Chapter 7 Chapter 05 Economic Crisis

After having two more children, Anna and Wang Gui obviously felt that their quality of life had declined, and they were often unable to make ends meet, and were already stretched before the end of the month.In the past, Anna and Wang Gui kept their wages together with their salary slips in the middle drawer of the table at home, and whoever used them got it.Because Wang Gui is responsible for the daily purchases at home, Anna seldom buys from them.But once in a while, I took money to buy some clothes for my children, and suddenly found that the money in the drawer was gone.Ana couldn't figure out why the drawer was always empty every time it was her turn to use the money.

In the last few days of the end of the month, the two of them sighed at the empty rice tank and reviewed the expenses.Because Anna doesn't spend money, the end result is always that Anna scolds Wang Gui: "Where did you spend all the money? I didn't eat, I didn't wear anything, I didn't feel anything, and I was gone. You Said, did you send money to your mother again?" Anna always suspected that Wang Gui secretly sent money to his family beyond the prescribed amount, and he would not be able to break his roots with the countryside until he died. "The conscience of heaven and earth! Who secretly sent money to the family and went out and was hit by a car!" Wang Gui was very wronged. "What about the money? Where did the money go? Could it be used for you to raise your little wife?" Anna was speechless when she got angry.She clearly knew that this was nonsense, who would fall in love with Wang Gui who is like Zhu Bajie!I can't even send it upside down.But she felt very relieved when she said this, and even she couldn't help laughing after she finished speaking.Wang Gui felt like he was being taken advantage of, he didn't do anything, why did he lose his money?Just as she was about to fight back, she saw that Anna laughed and couldn't get angry, and said, "Isn't it all spent on the children? Eat and drink every day!" But the rest of the days must be lived, no matter how noisy, four mouths Everyone has to eat.

After each quarrel, Anna stamped her feet and ran back to her natal home.As soon as she entered the door, her father gave her five yuan without saying a word, and then told her in a low voice: "Don't tell your mother! Otherwise, other brothers and sisters will find it difficult for me to do it." Her mother was also waiting in the room. She pulled her over and said, "Don't make a noise, let the other brothers and sisters know that I can't get it right." Then he gave her another five yuan.Before leaving, her parents got together and handed her a bag of rice and a few meat dishes in a very grandiose way, asking her to take it. It is estimated that every brother and sister should have a share.

In this way, Anna even cheated and kidnapped her natal family for a long time.It's just that Wang Gui feels very ashamed every time he sees Anna come back from her natal family to bring relief. The man's self-esteem is very hurt. A big man actually relies on his wife to ask his natal family for money to live.During the few days at the end of the month, Wang Gui always felt unable to straighten his back. It is common for Anna to scold Wang Gui behind closed doors, but when she is out, she makes a fool of Wang Gui.Occasionally, when she went to her natal home to deliver things, she asked Wang Gui to carry them in when her brothers and sisters were around, and she was very respectful to Wang Gui in front of her brothers and sisters.And when she went to ask for money, she went to Longtan alone, not wanting to embarrass her husband, let alone make her parents look down on Wang Gui.She felt that if others looked down on her husband, they looked down on herself.No matter how much she wanted to break away from Wang Gui, the reality was clear that the two of them had already tied a rope.So Wang Gui likes Anna very much from this point, and thinks that she knows the general situation, unlike some women who run two miles away chasing and scolding their husbands at the top of their voices.Although many female colleagues in the university are highly educated, when it comes to dealing with family issues, they look like country women.At this point, Anna showed her extraordinary upbringing.

"We need to manage expenses in a different way. I will handle the money, and I can't leave it to you." Anna decided to make a family reform.However, the effect of the reform seems to be unsatisfactory, because although Anna started to put the money in her pocket, she still had no time to buy it by herself, instead Wang Gui opened her mouth to ask her every day. "Give me five bucks for groceries." "Give me three yuan to pay the toll fee." "Order milk for six yuan." The money was still gone, but Anna generally knew where the money was going and what name it was being used for.She had to marvel at how much money was spent in life!

Before the end of the month, Anna's wallet was empty again.Now Anna was even more flustered than when the money disappeared in the drawer, because there was a loophole in the management.This time it was Wang Gui's turn to ask her: "You keep the money every day, why is it gone?" Wang Gui suddenly felt very relaxed and vented his anger.I have never been elated. It's still Anna who has a quick brain.She immediately fought back: "How do I know? Did I spend it? You don't buy vegetables every day, you use the money? I didn't add a piece of clothing, I didn't post money to my mother's house, but I just transferred the money from the drawer to my pocket .You still come to ask me! How much do you spend on grocery shopping every day? Have you recorded it? If you deducted it, how would I know? Say, did you deduct the money and send it to your hometown secretly?"

