Reborn in 1987: The Story of an Abandoned Girl

Chapter 49 Li Jianguo goes to tan city

At the end of may, during the school's monthly break, Li Haitang went back to Ping shan town. The cast on Li Jianguo's arm had been removed and he was doing functional training at home. A month ago, he quit the job in the granary and planned to go to the city to look for work when he was ready.

When Li Haitang heard his plan, he was filled with joy, "Dad, why did you suddenly decide?"

Li Jianguo smiled and said, "During the days when I was hospitalized in the county, I went around the county and got a lot of information. It is indeed easier to make money in the city than in the countryside. Those who drive tricycles and carry passengers have about sixty or seventy yuan a month, and those who push a cart to sell steamed buns can also earn two or three yuan a day. I also asked a waste picker, one or two yuan less, four or five yuan more. His monthly income of nearly a hundred yuan is much better than that of the workers in our granary."

"Hehe, don't do these jobs. Sister liu was the only one working in my wholesale department, and occasionally my classmate's mother had to help her for two days, so she could take two days off. Now that there are several more kinds of sweets in the wang family's non-staple food factory, the business in our wholesale department is getting better and better. You can go to my store and help." Li Haitang came back this time to talk to him about this. If he didn't go, she would have to hire someone.

"Sure, I'll go to the hospital for another checkup in half a month. If there's no problem, we can go over."

Li Haitang smiled and said, "Okay. When the time comes, Sister liu will be at home guarding the store and you will deliver the goods to the store. Before that, we were short of manpower and did not deliver the goods. Many store owners complained. Now that you're there, this can be solved. I'll go back to the shop and buy a tricycle for delivery."

"Okay."

Sitting on the side, Li Tao was happily drinking the milk she brought back. She said that he was growing up and wanted to eat something nutritious. The milk tasted better than wheat milk. He had already drunk two cups today.

The father and son had already discussed it. After his father went to the city to find work, he moved to the town and went back to the li village every weekend to get some rice and vegetables. Seeing that she had arranged a job for her father, she asked with a smile, "Sister hoi tong, you let him work in your shop. How much do you give him for a month's salary?"

Li Haitang crossed his legs, folded his hands behind his neck, looked at him with a relaxed and lazy look, and asked with a smile, "How much do you think is more appropriate?"

Li Tao saw that she had thrown the problem back to him and thought for a while, "A hundred dollars."

Li Jianguo smiled, "It doesn't have to be so much. Just follow the standard of the city."

"Dad, you also know that my school has a heavy workload. I didn't bother to take care of the wholesale department at all. After you went over, I'll leave everything in the shop to you. In this wholesale department, my classmate has taken up two red ingredients. After you go over, I won't give you any salary, but I'll give you two red ingredients directly. How about that?" Li Haitang didn't want to make a lot of money from the wholesale department, and thought it would be possible to help the father and son in this way.

"Haitang, two component red is more than a hundred yuan a month. I can't accept that." At the end of last year, she made 4,000 yuan in two months. Li Jianguo had a good idea of the business in her shop, and the two ingredients were very popular. She estimated that there were several thousand yuan in a year.

"Dad, I've already made up my mind, so don't try to get away with it. Just take it as an extra favor. Li Tao will have to go to high school in two years. The tuition and living expenses will be several hundred a year, and the family will have to build a new house, or at least seven or eight thousand. If you earn one hundred yuan a month, you will have to save up that much money in a few hundred years?" Li Haitang made it clear that she didn't believe he wouldn't agree.

Li Jianguo struggled in his heart for a long time and said, "Haitang, there are too many 20 %, 15 %. This is the limit that dad can accept. If you don't agree, dad won't work in your shop."

Li Haitang felt helpless and agreed, "Okay, listen to you." The business in the wholesale department is very good now. Every month there are nearly two thousand net profits, fifteen percent and about three hundred. In two years, we can make our family better.

"Are you still writing poems and novels?" Li Tao leaned back in his chair, his pristine face full of curiosity.

"I'm still writing. I don't have many poems. I have two or three poems in a semester. Now the third novel has been published ten times in a row, and the response is very good. But now that my homework is more important and my teacher is watching it closely, I can only find time to write two thousand words a day. The press is pressing me so hard that I plan to prepare my papers at home during the summer vacation."

