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Chapter 145: A Happy Wedding, So Much Gift Money It’s Shocking! (Subscribe)

After bringing everyone from his hometown home, Wang Duoyu let them wander around on their own and did not take them around personally.

In fact, he himself didn't know the area very well, so it would be better for him to let them explore on their own.

Besides, there are eleven of them. Except for the third brother who is old and may not like to hang out, the others will definitely be happy, especially the two sisters Wang Meili and Wang Meihe.

However, before Xu Quanhua and the others left the small courtyard, someone suddenly came outside.

It turned out that it was Qiu Chengtong and Smale who came to see him. They had just learned from Hua Luogeng that Wang Duoyu had returned to the capital, so they couldn't wait to come over.

Seeing the foreigners, Wang Meili and the others opened their eyes wide. Today they had finally seen the world.

Wang Duoyu invited Qiu Chengtong and Smale to the living room. After a few pleasantries, they stated their purpose.

The purpose of these two people coming to see him was nothing more than related to the paper on three-dimensional space.

It is not easy to write that paper. There are too many mathematical tools and breakthrough points to discuss.

These problems must be solved one by one before they can be successfully completed.

There is no way. When using Ricci flow to transform space, there are too many singularities that cannot be controlled.

But these singularities are not so easy to control. Wang Duoyu is also working hard, and everyone is working hard.

"How about this? I'll go to the Jingxi Hotel to meet you tomorrow. How about that?"

There are relatives from his hometown at home, and Wang Duoyu can't just leave them alone. Although he won't accompany Wang Meili and the others shopping, he definitely needs to stay at home.

Upon hearing this, Qiu Chengtong immediately said:
"If you think it's inconvenient, we can go back to the Jingxi Hotel first."

"Well, as you can see, my relatives from my hometown are here. Although I don't need to accompany them, I have to stay at home."

"That's easy, we can stay at your house."

"I'm just worried you might not be used to this bathroom."

Hearing Wang Duoyu's words, Qiu Chengtong smiled bitterly, but still nodded, because the only problem in Beijing was the bathroom, and the other aspects could be barely overcome.

But to be honest, the bathroom really caused trouble for Qiu Chengtong and others.

However, even if it cannot be overcome, Shing-Tung Yau and others must overcome it now. It is more important to solve the Poincare conjecture in three-dimensional space.

More than ten years ago, Smale went to the seaside park in Rio de Janeiro, South America, and came here too.

Now that we are in the capital, we can completely overcome these troubles.

Just one word, habit, can overcome everything!
"Third brother, Sixth sister-in-law, if you stay at home, please be quiet. I need to work with them in this room."

After explaining the situation to Xu Quanhua and the others, Wang Duoyu turned around and went into the study with Qiu Chengtong.

The study wasn't very big, but it could definitely accommodate the three of them.

When Wang Duozhi learned that Wang Duoyu and his team were going to work, he tactfully followed Xu Quanhua and his team out of the small courtyard.

Anyway, let's just stroll around the nearby Wangfujing Street. Zhu Ling will be back in the afternoon and we'll have dinner together then.

"I didn't expect that Lao Jiu was so familiar with foreigners. I just heard the bird language they spoke. Lao Shiyi, how much did you understand?"

Third brother Wang Duozhi sighed, and Wang Meihe, who was named, rolled her eyes:

"Third brother, you know I'm only a mediocre student, and my English is terrible. How could I possibly understand?"

"Then how come your ninth brother can talk to others so fluently? Why don't you learn from him?" Sixth sister-in-law Du Xiaoju added, and Wang Meihe was almost depressed.

If she could compare herself with her ninth brother, why would she still be living a mediocre life now?

At this time, Wang Duoshi has always been very honest and is not as lively as before.

A group of them came out to hang out and waited until it was almost time to go back. Unexpectedly, they met Zhu Ling who was about to go home on the way.

The next day, May Day, Wang Duoyu took his family to visit the Forbidden City. There was no other way, he had to make sure they had good food, drink and fun.

"This is the Forbidden City. It's so magnificent. It's where the emperor lived in the past. It's a pity that I didn't come here to take a look."

