Li Manjun didn't ask Zhao Yong to send her off. It was already late. If Zhao Yong sent her off and came back, it would be dark and the road would be difficult and unsafe.
Zhao Yong put Li Manjun in the car. Before leaving, he bought her a bottle of ice-cold soda. He watched the car exit the bus station and then went back.
Li Manjun leaned against the window and watched him turn and leave before looking back.
He looked down at the orange soda in his hand, took a big sip, burped loudly, took out the note in his pocket and looked at it, the corners of his mouth slowly raised, and he smiled brightly.
Except for being uneducated, this Zhao Yong is everything she likes.
The child in the car was crying because of the soda in her hand. The parents were busy coaxing the child, but it seemed to have no effect. The child cried louder.
Li Manjun was in a happy mood while blowing in the wind and sucking soda. He thought the cries of these children were also very beautiful.
We arrived at Heather Town at 5:30. After getting off the bus, Li Manjun went to a nearby canteen to buy two bottles of soda and took them home.
She promised to bring it to Li Lijun last time, but she forgot about it. Fortunately, Li Lijun didn't keep pestering her.
But if I remember it today, I can’t forget it again.
"Manjun is back!" The uncle sitting at the door of his house greeted Li Manjun with a smile.
Li Manjun responded that as soon as she walked to the door of another house, the neighbor's aunt also greeted her, "Come back, Manjun!"
Li Manjun smiled and nodded, feeling strange in his heart, why are these uncles and aunts so enthusiastic?
When had she ever been so popular?
It wasn't until he walked to the door of his next-door neighbor Aunt Wu's house and bumped into Wang Xiaojuan and the proprietress of the waste station who were chatting with Aunt Wu that Li Manjun finally realized that the situation was not simple.
"Hey, I'm back, and I brought soda with me. My boyfriend bought it!" the owner of the waste station teased.
Li Manjun twitched the corner of his mouth and explained, "I bought this for Lijun and Jianjun."
Wang Xiaojuan first scanned the person up and down, and then asked angrily: "Zhao Yong came here this morning, why didn't you tell me?"
Li Manjun never expected that the proprietress of the waste station had a loud voice. It seemed that the whole street knew who she was talking about.
"Since you weren't at home, I asked him to go back." Li Manjun smiled at Aunt Wu, glared at the landlady of the waste station, and quickly entered the house.
The landlady laughed, but there was no malice, it was just gossip. Seeing that Li Manjun was a little angry, she hurriedly said to the courtyard:
"It's not what I said. It's because you young people were so brave that you walked up and down the road by yourself. Everyone saw it."
The atmosphere of this era is open, but young people are thin-skinned, and the aunts and uncles like to see their shy and angry reactions for fun.
Of course Li Manjun was not really angry, she was just speechless with her loud voice.
The town is too small and there are too many acquaintances. If you do something, everyone will know it, and there is no privacy at all.
Wang Xiaojuan chased in, pointed at the bottles of cans on the table and asked with a smile:
"Is this what Zhao Yong brought? Why don't you leave anyone at home to have a meal?"
"I have something to do in the city and I don't have time. Let's do it next time. He doesn't mind anyway." Li Manjun took off his backpack and entered the bedroom, closing the door.
Wang Xiaojuan was surprised, "What are you doing in the city? I heard from Long Mei that Zhao Yong also drives a big truck? Is it his own car or someone else's boss's?"
While Li Manjun was looking for a place to hide his passbook, he replied, "It's his own, a second-hand car."
"Is it really his own?" Wang Xiaojuan didn't care whether it was second-hand or not. "This is pretty good. You have to hurry up this time. I think Zhao Yong is quite sensible."
She didn't even expect that he would stop by to buy goods, and she still remembered to come and see them. Although she hadn't met him yet, Wang Xiaojuan's favorable impression of Zhao Yong was growing.
Of course, Aunt Wu also contributed to this.
When Long Mei, the proprietress of the scrap station, came to ask, she knew that Zhao Yong had actually visited Li Manjun, so Aunt Wu kept saying good things to her.
"This kid is pretty good. He really likes our Manjun, and he is sincere about it. Why don't you come and see us if you want to buy something along the way? You should talk to Manjun when you get home and let her take good care of it.
"
Aunt Wu grabbed a handful of melon seeds and nodded to Wang Xiaojuan while eating them, asking her to convey them to Li Manjun.
Li Manjun rummaged in the closet for a long time and was worried about putting the bankbook here. Finally, after thinking about it, she hid it in the pillowcase and touched it before going to bed.
After changing into loose old clothes, Li Lijun and Li Jianjun came back from get out of class. When they saw the soda and cans on the table, the two siblings cheered.
"Mom, what holiday are you celebrating today?" Li Jianjun asked happily, his hand already consciously reaching for the can.
Li Lijun picked up a bottle of soda, bit off the cap and took a sip, belching, and narrowing her eyes with satisfaction.
When Wang Xiaojuan came to her senses, the sister and brother were already eating, laughing and scolding: "It's like a starving ghost reincarnated."
Li Lijun didn't care. She had already mastered the skill of going in with one ear and out with the other. When she saw Li Manjun coming out, she smiled and said, "Sister, I know you keep your word."
She still remembered the promise Li Manjun made when she borrowed a dress and sandals last time. She thought she would have to wait a few days, but she didn't expect it to be fulfilled so quickly.
"Zhao Yong brought the canned food," Li Manjun added.
Li Jianjun, who was eating, made a movement and said "Huh?", feeling as if he had accidentally eaten a sugar-coated bullet dropped by the enemy.
Li Jianjun asked curiously: "Sister, do you think this person is okay?"
Li Manjun pointed to the can in his hand, "What do you think?"
"Hehe, it's pretty good." Li Jianjun giggled and took another spoonful of the can. The sweetness filled his heart and made his mouth sticky.
Li Manjun laughed and took a can and put it back on his bed to avoid being eaten by the two siblings when he came back.
Walking out of the house, "Mom, I'm going to meet Liu Yan and the others and then come back."
Wang Xiaojuan was busy in the kitchen. When she heard the sound, she responded and continued to work.
Li Lijun and Li Jianjun sat under the eaves with a sip of soda and a can, looking at the small world above their heads, which was better than celebrating the New Year.
Long Mei, the proprietress of the scrap station, had just told Li Manjun that the Liu Yan siblings had arrived, and she went directly to Liu Yan's house.
As if they knew she was coming, the two siblings happened to be waiting outside the big iron gate. The three of them met and quickly exchanged information.
Today's profit is 85 yuan, and the three people share it equally.
There is nothing wrong with Uncle Hu, everything is normal.
Li Manjun nodded to the two siblings and whispered, "I've taken care of the money."
The siblings' eyes widened in disbelief. Liu Yan confirmed, "Did you get the remaining one thousand?"
Liu Cheng also reminded nervously, "Isn't it because I borrowed a loan shark? This is untouchable!"
Li Manjun still uses him?
"Don't worry, the channel is legal. Don't worry about this. We have to find a professional to dismantle the bed and finally find a truck to take it away."
"Do you know anyone?"
Liu Cheng thought for a while and said, "I have a classmate whose father is a carpenter. Why don't you give his father a try?"