Li Haitang did not expect the fantasy novels to be so popular. The chief editor only signed a price of fifteen thousand words with her at first. After all, the new theme was a little risky. It didn't take long for it to rise to eighteen. Half a month ago, the price was raised again, and now it's twenty.

"Do you make more money writing novels than the wholesale department?" Li Tao was most concerned about this issue.

Li Haitang gestured with his fingers and smiled like a cat that had stolen a fishy fish. Let the father and son figure it out for themselves.

Li Tao's mind was spinning fast, one, two, three, four zeros... Oh my god, a novel made tens of thousands, rich people!

Looking at his shocked expression, Li Haitang laughed happily.

Li Haitang planned to finish this fantasy novel with more than a million words. It was too hard to write it by hand. She had already asked jiang chuheng to help her find out about the computer. In the memory of her previous life, she naturally knew that there were desktop computers in this era, but it was difficult for private people to buy them, and the price was very expensive.

She had also considered the double pigeon typewriter that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. It was cheap, but it was too difficult to type. Not a professional typist, it would probably take more than half a month to learn and fumble alone. Without long practice, the typing speed would not be able to keep up with, and probably not as fast as handwriting. After thinking about it, he decided to give up the typewriter and spend more money on a computer.

Li Jianguo finished the milk in the enamel glass in his hand, put down the glass, patted his son who was still counting to zero, and reminded him, "Taoer, don't let out the big money that you Sister hoi tong made, lest someone with a heart will come up with another idea."

Li Tao's eyelashes trembled and nodded seriously. If it hadn't been for him, the villagers wouldn't have known about it, and his mother and grandparents wouldn't have come here, and his father wouldn't have been hurt or broken.

He understood the principle of eating a cup to gain wisdom!

But the price was a little high.

Li Haitang used his toes to guess what was on his mind and asked, "Did your mother come here later?"

Li Tao shook his head and fell into a low pressure, "No, my aunt came back half a month ago and told Third aunt about her. She was very unpopular with the deng family now. She quarreled with her aunt and second aunt when she met them. Her grandparents didn't care about her anymore. In the end, her third uncle couldn't stand it and sent her to a construction team to cook. The construction team will go wherever there is work, live in an uncertain place, and only come back for the new year."

Li Haitang knew that the construction team was similar to Li Jiangang's. The deng family probably disliked her too, so they kept her away so that she wouldn't make trouble at home every day. She smiled sarcastically in her heart. It was really a sin that she could not live on. She asked for it all herself. Remembering one thing, she continued to ask, "She went out to work. What about Li Ting?"

Li Tao's eyelashes trembled and his face was filled with endless melancholy."

Godbrother? Hehe, Li Haitang really missed her face.

It was such a grand excuse to go out and have a good look. If Li Ting could still come back intact, she would like to use her head as a stool for the other party.

Another person who killed himself, deserved it!

Li Haitang stayed at his home in town for the night and returned to tan city the next morning. First, she went to the store and told Sister liu about Li Jianguo's arrival, so that she could have a clear idea of what was going on in the store. Then, she asked about what was going on in the shop. After everything was settled, she returned to school.

Sister liu was meticulous and meticulous in his work. Every transaction was clearly recorded. He was also very angry and tactful in dealing with people and things. He was good at doing business.

Li Haitang was very satisfied with her performance over the past six months. She offered to raise her salary three months ago, from the initial 55 to 70. Of course, it was agreed by Lin Peipei, the shareholder.

Half a month later, Li Jianguo went to the county hospital for his final checkup. After confirming that everything was restored, he returned to Lee ka tsuen and sent Li Tao to Li Haitang's new house in town. After packing his simple luggage, he went to tan city.

At noon on the day Li Jianguo arrived in tan city, Li Haitang came out of school to go to the wholesale department.

Li Jianguo found the wholesale department according to the road map she gave him, half an hour earlier than she did. Seeing her coming in the sun at noon, he smiled and said, "Haitang, you don't have to come here specially. You made it clear on the phone, dad can find it."

