That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 8 Kissing a Family
Li Ye's home is a single-family bungalow in a courtyard, with three main rooms and three side rooms. The living conditions are pretty good.

As soon as he rode to the door, Li Ye smelled the aroma of spicy and sour potato shreds.

It was late autumn and early winter, and all kinds of fine vegetables were basically out of the market. The three main items on every table were radishes, potatoes, and cabbage.

When Li Ye pushed the cart through the door, he saw three figures, one large, two small, working in the kitchen shed.

The older one is of course Li Ye's stepmother Han Chunmei, and the younger ones are the two daughters she brought over. They changed their surnames with Li Kaijian and were named Li Juan and Li Ying.

Speaking of Han Chunmei, she is also a miserable person.

When she was young, Han Chunmei was recognized as a flower in the countryside. After marrying a carpenter, she gave birth to two girls in succession, and then she never gave birth to another girl.

If this were placed in future generations, it would be beautiful for a man with two daughters.

There is no need to save money to buy a house or land, and there is no need to worry about car gifts. As soon as I lie down on the sofa during the New Year and festivals, my daughter will obediently bring cigarettes, wine, sweets and tea, and my son-in-law has to smile and flatter: "Dad, one of us can go?"

When they get old and suffer from illness and disaster, the two daughters will not be able to escape despite their efforts and money. If they have money, they can spend it freely.

But not in this day and age, every family has a throne waiting to be inherited!If you can't give birth to a guard with a knife, you can kill a person by just talking.

Han Chunmei's parents-in-law were very powerful and directly forced their son to divorce his wife and marry another woman, and kicked Han Chunmei out.

Han Chunmei took her two daughters back to her parents' home. After struggling for several years, she finally married Li Kaijian, who was eight years older than her.

Then, she felt like she was in heaven.

The parents-in-law no longer scold their daughter for eating half an extra piece of steamed bun, and a man will not pull out his belt because he broke a bowl.

And after getting married, the Li family first found a temporary worker job for Han Chunmei, paying 22 yuan per month, which didn't seem like much, but it made the miserable woman cry with joy.

No one understands better than her the bitterness of watching others eat sweets but not having a dime in their own pockets.

No one knows better than her how bitter it feels when her children cry out for hunger in the middle of the night, but she can only feed them a bowl of cold water.

So after entering the Li family, Han Chunmei treated the Li family with a grateful heart. All the laundry, cooking and housework were covered, so that Li Ye's grandma often said, "I'm not old yet, I'm useless." complain.

"Hey, Xiaoye is back?"

Seeing Li Ye entering the door, Han Chunmei was stunned for a moment, and then quickly took out two cents and handed it to her daughter.

"Xiaojuan, go to East Street and buy a piece of tofu. Xiaoying, wash the cabbage."

Food is precious now, and the family can only cook as many meals as they want, and there will never be any waste such as leftovers. So when Li Ye suddenly came back, Han Chunmei was afraid that the food she cooked was not enough.

"No need to go to so much trouble. I'll lay some bar outside and mix it with cabbage heart."

Li Ye waved his hand to stop Li Juan who was about to go out, took out the bag of uneaten sesame candy from his schoolbag and handed it over.

"I bought some sesame candy on the way for you and Xiaoying to try."

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Li Juan looked at the sesame candy handed to her and felt a little at a loss.

She has followed Han Chunmei to the Li family for a year, but she has never seen her brother Li Ye look so good. What happened today?Got kicked in the head by a donkey?Or did the sow climb the tree?
"I won't eat it. You can eat it!"

Li Juan held back her saliva and refused the sesame candy in her mouth, lowered her head and sneaked out behind Han Chunmei.

"Eat! I still have half a bag!"

Li Ye showed off the half pack of sesame candy he had eaten and stuffed the entire pack of sesame candy into Li Juan's hand.

"Oh."

Li Juan took it and walked behind Han Chunmei with her head lowered. She looked at each other with her sister Li Ying, showing a faint look of joy.

Han Chunmei frowned displeased and scolded the two girls: "Oh oh oh, you can't even call me brother? You are such an adult and you don't understand?"

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"elder brother."

"elder brother."

The two girls hurriedly called Li Ye "Brother", timidly, like a mosquito.

"It's okay, it's okay. I wasn't sensible before, but I'll gradually get used to it. I'll go into the house first."

Li Ye hurriedly gave some words of advice and turned back to the north room. If he didn't leave, both sisters would feel uncomfortable.

