Early in the morning of the New Year's Day, Zheng Tan heard the voices of Mr. Jiao and Mrs. Jiao. The old people are always used to getting up early, and they are even more diligent during the New Year.
No one slept in today, Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan also got up soon after, there are still many tasks today, and there will be New Year's guests at home. However, when Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan woke up, their vision was still blurred and they were not sober. They were yawning when they smelled the smell of braised pork.
Usually breakfast is lighter, so the two children are thinking, is it possible to change to braised pork for breakfast today? When I was getting dressed, I discovered that there was a red envelope on the bedside.
When I picked it up, I saw that the red envelope was much thicker than what I usually received, and on the back, a greasy cat's paw print with the smell of braised pork was there, and I didn't have to think much to know who it belonged to.
What surprised Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi even more was the 500 yuan in the red envelope.
Zheng Tan has a lot of private money. This Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi have long known that Jiao Yuan has borrowed money from Zheng Tan, but borrowing money is one thing, and receiving "New Year's money" red packets is another. Yuanhe Xiaoyouzi's mood is quite strange and complicated. After all, in their opinion, Zheng Tan's cat is much younger than them, and there are five hundred yuan in it! For a student, that's a lot of money.
Jiao Yuan looked at the red envelope in his hand with a tangled face. He actually wanted to shout "Fuck me" to ease the impact of the red envelope, but obviously not. On the first day of the new year, he didn't want to be trained.
The old man and the old lady saw Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi walking out of their respective rooms, and her eyes narrowed with laughter. Before the two children could say anything, she quickly took out her pocket and handed over the prepared New Year's bag.
Just as Zheng Tan expected, the old man gave all one hundred yuan, and you can tell by the thickness. Zheng Tan couldn't help but be complacent, not as much as I gave.
"Ah, Black Charcoal, and yours."
The old man and the old lady took it out again, and it was the same as in previous years. One of Zheng Tan’s red packets contained dried pork and the other contained dried fish fillets. However, this year, the old man and old lady gave more. In previous years, a red packet only contained one bag. Yes, now with two bags, doubled.
There is also a reason for Zheng Tan's red envelopes to be doubled. The biggest credit for the day before yesterday is Zheng Tan. Although in the eyes of many people, the credit goes to Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi, but the old man and the old lady know that the key role in this is the Zheng Tan, and because of this incident, several cadres in the village came to thank Mr. Jiao, and even two officials in the town came to talk to Mr. Jiao, which made Mr. Jiao save face, and he used to talk to Mr. Jiao. When Mr. Gu from Mom's side chatted, Mr. Gu often got shy. He used to brush his face for everything. Now Mr. Jiao felt that the next time he saw Mr. Gu, he would be able to show off more.
Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi didn't tell the two old people that Zheng Tan gave them a "huge" red envelope, for fear of scaring the old man. Jiao Yuan pulled people into the room while Dad Jiao was free, and told Dad Jiao that Zheng Tan gave them the red envelopes with a face of "sleeping in a big groove".
Dad Jiao pondered for a while, and then said: "Then accept it. According to the age of cats and people, Hei Tan is already middle-aged. You are only a teenager. It is estimated that it will treat you as a junior."
Jiao Yuan: "...don't count it like that."
"This is also the intention of Heitan. Besides, Heitan is a high-paid class who has worked for a few years now. You are still a middle school student, and his monthly salary covers your living expenses for half a year. Oh, it is the salary for making documentaries at the end of the year. More."
Jiao Yuan: "..." It's good to hit people.
There are also many examples of cats from other households giving gifts, such as dead mice, mutilated grasshoppers or other "gadgets", etc. However, the experience of being given New Year's money by their own cats is probably only about Jiao Yuan and Xiao. Only grapefruit can have it, and only they can experience that complicated and tangled feeling.
In the morning, he went out to visit the grave and came back. Zheng Tan found that there was a man sitting in the old house. It was Song Ting. The old man Jiao smiled with chrysanthemums all over his face, and called "Song experts" eagerly.
Compared with when he was tied up, Song Ting looked much better now, and the bruises at the corners of his eyes have faded a lot. Fortunately, the robbers didn't strip off their down jackets directly. Otherwise, they might not be able to wait for rescue. Song Ting was not negative because of what he experienced that day. He looked quite energetic and his complexion was much healthier.
When Song Ting came, Dad Jiao took Jiao Yuan and the others just left. Because Mr. Jiao said that it would not be long, Song Ting sat here and waited. When Dad Jiao and his party came back, a smile flashed in Song Ting's eyes, and his eyes It first landed on Zheng Tan who was wearing a vest, then Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi, and then looked at Jiao's father and Jiao's mother behind.
After saying New Year's greetings, Song Ting took out his pocket.
Zheng Tan groaned inexplicably, always feeling a bad premonition.
Sure enough, the next moment, Song Ting took out from his pocket two big red envelopes with more delicate workmanship that were twice the size of Zheng Tan's, and the red envelopes were quite thick.
When Dad Jiao and Old Man Jiao saw it, they couldn't sit still. They got up and tried to block them back. In the end, they couldn't stand Song Ting's insistence, so they nodded and let the two children accept it.
"Hey, Expert Song, you are too polite!" Mr. Jiao felt a little pressured, and their village had not yet given one thousand New Year's money directly.
