Chapter 147 Li Jiangang
Zhao Chunhua, who had been silent for a long time, blinked and calculated in his heart that three or four hundred square meters of wall would take the couple about ten days to build, and they should be able to earn more than a hundred yuan. She now saw Li Haitang as a god of wealth. Her eldest brother made a lot of money with her, and her third brother also had a stable income. She had heard that she worked and lived in her shop better than in any other factory. The work was not very heavy, and it was much easier than building walls. The monthly salary was more than 100 yuan, which was about the same as that in the cement factory. There were two or three days to rest every month. If only Li Jiangang could go.
"Kick, kick, kick!"
A cheerful footstep came from downstairs. They followed the sound and saw the energetic Li Yang. He happily said to them, "Second uncle, second aunt, Sister hoi tong, brother tao, my mother told you to come to my house for lunch." After a pause, he continued, "I just went to call xiao ya and xiao hui."
"Okay." Zhao Chunhua answered, and even the stingy old three were generous once. It seemed that they had the same idea as her.
Li Tao remembered that he had bought a lot of meat dishes in the morning and said to him, "Li Yang, go and call xiao ya and xiao hui over. I just bought a few kilograms of meat and a fish for your two families. Now, take them back to the cellar so that they don't get stuffy and smell bad in the bag."
"Okay." Li Yang ran off again.
Li Haitang said to Li Tao, "I brought back two cigarettes and tea leaves for uncle. Oh, and corduroy cloth and milk powder for the two families. You will give the bag to Li Ya and Li Yang later and let them take it back together."
"Yes." Li Tao responded.
Zhao Chunhua's eyes lit up when she heard so many good things. When she received Li Jiangang's glance, she shrank in fear and a string in her head tightened again.
The sharp-eyed Li Haitang saw it, turned his head away, and curled his lips. It seemed that this terrible second aunt had been tamed.
Before lunch, Li Haitang took something to Li Yuanhua's house and went to several relatives in the village. He also sent the money Li Mingtang brought back to his parents.
Third aunt was really generous today. He killed a chicken and a duck at lunch. The chickens and ducks at home were very fat, and both of them were in the pot.
Li Haitang went into the kitchen and greeted her. She saw her ten-year-old daughter, Li Qian, choosing beans at the gate. Li Ya, who was from her second uncle's family, was also helping. She took a chair and sat beside them.
The two of them had never played with Li Haitang before, and she had grown too much in the past two years, taller than most adults. Sitting on the side gave them a lot of pressure. The two of them cried out awkwardly and shyly, "Sister hoi tong."
"Yes." Li Haitang responded and took the initiative to chat with them. After the vegetables were picked up, he took out the presents he had prepared for them in his bag and said, "Here, this is a pencil case and a pen, a notebook and so on for you. Everyone has one. There are also some hairpins and other gadgets that your girls like. You can share them yourself."
"Thank you, Sister hoi tong." They happily took a big bag of things, and three boys playing with marbles came together.
Third aunt, who was cooking in the kitchen, peeked his head out of the window and smiled, probably thinking of the corduroy fabric and powdered wheat milk that Li Yang had just brought back, and smiled even more brightly. These things add up to an estimated hundred yuan, she is really generous, it seems that listening to a man is still right, a little better to her, she will be better to you, don't be so shallow.
"Sister hoi tong, what kind of toy is this? How do I play with it?" The youngest Li Hui came over with a rubik's cube, and he didn't understand it after a long time.
Li Haitang took it and said with a smile, "This is the magic cube that tests the brain. The six colors you see now are chaotic. You have to find a way to adjust the six colors. Here, you guys watch me play."
She liked to play rubik's cube very much. She happened to see it when she went to zhe province. She bought many at one time. Everyone was reading when she took the train.
Li Tao and the others gathered their heads together and watched her hands move around so nimbly that they were dazzled and unable to see any technique at all. After about ten minutes, the rubik's cube in her hands had really returned to six different shapes. The children were all interested in it, and each of them started to stir up a mess.
Almost twelve o' clock, Li Jiangang and Zhao Chunhua came over, and Li Ya went to fetch a basin of water to wash their faces and hands.
Li Haitang, who was eating wild plums, raised an eyebrow. Li Ya seemed to be fine. Children who knew how to care for their parents were usually no worse. It seemed that they were stimulated by Li Lan's incident. It was also possible that Li Jiangang's education at home during this period of time had played a role.
After washing her face and hands, Li Jiangang walked to the bench beside her and sat down. Thinking of what Zhao Chunhua had just said, he asked awkwardly, "Haitang, second uncle wants to tell you something."
"Well, say it." Li Haitang also handed him a few cleaned plums.
He reached out and took one, then said, "I'm sure you've heard about the trouble caused by that bastard Li Lan. It's a bit of a big deal. Second uncle lost his job in the cement factory. It's hard to find a job to earn money in this county now. Do you want to ask if you want to work in your shop?"
