That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 316 The tragedy caused by a box of pens

At three o'clock in the morning, Li Ye broke free from the bewilderment of the bed god and climbed up lazily.

He really didn't mean to stay in bed, but he slept so comfortably.

The stove kept burning brightly all night. Apparently someone got up in the middle of the night and added charcoal.

The quilts and mattresses all exude a strong "sunshine smell". They must have been removed and washed a few days ago, and the quilt cover was also changed.

In the second half of the night, I panicked and started to drink water. I was thinking that it was too inconvenient for me to drink water when it was more than ten degrees below zero outside, but I found that the urinal was placed in the corner.

With this kind of treatment and two daughters from the palace, does he really become the little emperor of the family?

Finally, when he opened the door to his room, he found his two sisters waiting eagerly outside the door.

"Brother, face wash and towel."

"Brother, this is your toothpaste, just opened."

Li Ye: "."

"Is this what you should do? I am not helpless myself. I won't allow this in the future! What kind of society has it become?"

Li Ye couldn't help laughing and scolding. He really didn't want the two little girls to live in fear under the roof.

Thinking about how the two sisters were so nervous that they didn't dare to leave Han Chunmei's back three years ago because Li Ye glared at them hard when they followed Han Chunmei in, Li Ye felt that he was a little "unloving".

Now after two years of improvement, although the two little girls have become close to him, they still feel that there is still a vague "gap".

What does a real sister look like?

"Brother, give me all your pocket money, or I will tell my mother that you secretly spend money playing games and have a puppy love."

"Brother, I drowned my father's fortune fish. I will say it was you when the time came. You said I framed you? Then think about it. Do your parents believe you? Or do they believe me?"

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Therefore, Li Ye was very uncomfortable with the two sisters being like this.

But then Li Ye heard his little sister Li Ying say with a smile: "Hey, brother bought us a pen! I should give him face wash."

"Oh, pen, I remembered."

Li Ye just remembered something.

Because Li Zhongfa took the lead in hooking up with foreign businessmen from Hong Kong Island and began to negotiate the introduction of an instant noodle production line, he finally installed a telephone at home to facilitate contact with the outside world at any time.

So Li Ye called home that day, and when he answered the phone, he heard his little sister Li Ying crying.

After asking, I found out that her pen fell to the ground and broke the nib, so Li Ye said proudly: "Stop crying, I will buy you three later, one for use and two for reading." .”

She never thought that such a small promise would make Li Ying miss her to this day.

Li Ye washed his face three times and said, "I bought you a pen. It should be in the yellow handbag. Check to see if you have taken it from the Volga."

The two sisters shook their heads in unison.

"No."

"No, my sister didn't take anything from the car after she came back."

Li Ye understood that they came to him to ask for the car keys.

So Li Ye went to knock on his sister Li Yue's window, took the key and handed it to Li Juan: "Go get it yourself! It's in that yellow bag! Note that the two black bags belong to your sister, don't move them!"

"Oh okay, I know."

The two girls took the keys and ran out the door happily.

"Crack~"

The window that had just been closed opened again, and Li Yue poked his head out and said with a dark face: "Why did you deliberately say don't touch my bag? Am I a man-eating tiger?"

Li Ye looked at his sister Li Yue and said after a few seconds: "Sister, you always pretend to be so awesome, aren't you tired?"

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Li Yue stared at Li Ye blankly for a long time. It wasn't until Li Juan and Li Ying came in carrying a big bag of new year's goods that they closed the window again.

"Ah~"

Li Ye sighed softly, feeling a little helpless.

His sister Li Yue's temperament was actually not that "powerful". In Li Ye's memory, Li Yue carried him across the river on his back, let him eat, and held him to keep him warm.

But then the Li family went downhill. Grandpa Li Zhongfa and father Li Kaijian lost their jobs one after another, and there were more and more people pointing fingers around them.

In just a few years, sisters Li Yue and Li Ye have become tough, aggressive, and even a little bit aroused.

But neither grandfather Li Zhongfa nor grandmother Wu Juying, who saw the world, could stop this change.

Because in that kind of environment, being submissive may not necessarily lead to mercy from others, but being aggressive can make some people wary of bullying them too much.

Grandpa, grandma, and father have no right to speak. Li Yue is too beautiful, and there is also a weak spot in Li Ye. If Li Yue is not more aggressive, who knows what will happen?

But Li Zhongfa has been working again for four years, and Li Yue's temperament is slowly changing to her true nature, but it will be very difficult to return to the way she was ten years ago.

Li Ye's transformation was a bug, so now the two sisters are no longer afraid of Li Ye, but they are still afraid of Li Yue.

Li Juan and Li Ying were like two little marmots. After unloading Volga's new year's goods, they opened the yellow bag Li Ye mentioned and found two full boxes of pens.

"Hey, are all pens in this box?"

"Wow, not one box, but two boxes! Hahahaha~"

Li Ying looked at the two boxes of twenty pens and was as ecstatic as a hard-working miner who suddenly dug up a basket of gold.

When it comes to what gifts children in the early 1980s most wished for, a pen was definitely at the top of the list, or even the only option.

If you are a child from an average family, it is difficult to get a pen in primary school, and they basically use pencils.

And even when you reach junior high school, you will probably receive an old pen from an older brother or sister with a tip that is almost split.

If your parents work in the workplace, the children at home will always ask: "When will your pen be 'lost'?" It will be difficult for future generations of children to understand that pens have no entertainment properties. Something that plays an important role in the mind of a primary school student or a junior high school student.

