Reborn in 1987: The Story of an Abandoned Girl

Chapter 37 purchase of new year's goods

The next day, she woke up naturally. After washing her hot face, she wrapped herself in a thick scarf, hat, gloves, and small leather shoes and went to the li family for breakfast.

When she went over, Li Tao had cooked sweet potato porridge, boiled eggs, and some leftovers from yesterday. During breakfast, Li Haitang asked, "It's twenty-nine today. Have you bought the new year's goods?"

Li Tao was stunned. He obviously didn't have the concept of buying new year's goods in his mind, so he turned his head to his father.

"Only two barrels of oil and two bottles of wine have been distributed in the granary this year. The melon seeds and peanuts for chinese new year's eve will be bought at the village snack bar later. Today, your uncle lin's family will kill the new year pig. Later, go and weigh some meat. There are also two dry ponds. Go and buy some fish." In the past, all these things were handled by Deng Wenfang. Li Jianguo did not manage them, but now it seems a little strange.

Li Tao weakly reminded him, "Dad, you should kill a chicken for the new year's eve. It's for god's sacrifice before the new year's eve dinner." He remembered what his mother had said before.

Li Jianguo really didn't think of this before, nodded his head and said, "Yes, it's to kill chicken and duck. I'll go to your third uncle's house later to buy a duck. You two go buy meat and fish together. Come back."

"Okay." The two sisters quickly finished their breakfast and went shopping.

They first went to the village snack bar, where many people were chatting and chatting. When they saw the two sisters coming to buy things, someone asked curiously, "Haitang, did you spend the new year alone this year or with your father and son?"

Li Haitang smiled lightly, "I didn't spend much time at home, and nothing was prepared at home. I'll spend the new year with my dad and his family this year."

The man chuckled and said, "That's fine. You study outside, buy new clothes and shoes for your father and brother, send money back, and have a few meals together for the new year."

There was a man in the li family village who worked in the post office. Naturally, Li Haitang could not hide the fact that he mailed things and money to the father and son. Many people secretly said that Deng Wenfang was a fool, or that the silent Li Jianguo was smart and knew how to look at people.

Li Haitang smiled and bought a lot of fireworks for the children in the snack bar. He also bought a pack of cigarettes for the men and a pack of candy for the women. She knew the basics of human decency. These things didn't cost much and were good enough to gain a good impression.

No, she quickly broke up with them and spent half an hour in the snack bar. There was still a cry of pigs from afar to remind her that she still had business to do. She then said goodbye to them, "Auntie Uncle, auntie uncle, our family hasn't bought any new year's fish yet. Uncle yuanlin's family is killing pigs. I have to go over and weigh the meat. I'll go and pay new year's greetings to everyone in two days."

"Hehe, okay, come over when you have time." One of the aunts who kept asking her questions smiled.

As soon as the two of them left, a group of people sitting around the fire continued to say, "This child is becoming more and more like her mother Li Xiaoqin. She looks 70 % similar, but she is taller than her mother. I don't know if Li Xiaoqin will regret abandoning this daughter after that."

"Her academic performance is so good that she will definitely be a proper famous college student in the future. If Li Xiaoqin knew, he would definitely regret it."

"That's right, famous college students can definitely find a very decent job after graduation. The man Li Xiaoqin married seems to be a businessman. Although he has money, he is still a bit short of speaking."

"The stupidest one is Deng Wenfang. He made a fool of himself, and now that he's divorced and brought Li Ting back to his mother's house, life must be tough. At such an old age and with such an old daughter, it might not be easy to remarry. When we were here, Li Jianguo worked alone to earn money. The two of them crossed their legs and played every day. It was a blessing in disguise."

"None of her family is a good person. Each of her sisters-in-law is getting better and better. She and her daughter will definitely have a hard time when they go back. But his brother's family is doing well. It shouldn't be a problem to help them in a short time. It won't be possible in a long time."

"A good family is broken up by her. She can't blame anyone. She deserves it."

"...

Li Haitang and Li Tao went home with several bags of things, and then rushed to uncle lin's house to buy meat. When they arrived, the pig had just been slaughtered, and the people who wanted to weigh the meat for the new year were watching.

Li Haitang and Li Tao went over to greet the elders and stood by to watch the butcher clean up the pig's fur.

Li Yongchun, who copied her answers during the middle school examination, was Uncle yuan lin's son. He did go to a better technical secondary school. It was winter break, and he came back. He brought Li Haitang a cup of hot tea and chatted, "Li Haitang, when did you come back?"

"I came back yesterday afternoon. What about you?" Li Haitang raised his eyebrows and found that this guy had grown a lot, and now he was at least 1.75 meters tall.

