Happy Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 276
After more than ten hours, the train roared into Jiangyou Railway Station, and then stopped slowly.

As a group of passengers swarmed out, Xu Lingjun carried the luggage, carefully protected Li Xiuzhi and Xu Yiyi, and walked off the platform from the train.

"Papa, are we here yet?"

Xu Yiyi lay on Li Xiuzhi's shoulder and asked expectantly.

"Not yet, let's find a guest house to stay for one night, and then take the car tomorrow."

Xu Lingjun replied with a smile.

"Oh!"

Xu Yiyi pouted, her little face suddenly drooped, and she looked very depressed.

This long journey has already worn away her good mood.

Xu Lingjun looked at Li Xiuzhi helplessly, and then walked towards the outside of the station.

Soon after, they stayed in the county guest house.

At the same time, in Hekou Village below the county seat.

Li Jinmin hunched his body slightly, walked into his yard with a face as heavy as water.

Hu Meilan heard the footsteps, looked up, hurriedly dropped the green vegetables in her hand, got up and went forward, and asked in a low voice: "How is it?"

Li Jinmin shook his head silently without saying a word, then walked around Hu Meilan and walked into the room.

"Dad, you're back!"

Seeing Li Jinmin's figure, Li Jianguo's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly got up and shouted, his eyes full of anticipation.

Li Jinmin looked at his eldest son in front of him, his lips twitched, he sighed deeply, walked quickly into the room and sat down.

Seeing this, Li Jianguo's expression darkened immediately. He silently clenched his fists, turned and walked out, then squatted at the door, staring blankly into the distance.

In the room, Li Jianjun, who was immersed in writing, suddenly raised his head to look at Li Jinmin, pursed his lips and said, "Dad, I don't want to go to school anymore."

Li Jinmin was taken aback for a moment, then became furious, and shouted: "Nonsense! You don't have to worry about family affairs, you study hard for me, if you don't pass the college entrance examination next year, you see how I will deal with you."

Li Jianjun stiffened his neck, and said with a little resentment: "Then you can't let the elder brother be a bachelor forever! Besides, even if I pass the exam, my family has no money to pay the tuition."

Li Jinmin choked for breath, then stood up abruptly, and scolded sharply: "It's against you, I worked so hard to send you to school, you will learn to talk back to me, right?"

After speaking, he picked up a stick casually, wanting to teach Li Jianjun a good lesson.

Li Jianjun shrank his neck, gritted his teeth and stretched out his hands to hold his head, preparing for a violent beating.

Suddenly, there was an angry shout at the door.

"enough!"

Li Jianguo stood at the door, his chest was heaving and heaving, and he said with a very ugly face: "Dad, I will go to Xiaofang's house tomorrow to call off the marriage."

"Oh, how can this work? You are 26 now, so you can't delay any longer. Don't worry, your parents will definitely give you the money."

Hu Meilan held Li Jianguo's arm tightly, persuading him anxiously.

"Mom, it's okay. I've already thought about it. Xiaofang's family wants 100 yuan this time, and maybe 200 yuan next time. How will you make it up then? Just think that Xiaofang and I have nothing to do with each other!"

Li Jianguo endured the pain in his heart, forced a smile and said.

"It shouldn't be!"

Hu Meilan said with some hesitation.

"Why not? At the beginning, they said well that as long as our family gave 50 yuan as a dowry, they could marry Xiaofang to me. Then they changed their words and said that they wanted 100 yuan as soon as they received the money. I think their family is purely I don’t want to marry Xiaofang to me.”

Li Jianguo said angrily.

"You really think about it?"

Hu Meilan sighed secretly, and asked worriedly.

"I've made up my mind. I'll go to Xiaofang tomorrow to clarify."

Li Jianguo took a deep breath and said with a bit of pain in his eyes.

He and Luo Xiaofang met when they were going to the market in the city. The first time he saw Luo Xiaofang, he inexplicably fell in love with this shy and well-behaved girl.

Later, they quickly fell in love.

Just when he came to propose marriage full of confidence, the conditions put forward by Luo Xiaofang's family directly poured cold water on him.

The first thing is to give a bride price of 50 yuan, and in addition to paying money and tickets to buy chicken, duck and fish for their family to set up a banquet.

In the end, his family emptied out their wealth and met these requirements. As a result, Luo Xiaofang's parents received the money and tickets, and immediately changed their words and said that they wanted 100 yuan as a bride price.

Although it was only an extra 50 yuan, those bills had already left his family stretched, and he even borrowed them from relatives, but now he really can't get them out.

"His father, do you see?"

Hu Meilan turned her head to look at Li Jinmin with a complicated expression.

"Ugh!"

Li Jinmin waved his hands, sighed, turned around and sat back on the chair, feeling guilty for a while.

It's all because of his incompetence. He drove away his daughter back then, and now he just watched helplessly that his son couldn't marry a wife.

Hu Meilan's lips twitched, and a mist appeared in her eyes unknowingly. Then, she hurriedly turned her head to wipe away the tears secretly.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day soon came.

Li Jianguo didn't sleep all night, tossing and turning, his mind was full of images of being with Luo Xiaofang in the past.

Looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, he only felt gloomy in his heart.

Although he said it easily, but at this moment, he began to hesitate.

Are you really going to divorce?

In the living room, Li Jinmin sat on a chair early, frowning and sullen.

Hu Meilan glanced at Li Jianguo's room worriedly, then couldn't help but look at Li Jinmin, and said in a low voice, "His father!"

Li Jinmin gritted his teeth, stood up, and confessed in a low voice: "You stop the boss first, and I will go to the village to see if I can borrow money."

After speaking, he quickly left the house.

"Ugh!"

Hu Meilan looked at Li Jinmin's back expectantly, then turned her head to look at Li Jianguo's room, shook her head and sighed.

At this time, Xu Lingjun also left the county guest house with Li Xiuzhi and Xu Yiyi, and drove to Hekou Village in a car.

An hour later, they successfully got off the car on the county road outside Hekou Village, and then they could only walk to Hekou Village on foot.

"Ma Ma, how long will it take to arrive?"

Xu Yiyi lay on Li Xiuzhi's shoulder, and asked a little depressed.

"Hurry up, hurry up, turn over the mountain in front of you, and cross the river to arrive."

Li Xiuzhi hurriedly coaxed in a low voice.

When Xu Lingjun heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, and then he began to look back and forth, wanting to see if there was any transportation available.

Unfortunately, after watching for a while, he only saw some people who were also walking, and finally he could only sigh and walked forward silently.

Li Xiuzhi pursed her lips in embarrassment, and then began to introduce the place where she grew up to Xu Lingjun and Xu Yiyi.

In this way, the three of them walked and chatted. After walking for more than half an hour, they finally arrived at the destination of this trip, Hekou Village.

(End of this chapter)