"Yes, second uncle, let's get things done at home. My father is going to learn to drive these few months, and I've arranged for Ming Tangshu and another worker to go to other cities to sell and run their business. There are a lot of jobs in the warehouse, and there's a shortage of people." Li Haitang had talked to Li Jianguo about this before and asked him to hire two or three more people. He probably was too embarrassed to ask li jian to come over, so he didn't tell her.
Li Jiangang was overjoyed. He had also heard from his eldest and third brothers that the treatment of her shop was similar to that of the cement factory, but the work was much easier. He thanked them repeatedly, "Okay, thank you, thank you."
"You're welcome, my family." The character of the three brothers in the li family was trustworthy. Even the women they married were not very good. She smiled and said, "My father should come back in the middle and late of september. By then, my second uncle will go to the provincial city with him."
"Big brother is coming back? Are you coming back for something?" Li Jiangang didn't hear him talk about it last time.
It seemed that her father had not told them about the good news yet. She smiled and revealed the good news in advance. "Well, when she came back to do the good news, sister-in-law mei fang made a matchmaker for him. She brought auntie back to collect the marriage certificate and then set up a banquet in the new house." Once the relationship changed, the original "Sister liu" became "Aunt Fen."
"Ah! When did it happen?"
Li Jiangang was shocked. Even Zhao Chunhua and Third aunt Lu Hongyu, who were setting the dishes, were shocked. They had not heard of this.
Li Haitang smiled lightly, told them the details, and finally said, "It's certain that it happened a few days before Li Lan's incident. Uncle and dad probably came back because of this terrible thing and forgot to tell you."
Lu Hongyu glanced at Li Tao who was serving in the kitchen and asked in a low voice, "Did Taoer agree?"
"Agreed. Aunt fen had a daughter, two months younger than him, and they were on good terms. The girl agreed. Both of the children agreed, so they wanted to settle things earlier."
Li Jiangang wiped his smiling face, "Big brother and third brother really forgot to mention such a good thing. Some time ago, a relative and elder came to me and asked me to introduce him to someone. He wanted me to call him and tell him. Fortunately, I didn't answer him at all."
"How's the new sister-in-law's house? Is it easy to get along with?" Zhao Chunhua asked, sitting in the chair next to him.
Li Haitang rolled her eyes and thought to herself, you've been with a woman like Deng Wenfang for more than ten years. Is there anyone more difficult to get along with than her? However, she did not say it out loud and explained the situation at sister liu's house, "The man in front of her died of illness. The mother and daughter had completely broken off their relationship with that place. Her mother's family is from tan city, right next to our Tam city 1 middle school. Her brothers and sisters are easy to get along with. The two brothers work in a nearby state-owned factory. One sister seems to be selling goods in a department store. She has a very good personality and is very good at life. She is a typical good wife and mother. Her daughter has been educated to be very sensible and filial. She is now in her mother's house to take care of her."
It wasn't that she was deliberately praising aunt gao fen, but that she was really good. During this period of time, she carefully observed that she was very good to dad and Li Tao, and it didn't seem like she was faking it, so Li Tao accepted her psychologically so quickly.
Zhao Chunhua and Lu Hongyu both smiled, and their hearts began to beat up again. The new sister-in-law's family was in such good condition that she could earn money herself. It seemed that they would have to get along well with her in the future. Since she was very good at life, she would not lose their benefits in the future.
"Good character, good character, that's enough. The rest is not important." Li Jiangang was completely cold to the character of her sister-in-law Deng Wenfang. If she hadn't given birth to Li Tao, she probably wouldn't have wanted to talk about this person for the rest of her life.
Li Yang waited for the children to bring all the food to the table. Li Yang shouted, "Mom, the food is ready. Let's eat first."
"Okay, here we go." Lu Hongyu turned around and walked over, "Second brother, second sister-in-law, haitang, Taoer, eat quickly."
As soon as everyone sat down, Li Yang went into the house and took out a bag. He said with a smile, "Hehe, I just went to buy a bottle of soda. One bottle each today."
"Hehe, okay. Yang' er, I heard that you went to the provincial capital this summer to earn money with your brother tao. What on earth are you doing? How much did you earn?" Li Jiangang had heard his third brother say something when he came back. There was something bothering him at home, so he didn't ask.
Li Yang handed out a bottle to each of them and beamed with joy about this summer vacation.
"So, the four of you sold popsicles, newspapers, and sweets at the train station and made over a thousand dollars together?" Zhao Chunhua's face was full of surprise. Four children could make so much money. Was there any money to pick up in this province?
Li Yang smiled and said, "Yes. We only had two days off between the four of us. We set off every morning at more than seven o' clock. At noon, we sent someone home to get food. We found a place to eat at the train station and didn't go home until six o' clock in the afternoon. In fact, it's very hard. I've worn my shoulders, but I'm so happy to make money."
Li Jiangang drank half a bottle of soda in one gulp and praised, "Yes, you kids are really good. You earned nearly three hundred yuan in more than a month, more than your father did."
"If we hadn't been robbed by thieves and pickpockets a few times in the middle and had some hooligans and grown-ups selling things messing around, we could have made more." Li Yang was very timid when he was in the provincial capital, but now that he was back, he started to brag.