Both of them were on vacation, otherwise they wouldn't have dared to go as crazy as they did last night.

When Shen Yao woke up, her voice was still a little hoarse. She wrinkled her nose and snorted, then began to whisper to Xie Ci'an about not being gentle with women.

Xie Ci'an rubbed his nose embarrassedly. Although what he heard most last night was that Shen Yao asked him to be gentler, heavier, slower, and faster, he was a gay and could not argue with a lesbian.

After lying on the soft bed for a while, the two got up quickly.

Shen Yao patted Xie Ci'an on the shoulder and said, "Go see if there's anything left to eat.

My parents are at work, and there is no one else at home except us two."

They will also choose the time when the good people in the family have a normal working day to rest.

Even the bustling courtyard was too quiet, showing how leisurely it was.

Xie Ci'an hummed, put on his clothes casually, turned around and walked out.

Shen Yao did not go out. She cleared a small clean area beside the bed and continued to sort out the gift money that she had not finished counting last night.

Of course, it’s not just the gift money, but also the small amount of money that the two of them have saved up so far.

Xie Ci'an is marrying Shen Yao, and the betrothal gift is all of Xie Ci'an's assets over the past few years. The passbook has been handed over to Shen Yao on the day of getting the marriage certificate.

Rubbing his palms excitedly, Shen Yao calculated the amount of surplus money they currently had.

The one who earns the most is definitely Xie Ci'an, who has a master's degree and has worked for nearly four years since graduating. His salary has tripled to 100 yuan per month.

After deducting daily expenses and some furniture purchases and room decorations for the wedding, there was more than 2,300 yuan left.

"Yes, you did not lie to me." I worked for a year when the salary was over 60, and another year when it was over 80, and the remaining 100 has been there until now.

I give twenty yuan to my family every month, buy my own clothes, and occasionally eat meat and eat toothpicks.

Even so, Xie Ci'an still had two thousand three left, which was something Shen Yao didn't expect.

Because Shen Yao's official salary was less than two hundred, Grandma Zhou and her biological mother Yuan Li gave her a total of five hundred in private money, and when the gifts from both sides were added, the total was nearly one thousand.

Of course, privately (in the space), Shen Yao made a lot of money from the black market, and his savings had already exceeded one thousand.

slam-la-

It is the wonderful sound of money colliding.

Although Shen Yao believes that one can live well with or without money, the more the better.

"Eight hundred, nine hundred, one thousand!"

He counted out another thousand and put it together with the passbook, totaling three thousand yuan, which was a lot in that era, enough to buy several houses in Beijing.

After taking away the round numbers, what's left is some loose change, which the two of them must have for daily expenses.

Seeing that Xie Ci'an had not returned yet, Shen Yao simply secretly took out some change from the space and mixed it in.

Put the empty cookie box away and lock it in the newly built bedside table.

Shen Yao got down to the ground and clapped his hands, not forgetting to send the three thousand old money into the space.

This way, even if a thief breaks into your house, you don't have to worry about someone stealing your belongings.

"Yaoyao, mom left some food for me. I warmed it up on the stove at home. Come and have a taste."

Xie Ci'an's voice floated in from outside the door, but it sounded a little distorted due to the distance.

Shen Yao answered and quickly packed her clothes and hair.

After finishing his work, he ran out and opened the door for Xie Ci'an.

"Let's eat in the main room?"

Although they have a stove in their house, it is more of a decoration.

They had already agreed to pay an extra five dollars for dining, and they would eat three meals a day in the main room.

As for Shen Yao's feeling that the price was a bit cheap, Xie Ci'an shook his head, "That's what my mom said. My eldest and second brothers have been eating it for several years."

At least Xie Ci'an and Shen Yao are not the ones who rely on their parents the most, and they don't even have any children.

There was a banquet yesterday, so there must be some leftovers.

Shen Yao and Xie Ci'an were not picky people. They simply heated up the leftovers, peeled two boiled eggs for each of them, and ate the food to their heart's content.

"Let's go walk around the lake in the park later. We have three days off, so we can take a good walk around the alley."

Fengshou Hutong, where the Xie family lived, had a good geographical location and was located within the third ring road of later generations.

However, many places have not been demolished yet, and they look messy and will not look better for a while.

Shen Yao stood up and washed her hands. "I heard that the willow trees in the park have sprouted new buds, and there are also a few early-maturing elm trees. Let's go out with a cloth bag and maybe we can pick some back."

At this time, there are few green plants in parks that are sprayed with pesticides, and elm seeds are great for steaming buns, steamed buns, and steamed rolls.

Xie Ci'an and Shen Yao packed up their things after dinner, turned around, locked the door, and pushed their bicycles out.

"Xiao Xie and Xiao Shen, are you going out?" Miao Cuilan came in from outside holding a handful of tender green onions.

"Yes, Aunt Miao, did you buy this from the supply and marketing cooperative? It looks really fresh."