The question turned in circles and returned to the starting point.Wang Gui couldn't figure out why no matter how many turns he took, Anna always came back to this question and looked at him with anti-thief eyes.His brow started to sweat again. "Heaven and earth conscience! Who secretly sent money to the family and went out to be hit by a car!..." Huh?Why are you back again? The result of this "family dispute" is that in the future, Anna will still manage the money, and Wang Gui will spend it, but Wang Gui has another task-keeping accounts. It's the end of the month again, and I'm still a few days away from paying my salary.Not enough to spend.The two of them looked at the ledger and the salary slip, checking each item one by one.Wang Gui felt that bookkeeping was scientific, at least his innocence was cleared.However, Wang Gui is sometimes too careless, spends money but forgets to write it down in a notebook, or writes it down temporarily on a piece of paper but forgets to transcribe it.One day every month, Wang Gui mobilized Erduozi and I to find all kinds of small papers scattered around the house for him. As long as there were numbers on them, we would show them to him.Sometimes he would take out a small bill from his son's "treasure", and then slapped his son's ass very angrily: "Fucking guy, hide your father's innocence! Two dollars and three cents What!" Even so, Wang Gui's expenditure and Anna's income still do not match.Once, Wang Gui divided the green onions for two, garlic for three, his son's pictures for five, and glass marbles for ten cents, which was more than three yuan.Anna was very annoyed because she had no food to make a living and had to go back to her natal family to beg for money. "Say, are you hiding the money again so that you can send it to your mother?" Wang Gui almost fainted.He really admired Anna's thoughtfulness, she would judge based on the amount of money whether Wang Gui had already sent it, or saved it up and sent it together next time.Because the minimum amount for each remittance by the post office is five yuan.Wang Gui feels that Anna never loses her mind when she quarrels, and thinks things in an orderly manner.You say she is confused, she is very clear, you explain to her that there is no, she firmly does not believe it.Wang Gui was holding back his anger, and the only way to vent his anger was to push the ledger, turn around and leave, saying, "If you continue to behave like this, you will take care of the house when you buy vegetables in the future!" possible.Anna works in a remote place, and spends an hour on the road every day. How is it possible to pick up the children at noon, pick up the children in the afternoon, and get up early in the morning to buy groceries?The two of them remained silent like this, and after a while, Anna's tears were about to fall.Wang Guide hurriedly took advantage of the quiet time to find out the three yuan and four.He wandered around the kitchen, sweeping everything from the roof to the floor.Suddenly he swaggered out very pompously, threw a card in front of Anna, and said, "The milk card is six yuan next month!" Then he let out a long breath and began to sing his Henan Bangzi.

Anna smiled at the milk card, at first she secretly pursed her lips into a smile, and then couldn't help but burst out laughing.She thinks that Wang Gui is quite cute sometimes, although he is a little bit rough, he is very strong and can stand up to her unreasonable troubles for many years.She knew that Wang Gui loved her from the bottom of her heart, so she liked to play tricks on Wang Gui unscrupulously. Seeing him sweating anxiously and tongue-tied, she felt a kind of narrowness that she secretly liked. "Why is there an extra two yuan and six? Do you often report big bills? Withhold our rations and save the money to send to your mother?" When Anna said this, she laughed so hard that she burst into tears. I also feel a little unreasonable.

Wang Gui completely surrendered. Anna and Wang Gui have carefully reviewed the details of the expenses.First of all, dishes cannot be spared. In this regard, Anna and Wang Gui are surprisingly unified.Anna is hard-spoken and soft-hearted. Maybe she doesn't love Wang Gui very much in her heart, but she absolutely can't bear to let the big man around her suffer. No matter what, she must feed Wang Gui well, not to mention the children are growing up.I would rather save a little on my clothes than on my mouth. The body comes first.Secondly, children's education cannot be saved.Wang Gui and Anna are very willing to invest in their children's education.I have been a bookworm since I started to read. I can read books faster than I can eat them. It is no problem to read a few books a day.At the beginning of each year, when it was time to order books, newspapers and magazines, Wang Gui would directly ask the post office for a list of books and magazines, and let me tick them off.Back and forth, there are hundreds of subscription fees for books and newspapers, which is Wang Gui and Anna's salary for more than a month!When Wang Gui drew a ticket and went to the counter to pay, he was willing and didn't even bat an eyelid.Anna followed me to get rich, and often forced magazines such as "Yilin" and "Yilin" into my densely packed book list, forcing me, a seven-year-old child, to read them.Selling dog meat as a sheep's trick, in fact, digest it by yourself.This entertainment and education expense cannot be saved.Again, children's clothing costs cannot be saved.When children see the wind, they often buy clothes in spring, but they can't cover their arms and legs in autumn.Moreover, the two children are not the same, and there is no possibility that the younger one can match the older one's clothes.

After all the calculations, the only way to cut off the adult's clothing allowance.The problem is, when the two of them buried their heads in looking for the item of clothing expenses, they realized that they hadn't bought any clothes for a year.Anna suddenly noticed that the neckline of Wang Gui's Chinese tunic suit was frayed, and the cuffs were also worn white.It's time to add some decent clothes to Wang Gui, he's going to go to the podium, Anna thought.Well, not only did not cut expenses, but there was a big one more.