Siheyuan: Start with a Truck Driver

Chapter 311 Counting Red Envelopes

It was early morning.

The rising sun hangs low on the row upon row of tube buildings, and the faint golden light spreads all over the land of the capital, coating the wedding procession with a layer of light golden brilliance, making the eyes of the onlookers stupefied.

"My dear, with such a big battle, which family is this getting married?"

"In the courtyard of the rolling mill, who else can set up such a big scene except Wang Weidong!"

"Wang Weidong? Is that the young man who became the deputy factory director at a young age?"

"Who else is there besides him? I heard that they went to Hong Kong City this time and earned a lot of foreign exchange."

"Tsk tsk."

Amidst the admiration, Wang Weidong parked the motorcycle, but Ding Qiunan did not get off immediately.

Instead, after Wang Weidong got off the car, he hugged her off the motorcycle in the posture of a princess.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Wang Weidong feels that after pregnancy, Ding Qiunan seems to be heavier than before.

He didn't think much about it, stepped on the smoldering firecracker paper, carried Ding Qiunan into the house.

Then the wedding was held under the auspices of Liu Feng.

The whole process is not complicated. After all, Wang Weidong's parents are not around, so many things can be omitted directly.

I just offered a cup of tea to Director Yang and his wife, who attended as Wang Weidong's adoptive father and foster mother.

With their identities, Wang Weidong was not wronged.

In addition, since he entered the rolling mill, Director Yang has supported Wang Weidong a lot. The matter of Lou Xiao'e was also the last thing that Director Yang helped Wang Weidong clean up. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is so kind.

Wang Weidong, who kowtowed a few times, felt at ease.

And Yang Zhenhua and Mrs. Yang were also very happy. They had no children under their knees, and they suddenly had an adopted son, not to mention how happy they were.

After Wang Weidong and Ding Qiunan served tea, they directly gave a thick red envelope.

Mrs. Yang even pulled Ding Qiunan to talk about the daily life.

After a whole set of procedures is completed, it enters the stage of eating.

Nanyi, Mrs. Niu and Niu Aihua had already prepared the food. As soon as they heard that the food was served, they immediately served the prepared food.

If you want to talk about Nanyi's craftsmanship, there is really nothing to say.

I don't know if the taste is good or not, but the appearance, it is not an exaggeration to judge a tire factory as three stars in the future.

Wang Weidong also spent a lot of money this time, and directly prepared ten dishes, almost all of which were meat.

The name of the dish is also very nice.

{Long Luck} Fried Noodles
{Resonance of Spring Announcing Dawn}, mandarin duck and chicken
{Quan Long He Xin Xi}, boiled shrimp
{Gold all over the floor}, stir-fried pineapple bone
{Both heads are old}, pork belly with ginkgo fruit in soup

{scallops together}, steamed scallops
{Sinking fish and wild goose beauty}, water fish and chicken soup

{Pretty and extravagant}, steamed flower twigs

{Golden Waist Pregnant Prince}, diced cashew nuts
{flying together}, steamed white pigeon
If it weren't for the fear of showing too much to attract attention, Wang Weidong even thought that every table would have a roast suckling pig.

But right now, these dishes are already too enviable.

Usually everyone can't eat meat a few times a month, but now it's all meat.

It is estimated that there are not many marriages in the entire capital that can be more arrogant than Wang Weidong.

But there is no way, people are rich.

Wang Weidong's ability to earn foreign exchange is really enviable.

For the banquet this time, Wang Weidong only invited Yan Bugui's family, as well as the old Li Tou and his wife, and by the way, Yu Qiuhua also invited them over.

Yu Qiuhua didn't want to come because she felt sorry for Wang Weidong, but in the end it was Mrs. Yang and Director Wang who pulled her here.

Except for them, Wang Weidong didn't call anyone else in the yard.

But these people still ran to the outside of the yard to watch, because the aroma of the food was so enticing.

It's just that they could only watch helplessly, Wang Weidong had no intention of inviting them to the table at all.

The three brothers and sisters of stick and stem even crawled under the table, trying to steal something to eat.

But after being picked up by the thin monkey, he threw it directly to Qin Jingru, and gave him a vicious warning.

Stick is still not convinced, and wants to swear.

Why can others eat it, but they can't?
As a result, Factory Director Yang glanced over at her, and Qin Jingru was so frightened that he immediately covered her mouth.

During the salute just now, Qin Huairu also went to watch.

Knowing that Yang Zhenhua is a big shot they can't afford to provoke.

If he offends him, Qin Huairu will definitely deal with her when he comes back.

This girl from the country was quite strong, no matter how hard the stick struggled, she couldn't break free from her grasp.

If it wasn't for a neighbor who noticed that Bang Geng had rolled his eyes and hurriedly told Qin Jingru to let go, Bang Geng might just pass by like this.

After the food and wine were ready, Wang Weidong took Ding Qiunan and a group of brothers to toast.

The first one to go was naturally Yang Zhenhua's table, not to mention that he is now Wang Weidong's adoptive father, just because he is a superior leader, he must be at the top of the list.

