Reborn in the red age

Chapter 183 The children of the Li family all have a destination

When I opened the courtyard door, I saw that father and mother Li were running around the yard with a bamboo stick in one hand and a feather duster in the other.

This situation feels a bit familiar, as if I have seen it two years ago.

The sudden appearance of Qingfeng Li caused the Li family's couple's movements to freeze, and then they continued to chase Li Hongmei all over the yard.

"Third brother, why are you standing there? Why don't you stop me quickly?" Li Youmei, the eldest sister who had been blocking him, shouted quickly when he saw that Qingfeng Li hadn't reacted yet.

At this time, Li Hongmei happened to run to the door and hid behind Qingfeng Li. When he heard the eldest sister's shout, Qingfeng Li quickly put down his luggage and stretched out his arms to block the Li family.

Holding the bamboo stick with one hand and the feather duster with the other, Qingfeng Li tried to persuade her: "Dad, Mom, please tell me if you have anything to say. My little sister is so old this year, how can I beat her like before?"

"Ask her, look at what she did, and whether she should be beaten for what she did." Father Li pointed angrily at Li Hongmei behind Li Qingfeng and said.

Mother Li also stared at Li Hongmei angrily, as if she was going to hit someone if she disagreed.

Seeing the expressions of these two people, Li Qingfeng had a hunch that his little sister might have done something earth-shattering again.

Li Qingfeng grabbed Li Hongmei who wanted to run away when the situation was not good. The eldest sister grabbed Li's father and Li's mother. The Li family stopped entangled in the courtyard and walked towards the house.

Pulling Li Hongmei to sit down at the dining table, Li Qingfeng asked, "Tell me, what did you do again? Why do you make our parents so angry?"

"It's nothing, it's not a big deal, it's just our father and mother who are looking for trouble." There was a loud bang, and before Li Hongmei could finish her words, she was interrupted by Li's father.

I saw Father Li's hand slamming down on the dining table. The angry Father Li stood up from the table, pointed at Li Hongmei's nose and cursed: "It's not a big deal? Then what do you think is a big deal? You are a college student, and you are still a big deal." With a job as good as a teacher, it’s not good for you to fall in love with someone. You fall in love with a street vendor who has no job, and you go to set up a stall with him. Don’t you think it’s embarrassing?”

"I didn't set up a stall when I was at work. I just went to help out during my break. What's the shame? Now that it's open and the country encourages self-employment, I don't think there's anything shameful." Facing the furious Father Li, The younger sister Li Hongmei was not afraid at all and challenged Li's father with a stiff neck.

"I've rebelled against you. I've rebelled against you. Let's see if I don't beat you to death today, you are such an embarrassing thing." Father Li was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and was about to start again.

The two siblings tried to comfort each other again, and finally they were able to calm down again.

Now Li Qingfeng finally understood. It was just that the Li family's parents were dissatisfied with Li Hongmei's new partner. They felt that the man was a small vendor setting up a stall and was not worthy of his daughter. They felt embarrassed.

After comforting the old couple again, and seeing that their emotions were stable, Li Qingfeng said: "Mom and Dad, I understand this matter, and I understand your worries. But now is a new era. , freedom of love, not to mention that all countries allow self-employment, this is also a serious business, as long as the other person is a good person, it doesn’t matter.”

"Nonsense, what is a self-employed person? They are the scum of society. Only those who have no jobs will become self-employed. They are looked down upon. Your sister is a college student. If this news gets out, our whole family will become a joke in the county." Li My father became excited again, slapped the table, stood up and growled at Qingfeng Li.

Li Hongmei, who had just been comforted, stood up from the stool with tears in her eyes when she heard what Li's father said. Without speaking, she covered her mouth and ran out of the house.

"Dad, what you said is too much." Seeing his little sister running out of the house, Li Qingfeng was worried about the girl's safety. After leaving a word, he hurriedly chased her out without any explanation.

Father Li stood up and watched his youngest daughter running out in tears. He licked his lips twice, sighed deeply, sat back on the stool feebly, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it. From now on, I smoke with my head down.

The eldest sister also wanted to chase him out, but seeing her old father in this state, she was worried about his health, so she stayed where she was.

By this time, Mother Li's anger was almost gone. She loved her daughter after all. She muttered that what Father Li just said was too much and she couldn't sit down and talk about it properly.

