Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 718 Both the old mother and the little sister have problems

The night is deep.

Li Yunmeng was still making a fuss in her sister's room. She had finished her winter vacation homework and handed it over to her second brother for inspection. She felt so unbridled that she felt at ease. Li Jiankun helped his old mother sleep on the bed, wrapped her in a quilt, and sat on the edge of the bed to chat.

"Mom, are you not used to living here?"

"Except for the cold weather, everything is fine. Your sister said it will be warm in another ten and a half days."

"What about the food? I'm afraid the rich red sauce from Beijing's cuisine is not to your liking."

"Every meal is delicious, and someone has cooked it and brought it to the table. What's not to like about enjoying it this way? Look at me, I've gained weight recently."

Li Jiankun smiled and said: "It's better to be fatter, I am too thin. You can't speak Mandarin, so you can only chat with Aunt Lan. Isn't it too boring?"

"Isn't there your sister and your younger sister? They are also teaching me Mandarin. Yun Shang has already planned to take me around to play when the weather gets warmer. Don't worry about me. I'm fine. Everything is fine."

Hu Yuying stretched out her hand from the peony quilt and patted the back of her youngest son's hand.

Li Jiankun was relieved to see that she seemed to be adapting well. He just came back today. After a long journey and a long journey, he drank a lot with the Wang family and his son in the evening. Hu Yuying rushed him to rest early.

"Xiaomeng, go to bed quickly! What time is it?" Li Jiankun called back to his little sister to warm his old mother's feet.

There was nothing to say all night. When she got up the next morning, Hu Yuying packed up her outfit for going out because today was Sunday.

What made this rural woman's mood even better was that her youngest son's lover, Miss Shen, also came over before breakfast. This was not the first time she had seen this girl. She came to visit her on the second day after arriving in the capital. She was well-educated, well-behaved, and good-looking. She liked her from the bottom of her heart.

"Hongyi, have you had breakfast?" she asked in broken Mandarin.

"Auntie, I've eaten. I had porridge at home."

"If you're not hungry, come and add some steamed buns." Hu Yuying extended her hand to say hello.

When Shen Hongyi was about to walk over, she was pulled by Li Jiankun, "I just asked you, you said you ate two steamed buns."

"Yes, steamed buns and porridge."

"Can you still eat it?"

"You don't understand." Shen Hongyi said these three words, ran over, took Hu Yuying's arm, and helped her walk towards the west wing.

Shen Hongyi sat next to Hu Yuying at breakfast, and the latter ate a full bowl of sweet potato porridge and two large meat buns. Li Jiankun secretly gave Miss Shen a thumbs up.

Li Yunmeng also liked this little sister-in-law - she had already called her that in private. On the way to Haidian Town, the group of people kept jumping around Shen Hongyi, pestering her with questions.

"Sister Hongyi, why is this alley called Military Aircraft Department Alley? It's so strange."

"Because this was an important route for the Qing Dynasty to convey military information. The north entrance used to lead directly to the Old Summer Palace. The Minister of Military Affairs worked here, and important military information was immediately sent to the emperor in the Old Summer Palace."

"Why are there so many alleys in Beijing?"

"It's a long story. It can be traced back to the 'Luli system' in the Zhou Dynasty. In today's terms, it's called urban planning. Otherwise, everyone would build houses randomly and get into trouble. During the Warring States Period, the capital was already the capital of the Yan State. , bustling and bustling, but also requiring control. At that time, square and square lanes were divided within the checkerboard-style road grid. In the Song Dynasty, in order to facilitate rescue in the event of a fire, Song Gaozong also stipulated the fire prevention distance between lanes and alleys, large and small As a result, hutongs slowly formed and continue to this day.”

"Why is the front called Tiger Cave?"

Li Yunshang interrupted and laughed: "Where do you get so many problems?"

"Damn it, you don't understand if I ask you." Li Yunmeng looked over.

Li Yunshang: "..."

"Xiaomeng, don't talk to your sister like this. Everyone has their own strengths. I am just lucky and have studied for a few more years. But compared to running a business, I am far inferior to your sister." Shen Hongyi said.

The little depression in Li Yunshang's heart dissipated, and she curled her lips and said, "She is just a little heartless."

Li Yunmeng leaned over with a playful smile: "Okay, okay, sister, I was wrong. I'm wrong."

She knew that her sister was very capable of making money, and she had bought her a lot of good things since she came to the capital. Although the sister in red knew a lot about astronomy and geography, it was said that her monthly salary was only a few dozen yuan. From this comparison, her sister seemed to be really very good. ox.

Li Jiankun and his old mother looked at each other and laughed together.

"What time is it Jiankun?"

"Mom, it's early."

"It's better to hurry up. I didn't call you at the agreed time. There won't be anyone around for a while. Your dad is also busy now."

Along the way, Hu Yuying urged her no less than ten times. When she arrived at the post office, there was still an hour before the agreed time. Just wait, she didn't feel annoyed at all.

Li Jiankun could tell that although his mother talked about how nice it was to come to the capital, she was not necessarily as happy as Aunt Lan. At least three members of Aunt Lan's family were in the capital, and several of her family members stayed in their hometown.

He was quite helpless about this matter.

The second sister is obviously used to life in the capital, and the younger sister also longs to stay in the capital.

Li Guifei can talk better. As long as you give him what he wants, such as getting a bigger factory in the capital for him to manage, he should come rushing over. The difficulty lies with the eldest brother's family.