After Li Ye left, Han Chunmei rubbed the corners of her eyes and said sternly to the two girls: "Calling me brother makes it so difficult for you? You still have the nerve to eat sweets. Get a plate, put it on the table and serve it."

The two children immediately pouted, and Li Juan muttered in a low voice: "He doesn't even call you mother!" "I"

Han Chunmei reached out to hit her, but she raised her hand halfway and lowered it with a sigh.

It's hard to be a stepmother!
The two girls were not happy at all, but they still obediently took the plates, put the sesame candy on them, and brought them to the dinner table as snacks.
The remaining sesame candy was divided into three parts by Li Juan, one part was given to her sister Li Ying, and the other part was given to her mother Han Chunmei.

Tears finally fell from the corners of Han Chunmei's eyes.

. . . . . .

Li Ye came home suddenly, and his family was very happy.

Grandpa and grandma hugged their eldest grandson and asked him how he was, saying he had lost weight.

The eldest sister grabbed her brother's coat and after measuring it, she felt it was too small. She agreed to buy a new one for Li Ye after her salary was paid.

Just because Li Ye was slapped with the belt, Li Kaijian, whose relationship was not harmonious, also said with a straight face while taking out the money: "Are you going to have no money again this day? I'll give you ten yuan first, save it. flower."

Originally, Li Ye was a little worried about how to get along with his family members in this world, but the strong family warmth and sincere family warmth made him feel no spiritual barriers at all, and he blended in naturally.

"No, I still have money, but I have something to do. I'll come back and tell you about it."

"what's up?"

"I got that 26 Phoenix back today."

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Everyone was stunned for a moment. After a long time, Li Kaijian asked in a deep voice: "What do you think?"

"I didn't think much about it," Li Ye said: "Lu Jingyao sent me 45 yuan the day before yesterday. I think since people don't look down on us anymore, let's not stick our hot faces to our cold butts. We can get together and relax. Don't If you don’t stretch it longer or pull it shorter, you’ll have trouble.”

"Crack~"

Li Kaijian slapped his thigh and said, "Wouldn't you have thought so earlier? If I hadn't taken care of you, I would have done it sooner."

"What are you talking about?"

Grandma spat at Li Kaijian and asked Li Ye worriedly: "Xiaoye, you have really thought about it."

Li Ye nodded and said: "I've thought about it, but there may be some unpleasant rumors recently. Don't take it seriously. It will fade away in a few days."

"Rumours? What rumors?"

Just when Li Kaijian was about to ask carefully, Li Ye's grandfather Li Zhongfa said: "Okay, let's eat first. The children are hungry. What are you talking about endlessly?"

"How can I be nagging?"

Li Kaijian muttered, lowered his head and started eating.

If Li Ye was educated by Li Kaijian with a belt in the past, then Li Kaijian was punished by Li Zhongfa with a stick. "A filial son emerges from a stick" is the tradition of the Li family.

When he was about to finish eating, Li Zhongfa suddenly asked Li Ye: "Have you taken the placement test recently?"

Li Ye replied: "The exam is an exam, but I don't know if it's not because of the classes. Grandpa, how do you know?"

Li Zhongfa said: "This morning, your school called me and said that your test scores were neither too good nor too bad, and it was a bit reluctant to enter the express class."

Li Ye understood what was going on as soon as he heard it.

The repeat classes at County No. [-] Middle School were originally divided into fast and slow classes. Now that the entire express class comes out, it is naturally a radical measure to impact the enrollment rate.

With Li Ye's test scores and ranking, it was impossible to enter the express class, and the reason why the school called Li Zhongfa must have something to ask for.

"Grandpa, you don't have to worry about my studies. I can get into college without joining the express class, so don't agree to things that don't comply with the regulations."

"Whatever is not in compliance with the regulations is just a matter of favor. Just study hard and don't put too much pressure on yourself. If you fail the exam, our family has no requirements for you."

Yes, I still don’t believe in myself.

Li Ye looked at the eyes of everyone at the dinner table and could feel everyone's mood.

No matter whether it was grandparents, father or sister, they did not dare to put pressure on Li Ye, and they all carefully protected the self-esteem of "the first brother in the family".

"Okay, I get it. If you can pass the exam, it will be great. If you don't, I will just die!"

Li Ye didn't swear to make everyone believe it. Anyway, I will give you a big surprise when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)