"Our technical secondary school has an early holiday. It's almost twenty days since we came back." Li Yongchun touched the back of his head and his ears reddened slightly. How could he not have noticed that Li Haitang was so good-looking that she was a little prettier than their school belle, especially when she was dressed up like this? She had the clean and refined air of a novel.

Li Haitang did not see anything unusual about him. He put his hands in his pockets to keep warm and casually talked to him. "What did you study at school? How many years?"

"Four years, major in mechanical manufacturing."

Li Haitang's eyes lit up and he smiled, "You have a good major and a good future. After four years, the country assigned jobs and got the iron rice bowl."

"Hehe, no matter how good it is, it can't compare to you, a would-be famous college student." Li Yongchun had heard of the reputation of the tan city One middle. With Li Haitang's grades, he would definitely be able to get into college.

"Not necessarily. Now that the country's economy is developing very fast, there is a great demand for professional talents in the machinery industry. If you settle down and work hard in your unit for a few years, you will be promoted very quickly." Over the next few years, skilled workers will be extremely popular in the workplace, bright and lively, and there will be plenty of people who can make it through a few years.

Li Yongchun grinned and said, "It's still early to say that. It's still three and a half years before we graduate."

Li Yongchun's mother came out of the backyard with two buckets of hot water. When she saw her son chatting with a pretty girl, she narrowed her eyes and saw that it was Li Haitang, "So it's haitang. She hasn't looked so pretty in the past six months. Yongchun, it's cold outside. Tell haitang to go inside and roast."

"Hello, auntie. I'm wearing thick clothes. It's not cold. I don't need to go in and have a fire." Li Haitang said with a smile. Li Yongchun's mother is a very thoughtful person. She doesn't want to deal with her too much.

Just as Li Yongchun's mother was about to speak, two more women came out of the courtyard. Before they could get close, the voice came over, "Yuanlin, do you still have any meat to buy?"

"Yes, it's not open yet. Come in first." Li Yongchun's father, Li Yuanlin, answered loudly.

Li Haitang glanced sideways at the two people who came in. Seeing that they were Li Tao's aunts, he immediately looked away.

Li Tao, who was standing next to her, called out to them faintly, "Second aunt, Third aunt."

The two of them answered, and their eyes lingered on Li Haitang for two seconds. When they saw her, they did not even say hello, and their faces were slightly unhappy. She had not called out to them since the breakup, and it seemed that she remembered the past in her heart.

When Li Yongchun left for the house to serve tea, Li Haitang quietly pulled down Li Tao's clothes and reminded him in a voice that could be heard by two people, "Li Tao, keep the things I bought for you better. Your two aunts are not cheap lights, especially your second aunt. Her hands and feet are not very clean."

Li Tao bit his mouth, blinked his black and white eyes, and replied in a low voice, "I know. The last time you sent me the malt cream, I only ate half of it, and the other half was gone. Later, Li Yang told me that he saw his second aunt secretly drinking at home."

Li Haitang glanced at his second aunt's back in disgust. This woman had dirty hands and feet, and she had almost the same children. She had been making up her mind at such a young age, and many people in the village did not like them.

"When dad came back, I told him that he bought a big lock in town and locked all the good stuff in the closet." Li Tao didn't like his second aunt's family very much, but he had a good relationship with his third aunt's family.

On the other side, the butcher had split the whole pig in half and placed it on the clean door plate. The newly slaughtered pig was still slightly hot. He quickly shaved off all the lard, threw it into the master's barrel, and shouted loudly, "The meat can be cut. One by one, just tell me how much you want."

The old man who came first said with his hands behind his back, "Cut me three pounds of pork, three pounds of foreleg meat."

"Me too."

Li Haitang and the others came from behind, so they naturally lined up at the back. It was about 20 minutes after the people in front finished buying.

When it was finally their turn, Li Haitang said generously, "Uncle, give us ten catties of pork chop, ten catties of front and back leg meat, five catties of ribs, a pair of pig feet, and this pig belly, pig lungs, pig liver. Take this pig head too."

"Why do you need so much meat? The three of us can't finish." Li Tao shouted in a hurry.

Li Haitang said calmly, "You can make bacon if you can't finish it during the chinese new year and the spring festival. You like to eat bacon. You can smoke it dry now. You can eat it when you go to school in the spring."

Li Tao swallowed as he thought about the taste of bacon, blinked and hesitated, "Isn't that too much?"

"Not much. Stop nagging. Hurry up and pack up. We still have to buy fish later." Li Haitang patted his head and said to the butcher, "Uncle, please do the cutting and help us calculate the money."

Li Yongchun's mother looked at him from the side, her eyes shining. She gave her son a nudge with a look. "Yongchun, haitang, they bought so much meat. They didn't bring anything to pack. Go get a basket and send it back later."

"Oh, okay." Li Yongchun touched the back of his head. Why didn't he realize his mother was so enthusiastic before?