This table is also occupied by the leadership of the rolling mill.

Because many people have to go to work in the afternoon, they can only replace wine with tea.

After Wang Weidong said a few words, without any ambiguity, he directly drank two glasses of Moutai.

Successfully hooked up these people's alcohol addiction, and the eyes of these leaders were straightened.

It's a pity that it's a rule not to drink alcohol during work hours, and it's because they are giving Wang Weidong face by being able to come to eat this meal.

How dare you break the rules.

After respecting the leader, he went to the table of relatives in the Ding family.

Ding Boren also came over in a timely manner and introduced Wang Weidong one by one.

Ding Boren himself has two older brothers and three older sisters, all of whom are educated, and now they all belong to the well-established type.

But compared with Wang Weidong, it is still a lot worse.

During the toast, nothing bloody happened.

After respecting relatives, they are brothers and friends.

Nanyi and Li Aiguo teamed up to drink Wang Weidong's wine.

The result was suppressed by Ding Qiunan.

When defending Wang Weidong, Ding Qiunan was not ordinary domineering.

Nan Yi who bore the brunt was even beaten back by Ding Qiunan's words.

"Nan Yi, do you still want me to introduce someone to you?"

Hearing this, Nan Yi was immediately frightened.

He is not too young, and he looks forward to marrying a wife every day.

But he looked down on those with mediocre conditions, and always wanted to find someone who was educated and reasonable. Didn't he have to wait for Ding Qiunan's introduction?

Nan Yi, who had the most trouble, was repulsed, and the rest of the people did not dare to boo again.

In the end, it was Wang Weidong who stood up and toasted his brothers and friends three times in a row.

After a round of walking, Wang Weidong's face was somewhat drunk.

Fortunately, he has a good capacity for alcohol, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground after drinking so much.

After one o'clock, the guests gradually dispersed, and many people still had to go to work in the afternoon.

Only Mrs. Niu and those who don't have to go to work are left to help clean up.

Most of those leftovers were given to the guests. According to the current rules, in addition to towels and fruit red envelopes, some leftovers must be brought back to the guests.

In the era of food shortage, no one would dislike this.

Even the half bottle of Moutai left was taken away by Yu Changsheng, saying that he wanted to take it back for his old man to try it out.

After seeing off the guests, Wang Weidong and Ding Qiunan helped clear the table.

Afterwards, he hid in the room, locked the door, and began to liquidate today's gains.

There were twelve tables set up for today's wedding banquet, each of which was full of people.

These guests will not come empty-handed, they will either pack red envelopes, or directly buy practical gifts for them.

"Ah, this is a cashmere quilt, it's too expensive, Weidong, look who gave it to you."

Hearing this, Wang Weidong hurriedly picked up the list and looked it up.

After turning two pages, I finally found the person who delivered the quilt.

"This is from Father Yang."

"Director Yang? But hasn't he already made a red envelope?" Ding Qiunan asked suspiciously.

"Quickly look through his red envelopes and see how much he has packed!" Ding Qiunan urged.

Wang Weidong nodded when he heard the words, and found the red envelope with Yang Zhenhua's name on it from the pile of red envelopes.

When he opened it, Wang Weidong fell silent for a moment.

Seeing his appearance, Ding Qiunan couldn't help pushing him, and asked, "Why aren't you talking? How much did Father Yang pack?"

"180 eight."

"what?"

Ding Qiunan's eyes widened in an instant, the current wages are all transparent.

Yang Zhenhua only makes about 100 yuan a month now.

Unexpectedly, he actually paid the two of them a salary of one and a half months.

It would be a lie to say that the two were not moved.

"Weidong, daddy has pocketed so much money, should we pay it back?" Ding Qiunan asked worriedly.

Wang Weidong shook his head.

When he first saw the amount in the red envelope, he was also taken aback, but thought about it in no time.

"Father really treats us as his own children, we just need to be more filial to him in the future."

Even if there are enough children in the future, such as ten or eight, it is not impossible to change one of them to Yang.

When others treated him with sincerity, Wang Weidong naturally had to reciprocate with sincerity.

Only sincerity can be exchanged for sincerity.

Anyway, no matter what the surname is, the child is still his child, and this will never change.

Ding Qiunan nodded after listening to Wang Weidong's words.

Everyone recognizes Yang Zhenhua as godfather, and it is only natural to be filial to him.

Then the two began to count the things the guests sent.

It's really varied and has everything.

For example, Niu Zhijun even gave Wang Weidong a Shanghai clock, the kind with mechanical winding.

The case is old-fashioned wooden, and the wooden case is painted with dark red lacquer.

The dial of the clock was silver-white, and there was a pendulum ringing with steel sounds hanging below it, and the pendulum was walking with a click.

Although this thing is durable, the longer it is available, the greater the time difference.

Someone also sent a mirror screen.

This kind of mirror that can stand on the table is very fashionable in this era, but in Wang Weidong's view, it is a tasteless one.

After all, he really couldn't appreciate the bright red happy characters and the pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water.

But anyway, it's someone's wish, so naturally it can't be thrown away directly.

