82: Gift
Li He went home with He Fang, and only one old lady Yu sat in the hall and had nothing to do with a few dogs. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li He asked, "Are you all gone?"
Old lady Yu said, "It's all gone, I'll leave it to you to watch the door." What kind of leader invites you to dinner, a large group of people, this kid in his family is really famous."
He Fang said, "Then I'll cook rice, and you can take a bite here?"
Mrs. Yu said, "Don't keep it, there are so many dishes left at noon, I don't know what to do with the old man in my family, I went back and threw it to him, I never eat leftovers, he, he has to eat leftovers." If you don't put it well this summer, it will taste rancid."
Li He smiled, sent Mrs. Yu away, and helped He Fang start cooking dinner.
Li He waited until eight or nine o'clock that night, but the old man Li's family did not come back, so he went to sleep.
There are many hotels, and their family can't sleep.
When he got up in the morning, Li He saw that there were fritters selling at the door, so he bought a few fritters.
There are a lot of peasants pushing bicycles to sell things in the alleys, most of them are from the nearby suburbs, and the first-tier cities will never allow outsiders who do not have a fixed job in the city to live for a long time, and the strict household registration management system completely deprives the vast majority of people of the possibility of living in the big cities.
Temporary workers who work as babysitters or masons will be raided again and again, and the whole car will be sent to the shelter and repatriation station.
These sellers welded iron pipes to their bicycles, loaded baskets, and walked along the streets, with bean sprouts, tofu, and some vegetables. Even popcorn and melon seeds are available.
You can give money or food stamps, but food stamps aren't worth much now.
In the first two years, when the grain stamps were the highest, one pound of grain stamps in the capital could be used as four cents, and the national grain stamps were as high as one piece and two, which was very valuable.
This will fall to a dime, a pound of food stamps in exchange for melon seeds, that is, those two handfuls.
The sub-district offices have set up a tertiary industry, which is basically all street-type educated youth enterprises, and the educated youths pool their money and the sub-districts provide business premises and licenses to set up.
If it is in the south, it may be a private enterprise, but in the capital, it is always of this collective nature.
At the same time, collective enterprises and private enterprises are also competing with state-owned enterprises for raw material resources and unplanned materials.
Overnight, everyone became a fallen master, and almost everyone was talking about the way to get rich.
The streets are full of big business of wire rods, cement, color TVs, cars, motorcycles and even sacks, and no one talks about wire rods for hundreds of tons.
Many people have begun to put the god of wealth openly in their homes, and even Wenguangong and Wuguangong are particularly carefully divided, who says that Chinese do not believe in religion.
Li He sat on the threshold while picking porridge while listening to the gossip of the old ladies at the entrance of the alley.
He Fang felt that Li He had the strength of a small citizen and liked to inquire blindly.
I only heard a rattling sound, and the brakes were slammed suddenly, and Li Jiasheng's shiny black Santana stopped in front of Li He.
Old man Li got out of the car first, and picked up his grandson out of the car, with a smile on his face, which he couldn't hide.
He asked Li He, "Is there still rice in the pot?"
"Yes, you go and have a bite to eat," Li He replied.
"Let's go, Lord will take you to breakfast."
Li Jiasheng also got out of the car with his wife and children, and said to Li He, who was sitting on the threshold, "I'm sorry, I left in a hurry yesterday and didn't say hello to you."
"Don't be so polite, you can go in and have some breakfast."
After breakfast, Li He still did the same, making a cup of tea, making a trip to the grapevines, reading a book or listening to the radio.
Li Jiasheng walked over silently, pulled a chair and sat down, "Little brother, I'm so interested, I don't mind chatting with you."
took out another box of cigars, took out one and handed it to Li He.
Li He waved his hand and didn't answer, signaled that there was a cigarette on his table, and lit one for himself, "I'm not used to smoking, I still smoke my own."
The biggest difference between smoking a cigar and smoking a cigarette is that after taking a cigar, you must first exhale the smoke in your mouth vigorously, quickly and thoroughly, and do not enter your lungs. Because, smoking a cigar is not about smoking the smoke that comes out, but about tasting the rest of the aroma.
Li He assured that he did not have such a large lung capacity, nor could he enjoy the pleasure of cigar taste, and if he forcibly found comfort in various forms or rituals, it would be self-abuse.
Li Jiasheng lit one by himself and spit out a big smoke ring, "Thank you for taking care of my father for so many years, I am really grateful."
"It's nothing, I'm just like-minded with him, there's nothing to thank for", Li He said very politely.
"This is a little meeting gift for the little brother, not a tribute", Li Jiasheng put a watch in front of Li He, "When I came back, I didn't know that the little brother was here, and I didn't prepare any gifts, please forgive me."
Li He glanced at it and smiled directly, this is the kind of plastic electronic watch he sold, and now the price has fallen to seven or eight yuan, he didn't refuse, he just took it in his hand and accepted it, and said with a smile, "Thank you."
However, I am also more relieved that Old Man Li did not reveal his family background, otherwise Li Jiasheng would not be embarrassed to just send an electronic watch.
"I heard my father say, little brother, you bought my family's old house?", Li Jiasheng asked casually.
"Yes, I've been buying it for years".
"I don't know if the little brother has any intention of selling again, I can double the original price", Li Jiasheng seemed to be very confident.
"If this is your father's request, I will definitely not refuse", Li He is this attitude anyway, if Old Man Li doesn't open his mouth, he won't agree.
Li Jiasheng was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Little brother is not satisfied with the price?" And you know, we have to find a place to stay, and it's not good to trouble you here, little brother."
Li He waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's not a matter of money, it's just that I don't want to sell it yet."
Li Jiasheng said, "I heard that you are a teacher and are still doing some small business, if it is a business matter, I can help a little." I run an import and export business in Thailand, and I still have some contacts with the mainland, and I know a lot of people."
"Thank you, my little business is just a little bit of a living, and I can't get into your eyes", Li He directly refused.
The conversation between the two men fell silent.
"Okay, then I will respect the little brother's choice, but I still hope that the little brother will help me with one thing", Li Jiasheng is not forcing to buy back the old house.
"You say, you can help as much as you can."
"I hope you can help me persuade my father to go back to Thailand with me, after all, he is old and alone in China, and I don't feel at ease."
Li He thought about it and expressed understanding, "Okay, I will help you persuade."
Two people don't have the so-called late meeting, they talk very happily, and they cherish each other, after all, their social status is different, although one is humble on the surface but looks down on people in his bones, and the other has no habit of looking up at people.
He Fang took a lipstick and wiped it on his mouth, pursed his mouth, and asked Li He with expectant eyes, "How is it?"
It's so brightly painted, so red that it seems to be dripping blood.
What's more, she seemed to be worried that people wouldn't see her wearing lipstick, and she specially used ochre lines to carefully outline around her lips.
At first glance, it looks like two bright red petals.
Li He originally wanted to say that it was not good-looking, but in the end he couldn't help laughing and praised, "It's good-looking."
"Liar, it must be ugly to death", He Fang took the mirror and looked left and right, but he was still not satisfied.
I hit a basin of water and washed it off in three or two clicks.
Li He said, "I remember that you don't wipe this thing."
He Fang said, "Uncle Li and her daughter-in-law gave it, saying that it was a meeting gift, I felt funny, and I took it and painted it."
Li He took the lipstick in his hand and looked at it, he didn't know what brand it was, it wasn't a good product anyway, so he said directly, "Throw it away, the quality is too poor, the floating powder is not even, and it won't look good no matter how you apply it."
He Fang nodded, saw that there was no one left and right, swished, and threw it into the garbage bag.
(To be continued.) )