A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 33 Gift Controversy
Just when Li Xiang was busy looking for information for the topic, he was feeling pain and happiness.

Roommates Sun Guoqing and Gu Da Niu are making rapid progress.

Only ten days after the two met for the first time, seven people in the dormitory received an engagement invitation notice.

The engagement is scheduled for this Sunday.

The oldest person in the dormitory was only 22, and none of them had any experience of attending a wedding banquet of someone close to them as a representative.

While Lao Qi was away, several young men discussed eagerly what they should give each other when they got engaged.

They all know how to give a water bottle, a washbasin, a bed sheet, and a quilt when getting married, but this gift for an engagement is really a bit embarrassing for these young men.

He Jun, the silly old man, suggested: "Otherwise, we should give away water bottles or something. This ticket is easy to get."

"Can I have some fun? Can an engagement be the same as a wedding?" Yu Zhiyuan, the fourth child, protested against the lack of care of the sixth child.

Ever since he learned about the situation of Lao Qi's family, Lao Si's attitude towards Sun Guoqing was somewhat flattering. If it weren't for the harmony of the dormitory, he would have wanted to give gifts alone. What a great opportunity for friendship.

The third child, Lin Guodong, asked worriedly: "What should I give you? It's too expensive and we can't afford it."

"How about giving a pen as a gift? Choose one with a gold shell and wish them a golden pen." Wang Kaixuan, the second child, gave a relatively reliable suggestion.

"This is a good idea." The boss Zhang Jianguo was the first to agree.

Li Xiang didn't have any objections to giving pens, and he was still in the mood to joke: "Then we have to do an inspection first before sending it out. If we buy a defective product, then our efforts will be in vain."

Everyone else knew what he meant, and if you think about it, if the pen does not produce water or water comes out randomly, it is not a blessing, but a curse.

Everyone started happily sharing how to avoid buying defective products, and everyone heard a lot about the jokes about the pens.

Xu Wei, the fifth eldest among the crowd, looked a little embarrassed. He was always lively and loved to join in the fun, so it was rare to see him like this.

However, everyone was focused on choosing gifts at this moment and did not notice anything wrong with him for a while.

After a while, seeing that everyone was about to decide the matter, he said coyly: "The pen you mentioned is not cheap, right? I don't have that much money now."

Nowadays, there are many brands of fountain pens, but there are only a few that are famous, such as Hero, Huafu, Xinmin, etc.

After discussion, several people decided on the brand name Hero 100, priced at 18 yuan.

This is enough for an apprentice's salary for one month, and the price is not cheap at all.

The money was divided equally among the 7 people in the dormitory. After rounding, the money shared among each person was 2 yuan and 6 cents.

Does Lao Wu have this money? In fact, he still has it, but he is unwilling to spend so much.

First of all, his family's conditions are not very good, so every month he saves part of his living expenses from his allowance and sends it to his family.

That's it, sometimes I have to squeeze some more out from between my teeth and buy some little things to make my partner happy.

Secondly, he is from Sichuan Province. After graduation, he will most likely be assigned to his hometown. He has never thought about staying in BJ, so no matter how tough the background of Lao Qi's family is, it will be of little use to him.

So in summary, he felt that the money was not worth it as he was not well off.

This was embarrassing. Among the six people, there was a clear-minded person who naturally knew the unfinished meaning of his words.

"It's okay. If you don't have enough money, I'll lend it to you first. Don't be in a hurry to pay it back." Tiehanhanlaoliu was as blank as ever and eager to lend him money.

The slightly dull ones also turned around when they saw that the fifth child didn't answer the sixth child's words, but there was nothing he didn't understand.

If we talk about redistributing this money, it would only cost less than fifty cents per person, so it can be summed up directly.But this gift couldn't be given by the six of them, so just leave him alone. People who didn't know better thought they were squeezing out the fifth child.

"Then what's your budget?" The second child asked him straight to the point.

Lao Wu frowned and replied: "Fifty cents is enough. There are so many people nowadays who only need one or two cents for weddings and weddings."

Then he was afraid that it was not convincing enough, so he added, "There are still many who only give a few points."

What Lao Wu said is actually correct. For ordinary people, this number is already overwhelming.

But this answer is not very acceptable to everyone.

Li Xiang's first reaction was also dissatisfaction. It didn't matter that he had a good relationship with Sun Guoqing or that he had selfish motives. Anyway, he didn't want to fool around with the gift-giving thing.

But he didn't want to argue over this matter. After all, Lao Wu was not unreasonable. Why should he be forced to do it if he didn't want to?

Anyway, recently he got two good things that can be sold at a good price, and he is a little more financially comfortable. He told everyone his plan.

"Well, let's buy a pen. Lao Wu only needs [-] cents. Brothers, please understand his situation. I will pay for the rest. You all know that I have a good relationship with Lao Qi. I will pay for this. Gotta be happy.”

The boss objected loudly: "How can I let you go out alone?"

The fourth child also said: "Yes, let's share it equally among the six of us."

"That's right, this is only fair." Lao Liu also meant the same thing.

Only the second child and the third child remained silent. Their conditions could only be described as average. The money originally allocated was already taxing, but they gritted their teeth and took the responsibility.

The fifth child is only willing to pay [-] cents, and the eighth child is willing to bear the extra. They have no objection to this.

But if they were asked to take on Lao Wu's share and do favors for Lao Wu, they would certainly not be happy.

In their opinion, they either didn't bring Lao Wu's share and let him deliver it alone, or, as Li Xiang said, someone else had to pay the extra money for him.

Just don't blame them.

But before they could express their opinions, Lao Wu exploded first.

"What do you guys mean? Just talk to me. Tell me what's fair or unfair. You can spend as much as you want. There's no other reason why you want me."

"Whoever criticized you, don't criticize me with generalizations." The second child retorted angrily.

Then, as if the previously suppressed emotions had found a way to vent, he muttered in a moderate voice: "Someone helped me do the things I didn't want to do, and I blame others for having too many things to do. I'm really crazy."

"You bitch, if you dare, say it again." Lao Wu pointed his finger at him with anger, and his dialect was so angry that he burst out.

Although he couldn't understand Shanghainese, his intuition told him that it was definitely not a good word.

"Blame me, blame me, brothers, calm down, it's my inability to speak that caused the misunderstanding." Lao Liu quickly stood up, stood between the two of them, and took the matter on himself.

"Get out of the way, who wants you to pretend to be a good person here?"

Although Lao Wu was not tall and lean, he was extremely strong. Lao Liu, who was quite big, was pushed back and staggered back.

Seeing that my feet were unsteady, my head was about to hit the bed frame.

(End of this chapter)