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Chapter 3 Pocket Money

Xu Changying had lunch in the factory and did not go home.

Usually Jiang Dongping cooks at noon, but now that Jiangnan is on holiday, Jiang Dongping completely lets himself go and forgets about his son.

When Jiang Nan returned home, there was no one at home, and the pots and stoves in the kitchen were cold.

Jiang Nan thought about how he came here in his previous life, thought about it, and without any clue, decided to go to Wang Sihai's house to have a meal.

There are many dormitories in the supply and marketing cooperative, distributed in various areas of the compound. Jiangnan's family is in a small courtyard in the northeast of the compound. It belongs to the leadership family area. Currently, only Jiangnan's family lives there.

Wang Sihai's family lives in an open two-story building to the west of the compound, more than 200 meters away.

It was still early, so Jiangnan walked slowly and leisurely.

"My eldest nephew, it's time to eat, what are you going to do?"

Jiang Nan heard someone calling him, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Jin Beibei's father, Jin Gui.

If anyone in the supply and marketing cooperative has the best relationship with Jiang Dongping, everyone will say Jin Gui.

After Jiang Dongping graduated from university, he worked as a substitute teacher in a rural middle school for a year, and became colleagues with Jin Gui.

After graduating from high school, Jin Gui worked as a substitute teacher. Later, when the supply and marketing cooperative was recruiting workers, he and Jiang Dongping took the exam together and passed the exam.

"Hello Uncle Jin, I'm going to see Wang Sihai to play." Jiang Nan said with a smile.

"Let's go to my uncle's house for dinner, and then go after dinner. I heard that your father has something to do in the county today, and there is no one at home to cook." Jin Gui hugged Jiangnan and pulled him to his home.

Jin Beibei sat at the table, tapping the bowl with chopsticks and muttering: "Mom, when will my dad come back? I'm almost starving to death."

Jiang Xiaomei brought the cooked fish to the table, patted Jin Beibei on the head and said, "Don't knock the bowl. Your father will be back soon. Besides, you are on vacation now, so what does it matter if you eat late?"

"I'm back." Jin Gui's voice came from afar.

"Dad, why are you back so late? I'm starved to death." Jin Beibei said coquettishly. When he turned around and saw Jiang Nan following Jin Gui, he felt a little embarrassed.

"Why are you here?" Jin Beibei asked.

"You kid, how can you talk?" Jiang Xiaomei patted Jin Beibei's head again.

"Haha, I'll help you with the meal." Jiang Nan said with a smile.

"Cengfan? What Cengfan?" Jin Beibei had never heard of this word.

Only then did Jiang Nan remember that his family didn't talk like this.

"I'm just shameless enough to come to your house for dinner." Jiang Nan explained.

"My eldest nephew, you are just saying this. I have watched you grow up. Even if you come to my uncle's place for dinner every day, your uncle will welcome you." Jin Gui suddenly became unhappy.

"Haha, uncle, I just want to explain what cengfan means." Jiang Nan said with a smile.

"I always feel that you are weird." Jin Beibei said with a little pout.

After dinner, Jiang Xiaomei cleared the table. Just as Jiang Nan was about to get up and say goodbye and go home, she heard Jin Beibei say: "Dad, give me pocket money?"

Jin Gui took out the money from his pocket as he was used to it, counted out two pieces of ten yuan and handed them to Jin Beibei, "Save it and spend it until the Chinese New Year."

Jin Beibei took it and said, "Dad, today is only the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. It costs one yuan a day, so you have to give me twenty-two."

Jin Gui looked at his daughter, was stunned for a moment, and helplessly took out two crumpled dollars from another pocket.

Jin Beibei took the two dollars, smoothed them carefully, put them together with the twenty, and asked casually: "Jiangnan, how much pocket money do you have?"

Jiang Xiaomei said sternly: "Beibei, our family is our family, and Nannan's family is Nannan's family. The conditions of each family are different, so we can't compare them like this."

"I'm just asking?" Jin Beibei flattened his mouth and said dissatisfied.

"I don't have pocket money." Jiang Nan spread his hands and said honestly.

"You're talking nonsense." Jin Beibei stood up and instantly transformed into Detective Conan, pointing at Jiangnan and said excitedly.

Jiang Nan scratched his head inexplicably and looked at Jin Beibei in confusion.

Jin Gui and Jiang Xiaomei also looked at their daughter in surprise, wondering what kind of crazy thing this girl is.

