Chapter 46: Dusk
Chen Yu's parents were arrested and sentenced by the provincial public procuratorate for corruption and bribery, together with the deputy mayor He Yuandao, and illegal businessmen in the provincial capital embezzled public property and manufactured tofu slag projects, causing the collapse of roads and bridges and causing death.
Chen Yu instantly became a street rat in Xingqiu Town, no longer serving as the school's off-campus counselor, and rarely appeared in public. I don't know if it was because Chen Yu went to the middle school to help An Ning prove that his mother instructed the principal to punish An Ning, or because the middle school principal was moved by An Chen's mother's gift, in short, An Ning returned to school to prepare for the high school entrance examination.
In less than a month, the new mayor arrived, and Xingqiu Town seemed to have returned to its former leisure and tranquility.
The business license of the Xingqiu souvenir shop that Grandma Li applied for was also hung on the wall as she wished.
The souvenir shop's turnover is booming, and Grandma Li is smiling from ear to ear every day. The walnut lines on the face gradually faded, and the skin became plump and elastic. Every time An Chen's mother went to the shop to chat, she praised Grandma Li for getting younger and younger, and even introduced a wife to Grandma Li. At this time, Han Blacksmith appeared at the intersection with his luggage on his back, and An Chen's mother was stunned at first, and then immediately smiled again.
"I said this is a manifestation of God, just said that I would introduce you to a wife, and he came......"
An Chen's mother clapped her hands and beckoned to the Korean blacksmith.
Blacksmith Han's son is getting married, and he thinks that he can help earn some money to make the wedding of the young couple more lively. His only skill was blacksmithing, and after seeing too many wrought iron objects in the city, he felt that returning to Xingqiu Town to resume blacksmithing might be better than before.
An Chenma's tofu shop has only been open for three months, and business is getting better and better, of course she is not willing to let Blacksmith Han take back the shop. At this time, the blacksmith Han was still in Grandma Li's shop, and he didn't know about her tofu shop. She simply persuaded Blacksmith Han to dismiss the idea of running a blacksmith shop.
Xingqiu Town is not more fashionable than the people in the city, and no one will want to make wrought iron doors, let alone buy wrought iron decorations.
An Chen's mother's words reached the heart of the blacksmith Han, and the enthusiasm for striking iron that had been ignited before coming back was instantly extinguished.
"Uncle Han is back, how else can I contact you."
"Jixiang, you have to call Grandpa Han. Your grandmother and Grandpa Han are of the same generation. ”
In order to match Grandma Li's twilight love, An Chen's mother was crooked. Blacksmith Han's black and red face smiled, and he had no objection to the title.
Li Jixiang pushed the bicycle into the small shop, and turned around to hand over the rent and deposit of the blacksmith shop for the past few months to the blacksmith Han.
"Huh? I rented the shop to her house, so I have nowhere to live. ”
A stack of money is very tempting, but thinking of his own situation, Blacksmith Han is worried again. The son is the daughter-in-law when he gets married, and he, the father, is an eyesore in front of their little couple. He had nowhere to go except the blacksmith's shop. The money I saved in the past was given to my daughter-in-law as a bride price, and I had to find a long-term livelihood if I had no money in my hand.
An Chen's mother warmly invited Blacksmith Han and Grandma Li to her house for dinner, and discussed Blacksmith Han's residence by the way.
"I'm going to review my homework, so I'm going to go."
Seeing An Chen's mother's intentions, Li Jixiang certainly didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the adults. If Grandma Li can really live with Blacksmith Han, it won't be a bad thing. It's better to have two people in company than to be alone. What's more, Grandma Li is also tired of running a souvenir shop alone, so it is of course better to have someone to help.
Raising his eyes and taking a look at the pink gas value, after unremitting efforts, the popularity value has exceeded 13,000. It's still a little far from the goal of 100,000, and I don't know if I'll be able to leave this world when I open the high-level wealth base.
It's useless to think about anything now, so I can only prepare for the middle school entrance examination with peace of mind.
After staying at An Chen's house for three weeks, Blacksmith Han began to go to Grandma Li's shop to help move and deliver goods. He doesn't like to talk, and he has agreed to An Chen's mother's proposal in his heart, but he can't say it. Seeing Grandma Li, she could only smirk, and then buried herself in work, and her hands were not idle for a moment.
Grandma Li is five years older than Blacksmith Han, and at first she resolutely disagreed with Blacksmith Han. But she couldn't stand An Chen's mother brainwashing her every day, and Han Blacksmith was dangling in front of her eyes from time to time, and her heart was a little loose. But she is worried that having an old man in the family will affect her granddaughter's life.
With this layer of concerns, Grandma Li has been refusing to let go. Blacksmith Han continued to live in the hut built outside An Chen's house. When a rainstorm hit, the linoleum paper on the small roof was blown away by the strong wind, and the hut became a leaky sieve and leaked rain everywhere. By the time An Chen's mother remembered, the blacksmith Han had been turned into a soup chicken by the rain.
Li Jixiang really wanted to buy a new house for Grandma Li, but the speed of making money was still too slow, and it was still more than half a dollar to buy a house with a yard.
Seeing that the two old people "can't be together if they have lovers", Li Jixiang decided to go to the county seat to study in middle school, and she lived in the school, which could save Grandma Li from her worries.
She first went to the county seat to do an experiment, and made sure that even if she was in the county seat, it would not affect the shipment to her family's small store, so she was relieved. As for whether Grandma Li will suspect the source of the goods, as long as she continues to lie that there is a supply of goods that will be delivered to the door when the agreement is made.
An Ning's high school entrance examination was three days earlier than Li Jixiang. When Li Jixiang took the exam, An Ning and An Chen, who had been on vacation, had been guarding the gate of the school, looking forward to her finishing the exam.
Every time Li Jixiang was the first to walk out of the examination room, An Chen would cheer and greet him, holding Li Jixiang's hand and stuffing her with candy.
"How does it feel?"
An Ning looked at Li Jixiang indifferently, but he was very nervous in his heart.
"I should be able to be admitted to the county No. 1 middle school."
"You're going to the county seat to study?"
An Ning was in a hurry.
"Well, the teaching quality of the county middle school is good, and I am still preparing to skip the high school entrance examination, as long as the grades are reached, it should be easier to apply successfully."
"Then I'll go with you."
An Ning bit her lip. Now An Chen was in a hurry, and he took Li Jixiang's hand to prevent her from going to the county seat.
"Little fat man, you told me last time that you wanted to be a doctor when you grew up, didn't you?"
An Chen nodded, his eyes sad. I can't imagine if his brother and Li Jixiang left him to study in the county seat, and he would miss them to death.
"You have to think every day that you want to be a doctor, and you have to study hard so that your dream can be realized quickly. If you concentrate on studying, you can also apply for skipping a grade, and in less than two years, you can also go to the county middle school to study. ”
"Then when I went to the county seat to study, were you still there?"
"Of course!"
Li Jixiang chuckled. She knew that Li Jixiang would definitely be there at that time, but it was not certain whether she Tian'er would be there.
The high school entrance examination will be released tomorrow, and An Ning has been restless all day.
Li Jixiang has been admitted to the county middle school, and he is worried that he will not be able to pass the exam.
In the evening, a familiar jeep drove towards the intersection of the national road and stopped on the side of the road at Grandma Li's shop.