Chapter 50: Couple's Night Talk, Jiani Eavesdrops
"This is really not Baojun's fault, it's my fault." Su Zhongguo stood up unsteadily, raised his glass and toasted Li Yan, "Sister, it's my fault. Baojun mentioned this last time and asked you to go to the city to look at houses when you have time. I left in a hurry last time and actually forgot about it."
"But don't worry, your Baojun is keeping an eye on it. I've bought the house for you. Next time you go to the county town with us, I'll take you to see it. If you like it, you can buy it. If not, I'll let Baojun find another one for you."
He really forgot about this matter. He forgot such an important thing.
When Li Yan heard this, there was no question of blaming anyone or not. She even wanted to follow her sisters-in-law to set up a stall together.
"Brother-in-law, what you said is that business requires urgency. There is no rush for me to buy a house, so why should I blame you?" Although she said this, Li Yan smiled a lot more.
"I also believe what Brother Baojun saw. That house must be nice. If so, I'll take Suisui with me next time you go to the county town."
She is no longer in a hurry to work. To be honest, she envies her elder brother for being able to earn so much money, and she also wants to set up a stall.
Upon hearing this, Su Zhongguo was happy, "I originally planned to take you with me when I came back this time, but wait a few days, we just came back, and I plan to spend more time with my family."
I knew that my cousin Li Yan was a good-tempered person, but I didn't expect her to be so good-tempered. It seems that she needs to be taught more by her aunt, otherwise she will suffer because of this temper in the outside world.
"That's natural. I'm not in a hurry."
After everyone chatted and laughed for a while, they dispersed and went home.
At night, Su Zhongguo wanted to get closer to his wife and wanted to send Jiani to his mother-in-law's room.
But the little girl seemed to be prepared and started crying as soon as she was held in his arms. After going back and forth several times, Su Zhongguo no longer had the energy to send her off.
"This kid is going to fight with me tonight, isn't she?" Looking at his daughter who had fallen asleep, Su Zhongguo couldn't bring himself to complain.
Li Guixiang wanted to laugh when she saw him like this. How could she not understand what a man was thinking? She was happy about it, but she didn't expect her daughter to not cooperate.
"Be gentle, or you'll have a headache if she cries. I always sleep with her when you're not at home, so she's naturally used to it." He doted on his daughter Li Guixiang very much.
Su Jiani, who was complained by the couple, was not asleep at this time, she was just pretending to be asleep.
She didn't say she did it on purpose.
snort.
She had been away for such a long time, and she wondered if her father was doing well. When he was away from home, no matter how much her mother thought about him, she was worried about him too.
Really, you want to leave her as soon as you come back? No way.
"By the way, you're dividing so much money this time. Brother Baoguo and the others won't have any objections, right?" Before, when she was at her uncle's house, there were some things she didn't dare to ask too much.
To be honest, if she saw that her business partner only took this little while others took twice as much, she would also be very unhappy.
The output is the same.
"If they have any opinions, I asked them at the time if they should pay the same amount, but they only gave me 2,000 yuan. What can I do?"
Su Zhongguo looked unconcerned. "Besides, it's not that I don't allow them to go out. It's that they don't want to."
This really can't be blamed on me.
"It's better to divide it equally next time. I saw that my cousin's wife and the others didn't look very happy today." Li Guixiang frowned and told him what she saw.
People's hearts are hidden, so you can't hurt the harmony among your relatives just for a little money.
If that's the case, it's better not to do it together.
He naturally understood his wife's thoughts, but it was not his turn to decide on such matters.
"Next time I'll ask them, if everyone contributes the same amount, then we'll get the same share." He didn't care. He didn't plan to do this business for long anyway.
He would rather develop in a big city, as the county town is still a little small.
Don't ask, the answer is my daughter's ambition.
"Then it's a good idea for you to ask." She didn't understand the ways of doing business, but she knew that everyone has a competitive spirit, and that it might not be a good thing over time.
Just as the two were chatting enthusiastically, a very discordant voice sounded in their ears.
