Reborn in 1987: The Story of an Abandoned Girl

Chapter 89 lively new year

Li Haitang smiled lightly. In the countryside, there were many women with broken mouths. Fortunately, most of them had no bad intentions. They just had some tricks on their lips. Even if they forgot about any conflicts after two days, they got together and chatted around the world as if nothing had happened.

The green lettuce and spinach in the basket on the ground were quickly picked up. Li Haitang helped to wash them on the side, while aunt er zhu picked out some fish and pork from the meat dishes she bought to wash and cut.

As soon as they had all the dishes ready, a bicycle bell rang outside the door.

"Li Haitang!" It was already there before anyone could say anything.

Li Haitang heard the familiar voice in the kitchen and replied loudly, "Li Yongchun, I'm in the kitchen."

Two footsteps came from outside. The tall Li Yongchun walked in front of him. He was wearing a thick blue cotton jacket and a pair of black jeans. He called out politely to the elders who were cutting vegetables on the chopping board, "Auntie er zhu."

"Hey, Yongchun is here. It's freezing outside. You should roast by the earthen stove first." Aunt er zhu greeted her and said to her younger son, "Rongzi, go and get a cup of hot tea for Yongchun."

Li Haitang washed the dishes and walked over with a basin. He smiled and said, "Li Yongchun, the food at your school is too good. You have grown taller in the past six months."

Li Yongchun looked her up and down. She was wearing a burgundy down jacket with a white turtleneck sweater and blue jeans under it. Her hair was down on her shoulders. She looked young and playful as a whole. She grinned. "Your Tam city 1 middle school food is good too. You've grown a lot. Now you're at least one meter and seven." You're definitely tall among the girls."

"Heh heh, just one, seven, two." Li Haitang was quite satisfied with his current height.

Li rong came out with a cup of hot tea and said exaggeratedly, "It's really enough for you to grow so tall. Don't grow any longer. When you were sitting on the bench, I didn't realize that you were 1.72 meters tall. Now that you're standing like this, I'm really stressed out. I feel as high as I am." He was 175, not tall or short. He was only average among men, but standing with her, he suddenly felt so short.

Auntie er zhu compared them seriously and smiled, "Then haitang is still shorter. If she wore the high heels that your sister-in-law liked, she would probably be as tall as you."

Li Haitang smilingly compared and hit him, "Brother Rongzi, if you don't grow taller, I don't need to wear a pair of seven-centimeter heels. I just need to wear a pair of two or three centimeter heels to beat you."

Li rong ground the back of his teeth and said with some discouragement, "Forget it. I haven't grown a centimeter this year. This height is probably hopeless. In this life, it is estimated to be 175 to the end."

"Hehe..." Li Haitang picked up the cold honey water and drank it, then sat down with the two of them in front of the stove and chatted as they refilled the wood.

The three of them sat together and talked about business from interesting things that happened on campus, as if there were endless topics to talk about. Li Yongchun followed Li Haitang's advice this semester and easily earned more than 800 yuan. Li Rong was a little less and had more than 700 yuan, but it was good enough for the students who were still studying.

There were more people for lunch. A large square wooden table was set up and several chairs were set up at four corners.

Li Jianguo brought back a bottle of good wine from tan city to entertain everyone. Li Yongchun and Li Rong, who were about to become adults, also drank a small cup with the adults.

Li Haitang and Li Tao sat huddled together in a corner. She picked up some food and moved back a little. She gave Li Tao some space so that he could pick up the food. "Li Tao, do you have any bricks for me this afternoon?" She asked as she ate."

Li Tao had been working all morning and was already hungry. He took a big mouthful of food and answered with a lisp, "There are no red bricks, but the people who send cement and sand and wood will come. Dad said all these materials should be ready before the year is out."

"Oh." Li Haitang didn't know anything about building a house, so she stopped meddling.

Auntie er zhu, who was sitting next to the two of them, picked up a piece of meat for each of them and said, "Haitang bought so many meat dishes today. You two should eat more too."

