Yu Fang stayed in the hospital for nearly a week, and finally went home safely, after this incident, the whole family was frightened, Lu Li temporarily came up with an idea: let the eldest sister and the second sister's family move over, anyway, there are many houses, enough to live in, in case it is not enough, he will pick up the old house again, where will one of the families move to live, in a word, the family eats, drinks, lives, and travels together, this time the food poisoning incident can not be staged again anyway!

Hearing this news, the happiest person is Liu Yifeng, his family's housing is already tight, and it is not good to stay at his mother-in-law's house for a long time, and now his brother-in-law - although he is not his own brother-in-law, he knows that Lu Li is the most useful in this family! Compared with him, his wife and sister-in-law, the two biological daughters, are nothing - after speaking, he hurriedly packed up the futon and moved in.

The younger brother and his wife were late for a long time, so they had no choice but to live in the old courtyard temporarily, which made Zhao Jianguo quite dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say it in front of Lu Li. "Aunt, I thought about it, anyway, I don't have anything to worry about in Hong Kong, and I won't go in the future. What do you say? ”

Yu Fang chuckled, picked up the cigarette to light it, and took a puff, "Xiaoxiao, I'm fine." You see, after a week in the hospital, I am fatter and whiter than before! You don't have to worry about me, you can do whatever you have to do - by the way, this hospitalization cost a lot of money, right? ”

"No, really not, it only adds up to a dozen yuan." (Note 1)

"That's good. Hey, little ,...... Good boy," Yu Fang patted his hand emotionally, Lu Li was really restless and untouched for a week. I didn't even go home! Originally, there was no shortage of people to serve at home, but no matter who came, he was persuaded not to leave at all, and in the end he had to leave it, "Aunt knows that you feel sorry for me, but ......." You also have to pay attention to your body, look at you, you have lost a lot of weight. Also, you smell all over you, go take a shower, right? ”

"I know, I'll go in a moment."

"Also, the week I've been in the hospital, your friends have been visiting me in the hospital in turns, this ...... Such a big favor. But how can I pay it back? ”

Luli smiled proudly; He has a lot of friends, after knowing that Yu Fang was hospitalized, Xu Yunjian, Cao Xun and others naturally don't need to mention, other Luo Yaohua, Lin Antixiu, Shan Zhencheng, Jun Hanping, and even Liu Wenming and Zhao Chaohui in Hedong also ran in person.

As for the nutritional products that come to the people, there are countless of them. From orange juice to malt cream, from snacks and eggs to sesame oil and tea. In the piles of beds in the ward, Lu Li asked his two sisters and Liang Wei to carry forward the spirit of ant moving and transport them back to the small courtyard little by little. That's what Yu Fang said today. "Well, you don't care about this, I'll be there when you come back. Second sister. Second sister? Get me new clothes, and I'll take a shower. Inside out! ”

"Got it." Brother Zhao agreed crisply, and after a while, he came out with a large ball of clothes in a net pocket, "Oops." Wash it up, you smell you, it's almost time to go to the toilet. ”

Lu Li smiled, took the net pocket, pushed the bicycle and turned outward, and bumped into Cao Xun head-on, "Hey, Xiaoxiao, I was looking for you." ”

"Something?"

"Yes, over there in the Duck Building, I went yesterday, and the number of people has been decided. I arranged for the table to go. Hey, Xiaoxiao, let me ask you, did you mean that the family gave a roast duck? ”

"yes, what's wrong?"

"Okay, I'll go home and say, my dad and I are in a hurry! He thought it was what I wanted and almost pumped me! Saying that I am ignorant, I am scolded, saying that I am crazy about money, relying on my own family not to pay, so I spend my best efforts, isn't it, let me go to you quickly, and then go to the duck building, and return those roast ducks! ”

Lu Li laughed at him and bent over, and only after a while did he stand firm on his shoulders and said, "This matter, don't listen to your father, your eldest brother got married, this is the first happy event of the old Cao family." It's going to have to be beautiful. Besides, in addition to you, even your sister-in-law, who has never passed through the door, a family of four all works in the post and telecommunications system, right? Each other is colleagues, this wedding banquet is well placed, the completion is complete, not to mention, your parents' faces, even your eldest brother and sister-in-law's colleagues, unit leaders have a light on their faces. Don't worry, that's right. ”

"No, Xiaoxiao, my dad ......"

