Reborn in 1987: The Story of an Abandoned Girl

Chapter 26 shanghai brand female mechanical watch

The next day, before dawn, many hardworking people in the village got up to work in the fields, mainly because it was too hot in summer. They would rather get up early to work and rest at home for a while at noon.

Li Haitang also went to the li family early to get her bicycle. On the way, she met several villagers. They knew that she was going to town to buy vegetables, and asked her to bring back two kilograms of meat. Harvesting rice is a very difficult task, and only after eating it can one have the strength to work.

Li Haitang responded and quickly pedaled his bicycle to town. Today was the day of the market, and all kinds of things were sold. In addition to bringing them to others, she bought four jin of meat, three jin of ribs, one jin of pork liver, one big stick bone, and also bought a big grass fish, one jin of dried tofu, and one jin of lotus root, which almost made the big reunion that Li Jianguo gave him.

She bought a lot of food, and there was no refrigerator at home. She had to bag the extra food and put it in the well bucket, then put the bucket in the cellar to keep it cold. After doing all this, she had to sigh: "The wisdom of the working people is really infinite."

The li family had a coal stove and a honeycomb briquette at home. Li Haitang skillfully lit the coal fire, filled the kettle with well water and put it on the coal stove to boil water. Then he found a basket in the kitchen and went to the field to pick a basket full of vegetables. There were chilies, beans, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers and so on.

Li Haitang couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the well-grown dishes, "Without Deng Wenfang and Li Ting, who only eat rice worms that don't work, the father and son had a good life at home. The vegetables in the field were growing well, and the rice harvest in the field looked good. After going through the toughest period of time, they would have a good life in the future."

When she got home, she washed all the dishes she had to cook for lunch, and the meat was also cut and marinated with salt and other spices. After the water was boiled, it was poured into a white porcelain kettle to cool down and a pot of well water was poured to continue to burn.

Li Haitang brought two pots of tea to the side of the field and saw that there were a lot of people in the field. The li family's second uncle and his wife had two daughters and a son, the li family's third uncle and his wife had one son and a daughter, and a neighbor couple, together with Li Jianguo and his son, a total of 13 people. With so many people working together, it was very fast and nearly an acre of land was harvested in half the morning.

No one else expected that Li Haitang, who had already broken off his relationship, would take the initiative to help out. Everyone looked a little strange, especially the two aunts of the li family.

Li Haitang pretended not to see them. She didn't like these two aunts. They were the same as Li Jianhong. Every time Li Jianhong came back, he fought to make things look bad for the owner in order to get something good. Such a person, she did not want to pay attention to, and did not want to have any intersection, put the two teapots on the edge of the field, said hello to Li Tao and went back to cook.

The lunch portion was quite enough, so many people could only sit at two tables. The dishes on both tables were the same, braised pork liver, dried meat, braised fish, big stick bone stewed lotus root soup, stir-fried beans, tomato with sugar, and cold cucumber.

Half of the children were starving and exhausted, and they snatched their food. The adults did not snatch it, but they ate quickly, and the meat and vegetables in the bowl were soon gone.

Li Haitang's food was delicious, even with the simplest spices such as oil, salt, and chili. Li Tao sat on the same bench as her, picking out the fishbone and saying, "Next time you teach me to cook the fish, I will only cook it in water, not braised. I think it tastes better."

Li Haitang nodded and said, "Okay."

After lunch, everyone went back to their own lunch break. After Li Haitang cleaned the dishes, she went to the sunning farm to help them dry the grain. Around three o' clock, they went to work in the fields again. She also went to prepare dinner for the night.

In two days, four acres of land had been harvested and everyone was exhausted. Although Li Haitang didn't go to the fields, he did a lot of work and didn't go home until 8 pm every day to rest.

The most tiring was Li Jianguo, who had to bask in the sun after the rice was taken back. He had to carry thousands of kilograms of grain back and forth by himself. His shoulders had worn a layer of skin, and his already dark skin had turned a little darker. Working in the granary was hard, too. After three days off, he went back to work, and the fields at home were plowed.

After the fields were plowed, Li Haitang and Li Tao, who were two and a half years old, went to plant the seedlings. The children of poor families took charge early. Although the seedlings were not planted neatly, they could still survive.

A week later, the farm work at home was finally finished. Li Haitang was so tired that he was almost paralyzed and lay in bed for a whole day before he recovered.

On the 25th of july of this year, Li Haitang received a letter from a successful contribution of a martial arts novel at home. When he saw the reward "One point five per word," the corner of his mouth twitched violently. Isn't this fifteen yuan per thousand words? The kung fu novel in her hand was expected to end in 400,000 words. At this rate, the cost of writing this novel was 6,000 yuan, which was a great fortune.

After reading the rest of the letter, she learned that the novel had already begun to be published. The 30,000 words she had sent were only enough to last for ten days. The chief editor urged her to send the manuscript to her as soon as possible.

Li Haitang laughed excitedly at home, changed his clothes immediately, put the 150,000 manuscripts that he had already packed into his schoolbag, and rushed to the town post office in high spirits under the scorching sun.

