Li Manjun raised his head and looked at the dam outside the gate. He raised his voice and asked Li Daniu who was washing the floor:
"Brother, are you planning to change your car?"
"Ah?" Li Daniu looked confused, "Who will change the car?"
Li Manjun smiled and said loudly: "Uncle and aunt want to buy you a car!"
This time Li Daniu heard it clearly and quickly put down the water pipe that was flushing the floor, turned off the faucet and strode into the main room.
"Dad, Mom, didn't I say wait for two more years and save more before buying a car? Our family doesn't have enough money to buy a car now." Li Daniu asked a little puzzled.
It was clearly agreed that after he earned enough money for another two years, he would buy a practical van.
Besides, his current tractor is a bit old, but it's not to the point of being scrapped. In Li Daniu's opinion, the tractor has to be used until it wears out, so it's not a loss.
Li Dalong patted the small bench next to him and asked his son to sit down. Then he looked at Li Manjun, who was smiling, and happily said to his son:
"Manjun said he wanted to buy a new car for your second uncle, so he gave you his second-hand van to drive. Isn't that good?"
Li Daniu was stunned. His father had been envious ever since he saw his second uncle driving a van home, and always urged him to buy one so that he could enjoy it.
But the 20,000 yuan was not something that could be collected casually. He and his wife had only managed to save 10,000 yuan after working hard selling lunch boxes in the city for the past two years. Now they have another child, two.
Having children around can be stressful.
So Li Daniu wanted to wait a few years before talking.
But now when I hear Li Manjun and Li Dalong say this, I feel baffled and a little moved at the same time.
Ever since, under the expectant gazes of Qian Shufen and Li Dalong, Li Daniu scratched his head in embarrassment and asked Li Manjun:
"How much does it cost to buy another one from my second uncle? Manjun, I don't have much money. It's too expensive and I might not be able to afford it."
As soon as these words came out, Li Manjun smiled, and Qian Shufen and Li Dalong's faces turned dark.
Before Li Manjun could speak, Qian Shufen slapped her son on the arm, "You are stupid. Manjun is your biological sister. If any of my brothers or sisters wants money from you, Manjun definitely doesn't want it!"
"Right, Manjun?" Qian Shufen said with a sarcastic smile.
Li Manjun looked surprised, "Auntie, aren't you planning to pay for it?"
Just as Qian Shufen was about to answer the question shamelessly, Li Daniu had already realized what his parents meant and suddenly blushed to the root of his neck.
"Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? That car was bought by Manjun and her brother-in-law to honor their second uncle. I took it and drove it to see what happened. It's not like I can't make money and can't afford it. If you do this, what will happen to me in the future?
Getting along with my brother-in-law?!"
After yelling at his parents and saying that he didn't want it, Li Daniu was so embarrassed that he couldn't even look at Li Manjun and turned around and went into the house.
The scene was a bit awkward for a while. I looked at the client Li Dawei who had not said a word quietly, with his head lowered and his teeth grimacing as he was being pinched by his wife Wang Xiaojuan.
"Auntie, I made up a goldfish and gave it to you!"
Nannan ran in with a blushing face holding a straw fish, and presented the small goldfish she made to Li Manjun like a treasure.
Li Manjun took it in surprise and touched her long braid, "Did you make it yourself? It's so beautiful."
Nannan nodded happily, "Auntie, do you like it?"
Li Manjun said he liked it, and the little girl blushed shyly and looked at her with wet eyes, looking very cute.
Li Xiaoniu ran into the house immediately after him, holding a straw fish as big as a real fish in his hand. He stood in front of his relatives and elders and showed it off one by one, "Look, what I made is exactly the same as a real fish?"
The fish had a big sting and a lot of broken straw on its body. It fell as it walked. After a while, the newly swept ground was covered with straw. Qian Shufen was so angry that she drove him out.
"Boss, I'm not young anymore. You're still playing with this. I don't see you doing my homework. Why are you still studying? I just go to work in a factory. It's a useless thing!"
These angry curses somewhat refer to Sang scolding Huai.
Li Xiaoniu was innocently shot and couldn't understand why he was scolded again. He usually does
Didn't your mother scold you so loudly when playing pranks?
However, after the two people made such a fuss, the awkward atmosphere in the main room gradually warmed up, and no one in the room mentioned Li Dawei's van anymore.
Mrs. Li secretly observed Li Manjun's face many times, as if she was afraid that she would be angry and careless.
But seeing Li Manjun coaxing her daughter with a smile, the aunt and nephew were having a great time and breathed a sigh of relief.
During the afternoon meal, Qian Shufen and Wang Xiaojuan heated up the leftovers on the table, and their families sat around the table and ate.
For the first time, Qian Shufen made a bowl of steamed pork with rice flour and gave it to Li Manjun, asking her to take it back and eat it every year.
Li Manjun saw that her aunt was smiling as if nothing was wrong, and then she realized that there were such shameless people in the world.
The dishes at the country banquet are indeed good dishes. Thinking about her daughter's greedy attitude, Li Manjun still took the steamed pork.
"Will you come back this year for the Chinese New Year?"
When Li Manjun left, Old Li stood at the door of the main room with a cane and asked concerned.
Li Manjun replied: "Sir, I don't know yet. We'll see what happens when the time comes."
As he said that, seeing the old man's expression darkening, he added: "If I can take a vacation early, I will come back this year to celebrate the New Year."
【In view of the general environment,
The old man's eyes lit up again, and he hurriedly warned: "Come back, you must come back."
"Okay, we'll try our best." Li Manjun didn't dare to say too much.
Li Dawei and Wang Xiaojuan were also leaving, and in the car were several relatives who could not find a car to go home.
It was still lively in the morning, but in the blink of an eye, the whole village became deserted.
The old man and the old lady looked at the suddenly empty home, looking a little lonely.
In two days, Mr. and Mrs. Daniu will go back to the city with their children. Their daughter will go to school, and their grandson will also go to school. In such a big old house, they are the only two immortals left, and there are
Dalong and his wife.
Therefore, the old people in the village always hope that their descendants will have more children, so that their children and grandchildren will be prosperous and lively, so that they will not feel deserted.
It was a bit late to set off, and it was already dark when Li Manjun arrived in Rongcheng. It was a cold windy night at the end of December, and his hands holding the steering wheel were cold.
The female anchor came on the radio and gave a gentle reminder that the cold wave is coming, please keep warm and prevent colds.
Li Manjun parked the car in the garage, wrapped her denim jacket around her body, quickly stepped into the elevator and arrived at the door of her home.
Before I even took out the key, the door opened first.
The daughter's surprised little face appeared in front of her, "Mom!"
After hearing the sound, Zhao Yong appeared and said in a funny tone: "Your daughter has been squatting by the door. When she heard the elevator doorbell outside, she thought it was you who was back. She missed the mark twice. This time she was right."
"Is it cold? I asked you to bring an extra piece of clothes yesterday but you didn't bring them. Didn't you get cold at night?" Zhao Yong stepped forward and asked with concern.
Li Manjun shook his head, said it was okay, and drove his daughter into the house.
