Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

Lin Zhengjun laughed and said, "Haha, the so-called lucky money is not just a way to make the children happy. You give as much as they want, and they pay back as much as you want. It's the same as not giving anything back and forth!"

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

Lin Hongyu looked at Zhang Shuqin and said with a smile: "Mom, I do have a question!"

Zhang Shuqin smiled and said, "What's the problem?"

Lin Hongyu smiled and said, "This is my first time being an aunt, so I have no experience in giving out red envelopes. For example, my sister gave one dollar to each of the two children. How much should I give back, one dollar or two dollars?"

Zhang Shuqin smiled and said, "Why ask? It must be one dollar!"

Lin Hongyu deliberately said, "Wouldn't my sister's family be at a disadvantage?"

Zhang Shuqin smiled and said, "What can I do? She has few children. If she wants to break even, she can have another one. Otherwise, she will suffer a loss!"

Everyone started laughing again, and the courtyard was filled with a warm atmosphere.

Lin Zhengjun said with a smile: "Big sister, our mother is encouraging you to have two more children! You two should hurry up and do your best!"

Lin Hongmei shook her head and said, "I'm afraid there's no way to tie it. Kaixuan is now a state cadre and must comply with the family planning policy. He can't have more children!"

Yang Kaixuan also laughed and said, "Yeah, who can be as amazing as Hongyu, who can get pregnant with twins at once? I don't have that ability, so I can't compare to her!"

At this time, Tao Lei smiled and said, "No! Some are better than my mother, they can give birth to three, four, or five children at a time!"

"Triplets? Quadruplets? Impossible? Who told you that?" Lin Hongying asked.

"How is that impossible? I saw it with my own eyes?"

Tao Lei said vigorously.

"Who?" Everyone was curious.

Tao Lei said: "Last year during the National Day holiday, I went back to my hometown with my grandfather and saw the sow in the pigpen next door giving birth to five piglets at once!"

"puff!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed.

Lin Hongyu was so angry that her face turned red. She cursed, "You little bastard, are you scolding me? You're comparing me to a sow!"

After chatting for a while, it was already 11 o'clock. Lin Zhengjun immediately went to the kitchen to cook. His two sisters helped him and Tao Yaowu lit the fire.

During the New Year and other festivals, married women bring their sons-in-law and children and daughters back home to show their filial piety to their elders. The elders have been busy all year and it is time for them to take a break.

There is an old saying in Central Plains that a son-in-law is a "guest at the stove", which means that you cannot act pretentiously when you come home. No matter how high your official rank or how powerful your status is, you still have to work.

The three siblings are all good cooks, especially the eldest sister, who is a professional restaurant owner, so she cooks very quickly!

In a short while, they had prepared eight dishes, four cold and four hot, cooked a pot of dumplings, and filled the table.

Lin Zhengjun took out a bottle of Yangshao and saw the old man still carrying dishes from the kitchen to the living room. He said, "Dad, let's do it. You sit at the head!"

Lin Sanhuai said: "You guys drink, you all have a high alcohol tolerance, I just need to eat some dumplings."

"Hey, are you kidding? You are our father. How can we start the meal if you don't sit at the head of the table?" Yang Kaixuan pushed the old man inside and sat down.

Lin Sanhuai said with a smile: "I should retire. I can't drink as much as you guys, and I can't be as capable as you guys! From now on, I will be the main army to support the family!"

"Hey! Dad, as the old saying goes, no matter how tall a tree is, it can't be higher than the sky. As long as you are alive, you are the sky for your children, and you have to sit on it!"

Lin Zhengjun laughed and said, "This is called etiquette cannot be abolished!"

Tao Yaowu laughed and said, "That makes sense. I thought so too, but I just couldn't say it. You are indeed a writer!"

Everyone laughed.

In Zhongyuan Province, there is a rule passed down from the older generation that when entertaining guests during the Spring Festival, women are not allowed to drink at the table, and they can basically just take a few sips.

The Lin family celebrated the New Year like this in previous years!

Lin Zhengjun said, "Dad, since you said that I can support the family, then I would like to make a suggestion today. Let my mother and sister Xiaofu eat together!"

Lin Sanhuai was very open-minded and said with a smile: "I approve this proposal! The old people said that women hold up half the sky!"

