Ding Qiunan glanced at Li Chu and did not open the box. Instead, he took out a handkerchief from the inner pocket of his clothes with a roll of money wrapped in it.
"This is the money I saved from working for a year."
Ms. Xiao Ding has only been working for a year, and her monthly salary is only 20 yuan, and she has to pay 10 yuan to her family.
Li Chu picked up the money the girl had saved and counted it. It totaled seventy-six yuan and thirty-seven cents. Calculated, she spent less than five yuan every month.
Li Chu neatly numbered the money one by one and looked at Ding Qiunan: "My daughter-in-law is really amazing, she is a good woman who lives a good life! I am so lucky to marry you!"
The girl wrinkled her nose at him.
Lowering his head and opening the wooden box, Ding Qiunan took one look, covered his mouth, immediately closed it again, rushed over and grabbed Li Chu's arm: "Li...Li Chu, how...how...how could it be like this?"
So much money, what did you do? Don’t scare me, okay?”
Li Chu took the girl over with some pity and asked her to sit on his lap.
He took out the money in the box and prepared it yesterday. He definitely couldn't tell the truth. If he told it, Ding Qiunan would not be afraid, but would think he was a monster.
"I earn all the money. You know I often visit doctors, and there are many people who come to me privately to treat men's diseases. These people will not give less."
"Really, Li Chu? When I marry you, I just want to live a good life with you. Please don't do anything bad, okay?" Ding Qiunan raised his head and looked at Li Chu.
Li Chu lowered his head and looked into Ding Qiunan's eyes: "Don't worry Qiunan, I won't do anything bad."
Miss Xiao Ding stretched out her hand and hooked Li Chu's neck and said: "Love me!" Then she kissed him crazily.
Can this be tolerated? Of course not, Li Chu responded enthusiastically.
"Lights, turn off the lights!" Miss Ding said while she was breathing.
Li Chu hurriedly ran over and turned off the lights. Miss Ding put all the things on the bed in the corner, took out a white towel from her pocket and spread it on the bed.
"Bata" the light went out!
...
"Bah!" Li Chu stretched his arms and turned on the light again.
The two of them were covered with quilts. Li Chu held the girl who was lying in a ball in his arms and lit a post-event cigarette.
The girl huddled tightly in his arms, her face flushed, and she was embarrassed to open her eyes.
After finishing the cigarette, Li Chu patted the girl's back and said, "I'll go get a basin of water and bring it up to wipe your body."
The girl said nothing and pulled the quilt over her head.
Li Chu smiled and got out of bed.
I went downstairs and wiped myself with cold water.
Then he fetched another basin of water, mixed it with hot water and went upstairs.
Ding Qiunan wanted to wipe her body, but the pain was unbearable when she moved, so she had no choice but to give up, and continued to cover her head with the quilt, playing the role of an ostrich.
After wiping the girl's body, she picked up the basin and went down to fill it with water.
When he came up again, the girl was wearing her top and leaning on the inside of the bed. The bed was tidied and the quilt was remade. Li Chu got into the bed and looked at Ding Qiunan: "Why are you wearing clothes? Come on, let me
I’m holding it.”
The girl looked at him with a red face and smiled, but said nothing.
He reached out and took out the small box that he had just pushed to the corner of the bed, put it next to him, and opened the lid. Inside it was tied with a rope, and there were seven bundles worth 10 yuan each.
Ding Qiunan took it out, looked at it, and asked, "How much is this?"
"Each stack is 1,000, totaling 7,000."
The loose money was also 10 yuan. Ding Qiunan counted 65 pieces, totaling 7650. There were also 10 large yellow croakers placed under the box. No wonder it was so heavy when I took it out just now.
Ding Qiunan looked at the money and the big yellow croaker in the box and asked stupidly: "These are really all ours?"
"Of course, I don't leave this to you, you will be the head of our family from now on."
"But with so much money, where should I put it?" The girl had a headache.
Li Chu pointed to the cabinet and said, "There is a baffle in our cabinet that can be opened. I didn't know it when I bought the cabinet. After opening it, the box just fits in. This box was originally placed there."
After a pause, Li Chu continued: "There is also a small drawer in that cabinet. My household registration book, grain book, coal book, and our family's tickets are all placed in it."
Ding Qiunan planned to get out of bed and take a look, but realized that he was not wearing pants and retreated into bed again. He covered the box, put it back in the corner of the bed, and then got under the bed covers.
He took off his clothes under the quilt and crawled into Li Chu's arms like a kitten.
The two people just hugged each other tightly, saying some personal words, reminiscing about the past and yearning for the future.
Just like that, they both fell asleep slowly, with a smile still hanging on the girl's lips.
When Li Chu woke up in the morning, Miss Ding was like an octopus, wrapping her arms and legs around him.
Li Chu reluctantly suppressed the idea of tossing it once and slowly moved out of bed.
I went downstairs and lit the stove, filled the water, and then went out for a run.
When I came back, I bought four mutton buns at the entrance of the alley.
When I got home, I washed up first, then poured boiling water into the hot water kettle, and started making rice porridge again.
Li Chu sat by the stove, lit a cigarette, and slowly stirred the porridge in the pot with a spoon.
At this time, Ding Qiunan came down and saw Li Chu sitting by the stove. He came over and sat on his lap, hugging his neck: "Why did you get up so early?"
"I didn't eat last night. I was afraid that you would be hungry. I ran out this morning and bought some steamed buns stuffed with mutton. I also made porridge. It's almost ready. Go and wash it. You can eat it later." Li
Chu patted the girl's round buttocks.
After breakfast, they both packed themselves up and went out together to go to the street where Li Qin worked. They wanted to get their marriage certificate today.
When he came out of the street office, Li Chu held a marriage certificate in his hand. It was the same size as a certificate. It was just a piece of paper with no photo on it.
There is also a ticket, which is only for weddings. With the ticket, you can buy two kilograms each of candy, peanuts, and melon seeds, which every newlywed couple has.
Li Chu stood on the roadside in front of the street office, carefully reading every word on the marriage certificate, grinning like a fool.
Ding Qiunan couldn't stand it any longer, so she patted him: "You look silly, you haven't seen enough yet!"
Li Chuzai folded the marriage certificate carefully and put it into his satchel.
"Ahem" he cleared his throat, looked at Ding Qiunan seriously and said: "Comrade Ding Qiunan, I am a new husband, please give me your advice in the future!" After saying that, he raised his hand to Ding Qiunan.
After hearing what he said, Ding Qiunan's already bright eyes seemed to be even brighter, and she followed his example and cupped her hands: "Comrade Li Chu, I am a wife for the first time. Please give me your advice in the future."