When the two of them returned home, they saw Wang Yulan sitting on a stool with red eyes, wiping her eyes with a handkerchief.
Li He thought it over. This was the big move. He braced himself and prepared to go back to his room. Out of sight, out of mind. Who would have thought that Wang Yulan would start crying again?
Li Zhaokun said, "What are you crying for? What's there to cry about? Hurry up and cook. I'm starving."
Wang Yulan cried, "What's there to look forward to in our family? We only have two sons, and one of them is an old bachelor. Why is life so hard? When will it end?!"
Li Zhaokun looked at Li He and frowned. "It's really a problem. If you become an old bachelor, how will you have any face when you go out in the future? No, no. You don't have any balls. When I was your age, you and your siblings were already married. Now you don't even have any hair. You really don't look like me. "
Li He's face turned green when he heard Li Zhaokun's words, but he still comforted Wang Yulan. "I already have a girlfriend. She's busy this year and doesn't have time to come over. I'll definitely bring her back next year. What do you think?"
Wang Yulan said, "Even if you don't think for yourself, think for your dad and me. If you become an old bachelor, we won't have any face to see anyone in the future. You're the only one your age who isn't married! The rest are chased away by Old Guang. Don't tell me you want to be like Hunchback Wu in the future? "
Li He was annoyed by Wang Yulan's crying. He wasn't afraid of anything except his mother's crying, as if he was really an unfilial son. He could only helplessly promise, "I definitely didn't lie to you this time. I'll definitely bring her back after the new year, okay?"
"Then you lied to me last year?"
"Something happened last year." Li He didn't expect his mother's intelligence to suddenly be so high. "This year, I said it's definitely this year. Is that okay?"
"You really have a girlfriend?" Wang Yulan was still in disbelief.
Li He winked at Four, who was snickering, and said, "If you don't believe me, ask your fourth daughter. She saw it."
Wang Yulan said, "Are you trying to fool me? I only asked about Four, and she said no."
Li He glared at Four angrily and said hurriedly, "She's just a little girl. What does she know? She's usually at school and has never seen my boyfriend."
He tried his best to persuade Wang Yulan to calm down for a while and then went to cook.
In private, he scolded Four. "Are you brainless? Do you still need me to explain this to you?"
Four said nonchalantly, "We should be realistic and put our energy into what's most important to us. Hehe. "
"You only know how to make trouble. Go and get the money to pay for Dongmei's wife's cigarettes." This was what he had said to Four, so it was only fair that Four returned it to him.
After a few days back, a large group of children came to complain to him about Five, which made Li He so angry that he gritted his teeth. This girl was becoming more and more lawless!
He pulled her collar and said, "Come, let me see what the Honghe Bridge Gang Leader looks like!"
The little girl was only fourteen years old, but she was already 165cm tall. Li He had to exert a lot of effort to carry her.
"Mother, Second Brother Li wants to hit me." Five shouted at the top of her lungs to find a life-saving charm. She knew that Second Brother Li was really angry this time!
"It's good to have a good memory." Wang Yulan had long been angry with Five. Five relied on the fact that he had some money in his pocket and was surrounded by a circle of half-grown children. It was common for him to skip classes and fight. The school teacher had come to their house several times!
The worst time was when he knocked the head of a child and had to pay a few hundred yuan! This made her very upset!
This was more like a girl!
Li Zhaokun didn't care about it and even praised his daughter for having his style! She wanted to do something, but she was powerless. She wanted to count on her third son, but he listened to his wife and didn't want to offend his sister-in-law!
Li He raised his hand and couldn't bring himself to do it. This girl was all grown up. If he hit her, it would really hurt her self-esteem. The day when they became enemies was not far away!
"Do you know what you did wrong!"
"I don't offend people if they don't offend me! If they offend me, I will definitely offend them! "Five still forced herself not to lower her head.
"You think you're in the right? Why did you break her head? She came looking for you. Don't you feel ashamed? " When Li He first heard about it, he didn't believe it at all. Although this Five was mischievous, he wasn't that angry!
Five said righteously, "Who told them to bully Sister Yan? They bullied Sister Yan until she cried!"
"Who?"
Four interrupted, "She's talking about Li Yan."
Li He asked, "What does this have to do with Yan Zi?"
Li Yan was the eldest daughter of his third uncle, Li Zhaohui. Last year, he had even given her money to continue studying for high school.
Wang Yulan said from the side, "How can she stand up for Yan Zi? She's just a lowly person. Who can she beat? Yan Zi doesn't even say anything, so she just blindly shows off."
Five said indignantly, "Sister Yan Zi is too honest."