"I'm a little tired today and want to go take a shower. Coupled with my aunt's matter, I won't go to the duck building, anyway, it's already set. As for my aunts and uncles, when I finish my bath, I'll go over and talk to them myself. ”

Cao Xun grinned, "Then I don't care?" I'll leave this matter to you? ”

"Okay."

"Oh, there's another thing, Dong Yuqiang said to come over tonight, I was originally scheduled to be here with you, but as soon as Auntie's incident comes out, just change it to me, and you can talk to him at night."

"Alright, get out of here." Sending Cao Xun away, Lu Li went to Nanshi to find a bathhouse, soaked himself in the hot pool, lay down beautifully, covered his face with a wet towel, and fell asleep in less than a moment.

This sleep is good, people around him come and go, and he has no effect at all, until the sky is dusk, he opened his eyes, took off the hand towel to see, there are not many people in the bathhouse, he soaked for too long, the skin on his body is wrinkled in a large area, get up randomly, rinse his body under the head of the shower, and go out. It was already afternoon, Meimei slept well, took a pleasant hot bath, and walked, as if stepping on cotton, so comfortable that Lu Li only felt refreshed, and almost wanted to sing a song.

All the way home, the courtyard is so lively! In addition to the family, Zhang Qing, Li Tiehan, Li Xueqing, Cao Xun, and Xu Yunjian all failed, and they all arrived, "Hey, why is it so lively?" Auntie, blast them all out, good guys, cheat and eat and drink every day, do you have anything else to do? ”

Everyone laughed and scolded! "Xiaoxiao, will you eat?"

"I'm not hungry, I'll wait a while."

"Xiaoxiao, you hurry up and eat, something will happen in a while." Xu Yunjian said: "You have to have a good time today-tell you, this time it's not us looking for you." It's our family looking for you. ”

"Huh?"

Cao Xun smiled, "Xiaoxiao, he didn't play with you, this time it's really the adults of our family looking for you." The main thing is that my father still has two Uncle Li, and the second egg and the fourth child are going with you. ”

"Understood." Luli nodded and smiled, "That." Let's go, don't let the old wait for us, where are we going? ”

"Go to me, my dad is waiting for you at home."

Lu Li nodded, refused to stay for a moment, pulled a group of little brothers, went out and turned, and entered the Cao family's courtyard in less than three minutes. "Dad, I brought it to you, you can try it how you want, you don't have to save face for me!"

"Lacking morality, can you speak human words?" Cao's mother scolded her son and greeted her, "Xiaoxiao, it's been so many years." You didn't have a meal at your aunt's house either, how was it today? ”

"I didn't mean not to come. It's just that 'books can't be read unless they are borrowed'. ”

Xu Yunjian raised his hand and gave him a punch, "CNM, what's the stinky drag?" ”

Cao's mother didn't understand his words, "What...... What the? ”

"I mean, our two families are very close, and Cao Xun and I are such good friends. I always thought that there would be opportunities in the future, and there would be opportunities in the future, and over time, I formed a kind of inert thought - hey, Uncle Liang, Uncle Li, Uncle Li, Uncle Cao. Brother Cao, Sister Ma. ”

"See? People are polite. Fourth, it's okay to learn more from Xiaoxiao, you think everyone is an acquaintance, but in fact, this kind of detail is the most effortful. ”

Uncle Cao stood up, smiled and asked Lu Li to sit beside him, a group of elders were watching TV, someone came in, Cao Jie turned off the TV casually, "That, little ......" Cao's father spoke first: "The second child told me, I just knew." This thing...... Can't you do that? Let me help, don't make such a big fuss, how much does it cost? ”

"It's all right, uncle. The reason, I also told Cao Xun that this is not a side matter, to be honest, I originally wanted to replace the liquor with Moutai, but they didn't, so they dealt with Dong wine. As for that, just listen to me. ”

"Your thoughts, uncle and aunt have received it, but really, it costs too much, so forget it, even if we wait for the second child of our family to get married in the future, you can help him do this, okay?"