"It may be empty talk in other people's homes, but it is real in our home. Zhengjun's novels and scripts were all written by Xiaofu!"

Then everyone sat in the spacious and bright main room and started the feast.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Lin Hongmei suddenly went into the inner room and came out with a thick stack of banknotes in her hand. She said, "Zhengjun, this is to pay back your share capital, including principal and interest, 900 yuan!"

"Wow! There's interest! Isn't that too polite?" Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

Zhang Shuqin also complained: "Hongmei, Zhengjun is right, we are all family, there is no need to be so formal!"

Lin Hongmei insisted, "Mom, please stop talking. When I was doing business, the first thing Zhengjun taught me was that brothers should settle accounts clearly!"

"He is willing to lend me money and help me, I am already very touched, how can I let him suffer a loss! He can earn interest by depositing his money in the bank and lending it to others!"

After hearing this, Zhang Shuqin stopped talking.

Lin Zhengjun said: "Okay, I'll keep it! My eldest sister's business sense is getting stronger and stronger!"

Lin Hongmei said: "Zhengjun still has dividends! But they are all in the bank! Mr. Bai said that on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the business will be officially opened and you can go to collect the dividends!"

Lin Zhengjun asked: "How much is it?"

"Since opening, the total profit has been more than 12,000! You can get 4,000 or 5,000!" Lin Hongmei said with a smile.

"Ouch!"

"That's a total of three hundred dollars in profit for one day!" Everyone cheered.

Lin Hongyu looked envious and said, "Much better than me, Zhengjun, this won't work, this business is too small, you can show me another way to make a fortune!"

"Why are you never satisfied?"

Lin Zhengjun smiled helplessly: "But don't worry, there will definitely be more to earn! Next year, I will have another big business!"

"Okay, okay! Come on, Hongmei, let's toast to Zhengjun and my sister-in-law together!" Tao Yaowu raised his glass quickly.

The four of them had a drink together.

Lin Zhengjun looked at Yang Kaixuan, raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand, and said, "Brother-in-law, seeing that your family has made so much money, I'm happy for you. Let's join hands and shout a few words!"

Putting hands together is a local etiquette before playing guessing numbers, and it also refers to the act of guessing numbers and playing finger-guessing games.

Guessing the number is also called rock-paper-scissors in the Huanghuai area.

The winner is the one whose total number of fingers shown equals the number called out. If neither of them calls out the correct number, it is a tie and the game continues with guessing.

You should stretch out the number with your hand and shout out the number with your mouth at the same time. There should be no time difference, otherwise the coin will be lost, also called dropped coin. Only stretching out the hand or only shouting out the number is also called lost coin.

Rock, paper, scissors, is divided into 28 beats and 24 beats according to the different interval time.

There are also some rules, such as you cannot show your index finger, middle finger, little finger, ring finger alone, etc.

In Lin Zhengjun's view, guessing numbers is not a purely random game.

Instead, it is an intellectual game that tests the player's eyesight, ability to capture the opponent's number patterns, quick calculation and even psychological warfare.

Yang Kaixuan shook Lin Zhengjun's hand to show his friendship, and said with a smile: "Today is the New Year and the New Year. We, the younger generation, have come to visit our parents. We are also happy to see that our parents are in good health. Then let's shout a few times to make some fun!"

These words are actually similar to a toast, but more down-to-earth and more intimate!

"Well, one pot of wine and three taels of wine count as one game. We have to play three games to have fun!" Lin Zhengjun said murderously.

"Yaowu pour the wine, let's get started!"

They both opened their hands, then stretched out their hands to write numbers and shouted loudly.

"Hello, brothers!"

"Four Seasons Wealth!"

"You lose, drink! Hahaha! Don't just drink, eat some food!"

"Keep going, Qia Qi Mei!"

"The top five!"

The two of them shouted so loudly that the roof shook. Tang Xiaofu and Lin Hongying both covered their ears and ran outside.

Between winning and losing, they would drink and chat, laugh and have fun, and would make fun of the other party for losing, feeling proud;

But if the other party loses too badly, they will take the initiative to offer "wine blessing" to share the burden; they will also argue endlessly because the other party is a beat slower...

In short, it was so noisy, and the shouting seemed to express the energy and spirit, and the blessing that the new year will be better and better.