Li Haitang smiled and said, "Thank you, aunt erzhu. All the uncles and aunts have worked hard today. Aunt er zhu's cooking is very good. Everyone should eat more. Don't be polite." Today, she bought a few jin of pork and ribs, a chubby fish, and a cleaned duck. Aunt er zhu served them all in the pot.

The food was very sumptuous, even better than some people's new year's eve dinner. They all smiled and said, "Okay, we won't be polite."

After a round of drinks, Li Jianguo got up and refilled everyone's glasses. After sitting down, he chatted and ate with everyone.

After dinner, aunt er zhu asked Li Rong to take Li Haitang and Li Yongchun to another room to bake a fire. She cleaned up the kitchen by herself, while the others were drinking tea and chatting in the hall.

At more than three in the afternoon, Li Haitang rode his bicycle back to town. As she walked past her brick house in the village, she went in and looked at it. It was so broken that it couldn't be broken anymore. The toilet was crushed by the heavy snow, and one of the walls of the bedroom was tilted. She estimated that it would collapse in a few more heavy rains. Hey, I won't come back to live in the future. Let's put it on hold for now.

After going back to play with Wang Li for a while, he still rubbed his dinner at the wangs' house in the evening. After the meal, he naturally had to watch tv together.

The next morning, Li Haitang went to the town market to buy some meat dishes and the necessary new year's products. After that, he followed wang li back to Wang jia village and picked a lot of fresh vegetables from her vegetable field. When everything was ready, he waited for the new year's eve.

She bought this house during the spring festival. It was her first year in her new house. She called for the li family and their son to come over for the reunion dinner at noon. At night, she was alone at home watching the new year.

The new year's eve of this year was very quiet.

The wang family downstairs had all returned to Wang jia village for the new year. She couldn't find anyone to talk to, so she had to sit by the fire and listen to the radio.

The clock rang at twelve o' clock, and the sound of firecrackers came from outside. Li Haitang also walked to the small yard on the first floor with a big firecracker and set it on fire.

After the firecrackers had been burnt out, she looked at the sky where the occasional brilliant fireworks bloomed, silently made a wish, turned around and went upstairs, turned off the lights and went to bed.

On the first day of the lunar new year, Li Tao didn't ask Li Haitang to help prepare breakfast, but set the time for the reunion dinner to noon. As the name suggests, on the first day of the lunar new year, he was too embarrassed to ask her to rush more than ten miles to help with the work in the morning. He couldn't afford a big red envelope for the work.

Sleep until you wake up naturally!

After getting up and washing up, Li Haitang cooked a bowl of hot noodles to eat. After eating and drinking, he changed into a new set of clothes. It's the custom to wear new clothes for the new year. It's a long rose-red cotton dress with a slight tuck at the waist and a fluffy hat at the back. A pair of black tight-fitting cotton pants are attached to the bottom. She is very satisfied with her appearance in the mirror. She smiles confidently at herself and goes to the li family to pay new year's greetings with her new year present.

The wang family's bicycle was lent to her this spring festival. She didn't have to walk on two legs, so she naturally saved a lot of time.

However, they arrived in Lee ka tsuen in more than ten minutes. The neighbors in the village did not go out to pay new year's greetings today. Each family walked around the door and said, "We are happy to make a fortune." They chatted about the past year's events and plans for the new year together. The atmosphere was quite lively.

When she arrived at the li family, there were many neighbors in the hall, both men and women, old and young. This year, Li Jianguo made a lot of money with her in tan city. In just one year, she would be back to build a new house. They were both envious and jealous.

After Li Haitang handed the new year's gift to Li Jianguo, he took the initiative to give a new year's red envelope to a dozen children playing in the house. It was two yuan inside, a little more than the average family gave. After all, she earned money outside. If she gave too little, it would attract gossip. If she gave too much, it would make children have a bad sense of comparison.

Li Jianguo was not very talkative in the past, but he was quite popular in the village. No matter whose family had something to do, he would take the time to help. Now that he was going to build a new house, he told the villagers that he didn't talk about wages at all, and everyone immediately agreed to help out.

