Ye Zhi shook her head. "Li Lao Er, I appreciate your kindness, but I really can't do this. It's not that I don't know how to appreciate your kindness. Don't worry, let me finish first. I'm very grateful for your kindness. Really, no one has ever been so nice to me. It's just that there's no need to accept a reward without doing anything.
Besides, don't you think I don't know what I'm capable of? If I don't have that ability, I can't do this job.
Look at me? I can be a factory director? What a joke. "
Li He sighed. "I'm not joking. I'm serious. I'm very serious. Don't belittle yourself. I trust you very much. When we were in school, you were the best in the class. I think you can do this job. Believe me, I rarely make a mistake in judging people. If I made a mistake, I wouldn't be in this position today. "
Sometimes he thought that if only his sister could read a few more words and knew her way around, he would have wanted to get a factory for Li Mei.
However, it didn't matter to him. It didn't matter to him what his family could do. What he wanted was for them to be stable and earn as much as they could. Anyway, he was their backer, so there was nothing to worry about.
"What's the use of just knowing my ability? Those who don't know might think that I'm begging for food from you because I have nowhere to go. "Ye Zhi's pride was hurt, but she still declined.
"Let me put it this way. There are a lot of people doing business on Chessboard Street, but there aren't many who are as nimble as you. Are you being modest? If you really don't have some ability, I wouldn't have looked for you. "Li He was trying his best to persuade her.
"So you're saying that you like my talent?" Ye Zhi laughed. "Li Lao Er, don't joke around. I can't even get into a university. What hope can I have?"
"I'm a man, and you're a woman. It's different."
People shouldn't compare, and they shouldn't compare.
Her starting point was originally higher than his, but she lost to him. How could she not be resentful!
"Are you looking down on me?"
"I didn't mean that!" Li He was speechless. How could they have a proper conversation!
"Then what do you mean?" Ye Zhi asked.
"Sigh, just take it as me returning the favor." Li He took a deep breath and said emotionally, "I don't owe many people in my life. My elder sister, Mr. Jin, and of course, you are one of them."
"What do you owe me?" Ye Zhi was confused.
"When I was in school, out of all the girls in the class, only you and Bian Mei looked up to me and were willing to talk to me. I came from the countryside, and I can't even afford to eat. Do you know how many people laughed at me?" Li He didn't mention anything about the biscuit. It seemed too unreliable. Although it was just a biscuit, his words came from the bottom of his heart. "You know, it was quite sensitive at that time. You even encouraged me to study hard."
"Have I ever encouraged you?" Yeats closed her eyes and shook her long eyelashes. She seemed to be thinking for a few minutes. "Why can't I remember?"
However, she was very clear that what Li Laoer said was the truth. At that time, the people in the city did look down on them, who came from the countryside. They couldn't even find a piece of clothes without a patch. They became the laughing stock of many people.
"Of course. You were the goddess of all the boys in the class. Everyone tried to talk to you. Of course you wouldn't remember a nobody like me." Li He said it as if it was a matter of course.
Yeats burst into laughter. "Goddess? What's that? Your mouth is full of nonsense. It can't be good. "
"It means a fairy descending to the earth."
Yeats looked strange. "Li Laoer, you couldn't have had a crush on me at that time, could you?"
"That can't be …" Li He hurriedly denied. As for whether he really had a crush on her or not, who knew? But it was possible that it was puppy love.
"It's okay." Yeats laughed and waved her hand generously. "There are many people who have a crush on me. I'm already used to it."
"Well, elder sister, don't be so narcissistic. Let's be serious. I'll leave this factory to you. I won't give you much, just ten percent. If you do well in the future, I'll give you more. "Li He continued." The salary will be extra. It's actually very simple. You just need to know how to manage people, money, and know how to buy, sell, and save. It's nothing complicated. "
"Then I'll reluctantly do it …" Yeats' attitude changed again. "Take it. Who asked you to be so sincere? But what if I make you bankrupt? "
"It's a factory that's on the verge of bankruptcy!" Li He said generously. "It can't be worse than this."
"That sounds reasonable."