Cao's mother also said: "Yes, Xiaoxiao, you forgot, his eldest brother beat you back then." ”

Cao Jie rolled his eyes widely, "Mom, what are you talking about?" He didn't suffer much that day, and he made up for it from the second child! As soon as he said that, there was a loud laugh in the room!

The Cao family wanted to persuade them again, but Lu Li didn't give them a chance at all, turned to the two Uncle Li and said, "Uncle Li, Uncle Li, you are here for the matter of going to Hong Kong, right?" ”

"That's right," one of them straightened his sitting posture a little, and asked Zhengse: "Xiaoxiao, originally, the second egg went with you, and our old couple didn't have any opinions at all." But this time it's not as good as going to the countryside at the beginning, after all, the merchant forest is our Chinese territory, right? What about this time? Once you go thousands of miles, or a foreign country, are you sure? ”

"If you want to say ten percent, I don't dare to say that. However, as far as I know, Hong Kong people are quite well-behaved, and social order is also very good, and in that place, as long as you don't cause trouble, or if you don't take the initiative to provoke others, others will not meddle in your affairs. Let me tell you a joke I heard there, there was a woman who met a bad guy on the road and wanted to do something wrong. The woman shouted for help, but for a long time, there was no one. Later, a police officer came and scared the bad guys away. After this incident was over, the police said to the woman, next time you encounter such a thing, don't shout for help, shout for fire! As soon as you shout like this, everyone will come out immediately - you can tell from this joke that Hong Kong is a place where everyone sweeps the snow in front of their doors. Therefore, as long as they don't go out to cause trouble, we will honestly do business over there, and there will be no problem at all. ”

Everyone was confused, what kind of joke is this, isn't it fun at all? But he understood, "Then," said the other Uncle Lee, "what kind of business are you going to do when you go over there this time?" ”

"It's pretty much the same as in Tian (Tianjin), it's still a diet. Specifically, I want to open a hot pot restaurant. Specializing in selling shabu mutton. ”

"Can you make money? Do the locals recognize our stuff? ”

Before Lu Li could speak, Li Xueqing spoke first, "Dad, why are you talking like that?" Little Spirit. Isn't it evident in Tian (Tianjin)? Besides, how do you know it's not making money? ”

"Nonsense, Hong Kong is not Tian (Tianjin), once you go so far, Dad can't ask?"

Lu Li waved his hand and stopped Li Xueqing. "Uncle is right, this kind of thing is no better than others, just like Uncle Xu said back then, doing business is to not think about making money, first think about losing money. At the very least, you have to know what to do if you lose money! Do you think that's the truth? ”

"Look, it's still a little talk."

"Uncle, I also happened to take this opportunity to think about you and a few other elders, you have experienced a lot. I was also thoughtful and helped me as a staff officer. That's what I thought, we northerners eat with a big bowl of wine and a big piece of meat. To put it mildly, it is still mainly to eat enough. As for the southerners, since ancient times, the south of the Yangtze River has been the land of fish and rice. Most of the time, they don't have to think about filling their stomachs. They go one step further and pay attention to eating more and cooking better. In this regard, we are no match for others. ”

“…… But then again, people have to eat, right? Some of their well-made, finely crafted gourmet shops are those with very rough cooking styles like ours in the north. But there is none. I thought that if I could really open a hot pot restaurant in the local area, I would not be able to ...... customers."

"Xiaoxiao, I'll stop you," Cao Xun said, "It's hotter in Hong Kong than in ours." On a hot day, eating around a hot pot doesn't heat people to death? ”

Xu Yunjian said, "Isn't there still winter? ”

"So you're going to do business only in the winter? What about the other three seasons? Quit? ”

"Cao Xun is also reasonable, Hong Kong is indeed hotter than ours, but this is not a problem, I am going to buy a few air conditioners, put them in the house, that thing opens, dog days are also like an ice cellar, you think, cool and cool environment, a few people sit next to the red hot pot, not to mention, that kind of particularly pure Chinese taste and cultural customs, in my personal opinion, is not comparable to the high-end Western restaurant!"

Everyone in the room was silent, pondering his words, indeed yes! All families have also enjoyed the experience of shabu mutton, and now looking back, the feeling of family reunion and happiness is really not too much to describe. It seems that the only thing that can be compared to this special way of dining is the most traditional of diets: dumplings! But dumplings are still not as delicious as shabu mutton in the fusion of that kind of cultural feeling!

