Li Jianbo was immersed in reading a book. Li Jianping was not at home, so the room seemed extremely quiet. However, Li Jianping liked to smoke in hiding, so the smell of cigarette smoke in the room did not dissipate.
Liu Chunzhi walked in and saw that her son was still working hard. She put a neatly folded sweater on the bed. Jianbo's height had grown rapidly in the past two years, and if he didn't pay attention, his clothes would become shorter again. She added the hem and sleeves of this sweater again.
Li Jianbo turned around and called Liu Chunzhi: "Mom, don't leave yet."
Liu Chunzhi stopped again and asked, "What do you want to say to me?"
Li Jianbo moved a chair and asked Liu Chunzhi to sit on it.
"Mom, don't pay too much attention to Big Brother's affairs. Big Brother has a flexible mind, and as long as he uses it on the right path, he might really be able to make a name for himself. The brick and tile factory is all manual work, and he can't do hard labor for the rest of his life."
"Jianbo, do you have any ideas?"
Li Jianbo was stopped by his mother's question and said with a smile: "Ideas, what are your thoughts?"
Liu Chunzhi said: "You and Jianping sleep in the same bed. The two brothers must have discussed many things with your father behind my back. Let's talk about it. What do you want to do?"
Li Jianbo lowered his head and thought for a while and smiled: "Mom, I want Jianbo to go out to learn something and save some money. Later we will go to the city to invest in a shop and do some business later. You and dad don't have to do this. Hard."
Liu Chunzhi looked at this little son blankly, and then said after a while: "Have you even thought of taking this step?"
Li Jianbo said: "It's not good if we don't look at the long term. Not to mention that I will need money to take the college entrance examination in two years, even if Weiwei continues to study later, it will also cost a lot of money. Mom, I think Weiwei is still very motivated. It looks like he is You’re so sensible. It shouldn’t be too difficult to go to high school or go to college. If you really get to that point, how can you survive in Yongning for the rest of your life?”
Weiwei wants to go to college? Liu Chunzhi had never thought about this before. These girls in the village would at best stop studying after junior high school. Is it useful for girls to read so many books? Suddenly, a sentence that Zhang Weihong usually put on her lips came to her mind.
Li Jianbo seemed to see through Liu Chunzhi's thoughts at a glance, and said bluntly: "Mom, what kind of era are we in now? Didn't the radio say that women hold up half of the sky? Weiwei let her keep reading as long as she wanted. No matter when, read more You can never go wrong with a book.”
"That's true." Liu Chunzhi didn't know a few words, and had suffered the loss of being uneducated not once or twice.
This time the conversation between mother and son was relatively peaceful. Seeing that his mother had no objections, Li Jianbo began to chase away the guests: "Mom, I have to prepare for a very important exam. I need to read for a while. You can go back to bed first."
Liu Chunzhi glanced at several books and some messy draft papers on the table. She couldn't understand them, so she nodded and said, "Okay, don't be too tired. Go to bed early."
After Liu Chunzhi came out of her younger son's room, she went to Li Wei's room again, but saw that Li Wei was also reviewing her homework, so she didn't go in to disturb him.
Liu Chunzhi returned to his room. Li Minghua was about to take off his clothes and go to bed. Liu Chunzhi thought about what his son had said and discussed it with Li Minghua: "Minghua, I think Jian Bo is right. Stay in this col for the rest of your life." Here, we can only cultivate the land for a lifetime. Although we have no hope in this life, we still have children, and we have to find ways to pave the way for them and support them along the way."
"Is that boy Jianbo filling you with ecstasy soup again?" Li Minghua wanted to sleep after a long day's work.
"What is the soul soup? Jianbo has gained more knowledge after studying for a few more years. I think he is right." Liu Chunzhi took the matter seriously for the first time.
The matter of Li Jianping going to the city to work gradually subsided, and the family returned to a peaceful life.
After the beginning of spring, things in the fields gradually started to increase. Li Minghua no longer goes to the brick and tile factory to help, but is immersed in work in his own land, from raising seedlings to harvesting wheat, farm work is one after another.
The family became busy, and Li Wei naturally became busy as well. The food for the family of three, the two pigs in the pen, and the chickens all became her job.
In addition to school, housework also fell on her head, leaving her with almost no free time.
I had just cut the pig grass that day and came back to prepare the pigs for slaughter and cooking, when Li Xia suddenly staggered over.
"Wei Wei is busy." Li Xia was busy picking up shoe soles in her hands.
"Yeah, busy." Li Wei was in a hurry, without even raising her head. She still had a lot of work to do and couldn't care less about chatting with Li Xia.
However, Li Xia followed Li Wei into the kitchen. Li Wei was a little puzzled and wondered what happened to Li Xia.
"Well Weiwei, do you have money? Can you lend me some?"
Are you asking her to borrow money again? This is already the second time. Li Wei said without thinking: "Well... I have no money."
"No? Can you lend me ten dollars?"
Li Wei insisted: "My good sister, I am busy studying and have no way to make money. Where can I get so much money? Find someone else."
Li Xia didn't believe that Li Wei didn't even have ten yuan. She thought that this person was just as stingy as her mother. However, she didn't come to Li Wei just to borrow money today. She quickly said: "You won't go to school tomorrow, right?"
Li Wei nodded and said, "Yes."
"Then go to the street with me tomorrow morning."
"I... really have no money."
Li Xia rolled her eyes and said, "I won't lend you any more money. Can you accompany me to meet someone on the street tomorrow and do me a favor?"
Meet someone? Who could it be? Li Wei was confused and was about to refuse, but heard Liu Chunzhi coming back and calling her in the yard. Li Wei agreed and went out, and Li Xia didn't want to stay any longer.
Li Xia lightly called "Auntie" and went back.
Liu Chunzhi asked Li Wei in confusion: "What does she want from you?"
Li Wei felt that it was best to talk to Liu Chunzhi about this matter, so he told Li Xia the reason for her visit. After hearing this, Liu Chunzhi smiled and said, "If you have nothing to do tomorrow, just go with her."
What was puzzling now was Li Wei who hurriedly asked: "You want me to go with her?"
"She is your sister, what's the big deal if you go with her for a while."
Li Wei's mind was filled with questions.
The next day, Li Wei had just finished his housework and was about to take a rest. As expected, Li Xia came again. Li Wei took a look and saw that Li Xia seemed to have dressed up carefully today. Her hair was not tied into a ponytail as usual, but was completely let down and she was wearing a red headband. Inside the black knitted sweetheart-collar woolen vest is a beige shirt. The lower body is a black and white plaid knee-length skirt, and a pair of black pointed-toe shoes. Looking more closely, I found that she seemed to have applied some powder and lipstick today.
Li Wei thought to herself, dressed so formally, could it be that she was going on a blind date
(End of chapter)