Li Haitang also sat down and chatted with them for a while. Seeing that it was almost time, she got up and went to the kitchen to prepare the fried vegetables.

Last night, the father and son had prepared all the dishes they should have prepared. Each dish was very heavy, and there were a lot of meat dishes. Li Haitang put on his apron and started to work.

Li Tao, who was exceptionally sensible, had already stewed the chicken soup in the coal stove, and now it was free to steam the pork. "Sister hoi tong, this pork is made by aunt er zhu. Dad bought the pork and asked her to help him with the brine. Last night, we steamed a bowl and ate it. It was really delicious."

"Yes." Li Haitang sniffed at the large, spiced pork and asked with a smile, "Li Tao, go ask dad, how many tables should we prepare?"

"Okay."

By the time he came back, Li Haitang had already cut all the pork into chopstick-thick slices and placed them neatly in the bowl.

"Sister hoi tong, dad just left them all here for dinner. There must be five tables." Li Tao pouted. Their family had never been so popular before. Even if they came to visit on new year's eve, two or three of them came together, sat down a little and left. It was the first time that so many people stayed for dinner.

Li Haitang opened the cupboard and took a look at the food inside. Barely enough, he asked, "Is there any more food in the cellar?"

"Yes, dad specially prepared it earlier. He was worried that there would be no meat dishes to buy when the house started. Yesterday, he just bought half of the pork at uncle yuanlin's house and put it all in the cellar." Li Tao also took an apron and tied it up, "Do you want me to get some more now?"

"Well, go and get some more. Prepare more portions and prepare more meat dishes. Don't make people gossip during the new year. Put more snacks and fruits on the table outside. I'll give you two more cups of tea later." Li Haitang said to him as he quickly steamed the pork bowl.

Li Tao nodded and replied, "Okay." He used to be a little petty under Deng Wenfang's education, but now he has learned a lot from Li Haitang and is much more generous.

The hall was full of people. Li Tao sent several pots of boiling water to make tea. Li Haitang was the only one in the kitchen who was busy, but Li Yang from Li Tao's third uncle came over to help her burn the fire and add fuel.

The two aunts of the li family sat in the living room eating, drinking, and having fun. Even if their men quietly reminded them to come to the kitchen to help, they were too lazy to move, sitting and eating as if they were guests. In the end, aunt er zhu couldn't stand it any longer. She took her eldest daughter-in-law qiu ping into the kitchen to help out for a while.

Fortunately, the food at home was well prepared. Aunt er zhu and her mother-in-law were working beside her. Li Haitang prepared five sumptuous meals at 12 o' clock on time, which made her sweat out in the cold.

When aunt er zhu and her mother-in-law went out with the dishes, Li Haitang smiled and reminded them, "Li Tao, Li Yang has helped a lot today. Remember to ask dad to wrap a big red packet for him later."

"Yes, I remember." Li Tao smiled. Of all his cousins, he had the best relationship with Li Yang, and the others got along just fine.

There were enough tables and stools in the house, and there were just five tables in the hall. The men who drank sat at two tables, the women and children sat at three. Li Jianguo took out two bottles of good wine to entertain the men, and the other three tables handed out two bottles of orange juice drinks for them to share.

"Haitang, you've had a hard day. You can sit here with dad." Li Jianguo shouted at Li Haitang, who had just come out of the kitchen.

She glanced at the hall, and the three tables below were packed to the brim. There was no room left. Li Jianguo had a seat for her next to him. She nodded and walked over to greet them with a smile, "Grandpa and uncle, my culinary skills are just so-so, and I barely make it to the table. Don't be a nuisance to everyone."

"Haha, haitang's words are modest. This dish looks good, and it definitely won't taste bad." Uncle Zhu was the first to say" yes."

Li Jianguo smiled and said, "The food made by haitang is really good, especially pork trotters and sweet meat. It's not worse than the restaurant outside. Come on, everyone try it."

"Okay."