Shao Hongwei didn't answer his father's words, but raised his wine glass to touch his father, took a sip and put it down, and then asked:

"Dad, how much is your monthly salary now?"

Shao Guoquan put down the half-drunk wine glass, "I'm a deputy stock level, and the mess adds up to more than four thousand." Don't you know all of this, what's wrong? ”

After speaking, he picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the dish and put it in his mouth.

Shao Hongwei put a chopstick fish in his mother's bowl and asked, "Mom, let's get a hundred yuan for this meal tonight." ”

Zhang Jinhua looked at the four dishes on the table, nodded and said, "Well, if you don't count the wine, it's more than a hundred." ”

Then he said: "But our family doesn't eat like this every day, so we won't be a rich man." ”

Shao Hongwei said with a smile: "Mom, when is it, and the level of the rich man, these are all commonplace." ”

"Okay, even if it's because I'm back today, I've improved. Then let's discount it in half, and get at least sixty or seventy yuan for three meals a day, right? ”

Zhang Jinhua nodded: "Almost." ”

Shao Hongwei continued to calculate: "The family's monthly living expenses are 2,000 yuan smaller, and they can only maintain the middle and lower levels. Let's be more conservative, plus the water, electricity and gas bills, it is more than 2,000 per month, isn't it? ”

Zhang Jinhua's chopsticks stopped at his mouth and looked at Shao Hongwei: "Son, what are you doing here?" ”

Shao Hongwei turned to his father again and asked, "Dad, you, the deputy curator, have a lot of things to do before and after, and you can't do without the car." Your Wuling Hongguang oil, parking fees, maintenance, a month, less than 800 yuan, right? ”

Shao Guoquan put down his chopsticks, looked at his son, and didn't say a word.

"The mobile phone bill, the cigarette money, the wine money, six hundred yuan must be very tight; In addition, if a colleague or friend has a happy event at home, a personal exchange, etc., add 600 mobile money every month, it must not be surplus, right? ”

At this point, Shao Hongwei spread his hands and said to his father: "Dad, your 4,000 yuan salary is gone." ”

Shao Guoquan argued a little weakly: "Do I still have a year-end bonus?" ”

Zhang Jinhua also said on the side: "Son, I knew you were settling this account." That's how the accounts are calculated, life doesn't have to be like this, and no matter what, I can save money. ”

Shao Guoquan nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, our days can be tighter." Besides, our cultural center has been operating in the past two years, and there has been some improvement, maybe the bonus will rise at the end of the year. ”

Shao Hongwei smiled and said to his father: "Dad, the group building of your cultural center was rented to that KTV, wasn't it closed because of a violation case involving minors in it a while ago?" ”

"I judge that the boss is facing at least three years in prison, and your rent will definitely be in vain this year, and it is impossible to increase the bonus."

"Dad, speaking of which, you better quickly take back the place and rent it separately. Don't believe the wind they put outside, and how much money will be spent to settle it, this matter is a case supervised by the Shangyang City Public Security Bureau, and it is impossible at all. ”

Shao Guoquan nodded: "I also said this to our president, but he ......, you also know his relationship with that boss, and you won't drive them away easily." ”

Shao Hongwei heard about it, so he persuaded: "Dad, you'd better not get involved in this matter, just let the president get it, if there is a meeting to discuss, just express your opinions, don't ask about it." Even if there is anything in the future, there are minutes of the meeting, and we will say what needs to be said. After all, you are not the decision-maker, and the responsibility is not yours. ”

Shao Guoquan nodded: "I understand this." Don't worry, son. ”

Shao Hongwei then turned back to the topic and said:

"And, Dad, you have arthritis and high blood pressure; Mom, you have sinus arrhythmia and emphysema. As you get older, do you have to keep some emergency money at home? ”

The old couple was silent.

Shao Hongwei's accounts, they haven't calculated.

It's not even money. And the marriage of the son is a major event in the life of the old couple, how can it be delayed because they can't calculate the money?

Seeing the bride price offered by the woman's family, although the old couple lacks financial resources, they can't let their son get married for this.

In order to make up the bride price for their son, the old couple has begun to borrow money from relatives and friends, just hiding it from their son.