What's there to be afraid of? At worst, I can just try a different path. It would be great if I could just go to Shenzhen and develop my career once I have the capital. Hehe, maybe my status as a second-generation rich kid will be confirmed.
[There are so many businesses out there. If things don't work out, just go your own way. What's there to be afraid of?]
The couple immediately looked at each other, and when they saw the little one sleeping soundly with his eyes closed, helplessness flashed across their faces.
This girl thought she was asleep. Fortunately, he didn't intend to do anything bad, otherwise, it would be embarrassing.
"Well, at worst I can just quit this job. There are so many things I can bring back from Shenzhen to sell, these two things won't make a difference." Su Zhongguo echoed his daughter's words.
I also want to hear if she has any better options.
"Actually, I have my eye on another item, which is electrical appliances. Here, you can't even queue up even if you have a ticket, but they don't require tickets over there. Not only that, the price is also very cheap." Su Zhongguo thought about what he had seen this time, and then expressed his thoughts.
Before Li Guixiang could reply, Su Jiani's inner voice rang out again: "There's a lot of money to be made in the electrical appliance business, Dad. You have good vision. I support you, but the capital is quite high. Let's wait a little longer."
It's only the early 1980s, and the industry has only just opened up. If we make a big move, we'll attract a lot of attention. We'll have to wait another two years, and that's when it will really take off.
The little girl is quite cautious.
If Su Zhongguo hadn't known about her adventure, he would have been able to shake the water out of her head.
"This thing sounds expensive. Do we have enough money at home?" Li Guixiang exclaimed in surprise.
When it comes to money, Su Zhongguo falls silent. He can't let Jiani know that they stole old man Su's treasure.
If she knew, she would think more about it. What if she couldn't hear her daughter's voice in the future?
"It's almost done. Let's wait a little longer. We are not clear about the business here yet, so it's better to wait." Su Zhongguo shook his head slightly and asked Li Guixiang not to mention it.
"But I'm very optimistic about the electrical appliance business. I'll have to go to Shenzhen to learn more about it if I get a chance."
"Well, I'll go with you then. I also want to go out and see the world." Li Guixiang echoed at the right time.
"Of course. Next time I'll take you and Jiani with me. If there's a chance, I'd also like to visit Xiangcheng across the street. It's really prosperous there." Su Zhongguo still remembered what Bai Laosan had told him about Xiangcheng.
Who wouldn't miss such prosperity?
Anyway, if we leave it here, I'm afraid it won't be as prosperous as it was in a few decades.
"Don't do anything rash. Xiangcheng is not a place we can go to. We need a letter of introduction to go to a county town. Forget about going abroad." Li Guixiang is not a village woman who knows nothing. She can read and understand newspapers and books.
Although I don't know much about the outside world, I have heard of the capitalist world.
"Didn't I say wait two years?"
The couple's night talk ended with Su Jiani occasionally interrupting them.
Su Jiani didn’t know whether the couple performed an action movie at night, but she couldn’t bear it and fell asleep.
When she woke up the next day, she was alone in the room, with no one around her, and she could hear many people talking and laughing outside the room.
Unable to hold her breath any longer, Su Jiani immediately used sonar to call for help.
"Wow, wow."
That’s right, crying.
If no one comes, she will get on the bed.
Li Guixiang, who knew her daughter well, knew that she was holding it in as soon as she heard the sound. She put down the dishes in her hands and ran straight into the house.
"Mommy is here, don't cry, I'll help you pee right away."
Although it was a bit embarrassing, Su Jiani couldn't care less.
After being released, I finally felt relieved.
However, a series of farts made her expression stiffen.
Ahhhh.
She actually farted so long, it was shameful, so shameful.
Li Guixiang looked at her daughter's blushing face and laughed unkindly, "Oh, it stinks! It seems you stole some food yesterday. You're still young, so don't do anything rash. If you get an upset stomach, you'll be in trouble."
While he was happy, he also did not forget to tease her. His daughter was good in every way except that she was always thinking about adults eating and was very greedy.
