Chapter 188 Jiang Xiaoyan Runs Away

When the train arrived at Dongshan Provincial Capital Station, Li Ye carried two luggage bags on his back, three handbags in his hands, and a shoulder bag around his neck, and walked out of the sleeper car like a bloated snowman.

Wen Leyu made good arrangements when he sent him to the car, letting Li Dayong and others share some of the burden for Li Ye, so they arrived at Dongshan easily.

But it was difficult for Li Dayong and his companions to get on the hard seat carriage because of the crowd. It would have been better for Li Ye to carry the things on his shoulders and in his hands, and he could have done it himself.

But after getting off the car, Li Ye certainly would not be so foolish as to solve the problem by himself. With this thing weighing more than 100 kilograms hanging on his body, not only would he inevitably stagger when walking, but what if he ran into a petty thief, wouldn't he be disgusted to death?

"Dayong, Dayong, come and help me. Hey, over here! Where are you running to?"

Li Ye saw the 1.9-meter-tall Li Dayong from a distance. He shouted at him twice, but the guy kept running faster and faster, and he was about to run out of the gate.

"My Nima~"

As soon as Li Ye cursed, Fu Yingjie, Yan Jinbu and others came over. Two boys took one of Li Ye's luggage bags each, and three girls lifted Li Ye's two handbags together, leaving only the lightest shoulder bag on Li Ye's neck.

Han Xue said quickly and jokingly, "Li Ye, stop shouting. Li Dayong went after Lin Qiuyan. Didn't you see how she looked just now? She looked at us like we were enemies."

Li Ye said unhappily: "Why did she give you the cold shoulder? Do you owe her anything?"

Han Xia smiled and said, "You are so careless. You gave the foreign exchange coupons, right? Lin Qiuyan was shivering in a sweater after someone bought her a coat. How can you not be angry?"

"What? Do I have to look at her face before I buy a mink coat?" Li Ye said mockingly, "Is Li Dayong a fool? Can't he take off his cotton-padded jacket and give it to a girl?"

"Dayong did take off his cotton-padded jacket, but others won't wear it! I think Dayong will suffer in the future!"

"He asked for it. The man is not older than three and the woman is not older than four. Lin Qiuyan is four years older than Dayong. I objected at the time, but Dayong spit at me and said I didn't understand the charm of maturity."

“Hahahaha~”

Everyone was laughing and looking down on Li Dayong. However, Hu Man, who was not at the scene, said, "If, as you said, Lin Qiuyan doesn't think she is wrong, then she must think we are wrong. Wouldn't she vent all her anger on Li Dayong?"

"Is she right?"

"It's hard to say, her dress might be really expensive."

Several classmates were not sure whether Lin Qiuyan was right or wrong.

But Li Ye said calmly: "In theory, she is right, but in terms of human nature, she is inhuman."

Li Ye never thought that Lin Qiuyan's behavior was wrong, but he also disagreed with her style of doing things from the bottom of his heart.

Li Ye and others followed the crowd out of the train station and just happened to see Lin Qiuyan getting into a jeep, while Li Dayong stood dejectedly on the side of the road, breathing in the exhaust fumes from the jeep.

Li Ye smiled, moved closer to Li Dayong and said with a smile: "Oh, this is a lady from a wealthy family! Dayong, you have found a treasure!"

Li Dayong glanced at Li Ye, lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Brother, please stop laughing at me. I feel very uncomfortable now."

"I just have to hold it in," Li Ye said coldly, "Didn't I tell you that you have the confidence to choose a girl? Why did you choose such a thing?"

Lin Qiuyan showed off her power at the beginning, and then she turned her face away from Li Dayong in public, which really made Li Ye feel disgusted.

This was 1983!

The grown man is still standing and hasn't kneeled down yet!

Girls these days rarely lose their temper with boys in public.

Wen Leyu's conditions are good enough, right? Better than Lin Qiuyan, right?

But when Li Ye was with Wen Leyu, 80% of the time he was enjoying Wen Leyu's gentleness and thoughtfulness. In Wen Leyu's words, "I haven't even spoken loudly to you, what are you afraid of me doing?"

Even a girl like Wen Leyu thinks it is wrong to lose temper with a boy you like. Lin Qiuyan is four years older than her. Is she too old?