Shao Hongwei continued: "So, Dad, Mom, if you borrow another ten or two hundred thousand yuan, and you take on this debt, and my dad will not be able to pay it off when he retires, will our family still be able to call it a day in the future?" ”

"If my family becomes like this for the sake of my marriage, I don't know what the point of marriage is?"

Shao Guoquan sighed lightly: "Son, it's rare that you have this filial piety, which means that your mother and I don't love you in vain, and you are a sensible child." ”

"But then again. Isn't this true for all parents in the world? Why have we worked hard for half of our lives, not so that you can start a family and live a personal life. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of imperceptible uneasiness flashed in Shao Guoquan's eyes.

Shao Hongwei caught it, it was the worry that he would be punished by the county.

When he was the secretary of the county party committee, his father was in the cultural center, including the dormitory compound, and he was also the master who walked with his chest and belly folded.

Since he arrived in Xiling Town as the deputy mayor, Shao Guoquan has also kept a low profile.

As a public institution under the County Cultural Bureau, the notice on Shao Hongwei's suspension has been conveyed.

Yesterday, when my father called him, he gave him advice.

It's rare for my son to come back for a meal, and today at the dinner table, I deliberately avoided this topic, just because I didn't want Shao Hongwei to be heartbroken.

Mother Zhang Jinhua didn't know what happened to Shao Hongwei, and she didn't notice the change in her wife's expression, and then the topic said: "But no, you look at the neighbors, which parents don't give up everything for their children; Our relatives and friends, which family is not like this? ”

"Our family is just a child like you, and the burden on us is lighter. Anyway, your marriage with Qiu Yan should be done sooner. You don't see that Aunt Wang is the same age as me, and she hugged her grandson before the Chinese New Year. ”

"If you can get married this year, you will have children next year. When the time comes, I will show you when you are born, and you two can work with peace of mind. ”

"If you wait for the first child to grow up, if you are willing to have another child, then you will have another one, and now the country is not advocating more children? It's not like when you were planning to have a family plan everywhere, and the pregnant women were caught running all over the world. How good is the current policy, if you want to have a few children, how many ...... you want"

As soon as she looked forward to the future, the blueprint in Zhang Jinhua's mind unfolded in her mouth.

The father and son listened patiently, so they had to raise their glasses to cheer up.

The meal, in the half bottle of wine of the father and son, came to an end.

Shao Guoquan is half a catty of wine, and Shao Hongwei is about a catty.

But at home, both father and son drank a lot of alcohol.

Coupled with Shao Guoquan's concern that his son would be punished, Shao Hongwei was worried about Meng Keli's two important news, and the meal ended in less than half an hour.

Shao Hongwei helped his mother clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and was just about to put on an apron to wash the dishes, but Zhang Jinhua snatched it and pushed it out of the kitchen.

"Go, go to tea with your dad, you don't need to do these jobs."

Shao Guoquan made tea on the coffee table next to him and poured one for his son.

After Shao Hongwei sat down, Shao Guoquan lowered his voice and said the way out of the predicament that he had been thinking about for his son.

There are two ways to do this.

First, in the music class of the county cultural palace, there is the grandson of An Dacai, the organization minister of the county party committee. He can find An Dacai's daughter-in-law through the teacher and ask her to go back to intercede for Shao Hongwei.

The other is the director of the county cultural bureau, who is also an erhu lover, and often asks him to go to the competition. You can ask him to take the upper route.

Shao Hongwei smiled and declined. Telling my father that none of these things would be good and would only make things more troublesome.

So, I told my father about my plan to appeal to the county party committee and directly report the relevant situation to Secretary Lu.

Shao Guoquan nodded and said, "Well, your method is better than mine." I also think it's not appropriate for the Organization Department to punish you like this this time. You worked as a secretary to Secretary Han, and you knew that this should be done, so you reported it to him while the new secretary had just arrived. Maybe he can get his attention and rehabilitate you. ”

Immediately, Shao Hongwei told his father that Cheng Qiuyan proposed to break up with him last night.

This made Shao Guoquan's face suddenly difficult to look at.

I felt guilty in my heart, and I kept blaming myself.

Shao Hongwei hurriedly comforted a few words, and at this moment, the mobile phone rang again.

He knew that Meng Keli must have called, so he stood up, picked up his phone and walked towards his bedroom.