"How's it going, Dad, this time I've taken it, right? Good guys, look at you old people, you are all stupid, right? ”

Cao's father raised his hand and slapped his son, "What nonsense? Go, pour water for the little one. Hey, Xiaoxiao, what I asked our second child to tell you last time, is it okay? ”

"You mean, the speech, right? Uncle, it's not that I can't do it, I'm afraid that I will stutter again and make a fool of myself again? Such a happy day has made me mix, and it is not appropriate. ”

"It's okay, don't be nervous, look at the present, aren't you nervous about so many people? You'll be like this that day, besides, it doesn't matter if you stutter a little, are you afraid? He said in a big way: "This matter is settled." But you have to prepare well, and Uncle will listen to you when the time comes! ”

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Successfully persuaded the parents, the little brother returned to the second courtyard with a smile, Lu Li hadn't eaten yet, Zhao Di steamed the food for the younger brother again, and took out an envelope from his pocket, "Xiaoxiao, I have your letter, I forgot to give it to you." ”

Lu Li took the crumpled envelope and looked at it under the light, it was Jay Chou, "Oh, Lao Zhou has a letter?" ”

"What do you say? Let me see. Xu Yunjian snatched it and tore it open to read, "Xiao Lu, I haven't seen you for many days, are you okay?" I have received your letter and remittance on October 2, and everything is safe at home. ”

Jay Chou, Wang Xiyu, Hu Chusan, and Meng Xiaobiao are all friends Lu Li made when he was in the countryside of the merchant forest, and he is also a comrade-in-arms who has been in the trenches for several years. The other two, for different reasons, one has been lost for a long time, and the other is even more different!

Because of Wang Xiyu's matter, Jay Chou was very dissatisfied with Lu Li! In his mind, since they are friends, they naturally have to help each other with what they do, regardless of whether it is right or not. Therefore, after Wang Xiyu was arrested, he refused Lu Li's invitation, and the two sides almost broke up unhappily; Even so, Lu Li still had to ignore it and always wrote to Jay Chou, but the other party's reply was always cold until this letter.

Lu Li listened to the strange content of Xu Yunjian's letter, took it and read it himself. In the letter, Jay Chou said that in August this year, he took the time to go to Xi'an once, met Wang Xiyu's family, and got a message from his family, which was brought out by the police after Wang Xiyu was sentenced - at that time, death row prisoners were not allowed to see their own family members - to the effect that his son was not filial and could not serve and be filial to the second elder, please take care of his health, and his son Jiuquan will always bless the health of the second elder and his family. In addition, he specially asked the police to bring a message to Lu Li, 'When people get to this point, they don't think much about it, and they will formally apologize to you for the wrong things they did in Tianjin in the next life!'" ’

Listening to Dad Wang's retelling of this paragraph, Jay Chou cried bitterly on the spot! On the contrary, Wang's father didn't know about the fight between Wang Xiyu and Lu Li in Tianjin, and looked at the young man in front of him blankly, unable to say a word!

Seeing this, Lu Li sighed, and the old things came to mind, he slowly closed the letter and put it in his pocket, "Hey, Xiaoxiao, what is written, why don't you let us read it?" ”

Xu Yunjian didn't have eyesight, but Cao Xun did, he could see that Lu Li's expression was a little gloomy, and he must have said something very sad in the letter. Bumped into an old friend and signaled him to shut up!

Note 1: Hospitalization fees. A week's stay in the hospital costs only a dozen yuan, which some readers may think is unrealistic - even in the 80s, this price seems a little too little, right? But in fact, it is not - in this matter, the author has an absolute say.

I would like to tell you a true story in 1996, when I went to the dental hospital for tooth extraction due to illness, which is near the Quanye field. At the end of the treatment, I chatted with my wife, who accompanied me to see a doctor, and I told her that this dental hospital, in 1980, was a cancer hospital in Tian (Tianjin) City, and my mother was treated here for a total of 30 days, including surgery and treatment, and when she was discharged, she spent a total of 99 yuan.

At this price, if you are hospitalized for a week, and do not include surgery, more than ten yuan should be a more reasonable guess. (To be continued......)