Qingfeng Li chased him not far before he caught up with Li Hongmei who ran away in anger.

On this cold day, Li Hongmei came out in a hurry. Her head was bare and she didn't wear a hat. Li Qingfeng quickly took off the dog-skin Lei Feng hat sewn by Hu Jiabao and put it on Li Hongmei's head.

After taking measures to keep the little sister's head warm, Qingfeng Li comforted him: "Okay, don't blame our dad. The current social atmosphere is like this. What our dad said just now was unintentional. He is so good-looking and you are not." I don’t know, don’t argue with him.”

Li Hongmei shook her head, said nothing, and just walked towards the roadside with her head down.

Seeing Li Hongmei's condition, Li Qingfeng did not continue to say any words of comfort, but followed her aimlessly along the street.

The winter this year is really cold. There is still wind today. When the small wind blows, the cold wind goes straight into the neck. Suddenly coming from the south where the temperature is more than ten degrees Celsius, Qingfeng Li really can't adapt to it for a while.

When walking around the corner, a young man wearing glasses and a military coat stood up from the corner, walked quickly to Li Hongmei, and asked uneasily: "Hongmei, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, why didn't you go out to the stall?" Li Hongmei said in surprise when she saw the young man jumping out.

"My uncle and aunt just took you away. I don't trust you, so I just want to wait for you to come out."

"Don't worry, it's okay. If you don't go out, you won't go out. It's Chinese New Year, so you can take a day off." At this point, Li Hongmei paused, turned to look at Li Qingfeng, and introduced the identity of the visitor: "Three Brother, this is my classmate Sun Qian, we are from the same university."

Li Qingfeng, who had been observing the two of them from the side, heard that the young man was the younger sister's college classmate, and combined with the conversation just now, he roughly understood the specific reason.

This kid must be the classmate who has been assembling TV sets for Li Hongmei. I didn't realize it, but he is really a love interest.

Because of Li Hongmei, he even quit his assigned job, and shamelessly came to this small county to set up a street stall as a college student. Anyway, from this point of view, this guy is a man.

"Hello, Third Brother, I am Sun Qian, a college classmate of Comrade Li Hongmei." Sun Qian quickly stretched out his hand from his glove and extended his right hand to Li Qingfeng.

Qingfeng Li also took out his hand from his pocket, shook hands with Sun Qian, and said with a smile: "Hello, Sun Qian, I have been friends with you for a long time. You should be the classmate who helped my sister assemble the TV. Bar?"

"Brother, how do you know? I have never told you his name," Li Hongmei said in surprise. Rolling his eyes at Li Hongmei, Li Qingfeng said angrily: "This is not simple. I guessed it from the conversation you just had."

"Oh, that's how it is"

The three of them didn't stay too long on the roadside. It was quite cold outside. Li Qingfeng proposed that he wanted to visit the place where Sun Qian rented. Sun Qian didn't refuse, so the three of them hurried towards the place where Sun Qian rented. go.

Sun Qian's family is a dual-income family. One of the eldest brothers works in the local government. He quit his job, followed Li Hongmei here, and even sacrificed his dignity to make a living by setting up a stall. It is enough to see that this is true love.

Through chatting along the way, Li Qingfeng had a good impression of Sun Qian. He was a good young man.

In a dilapidated small courtyard, Sun Qian opened the door and said sheepishly: "Third brother, I'm sorry, the goods are everywhere in the house and it's a bit messy. Please bear with me."

Qingfeng Li waved his hands nonchalantly and walked into the courtyard, taking in the surroundings of the room.

Indeed, as Sun Qian said, this place is really messy. There are a lot of goods packed in bags piled in the room. It seems that they should be some small commodities coming in from other places.

There is also a workbench in the middle of the room, with an unfinished assembled television set on it.

Sun Qian enthusiastically took the kettle from the coal stove in the room, found an enamel jar, cleaned it briefly, and warmly greeted Li Qingfeng to sit down and drink water.

After thanking him and taking a few sips of hot water to warm his body, Li Qingfeng said: "Sun Qian, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, why don't you go home and take a look?"

"I won't go back, third brother. You also know my situation. I'm angry at home now. Let's wait until next year." Sun Qian said a little embarrassed.

Li Qingfeng did not continue this topic, but chatted with Sun Qian about his stall setting up, and was thinking about how to convince Li's father and Li's mother to bring Sun Qian home for a New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve. , this guy is quite pitiful here alone.