"Then hurry up and pack up. Go take over tomorrow." Li He handed her a phone number. "Go and look for this person. His surname is Qi. You can call him Qi Hua. I will tell you everything that needs to be said. Just go and look for him. If you have any difficulties, just let him handle it. If there's anything you don't understand, you can also look for him.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Yeats glanced at the number and put it into the wallet on her waist.
"Then hurry up and go. Don't just stand there." Li He urged.
"How is that possible? I still have a lot of stock. It's worth about a thousand dollars." Yeats insisted. "Sell as much as you can. If you can't sell them all this time, I'll slowly clear them out when I'm free. I won't delay your work. Don't worry."
"Up to you. I'm leaving now. I'll go tomorrow."
Li He waved at him and drove away.
When he was waiting for the traffic light, he saw his cousin Huang Hao through the glass window of a restaurant built by the road. He was still wearing his glasses and was exchanging drinks with a group of strangers.
He didn't stop and pretended not to see them. He walked on his own.
When he returned to the village, his house was cold. He couldn't even find a mouse, not to mention a person.
Pan Guangcai came over and said, "Erhe, come to my place for a drink tonight. Do you still want to cook by yourself? "
"No, I'll go to my grandmother's." Li He stepped on a chair and took the bacon off the beam. He closed the door and went to the old lady's place.
The old couple had already set up a table at the entrance of the central room. There was only a bowl of noodles and a plate of potherb mustard mixed with tofu dregs.
The sun had not gone down yet, and the color was bright. However, the old couple, like many other families, ate early. Not only could they save on electricity bills, but they could also let their children eat early so that they wouldn't have to wet the bed at night.
"Why are you here?" The old lady was surprised that Li He had come back.
"Grandmother, I'm eating here. You can't just let me eat this." Although the potherb mustard went well with rice, it was obviously not his cup of tea. Li He was unhappy.
"If you come later, your grandfather and I will be done eating." The old lady took the bacon from Li He's hand and said, "Later, I'll give you fried pork with pickled vegetables. Do you want anything else?"
"Yes, this is it. I don't want anything else. I can't finish it anyway." Li He scooped a bowl of noodles for himself. He looked at the pile of bricks in front of the door and asked Li Fucheng, "Grandpa, these bricks aren't enough for two houses, right? Just buy more. Don't save money. If you don't have enough, I have more. "
He would build two houses according to his plan, one for the old couple and one for Li Kuo.
"This old house is for Li Kuo." Li Fucheng slurped a bowl of noodles and stopped eating. He said, "Take the dry land in the mass grave and exchange it with Dongmei's family for a house. They'll be neighbors with Hunchback Wu. Stay away from your second and third uncles. It'll be quiet. "
Li He praised, "That's great. You guys can still gossip. That's great."
Although Hunchback Wu and Li Fucheng didn't grow up together, they were old brothers and had a good relationship.
Li Fucheng suddenly asked, "Why didn't you talk to Sang Yongyang a while ago? You can't do that. "
"I can't be bothered to talk to that kind of person," Li He answered clearly.
Sang Yongyang and Sang Yongbo were both Old Madam Sang's sons. They were from the same village. Ever since the two of them made a scene about Old Madam Sang and Hunchback Wu living together, Li He didn't care about them anymore.
"You can't be like this. You have to take care of your reputation. No matter what, you're from the same village." Li Fucheng said earnestly, "Neither of them are bad. They're just a bit stubborn. You can't be so magnanimous about this. It's understandable that they made a scene."
"Huh?" Li He didn't understand what the old man meant. Because he had to wait for the old lady to cook, he slowed down his slurping speed.
"Mom, when your wife remarried, I couldn't understand it. I rarely contacted her." Li Fucheng wanted to touch the cigarette that Li He put on the table, but Li He's hand was too fast. Li He grabbed it.
Li He said, "If you want to quit, quit completely. Otherwise, Grandma will scold you again."
Li Fucheng had no choice but to quit under the old lady's pressure.
"My father died when I was ten. I'm a grown man now. After your wife remarried, I felt it was embarrassing, so I stayed with the Li family. When I was free, I would work for the landlord with Hunchback Wu, catching fish and prawns. It was a free and easy life." Li Fucheng sighed.
"The family your wife remarried was the Chen family in Huangjiawei. You know the Huangjiawei, right? It's just around the corner from the commune bridge. She died of illness.
