After dinner, the whole family sat around and listened to Li introduce the various situations of working in Shenzhen. When Momo's mother heard that Lee was back, she also rushed over with Momo's younger brother. Li's mother hurriedly added a seat for her mother-in-law and sat around to eat with everyone.

After dinner, Li's father picked up the cigarette pouch and started smoking, and Li hurriedly took out a cigarette and gave it to him. Lao Li said: "No, you should stay to entertain guests." Lee said, "And what." "I forced a pack of cigarettes to my father. Lao Li lit a cigarette and took a puff and asked Li: "When you come back this time, do you just go home to see, or do you have any plans?" Li said: "I came back specifically to pay off the debt this time." "Paying off debts?" Lao Li was surprised, "You have less money?" Is it not a lot? Li knew that his father had misunderstood, and explained: "I am not a small family's money. I mean, over the years, I owe not only the love of my parents, but also the love of my wife and son, and the love of my two brothers; It's like having less debt. In the past two years, I have earned some money by working in Shenzhen, and thinking about the kindness of my family, I decided to come back to repay everyone. Lao Li finally understood: his son came back to repay his kindness. He said happily: "Count your boy with a conscience!" Your mother and I didn't love you in vain, we spent money to train you to read for so many years, and in the past two years, the whole family has not been affected by you in vain. ”

He looked at Li and asked, "How are you going to repay him?" Make a dress for each person and give some pocket money? ”

Li shook his head: "Dad, you also underestimate your son too much!" How can you repay your kindness by making a dress and giving you some pocket money? I've been out for two years, and I've been making more than that. ”

"If you have a lot of money, leave me and your mother a coffin capital, and then leave Li Tao the money for studying, and leave the rest for Tao, so that the family will not embarrass you."

"Yes. You and your mother's coffin capital, Li Tao's study, all have it. But I won't give it to you now, because your second elder is still in good health, and Li Tao is not yet of school age, so I will deposit it in the bank for you first, and it will be more or less interest. I came back this time to build a building for my family to live in. First, I promised to let her live upstairs; Second, the two younger brothers are also so old, and they are about to find a partner to marry, and living upstairs is also a favorable condition. ”

"That's true." Lao Li remembered the marriage of his two younger sons and said, "Some time ago, there was a girl in Qingfengling who took a fancy to your second brother and was loose, and when she heard that our family still lived in a stone house, she was a little dissatisfied. I said, don't be afraid, his brother works in Shenzhen, and the building doesn't dare to cover you, and the tile house guarantees that you will live. She still didn't believe it. ”

Li Xiangsong said: "Second brother, you boldly tell her: there will be a building to live in next year." Don't agree now, don't regret it later. ”

Tao looked at the way Li spoke, and said with a smile: "You are really rich, what about the building?" The eight characters have not yet bragged about it, and the pavilion in the air cannot be lived. ”

Li said: "Thousands of high-rise buildings are rising from the ground, aren't I discussing with my father to build a building?" Now it's not the same as it used to be, and you can't buy things with money; Now there are abundant materials, as long as you have money, you can buy everything. Don't worry, the building will be built! ”

Lao Li believed his son's words and said, "I believe this." In today's society, there are so many things that you can't sell, and as long as you have money, you can build any kind of building. I just don't know how much money you have. If you don't have enough money, you can build three tiled houses for the time being. In our place, the tiled house is not backward, and the girl will definitely agree. ”

"Nope. I promised Tao that if she lived upstairs in her life, she would have to do it. ”

Momo blushed and said, "Are you serious if you're joking?" It takes a lot of money to build a house! Can you get it now? ”

Li said: "A man's word is true, since the word is spoken, it must be fulfilled, otherwise, who will believe me in the future?" I've built this building! ”

Lao Li admired the spirit of honesty and trustworthiness of his eldest son, and said to his two younger sons: "Remember your eldest brother's words, you are also manly, and you must do it when you say it; Don't talk doesn't count, slap your mouth yourself. ”

"I'm going to build two floors, five on the top and five on the bottom, for a total of 10," Lee said. Dad, how much will it cost for me? ”

Lao Li pinched his fingers and calculated, and said, "This will cost a lot of money, at least forty or fifty thousand yuan!" What are you building so many buildings for? Six rooms up and down are enough, and your three brothers, two rooms each are not enough to live in? ”

"Then where do you live with your mother?"

