Chapter 22 The tide rises, and the pawns are in turmoil

Since the news of Li Yadong's admission to Peking University spread, the guests at home seem to have never stopped, and the third brother and three sisters-in-law needless to say, they live in a village and don't look up and look down.

Liu Jinju now dares to make some fried fruits and other snacks from time to time and send them over.

The second sister and the second brother-in-law also came back once, and they also cut half a catty of fat meat, which can be regarded as a bloody investment.

The other seven aunts and eight aunts, some relatives who haven't usually walked much, are all enthusiastic at this time. In this sense, snobbery still exists even in this most modest era.

There are a lot of messy things at home, most of which are rice noodles and brown sugar, Li Dongmei probably doesn't have to worry about those days every month anymore, it's not okay if she doesn't collect it, why do you look down on poor relatives? But every thing is as small as a bag of dried sweet potatoes, it is a human debt, and it feels heavy on Hu Xiuying's heart.

Those who should have come and those who shouldn't have come have probably come, the only thing that surprised Li Yadong was that his eldest brother Li Yamin's family of three didn't come back.

Is the eldest brother still angry? It is unlikely, Li Yadong knows very well that his eldest brother is a person, and his style of acting has a strong military color, and at most he is a little short-tempered, but he is not a childish person. Besides, after so much time, some of the anger should have subsided. Bacheng was delayed by something, so he decided to go to the county to have a look.

The cotton company is located in an undeveloped area on the southern outskirts of the county, with few fields nearby, very sparsely populated, but very suitable for setting up a business, and there are several other state-owned companies nearby.

Li Yadong rode the 28 bars of a square camel to the door of the cotton company, and the doorman said hello with a smile, "Yo, isn't this Xiaodong, I haven't been here for a while, I heard your eldest brother say that you were admitted to college?"

"It's just luck, hehe...... Uncle Niu, is my eldest brother out?"

"No......" Uncle Niu leaned over and whispered, "It's arguing in the conference room." ”

"Quarrel, with whom?" Li Yadong couldn't help but pause.

"What's with whom, all the big and small heads in the company are there, and they have been arguing for half a month, and they don't know anything. Uncle Niu sighed.

"What's the matter?" As soon as this sentence was asked, Li Yadong regretted it, isn't this difficult for a strong man.

Uncle Niu scratched his head and replied: "I don't know what the specific thing is, didn't your brother and Director Wang go on a business trip to the south last time, and after they came back, a group of people began to quarrel, as if they wanted to make some adjustments to the company, and the boss disagreed." ”

"Oh. After saying goodbye to Uncle Niu, Li Yadong stepped on his bicycle and went straight to the staff dormitory, thinking about it all the way, it seems that the wave of state-owned enterprise reform has indeed risen.

Li Yamin is not an old qualification in the cotton company, but because of his outstanding ability, he was exceptionally promoted to the captain of the production team a few years ago, and he is also a leader, so he is qualified to be assigned a dormitory in the company.

In the past, Li Yadong had to come almost once a week, and his sister-in-law Chen Yue'e would make a delicious meal for him, so he was very familiar with the entire cotton company.

When I came to room 203 of a two-story red brick building, the door was not closed, and a fair-skinned girl with a ponytail was lying in front of the desk next to the windowsill and bowing her head to write her homework.

This is Li Yadong's niece, Li Tingting, and the current only seedling in the third generation of the old Li family. Calculate the time, if everything runs according to the normal trajectory, when it is autumn next year, his mother Hu Xiuying will be able to hold the first big fat grandson of the old Li family, and it is also the only one.

His eldest brother Li Yamin has never had any more children, and he only has this one daughter in his life, and the third brother Li Yajun later paid a fine and gave birth to another one, but it was just a daughter.

Li Yadong had no children in his last life, and he regarded these three children as his own, especially the one who shouldered the responsibility of continuing the incense for the old Li family, which can be said to be spoiled by him out of a realm, and even the down payment for the house when he got married was paid by him.

And if Li Yadong's favorite among the three children is undoubtedly the eldest niece in front of him who is only five years younger than him, she can't help but be well-behaved and sensible, and she also combines all the advantages of the old Li family and the old Chen family, no matter the appearance or temperament, it is no worse than those female stars on TV.

Having said that, she was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy in her last life, and her dream was to be a big star, but unfortunately she has been tepid, and she has played a few small roles such as five women and six women.

Li Yadong is thinking now, this life will not be too bad after all, if there is a chance in the future, he must help her.

"Little uncle, you're here!" Just when Li Yadong was stunned for a while, Li Tingting also noticed that there was an extra person outside the window.

She is used to calling Li Yadong "little uncle", in fact, according to the rural name, it should be "five uncles", but she probably thinks that this name is too old-fashioned. The family also let her go, who let such a lone seedling, and look so cute, who doesn't spoil her?

"Tingting, what about homework?" Li Yadong walked into the room, with his hands behind his back, like an approachable elder.

