Chapter 325 Test
Because my eldest brother and his wife have returned, tonight’s meal is also very sumptuous. In addition to the stewed meat that was not finished when I entertained Wang Xiaona last night, my mother also took out a lot of wild boar and bear meat from the cellar and made several meat dishes.

A large bowl of meat and vegetables was placed on the table, emitting a greasy aroma. The eldest brother Yue Shan swallowed his saliva subconsciously.

As for the Yueshan couple, they worked as workers in the city. The monthly salary for both working people was only 60 to 70 yuan, not including other company benefits.

In terms of purchasing power, it should not be a problem to eat meat as much as you want with this money.

However, Chen Hong was in charge of managing the family’s finances, and they did not live a lavish life, only eating meat a few times a month.

My mother likes to cook half a pot of meat at a time. This is something she has never done before when she and her husband live at home.

Meng Yulan also noticed her eldest son swallowing his saliva, and picked up a large piece of wild boar ribs for each of her son and daughter-in-law: “Come and eat! This is the wild boar meat your brother hunted in the mountains a few days ago! Little yellow-haired boy, it doesn’t smell fishy!”

“Yeah, mom, you guys eat too!” Yue Shan picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, feeling the aroma of the greasy meat.

“I remember the last time I came back, Mom said I was delivering game to the coal mine cafeteria, right? Was it the Red Flag Coal Mine?”

At this time, Chen Hong did not rush to eat the meat in the bowl, but looked up and asked a seemingly casual question.

“Yes, the second canteen of Hongqi Coal Mine!” Yue Feng nodded in response.

“Do you know Niu Fusheng?”

“The name sounds familiar, but I can’t remember who it is!” Yue Feng scratched his head, pretending to remember unclearly.

“The chef of the second canteen, people like you who go in and out to deliver goods have to get his approval and a receipt before you can get paid!” Chen Hong continued.

“Oh, I remember now!

I have met him twice. Usually, the people below me were responsible for connecting with me. One time, the person I was connecting with took a leave, so I went to the rest area to look for this person.

He looks to be around 40 years old, with a round, chubby face, and speaks in a very friendly manner!”

“He’s the one! If you can establish a good relationship with him, it will save you a lot of trouble in delivering game to the canteen.

He has the final say in the Second Canteen. Except for money, everything else is decided by him!”

Chen Hong thought Yue Feng didn’t understand the ins and outs, so she added a few more words.

“I understand. I’ll see if I can talk to you and make ourselves familiar with you when I get a chance!” Yue Feng nodded. There was nothing wrong with his response.

At this moment, Yue Shan glanced at his wife and whispered, “Xiao Feng has been an honest and upright person since he was young, why are you telling him this?
He is also a leader, several levels lower than you. You will get nothing by trying to get close to him!”

Chen Hong also picked up a piece of meat for Jingjing, and then said: “That’s what I said, but it’s better to make connections with people than to deliver goods without knowing anything!
Niu Fusheng’s father-in-law is a senior executive in the coal mine. If Xiaofeng can get close to him, he might be able to arrange a formal job for him!
At the very least, we can still get some benefit from this. Now the production team has this crappy job, which requires a lot of effort but doesn’t make much money! I’ve had enough of this.

I mentioned this to my dad, and he said he would transfer me to a less busy department, but it’s been a while, and there’s still no news!”

Chen Hong’s words were almost explicit.

If Yue Feng was this age in his previous life, he would most likely agree foolishly when hearing this. At worst, he would try the ideas given by his sister-in-law.

However, at this moment, Yue Feng was squatting on a stool, eating with his head down, as if he didn’t understand the implicit meaning of his sister-in-law’s words at all, and didn’t respond at all.

Is this a joke? Are you trying to do an obedience test with your buddies here?

The scene was a little awkward for a while.

At this time, Yue Lei spoke up: “Xiao Feng, please find a chance to inquire about this matter later, and help if you can!
Your brother and sister-in-law won’t blame you if you can’t help with your family’s affairs.”

Yue Feng nodded: “Okay, I’ll ask when I have a chance!”

For small matters of this level, if Yue Feng wanted to help, he only had to mention it to Master Niu and it would be a piece of cake.

But why did Yue Feng go into the city to deliver goods every now and then, but never get close to his eldest brother’s family, nor care about his eldest brother and his wife’s work?

After all, I still feel a little uncomfortable!

Yue Feng is not a saintly person. Even when facing relatives like his elder brother and sister-in-law, he cannot help but not care at all.

He will give double the return to those who are good to him, but Yue Feng will definitely not interfere with those who have performed poorly before.

Even the eldest brother or sister-in-law is not allowed to make corrections, but the tolerance limit for blood relatives is slightly higher than that for outsiders, giving them more opportunities to correct themselves.

To put it bluntly, Yue Feng’s current mentality is similar to that of an elder who has the ability to read minds and controls some resources.

As long as his elder brother and sister-in-law have not done what Yue Feng approves of, it is impossible for Yue Feng to interfere too much in other people’s lives and take the initiative to bear their fate.

During the meal, they chatted about a few other topics. Yue Feng mostly responded indifferently, and the overall atmosphere was pretty good.

After eating and drinking, the eldest sister-in-law and eldest brother took the initiative to help clean the table and wash the dishes. Yue Feng said goodbye to his parents and left home to go to Wang Xiaona’s house.

Tomorrow is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and the general arrangements have been finalized, but Yue Feng is afraid that some details may be missed, so he took the opportunity to go to his father-in-law’s house again.