Hearing the third brother's sigh, Wang Duoyu did not respond, but Xu Quanhua and others echoed him.

The Forbidden City is very beautiful and very large. Even with the cultural level of Xu Quanhua and his colleagues, they can't find a better adjective to describe it.

The reason why his third brother could describe it as magnificent was that he had just listened to the tour guides' introduction and wrote it down. Otherwise, his third brother would not have said that.

Wang Duoyu has visited the Forbidden City many times. He stayed in Beijing for a long time in his previous life. No matter whether they were high school classmates, childhood friends, or other relatives and close friends, as long as they came to Beijing, he would personally accompany them to visit.

Among the fixed attractions such as the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and Prince Gong's Mansion, the Forbidden City must be ranked first. Even if there are a lot of people in this place, you must visit it.

However, today Wang Duoyu only agreed to accompany them for half a day, and let them arrange the afternoon time freely.

Anyway, they can just stroll around Tiananmen Square, for example, to pay homage to the great man, and they can also go to nearby Xidan and other places.

Zhu Ling has a day off and will go shopping with them this afternoon.

Although the wedding is tomorrow, there is actually not much that Wang Duoyu and his family need to prepare.

Because we are just going to the Jingxi Hotel for dinner tomorrow and there is no special procedure, so there is no complicated process.

Besides, given the current circumstances, it is not appropriate to be extravagant. Just setting up a few tables will be enough.

That night, after Zhu Ling sent all the relatives of Old Wang back to the guesthouse, she returned home and saw Wang Duoyu. She couldn't help but say:

"I'm so tired! Duoyu, your relatives back home are so energetic! After walking all day, they're still so energetic."

In fact, Zhu Ling is also a person who exercises regularly. She used to walk to and from get off work, but even so, she is still not as good as Wang Meili and others.

"Are you competing with yourselves in physical strength? Haha, you're asking for trouble!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu burst into laughter and asked her to take a shower and soak her feet.

"You've worked hard today, go to bed early, we'll be even busier and more tired tomorrow."

"You said we're just having a meal, without picking up the bride or going through the formalities. Isn't that a bit informal?"

"We had a rushed wedding banquet, and I didn't have that much time to mess around, so we kept it simple."

Hearing Wang Duoyu say this, Zhu Ling could only nod silently.

She actually knew that Wang Duoyu was very busy now. Yesterday, Shing-Tung Yau and Smale came to see him. It was conceivable how complicated and difficult the paper they had to complete recently was.

It was only because the opportunity was rare and because Wang Duoyu was getting married. Otherwise, Qiu Chengtong and the others would have returned to the United States long ago.

Therefore, everything about the wedding was kept simple, really simple.

There’s no need to worry about picking up the bride, just eat directly.

The next morning, Wang Duoyu and Zhu Ling first came to Beijing Institute of Technology, and then went to Jingxi Hotel with Zhu Qizhen and Fang Zhen.

After arriving at the place, the two young people greeted the guests at the door of the banquet hall, and the two elders were there to help.

But there were people who arrived earlier than Wang Duoyu and the others, namely Li Rui, Liu Deben, and Tao Fangqi.

Starting from eleven o'clock, many people came one after another, many of whom were relatives of the Zhu family.

Wang Meili and other relatives of the Wang family arrived early and were watching the new things in the banquet hall.

"Why are there so many foreigners here? When did Lao Jiu have so many foreign friends?"

They saw another table full of foreigners and immediately started discussing in low voices.

"Go ask yourself, your ninth brother is right at the door."

"Everyone, sit down and don't cause trouble for Lao Jiu. Everyone here today is an important person, so be careful with your words."

When the eldest brother is not around, the third brother Wang Duozhi has the most say.

Therefore, Wang Meili, Xu Quanhua, Du Xiaoju and others suddenly stopped talking nonsense.

At this time, a lot of people came to the door. They didn’t know them, but they could tell from their aura that they were leaders.

Zhou Peiyuan, Duan Xuefu and a group of other leaders and professors from Peking University came. They knew that today was Wang Duoyu's wedding day, so of course they rushed over without stopping.

Because they have all heard that Wang Duoyu has graduated!
Since Wang Duoyu has graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology, the next opportunity will be opportunities at other schools such as Peking University.