Shen Yao took over and greeted Miao Cuilan with a smile.

"The supply and marketing cooperative has newly-stocked shallots. You can still go buy some now," Miao Cuilan whispered to Shen Yao, "and the supply and marketing cooperative also has fresh local eggs. They are large, plentiful, and cheap. They are only six cents each."

Shen Yao exclaimed, "Aunt Miao, we have to go take a look."

"Go ahead, hurry up, I have to be there soon."

Shen Yao turned her head and watched Miao Cuilan leave, then looked up and lamented to Xie Ci'an that this person's attitude changed too quickly. He had even criticized her when they had a quarrel with the Qian family before.

Xie Ci'an chuckled, "I guess Aunt Miao is attracted by your working in the cannery.

Of the three sons of the Miao family, except the eldest, they have been staring at the Cheng family across the street.

The second child is not young anymore and still has no partner, so Aunt Miao is worried.

Shen Yao's eyes widened. "But the people in the cannery don't want to marry a temporary worker."

Except for Qian Dacheng and the eldest son Qian Jiangang, who are regular employees of the machinery factory, Miao Cuilan is unemployed (the job was given to Qian Jiangang earlier), the second son Qian Jianjun is a temporary worker in charge of the warehouse in the machinery factory, and the third son Qian Jianguo is a first-year high school student this year and will take another two years to graduate.

The inner situation of the Qian family, hmm, it’s not that Shen Yao doesn’t want to help introduce them, but they are completely uncompetitive in the blind date market. Just the work and the house alone can kill them with one blow.

Xie Ci'an told Shen Yao not to take it personally, "Aunt Miao treats everyone like this, and she doesn't like the country folks around here, so it won't be long before we can find someone suitable."

What girl from a good family would marry into the Qian family? They have nothing and a lot of trouble.

Shen Yao nodded, "Well, if Aunt Miao doesn't tell me directly, I will pretend I don't know."

Even if she was told directly, she couldn't agree to it. She couldn't push anyone into the fire pit. Shen Yao would feel guilty about it.

The bicycle drove out of the alley, and Shen Yao sat on the back seat and hugged Xie Ci'an's waist.

The clear ringing of the bell could be heard from far away, along with the cheerful laughter of two people.

Aunt Miao secretly let it slip that the two of them would definitely go to the supply and marketing cooperative.

It is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Shen Yao not only bought cheap eggs, but also bought green onions, cabbage and several other juicy vegetables.

Shen Yao even bought a small basket of sweet and delicious white pears in the alley.

Wow, what a good harvest!

Shen Yao showed off her beautiful white teeth, asked Xie Ci'an to take her home, and then ran out to the park lake not far away.

"Stop, stop the car"

Shen Yao jumped down from the back seat, swinging the cloth bag in his hand vigorously.

"There's an elm tree over there, Xie Ci'an, please park your car and come find me."

Shen Yao felt that since coming here, she had contracted a disease that made it impossible to walk when seeing anything edible.

Beautiful light green elm seeds, no bigger than a fingernail, hung on the tree in bunches and fluttered in the wind. In Shen Yao's eyes, they were food.

It seems that no matter whether in the Shen family or the Xie family, he never starved.

Why does she want to eat so much? Eating is what she thinks about the most.

Shen Yao was wondering while reaching out to grab the elm seeds and putting them into her cloth bag.

Maybe the elm seeds have just sprouted and no one is around to pick them.

This mature elm tree with thick legs has now been given to Shen Yao at a bargain price.

Grab, grab, grab, pull, pull, pretend, pretend...

Shen Yao was busy and having fun. She even climbed trees when she saw that there were not many people around, and picked up the elm seeds from places where they were densely distributed.

Soon, Shen Yao filled the cloth bag half full.

Reaching out and pressing lightly, Shen Yao made room to continue installing.

"Hey, what do you mean? What should I do if you don't tell my family?

This year, if you graduate from high school and don’t have a job, you will go to the countryside to work as an educated youth.”

"...How would I know what you would do? If you don't want to be the boss, ask your mother to give up her job.

What? You're not looking at my mom's job, that's impossible."

"You, Zhao Yinbao, you are so harsh. Am I, Cheng Bing, that kind of person?"

"You're not, but what about your family? Your eldest sister didn't get married until she was 25, who knows what your parents think.

I have something else to do, so I'll leave now. You can go back to school when you have time."

"Zhao Yinbao, wait a minute, I, I..."

Shen Yao quietly poked her head out from behind the elm tree and fixed her eyes on the girl sitting on the lounge chair by the lake.

The girl lowered her head and sobbed, wiping her eyes with her hand twice, kicking the fallen branches around her as she walked.

Shen Yao:......

I never expected that just coming out to pick elm seeds would instantly turn into a scene of eating watermelons.

The key point is that this is their own melon!

"what happened?"

After parking his bike, Xie Ci'an came back and looked at Shen Yao and blinked.

