Chapter 13 The five-dollar incident

Grandpa Xie is eight years older than grandma. According to normal calculations, Grandpa Xie will definitely die early in the future, and grandma will naturally have to make plans for her own future.

But Grandpa Xie spoke, and grandma, even though she was not happy, took out a piece of red paper, and then wrapped a red envelope for Xie Jingyan: "Study hard."

"Thank you, grandpa, thank you grandma." Xie Jingyan naturally noticed grandma's displeasure, but Xie Jingyan pretended not to see it. On the contrary, she happily accepted the red envelope.

Even though the money in the red envelope was not much, Xie Jingyan was still very happy to get money from her stingy grandma.

"Study hard and work in the city in the future." As a grandfather who has lived on farmland all his life, saying this is the best blessing.

After meeting his grandparents, Xie Fugui took Xie Jingyan back home.

Of course, Xie Jingyan’s red envelopes were all collected by his mother.

The excuses are all the same: "You are still young and it is difficult to manage so much money. Mom will help you manage it and give it to you when you grow up."

It was the same excuse in his previous life. Xie Jingyan believed it, but the red envelope never came back to him until he started working.

He still had the same excuse in this life, and Xie Jingyan did not resist.

Considering the conditions of my family, I did get a lot of red envelopes, and the little bits and pieces added up to twenty or thirty yuan.

It is almost Luo Jinlian's monthly salary. A subsidy can also alleviate the pressure on the family. It is no wonder that Luo Jinlian wants to take the money.

It's just that Xie Jingyan felt that he couldn't get into the habit of letting all his money fall into Luo Jinlian's hands, so after thinking about it for a while, he said:

"Mom, please leave me five yuan." The meaning is obvious. You can take it away, but you still need some money for yourself: "In case it is useful when I go to school, I will save it and ask you for it."

Luo Jinlian frowned upon hearing this: "Five yuan is too much, I'll give you fifty cents and it's more than enough."

"Mom, I have twenty or thirty yuan in this red envelope. I don't need the rest. The five yuan is my reserve fund. Besides, if I keep asking you to buy materials for school, you might still say that I know how to do it.

Spend money."

This is not because Xie Jingyan is complaining, but because he feels it.

Xie Jingyan knew that her family needed money, so she never asked Luo Jinlian or the others for money. Basically, she would use whatever money Luo Jinlian and the others gave her, and she would never ask for money herself.

But now this red envelope belongs to Xie Jingyan. She didn't want it all, but only wanted five yuan. Luo Jinlian was not happy, which naturally made Xie Jingyan unhappy.

It's one thing to save money, but it's another thing to withhold money from your children as a matter of course.

Luo Jinlian frowned and said, "You are still young and can't hide money."

"Mom, I'm young, but you didn't let me try it. How do you know that I can't hide the money? Why don't you give me the money and I'll try hiding it." Xie Jingyan said directly.

"Why are you so stubborn about having a child?" Luo Jinlian was dissatisfied.

"Mom, this is not a question of stubbornness. My red envelope was given to me by my grandma and the others to congratulate me on my school start.

According to etiquette, this money is for me. I know the situation of our family. If you ask for this money, I will not refuse it. But I want five yuan of it. This is not too much. Why are you unwilling to give it?

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Xie Jingyan expressed her incomprehension: “According to common sense, all this money is used to buy me clothes and school supplies.

Now my grandma bought my clothes. I calculated the school supplies. My schoolbag costs four yuan, my pencil case costs eighty cents, my pencil eraser costs a total of ten cents, and my water bottle costs one dollar and twenty cents. Dad paid for it, so the total cost is five yuan and ten cents.

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The total red envelope I received was thirty-one and fifty cents. After removing these five yuan and one cent, there was still twenty-six dollars and four cents left.

I only want five yuan, which means that twenty-one and almost four cents are still hidden for you, so why are you still refusing to give it to me and instead calling me nonsense?"

Xie Jingyan's expression was very serious: "Although I am a child, I will have my own social circle from the time I go to school. In the future, I may meet good friends and go shopping together, or buy stationery together. Is it difficult to ask you for these again and again?

money.

If that's the case, you will definitely say that I'm a prodigal, so you might as well just give me these five dollars."

"You kid, how can you do this?" Luo Jinlian frowned slightly, expressing dissatisfaction with Xie Jingyan's attitude.

Xie Jingyan still said calmly: "If you don't want to give me, mom, that's fine. From now on, I will ask you for a dollar of pocket money every week. That kind of spending will cost you five dollars every five weeks, so why don't you give it to me?"

I have five dollars.

I promise, after I got these five dollars, if it is not necessary, I will not ask you for money for at least two months."

"Er Niu's abacus is pretty good. It seems she's already good at addition and subtraction." Xie Fugui came over to reconcile.

Xie Fugui also knew that his wife was very concerned about money, but he also knew that what Xie Jingyan said was reasonable. If he didn't come forward to make peace, he was afraid that Luo Jinlian would think that the child was disobedient and would beat the child.

After all, Xie Fugui still felt sorry for his daughter, so he came over and interrupted: "Okay, let's give the five yuan in this red envelope to Erniu."

Then he said to Xie Jingyan: "But first, as you said, you are not allowed to ask us for a penny within two months. Of course, if there is a school exam, we will still pay for the exam fee."

"Okay." Xie Jingyan laughed, she was still very satisfied with the result.

In fact, Xie Jingyan himself didn't know why, but he suddenly became very attached to five yuan. It was probably because in his previous life, he never got the money he earned in the first thirty years.

After being reborn in this life, Xie Jingyan felt that there were some things that needed to be changed, such as money matters, and she also had to change them.

Even if the family has certain financial difficulties, some of their own money must be in their own hands before they reach adulthood.

When you become an adult, you have to control everything in your own hands.

Of course, it is unrealistic to want all the red envelopes by yourself, so I will start with five yuan now.

Let Luo Jinlian slowly get used to it. Once you get used to it, you will have the concept of pocket money.

Xie Fugui spoke, and although Luo Jinlian was not happy, she still gave Xie Jingyan five yuan.

Xie Jingyan said nothing more, took the money, and went to do his own things happily.

In the evening, when Luo Jinlian and Xie Fugui were alone, they said, "Why did you agree to give Erniu money?"

"Er Niu is smart and will go to school tomorrow.

Besides, she was right about one thing. If you don't give her the money, she will have to spend it in the future. She will still have to ask you for it. Instead of doing that, why not give her five dollars at a time, at least two dollars?

Within this month, she won’t ask you for any random money again.”

(End of chapter)

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