Chapter 36 Follow the Lead

Chapter 36: guided learning

Li Haitang's cold hand pouted in Li Tao's ear again and asked with a smile, "I forgot to ask you about your grades a while ago. How was your exam?"

Li Tao slapped her hand away, her eyes slightly smug, and her voice unconsciously raised a few points, "You did well in the exam, third place."

"Tsk tsk, it's only third place, and your mouth is sticking up." Li Haitang laughed. He got up and took his bag. He fumbled inside and took out a small box. "Here, I promised you during the summer vacation. I will reward you with the electronic watch when you get into the top five."

"You keep your word." Li Tao said proudly, grabbed the box and opened it eagerly.

Wang Tiao also put his head to the side. He also talked about the electronic watch for a long time in his heart. He looked at Wang Li with both eyes, "Sister, I am also the third in the class. Why don't you give me a gift? I don't want anything too good, just an electronic watch."

Wang Li rolled his eyes, "Just an electronic watch. Your requirements are really low. I can't earn money in school. You should ask your brother and sister-in-law for a reward."

"Then how did sister haitang earn money?" Wang Tiao asked directly.

Wang Li choked and said in a bad mood, "Don't compare me to this evil haitang, okay?"

Wang Tiao turned his head away. Otherwise, would you compare yourself to her?

Li Haitang was amused to see the two of them quarreling. He felt around in his bag, took out two large packages and began to distribute gifts, "This is the tea for uncle and aunt, this is the red double happiness for Brother yao, this is the lipstick for sister mei fang, this is the jumping chess for Wang Tiao, this is the building block toy for little wen bing."

"Aiyo, haitang, why are you buying so many things? It's going to cost a lot of money." Mother of Wangli had a troubled look on his face. These things were not ordinary at first sight. They probably cost someone at least a month's salary.

Li Haitang smiled and said, "It won't cost much. It's a small gift. You're welcome."

"Haha, then we won't be polite." Duan Meifang fondly played with the lipstick in her hand. All the women in the city liked to wear it. She had wanted to buy it for a long time, but she couldn't bear to sell it.

Wang Li saw that everyone had gifts and joked, "Haitang, why don't uncle and I have them? You're too discriminating."

"You child, haitang sent you a scarf a month ago, and now you have the nerve to ask for a gift. Really. Haitang, don't talk to her." Mother of Wangli secretly threw an eye knife at his daughter.

Li Jianguo smiled. In the past six months, Li Haitang sent two things back to the father and son. He bought one set of clothes and shoes for autumn and winter, and sent them a hundred yuan. He was very satisfied.

"How dare I lose your gifts? One by one, right?" As Li Haitang spoke, his hands moved slowly and he threw a big bag at Wang Li. "This is the promised jeans."

"Oh, yeah!" Wang li smiled so hard that both her little tiger teeth were exposed.

"Dad, this is for you." Li Haitang put a big box in his bag in front of Li Jianguo.

Li Jianguo smiled and reached out to take it, "You bought a lot of things for dad. Don't buy them again. Don't waste money."

Li Haitang smiled but did not answer. In her heart, Li Jianguo and Li Tao were her only family, and for a person who lacked love, the warmth of life would be especially cherished.

"Ah, is this the radio?" Li Tao couldn't wait to open the big box. He saw a much bigger radio at his classmate's house, so he guessed.

Li Haitang introduced, "It's a semiconductor radio, easy to carry." This thing is very popular in the city. Every retired aunt and uncle in the factory has one of them. They take them wherever they go and listen to the radio every day.

"Haha, good stuff. Now let's hear it too." Li Tao handed the radio to Li Haitang and urged, "Quickly install it and see what you can hear inside."

Li Haitang pretended and said, "News, songs, film recordings, book reviews, speeches, revolutionary stories, all of them." When she bought the radio, she tried it on.

After installing it and teaching the father and son how to use it, turn on the switch and listen. In a short while, there were loud and clear pop songs playing inside. The sound was clear and clean, similar to the effect of the tv.

"Haitang, this radio is good. How much is it?" Wang Yao asked curiously. He wanted to buy a present for his father. This portable radio was perfect.

Li Haitang told him, "It's not expensive. It only costs more than 60 yuan."

"When you go to tan city after the new year, can you buy one for me and send it back?" The more Wang Yao watched, the more he liked it. He thought that after the new year, he would add a color tv to his family, and this radio would give dad some time to relax.

"Okay."

They were in the living room, eating melon seeds and listening to the radio, while wang li pulled Li Haitang into her room to try on jeans, so the upper body effect was naturally very satisfied.

After eating a big dinner early in the wang family, Li Haitang followed the li family back to Lee ka tsuen. On the way, Li Tao told her, "A while ago, dad put on glass windows in your house, bought a coal stove, picked out a load of briquettes and sent them over. He also added some furniture and blankets. The house was cleaned up yesterday. You can stay there when you get back."

Li Haitang smiled warmly and said, "Okay, thank you, dad."

"The roof of your house is not strong enough. You can barely make it through this year. I'm afraid you won't be able to do it next year." Li Jianguo reminded.