Shen Yao sighed and handed the cloth bag hanging on her arm to Xie Ci'an. While climbing a tree to pick elm seeds, she talked about the scene she had just seen by the lake.

Xie Ci’an:…

Not knowing whether to praise Shen Yao for her professionalism or to say that the melon was not sweet enough, Xie Ci'an reached out to hold Shen Yao's arm and explained in a low voice that everyone in the compound knew about this matter.

You all know?!

"I noticed that Aunt Cheng and Sister Zhao didn't have any special communication during dinner last night."

Just like ordinary neighbors, they say hello when they meet and occasionally have a few words with each other.

Aunt Cheng's original name was Xue Hongmei. Because she had been married into the Cheng family for decades and had no son, she didn't like others calling her by her original name.

As for Zhao Meizhi, her husband and Xie Aidang, the eldest brother of the Xie family, are only a few years older than each other.

These two people are actually of different generations, so how come their children are in-laws?

Xie Ci'an touched Shen Yao's head and said, "He pretended not to know, but he was also dissatisfied."

Shen Yao looked up, "Are you not satisfied?"

Xie Ci'an nodded, "Jinbao and Yinbao of the Zhao family will graduate this year and will be able to go to the security department of the machinery factory. Zhao Meizhi wants to find a better daughter-in-law.

Cheng Bing from the Cheng family is not favored at home, and Uncle Cheng is determined to have a live-in son-in-law.

Especially with the current policy, high school graduates without jobs have to go to the countryside to work as sent-down youths," Cheng Bing couldn't count on her parents to give up their jobs for her.

Not only will Zhao Meizhi not get anything out of marrying a daughter-in-law, she will also have to give up her job. Who would be willing to do such a losing deal?

Shen Yao:......

Speaking of this, Shen Yao had to share the gossip about her family with Xie Ci'an.

Xie Ci’an:…

"The child was aborted?" It was obvious that her three views were greatly shaken.

Shen Yao hummed, "It's been a month or two since this happened, it happened after the New Year.

The heroine has already returned to the countryside and joined the team, and the Zhao family is also helping the hero find a new date. "

However, Shen Yao had heard Yuan Li say that Chun Fei was seriously injured after this incident, and it would be difficult to recuperate in the countryside. She was afraid that she would not be able to get pregnant again in the future.

Speaking of which, the place where Chun Fei had a miscarriage was not far from the gate where Zhao Ziqiang was guarding. There was no one around, so it was difficult for Zhao Ziqiang to clear his suspicion.

But the problem also arises here. Chun Fei cannot kill Zhao Ziqiang in one bite.

In the end, the Zhao family paid two hundred yuan and successfully sent the Chun family away.

As for whether both parties made profits or losses, Shen Yao did not comment on this.

But in the final analysis, neither side is innocent, and it is impossible to tell who is right and who is wrong when they scheme against each other. It is just a matter of who will ultimately have the better skills and who will end up in disgrace.

Xie Ci'an touched his chin and said, "The Cheng family and the Zhao family will not go to this extent."

After all, they have lived next to each other for decades, and Xie Ci'an has some understanding of each other's personalities.

"It's highly likely. It depends on how much Cheng Bing is willing to risk."

If Cheng Bingxue Chunfei gets pregnant and takes control of the Zhao family, Zhao Meizhi will accept it for the sake of the child.

But at the same time, Cheng Bing’s life will not be much easier in the future.

Zhao Meizhi was a widow, but she was able to raise her four sons safely. If she didn't have some skills, it would have been impossible for her to continue working in the machinery factory.

The Cheng family itself is even more of a tough guy. If Cheng Bing dares to get pregnant, the Cheng family will dare to make a huge demand and bite off a piece of flesh and blood.

You should know that Cheng Bing has a second sister, Xie Ci'an remembers her name is Cheng Yu.

She also got married right after graduating from high school, and it is said that she married into a very good family.

The Cheng couple asked for five hundred yuan at the beginning, back in 64 or 65.

It was a big fuss, and in the end the Cheng couple got the money, and they officially severed their relationship with Cheng Yu.

After Cheng Yu got married, she never returned to the Cheng family even during the holidays.

Shen Yao and Xie Ci'an chatted a few words about the Siheyuan, just for fun.

When the topic comes to an end, they still focus on what is around them.

After taking a stroll around the park with the bags full of elm seeds, they went to a restaurant to have some meat buns and side dishes, and finally rode their bikes to the department store to buy some common items they had been missing.

"Mom, Xie Ci'an and I are back."

Tian Na got off work from the infirmary and was halfway through cleaning the house when she returned home. When she looked up, she saw Shen Yao walking into the house carrying two cloth bags.

"What did you buy?"

"Mom, there are elm seeds inside. Can we have some elm seed rice tonight?"

"Sure, the elm seeds are fresh and tender at this time, and are best eaten with rice."

Tian Na waved her hand, took the elm seed cloth bag and went to the kitchen to work.

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