Early in the morning on September 15th, Shen Yi ran over with gifts.
Li Chu looked at the stacks of red envelopes wrapped in red paper placed on the coffee table, and raised his finger.
"What's wrong, are you buying my daughter?"
"Uncle, you misunderstood. This is a betrothal gift from our family." Shen Yi felt as if he had been stabbed by a needle under his buttocks. He stood up immediately and waved his hands quickly.
There were many people in the living room, including Ding's father, Ding's mother, sister, brother-in-law, and Ding Qiunan, but they all just watched quietly, and no one spoke.
When Wen Hui saw Shen Yi coming over just now, she just came out to say hello and ran to the Wenxuan room in the front yard.
"Okay, sit down. Since it is a bride price, I will accept it, but I will give the money to Hui Hui exactly. What she wants to do with it in the future is her business."
Hearing that his future father-in-law agreed to accept it, Shen Yi was slightly relieved. To be honest, his father-in-law often likes to deal with cards, and he would not be able to pick Wenhui away from here until the wedding day. Completely relieved.
"Thank you, uncle. I still have this here." Shen Yi took out a few more red envelopes from his pocket and handed them over.
"Uncle, this is the red envelope given to Xiaobao by me, my parents and my grandfather."
"Well, I want to take the stinky treasure that was given to our family. When I get back, thank your grandpa and your parents for me."
"I understand, uncle, you're welcome."
"How is the house being cleaned up?"
"We basically have everything we need to buy, but Huihui and I had some differences when it came to buying a washing machine."
Hey, this makes Li Chu look at this prospective son-in-law with admiration. You dare to tell me if you have any differences with my daughter.
"What's going on?"
"Uncle, I want to buy a double-cylinder washing machine for my home, which can wash and dry at the same time. I think it is more convenient, but Huihui thinks it is expensive, so she wants to buy a single-cylinder washing machine. That's why we decided There was a little bit of disagreement.”
"Are you planning to take her with you later to go shopping?"
"Hey, I have this idea." Shen Yi scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Then you two have differences and haven't reconciled, so why are you taking her with you?"
"We can talk slowly. I can't make any decisions on my own when buying such a big thing. The two of us have to discuss it before buying it."
Regardless of whether he deliberately told his fiancée's parents' family, this attitude is not bad.
Ding Ma opened her mouth to say something, but Ding Qiunan, who was sitting next to her, saw her and quickly pulled her arm to signal her not to speak yet.
Li Chu patted Xiao Hei who was lying at his feet and said, "Go, go to the front yard and call Wen Hui over."
"Woof" said in a low voice, and Xiao Hei rushed out.
Within two minutes, Wen Hui opened the curtain and walked in.
"Dad, please call me. Oh, Mom, grandma, grandpa, aunt and uncle, you are all here."
Li Wenhui glanced at her fiancé, then obediently took the little Maza from Xiaohei's mouth and sat down in front of the coffee table.
Shen Yi moved his butt. He originally wanted his fiancée to come over and squeeze with him on the sofa, but when he saw his father-in-law's face, he swallowed his words again.
"Huihui, Xiaoyi said you two didn't agree to buy a washing machine together."
"Ah? He also said that?" Wen Hui glanced at Shen Yi with some embarrassment, nodded and said: "Well, isn't the one we use at home a single-cylinder one? I think it's very useful. The one with double cylinders A hair dry is so expensive all of a sudden, I don’t think it’s worth it.”
"I know it's a good thing to save money, but the situation is different from our family's situation."
"Huh? Why is it different?"
"No matter whether it is wet or dry, our house has a yard to dry it. I remember your house is on the fourth floor. If it is wet and dripping, where do you dry it? On the balcony? The water is dripping all over the ground. If you dry it outside, the water will drip to the ground.
It would be strange if the people downstairs don’t scold me. So you can’t compare that place with ours.
Just listen to Xiaoyi, it is indeed much more convenient to buy a double-tank one. You can wash one side thoroughly and dry the other side, how good it is."
Wenhui grew up in this kind of courtyard and had never lived in a unit building, so she didn't know that although living in a unit building was convenient, it was far inferior to her home.
Now she hasn't lived in the past and hasn't experienced it yet. It would be strange if she could get used to it after getting married.
"Then...then how do other people wash things if they don't have a washing machine?"
"Catch the basin. Hang the clothes on the clothes drying rack on the balcony, then put a basin underneath and try to let the water drip into the basin."
"Ah? It's so troublesome." Li Wenhui's face wrinkled up.
"Don't they say it's convenient to live in a unit building? How come it's so troublesome to wash clothes?"
"It's a convenient place, Hui Hui." Shen Yi couldn't help it and said hurriedly: "It's convenient to go to the bathroom, there's heating in winter, and our yard is now connected to a gas pipeline..."
The more he spoke, the softer his voice became, and then he stopped awkwardly.
And Li Wenhui looked at him as if she was asking him again, are you kidding me? Which of the things you mentioned don't exist at home?
Ding Ma over there couldn't bear it anymore, she interrupted: "Huihui, what Xiaoyi is talking about is indeed the benefits of living in a unit building. In a courtyard like ours, everyone queues up to go to the toilet in the public restroom outside.
Yes, the water pipes are all in the yard. In winter, we have to find a way to wrap the water pipes, otherwise they will freeze.
As for heating, except for the boiler your dad bought for us and we burn it ourselves, other people’s homes rely on honeycomb briquette stoves for heating in winter. As for the problem of dripping clothes while drying, it happens to every family, not just yours."
"Oh" grandma said, and Wen Hui responded obediently.
"Okay, since you are going to buy a washing machine, you two should go quickly. Xiaoyi, do you have enough money?"
"That's enough, Uncle Li."
"That's enough dad, if he doesn't have enough, I still have some here."
"Okay, you two go quickly. Come over for lunch. I just asked Xu Yang's family to bring food over."
"I know dad. Let's go Shen Yi."
"Okay, Uncle Li, Aunt Li, uncle, aunt, grandma and grandpa, let's go out first."
"Go quickly."
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After they left, Li Chu asked Ding Qiunan to collect the money wrapped in red paper on the table and then hand it over to Wen Hui.
"Xiao Chu, do you really plan to let Hui Hui take all the money?"
"Yes, Mom."
"Then..." Mother Ding looked at her son-in-law and suddenly didn't know what to say. She could only wave her hand: "Forget it, I'm old and can't keep up with your thoughts. You can figure it out yourself.
"
Father Ding sat aside and just smoked, not saying a word from beginning to end.
In their family, basically once Ding's mother speaks, Ding's father will not speak again.
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