A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 59
After confirming with his uncle's family, Li Xiang finalized the time to get the tickets with them.

Ask them to come and get the tickets in half a month.

Neither the father nor the son had a good sleep last night, and they thought there was no chance of anything happening.

I never thought that there would be a time in my life when I would ask for help.

The result was a turn of events, which made them overjoyed. Before leaving, they took Li Xiang's hand and thanked him repeatedly.

Is it hard to get a bicycle ticket?
You have to divide people.

Some people have searched all the networks, but they may not be able to find one.

Some people can easily take out one, and Li Xiang is the latter.

Of course, he didn't want to use the relationship between classmates and friends. The tickets obtained in this way were not only a favor, but the cost was not much cheaper than the black market.

Li Xiang could easily agree to his uncle's request because he already had a bicycle ticket in his space.

And it appears much earlier than the watch.

If Li Xiang hadn't had the money and no reason to use it, this ticket wouldn't have been kept until now.

Moreover, he also deliberately decided to give out the tickets two weeks later. Firstly, he did not want the uncle's family to think that the tickets were easy to come by. Secondly, he took advantage of the Chinese New Year to buy a new car with the tickets. This year would also make his life happier, wouldn't it? .

Sure enough, the uncle and second cousin received the bicycle tickets two weeks later, which was a huge thank you.

After Li Xiang only charged them fifty for the ticket, the uncle even more ashamedly pointed at the two sacks of things he carried again and said that he had brought too little.

This time the uncle's family brought two bags of grain, one bag of sweet potatoes and one bag of corn cobs.

In order to make it look like there are many, they are put in whole. It looks like a lot, but actually it's not bad.

Uncle Li had some tricks up his sleeve, but there was really nothing he could do about it. The last time he came here, all the food that could be used at home had been brought over.

This time they were dealing with the family's food rations, so they could only make a fool of themselves.

But Mother Li unexpectedly insisted this time and refused to accept it, asking her uncle and the others to take it back.

"I brought the belt with me, how can I take it back? Sister-in-law, aren't you going to poke my spine!" Uncle Li said he was unwilling to take it back.

"His uncle, he already brought enough things last time. How can I ask for your things again? We are not from a wealthy family, so why don't we live a good life at home?" Mother Li sincerely advised.

"We have enough food at home. How can we starve to death if we live on the ground and the mountains? If we go to the mountains for a rowing trip, we will have everything." Uncle Li insisted.

Uncle Li was determined not to take her back, and no matter how hard Mother Li tried to persuade her, she just wouldn't listen.

Later, there was no way to do anything. Li Xiang sat aside and watched the elders coming and going.

I gave Mother Li an idea in private. Since the uncle was unwilling to carry what he had brought back, we would prepare separate gifts.

Just prepare some things they need that are rare in rural areas.

Li's mother thought about it, so she sent Li Xiang out and ran to the department store.

Then I combined some of the things I had saved at home to put together a return gift.

In a small cloth bag, Mother Li put two boxes of cigarettes, a box of soap, half a dozen matches, half a catty of fruit candies, and finally a rag tiger doll for the grandnephew she had never seen before.No matter how much the uncle refused this gift, Li's mother refused to give in and insisted on him taking it back.

Mother Li said to him: "These things are not just return gifts, there are things that need help from his family."

It's like giving Uncle Li a step down.

The uncle quickly asked what it was, and as long as it was something they could do, they would take care of it.

"The eldest uncle in this family has also seen it. There are only two boxes that can store things in the house. Now that the children are older, more and more things have been added to the house. I think I still need to add another one. A cabinet and a table will do. We have everything in this city, but they are all expensive. Not to mention that they require tickets. It is difficult to get so many tickets in a short time. I thought it would be better to find them in the countryside. The carpenter made it to order."

"That's the truth. Then I'll find Li Laosan when I get back. It just so happens that Erhai needs to buy some furniture when he gets married, so he happens to have it all wrapped up. Don't worry, I'll let him use the best materials, and I guarantee that he will use them a few times." It won’t be a problem for ten years.” The uncle agreed without saying a word.

Mother Li was very happy to see that something she had been thinking about for a long time was solved so easily. She quickly asked her uncle to calculate how much it would cost, and she paid in advance.

"Don't worry about this. I'll wait until I go back and finish the calculation with Li Laosan. We don't just buy one or two, he will definitely give us a discount."

Mother Li nodded in agreement. She was in a good mood. While eating, she stuffed another bottle of Fenjiu that Li Xiang had brought back into her cloth bag.

In the end, Uncle Li had enough to eat and drink at Li's house, took his bicycle ticket and a gift in return, and took his second cousin away with satisfaction.

After they left, Li Xiang, under the instruction of his mother, poured out the grain from the sacks and prepared to rearrange it and store it in the cellar.

When the corn cob fell to the end and a bundle of gray homespun cloth fell out, the mother and son looked at each other.

After a while, Mother Li measured the size of the homespun cloth and then said to him: "It's enough to make you a coat. Your uncle probably brought it here because he saw the patch on your clothes that day."

Li Xiang felt a little depressed, and asked his mother: "Where did they get these cloths? I see that the uncles themselves are all covered in patches."

Mother Li folded the fabric neatly again and explained: "There is a collective loom in the brigade, and some people also have it at home. I don't know if they bought it in the brigade or woven it themselves, but it is all their intention. .”

Li Xiang felt a little uncomfortable. While sorting the food, he said to his mother: "Don't use your second cousin's share. I am the groom's official. You can't let your second cousin wear patched clothes on the wedding day."

"Ouch~ If you say that, I'm afraid it's really possible. Either don't touch the cloth for now and let them take it back next time." Mother Li felt a little uncomfortable when she heard her eldest son's guess.

Li Xiang thought for a moment and then calculated the time when his second cousin would get married.

He shook his head to Mother Li and said, "No need. When the time comes, my second cousin will really have no new clothes to get married. I will find some good fabrics for him. These are the wishes of the uncle's family. If we really want to go back, they won't be able to get married." Comfortable."

Mother Li said happily: "Okay, I'll listen to you. I think this local fabric is quite good. I just have enough cotton at home. Mom will make you a new cotton-padded jacket."

Li Xiang had no objection to this. He said that as long as Li's mother was happy, it would be fine.

At this time, Uncle Li on the road found that the weight of the cloth bag was different from the beginning.

When he opened it, he found that there was a bottle of liquor inside. Although his second cousin had dropped out of junior high school, he still recognized the writing on the bottle.

I know this is a good bottle of wine and the price is not cheap.

After he told Uncle Li the name and price of the wine.

Their thoughts were consistent with the Li family's idea of ​​getting the homespun cloth.

This family of relatives can get along well!
(End of this chapter)