From the current perspective, Wang Duoyu has not agreed to Chen Xingshen’s proposal, so other schools such as Peking University still have a chance.

At the entrance of the banquet hall, Wang Duoyu had just sent Zhou Peiyuan and other leaders into the banquet hall. When he turned around, he saw Hua Luogeng, Chen Jingrun, Tao Fangqi and others.

Seeing more and more guests arriving at the Jingxi Hotel, and even more guests further away, Wang Duoyu was overwhelmed: Why are they all here?

It would be fine if there were only people from Peking University, but why are there so many people from Tsinghua University?
Liu Da, the secretary of Tsinghua University, led the team personally, and Zhao Fangxiong and others all came.

There were also Yan Jici, President of the University of Science and Technology of China, Su Buqing, Director of the Department of Mathematics at Fudan University, and others. They all attended in person, giving Wang Duoyu enough face.

Wang Duoyu, with a headache as big as a bucket, felt even more regretful and panicked. If he had known earlier, he would not have held this wedding, or he would have just had a simple meal at home.

Zhu Ling next to her was also dumbfounded. Although she did not know Su Buqing, Yan Jici and others, she was not blind. Her father Zhu Qizhen shook hands with these big men with a greasy face and looked very excited. This made Zhu Ling realize that these old men in front of her were not simple people.

After sending Yan Jici and the others into the banquet hall, Wang Duoyu pulled Zhu Ling and Fang Zhen, mother and daughter, aside:
"Mom, Lingling, please go and talk to the Jingxi Hotel. There are too many people coming today. Ask them to help prepare more food."

Fang Zhen and Zhu Ling, mother and daughter, were stunned. "Duoyu, I'm afraid this won't work, right?"

How dare they order the person in charge of Jingxi Hotel to do things?

Jingxi Hotel is not an ordinary institution, how can they just add more dishes?
Wang Duoyu also reacted after hearing this, and immediately slapped his forehead and said:
"Forget it, Lingling, go inside and call Professor Tao Fangqi for me. Uh, you don't know him? Forget it, you guys stay by the door, I'll go call him for help."

There are more and more people. If we don’t add more seats and more dishes, there will definitely not be enough space.

Guests are welcome, and Wang Duoyu has no way of pushing them away.

What's more, those who can enter the Jingxi Hotel are not ordinary people. How can he push it?
In the banquet hall, Wang Duoyu found Tao Fangqi. After learning about the situation, the latter immediately nodded and said:
"Okay, I understand. I'll help you negotiate. You don't need to worry about this. Just go to the front door and greet the guests."

When Zhou Peiyuan saw this scene, he couldn't help but frown. Only then did he remember that Wang Duoyu seemed to be very close to the Institute of Mathematics.

If Wang Duoyu wants to pursue a master's or doctoral degree, then the Institute of Mathematics will definitely be a strong rival of Peking University.

Because he is close to the water, he gets the moon first. Wang Duoyu may choose the Institute of Mathematics instead of Peking University.

Peking University is very impressive, but last summer, two Peking University admissions teachers, Shen Jiannan and Xing Yongfu, personally traveled to Northeast China and found Wang Duoyu in his hometown, but were unable to convince him to study at Peking University.

So it would be difficult for him to come to Peking University to study for a master's or doctoral degree now.

"What on earth did Peking University do to make Wang Duoyu so repulsive?"

Just when Tao Fangqi went to find the person in charge of Jingxi Hotel, Zhou Peiyuan had already stood up and stopped Wang Duoyu.

"Comrade Wang Duoyu, could you please come over and chat for a few minutes?"

"Hello, Principal Zhou. As you can see, I'm quite busy right now. How about we talk later?"

Wang Duoyu was furiously complaining in his heart, could it be that Old Zhou couldn't see that he was very busy? Why did he come to trouble him at this time?
If the other party was not the president of Peking University, Wang Duoyu would definitely not pay any attention to him.

Zhou Peiyuan heard this and said with a smile:
"We can talk while we walk, it won't waste your time."

To be honest, Peking University is not short of talents, but in today's era, Peking University also needs a scholar who is famous in the international community to take charge.