She didn't have a good mother-in-law like the Li family, so she could only take care of a boy, your second grandpa. In the end, she remarried to a family with the surname Sun. She gave birth to a boy and a girl.
I don't know what happened, but the man from the Sun family committed suicide.
She had to take care of three children at once! Now that I think about it, I don't know how she survived. She was a woman! Only now do I understand that my mother had a hard life all her life. It was I who was ignorant. "
"Why haven't I heard you mention it before?" Li He had never heard of such a thing. He had always thought that his grandfather was the only child. "You have four siblings from the same mother but different fathers?"
"Of course." Li Fucheng's teeth were yellow. He didn't know if he wanted to cry or laugh.
Li He asked directly, "Grandpa, is there something wrong?"
If there was nothing wrong, Li Fucheng wouldn't have said so much.
Li Fucheng looked around the kitchen, then secretly took out an envelope from his pocket and passed it to Li He. He said in a low voice, "Don't let your grandma see it. This letter was given to him by Liu Chuanqi. He had read it before. "
He couldn't read a few words in his life.
Li He secretly opened the letter under the table. Other than the wrinkles, the envelope and the letter were brand new. The date was signed two days ago. Although the structure of the font was not neat enough, the handwriting was delicate and smooth. He had a rough idea of the contents inside.
The person who wrote the letter probably wanted to give it a try. If Li Fucheng was still living here, please go to Kaifeng as soon as possible. His mother, Jiang Ahua, was seriously ill. The name signed was a person named Sun Zhangru. The note was that it was his granddaughter. The last line was a contact phone number.
"Our wife should be more than ninety years old now, right?" Li He memorized the phone number inside and then passed the letter to Li Fucheng.
He really didn't expect that his grandpa's mother, who was his wife, was still alive.
Moreover, when Li Fucheng was sick, he was by his bedside. From the beginning to the end, he didn't hear any instructions, such as where to contact any relatives or the like. He definitely didn't expect there to be such a family secret.
"89 years old." Li Fucheng nodded heavily. "Eldest Grandson, you're the only promising one in my family. Your father, second uncle, and third uncle can't be counted on. Can you accompany me to Kaifeng? It will be hard for you. "
"Grandpa, what are you talking about? As long as you say we're going, we'll go." Li He really couldn't bear to refuse. Moreover, Li Fucheng had never made such a request in his previous life. "Then how should I tell grandma?"
He didn't know why Li Fucheng would carry the old lady behind his back.
"She's fine. I'll tell her at night. She wants to follow and doesn't want to bother you, but her health isn't good. You can't let her accompany you. She probably knows more words than me. It's a waste to rely on her to find the way. "
"Then when are we leaving?" Since they were ready to leave, Li He didn't hesitate anymore.
Li Fucheng pointed to the envelope. "Liu Chuanqi said there's a phone number on it."
Li He nodded. "Well, when do you say we're leaving? I'll call in advance to inform them."
"How about tomorrow?" Li Fucheng was like a child. He asked cautiously, afraid that Li He wouldn't agree.
"Then let's get up earlier. We'll leave at six o 'clock. We'll arrive around noon." Li He replied.
Grandma served the dishes. There was not only bacon, but there was also a plate of day lily scrambled eggs. The grandfather and grandson didn't say anything else.
Li He went home after dinner. He first used his mobile phone to call the number on the letter. No one answered for a long time. He called a few more times, but no one answered.
Therefore, he didn't care anymore. He just boiled some water, washed his feet, and went to sleep.
He didn't sleep for long before someone knocked on the door.
"Grandpa, it's still early." Li He didn't even open his eyes.
"I'm afraid you overslept." Li Fucheng said. "Hurry up and brush your teeth and wash your face. Your grandma made some pancakes. Eat some and leave."
While Li He was brushing his teeth and washing his face, he even poured some water and made tea for him.
Li He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He brushed his teeth very quickly. He didn't even eat the pancakes. He found a few sets of clothes from his suitcase, took a map that was essential for going out, and left with Li Fucheng. They ate the pancakes while driving.
They were afraid that there was no gas station on the road, so they filled up a few spare oil drums at the commune.
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