"Have you brought all your pens, rulers, admission tickets, and draft paper?" Li Manjun turned the steering wheel, parked the car in a parking space on the roadside, and turned to ask.
Li Lijun opened her schoolbag and checked them one by one, nodding "Yeah".
Li Manjun got out of the car, opened the door for her, went to the trunk to get her a bottle of mineral water, and carefully tore off the label.
"Be sure to check carefully after you finish. Skip the questions that you really can't remember how to do, and do the questions that you know how to do first." Li Manjun warned worriedly.
Li Lijun reluctantly agreed: "I understand, don't worry."
What her sister said had been repeated many times by the teacher. When she closed her eyes, these reminders were all in her mind.
"Sister, I'm leaving. You can go back." Li Lijun waved to her sister and walked briskly into the gate of the school where the exam was held.
There were many parents coming to see off their students at the door. They were surprised to see Li Manjun so young. Then he realized that they were sisters.
Li Manjun watched his sister walk into the teaching building and then turned back.
I drove to the store, moved the TV that Li Daniu's family had repaired to the car, and gave the TV to the couple.
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Li Daniu and his wife had already moved to a rented house with their daughter. They originally planned to invite Li Manjun and his family to have a meal in the newly rented house, but because of Li Lijun's college entrance examination, the time was not right, so they were delayed.
Ren Yan has already approached her landlord to discuss borrowing a stove. The landlord also has a public kitchen at home and promised to lend it to Ren Yan, but she was not allowed to interfere with other tenants' cooking.
The place was already very good, so Ren Yan hurriedly agreed to it. The best thing she could do was prepare it as soon as possible, so she wouldn't delay other tenants.
After the matter was settled, Ren Yan started preparing the materials needed to sell lunch boxes in the past two days. She ordered foam lunch boxes, bought several large iron basins with lids, and asked a master welder to help customize a small cart.
When Li Manjun arrived, Nannan was playing with the children of other tenants at the entrance of the alley. When she saw her aunt, her eyes lit up and she immediately ran towards Li Manjun, "Auntie!"
Li Manjun rubbed her little head and asked with a smile: "Where are mom and dad?"
Nannan replied: "Dad has gone to work, and mom is cooking."
As he said that, he was about to lead Li Manjun in and directly abandoned his friend.
Li Manjun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the landlord and the neighbors were playing cards in the hall on the first floor, with adults around them.
However, when he saw Ren Yan, he still reminded her: "There are many kidnappers now, and my daughter is still young, so she can't leave her sight. Please be careful."
She was shocked when she suddenly saw her little niece playing outside away from her brother and sister-in-law's sight.
Ren Yan also has a big heart. If it were Nian Nian, she would definitely stand by and stare at the child.
Ren Yan didn't take it seriously. Who's child in the countryside is not like this? "There are neighbors around, and the landlord is also here. She knows my daughter, so she will be fine."
But as soon as he finished speaking, Li Manjun saw a serious look on his face and quickly straightened his expression, "I know, it's okay."
"This is not something that happens without incident. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what may happen. If anything happens, there is no point in regretting it." Li Manjun's tone became colder.
In this era without surveillance or the Internet, finding someone is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.
As parents, you should pay attention to yourself if you can. Who dares to expect others?
"The landlord is playing cards. Who has time to watch them? When I came just now, several children were almost running out of the street."
Li Manjun looked at her daughter and asked Ren Yan to ask her daughter.
Ren Yanhu asked: "Nanny, tell mom where you just went to play?"
Nannan answered obediently: "Brothers and sisters took me to catch dragonflies, on the side of the road in the alley."
Ren Yan was shocked and yelled: "Didn't you just play at the door as promised? Why did you run to the side of the road!"
Nannan was so frightened that she froze for a moment, subconsciously hid behind her aunt, and whispered: "Mom, don't be angry."
Li Manjun waved his hand to signal his sister-in-law not to get angry, pointed to the small bench beside her, and led her niece over to play with her.
Ren Yan became a little scared and told her daughter to tell her mother first next time she wanted to go out. When her daughter agreed, she continued to discuss the dishes she prepared with Li Manjun.
"I'm thinking about hard work. The food is heavy in oil and salt. It has more oil and water, two meat and two vegetables. How about selling it for one dollar and a half?"
"Okay." There was no problem with the pricing and ideas. Li Manjun smiled and nodded.
After receiving the affirmation, Ren Yan was also happy. She fried the sample dishes and brought them to the house, leaving Li Manjun down for lunch.
Li Manjun saw that Li Daniu hadn't come back yet and no one was moving the TV with him, so he agreed.
Ren Yan's cooking is good, and the dishes are very good to go with the meal, but you need to drink water after eating too much, as it is a bit salty.
However, this level of salinity is just right for heavy manual workers.
After lunch, Li Daniu finally came back.
Ren Yan scooped out all the rice left in the pot and put it in a big bowl. Then she poured in all the remaining vegetables and stirred it. It wasn't too fragrant.
Li Daniu finished eating quickly, then went downstairs to get the TV with Li Manjun. The two took it home and tinkered with it for a while, and the picture appeared successfully. It would not be a problem to watch it for another three to five years.
"By the way, when Lijun finishes the exam, I will prepare the dishes and you invite Xiaoyong to come over for a meal." Li Daniu warned.
Li Manjun nodded and drove away.
She had already agreed with her employees that she would work irregularly during the three days and would be dedicated to transporting her sister to take the exam.
I didn’t pick him up at noon, but he had to deliver it in the afternoon. If he drove by himself, Li Lijun could sleep for ten more minutes.
Because Li Manjun specifically warned her, during the three days when Li Lijun took the exam, no one in her family asked her whether she did well or not.
The whole family waited until the last subject of the college entrance examination was over before they dared to discuss this year's test questions.
After Li Lijun finished the exam, she ran to answer questions with her classmates and came back in the evening.
When she opened the door, she saw her sister, brother-in-law, and niece sitting in rows on the sofa, staring at her. They looked like they wanted to ask but were holding back, which made her laugh all of a sudden.
I was in a bad mood at first, but seeing my family made me feel better again.
"I have checked with my classmates. It's basically true that those who can do well are right. Those who can't, it depends on luck." Li Lijun said enthusiastically.
Li Manjun and Zhao Yong looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. There was still hope for going to college.
"Call your parents." Li Manjun pointed to the landline phone on the sideboard.
Li Lijun resisted a little, but Li Manjun's eyes widened and she still agreed, walked to the phone, dialed her home number, and hung up the phone before she could finish a few words.
She didn't want to hear her parents analyze the answers to the questions with her all the time. She had already passed the exam, and talking about it would only increase her anxiety.
Li Lijun was thinking openly, or in other words, she knew what she was doing and was not in a hurry.
The next day, Li Manjun's family went to have dinner at Li Daniu's newly rented house, and saw her cousin Nannan again. She was walking behind her sister on her two short legs, "goose, goose, goose", which made the adults very happy.
"She still remembers that poem." Li Daniu said in surprise.