On the drive home, Li Long explained the little incident that morning to Gu Xiaoxia.
"Sigh." Gu Xiaoxia shook her head as she looked after Mingming and Haohao in the back. "Director Wang is a generous man, and he's good at dealing with people and handling things. His brother and sister-in-law seemed very steady today too, so why is this nephew of his so petty? A wedding is such a happy occasion, and the bride seemed nice-oh, right, she works in our education system too, a good teacher. How could he handle things in a way that makes it so hard not to criticize him?"
Li Long shook his head without speaking. He vaguely remembered that the person who had given the bride's younger brother the red envelope had been the groom Wang Qiyuan's mother. Whether or not it ran in the family, at least they probably all behaved much the same way.
So the groom doing something like that had a lot to do with his family environment. Of course, that had nothing to do with Li Long. He had only helped because they were riding in his car, because the bride came from the countryside, and because the boy seemed well-behaved.
It was a custom. If the boy named Xiaoquan had got out without receiving a red envelope, the groom's side would certainly have laughed at the bride's family for a long time.
It was just a minor episode in life. Once it was over, it was over. It was already past three in the afternoon when Li Long brought Gu Xiaoxia back to the Big Courtyard. She had had a few drinks and felt a little tipsy, so she went to bed.
Back then, New Year's Day meant only one day off. When Gu Xiaoxia went to