While taking a shower, Li Muyuan suddenly barged in and handed over a towel.
Eyes facing each other.
Li Muye sat in the bathtub feeling a little embarrassed: "Sister, I'm an adult now."
"No matter how old you are, in my eyes you are still a kid who smashed the windows of Lao Gao's house and dared not go home." Li Muyuan threw the towel over, quickly retreated, and asked through the door: "You have been the only one in China all these years. How did people come here? How did they find this place? Did they come here to immigrate or come here with a short-term tourist visa? "
"Sister, I found you with great difficulty, and I don't want to be separated from you again."
"Brother, have you committed anything in the country?"
"No, sister, please don't make random guesses. I will tell you slowly in the future."
"It's fine if you don't have one. Canada has an extradition agreement with China. If something happens, if you want to stay, you'll have to pay a lot of money."
"Sister, how are you doing in your life? How is your brother-in-law treating you?" Li Muye hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Did he cause the injury on the back of your neck?"
Li Muyuan was silent for a while at the door and said: "It's not bad. Your brother-in-law is a good man. It's just that the financial crisis has happened in the past few years and it's hard to make money. He works very hard every day and likes to drink a few drinks. If he drinks too much, he will Some rude behavior, don't worry, he loves your sister very much and will definitely agree to my taking you in."
My sister is still my sister. Life seems not to be kind to her, but she still hasn't changed her attitude towards life.
Bear it silently, even if you enjoy the pain.
Li Muye is no longer the impulsive, ignorant young man who drew a knife in anger. He knows that the truth of life cannot be just based on the surface. Whether you are happy or not is like knowing whether you drink water or not. Her sister's life was obviously not prosperous, and the injury on her neck was hard for Li Muye to accept, but it didn't seem to cause much trouble to her. She didn't have that feeling of sadness and sorrow. It is undoubtedly childish and disappointing to dwell on this point at this time.
"What have you experienced in the past few years? How did you end up here?" Li Muye deliberately pretended to know nothing about Li Muyuan's experience.
"I met a Russian technician when I was in Shenzhen, and then I followed that person to the Republic of Yakutia. Only when I got there did I know that he was a liar." Li Muyuan said: "That person defrauded someone of a sum of money. He was deceived. It was a machinery company in Quebec. They couldn't find him so they targeted me. They first brought me to North America. Later, they saw that the Russian was really unwilling to pay back the money, so they forced me to work in their factory. Later I got to know him. I married your brother-in-law, got pregnant, got married, and stayed."
It seems that Li Zhonghua did not tell his sister the truth. It would be best if she didn't know anything.
"Sister, I have made you suffer all these years."
"There is nothing bitter about it. When a person is born into the world, it is destined to be bittersweet. I have two children, your brother-in-law, and now I have found you again. No matter how hard this life is, it is worth it." Li Muyuan said: "You are so slow Take your time and let me make some delicious dumplings for you."
"Just eat whatever you want, as long as it's cooked by you, it's all delicacies to me."
"Haha, his little mouth is really good at coaxing people. When my brother grows up, he can make women happy." The voice became farther and farther away, and he went to work in the kitchen.
Li Muyuan's home is at the junction of the suburbs and the urban area. It is a community with a relatively concentrated immigrant population. The house is an old two-story building with four rooms in total. There are yards at the front and back. Li Muyuan planted some vegetables in the yard. Now that it is winter, she has built two greenhouses, which has affected the consistency of the community landscape to a certain extent.
After taking a shower, I slept in the guest room upstairs. For dinner, I had dumplings, a piece of braised sea fish, green pepper and pork belly. The two children were very happy. The boy is called Jack and the girl is called Leni. They have obvious yellow genetic characteristics. He spoke fluently in both Chinese and English, and kept asking questions around Li Muye.
According to the two children’s introduction, the brother-in-law’s full name is Lillard Ben Rex. Comes from an English immigrant family. He knows mechanical skills and works on fishing boats. I would leave early and return late. Sometimes I would go out to sea to go to the Gulf of St. Lawrence for ten days and a half. It is winter now and there is no such job. He is a mechanic and can also do some maintenance work. His annual income is less than 40,000 Canadian dollars. He has to repay the loan every month. After deducting miscellaneous fixed expenses, there is not much left. .
Li Muye's heart was a little heavy. His sister's life was not rich. Li Zhonghua's arrangement may be out of protection for her, or just because of irresponsibility. In short, what he saw in front of him moved Li Muye, and made Brother Xiaoye even more disappointed in Li Zhonghua.
"Brother, how did you get here all these years? Can you tell your sister now?" When putting away the tableware, Li Muyuan brought up the old story.
Li Muye collected his thoughts while washing the dishes, and said, "I stabbed Gao Xiaosong after I sent you away. Because he was too young to be sentenced, and my godmother Shi Zhenzhen came forward to protect me, everything went away. Later, my godmother gave me away I went to learn the craft of cooking and opened a restaurant near the technical school of the special steel factory."
"How can you, a kid, get the money to open a restaurant?" Li Muyuan interrupted and asked.
This is more troublesome to explain, and since Li Qizhi is involved, it would be better not to let her know some things. Li Muye said: "It was funded by my godmother. After the restaurant made money, I returned the money to her. Later, their family immigrated to North America, but I don't know where in North America."
Li Muyuan said: "Continue talking about your business, what happened after opening the restaurant? Why did you come here? Also, are you married?"
