Chronicles of the Modern Empress Dowager

When people grow up and mature, they will come to understand a truth. The so-called marriage is not only a matter of two people, but love will eventually lose to the cruel reality.

Li Jianping got on the bus returning to the city. He leaned against the window, staring at the scenery passing by in a daze. For the first time, he was a deserter. He was a cowardly person in front of his emotions. Perhaps in this emotional chase, he was always the one being chased. From the beginning to the end, he did not completely like the woman. The feelings for Wang Yulan only stayed at the stage of not disgusting.

But he did not regret walking this way.

When the car arrived, Li Jianping looked at his watch. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon. He went to buy a few bottles of beer, cut two catties of braised pig ears from the deli, and bought two catties of five-spice boiled peanuts. Carry these things and go home.

Li Minghua and his wife have already returned. Seeing that his son came back so late, Li Minghua was a little unhappy: "I called home three times, and you are not there. Where can you go?"

Li Jianping was relieved long ago, and there was peace between his eyes.

"I went out for something, what is my dad looking for?"

"Rongtong’s boss gave you a treat. I told you about it yesterday, so you ran to be cool."

Li Jianping has been thinking about Wang Yulan's affairs in his heart these days, but the others have not taken it to heart. Rongtong is a wholesaler of drinks and their drinks are all dependent on others. Such business contacts need to be well maintained.

If his father is angry, Li Jianping can hide as soon as he can, and dare not provoke him again.

Li Wei knew that her eldest brother had been here for most of the day before he came back. Mostly, he went to Yongning to find Yulan, and he didn't know how the conversation between the two ended up. She knocked on the door again.

Soon Li Jianping came to open the door, and Li Wei saw a table of peanut shells and empty wine bottles on the ground.

"Big brother has a good day."

"Come on, you can drink with me." Li Jianping bit open the cap of a wine bottle with his teeth and handed her a full bottle of wine.

Li Wei waved his hand and said, "I can't drink this, you don't know."

"It's better to learn to drink some wine, otherwise what should you do if you go out to socialize in the future?"

"They said that drinking too much beer makes it easy to get fat, and I really don't like that taste."

Li Jianping pursed his lips and smiled: "You also know that you love to be beautiful, and you start to worry about your figure."

"It's not good to be obese. It is said that people will be disgusted when looking for a job in the future." Although Li Wei doesn't drink, he goes to grab the peanuts on the table. Ordinary boiled peanuts, when boiled with cinnamon, bay leaves, star anise, etc., naturally have a fragrance. Simple dishes that go with wine have always been popular with everyone, and they are also deeply loved by Li Wei.

"Next year you will be admitted to college, right? Have you thought about where to go to school?"

"From the Jiangnan area." Li Wei felt that Jiangnan's words might be closer to Zhao Qian, and it didn't take so much effort to find him.

"Jiangnan? That's really far away. I'm afraid I can only come back during the winter and summer vacations. So far away, no relatives and friends are watching you, I'm afraid that the family will not worry about you."

Li smiled and said, "Whoever wants to take care of, I am already an adult, taking care of myself."

"What major do you want to study and what do you plan to do in the future?" This is probably the first time Li Jianping cares about his sister's future.

"I, I might try my best to host the broadcast. I have had some experience on stage, and the school broadcast has been hosting for such a long time. I think this line is okay."

Li Jianping hurriedly said, "Do you want to be on TV?"

Li smiled and said: "Not necessarily, what if I went to the radio station? Actually, I didn't know what I was going to do before, and then I slowly got a direction."

"Will you come back to that house?"

"Isn't there a big brother at home."

Li Jianping drank the remaining half-bottle of beer all at once. He furrowed his brows deeply, seemingly unwilling to say, "Wei Wei, Jianbo has gone away, and you are going away again. Just leave the eldest brother here alone? Actually, I really want to. Get out."

Li Wei looked at her elder brother in surprise, and said, "But the family business still cannot do without elder brother."

"This bit of business in our family is nothing. I haven't seen the world, and I always feel that my vision is not broad enough." Wang Yulan's incident was quite touched by Li Jianping.

"Brother, if you leave too, can parents leave this stall to work? Dad doesn't do much business in a day now, drinking and smoking account for more than half, and Mom can't recognize the character, except for good cooking skills. I don’t have any business savvy, and I still have to rely on my big brother to support this family.

Li Jianping smiled bitterly: "I just said casually, where can I go out now. The business hasn't been done yet, and it's far from when I'm the shopkeeper. I'm the eldest brother at home. You will come back often. Me and my parents are enough."

Li Wei sat with Li Jianping for a while. The siblings talked about each other, but Li Jianping did not tell Li Wei the result of his meeting with Wang Yulan. The previous unwillingness is all relieved at this moment.

The hot pot restaurant opened again the next day, Liu Liang was still celebrating the New Year in Changle, and Wang Yulan also left. There were originally two helpers. One had already indicated that he did not want to come again, and only one remained. When I get busy, there is not enough manpower. Li Wei naturally got help from the store.

On the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Lin Haishu’s family brought a group of friends to the restaurant for dinner, a total of eleven people. The shop suddenly became very lively. Li Wei was also busy because of this.

Li Jianping whispered to Li Wei behind; "Your friend is really interesting. There are a few groups of people here. You pour me a glass of wine, and I will toast them."

Li Wei nodded and agreed, and hurriedly fetched a glass and poured half a glass of wine. Li Jianping pulled his sister up, and the siblings entered the big box.

Li Jianping and Li Wei came to the box. Li Jianping held up a wine glass and said, "I would like to thank you all for coming to the store to take care of the business. I wish you all a happy New Year and all the best!"

Lin Haishu's dad stood up right now. He invited this meal. He smiled and said, "The boss is also in a prosperous Chinese New Year, and business is booming."

All present here toasted, and even Lin Haishu also held a glass. At the moment someone discovered that Li Wei was empty-handed, and someone immediately asked Li Wei to pour the wine.

Lin Haishu smiled and found the cup to help Li Wei pour it, and was the first to clink glasses with her: "Happy New Year!"

Li Wei was startled, and hurriedly said: "You are satisfied."

Everyone wishes the New Year, and hope to have great luck in the coming year!

"This girl looks a little familiar, I always think where I have seen it?" It was a middle-aged woman who had not taken off her gray coat, not Lin Haishu's mother.

Li smiled and said, "Perhaps I have seen it somewhere."

Lin Haishu whispered a few words in the woman's ear. The woman woke up like a dream: "I mean I saw it somewhere, I saw it on TV."

At the moment, some people guessed that Li Wei was a star. Later, I realized that she had only played a few times to host the county party. It seemed that she had a little impression.

Looking back, Li Wei sincerely thanked Lin Haishu: "You are really loyal. This is the first time I have taken care of our family's business."

Lin Haishu smiled and said, "My mother said that your home tastes good. After eating yours, other homes always think it tastes wrong."