Lucky money is a custom handed down from ancient times, usually wrapped in red paper, which means to ward off evil spirits and keep peace. Although the times are progressing, this traditional custom has been passed down to this day. It is also polite to visit relatives and friends during the Spring Festival and give red envelopes to the elderly and children.

Now that living conditions are better, people's minds have changed. They feel that they can't get dozens of lucky money, at least they all start with hundred-dollar bills. It often takes thousands of dollars to send a red envelope after one year. No wonder many ordinary working-class people are afraid of Chinese New Year.

In fact, everything is within our capabilities, and there is no need to follow others. You know, lucky money is just a form of blessing, as long as it has this meaning, there is no need to make it a financial burden. Besides, the sincerity of a relationship cannot be measured by money.

However, there are always some people who believe in the supremacy of money and think that money can judge the intimacy of feelings. The closer you are, the more you should give a big red envelope, so that you can be worthy of the title of relatives. This kind of distorted values really makes people beg to differ.

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Li Yanqiu has been married for several years, and she seldom keeps in touch with her family. Her parents won't call her on their own initiative. Even when she was in confinement, her parents symbolically came to the full moon wine and went back that day without even saying a word of concern and consideration.

Looking back on my childhood, since my brother was born, Li Yanqiu is like an unnecessary person. My parents' concerns and concerns are all on my brother, who is completely free-range. Fortunately, there are grandparents in the same village who love her, otherwise she really won't feel the warmth of her loved ones.

Later, my grandparents died one after another, and life in Li Yanqiu became more difficult. Every day, I have to do housework before school, cook and wash clothes after school. Even so, few parents are happy. If you make any mistakes, serve them with sticks and burn the meat. They never have pocket money. They have to listen to their parents' complaints every time they pay tuition fees at the beginning of school.

Parents think that it is useless for girls to study, and only sons are the hope of this family. After Li Yanqiu finished junior high school, her parents said that they didn't want to waste any more money on her, and asked her to work in a restaurant opened by relatives, and all the wages she earned were given to her family.

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Tang Ming is a chef in a restaurant. He sympathizes with Li Yanqiu's life experience. They have been lovers for a long time, but Li Yanqiu's parents strongly opposed it, fearing that once their daughter got married, they could no longer earn money for her family.

However, the greater the resistance from family, the more determined Li Yanqiu and Tang Ming are to be together, and they followed him to her husband's house without saying goodbye. Parents refused to give the hukou book, insisting that her husband exchange it with 654.38+ 10,000 bride price. In order to get the certificate smoothly, Tang Ming had to compromise.

My husband's family is not rich. After marriage, in order to improve family conditions, the couple borrowed money to open a small restaurant. However, when she finally got a repeat customer, her mother-in-law found that she was seriously ill. Fortunately, she was found in time and recovered quickly after the operation, but the debts of Li Yanqiu and her husband increased again.

Parents never care about or ask about their daughter's life, but my brother often chats with her to encourage her to cheer up. Although he can't be cared for by his parents, it is very satisfying for Li Yanqiu to have a good younger brother.

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After two years of hard work, the couple finally paid off part of their debts. They just want to relax. Who knows that a relative who lent money to them is eager to use it to collect debts. The couple were so anxious that they promised to find a way to repay the loan. Due to economic pressure, Li Yanqiu originally planned not to return to her parents' home this year, but at the kind invitation of her brother and sister-in-law, the couple went back.

There are only more than three thousand dollars at home. Apart from buying new year's goods for relatives and returning to parents' home, the couple only have more than 1000 yuan left, and they can't help worrying. No matter how unhappy you are with your parents, you can't save money to honor the elderly, but also give your newborn nephew lucky money. After some discussion, Li Yanqiu decided to give his parents a red envelope from 500 yuan and a lucky money to his nephew 200 yuan.

My brother and sister-in-law prepared a sumptuous meal for them, and they also tried to solve the contradiction between Li Yanqiu and his parents. The meal was very enjoyable, and the family talked and laughed. Li Yanqiu was grateful to his brother and sister-in-law, and reflected that if he hadn't left without saying goodbye, his relationship with his parents might not be so deadlocked.

However, after a meal, Li Yanqiu took out the red envelope, and the mother took the nephew's red envelope and said, "Let me see how many red envelopes you have wrapped for the big nephew." My mother felt sick when she saw that there were only two thin sheets inside.

"You are really good. It is rare to come back once a year. It's not too bad to take out 200 yuan. That's your nephew. Are you such an aunt? "

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Listening to his mother's sarcastic complaint, Li Yanqiu felt cold in his heart. She was in trouble, but her parents turned a blind eye and refused to help her. It doesn't matter. Why step on a few feet? This made her just soften her attitude towards her parents, turned into disappointment again, and cried and packed her bags and left.

My brother and sister-in-law couldn't stop her and had to send her to the intersection. In the car, Li Yanqiu's cell phone rang, and her sister-in-law sent a message saying that she knew that the elder sister needed money badly and put a bank card in her handbag. The password is her nephew's birthday. They don't have to pay back the money, because when my in-laws bought them a wedding room with my sister's bride price, they returned it to the original owner. Sister-in-law also told Li Yanqiu to keep it a secret, lest her parents-in-law know about it.

Li Yanqiu was moved by her sister-in-law's behavior. She has never met a pair of good parents in her life, but she has a good brother good sister-in-law. I thought that after a long marriage, my family was the home I couldn't go back to. Now it seems that this is not the case. At least my brother and sister-in-law are sincere to her.

Parents who prefer sons to daughters only care about the interests of their sons. Even after their daughter got married, they tried their best to make her contribute to their parents' family. No wonder some women gradually drift away from their parents' home after marriage. It's not that they are heartless, but that their hearts are broken.

In fact, compared with money, family is the most precious wealth in the world, which makes us feel warm and illuminates the way forward.