There was no need to put a stamp on her contribution to the newspaper. It was not the first time that the aunt in charge of receiving and receiving letters in the post office had seen Li Haitang. Seeing her deliver such a thick manuscript this time, she couldn't help but chat with her and ask which newspaper her novel was published in.

Of course, Li Haitang would not hide it. It was a glorious thing. The more people knew, the better. She took the initiative to buy a copy of the newspaper that published her poem and novel for this aunt, and humbly asked her aunt to give her some good advice.

The little girl spoke modestly, looked beautiful, did well in her studies, was polite and obedient, and was "The child of another family." The aunt who got the benefit was naturally happy to accompany her modesty.

After mailing the manuscript, Li Haitang went to collect the fee. Four hundred and fifty dollars, plus three hundred for poetry, one hundred and fifty for the rest of the school's rewards, and some loose money for her own bracelets. More than nine hundred dollars on her body, she felt insecure. Li Haitang felt it was time to get a bank card.

If he wanted to do it, Li Haitang went to the county town by car the next day. He found the bank that had already opened the unionpay service and got a bank card. He also deposited most of the money into the bank.

During the days when she helped to cut in the fields at home, Wang Li and his brother came to the county and bought an electronic watch that she had been thinking about for a long time. Li Haitang also wanted to buy an electronic watch before, but now that she was rich, she planned to buy an old shanghai brand female mechanical watch.

After wandering around the county for most of the time, he finally walked into the most high-end market in the county and spent 116 yuan to buy the watch, then quickly left under the scorching gaze of the salesperson.

When he got home, Li Haitang delivered the shoes that Li Jianguo and his son had bought in the county and had to show off his watch in front of Li Tao. He was so angry that he gnashed his teeth for a long time.

Teasing a kid to play is a very interesting thing. Li Haitang likes to tease Li Tao very much now. Every time she sees him jump in anger, she is especially happy. After she is happy, she pats him on the shoulder and promises, "If you get the top five in class in the final exam last semester of the first year of junior high school, I will send you an electronic watch."

"Really?" Li Tao jumped up excitedly. Although the electronic watch was not as good as the mechanical watch, it was also a rare good thing.

Li Haitang said coldly, "Forget it if you don't believe me. Just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Believe, believe, believe, I believe you. For your electronic watch, I promise to come out in the top five." Li Tao patted his chest and assured him that he was now under her influence and began to like reading. He knew that there was only one way out, and he was going to go out in the future.

For the next month, Li Haitang devoted himself to the first draft of a martial arts novel. He finished it on august 20 and mailed it to the newspaper that afternoon.

On the 1st of september, there was a five-day military training before the start of school. She had to arrive at the school before the 25th of august, so she decided to leave for tan city on the 23rd.

In the next three days, she went to the wang family to play for a day, and chatted with Wang Li in the house for most of the day. Finally, she asked her to visit Mr. Tang's house the next day, and Wang Li naturally agreed.

Mr. Tang's family lived in the town, and her lover was an official in the town government. She had assigned units and houses, and the family conditions were not bad.

When Li Haitang and wang li came to visit with gifts, Mr. Tang was at home studying for his niece. When they saw two proud students coming, they immediately welcomed them into the house for tea.

During this summer vacation, Mr. Tang had naturally heard of Li Haitang's contribution to the news agency, but she had never met her, so she didn't know the details. Now that she was chatting here, she asked, "Li Haitang, I heard you contributed to the news agency to make money. How's the situation now?"

Li Haitang smiled and said, "Not bad. Six poems have been published in the poetry magazine, and a 400,000 word martial arts novel is finished."

"Oh, my gosh, you did a good job this summer. Tell the teacher which newspaper your work is published in. I'll go and take a look now." Mr. Tang said with a smile.

Li Haitang told her the names of the two newspapers, and Mr. Tang immediately got up and went to the study to look for them. In a short while, she took out all the newspapers for the past two months. She had read them and had some understanding of the works published on them.

After receiving Li Haitang's hint, Mr. Tang read her work again and praised with joy, "It's very good, especially these poems. The teacher was still thinking about the boundless future of this middle school student author. He didn't expect it to be you. You really opened his eyes to the teacher today."

Li Haitang smiled modestly. She really cheated.

Wang Li held his chin in both hands and looked at Li Haitang's side face with admiration. He pouted and said, "Mr. Tang, you don't know. When haitang told me that she wrote these poems, I didn't react for a long time. Not long after, she came to tell me that she had written a martial arts novel and published it in the newspaper. She asked me to read it and give her some advice. I was confused again. I look up and down now and she doesn't look like a person. She looks like a god."

Li Haitang rolled his eyes and knocked her on the head.

"Hehe... Hehe..." Mr. Tang covered his mouth and smiled. The two children were really interesting.

The two of them stayed at Mr. Tang's house to accompany her for lunch before leaving. On the way, they said goodbye to wang li reluctantly, then went to the market to buy a large bag of meat dishes and took them directly to the li's house.