On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the Xu family held an engagement banquet at the county guest house.
The relationship between the Li family and the family is average, so Grandma Li took a few daughters to a dinner party.
The Xu family is Xu Shao's grandmother, three aunts, and Xu Shao's stepmother... that is, Zhao Jun's sister.
Li Mingye has acted as a matchmaker, as both a maiden and a mother-in-law.
Because both sides are familiar with each other, this engagement banquet was especially pleasant and it was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Li Mingli was wearing the newly bought clothes for her by Xu Shao, a set of big red skirts, and the long skirts hung down to the feet, showing a particularly thin waist.
She usually doesn't wear makeup, but today Li Mingye painted her a light makeup. He said it was light makeup. In fact, it means putting on lipstick and applying some powder. But as the saying goes, people rely on clothes, horses and saddles, just dress up like this, they are both beautiful and fashionable!
Xu Shao's three aunts are all office workers who eat public meals. They are usually well-dressed, but under Li Mingli's background, they are instantly overshadowed.
On the contrary, Xu Shao's stepmother, Zhao Jun's sister, Zhao Yan, was actually not a few years older than Li Mingli, and she was fairly fashionable, but when it comes to appearance, she is far from Li Mingli.
Seeing such a beautiful Li Mingli, Xu Shao was so excited that he didn't know what to say. It was obvious that this was his home court, but he was embarrassed and speechless.
Fortunately, they were all their own, and they passed away in a round.
When the engagement banquet was about to end, Zhao Yan handed Li Mingli the small purse he had bought. Inside the bag were the gift money and red envelopes for the woman's engagement.
This means that the marriage of the two young people has been booked, and if you continue to discuss it, you have to discuss the marriage.
Xu Shao deliberately drove the Li family back to Beiguan.
After arriving home, Li Mingye urged Li Mingli to take out the red envelopes. The gift money for the engagement belonged to Li Mingli, but the red envelopes belonged to everyone, even Grandma Li.
As soon as Li Mingli took out the red envelope, Li Mingye snatched it, opened one of them, and the stuffed inside was fifty yuan!
This is a big red envelope. At that time, the red envelope for an engagement was usually only 20 yuan, and the gift for fifty was very rare. It was so few that it showed the sincerity of the Xu family.
"Hey, the Xu family is so generous. They gave a red envelope of fifty yuan.
Too! "
Li Mingye exclaimed, and then picked up the gift money to Li Mingli and counted it, it turned out to be five hundred yuan!
You must know that local girls are engaged. Generally, generous people give a deposit of 200 yuan, and even the stingy is only 50 yuan. The Xu family’s engagement cost more than 1,000 yuan, but it is really a big deal. .
Of course, this also shows how much the Xu family attaches importance to Li Mingli.
Li Mingye laughed, "Xiao Li is really blessed, depending on how generous her in-law's family is, how much better than my mother-in-law!"
"That's different. There was no reform and opening up when you got engaged. People are generally poor. Although it has only been four to five years, the situation is really different. Everyone has money."
This is also a fact. Like when Li Mingli was at work, her basic salary was only 20 yuan a month. Now the basic salary is 50 or 60, plus performance and so on, she can get seven or eight every month. It’s ten yuan; and the leather factory where Li Mingye works has been very profitable from opening the factory. Now, on average, he gets nearly one hundred yuan a month... But no one can compare with Li Mingyun. In the past few years, she has been doing business. The family has long been a ten-thousand yuan household, even one hundred thousand yuan, even Li Mingqin, who learned to sell cloth from her, now has a much stronger family base, and there are only two sets of commercial houses.
The sisters were all very happy holding red envelopes.
Li Mingye took over Li Mingli and joked, "Xiaoli, I didn't expect you to be quite valuable!"
Li Mingli rolled her eyes unhappily, "Sister Si, what do you say?"
Today, Li Mingyue was soft with the red envelopes. She is a matchmaker. Double red envelopes. Usually the woman has one red envelope and the man has one red envelope. But if you meet a generous man, you can give two red envelopes directly.
Two red envelopes, that's one hundred yuan!
In the mid-1980s, the purchasing power of one hundred yuan was still very strong, and even Zhao Jun only received more than sixty yuan a month.
Li Mingyue held the red envelope in a good mood and said, "When I go home later, I will show off in front of the third child. His last month shift was not as big as the two red envelopes I earned."
"You can pull it down."
Li Mingye hurriedly stopped, "You see that your third child didn't ask you for money. I dare to make a bet with you. I don't know if you believe it or not? If you take the red envelope back now and expose it in front of the third brother. ,Do not
One day, he can figure out a way to coax your money out to spend it. "
Li Mingyue curled her lips in disbelief: "Your third brother is not such a person."
Unexpectedly, the sisters headed by Li Mingyun retorted her, "It's not this kind of talent, just listen to Ye Ye, and put it away quickly. If it's really your third child, you can ask him to ask Zhao Yan."
Li Mingyue stopped speaking when everyone said so.
Everyone focused on Li Mingli again, "The clothes Xiaoli bought this time are really beautiful."
Li Mingye was very proud of hearing this: "In my eyes, I picked this dress for Xiaoli."
Li Mingyue asked curiously: "Xiao Li wears a skirt on such a cold day, isn't it cold?"
Li Ming Yebai glanced at her, stretched out her hand, and lifted off Li Mingli's long skirt, "Look for yourself, why would it be cold if you wear it like this?"
There are thick woolen trousers under the skirt.
According to Li Mingli's way of dressing, let alone it is cold, it is equivalent to putting on a woolen skirt over the thick woolen trousers that you usually wear. It is thicker than the average person wears. Why will it be cold
Li Mingyue laughed loudly: "Not only will it not be cold to wear this way, it will also be thicker than all of us!"
Now everyone wears more western style than before. No one wears the big cotton pants like the previous ones. Everyone thinks that the cotton pants are wide and thick, bulky and can't fit the body. After replacing them, they will be thick wool pants. Pay attention to one point. If the family condition is good, it is the thick woolen trousers that we knit by ourselves; if the condition is lower, use the blended woolen yarn, the last is the acrylic yarn... The trousers on the outside are the standard equipment for everyone to spend the winter.
Although woolen trousers are not as warm as cotton trousers, it seems that winter is not as cold as in previous years. In winter, everyone usually wears overcoats and duck down jackets, which are more warm, and the clothes are longer, and the legs are not too disgusting. cold.
Li Mingli also smiled: "I was afraid that it would be too cold to wear a skirt. Later, I thought about putting the woolen trousers inside and wearing high boots. I couldn't see it from the outside."
"No matter what you say, we Xiaoli got engaged today, so fast!"
Grandma Li said that her eyes were red, and Xiaoli was her youngest girl, she was a little bit reluctant.
A few daughters rushed to persuade her: "Mom, what did you do on the big day? How nice is Xiaoli to find a good husband. Would you like to see her not getting married?"
(End of this chapter)