"How many?"

Xiao Hongyi suddenly stood up.

"Forty yuan." Ji Yuanhai said, "Sister Hongyi, do you think this price is a bit low? How about we add a little more?"

"Add whatever you want!" Xiao Hongyi slapped the table, causing the wine in the wine glass to spill out. "Why did you give me so much money? Isn't it time to live?"

"Forty yuan is not enough for many workers! It's outrageous for you to pay me so much!"

Ji Yuanhai looked at Huo Lianshi with some embarrassment: "Brother Huo, look at Sister in Red... please advise her."

Huo Lianshi said solemnly: "Should I persuade her? Let me persuade you first!"

"Yuan Hai, you've been driving around with me for a long time. It turns out you didn't ask us to help. You wanted to help us because you saw that Hong Yi and I were having a hard time!"

"Even if you want to help us, this forty yuan a month's salary is too much! Let's speak according to our conscience. Hongyi doesn't care about buying goods, settling accounts, or anything else. He just stands there like a wooden stick and follows the rules. Selling things at a low price is something a ten-year-old can do!”

"Is it appropriate for you to give her forty yuan a month?"

Speaking of this, Huo Lianshi was a little moved and said a little guiltily: "Since you came to the provincial capital, we haven't been able to help you at all."

"Now that you are helping us like this, with such sincerity... Hongyi and I feel uncomfortable taking this kind of money. How can we accept your money for no reason?"

Xiao Hongyi was also moved in her heart: "I accept it with kindness. The salary is too much, I must not accept it!"

"If you insist on paying me so much salary, then I will have no choice but to quit."

Lu Heling advised: "Brother Huo, Sister Hongyi, this forty yuan is not too much. Yuan Hai and I definitely have enough money..."

"No matter how much money you have, you can't give it to us like this! This is not the same thing." Huo Lianshi said in a deep voice, and Xiao Hongyi nodded in agreement.

The two of them had the same attitude. If Ji Yuanhai and Lu Heling paid this salary, then they would have no choice but to quit.

Ji Yuanhai thought for a moment and said, "What do you guys think is the appropriate salary?"

"I'm just helping you, how much does it cost?" Xiao Hongyi said.

Huo Lianshi also said: "Yes, I don't need any wages."

Ji Yuanhai immediately shook his head: "Brother Huo, Sister Hongyi, if you do this, He Ling and I will be angry."

"How can you come to help for no reason? And it's not just a day or two, but at least two or three years, or even many years in the future, and you won't take a penny? Can we live with it?"

Huo Lianshi thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll give you a token amount, ten yuan, right?"

"Now that prices are rising, ten yuan is becoming less and less useful. What can you do?" Ji Yuanhai asked, "Besides, Sister Hongyi will probably live here all the time in the future, and everything will cost money. You can’t refuse this money, right?”

"He Ling and I treat you as brothers and sisters. You can't treat us like Zhou Papi and think we are such stingy people, right?"

"We don't think you are stingy, we just want to save you money." Huo Lianshi said, "It's not easy for you to make money..."

"Then you are wrong. It is easy for us to make money." Ji Yuanhai said.

Huo Lianshi smiled bitterly: "Yuan Hai, don't argue with me. Even if you make money easily, you still have to spend it slowly. You can't just be so lavish. Otherwise, even if you have gold and silver, you won't be able to keep it."

"Besides, Hongyi and I are really embarrassed to be taken care of like you."

Ji Yuanhai and Huo Lianshi exchanged words with each other for several times. In the end, it was Yuan Zhonghua who persuaded them both not to be so stubborn.

"Work must be paid. Nowadays, coolies can get two yuan a day, and apprentices in the factory can get nearly twenty yuan. If you want Xiao Ji not to give you money, it is really impossible. You What do you want to eat and drink? Can you give me some money to help?"

Yuan Zhonghua persuaded Huo Lianshi and Xiao Hongyi: "You guys are doing this, and Xiao Ji and his wife are really not good-looking."

"Then just twenty yuan. Twenty yuan is a lot." Huo Lianshi said.

Yuan Zhonghua also asked Ji Yuanhai to lower some money, which made Huo Lianshi and Xiao Hongyi feel uncomfortable.

"Everything that is good should be done with good intentions. Don't make others feel uncomfortable just because of your own good intentions."

"It's like rushing to drink and pay the bill, because both parties are kind-hearted, but because I insist on it, it hurts the harmony."