The eldest brother's career is at its peak, and the eldest sister-in-law's family is all in Wanghai County. It seems impossible for them to bring Xiao Ping'an to live in the capital and reunite the family.

After waiting for about an hour, Li Jiankun started hanging up the phone ten minutes early because he might not be able to get through immediately.

After the call was connected, he handed the phone to his mother who was looking forward to hearing what she said.

"Old Li, it's okay to be at home... I know you stay in the factory, so you always go back and take a look. You also stay in the factory at night... Oh, where is Ping An? Come to Ping An and call grandma..."

Mrs. Yuying held the microphone and couldn't stand it anymore, she burst into tears.

With his two daughters and his unmarried daughter-in-law comforting him, Li Jiankun sighed secretly and felt very irritable. When someone urged him from behind, he couldn't help but yell.

After his mother, sister and sister finished answering the phone, Li Jiankun finally grabbed the phone and motioned to Shen Hongyi to help his mother out and close the glass door of the phone booth.

After chatting with Li Guifei for a while and teasing Xiao Ping'an for a while, Li Jiankun asked his elder brother to answer the phone.

"Brother, you know Mom, she still can't worry about the family. If she comes home, she will definitely not worry about my little sister. She has worried about us all her life..."

"Hey!" Li Jianxun sighed from the other end of the phone.

"Is it possible that your family of three will also come to live in the capital? You and your sister-in-law can discuss it. For the sake of Xiaoping's future, I can arrange the best school for him. I'll see if you and your sister-in-law can find a 'swap' Keep people, jobs and ranks as much as possible..."

"Isn't it difficult to find people who are willing to transfer from the capital to our side? And it's not just this problem, but also your sister-in-law's family. Our family wants to reunite and stay together, and others think so too."

"My sister-in-law's parents are retired. You can discuss it with them and let them come to the capital to retire. I will take care of the living arrangements. Do you think they are willing?"

"It's... hard to say."

It took the two brothers half a day to complete it. I don't know if it can be done. I have to give it a try and it will take time.

When Li Jiankun walked out of the phone booth, Hu Yuying had already recovered her mood and advised her son not to worry about her, saying that she was fine.

However, if there is anything wrong, Li Jiankun is now clear in his mind, and he is suffering from the inability to solve it all at once. Seeing that the sun is good today, he is not in a hurry to go back, and plans to take his mother to stroll around the town, see new things, and maybe feel better.

The small town of Haidian is more lively than ever.

Many new shops have opened on the street, and there are also a lot more vendors setting up street stalls along the street. The effects of liberalizing the private economy are immediate.

"Mom, Mom, look! There are so many little books about little people, they are all over the shop!"

"Sister, sister, how can that balloon fly by itself?"

"Sister in red, what song is playing here? It's so nice!"

I don't know if Mrs. Yuying felt better. Li Yunmeng felt the novelty of the streets and was completely overwhelmed. Then this scene appeared on the street:

A tall, slim, and extremely beautiful half-grown girl wearing a down jacket, corduroy pants, sneakers, and a high ponytail would jump to this shop, then to that stall, staring at the strange things, and couldn't help but do all kinds of things. Buy, buy, buy, and soon I had a lot of them in my arms.

Li Jiankun frowned and looked at the second sister: "Why did you give her so much money?"

Li Yunshang stuck out the tip of her tongue and whispered back: "I didn't give it to her. She already had money."

When Li Yunmeng was in junior high school in her hometown, Li Guifei gave her ten yuan as pocket money every week. How could a little girl spend so much money? Besides, in that small corner of Shitouji Town, how many playful gadgets that little girls like can be sold?

Although she had never thought about saving money, she still had a small vault filled with banknotes.

Now those savings are finally finding a use.

"Your father gave it to her because he was worried that she wouldn't have enough money, and he said that his daughter should be rich." Madam Yuying looked at her eldest daughter and said slightly apologetically, "Isn't this going to make things easier for the family?"

"What are you discussing? Come on, eat fried chestnuts with sugar, I'll treat you!"

Li Yunmeng came back like a whirlwind and stuffed his old mother with a big bag of fried chestnuts packed in cow excrement paper. He also stuffed other things in his arms to his sister and asked her to keep them for her. Then he took Shen Hongyi's hand and said, "Hong Sister Yi, take me to buy a tape, I want to listen to the song I just asked you about."

After that, regardless of Shen Hongyi's reluctance, she pulled her and ran away.

"Mom, that's it. We also hope that our little sister will have enough food and clothing and be happy, but this is a bit too much." Li Jiankun said, looking at the backs of the two people running away.

Mrs. Yuying subconsciously looked at the strange things in her eldest daughter's arms and sighed: "That's right, I'm afraid that the child will learn bad things. I will go back and get her money and have to control it. Besides, her character... …”

There are not many half-grown-up girls on the street, but every one of them is shy and shy. They are still natives of the capital.

This little girl of hers is not afraid of strangers at all. Her personality is like that of a boy. She is so handsome that no one can tell her wrong.

Li Yunshang interjected: "Jiankun, you have to find a good school for her and take good care of her. She is most likely to learn bad things at this age."

"That's right, that's right," Mrs. Yuying echoed repeatedly, "Jiankun, you have to be careful about the kind of school that has strict control."

"Mom, don't worry." As long as the mother realizes the problem, it will be fine. From this perspective, it is a good thing to let the little sister temporarily leave Li Guifei's doting.

(End of this chapter)