Li He came out of the kitchen with a bowl of porridge. When he saw the white hair on Li Zhaokun's head, he suddenly realized that his father was getting old, which made him a little sad. He said patiently, "I can still earn money. Why are you sighing? "
"That's easy for you to say. I worked hard to save that money. "The bitter tears, coupled with two sips of wine, made Li Zhaokun feel that his life was bleak.
Li He said, "I'll give you the money, okay? Don't sigh."
"No conditions?" Li Zhaokun was smart for once.
"Yes."
"Then tell me. I'm listening. " For money, Li Zhaokun could really sell himself now. Selling his dignity in advance was nothing.
"I'll give you ten thousand yuan, but you're not allowed to do business anymore." It had been proven that Li Zhaokun was not a businessman at all. He could only go from village to village to sell rat poison, needles, and thread.
"Ten thousand? Really? "Li Zhaokun almost jumped with joy. Ten thousand yuan was beyond his imagination.
Li He pouted towards the kitchen. When Li Zhaokun saw Wang Yulan poking her head out of the kitchen, he hurriedly closed his mouth.
"I'll give you ten thousand yuan. But you have to do what I said, before I can give it to you. "
Li Zhaokun said happily, "I'm already a ten thousand yuan household, why would I still do business? I'm already rich, why would I still work so hard?"
In fact, he was still thinking, how could his eldest son be so rich as a teacher?
If his youngest son had ten thousand yuan, he would believe it. He had seen his daughter-in-law count bundles of banknotes at the waste station. There were at least tens of thousands of banknotes.
"Also, you can't run around anymore. You can only stay in your hometown. If you go anywhere, you must take your mother with you. Otherwise, you can't go anywhere. "Li Zhaokun's expectations were so low, which was beyond Li He's expectation. Actually, he was a little regretful that he had given too much. If he had just given 2000, it would have been more like it.
Li Zhaokun looked at him as if he was looking at an idiot and said, "Are you kidding me? What's the point of me going out to suffer? It's all for money. Now that I have money to protect me, only someone sick in the head would go out to suffer."
"Yes." Li He's heart sank. He seemed to have understood something. Li Zhaokun was such a carefree person, but he was actually a person with no sense of security. The more insecure he was, the more he wanted to satisfy his sense of control by making money. It was just that Li Zhaokun didn't have the ability to satisfy his needs. When he fell into the river, the more he struggled, the faster he sank.
After Li He figured it out, he went back to the house and took out ten thousand yuan from his bag and handed it to Li Zhaokun.
Li Zhaokun took it happily. Then he began to worry about how to hide the money. If Wang Yulan found out, it would be a terrible thing. Unconsciously, he became more and more afraid of his mother at home. Probably because he often asked her for money, his confidence had long been lost.
Yang Xuewen's four-wheeled tractor went into the yard. It was the only private four-wheeled tractor in a few miles. It was very prestigious to drive it out, and it attracted a lot of attention. Yang Xuewen, Li Mei, and their family of three sat on it in high spirits.
Li Long was very envious. He had wanted to buy a four-wheeled tractor for a long time, but Duan Mei was too tight on money. It was simply a dream to exchange for a four-wheeled tractor.
Li He went over and took Yang Huai from Li Mei's arms.
The little guy kept calling him "Big Uncle" in a sweet voice.
Li He kissed his forehead intimately, which made the little guy giggle.
Suddenly, he felt that something was wrong. Where did his niece go?
His eldest sister, Li Mei, should be giving birth to a second child this year, but looking at Li Mei's flat belly, there was not even a shadow of his niece.
He looked carefully at Yang Huai's face again. This nephew was not the nephew of his previous life.
He couldn't figure it out. If Li Pei and Li Ke were different from their previous lives, he could understand. After all, they were not the same biological mother. In this life, Li Long married Duan Mei, not Zhang Ni.
But what was going on with Yang Huai?
Yang Xuewen and Li Mei were husband and wife in their previous lives. Their parents had not changed.
