Reborn in 1987: The Story of an Abandoned Girl

Chapter 44 the acquisition of the second property

In the evening, she went to the li family for dinner. When she went over, Li Tao had just finished cooking, and dad had not returned from visiting the other neighbors in the village for the new year. The two of them sat by the stove and chatted while roasting.

"Sister hoi tong, after second uncle brought second aunt and sister lan back this morning, he closed the door and beat them up. Tsk tsk, her hands were really heavy. Sister lan had a tooth knocked out and her face was swollen like a bun. She went crying to her uncles to complain, but then she didn't want to stay at home and followed them to her grandmother's house." Li Tao gloated at the report. He had always disliked Li Lan's bad habit of sneaking around. Today, when he saw his second uncle beating her up, he kept shouting in his heart: good beating.

"I don't think she learned all about sneaking around from her mother. It's very likely that someone from her grandmother's family taught her by example." Li Haitang remembered that her uncle and a few children had the same moral character. This was a bad thing to do, and it was estimated that there would be a nest of thieves in the future.

Li Tao naturally knew something about it and said in an old voice, "Hey, we can't take care of other people's family matters."

"Poof!" Li Haitang patted him on the head, amused. "Your own family is full of troubles. You're a child. Don't worry about these things. Your only task right now is to study."

"I know. You say that every day. My ears are getting calloused." Li Tao couldn't help but roll her eyes. Why was she as verbose as their teacher? But why does this nagging sound so comfortable? No one had ever chatted with him before and urged him to study. It was such a good feeling to be cared for at all times.

"You still hate me for nagging you, don't you? Then I won't say it again." Li Haitang pinched his ear, stood up, and began to prepare the stir-fry.

Li Tao didn't believe her. He was 100 % sure that she would still say that tomorrow.

That night, she made a pot of bean curd soup with fish. The rich, creamy and white fish soup was especially delicious. Everyone had two bowls of rice and two bowls of fish soup.

After washing the dishes, Li Haitang came home and asked, "Dad, are you free tomorrow?"

"Yes, can I help you?" Li Jianguo, who was about to pour hot water to wash his face, stopped.

"A few days ago, brother yao helped me keep an eye on the house in town. Today, he told me that the owner of their house still has a house to sell. It's on the third floor of the wang family's building. I want you to come and take a look tomorrow." The houses in the town were rather old and it was difficult to find suitable ones. Only the wang family's house was newly built.

"Okay. I know the owner of their house. She was a high school classmate of mine. She dropped out of school, but she got married well. Her husband's family opened a textile factory in the county." Li Jianguo also learned about it while chatting with Wang Yao.

"It's better to be acquainted. Let's go over together after breakfast tomorrow." Li Haitang smiled.

"Okay."

When she got home, Li Haitang continued to rush her script. Her second martial arts novel was expected to end in 700,000 words, and now it has been published in more than 500,000 words. She planned to finish this book during the winter vacation.

Because the first martial arts novel had a good response, after the second one was submitted, the chief editor of the newspaper was very satisfied with her writing ability and offered her a high price of eighteen yuan per thousand words, which meant that the book had earned more than ten thousand properly.

In addition to her first novel and poem, as well as the profits from the wholesale department and the dividends from the food factory, her savings have now broken through the 30,000 reunion, and she is definitely the richest man in Lee ka tsuen.

Thinking that all the words in her pen had turned into money, Li Haitang became more and more happy as she thought about it. Her writing speed unconsciously increased by several points. When her biological clock reminded her to sleep, she wrote another five full pages.

After a busy day and tired, he fell asleep in bed and went to count the money.

The next morning around 8: 30 am, Li Jianguo and his son came to look for her. As soon as they met, Li Tao couldn't wait to share with her what happened this morning.

"Sister hoi tong, let me tell you something. Last night, second uncle and second aunt had a big fight at home. Second aunt was hit by second uncle again. Her nose was bleeding." There was a hint of schadenfreude in Li Tao's voice.

"Didn't you call yesterday morning? Why did you call again at night?" Li Haitang remembered that his second uncle had a similar temperament to his father. He was very dull and not a rude person.

Li Tao stuck out her tongue and pursed her lips, "Uncle didn't know that they often stole things. Yesterday, he didn't know from whom. He was so angry that he grabbed her to apologize to the people she stole. The second aunt refused to admit it, so naturally she refused to apologize. The second uncle probably drank some wine and was so drunk that he dragged her out of the house in the middle of the night and beat her up in the yard. Then it was uncle and Third aunt, and a few neighbors who pulled him away. The second aunt went back to her mother's house with the package in her hands before dawn."

Li Haitang: ... "Your second uncle is really a man! And I'm not worried that your second aunt won't come back like this?"

