After the aunt married into the city, the family was not wealthy.
A few years ago, when I was not yet bankrupt, my aunt borrowed 200,000 yuan from me as the start-up capital for my cousin's business.
My cousin successfully started an engineering company that has been doing well in recent years. However, since my aunt's family situation improved, our interactions with each other have decreased significantly, especially after my business went bankrupt, and there was almost no contact.
My cousin is getting married for the second time, and I am discussing with my wife the amount of gifts. Five years ago, my aunt's family gave a gift of 600 yuan when the girl turned one year, and I thought that 1,600 yuan would be enough. However, my wife thinks that it has been five years, and it will look unseemly if we give too little, so we must prepare at least 3,600 yuan, so as not to be called stingy. So, I finally prepared 3,600 yuan.
On the afternoon of the wedding, our family of three drove to the county seat to attend my cousin's wedding. They chose to hold their wedding banquet in the best hotels in the county. According to local custom, the gift money is delivered before the table is seated. After I wrote the gift money first, I exchanged a few words with my aunt, and then found an empty table and sat down.
Soon after, our table was filled with 10 guests. Not long after the food was served, the aunt's family began to toast table by table. When it was our turn to be table, we politely congratulated. However, they did not look at us at all, nor did they toast, as if they were ignoring our presence.
Suddenly, my uncle came over and said in an unkind tone, "There are so many people in your house that they take up a third of my table. ”
Hearing this, my wife and I's faces instantly turned red.
I couldn't help but think to myself, how could he talk like that?
As a face-conscious person, I felt embarrassed that my uncle's words were clearly looking down on us.
My aunt stood by and looked at my uncle and me, but she didn't say a word or say anything to persuade me.
Unexpectedly, my uncle's next words were even more annoying.
He said: "Your family has 3,600 yuan, which can barely be regarded as a return to the capital." You don't usually get to eat a gourmet meal like this. This table of gourmet meals costs at least 4,800 yuan, and your family of three can eat a gourmet meal of 4,800 yuan for 3,600 yuan, which is really profitable. ”
When I heard that, I was so angry.
So, I stood up and said, "Uncle, is your family just for the 3,600 yuan?" The purpose of sending money is to convey the sophistication of people, and pay attention to courtesy. At the beginning, when I held a banquet, your family only spent 300 yuan, and five people came over, and when they left, they took two local chickens and 50 eggs. This is a double standard in your family. ”
When my uncle heard this, he couldn't stop the embarrassment on his face. He said: "At that time, how much did the banquet you hold in the countryside cost? I sent 300 yuan, which is also in line with the rules. Now my family is running in a big hotel, how can it be the same? You gave 3,600 yuan, and the three of them ate it, if every relative is like this, how much do I have to pay for this banquet? ”
Hearing my uncle's explanation, many relatives and friends began to talk and point fingers.
My uncle looked at the relatives around him talking about it, his face became more and more red, his neck was thick, and he glared at me fiercely, eager to hit me directly.
At this time, I no longer care about face, such snobbish relatives are really not worth associating.
I shouted, "Is this the purpose of making money?" Choosing such a high-end hotel, and having relatives and friends to pay the bill, isn't this making money from relatives and friends? Give me the money back, I'm not going to eat this meal. We are such lowly relatives that we really can't be with them. ”
After that, I took my wife and girl, went straight to the gift office and asked for 3,600 yuan back, and then left the hotel without hesitation.
When my aunt's family saw that I wanted to return the gift money, they were so angry that they stomped their feet.
I thought to myself, it is love to follow the elements, regardless of the number. At the beginning, their family sent 300 yuan, and I didn't think it was less! Now he is so calculating, he is really greedy to the extreme. List of high-quality authors