"Isn't it?" Li Tingting wrinkled her nose and complained: "The summer vacation homework is much older, and when I finish all of them, it is estimated that school will start." ”

That's what the teachers think. Li Yadong laughed, who didn't come over like this, fortunately, he had already arrived at the shore.

"Little uncle, I heard that you were admitted to Peking University, is it true?"

After seeing Li Yadong nodding, Li Tingting showed a look of adoration like chasing stars, and clenched her pink fist with excitement, "Little uncle, you are so amazing! You should be the first Peking University student in our county." ”

"What's that, you can also get in the exam in the future. ”

"Forget it, I don't dare to think about Peking University, if I can get admitted to Capital Normal University, I have to thank the Bodhisattva for blessing. Li Tingting pouted.

"Isn't it the Beijing Film Academy?"

As soon as he blurted out this sentence, Li Yadong realized that it was not good, and when it was over, he said that he had leaked his mouth.

"Huh, little uncle, how do you know that I want to go to an art school?" Li Tingting's mouth opened slightly, looking very surprised, this was a little secret in her heart, no one told her, not even her parents.

"What's that...... Our family Tingting is naturally beautiful, and she can eat with her face, so why rely on her talent? I think it's good to go to art school, and I can't ignore my own advantages. ”

Li Tingting was embarrassed by his praise, and she also introduced her little uncle as a confidant in her heart.

Those who understand me, little uncle.

"By the way, what about your mother?" Li Yadong took advantage of the gap between her tilting her head and thinking wildly, and diverted the topic at the right time.

"I've been selling vegetables, and I'll be back soon. ”

Sure enough, it didn't take much effort for Chen Yue'e to appear at the door with a woven basket, with a handful of Chinese vegetables and a few potatoes in the basket. This is probably the usual day's meal at home.

Li Yadong really loves his sister-in-law, in his opinion, there should be no such virtuous woman in this world except for his mother, anyway, he has never met it.

"Huh, Xiaodong, you're here!"

Chen Yue'e was also very happy after seeing that there were more people in the house, "Why don't you come here early, I just finished buying vegetables, you have to sit down first, and I will go to the vegetable market again." ”

"Oh...... There is something delicious at noon!" Li Tingting danced happily, in the past, what she looked forward to most every week was Sunday, not because it was a rest day, but because her little uncle would come to her house for dinner that day, and her mother would definitely fry a few specialty dishes.

"Sister-in-law, don't be busy, I brought some things over, just downstairs on the bicycle. ”

Li Yadong stopped her, just now I heard Uncle Niu say that his eldest brother was in the conference room, and he didn't know if there was anyone at home, so he came up to take a look first. There are too many things, and it is not easy to disassemble it tied to the back seat of the bicycle, and it is not easy to tie it after dismantling.

When Li Yadong carried a full of things into the house, Chen Yue'e felt embarrassed, and Li Tingting, a delicious ghost, looked straight in her eyes.

"Wow! orange candy, alphabet biscuits, small umbrella cake, figs, fruit dan peel, rice crackers, canned syrup, cane sugar, malt milk essence...... Little uncle, I heard that you have made a fortune in trading, is this emptying the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"That's it, Xiaodong, how much does it cost to eat like this?" Chen Yue'e frowned, her expression a little complaining.

"Sister-in-law, it's not bought, it's all given by others, people run to the house every day, and there are a lot of them in the house, all of which are snacks, who eats them? Li Yadong smiled, this sentence is half-true, some things were taken from home, and some were specially bought in the town when he came.

Over the years, the eldest brother and sister-in-law have cared for him very much, more than his own daughter, he is rich now, he has to give back? Just like Tingting said, if he can take it, he really doesn't mind emptying the supply and marketing cooperative.

However, Chen Yue's mother and daughter didn't hear anything wrong with this, and when they think about it, they are the only Peking University students in the county, and it is not surprising that no matter how many people come to congratulate them.

"Tingting, flip through the bottom again, and you haven't found the best food. ”

"Really?" Li Tingting looked hopeful, rummaged through a pile of delicacies for a long time, and finally found an unknown object wrapped in brown paper.

"Little uncle, what?"

"Roast duck. Li Yadong smiled, he relied on this to make money, there was no reason not to bring it to his family to taste, last time his second sister Li Chunlan went back to her parents' house, she also got one for her to take back.

"Wow! It's so fragrant when it's out of heat!" After Li Tingting opened the kraft paper, she brought the golden roast duck to the tip of her nose and sniffed it, and the harazi almost didn't fall out. In front of food, no matter how smart you look, it's useless, after all, it's just a fourteen-year-old child.

At lunchtime, Li Yamin finally came back, and looking at the expression on his face, it was obvious that the meeting was not pleasant.

"Oh, Xiaodong is here. Originally, I was going to go back in the next two days, but those old guys were too difficult to deal with, and I was so angry that I was ......"