"I'll let you go for now." After listening to Wang Yulan, Li He couldn't tell whether Five was right or wrong. A few kids could make Li Yan cry. This Li Yan's temper was really soft. "Let me see your winter vacation homework."
Actually, thinking about it, junior high was really messy. Most of the students didn't have the heart to study. They either skipped class or went out to fight. They were either the Thirteen Gangsters or the Four Great Guardians. These families had something to do with their parents' education and the social atmosphere.
After Li He let go of Five, he wasn't so nervous anymore. However, he still handed the winter vacation homework to Li He.
"Here it is."
"How long have you been on vacation?" Li He flipped through the winter vacation homework for Chinese, Mathematics, and English. They were all brand new, but Five hadn't touched a single one.
"No time."
"If you don't have time, I'll find some time for you. It's the same as last year. You can go out when you finish your homework." Li He threw the winter vacation homework on the table angrily. Then, he picked up her school bag and shook everything out.
The textbooks inside were all brand new.
Only the small mirror and the comb looked like they were in regular use.
"Don't touch my things." Five was finally dissatisfied.
"You're quite a narcissist."
This time, Li He was really discouraged by Lao Wu. He really didn't know how to manage this girl. If he kept her by his side, he could still supervise her. But now, there was no way to keep her by his side. If he let her run around blindly like this, at most, she could only muddle along until she graduated from junior high school. Based on her current boss-like attitude, it was unknown whether she could muddle along until junior high school. It was simply impossible for her to go to high school or university!
What could she do after graduating from junior high?
Boys could still work hard and roam the world! Girls were much worse off. Even though Five didn't do badly in her previous life, only Li He knew how many detours she took! If she had some education, she wouldn't have to take so many detours.
Studying, on the other hand, could reduce the probability of failure in life.
The function of education was not to increase the upper limit of life and ensure that one's life would be brilliant and successful. It was to increase the lower limit of life, at least so that one's life wouldn't be so miserable.
"I want to send Five to study in Hong Kong." The only person in the family who could discuss things was Four. Li He still had to ask for her opinion.
"Brother, I don't know."
Li He smiled and said, "You're not saying that I'm biased, are you?"
Previously, he had rejected Four's request to go abroad. Now, he was taking the initiative to send Five out. Four couldn't help but think about it.
But he had his own considerations. With Five's attitude towards studying, there was basically no hope for her to enter a higher school in China. Of course, he could also use his connections to get her into high school or even university. But this didn't mean much to Five. The smoother the arrangements were, the more peaceful Five's life would be.
Rather than that, he might as well send her out to broaden her horizons. Even if she was bilingual, it would be better than idling around. Moreover, in a place like Hong Kong, as long as one was willing to spend money, there were plenty of educational resources. Unlike in China, where he needed to make all sorts of connections, he didn't like to go through the back door. And doing so would be unfair to others. It would definitely take up other people's places. He had experienced the cruel times of being a student and knew very well how difficult it was to enter a higher school. Other people had to endure hardships, study hard, and wholeheartedly try to jump through the dragon's gate. But Five, who was idling around, was rejected. It was very cruel.
Four shook her head. "No, I know you're doing this for my own good. You can ask Ah Niang. I think it's fine. "
It was impossible to say that she wasn't disappointed.
Li He patted her shoulder. "You're more upstanding than her, so I don't have to worry. She doesn't live up to expectations, so I have to think of a way for her. She can't be idling around like this. "
Usually, the sensible child would be the one at a disadvantage.
When Wang Yulan heard that her daughter was going to be sent out to study, she naturally disagreed. "She's so big, how can she go out? She just needs to study in Junior High. I'll be satisfied if you and Four can do it. "
She had never left the county in her life. She didn't know where Hong Kong was, and she didn't know where it was good or bad. In short, it wasn't as good as her home. She wasn't willing to let her daughter go out alone.
"What do you know, you old woman? Those who can go to Hong Kong are all rich!" Li Zhaokun raised both his hands in agreement. He was someone who had traveled extensively and had heard of places like Hong Kong more than a hundred times! In his heart, as long as he could go to Hong Kong, he would be able to earn a lot of money!
His daughter wanted to go to Hong Kong to study, and he had no objections! Maybe in the future, he would be able to follow her. Just thinking about it made him very excited! Needless to say, the sweetness in his heart went without saying.
"Ah Niang, I can go to Hong Kong to study! I can definitely take care of myself. "Five was even happier than Li Zhaokun. She had watched a lot of movies. Skyscrapers, cars, she wanted to go there even in her dreams.
Li He kicked her angrily. "Go play somewhere else. There's no place for you to talk."
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