And young people like Wang Duoyu are definitely the best choice.

Half a month ago, Wang Duoyu successfully held an academic lecture at Peking University.

Although Peking University's fame has spread throughout the world, Wang Duoyu is not from Peking University.

After this lecture, Wang Duoyu's reputation around the world will only grow. Especially since he is still continuing to delve into the Poincare conjecture in three-dimensional space, there is a great possibility that he will solve this world-class mathematical problem.

If Wang Duoyu could become a graduate student at Peking University or hold a position at Peking University at this time, it would be a great thing for Peking University.

In the context of reform and opening up, Peking University urgently needs young scholars like Wang Duoyu to serve as a banner and lead the development direction of domestic mathematical science in order to support and make every effort to promote the development of Chinese mathematics.

Therefore, Zhou Peiyuan, who was well aware of this, could only lower himself to "flatter" Wang Duoyu, hoping that the latter could "join" Peking University.

Zhou Peiyuan walked very slowly, covering the more than ten meters from the banquet hall to the entrance. Wang Duoyu had no choice but to walk slowly.

Zhou Peiyuan muttered a few words, and when he was about to reach the door, he said straight to the point:

"Comrade Wang Duoyu, I know Professor Chen and his colleagues have promised you many conditions, but you're not willing to study in the United States. I won't tell you all that. On behalf of Peking University, I sincerely invite you to join our Institute of Mathematics as an associate researcher."

The Peking University Institute of Mathematics was established last year, with Cheng Minde as its first director.

That is, starting from last year, various universities have successively established so-called mathematics research institutes, such as Nankai University.

"Principal Zhou, I'm sorry, I'm already a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences." Wang Duoyu shook his head and refused, pointing ahead without hesitation:
"I have to be busy, Principal Zhou. Let's talk after I'm done."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Peiyuan could only smile unwillingly and nodded. On the surface, it didn't look like he was in a bad mood.

He personally invited Wang Duoyu humbly and even offered him the position of associate researcher, but Wang Duoyu still politely declined.

Wang Duoyu was just an intern researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was paid at the twelfth level, and his monthly salary was only 62 yuan.

Positions like associate researcher generally have a salary of level four, five, or six, which means monthly salaries are 154, 178.5, and 207 yuan, respectively. These salaries are much higher than those of intern researchers.

Suddenly, Zhou Peiyuan thought of Wang Duoyu's other identity. The latter was also a novelist, and his royalties were quite high.

For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

In China, Peking University is absolutely attractive to many people, but I don’t know why it fails to work for Wang Duoyu?
As time passed, the guests outside the door finally disappeared. They should all have arrived.

But at this moment, the two leaders suddenly appeared, which startled Wang Duoyu.

Zhu Qizhen's eyes widened because he had met these two ministry leaders at an internal meeting at the Beijing Institute of Technology before.

Although Zhou Peiyuan's administrative position is also very high, compared with the department leaders, many people still think that the leaders of the ministry are higher.

After all, the president of Peking University is just the president.

"Comrade Wang Duoyu, congratulations on your wedding. We're uninvited, don't you mind?"

The two leaders smiled gently, not only saying congratulations, but also giving out red envelopes that seemed to be quite heavy.

Guests are welcome, and the other party is a leader. He might represent the intentions of the higher-ups. How could Wang Duoyu dare to refuse?
So he could only smile and welcome the leader in with great enthusiasm.

Regardless of whether there were other guests later, Wang Duoyu didn't want to wait any longer and wanted to start the banquet quickly, in case there were other guests coming.

But at this moment, someone came to the door again.

A wedding is being held in a small banquet hall on the side of the Jingxi Hotel.

Today is May 2, 1979, the seventh day of the fourth lunar month. Auspicious days for: getting married, meeting friends and family, moving, moving into a new house, and praying.
The sky was also cloudless and it was a sunny day.

Although Wang Duoyu and his family did not go through any festive wedding activities such as picking up and dropping off the bride, they still posted the word "Fu" (blessing) in the banquet hall, and prepared small red bags filled with peanuts, candies, dates and other gifts on each table, which was appropriate for the occasion.

Today's wedding banquet is not formalistic at all, it's just a meal.