In the evening, Qingfeng Li treated a guest and took the two of them to a dinner at a state-owned hotel in the county. After that, he parted ways with Sun Qian and took Li Hongmei home.

At this time, everyone in the Li family, except for nephews and nieces, was sitting on the sofa in the main room. There was a bench in front of the sofa, which seemed to be reserved for Li Hongmei.

Qingfeng Li did not let his little sister sit over, but asked her to go back to her room first, while Qingfeng Li went over to deal with the three-court trial that the whole family was about to start.

When Li Qingfeng explained their affairs clearly, Li's mother and sister-in-law were more emotional women, and their expressions softened a little.

There was no expression on Boss Li's face, but Father Li muttered a few futile words in a low voice, which made Mother Li roll her eyes.

After all, it was Li's mother who had the final say in the family. Seeing the softened expression on Li's mother's face, Li Qingfeng took advantage of the situation and proposed the idea of ​​inviting Sun Qian to his home for dinner on New Year's Eve.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. He still wants to come home for dinner. If he dares to come, I will beat him out." After Qingfeng Li finished speaking, Li's father jumped out in a hurry, saying that he would never be allowed to come to the house for dinner. .

Regarding this, Li's mother did not refuse on the spot. After thinking for a while, she said that she would discuss it with Li's father in the evening and wait until tomorrow.

Before Li Hongmei's mother and Li's father discussed the outcome, even if the story was temporarily over, the matter of Li Qingfeng began.

We haven't seen each other for more than half a year. Qingfeng Li needs to report to his family about his situation and thoughts in the past six months.

Regarding his own affairs, Qingfeng Li briefly talked about the fact that he had earned a lot of money abroad. Only his mother knew about it. Qingfeng Li did not say much. He just briefly talked about how he taught in a school. things.

As for the Hu family's request to meet, Li Qingfeng didn't talk about it for the time being. He would talk about it after the family had finished discussing Li Hongmei's matter.

Next is the time to distribute gifts. Whatever the Hu family has, the Li family must have.

The sister-in-law was very excited when she received the imported ladies' watch. She took the Longines watch box and looked over it over and over, saying that it was a waste of money.

After a night of discussion, when we had dinner the next morning, we didn’t know what the old couple had talked about in the house last night. Father Li, who had firmly disagreed last night, acquiesced in the morning to Sun Qian coming to the house for dinner tonight. things.

Seeing that things had turned around, Li Hongmei stopped eating breakfast. After talking to her family, she picked up her satchel and ran out in a hurry.

Looking at the girl's hurried back, Li Qingfeng shook his head. The matter was not that simple. Even if Li's mother asked Sun Qian to come to the house for dinner, it did not mean that she agreed with them.

The family had lunch and while clearing away the dishes, Mother Li suddenly said: "I forgot to tell you yesterday. Your eldest sister's partner came to our house last month to propose marriage. They waited until the first lunar month and they were in the provincial capital. If you get married, can you come back then?"

"My eldest sister is getting married. Of course I will come back. When the time comes, you can tell me and I will take leave from school and come back."

Li Qingfeng was not surprised that his eldest sister was getting married after the Chinese New Year. You must know that she was two years older than Li Qingfeng. She would be twenty-seven after the Chinese New Year. Not to mention in this era, it would be standard even for future generations. It is normal for older young women to rush to get married after having a boyfriend.

After saying that, Qingfeng Li thought of something. He looked up at the embarrassed eldest sister and asked, "By the way, eldest sister, you are getting married. What will happen to the wedding room? Can the company allocate a house to you?"

"There is a small dormitory in their unit, and he will live alone for the time being. We plan to make a living there first. It is estimated that we will be able to get a house next year and then move out," the eldest sister said honestly.

"No, no, how can we get married in the dormitory? He lives alone now, what if someone else moves in? Have you considered this issue enough? What will you do then? Are you separated?" I heard that the eldest sister is getting married in the dormitory. Li Qingfeng shook his head and gave his own suggestion: "Let's find a way to buy a house in the provincial capital. If the money is not enough, I can help you advance it first, and then pay me back when you have money."

The eldest sister is a good eldest sister and treats her very well. She can ignore other things. Marriage is a major event in her life and she cannot be wronged.

(End of this chapter)