"I know you can find it. I have about two hours off at noon. I'll come over and take a look. I'll be back in class soon." Li Haitang poured a glass of cold water and drank it. It was almost summer again, and it was hot.

"Have you eaten?" Li Jianguo opened the fan on the counter and blew at her.

Li Haitang smiled and said, "No, the food at school is terrible. I really can't swallow it. I came here specially for dinner today. Sister liu's cooking is also good. It's more than a thousand times better than at school."

Sister liu, who had just brought the dishes out, smiled and said, "Haitang, if my cooking is more than a thousand times better, yours is ten thousand times better."

"Heh heh, it's better to come early than to come by chance. I was just in time for dinner today. It's Sister liu's best pork and boiled fish. I have to eat three bowls of rice this afternoon, so I won't go to the cafeteria to suffer tonight." Li Haitang was so excited that his mouth was watering.

"Hehe, okay, three bowls." Sister liu brought two big bowls of rice to the father and daughter and said, "You guys eat first. There's another dish in the pot. I'll go get it."

We'll wait for you to eat together. "Li Haitang took a sip of water. When she went into the kitchen, she introduced Li Jianguo to him." Dad, Sister liu's lover died of illness last year. She is now alone with a daughter as old as Li Tao. She cooks in the restaurant at noon and comes home at night. Her home is not far from here. She rides a bicycle for more than ten minutes. In the future, you will live in a shop. There is a loft above and two rooms inside. The one on the right is mine, and the one on the left is yours. If there's anything else at home, buy it yourself. There's a big farmer's market nearby. There should be one inside. Ask Sister liu to take you there later."

"Okay." Li Jianguo thought that the woman was single just now, and something was wrong with him, but he didn't think much about it.

Li Haitang did not expect this at all. He pointed to the tricycle parked outside and continued, "That brand new green tricycle belongs to our shop. It's locked. The key is with Sister liu. If you talk to Sister liu about what's going on in the shop, I won't be involved."

"Well, you're about to have your final exam. Study hard. You don't have to worry about the things in the shop." Li Jianguo saw that she was so thin that there was no extra flesh on her face, and his heart ached a little, but he didn't know how to express it, so he didn't say it.

"Yes. Recently, every day for exams, I was almost driven mad by the teacher in charge of my class. I still have to take an exam this afternoon. Lin Peipei and I really don't have time to deal with this. The next time we come over, we'll leave it all to you and Sister liu after the final exam." Li Haitang was actually a little apologetic. She was such an unreliable shopkeeper.

Sister liu came out with the dishes and smiled, "Your Tam city 1 middle school students work harder than others. It's really hard for you. Pepe's mother also told me several times that pei pei had to read an hour's worth of books when she got home from her evening study. She had to go to school to study early every day before dawn, which was much harder than working for them."

"Hehe, Pepe, her math scores have been a bit of a drag, and our class teacher is a math teacher, and she is invited to talk to her every month. It's a good thing she's optimistic and broad-minded, otherwise she would have been driven crazy." Li Haitang always wanted to laugh at the thought of Lin Peipei. Every time she got her grades in the monthly exam, she would swing her legs.

"I heard that you were punished for your poor exam results, right?" Sister liu was curious about the way their Tam city 1 middle school taught them.

Li Haitang replied while eating, "Yes, it's a penalty. Hey, pepe is a little better than me. She sat in class last month. I've been punished for the whole semester, and I don't remember sitting on a chair in the classroom."

Li Jianguo gave her a piece of meat and frowned, "Didn't you always get first place in the grade? Why would he be punished for such a good result?"

Sister liu had only heard of her good grades before, but today she knew that her grades were not average. However, she had to stand at the top of the grade. What was the reason?

Li Haitang ate very fast and told them about the task the head teacher had made. After that, she had already finished a bowl of rice and got up again to fill a bowl.

Li Jianguo didn't know what to say. In the hearts of parents, they unconditionally supported and respected the teacher's teaching method, but the students who were firmly at the top of the list were "Punished." This disguised motivation method was a bit difficult.

Li Haitang had really eaten three bowls of rice at noon, which made her stomach feel a little uncomfortable. After a few words, she hurried back to school by bus.