Reborn in the red age

Chapter 10 The Cost of a Top-notch Wedding
Hearing the words of such a young man, Li Qingfeng wanted to throw the pillow at his face. How disgusting it was at night.

After Li Qingsong said this, he sat up from the bed and leaned against the wall. He picked up his sunflower cigarette from the bedside and took out one for himself. After hesitating, he took out another one and threw it to Li Qingsong opposite. Breeze.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? I don't smoke, so don't try to lead me astray." Taking the sunflower cigarettes thrown at him, Qingfeng Li pretended to be a good young man and refused again and again.

"You can pull it off. It's just the two of us who are pretending. I've smelled cigarette smoke on you more than once. I won't tell mom about your smoking. Stop pretending to be here with your brother." Qingfeng Li took a deep breath. Yan said disdainfully.

Since his boss already knew about his smoking, Qingfeng Li stopped pretending, picked up the matches on the table, lit a cigarette for himself, and lay on the bed to smoke.

It's just that the cigarettes Li Qingfeng lit for himself were filtered Peony cigarettes. The sunflower cigarettes thrown by the boss only sold for five cents a pack locally. They had a spicy sound and were worse than the nine-cent economy cigarettes. Li Qingfeng I can't get used to the breeze.

(Sunflower cigarettes are sold for 5 cents in some places and 9 cents in other places. This book mainly sells 5 cents)
After finishing a cigarette and seeing that the boss wouldn't sleep for a while, Qingfeng Li gave up tonight's trip to the black market and casually asked the reason why the boss couldn't sleep: "Boss, what's wrong with you today? Usually? Don’t you fall asleep as soon as you touch the pillow? Why did you not sleep for so long today?”

Mentioning this, Li Qingsong scratched his hair irritably, took out another sunflower cigarette, took a deep breath, and then slowly said: "Why is it that it's not about marriage? My partner is urging me to get married. , our little sister’s job costs 500 yuan. When you go to the countryside, my mother will also prepare a sum of money for you to take with you. If I get married with the little money left at home, it will be too far away. Today my mother asked me to go back to the countryside. Wait, wait for the family to raise money for another year, and then marry me a wife next year."

Li Qingsong had a partner. The two met when they were arrested for being blind. The woman was a female worker in the county food factory. Li Qingfeng had met her several times. Not only was she beautiful, but her family was in good condition. Her parents were both factory workers. I have two jobs, and the salary is not low. Only one younger brother also went to the countryside last year.

Father Li and Mother Li were very satisfied with the marriage, but the parents of the other party were not particularly satisfied. They felt that Li Qingsong was a policeman and his welfare benefits were not as good as those of the security department, so they did not particularly want their daughter to marry him.

Li Qingfeng felt that there was resentment in the boss's words, and couldn't help but choked: "There is no way, if you really want to get married now, then go and tell our mother, don't buy a job for my little sister, let her go to the countryside with me Go and leave the money for your marriage.”

"Pull it down. If I dare to say this, my parents would dare to whip me with a belt. Besides, as the eldest brother, I can't harm my little sister just for myself, right? My little sister is so beautiful. What if? If something happens, I will regret it for the rest of my life."

Li Qingfeng kept watching Li Qingsong's expression through the moonlight. After seeing the calm expression on the other party's face when he said these words, he nodded with satisfaction. This was like what a big brother could say.

"Brother, let me ask you, do you know how much it costs to get married now?"

Qingfeng Li could only ask. He had no intention of helping with the money. It wasn't that Qingfeng Li was stingy and didn't want to give, but that he really couldn't.Qingfeng Li earned all his money from the black market. The black market was illegal these days. Even if Qingfeng Li was not afraid of death and took out all the money he earned from the black market, the boss would not dare to use the money to get married.

If you take out the money and say you picked it up on the road, such a large amount of money can be sent to the police station by Father Li and Mother Li on the same day. You have given others an advantage for no reason, so there is no solution to this matter and you can only stand still. Watching quietly from the sidelines. "Alas" Li Qingsong sighed deeply again, put out the cigarette butt and turned around and said: "It's a big sum of money. I have calculated the cost of marriage during this period. When I calculated the entire amount, I was shocked. There was too much money and I didn’t even want to get married.”

"How much do you think a large amount of money is? Can you tell me more?" Li Qingfeng became interested and wanted to know more about the marriage situation these days, so he continued to ask.

Seeing that his brother was so curious, Li Qingsong thought for a while, got up from the bed and sat with his legs swung in the direction of Li Qingsong, and began to spread his fingers to calculate the wedding expenses for him one by one:

"Your sister-in-law has a good job, high salary, and good family conditions. Her parents have told her that if she wants to marry her, she must have four pieces of clothing and 36 legs. These are the necessary conditions."

"The bicycle Phoenix costs 161, the sewing machine Flyer 150, the watch Shanghai 120, and the transistor radio costs 45. The wardrobe, kitchen cabinets, dressing table, double bed, square table, and four chairs all cost almost [-] in total."

"Just to meet the conditions of my parents, I spent 656 yuan. This does not include miscellaneous things such as clothing, wedding banquets, tobacco and alcohol. For this wedding, I estimate that 800 yuan may not be enough. Your brother, my monthly salary is only 32.5. If I want to save enough money to marry your sister-in-law, it will take me more than two years without food or water."

After settling the accounts, Li Qingsong felt a mountain of pressure coming over him, and he was so irritated that he couldn't help but continue to dig into the cigarette case.

After hearing the calculation made by the boss, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but be surprised. The price of a top-notch wedding these days is really not low. An ordinary worker's salary without food or drink for two years may not be enough to hold one. Such a wedding.

He sighed in his heart, but he said jokingly: "Boss, if you really want to marry your partner, these eight hundred won't be enough. You forgot to include the bride price and the four big tickets."

"Yes, you are right to remind me. Now the cost of a wedding is 900." After Li Qingsong said this, he completely lost all strength and lay down straight.

"Okay, don't be discouraged. If you really want to marry your partner, our parents will definitely go to relatives and friends to borrow money. We can't just let you two brag. Your partner's monthly salary is more than 30 yuan. "Although the wedding fee is high, your partner's salary is also high. After all, our family is the one who gets the most out of it, and our mother can settle the bill."

"I just don't want my mother to go out to borrow money and beg for help in such a lowly manner. Do you think it's okay? Okay, go to bed now."

Seeing this, Qingfeng Li didn't say anything more and lay down to get ready to sleep. Again, he couldn't help with this matter. The funding gap was not a small shortage of a hundred or ten yuan, but a big one of several hundred yuan. He really didn't have any. Come up with a solution.

(End of this chapter)