"You all live in buildings, and there are so many stone houses left, not enough for me and your mother to live?"

"It's not going to work. You and your mother have worked hard all your life, even if we don't live, we must let you live in the building first, and never let your second elder live in a stone house again. You and your mom live in two rooms like us. There are two rooms left, one for the reception room and the other for the study. Don't worry about money, I have it! ”

"You have? 50,000 yuan! ”

Lee nodded.

"Are you a corrupt kid, or are you robbing a bank?"

"Look at what you always say, I'm a part-time worker, not an official, where can I go to embezzle? Robbing a bank, that's a crime, and I don't dare to be scared to death. My money is my hard-earned money from two years of hard work! ”

"What are you doing in Shenzhen, you can make so much money in two years?"

"At the beginning, I worked as a porter in an electronics company, pulling trucks, which was more than 1,000 yuan a month; Later, he became a special assistant to the general manager, and his salary grew to 3,000; Later, I learned to drive, and Mr. Zhang added another 1,000 to me, which is 4,000; In addition, I do a good job, and I always get bonuses, sometimes a big prize is more than a month's salary! In the past two years, except for sending some living expenses to my family, the rest have been stored in the bank, and I want to come back one day to repay the kindness of the whole family. Today, it's finally happening! Li said, recalling all the hardships and hardships of working in the past two years, and he couldn't feel tears in his eyes.

Lao Li and his wife saw Li crying, knowing that he had endured a lot of hardships and difficulties outside in the past two years, and persuaded him: "It is not easy for you to earn this money, so build fewer buildings and keep some to spend slowly." The harvest year should also think about the owe year, don't be out of the pocket for a while, it's short. ”

Li wiped away his tears and said to his parents, "No." I'll keep the money for dinner. The money was set aside for the building, and I had a plan. It's just that I can't build this building myself, and I have to trouble the second elder a lot, because the company only gives me half a month's leave, and I will be punished for being late. Tomorrow, I will hand over 50,000 yuan to you, and ask the second elder to take his two younger brothers to discuss the construction together. After two days off, I plan to take Tao to Beijing for a trip, which can be regarded as a wedding for her. You know, when we got married, it was so simple that even we felt sorry for ourselves. Now that I have money, I want to make up for it. - That's my promise to Momo, too. ”

Tao was a little embarrassed when she heard this, and said, "The children are so old, what kind of wedding do you want to make?" Don't make people laugh! ”

Lee said: "Despite your thoughts, I still insist on reapplying; Otherwise, I will feel sorry for you and owe you for the rest of my life. ”

When Lao Li heard this, he remembered Li's sloppiness when he got married, and compared with his son's filial piety to himself and his contribution to the whole family today, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He said: "It should be reissued. I also support. When you got married, I was in a bad mood and didn't want to do it, and the economy was tight, so things didn't look good. In this way, while you are all at home tomorrow, I will go to the street to buy more wine and food, make a few more tables, call the villagers in the spring breeze, one family, and then call our relatives and friends over, everyone has a lively meal, and I will give you a make-up wedding first. ”

Tao was a little embarrassed and said, "Dad, I have no opinion if you want to treat you, don't say that we will make up the wedding, the villagers will laugh." ”

Lao Li said: "I just want to do it as a happy event." Could it be that only his Xing family is allowed to have happy events, and my old Li family will have no happy events? I think that in the past few lifetimes in our village, except for Li, none of them have driven a car home. Li Yi's monthly salary is more than 4,000 yuan, and even if she graduated from college, she can't get so much money. Why isn't my family a happy event? Shouldn't you celebrate well? Tomorrow will definitely do it! ”

Li said to his father: "I am happy in my heart, I can't say that, the Xing family will be unhappy when I hear it, and people will say that we have no self-cultivation." Treat, I agree. I've been away from home for two years, and I won't be able to stay for a few days this time, and I don't know when I'll be back next time. Take this opportunity to meet with relatives and friends, talk about your heart, get familiar with each other, be lively and lively, and enhance your relationship. ”