"We got married once, in Russia." Li Muye took out his phone, showed his sister a photo of Diana holding little Angel at home, and said, "I actually heard your coworker in Shenzhen talk about you and a girl. After the Russian technician left, he went to Moscow to work as a transnational businessman, and I met Diana there."
Li Muyuan held the phone and stared at it for a long time, and exclaimed: "My brother is really capable. This girl is more beautiful than those big stars. This child's eyes are like yours, black and shiny, her hair and mouth are also similar, and her skin is the same." She has a nose that looks like her mother’s, and she is such a good wife, why did she get divorced?”
"It's not fate. She always hopes that I can stay in Moscow. I have to travel back and forth to do business, and I don't plan to change my nationality and stay in Moscow, so there will be conflicts when I go back and forth." Li Muye made the inside story vague in an understatement. , and said: "It's better not to talk about her, it's all over anyway."
Li Muyuan nodded and said: "If you don't tell me, don't tell me. My brother is so capable. She is not lucky enough to divorce you. What happens next?"
"Later I returned to China, opened a restaurant in Shanghai, and bought a house." Li Muye said: "My life was not bad, but I was always thinking about you, so I went to Russia again. Diana has a A relative works in the government department and helped find out that you had been to Yakutia. I also found out from Yakutia that you had obtained a work visa for North America and came here. Then I sold the restaurant in Shanghai and raised money. I came to North America with money to find you."
The words were vague, but they were not lying. After completely handing over the Makino Group to Diana, Brother Ono now no longer has much property in his name, at least in name. Even the restaurant business cooperated with the Zhou family in China was under the name of the assistant. Currently, the only properties left under Li Muye's name are two houses and one restaurant in Shanghai.
"North America is so big, it must not be easy for you to find me, right?" Li Muyuan asked with concern.
"It's difficult enough." Li Muye told the lie he had concocted: "I hired a private detective and also found some private channels. From the west coast to the east coast, I tried many times to find Montreal. I couldn't find you again. I have to sell my house in Shanghai too."
After hearing this, Li Muyuan was moved to tears. He rubbed Li Muye's cheek carefully with his hand and said, "I have made you suffer so much in order to find my sister. My sister is really sorry for you. I should have been the one to stand firm." I contacted you immediately after that, but our phone has long been out of reach, and my sister’s life here is not very good. In the past few years, two children have been born one after another, your brother-in-law has experienced unemployment again, and there are still some problems with his visa. A lot of things came together, so I didn't go back to find you. It was my sister who couldn't forgive you and made you suffer."
Li Muye said: "Sister, what are you talking about? Why can't you feel sorry for me? You have brought me up, how much injustice you have suffered and how much suffering you have suffered because of me, how can I not know in my heart? We siblings will never say that one is sorry for the other. Now that I have found you, I must let you live a good life with your brother-in-law and children."
"Sister, I don't want this." Li Muyuan said: "Sister, I hope you can live a good life, start a family as soon as possible, marry a good woman and give birth to a son to carry on the legacy of our Li family. As a sister, I am worthy of taking care of our sister. The ancestors that my brother brought to the human world." He then said: "Don't you have a house in Shanghai? I heard from people from China that the housing prices in Shanghai are now higher than here. It would be better for you to live here. days, and then go back to China. I am not asking you to leave, but because I now know that you are developing very well in China, so you should stay in China and continue to develop. If you have skills and a house, you will definitely be able to find one there. A good wife."
Li Muye said: "Sister, I won't leave. I will be wherever you are. When I get back, I will ask Meng Fanbing to help sell the house in Shanghai. We can open a Chinese restaurant here and still live a good life." When the time comes, you will be the big boss and I will be the small boss and cook."
"How can that work? Oh, that's not possible." Li Muyuan said: "The current economic downturn is not as easy as the people in China say. Many people choose to return to China to start a business after losing their jobs, and Sister Lian Everyone knows that Chinese restaurants here lack the food culture atmosphere. Your hard-earned money can’t be blindly thrown away in this damn place for your sister. You don’t know how difficult it is for Chinese immigrants to come here and start a career.”
"It's okay. I've been fully prepared for the difficulties." Li Muye said: "No matter how many objective difficulties there are in being a chef, in the final analysis, as long as you have good taste, everything else is just a side issue."
"Uncle, what do you mean by side effects?" Little Leni ran over and asked.
Li Muye lovingly rubbed her forehead and explained, "It's just a small problem that is not important and has nothing to do with the overall situation."
Li Muyuan sighed and said: "You have had your ideas since you were a child. No one can figure out your inner thoughts. Anyway, I have said everything that needs to be said. If you really lose money, just go sailing with your brother-in-law." But those horrible days are not something ordinary people can endure." There was a hint of worry behind his words.
As they were talking, there was a sound of opening the door. Little Jack was so frightened that he ran upstairs, but little Leni ran to the door to prepare slippers. Li Muyuan glanced at the clock on the wall, sighed softly, and said, "No matter what you hear, don't get angry or meddle in other people's business, do you hear me?"
Before Li Muye could agree, the door opened, and the wind and snow rushed into the house smelling of alcohol. A drunken man broke in from outside, took the slippers handed by little Leni and threw them aside, wearing the shoes and shaking them. Staggering into the house, speaking with an American English accent, he opened his mouth and cursed: "You bitch, get me a beer quickly..." When he bumped into Li Muye who was coming out, he suddenly became furious and waved his hand regardless of the situation. Just one punch! (End of chapter)