The two newlyweds, Wang Duoyu and Zhu Ling, just held wine glasses and went around each table to offer a toast. That was all.

"Dear friends and family, thank you for your blessings to Lingling and me. I'm sorry for the poor hospitality. Please enjoy your meal and drinks."

Give enough polite words and fill the wine glass.

Of course, Wang Duoyu's wine glass only had wine in the first glass, and the rest was filled with plain water.

He specially prepared a 750ml bottle of Moutai and filled it with a whole bottle of boiled water, so it couldn't be seen.

Even so, he couldn't pour the wine himself during the toast, and others still poured it for him several times.

So after he finished his round of toasts, his stomach was filled with not only 750 ml of boiled water, but also a lot of liquor.

Luckily, it was just boiled water, which his stomach could digest perfectly. At the main table, Wang Duoyu wanted to continue to take the unopened boiled water and Maotai that he had prepared, but it turned out that it had been taken away by someone else.

The leader raised his glass and toasted Wang Duoyu personally.

This leader was the last to arrive. Qian Xuesen was also there at that time. The two of them were the last guests, which shocked Wang Duoyu.

"Comrade Duoyu, Comrade Zhu Ling, congratulations on your wedding. I wish you a long and happy marriage and a son soon."

Hearing the leader's blessings, the two newlyweds, Wang Duoyu and Zhu Ling, hurriedly stood up.

By now, Zhu Ling was feeling dizzy. She had never imagined that her wedding with Wang Duoyu would attract so many distinguished guests.

Logically speaking, the seats at the main table should be occupied by the closest relatives of Wang Duoyu and Zhu Ling.

But now, except for Wang Duoyu's third brother and Zhu Qizhen and his wife who can sit at the main table, no one else can sit at this table.

Although the relatives of the Zhu family also came to two tables, together with the colleagues of Zhu Qizhen, Fang Zhen and Zhu Ling, there were a total of three tables.

But on Wang Duoyu's side, in addition to the table of Old Wang's family, there were as many as twelve tables of other friends. The key point was that these were all distinguished guests.

That’s not even counting Wang Duoyu’s connections at Harbin Institute of Technology and his hometown. Otherwise, the number of tables at this banquet would continue to soar.

While Wang Duoyu was busy drinking and accepting blessings from the leaders, Zhou Yanru, Fu Jixiang, Gu Zhizhong and others were whispering to each other.

In fact, Wang Duoyu only sent the invitation to old lady Zhou Yanru, but he didn't expect Fu Jixiang and others to come as well.

Originally, Wang Duoyu just wanted to have a simple meal at this wedding, but something almost happened.

“It’s not simple”

Old Mrs. Zhou glanced at the main table, then at the tables next to it, feeling deeply moved.

When she came in with the invitation, she was surprised that Wang Duoyu had chosen such a beautiful wife like Zhu Ling, but she never expected that there would be so many guests attending the wedding, and they were all distinguished guests.

Last summer, Zhou Yanru still remembered that Wang Duoyu was haggling with her on the phone about the royalties, but now he was holding his wedding at the Jingxi Hotel.

There is a saying that goes, "A golden fish should not be kept in a pond; once it encounters wind and clouds, it will turn into a dragon."

What our ancestors said is indeed very reasonable.

On the other side, Xia Peisu sat at the same table with Feng Kang and the others, but they didn't talk about gossip, but about the project.

"Professor Xia, when will your high-speed array processor project be completed?"

"What's wrong? Do you have a new project? Comrade Wang probably doesn't have time. I've called him recently, but he doesn't have much time. I guess you're in trouble too."

“No, I’m just asking.”

After his secret was exposed by Xia Peisu, Feng Kang could only awkwardly change the subject.

So many leaders have come, and Hua Luogeng also told them at a meeting a few days ago not to disturb Wang Duoyu unless necessary.

So how could Feng Kang dare to do that?
He was just hinting that if Xia Peisu's project was over, then wouldn't that be a chance for him?

pity!

Now, for Wang Duoyu, solving the mathematical problem of the Poincare conjecture in three-dimensional space is more important. Even the leaders above have come to attend today's meeting in person.