Yuan Zhonghua was indeed professional in persuading him in this regard. After hearing this, Ji Yuanhai and Huo Lianshi both felt that they had to consider each other's feelings. Don't think that good intentions must be a good thing, but instead feel aggrieved.

"Then thirty yuan." Ji Yuanhai said to Huo Lianshi and Xiao Hongyi, "Brother Huo, Sister Hongyi, I hope you will never refuse again."

"You all need money too, so you can't let the lady in red do it in vain."

"If I hadn't considered this aspect from the beginning, to be honest, I would have wanted to pay far more than forty yuan. I had already considered it before I offered forty yuan, but I didn't expect that you still feel that Too high."

After Ji Yuanhai finished speaking, Huo Lianshi stood up and toasted Ji Yuanhai with a glass of wine.

"Mother Ye has a spirit in heaven and sent me another pair of relatives."

"Yuan Hai, drink this drink."

After he said this, he looked at Era Sea with red eyes.

Ji Yuanhai nodded and drank with him.

Xiao Hongyi also stood up, raised her glass to Ji Yuanhai, and looked at Lu Heling.

Lu Heling quickly stood up.

After drinking together, Huo Lianshi and Xiao Hongyi were moved and talked a lot.

Ji Yuanhai listened together with Lu Heling, Wang Zhuyun, and Yuan Zhonghua.

Unconsciously, after drinking for more than an hour, someone knocked on the door and wanted to buy flowers. Yuan Zhonghua stood up and left.

Huo Lianshi got drunk due to emotion, and Xiao Hongyi took care of him in the back room.

Wang Zhuyun and Lu Heling cleared the dining table.

Ji Yuanhai opened for business and continued to sell flowers and plants. At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Huo Lianshi woke up and left with embarrassment.

Ji Yuanhai handed Xiao Hongyi the key to the shop across the street and told her that it would take some time for the incoming goods to arrive, and she would not be at work during this period.

Xiao Hongyi nodded and reminded Ji Yuanhai: "This period of time cannot be counted as wages."

Ji Yuanhai had no choice but to agree.

After Huo Lianshi and Xiao Hongyi left, Ji Yuanhai, Lu Heling, and Wang Zhuyun returned to the provincial university and the provincial capital university respectively.

Monday came, and Ji Yuanhai returned to his normal study life.

One day after another, it was Thursday in the blink of an eye. Ji Yuanhai was studying in the dormitory after class and dinner. The counselor came to him and said that someone was looking for him.

Ji Yuanhai asked and found out that they were the eldest sister Yan Huifang and her family of three.

They wrote a letter to Ji Yuanhai last month, and Ji Yuanhai also wrote a reply at that time. Now they are actually here while they are on vacation.

After following the counselor out of the dormitory building, Ji Yuanhai met Yan Huifang's family of three.

The man was wearing a military uniform, with a Chinese character face and strong lines. When he saw Ji Yuanhai, he stepped forward and shook hands: "Hello, classmate Ji Yuanhai, my name is Shi Kaishan, and I am Shi Xiaoyong's father."

"Thank you very much for saving our child Shi Xiaoyong. You also saved our entire family!"

Ji Yuanhai quickly said you're welcome.

After shaking hands with Shi Kaishan, Ji Yuanhai saw Sister Yan Huifang again. In addition to Shi Xiaoyong, Sister Yan Huifang's belly was bulging again, and it was obvious that she was giving birth to a new life.

After greeting each other, Shi Kaishan handed a big bag to Ji Yuanhai.

Ji Yuanhai took it and took a look. The bag was full of various food and drink gifts. He quickly thanked: "Brother Shi, you brought me too many gifts! I really can't eat so much!"

"I just need to keep two things! You have to take the rest!"

"What's it like to take it away?" Shi Kaishan refused, "It's not easy for us to have big and small bags along the way. You must accept them, as it will lighten our burden!"

After Ji Yuanhai repeatedly gave in to him, he had no choice but to send this bag of things back to the dormitory first, and then came down to entertain Shi Kaishan and his wife, as well as the baby Shi Xiaoyong.

The counselor didn't leave either and continued to help and talk.

The counselor and Ji Yuanhai led Shi Kaishan and his wife to sit down in the small restaurant of the cafeteria. After all, they needed a place to sit and talk.

Afterwards, it was almost time to eat, and Ji Yuanhai bought some food.

"The food in the university cafeteria is not very good. The conditions are really limited. Brother Shi, you just have to make do with it."

"This is not a general. With meat and vegetables, it is already very rich." Shi Kaishan said with a smile.

The couple mainly went home to visit relatives during the holidays, and when passing by the provincial capital, they came specifically to thank Ji Yuanhai.

