Chapter 42： New Year's Eve

Li Xu naturally refused to take advantage of others in vain, so she hurried to the kitchen, packed some fruits and vegetables, and chased out with a big bag.

Fortunately, Zhang Kun was not walking fast, and when Li Xu got down, he only walked 20 to 30 meters on his bicycle.

"Brother Zhang Kun, wait a minute!" Li Xu shouted from behind, chasing after him.

Zhang Kun heard the sound and stopped the car in surprise.

Li Xu took a few steps forward and hung the bag directly on Zhang Kun's handlebar: "It's all worthless things, you can take them back to eat."

Zhang Kun opened his mouth, and then said in a low voice, "There are no children at home, so I really can't eat. I just thought about the number of children in your family..."

Li Xu smiled: "Be careful on the road, I wish you a Happy New Year in advance."

After speaking, he turned and left.

Zhang Kun stood on the spot, looking at Li Xu's back, his eyes were a little complicated.

In the evening, Li Yong didn't come until after eight o'clock.

As soon as he entered the door, he asked, "Sister, do you have anything to eat, I'm starving to death..."

Li Xu was a little strange: "Working in a restaurant, can I still starve you?"

Having said that, he still went to the kitchen: "I'll give you some noodles, and I'll fry you some marinated rice."

Li Yong said helplessly: "Today's New Year's Eve, there are a lot of people ordering meals. I'm afraid you guys will wait for me and come here without eating after you're busy."

He sat down under the dining table, and immediately saw two boxes on the ground with sharp eyes: "Where did you come from? It's not cheap."

Ji Yuanyuan suddenly felt that the opportunity was coming, so he leaned forward and said, "Uncle Zhang Kun brought it over this afternoon, saying that there are no children at home who can't eat it."

Hearing that it was sent by Zhang Kun, Li Yong looked a little surprised.

"Uncle, does Uncle Zhang Kun have no children? Why hasn't he married yet at such an old age?" Ji Yuanyuan asked in a childlike tone, but Li Yong didn't think much of it.

Li Xu also followed: "It is estimated that it is not easy to see our mother's third, so it is a deliberate excuse."

Li Yong sighed: "My master was married, and he has a daughter. He had a very good relationship with his wife, and we were all envious at the time. However, about three or four years ago, when the teacher and her child were crossing the road, they were caught by a stranger. The car was hit, and the child lost his breath on the spot, and the mistress rescued her in the hospital for a week before..."

Speaking of what happened back then, Li Yong's tone was also heavy, "I've seen that child before. He was very beautiful and polite. He was only five years old when he died."

Li Xu is also a person with children, so she can naturally understand what it's like to lose a child.

Thinking of the expression on Zhang Kun's face when Ji Yuanyuan asked questions in the afternoon, Li Xu felt bitter for a while.

"It's not easy for your master." She sighed.

"Who said no? The reason why he takes care of you so much is not only because of Yuan Yuan, but also because of Yuan Yuan." Li Yong added, "When he saw Yuan Yuan, he probably thought of his daughter."

Ji Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the reason to lie in himself.

Li Xu quickly finished the meal, and this topic was revealed.

After eating, Li Xu entered the bedroom and quickly came out with a handkerchief.

She walked up to Li Yong and carefully opened the handkerchief, "I have saved some money these days. I'll pay you back some of it first, and you'll go to the bank to deposit it."

She has made a lot of money these days. But he didn't dare to take out all the money, for fear that Li Yong would be suspicious.

She took five hundred yuan from it and put it in front of Li Yong.

"Forget it, sister, I'm not in a hurry to use it. You can save it for me. When I use it in the future, you can give it to me." Li Yong said, "However, your business is not bad. Ah, I saved 500 yuan in such a short period of time, that's ok."

Li Xu didn't dare to say more, only said: "I still have a few hundred yuan left here, you can take these first, and I will give you the rest next year."

Seeing that Li Xu didn't seem to be lying, Li Yong hesitated before taking the money: "Okay, tell me when you are short of money."

Li Xu nodded, "Don't worry."

It was getting late. Li Yong slept at home at night, and he helped Li Xu move the vegetables to the market the next morning before leaving.

After the new year, Ji Ziang kept talking about Qin Mucheng.

However, he kept talking until the New Year was approaching, and Qin Mucheng didn't come.

It is estimated that it will be a year later.

Li Yong was on vacation on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, but he didn't go home immediately after the vacation. He stayed with Li Xu until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and then went home with Li Xu.

Li Miao had been on vacation for several days. Together with Liu Guihua, they cleaned the house.

The Li family's small courtyard suddenly became lively with so many people.

There is no New Year's Eve this month, so the next day will be New Year's Eve.

In the morning, Li Xu boiled the paste, Li Yong stepped on the stool, and put couplets on all the doors in the house, and the characters for blessing were pasted in large and small places in the house.

Ji Ziang couldn't wait to take out his new clothes, and after a while, Li Xu forced them to take them off.

In the afternoon, Liu Guihua took Li Xu and Li Miao in the kitchen, busy preparing dinner for the evening.

Li Yong took his three children to the supermarket, bought some fireworks, and waited for them to play at night The streets were full of New Year's flavors.

Although there is no money in this era, everyone attaches great importance to the New Year's Eve dinner.

In the evening, Li Yong cooks.

Braised carp, sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried fresh shiitake mushrooms, fried pork with mushrooms, leek eggs, and a shrimp.

There is also a bottle of sweet water for each person.

These are all things that you can't eat on weekdays. Ji Ziang's mouth is full of oil.

It's a pity that there is no TV at home. Otherwise, the whole family will gather around and watch the Spring Festival Gala at this time, which will be very lively.

The Li family was happy, but the Ji family was the opposite.

At the dinner table, looking at Xu Xiuhua's face, no one dared to speak, and Feng Yue even shrank her neck.

Ji Jianjun, the eldest of the Ji family, smoothed things out: "Okay, everyone, let's eat first, and we'll talk about these things later in the year."

However, as soon as Ji Jianjun finished speaking, Xu Xiuhua suddenly slammed the chopsticks on the table.

The children of the eldest and the second family are all grown up. They have been mentally prepared since just now, so naturally they are not frightened.

But Shen Lingxue was still young, so she shuddered when she was frightened by the old lady's voice, and threw herself into Shen Mei's arms.

Shen Mei hugged her distressedly and gently comforted her.

Xu Xiuhua became angry when she saw the mother and son. She raised her eyebrows and looked at Ji Jianguo: "You have done a good job, but if you don't want to do it, you will not do it? Go ask the people in our village, who doesn't envy you. Have a good job?"

Ji Jianguo said of suffering, since the last incident, Director Qin now has no good face when he sees him.

But he didn't dare to tell Xu Xiuhua this, otherwise Xu Xiuhua might rush to the unit to find Director Qin.

At that time, he was embarrassed and lost his hair.