At noon, He Fang and Lao Si were in charge of the kitchen. Li He and Li Zhaokun were sitting with their legs crossed. No wonder they were father and son.
Li Zhaokun wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, he couldn't help but ask, "What about the girl?"
Li He replied, "Don't worry about it. She's just a classmate."
Li Zhaokun was polite to He Fang and did not put on any airs. He had also learned to say that it was troublesome and would occasionally say thank you. He learned this from Lao Si.
This was also one of his strengths. He would put on airs in front of his son and daughter, but he was always polite to outsiders. Even his third daughter-in-law, Duan Mei, had been married for so many years, but he had never thrown a tantrum at her. He didn't even order her around.
On the other hand, Wang Yulan and Duan Mei were constantly at odds with each other, and they were always bickering over trivial matters.
It wasn't wrong to say that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were natural enemies. To Wang Yulan, her son, not her husband, was the closest person to her. He was the person she couldn't bear to part with.
Therefore, when her son was about to leave to find a lover and build a new family of his own, Wang Yulan, as his mother-in-law, would be very sad. She would feel that she had lost the most important person in her life. Therefore, she would intentionally or unintentionally stop her son and daughter-in-law from building the closest relationship.
Four suddenly had a stomachache. His face was pale, his limbs were cold, and he was drenched in cold sweat. Li He panicked. He thought that it was because he wasn't acclimatized or because he ate something bad and wanted to rush him to the hospital.
He Fang laughed and scolded him for being an idiot. Then, she gave Four a bowl of brown sugar water.
Li He suddenly realized that it was menstrual pain.
In terms of some instinctive reactions, men couldn't compare to women.
Not long after, Old Four was alive and kicking again.
He Fang said, "Let's go shopping. I'll take you to buy some clothes for school."
Four glanced at Li He. He still had to seek his brother's approval.
Li He nodded and gave the money to He Fang. "Buy everything you need."
When a girl reached a certain age, she could no longer use toilet paper when her relatives visited. Sanitary napkins could still be bought in department stores. Even during puberty, it was no longer appropriate to use underwear. Even though he and Four were biological siblings, there were some things that they couldn't do for themselves.
He Fang accepted it without hesitation. "You guys settle it by yourselves tonight. We'll be out at the restaurant."
Li Zhaokun's eyes lit up when he saw the stack of money, but he didn't say anything in the end.
After He Fang left, he asked, "Did you get your salary again?"
Li He replied, "Yes, do you need money?"
Li Zhaokun said, "Can you give me fifty dollars when I go back?"
Li He saw that Li Zhaokun's hair was already white, his body was slightly bent, and his gait was a little old. He couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart, but he still nodded. "I'll give you a hundred dollars. I'll buy you a ticket in the afternoon. You go back the day after tomorrow. I'll take care of Four here. You don't need to worry."
He didn't have much respect for the word 'father', and he didn't want to say it easily. That would make people think that he was pretentious.
It would be a lie to say that he didn't have any resentment towards Li Zhaokun in his two lifetimes.
Li He had never personally lit a cigarette for Li Zhaokun, poured him a cup of tea, poured him a glass of wine, or sat down to have a heart-to-heart chat with him, allowing him to have a moment of happiness. He was probably one of those unfilial children.
But from another point of view, even if Li Zhaokun wasn't a loafer, what could he gain from working hard for his entire life? He would still be poor for the rest of his life, and he would still be a farmer.
"Okay, okay, go buy the ticket." Li Zhaokun happily took the money. He lowered his head, his hands were covered in saliva, and he started counting ten dollars, five dollars, and two dollars.
Li He went out and called Little Wei, asking him to buy a train ticket. Little Wei had already learned how to ride a motorcycle, so she immediately kicked it and went to the train station.
Four followed He Fang to the department store. She really didn't have enough eyes. She thought that the department store in the county town was big enough.
A random dress cost 200 dollars. She would just look at the price tag. When she saw a nice dress, she flipped the price tag, and her mind went blank. She didn't even have the courage to try it on.
He Fang said to the counter, "You can't even wrap it up, right?"
Four pulled He Fang's clothes and wanted to leave. "Sis, it's so expensive. Let's not buy it."
He wasn't a true warrior, so he didn't dare to look directly at the bloody price tag.
He Fang said, "You're wearing pretty clothes, why don't you buy it? You don't have to save money for your brother. The money is in our hands, we can spend it. "
Four felt a little sad. That's my brother's money, of course you won't feel bad spending it.
"That's my brother's money."
He Fang smiled. "Listen to me. If you start school, everyone will be dressed beautifully. It won't be good if you don't fit in with the crowd."
After paying, she took the clothes and brought Four to choose female items such as sanitary pads and cream. She helped Four choose everything that didn't go through him.
This time, Four didn't retort.
When school started, Li He didn't send Four either. He let He Fang do it. After all, they were in the same school.
He Fang gave a stack of money to Four. "Keep it for yourself."
Four found the stack of money familiar. "Didn't we spend it last time?"
He Fang put it in her pocket. "Take the clothes as a gift from me. You can stay in the dormitory, but you have to come here to eat. The food in the cafeteria is terrible."
Four couldn't dissuade He Fang, so she took the money and said, "I'm used to the cafeteria. The university cafeteria is better than our high school cafeteria."
He Fang said, "Can you help me cook? I'm lazy every day and don't want to cook. Come over and join me. I'll ask your brother for food expenses. "
In the end, Ol 'Four was still a little naive and took out the money from before. "This money is for your food expenses."
"It's yours if it's in your pocket. I'll ask your brother for it. You can keep it for yourself."
Just like that, Four began her new university life. As the lucky one who passed the college entrance examination, everything was so fresh and intimate. Listening to the different accents among her classmates was an exciting thing in itself.
Even the jokes about riding a camel to school and riding a horse to look for home could make people smile.
Wow, why can't I learn Mandarin well?
She was afraid that her thick accent would make people laugh at her.
She was in a dilemma to join the Dutch Hometown Association in the new semester. She had a Dutch accent. Should she join the Dutch Hometown Association or the Northern Anhui Hometown Association?
However, her life was still quite comfortable. Her classes were not heavy, and the food was not bad. When she was at school, she would go to He Fang's place to eat. On the weekends, she would go to Li He's place for a stroll. She had a new understanding of her brother's laziness.
She complained to Li He, "I'm your sister, right? How can I do the laundry and cooking?"
Li He said matter-of-factly, "I can't count on other people's sisters."
Speaking of other people's sisters, Li Xiaomei came again on a tricycle with Li Aijun.
Although Li Xiaomei did not perform well in the college entrance examination, she still entered the language university. This also made the Li family very happy. After all, she was the first university student.
Li Xiaomei and Four were familiar with each other and became good friends. Li He was also happy to see that. He also hoped that Four could integrate into this city as soon as possible.
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