This is enough to show that the higher-ups also attach great importance to this matter.

Feng Kang felt uncomfortable and a little unwilling, and Zhou Peiyuan was even more depressed.

Now that the leader is next to him, it is not Zhou Peiyuan's turn to look for Wang Duoyu alone.

Fortunately, after the leader finished toasting, he got up and left after a while.

The leader won't stay here for long, so being able to have a meal and stay for more than half an hour is already very good.

As soon as the leader left, Zhou Peiyuan immediately wanted to step forward, but at this time Yan Jici, Liu Da and others also came closer, making him very angry.

Yan Jici whispered a few words in Wang Duoyu's ear under the pretext of toasting, but the latter shook his head and smiled and refused.

Wang Duoyu was a little distressed at this time. It seemed that if he didn't take the initiative to explain, no one would give up.

But if he explained the situation clearly, I'm afraid Chen Shiing-Shen would be unwilling to return to Nankai University.

In the history of the original time and space, Chen Shiing-Shen would plan to establish the National Institute of Mathematical Sciences of the United States, which focuses on pure mathematics, at the University of Berkeley. It was not until after 1984 that he returned to Nankai University and served as the director of the Institute of Mathematics.

In this time and space, Wang Duoyu didn't know whether the butterfly effect he instigated would occur.

Looking at Liu Da and others who were about to come forward to toast, Wang Duoyu could only smile bitterly.

He could say nothing, could do nothing, could only refuse repeatedly.

Finally, the banquet ended.

When Wang Duoyu returned to Courtyard No. 6, Xila Hutong, Zhou Peiyuan followed closely behind him.

In the study, Zhou Peiyuan and Wang Duoyu met alone. Half an hour later, Zhou Peiyuan had to leave with regret on his face.

He promised Wang Duoyu to keep it a secret, but he didn't expect that Wang Duoyu would be unwilling to continue studying for a master's and doctoral degree, and was also unwilling to work at Peking University.

When Zhou Peiyuan asked for the reason, Wang Duoyu only said four words: I would rather be the head of a chicken!
Peking University is a small university with many talented people in various fields, and it certainly does not lack a Wang Duoyu.

In addition, Wang Duoyu had spent enough time at Peking University in his previous life, so he didn't want to go to Peking University in this life.

The atmosphere of academic cliques has begun to emerge in China. Wang Duoyu studied for his undergraduate degree at Harbin Institute of Technology, and now no matter what position he holds at Peking University, he will be classified.

Now Wang Duoyu just wants to stay in Harbin Institute of Technology. Anyway, the two patriarchs, Li Rui and Liu Deben, are not from an academic background and they support him so much, so he has no reason to leave Harbin Institute of Technology.

In the short term, he only needs to write papers and will not be involved in scientific research projects that require a lot of R&D funds.

In this case, whether you go to Peking University or not actually doesn’t make much difference.

So the phrase "I would rather be the head of a chicken" has already made clear his attitude.

In the afternoon, Wang Duoyu stayed at home to do research, while Qiu Chengtong and Smale came over.

Seeing this, Zhu Ling went to accompany Wang Meili and the others shopping, mainly to take them to visit the capital.

The Wang family has train tickets for tomorrow afternoon. It’s not that they don’t want to play for two more days, but Wang Duozhi is worried about the farm work at home.

Besides, Wang Duoyu is busy and Zhu Ling also has to work. We can’t ask them to take leave to accompany everyone, right?
In the evening, Qiu Chengtong and others left, and Zhu Ling also came back.

"Duoyu, have you counted the gifts?"

"How can I have the time? Lingling, you have to take care of this."

Wang Duoyu's words made Zhu Ling roll her eyes playfully.

"If you don't know me, you might think you're some wealthy old man from the past. You don't even want to count the red envelopes for gifts. I think you have too much money and don't know where to put it."

There is nothing wrong with this sentence.

Given Wang Duoyu's current wealth and abilities, he really doesn't think much of this small gift money.

Before the wedding, Wang Duoyu still had 3,200 yuan in his pocket. After deducting the 1,000 yuan he had borrowed from his father-in-law, and the total expenses of 750 yuan for Wang Meili and the other eleven people to come to Beijing to attend the wedding, he still had 1,450 yuan left in his pocket.

