him and Li Zhongxin at home, and let Yaqing take all the rest of the money and lead the old man over there to have a good time. ”
Li Shangyong almost said that the old couple went out to Guangzhou this time, maybe it would be the last time they went out, and if they didn't let the old couple have a good time, it was really unreasonable.
Wang Bo glanced at his brother-in-law Li Shangyong, and said very dissatisfied: "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about!" Didn't I say it all, this time the second grandfather and all the expenses of their trip to Guangzhou are covered in me, you can keep the money, and during the New Year, go to your eldest sister to buy more good things and see the eldest sister. I have enough money on my side. ”
After Wang Bo finished speaking, he looked at Li Zhongxin quite complacently, and his eyes seemed to tell Li Zhongxin, look at it, your third uncle and I are so open, all the expenses are covered by you, anyway, it is your kid who pays for it.
Li Zhongxin glanced at Wang Bo, the meaning is very clear, you can do everything by yourself, don't cast a consultative gaze on my side, in case my mother and father see the flaws, it will not be good.
Li Zhongxin said to Wang Bo several times, if there is no great need, don't ask for his opinion, the first few times Wang Bo almost revealed the matter, if it weren't for Li Zhongxin's tact, the topic was quickly diverted, Li Zhongxin's secret would not be kept.
Li Zhongxin didn't want his family to know about the money in his hands too early, and once he let his family know too early, his current comfortable life would be gone forever.
After being reborn, Li Zhongxin's greatest wish is to make the people in the family live a happy and happy life, if these old stubborns in the family know that Li Zhongxin has done such a big thing, not only will there be no benefit, but there will be a lot of harm.
Li Shangyong put the chopsticks on the table, and said with a dark face: "That's not good, your money is not blown by the wind, it has already cost you a lot of money to buy tickets, and other expenses must be spent by your eldest sister, otherwise, I won't agree." That's it, you are responsible for the round-trip plane and train ticket money, and I will pay for the rest. ”
Although Li Shangyong is not the kind of person who just wants to save face and suffer crimes, he does not agree that all the money should be spent by Wang Bo.
After all, Li Zhongxin's grandmother and grandfather raised Li Zhongxin's mother, and with such a thing, they must contribute money and efforts, and they can't let the brother-in-law take care of everything alone.
Li Zhongxin looked at Wang Bo who was suffocated from internal injuries with a smile, and laughed unconsciously in his heart.
He thought in his heart, it seems that you still don't know me Lao Tzu, why didn't I mention such a thing before, because I had the foresight to know that my Lao Tzu would not let you pay another penny.
Although there was a little episode in the send-off banquet, this kind of episode did not affect the interest of Li Zhongxin and the others in eating and drinking, and the whole family happily swept away the food dumplings.