But Li Dayong said, "Brother, she is usually very nice. It's not her fault for what happened today. She loves that dress very much."

Li Ye looked at his childhood best friend who was feeling lonely but still defending Lin Qiuyan, and could only sigh helplessly.

Those involved in the matter are often confused, while bystanders can see things clearly. In fact, it’s not that those involved in the matter don’t want to see things clearly, but they just don’t want to jump out of the situation.

“.”

“Ding ding ding~”

A horn suddenly sounded not far away, startling the two silent brothers.

Li Ye and Li Dayong looked up and saw that it was the familiar Dongfeng 140. The driver was Lao Huo and the passenger seat was Li Ye's cheap dad Li Kaijian.

The 140 truck stopped in front of Li Ye. Lao Huo jumped down from the driver's seat and said cheerfully, "I broke a tire on the way. I almost missed the train!"

Li Kaijian looked at Li Ye carefully twice and nodded with satisfaction.

Not thinner, but a bit taller.

Satisfied, Li Kaijian waved at Jiang Xiaoyan and the others and said, "Hurry up and get in the car. I'll take you home."

"Thank you, uncle."

"Thank you, it's just a side trip."

Several students climbed onto the truck bed and found straw mats and two quilts inside. They happily laid them on and huddled together to keep warm.

The Dongfeng car went all the way back to Qingshui County, first dropping off Li Ye and Li Dayong in the county seat, and then dropping off Han Xia, Yan Jinbu and others in the countryside.

When they arrived at the door of Li Ye's house, his two younger sisters, Li Ying and Li Juan, came to greet them from afar, cheering.

During the past six months since Li Ye left, the two little girls have missed their brother very much.

When Li Ye was at home, the family could improve the food every now and then, but after Li Ye left, the food could only be improved once a week.

Although this living standard is much higher than that of our neighbors, who would want to eat vegetables when there is meat to eat?

More importantly, Li Juan's pocket money plummeted.

Mother Han Chunmei is really stingy. She is still very frugal even when it comes to money on Fridays. How can she be as generous as my brother?

Li Juan had less pocket money, and her younger sister Li Ying was also upset because she had to keep changing the place where she hid her money and rack her brains to compete with her sister Li Juan in wits and courage, otherwise, the pocket money she had saved would be bitten away by the "rat" one day.

"Brother, you're back. Was it cold on the road?"

"It's not cold, come and help me carry the things. That gray handbag is a gift for both of you! Don't take the wrong one."

Li Ye saw the attentive eyes of the two girls and quickly asked them to move the things. A big bag of gifts should be able to make up for the hard work of the two girls waiting at the door for a long time in the middle of winter.

Grandma Wu Juying also came out of the door and stared at her eldest grandson from left to right. She was relieved only when she saw that he was not thin or dark.

The two girls were busy bringing Li Ye's bags of luggage into the house, and then waited for their grandmother to come and distribute them.

Even though Li Ye said the grey bag belonged to them, the two girls didn't dare to act rashly without their grandmother's permission.

Li Ye touched the two girls' heads with heartache, opened the luggage and took the initiative to distribute them.

"This is from Teacher Ke for grandma, this is for grandpa, and this is for my two sisters."

"Well, your brother really cares about you. You have so many things that you can open a grocery store. Go and divide them among yourselves!"

After Wu Juying spoke, the two girls happily began to divide their new clothes, new shoes and various small gifts.

But when Li Ye took out the mink coat, before he even said it was for his elder sister Li Yue, Li Kaijian grabbed it and said, "You are thoughtful and bought a good thing for your mother."

Li Ye: “.”

Grandma Wu Juying said quietly: "Kaijian, why are you in such a hurry? Are you afraid that I won't be able to compete with your wife?"

[No. Didn't you guys ask for my opinion? ]

. . . . . .

Jiang Xiaoyan jumped off the Dongfeng truck, waved to Master Huo to express her gratitude, then turned around and walked quickly home with her bag on her back.

The reason why she was often absent-minded along the way was actually because she was always thinking about her mother Chen Jinhua.

More than a month ago, Chen Jinhua said that she had learned enough words and would go to Beijing to see Jiang Xiaoyan. However, Jiang Xiaoyan waited and waited but she never saw him.