Li Haitang had a plan in mind and said, "Dad, I'm going to buy a house in town. I can stay here during the winter and summer holidays. You and Li Tao can stay there when I'm not at home. After all, your brick house isn't very strong."

"If you have money, you can buy a house in town. We can just stay in the village and earn two more years. We can get rid of the original brick house and build a red brick house on the original foundation." Li Jianguo had this in mind, but building a house in the countryside would cost a lot of money, and it would take a few more years.

Li Haitang gathered his scarf, put his hands in his pockets, and said seriously, "Dad, the work in the granary is very hard, and the salary is low. Why don't you quit? There were plenty of opportunities to make money in the city, and a roadside stall could earn more than forty yuan a month. To be honest, picking up rubbish in the city is much better than farming in the countryside. Do you want to consider living in the city and come back to fix the house after you earn some money?"

Li Jianguo's heart moved a little. He looked at his son and then stopped thinking, "Taoer is still on the first day of the new year. He is alone at home. I don't trust him."

Li Haitang had already considered this matter and asked about it from others. He told them, "You can ask Li Tao to transfer to the city to study. You only need to pay for the school. The teaching quality of the schools in the city is much better, which is very helpful to his studies."

"I've heard from the workers in the granary about what you said. But our hukou is in the countryside, and Taoer is going to study in the city, and he will have to come back to take the middle school examination. The teacher doesn't pay much attention to this kind of interrupting student." Li Jianguo told them what he had learned.

Li Haitang had a different idea. She glanced at Li Tao, whose face was red with cold, and said seriously, "I think the key to learning is that the teacher leads the way in and the cultivation depends on the individual. Besides, it's not like there's no way to settle down in the city. There's always a way to make money work."

Li Jianguo smiled and thought for a while, "Let's see. We have to wait for him to finish the first day of junior high anyway."

"Okay, next year I'll ask my classmates about it. It's not too late to plan if I have a good idea." Li Haitang planned to ask Lin Peipei's parents after the new year. They should know more about this. Maybe they could find a way.

Li Tao touched her red nose, looked up, and looked at her eagerly, "Is it really easy to earn money in the city?"

Li Haitang was silent for a second and replied, "As long as you are diligent and use your brain more, money is not difficult to earn." After a pause, he told them the cruel truth, "My new Sugar wholesale division, which opened less than two months ago, earned more than 4,000 yuan."

"How much?" Li Tao's eyes widened and he stopped standing there.

Li Jianguo's grip on the bicycle head tightened too. It was more than 4,000 yuan in two months, and he was only forty yuan a month.

Li Haitang saw the light in their eyes and followed the lead, "The business in our wholesale department is just above average. There is a store selling household appliances not far from here. The business is so hot that even I am jealous. The color tv, refrigerator, washing machine, and so on, sold several trucks during the new year, and the proprietress had cramps when she counted the money."

The li family father and son: ..."

This is really a gap. Almost no one in the countryside can afford a color tv. Even the rich wang family now only has a black and white tv.

My uncle Auntie used to work in a state-owned company. Two years ago, they quit their jobs to do business and opened a 30-square-meter shop on the more prosperous streets of tan city. The two of them earn at least a thousand yuan a month and become a family of ten thousand yuan in just one year." Li Haitang gave them another practical example.

"Gulong!" Li Tao swallowed and tugged at his father's sleeve. "Dad, why don't you listen to Sister hoi tong? I'll be thirteen in the new year. I can take care of myself. When you settle down in the city, you can pick me up."

Li Jianguo thought about it and hesitated, "There are still a lot of fields at home. You have to eat at home alone. You don't know how to plant vegetables. You can't starve at home."

When Li Tao heard this, he immediately stopped breathing.

Li Haitang suggested, "I'm going to buy a house in town after the new year, and then Li Tao will live there. The food will be taken from home, and the food will be bought in the town market. He can't spend much money alone. How about renting the land to the villagers?"

"I think so. I know how to cook and do housework myself. I don't need dad to worry." Li Tao really seemed to be a different person in the past six months.

Li Jianguo saw that his son was so supportive of his development in the city, thought about it, and agreed, "Okay, wait until the first half of next year to arrange everything at home before you go out."

Li Tao grinned and was happy to think that he could go to the city to study.

"Haitang, you can ask dad about the household registration next year. If Taoer's household registration can be solved, then there will be no worries at all." Li Jianguo naturally wanted his son to receive a better education. It didn't matter if he worked harder.

"Okay, I'll ask my classmate's parents after school starts." Li Haitang agreed.

The three of them chatted and laughed all the way to Lee ka tsuen. Li Haitang had changed a lot in the past six months. After entering the village, they met several neighbors. They didn't recognize her, but she took the initiative to greet them.

Li Jianguo helped her take her luggage back into the house, and Li Tao helped her light the coal fire. After a few more words in the house, the father and son went home. Before leaving, Li Jianguo said, "Don't cook at home for a while. Come and eat with us."

"Okay." There was nothing to eat at home, so Li Haitang naturally agreed.

The room was still very simple and empty, but there was a sense of peace. Li Haitang boiled a pot of water, made a cup of hot tea, washed his face, soaked his feet, carried the stove back to the kitchen, and then lay back in bed and went to bed early.