Chapter 377 Children's Competitiveness
The rain is of course a joke.

In fact, when the house was moved in, Yu Shui was the first person to hand over the deposit slip for the money that He Yuzhu had been saving for Yu Shui.

In other words, take it and use it as you like. There's no need to be polite between brothers and sisters.

This generosity earned He Yuzhu a reward of a huge blow to her head.

According to He Yuzhu, nowadays only furniture and quilts cost some money. If he doesn't even have this foundation, he would have wasted these years.

The reason why He Yuzhu knocked on the rain was not because she didn't trust him, but because the deposit slips nowadays are only for the slips and not for the people. Only this piece of paper can prove that you have deposited money in the bank. If it is really lost or damaged, there is a high probability that you will not be able to withdraw a single cent.

So He Yuzhu hid this thing at the bottom of the box, and he didn't dare to take it out except when he went to the bank to exchange it for another one when it expired.

In fact, this is the case with many people these days. After a long time, they forget that they have ever saved money.

Then, after a few decades, you will be holding a list of hundreds or thousands of dollars in savings, but you will be in tears.

Of course, there are social reasons for this as well.

Some people have saved money, but with the changes in society, especially with the things that have happened recently, they dare not show off their wealth.

When it comes to money, He Yuzhu is really short of it. Since getting the new house, He Yuzhu found that he was still far from prepared.

For example, He Yuzhu is now collecting some national food coupons from outside, and this is for Liu Ting.

The girl has given all her belongings to him, so it is normal for him to think a little more about her.

According to He Yuzhu's understanding of Liu Ting, she is not worried about her mother. She is just a little worried about the neighbor, Granny Liu, who has taken care of her since she was a child.

Then when she is hungry, Liu Ting will definitely be worried about that.

Although He Yuzhu will not take on everything, it would be better to prepare in advance to avoid panic later.

Also, there is a new member in the family and they are getting married soon, so He Yuzhu has to think about preparing some big items for the family.

According to Liu Ting, if they get married, her mother will buy her a bicycle as a dowry.

He Yuzhu couldn't refuse this kindness. Since the other person's dowry was a bicycle, He Yuzhu's family had to prepare at least one or two big items.

He Yuzhu planned to buy a ladies' watch and a sewing machine.

Although I won't use it many times after I buy it, it's popular these days and there's nothing I can do about it.

This is what the little girl Yu Shuidong was thinking. Once she reaches a certain age, she also knows how to compare with others. This is an age that every teenager must go through.

For example, some students who are better off now ride bicycles to and from school. If they didn’t have one at home, Yu Shui wouldn’t have thought of doing so.

But now that her brother and sister-in-law are pregnant, the little girl feels a little awkward.

The key is that the little girl has the money to buy these big things.

It’s not that He Yuzhu was reluctant to buy something for the little girl. In fact, he spent the lavishly this year to show off to others.

That is to say, when everyone is busy next year, if someone is so stupid as to ask him to borrow money, he can blame it on these big items in the house.

As for not buying money for Yu Shui, it was just to suppress her desire to compare with others.

In fact, kids these days have quite positive outlooks. For example, Yu Shui and her friends have been doing voluntary labor regularly since elementary school.

When she was in junior high school, the little girl would go to the countryside with the school to help during the busy farming season.

They brought their own dry food and stayed there for a few days during the busy farming season.

They can't do heavy work, but the little girls can still do jobs like picking wheat ears, delivering water and food.

Therefore, children of this age rarely receive ideological education such as the Three Views, but in fact they learn it imperceptibly from life. The little girl treated him to a meal, so He Yuzhu naturally had a big meal.

It was fine at first, but when He Yuzhu asked for more dishes and wine, the little girl couldn't hold it anymore.

It took her a long time to save a few dollars for her own pocket money. She did have some at home, but it was impossible for her to go home and get it.

All the private money she had saved before was "embezzled" by He Yuzhu.

Yu Shui covered her pocket and said aggrievedly, "I have no money left. If you want more food or wine, you can buy it yourself. I won't treat you."

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "That's it? You still dare to say you'll treat me to a meal?"

"Hmph!" Yu Shui was speechless, but responded with a cold snort.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "You are rich, aren't you? I just saw a five-dollar bill in your pocket. What's wrong? Are you reluctant to spend it on your brother?"

Yu Shui looked up at He Yuzhu. Even though she knew that He Yuzhu was teasing her, she still felt wronged.

Liu Ting watched He Yuzhu educating Yu Shui, but she did not interrupt, but watched happily.

Yu Shui slowly took out the money and pushed it in front of He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu was not polite, but shouted to the waiter: "Comrade, please help me get a bottle of Erguotou, a plate of twice-cooked pork, and a small dish of peanuts."

"Okay, 80 cents for twice-cooked pork, three taels of meat coupons, and peanuts..." The waiter quoted the price in unique Beijing dialect, but took the money from He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu even took out the meat coupons to pay the difference.

This is just an ordinary small restaurant. If you go to those big restaurants, the meat dishes will start at at least one or two yuan.

After a while, the dishes were served. He Yuzhu poured himself a glass, but deliberately did not look at the little girl. Instead, he said to Liu Ting: "Try this twice-cooked pork. It's good. Eat more."

Yu Shui crossed her arms across her chest angrily. Although she was not angry, her face was puffed up like a puffer fish.

He Yuzhu took a piece of food with chopsticks, put it in his mouth, chewed and swallowed it, then smiled and said: "This is still a small restaurant. If it were a big restaurant, with the little money you have, I would be more generous, but it would definitely not be enough.

I would say that our family's life in Nanluoguxiang is pretty good.

But it also depends on who you compare with.

Think about it, is Shu Miao's family worse off than ours? Does Shu Miao have a bicycle?
Liu Haizhong loves Liu Guangqi so much, does Liu Guangqi have a bicycle?
You are a junior high school girl, not even as tall as the bicycle, why do you want to buy it?"

"I have it!" He could choose not to buy it, but he couldn't stand being called short, so he stood up and gestured above his head.

He Yuzhu knew that Yu Shui had figured it out, so he said, "We won't buy it while you're in school.

Even if you live on campus in the future, your sister-in-law and I will pick you up when you go to school or go home.

When you graduate and start working, I will buy you a bicycle for girls, okay?"

"Well, brother, we don't have ladies' cars, only the 26-24 ones." Since Yu Shui wanted to buy one, he naturally found out everything long ago.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, “Not now, but maybe in the future.

What I want to tell you today is that there is no limit to comparing yourself with others.

For example, the Tan family dishes that I cook, if someone wants to eat them, it would cost over a hundred dollars for a table, not counting the tip.

Think about the neighbors in the yard. Their food is not enough for one meal all year round.

How do you want to compare? "

(End of this chapter)