"It seems because the second sister didn't go to school today. She said she didn't study anymore!"
Li Jianjun asked anxiously: "Eldest sister, is it true that the second sister no longer goes to school?"
Li Manjun frowned. Li Lijun looked like a student just now. How could she still look like a student?
How could this happen? Everyone was fine yesterday.
Li Manjun handed the things in his hand to Li Jianjun and asked him to take them home first. He carefully called Wang Xiaojuan, "Mom?"
Wang Xiaojuan was holding on to the broom and gasping for air. She looked furious and her whole body was shaking.
Li Manjun was really afraid that she would be out of breath, so she hurriedly stepped forward, raised her hand and patted her on the back to calm her down.
"If anything happens, let's go home and tell her. Lijun won't be able to go anywhere. She should be at her classmate's house. Don't worry about her."
As soon as Li Manjun said the word "worry", Wang Xiaojuan immediately became furious, "Am I worried about her? I wish she would die outside and never come back!"
They were all angry words, and no one took them seriously. If Wang Xiaojuan was really so willing, she would not stay at home to cook for the two siblings until Li Lijun finished her high school entrance examination.
Seeing that the neighbors were attracted by the noise, Wang Xiaojuan followed Li Manjun into the house.
"Have you settled things with Zhao Yong?"
Li Manjun took out the household registration book and handed it to Wang Xiaojuan to put it away, and then handed her his own red book to read.
Seeing this red book and thinking about her handsome and sensible son-in-law, Wang Xiaojuan finally felt better.
He returned the red book to Li Lijun and told her to put it away, and then looked at the cigarettes, wine and candies she bought for the guests. Originally, it was a happy day, but Li Lijun did it for her!
Wang Xiaojuan was a little angry again. Li Lijun winked at Li Jianjun. Li Jianjun understood and hurriedly poured a glass of water back to his mother, "Mom, drink a glass of water and take a rest."
Wang Xiaojuan didn't like him, "Why did you stop me just now? If you hadn't stopped me, Li Lijun's leg would have been broken here today!"
Li Jianjun shrugged guiltily, not daring to reply, and stepped aside, trying to reduce his presence.
Li Manjun waited for Wang Xiaojuan to calm down and asked softly what was going on.
Wang Xiaojuan didn't say anything, she probably wanted to wait for Li Dawei to come back.
Li Manjun could only suppress his doubts first. Seeing that Wang Xiaojuan had no intention of cooking, he raised his chin at Li Jianjun and said, "Go and cook."
Li Jianjun pointed at himself in astonishment. The eldest sister was not mistaken. When had he cooked rice?
Li Manjun didn't tolerate him, and quickly glanced at Wang Xiaojuan. Seeing that she was too angry, Li Lijun didn't even have time to protect her precious son, so she kicked Li Jianjun's calf and said, "Go quickly."
Li Jianjun was about to cry, but he didn't dare to go up and be scolded by his mother anymore, so he reluctantly went into the kitchen to wash rice and cook.
The low pressure at home lasted until the moment Li Dawei entered the door.
They were an old couple, and one look at each other's faces would tell that something big was going on. Li Dawei put down his briefcase and asked Wang Xiaojuan, who was sitting on the stool without saying a word, doubtfully:
"Who provoked you? Why haven't you cooked yet?"
Wang Xiaojuan held it in for a long time, and when Li Dawei asked, he immediately said it.
"Cooking? Do I still have time to cook? Your Li Lijun said she doesn't want to go to school anymore and wants to go south to work like Li Lanfang!"
Li Dawei's expression condensed, "What's going on?"
Li Manjun and her brother looked up at the kitchen, "Where is Lijun?"
Li Jianjun said quickly, "He ran to his classmate's house."
Li Dawei's face completely darkened. He never cared about the children's fights, but now it was less than half a month before the high school entrance examination. At such a critical moment, Li Lijun said that giving up would never work!
"Studying is a major event related to her life and destiny. She can't just let her do whatever she wants!" Li Dawei was so angry that he slammed the table and immediately went to find him.
Li Manjun was afraid that it would be counterproductive if his parents were angry, so he stopped Li Dawei.
"Dad, let's eat first. Jianjun and I will heat up the leftovers. After we finish eating, I'll call her back."
"Jianjun still has to study at night."
When Wang Xiaojuan heard this, she called Li Dawei back and said, "Eat first."
The family of four finished dinner in silence, and no one dared to mention a word about Li Lijun.
Li Jianjun quickly finished eating and returned to school for evening self-study. After dinner, Li Dawei and his wife both calmed down.
Li Lijun has such a temperament that she always accepts soft things but not hard words. The harder she presses, the further she will run.
The main problem now is to figure out why she doesn't want to study.
"We are about to take the high school entrance examination, and everything was fine before. Why do you suddenly say you won't study if you don't want to study?" Wang Xiaojuan thought there was something fishy about this matter, "Maybe it was some fox friend who instigated it."
Li Manjun didn't think so. When she was just eating, she recalled Li Lijun's recent situation. In fact, Li Lijun had given signs that something was wrong many times.
But they all ignored it.
It’s impossible that Li Lijun doesn’t want to study. Every day when she comes back from self-study, she will review her homework before turning off the lights and going to sleep. Sometimes she is still reciting the text in her dreams.
If she really didn't want to study, she wouldn't have begged her parents to let her study again.
It’s just that you have to ask me to find out the truth of the matter.
"I'm going to find her!" Li Manjun stood up.
She carries the memory of the original person. Her elder sister has always hoped that her younger sister can continue to go to school and be assigned a good job.
Even Li Manjun herself, if the node she traveled through was not now, but three years ago, she would work hard to improve her studies and take the college entrance examination.
She knows how important a diploma is, having experienced severe beatings from society.
Li Manjun took a flashlight to shine and went to look for classmate Li Lijun at her home.
Li Dawei was worried and was afraid that Li Lijun would not come back if he saw him. He took a flashlight and followed his eldest daughter from a distance.
Li Manjun felt a little warm in his heart.
Li Lijun was indeed at her classmate's house. When she saw Li Manjun coming, she looked like "I knew it" and curled her lips. Before Li Manjun could speak, she told her not to persuade her. She had already decided to go south to work.
Li Manjun looked at her pretty face that had taken off her heavy makeup and became clean and beautiful, and smiled contemptuously with her lips raised.
Li Lijun immediately frowned, "Why are you laughing! Is this funny? I'm serious!"
Li Manjun sat down on the chair in front of his classmate's desk and asked seriously:
"Have you bought the ticket? When will you leave? Are you going to eat at my wedding banquet on the 5th?"
Li Lijun was stunned for a moment, then she said with a pinched neck: "Can't I leave after eating?! You don't care when I leave."
Li Manjun looked at the new clothes she was wearing, "Did you buy it with the red envelope your brother-in-law gave you?"
Li Lijun didn't say anything. The money in her hand was so good that it only amounted to the 20 yuan in red envelopes she left yesterday.
Li Manjun nodded clearly and asked worriedly: "I heard that the one-way train ticket from Rongcheng to Dongshi is a little more than fifteen yuan. Do you have money to buy a ticket?"
Li Lijun looked at her in surprise: "You're not here to persuade me?"
Judging from his expression, he seemed a little disappointed.