A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 393 Fulfilling wishes
After listening to Little Brother Li's request, the three people in the room were a little unresponsive for a moment.

Li's mother and eldest sister had never heard of it.

Qiu Fanghua seemed to have some vague memories, but she couldn't think of it now.

"Oh, forget it if mom and eldest sister don't know. Sister-in-law, how could you not know? It's the string hanging on the back, with one hand pressing and pressing on it, and the other hand plucking and plucking on the strings below."

As Li was talking, he saw his sister-in-law's eyes becoming more and more confused.

He anxiously began to demonstrate directly in front of her.

"Oh~ I remembered, it turns out this is called a guitar." After his demonstration, Qiu Fanghua suddenly realized.

She explained to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law who didn't know what was going on: "The little brother is talking about a Western musical instrument that is hung on the body and played."

Then Qiu Fang looked at Little Brother Li strangely and asked, "Isn't this thing available in the store?"

"If there were, I wouldn't bother you and my brother anymore. I can't help but run through every store in Bj City, big and small, and I didn't even see a single one." Li Xiaodi wondered. replied.

“Ever since that time, I have been obsessed with wanting a guitar. From that time on, I started working hard to save money, for fear of not having enough money, but it turned out that I had saved a lot of money, but I had no place to buy it. "

Even if Qiu Fanghua wanted to help Little Brother Li, as her eldest sister said, she didn't have it at home.

After being reminded by the letter, he also thought about it and wanted to take this opportunity to go in and do some shopping.

"This one is from the West. We don't have it in the stores here. Do we have to go to the Friendship Store?" Mother Li thought for help.

He had heard before that there were many good things in the Friendship Store.

"Hey~ didn't my brother take me to see the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe's performance last year? That's where I saw it." Li Xiaodi confessed honestly.

After he received a letter from Qiu Fanghua, he learned that Li Xiaodi wanted a guitar.

After listening to the direction pointed out by his mother, Li Xiaodi slapped his thigh. He didn't expect it.

The younger son has just said that he has already saved the money to buy the guitar, so how to spend the money, as long as it does not break the law, Li's mother will not raise objections.

I don’t have any foreign exchange certificates at home, but Li Xiang does.

Yes, their family didn't have foreign exchange coupons, so Li Xiaodi's shoulders immediately dropped.

He actually went to major stores to browse. After discovering that there were no internal stores, he moved to the Friendship Store in Shanghai.

"Where did you see the one that made you think about it?" The eldest sister joined in the question.

For ordinary people, let alone going to the store to buy things, it is difficult to even go in and take a look.

Although foreign exchange coupons are required for on-site consumption, the entry requirement is not just foreign exchange coupons, but a passport.

The Friendship Store that Li's mother refers to is a store that serves foreign guests and overseas Chinese. The goods in it can only be purchased with foreign exchange coupons.

When it comes to rare items in a store, who can find them rarer than the Friendship Store?

I've heard it a long time ago. Everything you need is there, but it's not available. As long as you ask for it, they will try their best to get it for you.

If a few days later, Li Xiang could tell them responsibly, in fact, even if there was one, it would be useless, because the Friendship Store at this time was more strict than in the 1980s and 1990s.

Not only did she not raise any objections, she also helped her younger son find a solution.

"Our family has foreign exchange coupons, are you so excited?" The eldest sister broke through Li Xiaodi's fantasy.

It's a pity that he died before leaving the army. Without a passport, he was not even allowed to enter the gate.

Forget about secret operations, there is no chance at all, people are not in the same system as you.

Even if you find someone to trust you later and let you in for a while, you will still dare to let go and make random purchases. Who you are, who got in, and what you bought are all under the eyes of others.

If it's just for the few things you buy, the favors alone will cost more than the price, and it's really not worth the gain.

But in the end, Li Xiang and Qiu Fanghua, brother and sister-in-law, thought of his hard work in raising children, and still found a way to fulfill Li's wish.

Didn’t Li Xiaodi see it in the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe? Then we should find a solution with the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe.

The guitars we are talking about in the dance troupe were imported in the 1960s in the name of studying Western musical instruments.

The number entered at that time was not large, only five.

Theoretically, there is no extra quantity for Li Xiang to have room to exert.

But who would have encountered a special period? People in the dance troupe who went to study and re-educate due to various reasons accounted for more than half of the places in the dance troupe.

There were four guitars that had owners, but four were vacant.

It happened that Qiu Fanghua's childhood friend Shen Hong, her aunt's cousin was assigned to a song and dance troupe to work as a supporter in her early years.

With her help, I repaid a used piano, and Li Xiang spent money to buy it back.

The couple looked at Little Brother Li as if he had found a treasure, and Li Xiang asked him with a smile: "Do you really like it so much?"

"Of course. Have you ever seen me live with such perseverance? I have been saving money for almost two years, and look what this is." Li Xiaodi took out a tattered guitar book from his arms. Piano score.

"Hey, you have this too, where did it come from?" Li Xiang took it and looked through it.

Despite the tattered cover, most of the music scores inside are intact.

"Where else could it come from? It's a scrap station. I'm telling you, I smelled bad when I got home for a while." She knew her son better than her mother, and Mother Li didn't give Little Brother Li a chance to show off.

Li Xiaodi was not upset when the truth was exposed.

He explained to his family with a smile: "Originally, the scrapyard was not that dirty, but some people like to be mischievous, as if those books had a grudge against them. Not only was it not enough to tear them up and stomp them on the ground, they also had to urinate on them. "

Everyone was not surprised after hearing what Little Brother Li said.

Earlier, you either lit a fire or cut it into thin pieces with scissors.

Although the tense situation has eased now, there are still people among them who like to cause trouble, as if the nutrients for their growth must be derived from destruction.

Little Brother Li followed the notes on the music score and played stumblingly.

Just liking it doesn't mean you have talent. Even if you play it for a long time, you still don't have the right tune.

In addition to Li Xiang and Qiu Fanghua, the whole family, Li's mother and eldest sister looked at the confident expression on Li's face, and couldn't help but wonder whether this piece of music was so ugly in the first place, or whether Li didn't play it well enough.

In this confusion, after the song was finished, Li Xiaodi let go of his hand with satisfaction.

He said confidently: "My hands are still a little raw. It should be better if I get more familiar with it a few times."

Seeing the certainty in his tone, Li's mother and eldest sister were about to believe his lies.

Qiu Fanghua, who had seen guitar masters play before, couldn't stand it anymore.

She poked Li Xiang's arm.

Li Xiang couldn't help but laugh and took the guitar, just in time for his family to appreciate what good guitar music is.

Under his performance, a beautiful childhood song was performed.

(End of this chapter)