According to the customs of Xing’an Village at that time, engagement required gift giving!

At that time, the engagement money for the children of ordinary villagers was only a few dozen yuan, plus the betrothal gift, which was more than 100 to 200 or 300 yuan, which was not a small amount.

Yue Feng discussed the engagement money with his parents and gave a lot.

Two hundred for the engagement and another one thousand for the wedding. In the villages within a radius of dozens of miles, the amount of the bride price and the engagement gift is definitely the highest.

Whether it was two hundred or one thousand, Yue Feng didn’t take it seriously.

In my previous life, I would never have dared to dream of marrying a wife like Wang Xiaona. Now that my family is rich, I won’t think about such things.

However, when Yue Feng was confirming tomorrow’s matters with Wang Jianguo and his wife at his father-in-law’s house, he suddenly thought of something.

This is a good opportunity to test my elder brother and sister-in-law’s attitude towards me in this life!

So, he stayed at Wang Xiaona’s house for an hour or so, and then went back to his own home under the pretext that his elder brother and sister-in-law had returned.

It was just eight o’clock and no one in the family had gone to bed yet. My eldest sister-in-law and her husband were in my mother’s room. Two oil lamps were lit, and my eldest sister-in-law was learning how to make clothes on a sewing machine from my mother.

“Mom, Dad, sister-in-law, I’m back! I have something to discuss with you!” Yue Feng pushed open the door of the east room and greeted them.

“Why did you come back so soon? Why didn’t you spend more time with Xiaona? It’s only eight o’clock!!”

When mother Meng Yulan heard that her second son had returned, she put down the cloth in her hand and looked up.

“I went to Xiaona’s place and had a final discussion with my uncle about the engagement and wedding gifts!”

“Hmm? What’s going on?”

“My uncle asked someone to use his connections to get me a chance to study and further my studies. If I can handle it well, I can stay in the town and become a cadre!
We have a lot of money to spend during this period, so he discussed with me whether he could give the wedding gift money together when we get engaged tomorrow, and just regard it as a loan to us.

Once this important matter is dealt with, we will return it to you later!!
I have prepared the two hundred yuan for the engagement, but the wedding gift is one thousand yuan, which is far from enough for me!”

While speaking, Yue Feng secretly scratched his mother’s palm.

Although Meng Yulan and Yue Lei are not very ostentatious in normal times, they understand everything in their hearts, but they rarely show it.

Mother and child are connected by heart, and the child can still understand if you listen carefully.

I don’t know what the second kid is up to. Wang Jianguo’s request for money must be the instigation. He is planning to get the eldest brother and his wife to give him some money.

“The engagement and the betrothal gift together cost twelve thousand? Is the price of wedding money so high in the village now?”

After hearing this, sister-in-law Chen Hong’s tone immediately became more elevated.

Yue Feng scratched his head and pretended to be embarrassed and said: “This is also my fault. I fell in love with Wang Xiaona. I killed a lot of wild boars and bears in the winter. I thought I could come up with the money, so I asked the matchmaker to propose it to me!
But the bear bile hasn’t dried yet, and Xiaona’s father’s chance to be promoted is rare, so they are pressed together! What should we do now? “

“We still have a few hundred yuan in savings at home, but it’s still not enough even if we add it all up! What should we do?” Mom understood what Yue Feng meant and started to act along.

“How much is still needed? Xiaohong, how much money do we have at home now? Give it to Xiaofeng first! After selling the mountain products, he can pay us back! It’s more important to do the right thing for my brother first!”

At this time, the eldest brother Yue Shan, who had been silent, turned his head and looked at his wife Chen Hong.

At this moment, Chen Hong was extremely hesitant, because her brother-in-law’s engagement and marriage was a big deal.

After her hometown started to gain momentum, Chen Hong also wanted to increase her investment, otherwise she would not have bought so many things this time when she returned home.

However, increasing investment does not mean going all in. It is easy to lend money, but it will be difficult to get it back.

Chen Hong has been extremely mature and clear-headed since she was a child, and she always does things with a strong sense of purpose.

Is it worth taking this risk to get closer to my mother-in-law’s family and my brother-in-law?

“Xiaohong, Dashan, if you can, can you help your brother pay the money first? We will return the money to you after we sell the mountain products!” At this time, Yue Lei, who had come to his senses, also spoke.

The whole room was full of people, all paying attention to Chen Hong. She was extremely unwilling in her heart, but she had no choice but to do so. She gritted her teeth and said, “Since my younger brother and my parents have opened their mouths, I, as their sister-in-law, can’t just ignore it!
There is a savings book with 700 yuan in it at home. This is the savings I have accumulated from working after getting married to Dashan. I will take it out and give it to Xiaofeng to deal with tomorrow’s matters!

Let Dashan ride his bike home early tomorrow morning to withdraw the money and bring it back as soon as possible. It shouldn’t be too late!”

After hearing what his elder brother and sister-in-law said, Yue Feng finally relaxed.

The book said that Heaven moves with vigor and a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement. In his previous life, he had made no progress and his family was also a burden. When it came to Yue Feng’s big event of getting married and starting a family, his elder brother and sister-in-law just kept to themselves and did not provide much help.

But this life is different. Even the sister-in-law who is difficult to get along with has readily agreed to give money to complete the engagement and marriage.

The result of this family affection test is a bit ironic and a bit realistic.

But no matter what, when it comes to major issues, my eldest brother and sister-in-law have withstood Yue Feng’s test.

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