Just put it aside.

When Qin Huairu's room is bought to be used as a utility room one day, this thing can be hung there.

Except for the clock and the mirror screen, most of the other people's gifts are practical things.

There are three or four stainless steel basins, and two spittoons.

There is also delivery of fabrics.

This is what Wang Weidong said not to send furniture and electrical appliances, otherwise these things may fill the whole room.

After all, these brothers and friends of Wang Weidong, as well as the relatives of the Ding family, are not bad in terms of living conditions, and they are all of the kind with units.

After tidying up for a long time, I finally sorted out those gifts.

Except for those that can be used now, Wang Weidong put all the others in the corner.

The originally wide space instantly shrank a lot.

After washing their hands, Wang Weidong and Ding Qiunan entered their favorite part - counting red envelopes.

Ding Qiunan was in charge of counting, and Wang Weidong was in charge of keeping accounts.

These are all favors, and they will have to return them when they get married in the future.

Those who waived the gift money in later generations were tantamount to making a bad start.If you are in good condition, you can be exempted.

But for those with bad conditions, should you accept them when they invite you?

Marriage is inherently expensive. Take today's banquet as an example, not counting Nanyi's wages, each table cost a full 23 yuan.

Receiving a gift belongs to the big guy's blessing and help to this new family, and giving more or less represents the heart.

Exempting gifts and cash is equivalent to cutting off human relations directly.

The person who took your money earlier, you are exempt from courtesy, and you want him to eat and drink for free, how can you be embarrassed?
"Slim Monkey 38, Yu Changsheng 38, Niu Zhijun 48, Liu Feng 68..."

The more Ding Qiunan read it, the more surprised he was. None of Wang Weidong's brothers and friends were under 36, and even Nanyi gave 37 yuan. You must know that his monthly salary is only [-] yuan.

Wang Weidong had expected this long ago, these are all good buddies.

Shouhou and Yu Changsheng were transferred from driver to workshop because of him.

Now they have all become team leaders, and their salaries have increased a lot.

In addition, there is a monthly bonus in the workshop. Thirty yuan may be a bit painful to them, but it will never hurt the bones.

Not to mention Nanyi.

If it weren't for Wang Weidong, he wouldn't be able to return to his position as the monitor of the cafeteria class, and he might still be cleaning the toilets now.

Coupled with his rich background, this little money is nothing to him.

The only thing that surprised Wang Weidong was that Liang Ladi also paid 26 yuan.

Although she is a seventh-level welder, she still has four children to support at home. That salary is not enough to build her. How can she have so much spare money?
Then Wang Weidong remembered that after the completion of the hand-made hydraulic booster project, it seemed that every member of the project team was given a bonus of 50 yuan.

Maybe it was squeezed out from here.

Wang Weidong shook his head, and kept Liang Ladi's favor in his heart, and he will return it when he finds a chance in the future.

"The last Li Yuanchao, 58 yuan."

Hearing this name, Wang Weidong paused for a moment, then raised his head and asked Ding Qiunan, "Daughter-in-law, who is Li Yuanchao?"

Ding Qiunan gave Wang Weidong a blank look, and said, "Which one else? It's my second aunt's son! Didn't he call your brother-in-law at noon and have a drink with you? It's the one in the general's overcoat."

"At the banquet just now, I even toasted you!"

Wang Weidong instantly remembered the person Ding Qiunan was talking about.

At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it, after all, there were a lot of people called Yuanchao.

Children in the early 50s were either called Aid Korea or Jianjun, or Jianguo.

But adding the word Li in front of Aid Korea has a completely different meaning.

Then Wang Weidong asked Ding Qiunan carefully about the situation of her second aunt and Li Yuanchao.

Soon Li Yuanchao was matched up with a certain film and television character.

If it was really him, he would have to move around a lot in the future.

What Wang Weidong liked was not Li Yuanchao's background, but his ability.

In the drama "Blood Romance", Li Yuanchao is even more like the protagonist than Zhong Yuemin.

His achievements are unmatched by Zhong Yuemin.

After a few years, when the environment improves, Wang Weidong will definitely go out and do it alone.

He had to meet the talent first, otherwise he would not be able to find any good talent if he went looking for it temporarily.

What's more, Li Yuanchao has this kind of relationship with him.

I believe he will not refuse Wang Weidong's solicitation. After all, no matter how ambitious he is, don't he have to take it step by step?

Ding Qiunan saw that Wang Weidong was in a daze again, so he raised his hand in front of him and said, "Why are you in a daze again? Didn't I ask you to count the money? Did you count?"

Only then did Wang Weidong come back to his senses, nodded and said, "The count is over, a total of 890 six."

Ding Qiunan's eyes widened when he heard this, and he exclaimed, "So many?"

Since 24, our country has had a clear salary grade system. From leaders to grassroots clerks, they are divided into [-] grades, and the wage system for workers is divided separately.

Now the salary of the big leader is only 594 yuan, and that of the second leader is 404 yuan.

The red envelope Wang Weidong received was only two yuan less than the combined salary of the chief leader and the second leader.

(End of this chapter)