"It's nothing, I'm just asking. I haven't been worrying about this kid lately." Li He noticed that Old Madam He was listening, so he did not elaborate. He wanted to wait for Dong Hao to come back so he could take his time to study it. To him, arranging Fang Quan's work was a piece of cake, so it was not difficult.
"Don't hide anything from us. Let's discuss it together. Fang Quan is an honest kid. If he makes any mistakes, please bear with him as his brother." Old Madam He was a shrewd person. How could she not sense her son-in-law's attitude?
Li He smiled. "It's really nothing, I was just asking. After all, my aunt's health is not good. I want Fang Quan to come home more often so that everyone won't worry."
Old Mrs. Han said, "Half of your aunt's life is filled with worries. In the past, her days were tough. Nothing went her way all year round, so she was worried about it. She couldn't handle the slightest bit of illness. These two years, she's all better. There's so much work at home, and you've helped out too. Little Quan is a good child. Life goes well, so does her heart. It's just that she's a little ill.
Everything is good now. "Her husband left early, so it was not easy for the old lady to raise her daughter and son alone. If it wasn't for her sister-in-law's help, she could not imagine how she would have survived.
So the old lady was not afraid of owing money. What she was most afraid of was owing favors that she could not repay, especially when it came to her sister-in-law. Before her sister-in-law left the house, she was a young lady who followed her around. After she got married, she also contributed.
Sometimes, she felt fortunate that her daughter and son-in-law were capable enough to give her face, giving her the opportunity to return the favor. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to close her eyes at death's door, because she owed too many favors, not just to her sister-in-law alone!
In the past two years, her son-in-law had already supported her son. She left all the debt repayment tasks to He Long. She would nag at He Long from time to time, such as which person gave him a piece of coal, which person lent him a dollar, and which person gave him a cabbage. She would tell him all these things in detail. She was just short of making He Long bear the blame for his petty crime.
She couldn't go back to the Northeast for the wedding and funerals of her relatives and friends. She had to let He Long go back.
Wu Chunyan had a lot of complaints. Was it worth it to go back and forth for a few days just for a trivial matter in the countryside?
Not to mention the travel expenses, even the time was precious!
Before they hired a chef, they had really held up a lot of their business!
In her opinion, it was nothing more than a face-saving effort for her relatives. They could just make a phone call and ask someone to bring money to send a gift. There was no need to go through so much trouble.
The old lady was very stubborn. If her son did not go back, she would go back herself.
The ability to save face?
Without us relatives and friends, how could you and Longzi become a family?
Impossible!
He Long was the leader of the He family, and the leader of the He family needed to have a good image. If he didn't have a good image, the man would be irresponsible, and the family would fail. No matter how much money he earned, it would all be for naught.
The old lady said resolutely.
Li He sometimes wondered if it was a little like not returning home when one was rich. But when he thought about it carefully, it was more like the old lady valued favors, and the favor of her hometown could not be lost.
Otherwise, they would really not be able to return to their hometown.
However, sometimes he felt that he was lucky that the two of them were brothers. With Li Long at home to deal with people, they could not go to any of the seven aunts. Even the aunts who did not get along well with their family had to go when there was something.
If Li Long was not at home, he might have to run back to his hometown every now and then.
Just like when Li Dong got married, if neither of them were at home, how could his second uncle look good? Even if he did not say it out loud, he must have scolded them a hundred times in his heart.
The night in Oxford was unique. There were a few Chinese restaurants on the quiet and deserted streets, but it was bustling inside. There were no empty seats. Four picked up a piece of tripe, dipped it in chili sauce, and kept blowing on it, hoping to dissipate the heat. He hurriedly put it in his mouth and looked up to see Guo Dongyun looking at him with a smile, but she did not move her chopsticks. She smiled and said, "Sister, eat. Why are you looking at me?"
"Girls should be more civilized. Doesn't anyone say that you're so popular?" Guo Dongyun handed her a napkin, then pointed at the chili sauce on her chin and said with a smile, "Wipe it."
"A foodie who pays attention to rituals is not a real foodie." Four wiped the corner of his mouth carelessly.
Guo Dongyun laughed and said, "Is it your brother's fallacious reasoning again?"
"How do you know?" Four finally put the tripe into his mouth and could not help but comment, "It's chewy and chewy."
"Eat more if you like it." Guo Dongyun helped her pick up a piece. "I eat with your brother a lot. He has a set of fallacious reasoning, but no one can refute it. Even the way you talk and eat with him are very similar."
"Well, we're brother and sister." Four smiled proudly. "It's definitely the same."
"Do you really think of your brother as your idol?" Guo Dongyun raised her glass and clinked it with Four's.
"Of course," Four answered matter-of-factly.
"There aren't many people in this world who can achieve as much as your brother." Guo Dongyun took a sip of red wine and said seriously, "But when I think of the way he smacks his lips while eating, it's hard for me to think of him as my idol."
Four suddenly fell silent for a moment and laughed. "I don't like it either. My brother is quite annoying. He eats like a pig. The only difference is that pigs don't need to pick their teeth."
"Haha …" The two of them laughed and found a consensus in this aspect.
In terms of table manners, Li He was the most loathsome. It was hard for people to like him.
"Why? You're graduating soon. Do you have any plans? " Guo Dongyun gently swirled the red wine in her glass and said, "I'm in need of help in England. Do you want to come over and help?"
"You're in business and finance. I don't know anything about this. Don't make it difficult for me." Four shook his head and refused without hesitation. "I majored in medicine. It has nothing to do with those things."
Guo Dongyun said, "You're so smart. What can't you learn? Look at those who entered Wall Street. Actually, not many of them graduated from business or finance majors. In fact, many of them studied physics, mathematics, or other majors. I remember you participated in an international mathematics competition in Singapore and won a prize. With such a good foundation, why don't you come and help me? "
Four still shook his head. "Sister, you're doing it for my own good, but I really don't have any interest in this aspect."
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