If you don’t believe it, look at the movies of the 1980s. When a father who has been away from home for many years returns to his hometown, most of the gifts he brings to his children are pencils and pens.

Children are also sensible. When asked what New Year gift you want, they will not say, "I want a doll, I want a musket, I want White Rabbit toffee," but they will ask for a pen.

Because the consequences may be. I have a rolling pin here, do you want it?

So now that sisters Li Juan and Li Ying saw two boxes full of pens, they were extremely excited. If they told their friends, wouldn't they all be envious to death?

Li Ying looked at the pen in her hand with bright eyes: "Sister, my box belongs to Heroes. What is your box? Is it from Venus?"

Li Juan had sharp eyes and quick hands, and she snatched it away: "Why is your box of heroes? Is that yours? Bring it to me."

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Li Ying was stunned, and it took her a long time to react: "No. There are two boxes of pens in total, one for you and one for me. How can you be more unreasonable than the bandits?"

Li Juan raised her eyebrows and said sternly: "Who do you think is a bandit?"

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Li Ying gasped for breath, but in the end she didn't dare to reach out and grab it back.

She hasn't grown up yet, and is more than half a head shorter than her sister Li Juan. Li Juan is also "good at wrestling." She still understands the principle of a hero not to suffer the immediate disadvantages.

"Humph~"

Seeing Li Ying give in, Li Juan took out a pen from the box and handed it over.

"What are you doing with so many pens? Isn't one pen enough for you? This is Venus 703. Do you know how expensive it is? Didn't it get stolen when you brought it to school?"

"I keep it in my pocket after class, who can steal it?"

"I hope I can win you. Can you carry a whole box in your pocket?"

"Then don't worry about it."

Looking at Li Ying, whose face was longer than a donkey's, Li Juan suddenly returned the pen box to her.

"Here you go, I must have hidden it!"

"Yeah, yeah, hehe."

Li Ying, who just hoped to get a few more pens, couldn't figure out how to find them again, so she immediately took them over happily and held them tightly in her arms.

Li Ye watched the two sisters pulling each other from a distance and found it quite interesting.

Li Juan and Li Ying are actually somewhat similar to Li Ye and Li Yue.

Li Ye's brother and sister were hated and ostracized because of Li Zhongfa's misfortune.

Sister Li Juan was not favored by her relatives because she followed Han Chunmei.

When others look at you through colored glasses, it won't make sense for you to reason with them. Then you will either be "unreasonable", full of evil ideas, or just lie down and give in.

The eldest sister Li Juan is actually somewhat similar to Li Yue, while the younger sister Li Ying and Li Ye always feel that they are not stupid and are very smart.

For example, when she talked to Li Ye yesterday and today, she was able to explain things more clearly than Li Juan could.

The smart Li Ying played with a box of pens for a long time, touching each one one by one. Then she took a break and went back to the house. When she came out again, the pen box was gone.

Li Ye originally thought that this was Li Juan's "arrogance" to stop bullying his sister, but when Han Chunmei came back in the evening, he realized that he was wrong.

After eating, Han Chunmei shouted to Li Ying: "What grade are you in? Why are you using so many pens? Leave it to me to keep it for you. Don't worry, one of them will be yours. Go and take it out now." .”

Li Ying blinked and said, "Mom, I'll give it to you later."

But Han Chunmei was extremely harsh: "Immediately, right now."

Li Ying was forced to almost cry, so she felt aggrieved and went to the big wardrobe, used all her strength to move the big wardrobe a crack, and took out the pen box from inside.

She can't hide it. These ten pens will take a long time. My sister Li Juan is already in high school and her grades are much better than hers. What will you do with one of them then?

Now that it's in Han Chunmei's hands, it would be good if six out of ten fall into her hands.

In Han Chunmei's words: "You have failed the exam, and it is a waste to use dip pens. It would be good to buy you a new pencil, and if you are in the last three, I will give you a pencil tip."

But it was too late. Li Ying took out her pen and was about to move the wardrobe back when Han Chunmei stepped forward to stop her. She stretched out her hand and took out a bag of washing powder from the back of the wardrobe.

In the washing powder bag, there is a stack of old and new banknotes, fifty cents, one cents, five cents. They are colorful and very beautiful.

Li Ying was stupid, really stupid.

Now when I think back to my sister's expression when she returned the pen to her that afternoon, I suddenly feel so treacherous.

"Why just a little bit?"

Han Chunmei held the laundry detergent bag and looked at her two daughters suspiciously.

Li Juan scratched her head, feeling that it was different from what she expected.

And Li Ying suddenly burst into tears: "What are you doing? It's gone, it's all gone."

If a child wants to save money, he has to be stingy, he has to cry for poverty, and his pocket money has been spent long ago.

If you say you have saved money, will there be any new pocket money distributed?

But Li Ying cried miserably, making Li Kaijian very passive.

"Forget it, it's not easy for children to save some pocket money."

"I don't want her to spend money," Han Chunmei said, "I can't let her get into the habit of missing money.

Do you know that the school teacher said that she is already doing business in the school? She used to just sell sesame candy, but last month she even sold clothes. It’s all speculation.

If she gets lost in business from now on, will she still be able to study? The roots must be cut off for her! "

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Li Ye carefully looked at the tearful little sister and felt that he had underestimated her. How old was she before she knew how to buy and sell?

But precisely because of this careful inspection, Li Ying's hidden gaze was caught by Li Ye.

She looked at the big bed where Li Kaijian and Han Chunmei slept. There was a thin wooden board under one of the legs of the big bed.

Observing with Li Ye's extraordinary eyesight, the wooden board had been moved recently.

(End of this chapter)