How could the child have changed?
He felt a pang in his heart. He put Yang Huai down and squatted on the ground in pain.
Li He was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I've been having stomach problems recently. Stomach pain. "Li He finally realized something. He wanted to cry but didn't dare to.
Li Mei helped him to the bench and sat him down. Her heart ached as she said, "I was wondering why you've become so thin. You have to think of a way to eat more. There are still a few old hens at home. I'll catch them for you later so that you can nourish yourself at home. "
Yang Xuewen interrupted, "Why don't I go back and catch them now?" His brother-in-law had always treated him well. A few old hens were nothing to him.
Li He waved his hand and said, "We have everything at home."
Wang Yulan pulled He Fang out of the kitchen and introduced her as Li He's girlfriend. He Fang blushed and did not deny it.
Li Mei was overjoyed. She felt as if a serious illness had disappeared from her heart.
She sized up He Fang from head to toe, observing her looks, the way she spoke, and the way she carried herself. There was nothing she wasn't satisfied with.
The two women chatted for a while before Li Mei turned to Wang Yulan and complained, "We went to the hospital in the morning. They said that we were discharged, but you didn't send anyone to inform them. You came all the way here for nothing."
Wang Yulan said, "I'm so happy. Who would've thought of that?"
Li He wanted to go out for some fresh air. He Fang pulled him back and said in a low voice, "Wait a minute. They still don't quite understand what they're saying."
The dialect of this family was too heavy, but it was hard on her. Every time she heard it, she seemed to understand, but she had to pretend that she did. When she really couldn't understand, she had to ask Li He to translate for her.
Li He could only do what he did the night before. He was sandwiched between the three women and translated for them, correcting them intentionally or unintentionally.
If it was young people speaking in the local dialect, outsiders could still understand them. After all, they were educated, so their accent wouldn't be a barrier to communication.
However, it was a different story when it came to the old man and the old woman. It wasn't just a problem with their accent, but their pronunciation. Many of their words were vague, and their pronunciation was too deep. They couldn't even find the corresponding Chinese characters. They could roughly understand the meaning, but it was difficult to understand them.
To Li He, he only trusted his mother to stroll around the county. She was illiterate, and she didn't speak Mandarin. She couldn't even ask for directions. She was no different from a blind person when she went out. Similarly, she was extremely unwilling to go out. According to her, her brain wouldn't be able to function if she went out. With a local accent and money, it couldn't be more comfortable.
Therefore, from the difficulty of communicating in dialects, it was easy for people to stick together when they were in a foreign place. It was the same for officials and businessmen. After all, they all spoke the same language. Even in the choice of marriage, the older generation tended to choose people from the same hometown. When a couple had some estrangement, it was more convenient to use dialects when quarreling.
To many people, dialects were the true first mother tongue. Not only were they familiar with the language of scolding people, but they also used simple words. Three sentences in Mandarin could be cursed from head to toe in dialects.
Mandarin was so common. How could it express different fireworks? They had the energy but nowhere to use it. They couldn't even quarrel with each other.
Li He went to Da Zhuang's place. He only took a look at Da Zhuang's son when he entered and left. This made Da Zhuang confused.
After returning from Da Zhuang's house, he completely understood that there was no turning back. Da Zhuang didn't change his wife. However, because he had married a year earlier, his son was no longer the son he knew.
It had changed. Indeed, everything was changing.
He Fang stayed there for a week, but she couldn't stay any longer. When she was going to bed at night, she said, "Why don't I go back first?"
It was not far from the New Year. She and Li He weren't related by name. The better the Li family treated her, the more apologetic she felt.
Moreover, Li He's condition was much better than she had imagined. It was time for her to go back.
Li He lowered his head and said, "You can spend the New Year here. You've already quit your job. It's fine if you go back. "
"Are you worried about me?"
Li He nodded. "Yeah."
He Fang smiled happily. "Okay."
Li He said, "I'll bring you to the county to buy clothes tomorrow."
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