Jiang Xiaoyan was a little surprised, because according to her understanding of her mother, since she had written letters to her and herself, she should have been able to go to the capital before the New Year.

Although Chen Jinhua could not read, she had a plan in mind and always kept her word.

So in recent days, Jiang Xiaoyan has been feeling uneasy.

Jiang Xiaoyan passed by the village entrance and saw a few old men hiding in the sun to keep warm. She greeted them politely.

"Second Uncle, Third Master, are you guys warm here?"

"Oh, is it Xiaoyan who is back? Oh, you are back. Your mother is sick!"

“Puff~”

The bag on Jiang Xiaoyan's back fell to the ground.

"When did my mother become ill?"

"It's been more than half a month," an old man said, "your mother has been making baskets at night and going to the market during the day to save money to see you. She has to walk fifty or sixty miles a day. Even a strong man can't stand it."

Jiang Xiaoyan asked anxiously, "Didn't I ask someone to buy a bicycle for my mother? Why is she still walking to the market?"

"Oh, you are such an ignorant child. If you buy a bicycle, will it be your mother's turn to ride it? If you tell her that you have money, will your mother still need to save money? Wouldn't she have come to see you a long time ago?"

“.”

Jiang Xiaoyan felt dizzy and ran home stumblingly. She fell twice in succession and didn't even notice that her palms were rubbed raw.

"Hey, girl, your bag."

Jiang Xiaoyan's third uncle called out, but Jiang Xiaoyan could not hear him.

The old man had no choice but to go over and help her pick up the bag. He curiously opened it and took a look. He immediately sighed: "This child is kind-hearted. She even brought new clothes for her family. Alas..."

"Mother~"

"Mom, I'm back."

Jiang Xiaoyan ran all the way home without even bothering to greet her grandparents. She pushed the door open and entered Chen Jinhua's room, only to see her mother huddled on the kang, motionless. Tears immediately flowed down her face.

"Mom, I'm back! Why don't you answer me?"

Jiang Xiaoyan was so frightened that she almost lost her soul.

When she threw herself on the kang, she touched Chen Jinhua's forehead and it was burning hot.

“Huh~”

Jiang Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, but then the anger in her heart exploded uncontrollably.

She fell over and yelled at her grandparents: "My mother is in such a state, why don't you send her to the hospital?"

“.”

Jiang Xiaoyan's grandparents were stunned. In their entire lives, when had they ever been yelled at like this at home?

Grandma glared and said, "Who are you talking to, you little girl?"

Jiang Xiaoyan's momentum was undiminished: "I'm talking to you. You have such a high fever? Why don't you go to the hospital?"

Grandma was forced to take a step back by Jiang Xiaoyan's toughness and said defensively: "Who doesn't have a headache or fever? Just wait a while and sweat it out, it will be fine. That's what happened to me when I was young."

Jiang Xiaoyan was so angry that she wanted to curse, but she felt she didn't have the strength to do so.

If country people have a headache or fever, they will not go to the hospital. But why are they so stubborn even though they are delirious with fever?

Chen Jinhua is the mainstay of the family! If Jiang Yougui is so sick, do you think he should go to the hospital?

"Xiaoyan, Xiaoyan is back!"

Chen Jinhua, who was lying on the bed, finally woke up faintly.

Jiang Xiaoyan didn't care about being angry with her grandparents. She turned around, grabbed Chen Jinhua's hand and said, "Mom, I'm back. Let's go to the hospital now."

Chen Jinhua forced a smile and said, "No, I just need to sweat a little. Don't waste money."

Jiang Xiaoyan didn't say anything and dragged her mother to help her put on her clothes. She didn't hear a word her grandparents were chattering outside.

At this time, Third Grandpa came to the Jiang family with Jiang Xiaoyan's bag.

"Take a look! These are the New Year gifts your granddaughter brought you. I would say that for the sake of the child, don't go too far."

But before Third Grandpa could finish his words, Jiang Xiaoyan rushed out of the room.

She snatched the bag and tore it apart in a few seconds, then walked to the stove for winter heating, lifted the lid and threw the scattered clothes on it.

The bag was too big and the stove was too small, but once the good clothes caught fire, how could they be saved?

(End of this chapter)