A few days later, my mother gave my eldest brother two installments to take the money that had been prepared in two installments in the locked cabinet at home. It's a thick little stack every time.

At that time, most of the denominations of RMB in circulation were one yuan, two yuan, five yuan, and ten yuan. I haven't seen a fifty dollar, a hundred dollar denomination. Money is also very valuable, and you can buy a lot of daily necessities with a big ticket of ten yuan. I remember that the first year of work was an internship, and I earned 98 yuan a month. The eldest sister said a lot, which was much more than the internship salary she had just started, and her internship salary was only more than 30 yuan at that time. I clearly remember that the monthly salary after becoming a regular in the second year was 298 yuan. My colleagues who came to work at the beginning of the business were six yuan more than me per month, which was a two-year seniority allowance.

When the eldest brother came home from work, he rode twice and brought back a Raschel plush blanket. Two bottles of Moutai. The blanket with the red pattern is packed in a clear plastic quilt bag. It's especially skin-friendly to start with plush. This kind of blanket was very popular in those days, and the dowry of girls was preferred. The white porcelain bottled Moutai is tightly packed in a carton on the outside, and the outermost is a fine paper bag. Because I am afraid of damaging the outer packaging. The eldest brother flattened the wine and the outer packaging bag in a large plastic bag and brought it back together. Ride all the way to the gate of the courtyard and fork the ground with your feet. Call me to open the door and answer.

I ran out and quickly took the bag of wine in his hand. In my brother's advice, go slowly, don't fall, carefully take the wine into the house, and lightly put it on the board.

I know deep down what a few hundred dollars means to my family. The children of poor families are in charge of the house early.

Next, my eldest brother took me to visit my aunt's eldest brother's house by bicycle. In the back seat, a blanket was tied to one side, and I was sitting on the other. I was carrying something in one hand and two bottles of wine and the packaging bag in a plastic bag in the other. Go to the gate of the eldest brother's yard. My eldest brother was in charge of filling the wine, and I was in charge of folding the plastic bags and putting them in my pocket. My eldest brother carried the wine, and I carried the blanket and knocked on the door gently. My eldest brother shouted, my eldest brother opened the door, I am Dahong.

Coming, coming, the eldest cousin came out. quipped, come here, what kind of gift do you give. Come in, come in. The old girl is here too. Come on in.

Okay, good, as it should be. My eldest brother and I responded with a smile. I followed him into the courtyard and changed his slippers at the door of the house. I remember that the decoration in the house was very atmospheric. Wooden floors, leather sofas, thick blankets on the floor. A large marble-topped coffee table sits a fruit basket full of fruits. There is also a large crystal ashtray. A box of opened Chinese cigarettes was also placed casually on the coffee table.

After pouring two cups of tea for my eldest brother and me, my cousin smiled and gave way to my brother and smoked.

No, no, you don't have to be busy, big brother.

My cousin lit a cigarette and took a leisurely puff. Two puffs of smoke came out of his nose. A tobacco smell permeates the space. Xu is a good cigarette or in a good mood, I really don't think it's pungent.

I don't know if you two are coming, your sister-in-law took the child to her parents' house today. Brother Cousin explained casually.

Why don't I paging her and get her back??

It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing going on today. The eldest brother hurriedly waved his hand and said.

Because the relationship between the two adults is close, the two families often move around, and the children are also very familiar with each other. My aunt's eldest cousin is eight years older than my eldest brother, so it can be said that he watched us grow up. I met each other and were very familiar with each other. After gossiping for a while, my eldest brother and I got up and said goodbye.