Just now, Jiao Yuan went back to the room after receiving the red envelope, and then secretly made a gesture to Dad Jiao and Mr. Jiao, telling them how much was in the red envelope, so that the two of them had a bottom line.
In fact, many of Song Ting's relatives give their children a lot of red envelopes. One thousand and two thousand are normal. It seems that they have given less money. However, this is also a process of replacement. You give his children. How much, he will give it to your children when the time comes, and send red envelopes to each other. If you can't send the lucky money, the red envelopes will be recorded in other things, and you will add them to your share money and return them.
Song Ting didn't like the so-called "reciprocal exchanges". In the past, it was prepared by his wife, but now after his wife went abroad to pursue a PhD, the old man was not around and couldn't give advice. In the end, he decided to follow the method of sending between relatives in the past. The whole big red envelope was given to each of the two children, 1,000.
Song Ting wanted to pack more, but he really thanked these two children. It was the first time this happened in so many years. Fortunately, the two children and the cat helped, otherwise the consequences were really unpredictable, and more red envelopes would do. , but in the end, a few friends from Song Ting's side were suppressed. Generally speaking, in the village, too many people are under pressure. If you want to thank them, other methods are also fine. Therefore, the thousand yuan was the result of Song Ting's reduction of a lot under the persuasion of his friends.
On Zheng Tan's side, when Jiao Yuan went back to the room to look at the red envelopes, he hurriedly followed him. After seeing it, countless "fuck" words in his heart followed the alpaca, and Song Ting's sight was not very good. Originally planned to give the highest red envelope this year, but it was broken before it lasted for two hours.
Zheng Tan was so depressed that he wanted to flip the table, and at the same time he was thinking about saving more cash next year to give it away! At that time, there will also be a larger red envelope with more delicate and beautiful workmanship!
Someone over there came to see Mr. Jiao, and the old man asked Dad Jiao to stay here and talk to Expert Song more. After Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi were called away by Jiao's mother, there were only Jiao's father and Song Ting left here. They were both professors and were about the same age. Although they were engaged in different directions, they were not completely unrelated, and they could talk about common topics. When he got up, Zheng Tan wanted to sleep when he heard the academically advanced thing.
When Zheng Tan woke up after a short sleep, Jiao Dad and Song Ting talked about the loss of orchards after the snow disaster, and they said that they were going to donate money.
Zheng Tan has always been heartless. He has no intention of donating money at all, and he doesn't feel that the money he earns should be given to people he doesn't know. He doesn't need to donate money to gain fame for himself. For the Jiao family and friends he knew, so when Dad Jiao was talking to Song Ting about the donation, Zheng Tan ran out and planned to walk outside.
This year, the festive atmosphere for the New Year in the village is not so strong. Because of this snow disaster, many people who depend on the land for a living have suffered a lot. The people who plant and breed are in the same situation. They are not optimistic. They just want to try their best to save them. some losses.
There are also a lot fewer children playing with firecrackers outside, and they all help the family with their work. The income of the family is directly linked to their future schooling and marriage, so they give up the time to play with firecrackers to work.
Zheng Tan squatted on a big rock beside the dirt road, watching the villagers fleeing nearby.
The two old men passed by on the dirt road in front of them and were talking without noticing Zheng Tan.
Listening to their conversation, it seems to be about everyone donating money together to a family. The family conditions of that family are not very good. There are many problems in the tile house, and it is not reliable. After a snow disaster, half of it collapsed. Fortunately, everyone was fine, and New Year's Eve was barely passed with the help of some people, otherwise I would have to suffer from cold and starvation. Some people in the village wanted to raise money to help them repair their house first, otherwise they would have nowhere to live.
Listening to what the two old people said, the conditions of their own homes are not very good, but they are decent. The son, daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law of the family do not agree with donating money very much, but the old man thinks, do some kind deeds and accumulate more virtue for his son and grandson. This way you can go in peace.
Many people, the older they get, the more they believe in mysterious things, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.
It is said that good people are rewarded, and wicked people are punished by heaven. Zheng Tan used to disdain this, because all kinds of people in the society who cheated, cheated, murdered and stolen goods, and thieves lived in luxury houses, drove luxury cars, and bought high-quality girls. Better than anyone else, but some good people live miserably.
The dereliction of duty in education, the ever-increasing pressure of life, and the growing gap between the rich and the poor, make people overwhelmed, do good deeds and accumulate virtue? No, they believe more and more that money comes first, and as for whether the process is good or bad, what does that matter
However, Zheng Tan suddenly became confused again. He once thought, did he do too many wicked things that he suddenly turned into a cat
There is a vegetable garden across the dirt road. Some of the vegetables in it are frozen to death, but some are still alive on the side near a fence. Angry and expectant.
Zheng Tan watched Cai Ting over there gradually becoming fascinated, until a donkey face suddenly appeared, accompanied by a rather sudden ang ang ang donkey cry, so shocked that Zheng Tan almost jumped up. But the donkey twisted its head, and followed "Grandpa Fifth" with its tail.
Watching the man and the donkey walk away, Zheng Tan stretched and ran to the old house.
After sending Song Ting away, Dad Jiao went into the house to drink water, and as soon as he entered, he found Zheng Tan squatting on the table with his head bowed in a "contemplative" manner, with a bank card under his cat's paws.