"You bought hairpins for Xu Xiaofen this morning." Jin Beibei saw everyone looking at her, then sat down slowly and accused.

The three of them looked at Jiangnan at the same time, and the air was filled with the smell of gossip.

"She didn't have any change at the time. I happened to have a forty cent coin in my pocket, so I helped pay the thirty cent cent. I bought two bubble gums for Sihai with the remaining ten cents. You even ate one," Jiang Nan said with a smile.

Jin Beibei's parents turned to Jin Beibei at the same time, their eyes clearly curious: Bubble gum, what bubble gum?

"Why don't you have pocket money?" Jin Beibei was still unwilling.

"Why don't I have pocket money? Yes, why don't I have pocket money?" Jiang Nan said to himself.

"Go back and ask your dad for it. You are such an adult and you don't have any pocket money. No wonder I didn't see you buying snacks at school. It turns out you have no money." Jin Beibei opened his mouth and instantly received a critical hit of 10,000 points.

Yes, I'm in my thirties... no, I'm in my teens, and I don't have a penny on me, Jiang Nan thought to himself.

"Beibei, what you said makes me think Jiangnan is confused." Jiang Xiaomei scolded her daughter.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Sihai arrived as promised, and Xu Xiaofen also came after a while. She still had the new hairpin she bought in the morning on her head. The two of them sat next to Jiang Nan, one on the left and one on the right.

Jiang Nan was in a daze, thinking about how to ask his father for pocket money, but then he thought about it, this was his father more than 20 years ago, and he asked for money for the first time when they met, and he couldn't ask for it.

Seeing that he was in a daze, Xu Xiaofen secretly glanced at Wang Sihai from behind, then pointed at Jiangnan and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Wang Sihai shook his head and said, "I don't know what happened to him."

"How much pocket money do you have?" Jiang Nan said without looking back.

Xu Xiaofen and Wang Sihai immediately stopped communicating and said in unison: "What did you say?"

"Let me ask, how much pocket money do you two have?" Jiang Nan asked again.

Wang Sihai carefully took out three five-yuan bills from the inner pocket of his cotton-padded jacket, hesitated for a moment, then put back one, and then said: "I have ten yuan here."

"I only have five yuan in my pocket, and I still have a lot at home. How much do you want?" Xu Xiaofen also quickly took out the money from her pocket.

Jiang Nan looked at the money handed over from both sides and knew that they were thinking wrongly. He shook his head and said, "Will your parents give you pocket money regularly?"

Wang Sihai wiped the sweat from his forehead, took the money back, and said, "If you don't do well in the exam, you'll get thirty yuan a month. If you do well in the exam, you'll get sixty yuan a month."

Jiang Nan asked in surprise: "Is it so elastic up and down?"

Wang Sihai wiped away his sad tears and said: "If you do well in the exam, you will be a young master. You will greet me with a smile, hold out your hands when you wear clothes, and open your mouth when you have food. If you do not do well in the exam, you will be a servant. You will be an eyesore everywhere. In the least case, you will be scolded, and in the worst case, you will be beaten and scolded."

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Jiang Nan nodded and said, "Well, you have portrayed your father's snobbish image very well. People are snobbish about money, but your father is concerned about scores."

"Oh, you summed it up brilliantly." Wang Sihai praised with a lack of understanding.

Jiang Nan stopped talking to him and turned to look at Xu Xiaofen.

"I give you twenty yuan a week, and I can give you more if you want." Xu Xiaofen said weakly.

"What?" Wang Sihai looked at Xu Xiaofen in disbelief, "This is totally unreasonable. Do your parents have any requirements for giving you pocket money?"

"Is twenty a week a lot?" Xu Xiaofen answered the question with a blank expression on her face.

"An ordinary employee in a food factory only earns a little over 400 yuan a month. You do nothing and are guaranteed 80 yuan a month. What do you think?" Wang Sihai asked.

"Oh, then their wages are really low." Xu Xiaofen said weakly.

"Sister, your pocket money is very high, okay?" Wang Sihai was a little excited.

"I'm younger than you." Xu Xiaofen said lightly.

"The important thing is not age." Wang Sihai blushed and roared.

Jiang Nan didn't even hear what they were arguing about. He silently made a calculation in his mind. It seems that the market price is at least thirty, and it can fluctuate a little higher. Just like his father, it is fifty-one months. The bottom line is thirty, which is better than the upper.
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