Ji Yuanhai also smiled and said that he must thank them, otherwise he would not get the school's award.

Both parties were polite to each other and could not say anything unpleasant.

Ji Yuanhai also learned that Shi Kaishan did have some opportunities, because he was favored by the leader, so his wife's affairs could be reported, and the troops responded quickly.

After eating and talking, Shi Kaishan and his wife had to buy train tickets to go home, so Ji Yuanhai took them to the train station.

When they arrived at the train station, Shi Kaishan solemnly shook hands with Ji Yuanhai: "Xiao Ji, our whole family will remember your life-saving grace firmly in our hearts and never dare to forget it. If anything happens in the future, you must come to me."

"No matter whether my ability is enough or not, I will definitely try my best to help!"

Ji Yuanhai nodded: "Brother Shi, I understand, you have a safe journey."

"There is one more thing that I will tell you when I return to the army." Shi Kaishan said, "I will discuss it with my family when I get back."

Ji Yuanhai was stunned for a moment: "Brother Shi, what are you—"

"You'll know when the time comes!" Shi Kaishan said, "I hope you won't dislike it then."

Ji Yuanhai said in a deep voice: "Brother Shi, don't ever think about repaying anything! If we want to be friends from now on, we can't think about this kind of thing all the time, otherwise we won't be friends either!"

"Don't worry, I'm not being polite to you, you will know when the time comes!"

Shi Kaishan said: "I will discuss it with my family first, and then I will talk to you."

Ji Yuanhai pondered for a moment, wondering what he could discuss with his family?

Gift? money? There is no need to discuss these aspects.

In other respects, it is equally impossible.

A soldier in Shi Kaishan's army couldn't help Ji Yuanhai much; Ji Yuanhai was already married, so there was no need for him to introduce him to marriage.

Well, marriage, children...could it be said...

"Brother Shi, are you going to ask Xiaoyong to become my godfather?" Ji Yuanhai asked Shi Kaishan.

Shi Kaishan was immediately surprised, and then grinned: "A college student is a college student after all, and you can see all my frivolousness at a glance!"

"I'm still thinking about discussing it with my parents first, and then I'll tell you."

Ji Yuanhai thought to himself: If the godparents know about it, then there is no doubt that it is a real and serious godmother.

It's not a joke.

This topic has reached this point. It would be too emotionally damaging if we didn’t take up the topic.

This is also a choice for Ji Yuanhai: to expand his network of contacts and deepen his friendship with Shi Kaishan, or to reject Shi Kaishan, and the friendship between the two parties will only end there.

Shi Kaishan looked at Ji Yuanhai expectantly: "Xiao Ji, are you willing?"

Ji Yuanhai nodded: "Of course I am willing. I also like this kid Shi Xiaoyong very much."

"That's good, that's good!" Shi Kaishan said with a happy face, "To be honest, it's you who doesn't agree with me. I always wanted to ask you after I'm ready."

"I didn't expect that an educated college student like you would really not dislike a family like ours..."

"Brother Shi, what are you talking about? Your family is a glorious family. It depends on you to protect the family and the country. How can I be dissatisfied?" Ji Yuanhai said quickly.

Sister Yan Huifang was also very happy. She teased Shi Xiaoyong, who was still unable to speak, and asked him to call Ji Yuanhai "godfather". Of course, he couldn't call him "godfather", but he just stared at her big black eyes and chuckled.

Ji Yuanhai also smiled: In half a day, one more godson, one more godson...

Shi Kaishan, his wife and Shi Xiaoyong boarded the train and left, while Ji Yuanhai returned to university to continue studying.

On Saturday, Ji Yuanhai, Lu Heling, and Wang Zhuyun went to Flower and Bird Street.

Lu Heling discussed writing with Wang Zhuyun and also found time to study.

Xiao Hongyi lives in the shop diagonally opposite. Because the goods have not arrived, it is not open for business.

However, the shop owners on Flower and Bird Street are also well-informed people. They already know that Hong Jiangtao's shop is in the hands of Ji Yuanhai, and there is another female shopkeeper who is ready to open the business.

Xiao Hongyi was quite wary of outsiders she didn't know and didn't say much to them.

But after all, many people have seen her interacting and talking to Era Sea, so they all speculated that the flowers and plants in Era Sea may bloom all the time in the future, instead of just two days on weekends.

Thinking of this terrible future, Shan Xing and others couldn't sit still. They wandered around Fangcaoxuan, always trying to get some news.

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