Today's wedding banquet costs 30 yuan per table, which is very high because it also includes Maotai liquor.

You know, the price of Moutai is eight yuan a bottle, which is really not cheap.

Of course, some of the Moutai liquor was brought by the leaders, otherwise Wang Duoyu would have to pay more for the liquor.

There were seventeen tables of banquet in total, and the wedding banquet cost five hundred and ten yuan.

So now Wang Duoyu actually only has 940 yuan left in his pocket.

Zhu Ling pulled Wang Duoyu along and insisted on counting the gifts and registering them. They would refer to this gift list when returning the gifts in the future.

Maybe Wang Duoyu doesn’t care much about these things, but Zhu Ling does care a lot.

Who said there are so many leaders attending the wedding today?
"Ah? Which leader gave this red envelope? Eighteen yuan and eighty cents!"

Hearing Zhu Ling's exclamation, Wang Duoyu took a look at the red envelope. It turned out that it was named Lu Qikeng. He was a Cantonese and was very sensitive to numbers. He paid the most attention to the meaning, so he gave such a number.

However, Wang Duoyu was really surprised that Lao Lu gave such a big red envelope.

But then, when Feng Kang and others gave out red envelopes with amounts around ten or twenty yuan, Zhu Ling's exclamations never stopped.

Wang Duoyu was really surprised that everyone received such a big red envelope.

You should know that everyone's salary is not high now, generally around 40 or 50 yuan. Even if Lu Qikeng and others from the Institute of Mathematics have higher salaries, they are only around 70 or 80 to over 100 yuan.

Only professors like Hua Luogeng could earn a salary of several hundred yuan.

But even so, giving Wang Duoyu a gift of around twenty yuan was indeed a bit too much.

"Hey, whose red envelope is this? Twenty big unity notes?"

Suddenly, Zhu Ling exclaimed again, and Wang Duoyu was also stunned by the money she counted.

Twenty big unity tickets, which is two hundred yuan. Which big boss gave the red envelope?
As soon as he saw the signature on the red envelope, Wang Duoyu immediately understood that it was given by Duan Xuefu.

Old Duan was one of the first university professors. During the major adjustment of higher education institutions across the country in 1952, when the first and second level professorial titles were evaluated, Duan Xuefu was a first-level professor at Peking University.

In other words, more than 20 years ago, Lao Duan's salary was already the highest, at least 318 yuan a month.

But even so, he shouldn't give so much as a gift.

Too expensive!

Immediately afterwards, most of the gifts offered by Zhu Ling were over one hundred yuan. For example, Zhou Peiyuan directly gave a gift of three hundred yuan.

Like Duan Xuefu, Lao Zhou was one of the first batch of first-level professors. Zhou Peiyuan had already held positions such as vice president of Peking University, and his salary was not low at all.

Except for Lao Zhou and Lao Duan, all other red envelopes with gifts of 100 yuan or more were from professors of Peking University.

Wang Duoyu and Zhu Ling were stunned.

"Lots of fish, this."

Zhu Ling couldn't speak. Her face was pale instead of surprised. She was obviously frightened by the gifts.

Wang Duoyu shook his head and said:

"Put all these gifts away. Keep this list and the gifts safe. Make two backup copies to avoid missing anything."

"You should be more careful in the future. When President Zhou and other Peking University professors have any banquets, you must remember to return the red envelopes. So don't touch this money carelessly."

Hearing Wang Duoyu say this, Zhu Ling hurriedly agreed.

If it were before, Zhu Ling would probably still want to be the head of the family, but now it seems that it is better to let Wang Duoyu be the head of the family, as she can't handle it.

It was just a wedding, but they made such a big fuss that the couple originally prepared eight tables, but later expanded the number to seventeen. Most of the people came just for Wang Duoyu.

Even though it was just a coincidence, it also shows that she did get a bargain, and a big one at that.

The gift money from Peking University alone was more than 2,000 yuan. Zhu Ling was so cautious, and later she even received a gift money in foreign currency such as US dollars, which shocked her.

The gifts given by several leaders were not much, just fifty yuan, which was quite standard.