"We just came from his house. A lot of people were trying to persuade him to go and get her back. Second uncle was adamant that he would never come back if he didn't want to. He thought she and Li Lan were gone." Li Tao naturally picked up important words to tell him, but the scene was much more intense than he said.

Li Haitang looked at Li Jianguo's back in front of him with an ambiguous expression and teased, "A man with a stuffy temper is the last person to be provoked. His execution is frightening. Your father and uncle are really brothers."

Li Tao once again gave her a big white eye. What an unpleasant person.

The owner of the house they went to see today lived in the county and didn't come back often. This time it was the spring festival and he came back to visit his relatives. Wang Yao had specially arranged to meet her today.

When the three of them arrived at the wang family, they saw a fashionable middle-aged woman talking to Duan Meifang and meeting each other under Wang Yao's introduction.

Naturally, the other party also knew Li Jianguo, and the students who had not seen him for many years gathered together. Naturally, they had to exchange pleasantries and polite remarks, and then took them to the third floor to see the house.

The third floor was exactly the same as the wang family's. It was 130 square meters and had three bedrooms and two halls with a kitchen and balcony. The house was brand new and had never lived there before. There were no furniture or appliances inside and it was empty.

After they had seen it, the owner told them directly, "There is a two-meter-high loft on the third floor, which is sold with this suite on the third floor. The area is about 40 square meters. It can be used to store sundries. Of course, it can also be changed according to its own situation."

Li Haitang became interested in the attic and raised his eyebrows, "Aunt liu, can we go and see the attic?"

"Sure. Now I've placed some sundries inside. If you buy this suite, I can move it out if you don't need them." The owner, aunt liu, led the way in her thick leather shoes.

There was no door installed in the attic, which was filled with wood waste that was used to build the house. Li Haitang walked in and took a closer look. This attic should be nice to tidy up. It could be turned into a study. She thought about it in her mind and drew a drawing in her mind. The more she thought about it, the more satisfied she became.

Li Jianguo looked around on the rooftop outside the loft and was satisfied. According to this classmate, her house was built according to the most popular architectural style in the county. His second brother worked with the construction team all the year round. He talked to him about these things during the new year, and his heart was somewhat deep.

"How is it?" When Li Haitang came out of the attic, he asked.

Li Haitang smiled and said, "Yes, I'm very satisfied."

The father and daughter did not speak away from the owner, aunt liu. Seeing that the little girl was satisfied with the house, the smile on her face widened a little. She heard about Li Haitang from Mr. And Mrs. Wang Yao. With the wang family and now Li Jianguo as a classmate, she didn't ask for much, but offered a moderate price.

Li Haitang had already asked Wang Yao and the others about the selling price of the houses in the town, and the "Five thousand yuan" offered by aunt liu was within her range. There was a family in their village who worked in the south to earn money. Last year, they built a two-story red brick house at home, which cost a total of eight or nine thousand yuan. And this house in town, although not as spacious as the countryside, but also brought a small loft, considered a fake two floors, five thousand yuan is worth it.

However, in the end, she pretended to be a good girl and negotiated a price with aunt liu, giving a very auspicious number: 4888 yuan. She knew the auspicious number and businessmen liked it.

For aunt liu, who was doing a big business, more than a hundred yuan was not a big deal. Li Haitang's words, "I wish her family business has not yet started," really pleased her and agreed very readily.

On the same day, they completed a series of procedures, money can be used to push the devil around, but also to make some of the staff who are not efficient to take the initiative to come over and work overtime.

When the title deed with Li Haitang's name on it was given, she shook off a bunch of keys and smilingly invited the li family and the wang family to the best restaurant in town for a meal. It was a celebration of her second property.

The first one, of course, was an earthen brick house that Lee ka tsuen bought for forty yuan!

On the seventh day of the first month, Li Haitang went to an acquaintance carpenter shop recommended by Li Jianguo and bought three solid wooden beds, three desks, a complete set of tables, chairs and benches, and a dresser. She also custom-made three sets of wardrobe and shoe cabinets, both of which were sketches she had drawn herself, in the style of later generations.

After buying a lot at the carpenter's shop, Li Haitang took Li Tao to the other shops in town to sweep around, pots and pans, rice noodles, grain, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, all kinds of daily necessities, wave after wave to move home. Li Jianguo, who had yet to go to work today, helped them organize their furniture, build the stove, and order physical tasks such as briquettes.

The three of them had been busy all day and bought almost everything. Apart from the custom-made furniture that had not yet been delivered, everything else was already arranged, making them feel like a home.

On the eighth day of the first month, the granary started working. Li Jianguo went to work.

Li Haitang took Li Tao, a small follower, to clean up the house slowly, and bought all the small things that were in short supply. During the lunch break, he took time to tutor Wang Li, a neighbor downstairs.

With Li Tao, the whistle-blower, in Lee ka tsuen, the people soon knew that Li Haitang was buying a house in town, and everyone was jealous. She was still a high school student, earning so much money in just half a year. Everyone was curious about how she earned it.

