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Chapter 11 The Butterfly Brooch

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    Yi Jingchen saw that white eye, and afterwards he reminded his sister: "Sister, from now on, you and your brother-in-law should not act too bored in front of your mother-in-law."

    Yi Xiaomei was confused: "What's wrong?"

    "When a mother sees her son who has been pregnant in October and has worked so hard to raise her son, she will be sad to another woman."

    "What did the old lady say in front of you?"

    "That's not true, I just feel that way, so I remind you. Besides, my brother-in-law's mouth is really a lie!"

    Yi Xiaomei rolled her eyes: "What are you talking about?"

    Yi Jingchen said bluntly: "He said you are the most beautiful, do you really believe it?"

    "Why, am I not pretty?"

    Yi Jingchen was sent to the army, and immediately said: "Beautiful is beautiful, but not the most beautiful, right? He said you are more beautiful than Yan Xi, do you believe it?"

    Yi Xiaomei's self-confidence was hit. If she and Yan Xi stood together to compare her beauty, it would be a humiliation for herself.  But fortunately, she was in a good mood, and immediately found a way for herself, and also smoothed things over for her husband: "What your brother-in-law said is in his heart, radish and cabbage have their own love!"

    "I am kindly reminding you as a younger brother. If a man tells you that you are the most beautiful in my heart, don't believe it. This is a lie that men often tell."

    "Even if it's a lie, I like to hear it."

    "Alas!" Yi Jingchen sighed, "I feel really sad for you women. All women in the world have the same problem. They like to hear good things, but don't like to hear the truth! You know, good things often represent lies."

    Yi Xiaomei said: "If a man is willing to lie to you, it means that he has you in his heart; when he doesn't even want to tell lies, it means that he doesn't care about you at all. When you marry a wife in the future, you can promise not to say a word."  Lies? When she's old, you say to her 'Oh, you're so old and ugly!' She's going to do something wrong, and you say, 'Look at you, you're so stupid!' Try it, see  Can you live on?"

    As Yi Xiaomei said, she carried the basket and went out.

    Yi Jingchen chased him out: "Where are you going?"

    "Buy a la carte in the vegetable market, and ask your ancestors to use it on New Year's Eve."

    "Let me go with you!" He took the basket from his sister, "Sister, when will you go back to pay New Year's greetings to your parents?"

    "The second day of junior high school. It is our rule for married daughters to go back to their natal family on the second day of junior high school. By the way, when will you go back?"

    Yi Jingchen said: "I won't go back."

    "Nonsense, there's no one who doesn't go home during Chinese New Year." She frowned slightly, "It's strange to say that it will be New Year's Eve in two days. Why didn't parents ask someone to send you a letter to let you go back?"  He said teasingly, "You are the incense of the Yi family, please don't go back and kowtow to your ancestors, can you justify it?"

    "Yesterday, your mother-in-law said that a small family like us has nothing to inherit, so why not talk about me today?"

    "It's not that I want to talk about you. Back then, parents had to have a second child, so didn't they just expect to have a son to inherit the incense? That was what they meant, not mine."

    "I know, after giving birth to me, the family's house is gone! To give birth to me, I paid a big price."

    Yi Xiaomei smiled: "Did Dad settle the old score in front of you?"

    "More than once, even the five yuan for the name was put on my head. Do you think I was wronged? I was also unlucky. Why did our county become a pilot county for family planning when I was born?  !"

    Yi Xiaomei looked at his younger brother, and patted the dust off his body for him: "Anyway, you have to thank your parents for giving you life. If it weren't for them, you wouldn't be able to come to this world, and you wouldn't be able to see this wonderful situation."  Isn't it beautiful?"

    The streets were full of joy, and those who bought couplets and New Year pictures used two long stools to support a bamboo bed, occupying the roads on both sides of the street.  At a glance, the whole street is bright red.  The speakers in the store are all turned up to the maximum, and the songs are all booming.

    Yi Xiaomei stopped in front of a booth selling hand gestures, took a butterfly brooch strung with sequins, compared it in front of the clothes, and asked her brother: "Does it look good?"

    "nice."

    Yi Xiaomei looked at it repeatedly.

    The peddler saw that she really liked it, and he didn't want to miss the deal: "Sister, let's buy one, it's just brought from the city. Now everyone in the city wears this, it's very fashionable!"

    Yi Xiaomei asked, "How much?"

    "five yuan."

    Yi Xiaomei stuck out her tongue and put it back.

    The peddler stopped her: "If you really like it, you can get it cheaper."Yi Xiaomei was moved again: "Can you sell it for two yuan?"

    The peddler smiled embarrassedly: "I don't have such a big profit, and I'm going to lose money at your price."

    "forget about it."

    Yi Xiaomei dragged her younger brother to leave.

    Yi Jingchen whispered to his sister, "If you really like it, I'll buy it for you."

    "No, I don't have time to wear it after I bought it."

    "Why don't you have time, can't you wear it when visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year?"

    Having said that, Yi Jingchen ran to the stall, bargained with the hawker, and finally settled the deal at three yuan and eighty cents.

    Yi Xiaomei came to ask her younger brother, but Yi Jingchen had already paid the money.  She saw the peddler bring him two butterfly brooches.  He put one of the butterfly brooches in his sister's hand: "This is the first salary your brother earned, which is very meaningful."

    Yi Xiaomei was sweet in her heart, but complained on her mouth: "You are an apprentice, and you don't have much salary. I bought cigarettes and alcohol for your master, and now I don't have much money left. You still buy these things.  Isn't it a waste of money!"

    Yi Jingchen said: "Isn't it just to spend the money you earn!"

    "You are old and young, and you have to plan for the future. You don't have to spend money to marry a wife in the future? After the new year, you will be 20. If there is a girl who likes you, getting married is the immediate thing. At that time, the house at home will have to be refurbished  , The bride price costs money, and the banquet costs money, so what can I do if I don¡¯t have any savings?¡± The more Yi Xiaomei talked, the more she worried about her younger brother, ¡°I can¡¯t be a fool in the future, work hard and save more money, you know?¡±

    Yi Jingchen said weakly: "Got it!"

    "What expression do you see?" She touched her younger brother's face, "Young man, be happy!"

    Yi Jingchen said: "I just did the math. According to what you said just now, it is estimated that it will be impossible to marry a daughter-in-law for less than seven or eight thousand. With my salary, I will have to work for seven or eight years even if I don't eat or drink.  ah!"

    "You save some money first, and then ask relatives and friends to borrow some money. When you get married in the future, the young couple will pay it back together. When my brother-in-law and I got married, their family also borrowed money. We used it for a year.  It just fell off."

    Yi Jingchen felt unbelievable: "Have you paid off their family's debt?"

    "What is their home? Isn't that my home?"

    "Anyway, I don't think it's justifiable to ask a newly married daughter-in-law to pay off her debts. Why? Before you married, you didn't eat a grain of rice or wear a piece of clothing from their family. You have nothing to do with their family.  I will not let my daughter-in-law be so wronged in the future!"

    Yi Xiaomei smiled and said: "Then you earn a lot of money, or else it's just empty talk. By the way, why did you buy two brooches, and who do you want to give it to?"

    Yi Jingchen said: "Give it to my future daughter-in-law."

    Yi Xiaomei was surprised and delighted: "Really! Do you have someone you like? Who is it? How old is it? Where do you work? When will you bring it to my sister?"

    Yi Jingchen said: "I haven't met the person yet, I'll save it for now. I'll give it to her when I meet him in the future!"

    Yi Xiaomei slapped his younger brother lightly: "Not serious!" (Remember the website address of this website: www.hlnovel.com
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