In fact, the leader was already giving Wang Duoyu a lot of face by being able to attend his wedding, and giving him a gift money further demonstrated his preference and pampering for him.

In the end, excluding the gift money from Peking University, the total amount of gift money reached 2,187 yuan and 3,600 US dollars.

This is a very large amount of money, especially the gift of 3,600 US dollars, which is even more jaw-dropping.

Zhu Ling had long known that Americans were rich, but she did not expect that the red envelopes from Chern, Shing-Tung Yau, Smale and others totaled to US$3,600.

This is too much!
Wang Duoyu looked at the gifts and felt a headache.

Since this is not money he obtained through normal channels, how can he use it with confidence?

So after thinking for a moment, he immediately asked Zhu Ling to collect all the gifts and put them away. He planned to go out and talk to his leader about this matter tomorrow.

The next morning, Wang Duoyu went straight to the ministry compound and found the three leaders from yesterday.

In the office, after Wang Duoyu finished explaining the situation, the three leaders burst into laughter.

"Comrade Duoyu, don't worry, just use the money with confidence!"

"Yes, Professor Chen and the others have already told us about this a few days ago, don't worry."

After hearing this, Wang Duoyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

According to the current exchange rate of one US dollar to 1.49 RMB, 3,600 US dollars is equivalent to 5,364 RMB.

This is a huge amount of money.

If other gifts are included, the total amount of gifts he received this time is almost RMB 10,000.

Wow, just by accepting gifts he successfully became a millionaire, and he was the first millionaire before the arrival of the new era. That’s simply awesome.

In fact, old professors like Duan Xuefu have long been millionaires. After all, their salary is more than 300 yuan per month, which is about 4,000 yuan a year. If you add some royalties, they may not make 5,000 yuan a year, but there is no problem in saving 10,000 yuan in two or three years.

After getting confirmation from the leaders, Wang Duoyu felt relieved.

After leaving the ministry, Wang Duoyu went straight to Nanyuan Airport, because Qiu Chengtong, Smale, Robert Langlands and others were leaving Beijing, but Chen Shiing-Shen stayed.

Wang Duoyu didn't know why Chen Shiing-Shen wanted to stay in China, but he had already planned to return to Harbin Institute of Technology.

After seeing off Shing-Tung Yau and the others on the plane, Wang Duoyu sent Wang Meili and the others to the train station in the afternoon.

In the evening, at No. 6 Xila Hutong, when Wang Duoyu and Zhu Ling sat together for dinner, in addition to discussing the gift money, they also discussed returning to Harbin Institute of Technology.

"I plan to return to Ice City on the 8th. After I finish my work, I'll come back to the capital."

"Have you finished your math paper?"

Zhu Ling looked up in surprise, and Wang Duoyu shook his head and said:

"I only have a preliminary idea now. The overall framework of the paper has not yet been finalized. I need to master those singularities before I can confidently say that the paper is sound."

"Then why are you going back now? Didn't you say we can talk about the military affairs later?"

After a pause, Zhu Ling whispered again, "Besides, we just got married, and you're going back to Ice City. And you've been gone for so many days. Are you really willing to let me go?"

"What else? You're about to have your period, right? I'm staying here, but I can only watch but not eat."

Snapped!
Hearing his words, Zhu Ling shyly reached out and patted his shoulder, saying coquettishly:
"What are you talking about?"

After saying that, she looked towards the door and confirmed that there was no one there, then she breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, although Zhu Ling was usually open and confident, she was very shy when it came to matters like sex and couldn't let go at all.

"Okay, okay, I'll just talk nonsense, okay?"

Wang Duoyu quickly surrendered and begged for mercy:
"I won't say any more. But you know I'm really busy right now. I'm too busy to handle everything. Things in the army have been delayed for several months. If I don't go and help, I'm afraid the leader will really come to the capital to kill me."

"Then you must promise me that you will definitely come back to the capital in ten days!"

"I try my best"

"No, we must come back!"

There is a saying that once you taste the marrow, you will know the sweetness. Zhu Ling had tasted the forbidden fruit not long ago, and they were in love at the time. How could she bear to be separated for such a long time?

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