It was not good to ask Li Haitang about this in person, so naturally, everyone turned to Li Tao, her close little follower. What Li Tao knew was not very clear. He only knew a general idea. Naturally, he could not resist the burning eyes of those people and told them what he knew.

Li Haitang's earnings were all serious, so naturally, they stopped the dark and obscure speculation in their hearts. Knowing that she was working with the wang family to open a big shop in tan city and made a lot of money by submitting articles to the newspaper, they could not imitate this way of earning money for a while. Finally, only a group of people gathered and sighed.

On the tenth day of the first month, it's time to move. Well, that's what the calendar on the gray concrete wall says. So, Li Haitang decided to move on this day.

Early in the morning, when Li Jianguo went to work, he used his bicycle to drag some luggage for her to the new house in town. Li Haitang and Li Tao took care of the rest of the small things themselves.

Panting for breath, the two sisters moved to the new house and went to the market to buy food. Today was their day to move, and her host had to prepare a few dishes to entertain the guests.

Not many guests were invited, including the wang family, the class teacher, Mr. Tang Hui, and the people from the village. She invited every family in Lee ka tsuen, and whether they came or not was none of her business.

With the help of Mother of Wangli and Wang Li, three big tables were served at exactly 12: 00 noon.

These dishes were all made by Li Haitang himself. They were all served in large sea bowls. They were very heavy. There were a lot of meat dishes, and the taste was excellent. They were not inferior to the cooking skills of the town restaurant.

Except for the li family, it was the first time they had tasted Li Haitang's cooking. After tasting it, everyone gave a thumbs-up.

Wang Li, in particular, stared at the pig's feet in the bowl with his round eyes and wolf's eyes. He kept saying, "Haitang, these dishes are really delicious. They are better than sister-in-law's. She learned them from the master in the restaurant."

Li Haitang smiled and said, "I learned it from sister-in-law mei fang. This spiced pork trotter is from a book. It's my first time making it today. I didn't expect it to taste good."

"I despise you!" Wang li glared at her hatefully, lowered her head and struggled with the pig's feet.

Li Haitang smiled helplessly and turned to greet the teacher and other guests. Almost every family in the village sent a representative, men and women, old and young, Li Haitang prepared a lot of rice wine and soda, as well as fruit and all kinds of sugar, the rich reception made everyone very happy.

After a boisterous meal and drink, Li Haitang personally sent everyone out as the host. When she returned home, Wang Li and Li Tao were helping her tidy up the house and tidy up the kitchen chores.

"I've finally finished my work on moving. I'm really tired." While washing dishes in the kitchen, Li Haitang couldn't help but complain to wang li.

Wang Li also moved a small stool to sit down beside her to help her clean up, a pair of round eyes looked at her with bright eyes, and his tone was full of worship: "Haitang, I really admire you, and I love you very much. You are three months younger than me, but you are much more sensible than I am, and you bear a lot more than I do. If we switch roles, I'm 100 % sure that I can't be as strong as you are, that I'll feel very confused and helpless about my life, and that I might end up living it in a daze."

Li Haitang smiled faintly, "Maybe, I was forced out by the environment. If I had grown up carefree in a warm family like yours, I would have made a different choice in my life. There are gains and losses. God is fair to everyone."

"Hey, let's not talk about these things that affect our mood. You are going to tan city the day after tomorrow. You have to help me with my homework these three days. These days, I've read through the test book you left behind and done it all by myself. The error rate is very high and there are many things I can't understand. You can help me analyze them."

"Okay." Li Haitang unknowingly increased the speed of his hand.

"Haitang, I find that the teaching quality of your school is much better than that of our County one middle school. Please help me to complete some exercise papers next semester. If you have a good after-school tutorial book, please buy one for me, okay?" Wang Li had a deep sense of the gap in his exercises these days.

"Okay, I'll mail it to school then. Maybe I'll bring it back during the summer vacation." Li Haitang replied. She sincerely hoped that this good friend would improve his grades and get into a good university in the future.

"Okay, thank you very much!"

After cleaning the living room, Li Tao heard them and quietly went into the room to pick up his textbook to study. They all worked so hard, and he couldn't fall behind too much.

Li Haitang had been a full-time tutor for three days at home. From seven in the morning to ten in the evening, he did not stop. It seemed like he had returned to the busy time before the middle school examination, calm and full.

Before returning to tan city, Li Haitang gave Li Jianguo and his son a share of the house keys, and the other two rooms in the house were cleaned out for them to live in. However, neither father nor son agreed. They planned to stay in the village for the time being and didn't want to provoke gossip.

Li Haitang couldn't beat them, so he didn't insist anymore. After saying goodbye to the father and son, he stepped on the bus to tan city again.