[Mom, can you please stop talking? I don't want to lose face.] Su Jiani's little eyes started to roll back, and she looked so funny.
"You rolled your eyes at me, you little bitch. Your mother doesn't even dislike you, so why are you so angry?" I really don't know who this child looks like.
Not like her anyway.
[Mom, that's enough. If you keep going on like this, you'll lose your little baby.] Su Jiani stopped rolling her eyes, but the "ah ah" sound coming out of her mouth made people want to laugh.
Li Guixiang cleaned her up, changed her clothes, and then fed her.
"Don't want to eat anymore?" Seeing that she vomited after eating very little, Li Guixiang asked with some concern, and rubbed her belly again, "But your stomach is uncomfortable?"
She knew that her daughter could understand what she said.
[I'm fine, I just don't feel like eating. Mom, let's go out. The room smells a bit.]
Yes, she farted several times just now.
It really stinks.
Hearing this, Li Guixiang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Even the outsider didn't dislike her, but she herself started to dislike him.
"Okay, if you don't want to eat, then don't eat. I'll make you some milk when you're hungry later." After the family's conditions improved, she prepared a lot of milk powder for her daughter for fear of embarrassing her.
Not only are tickets for this thing hard to get, but you also have to buy them from the county town. What a troublesome little girl.
After tidying her clothes, Li Guixiang carried the child out of the house.
As soon as I came out, Li's mother was waiting there.
"Let me hold the baby, and go eat something." She put down her bowl halfway through her meal and then fed the baby. She must be hungry.
"Okay, Mom, please pat her back. She just drank some milk." Li Guixiang handed the child to her mother and gave her instructions.
Mother Li nodded, "Okay, I understand."
She came into the crowd holding the child.
Someone came to ask for news yesterday afternoon, but she just dismissed him by saying that she had something going on at home.
I can't get rid of him today. Look, many people from the village came to inquire about it.
No matter whether you have good intentions or bad intentions, you can't drive people away.
Let’s just gather together and talk.
The man asked Su Zhongguo whether the business was successful.
What the woman asked was how much money he earned.
Anyway, we can't live without these two things.
"This girl is getting more and more beautiful, just like Guixiang when she was a child. She is really rare." An aunt who had a good relationship with Li's mother pinched Su Jiani's little butt and flattered her.
She was also one of the people who came to inquire about the news.
"Guixiang didn't eat as well as Jiani when she was a child, and she's not as fair as my Jiani." The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is not just talk.
In the eyes of the elderly, whether it is a grandson or a granddaughter-in-law, they are better than their own children.
"That's right. Back then, we were in constant war and couldn't even live in peace. How can it be compared with now?" Auntie replied naturally.
A trace of reminiscence appeared on her face. "Back then, even after we had children, we still went to work in the fields, fearing that the harvest would be poor. Some children were born in the fields, and it was lucky that they survived."
People of the same age standing nearby also recalled the past and felt that their current life was like a dream.
"Of course not. Not to mention the distant past, even in the 1960s, who dared to have a baby?"
"She's still able to have a baby, and she's lucky she didn't starve to death. If we didn't have such a huge mountain range to rely on, I'm afraid we would have to flee."
The more they talked, the more outrageous it became, but I didn't dare let them continue.
"Alright, alright, it's been so long. The country has been so good to us, we can't dwell on the past. Isn't it said now, look forward? We can't hold the country back."
Li's mother was afraid that they would say something bad, so she interrupted them and changed the subject immediately.
"By the way, the autumn harvest is coming soon. How are you going to pay the public grain this year? Will each family pay together or will each family pay their own?"
In the past, the village would do the statistics and then submit them to the grain station.
Now that the land has been distributed to each household, no one knows how to pay the taxes.
"Of course, each family pays their own share. We can't pay the public grain tax in the name of the village. How will the grain station record it then?"
An older lady who was a generation older than Li's mother and the others looked at them with disapproval.
"My family pays it themselves."
The others didn't respond, so it's unknown what they were thinking.
Mother Li was not angry either. After all, it was these women who were gossiping, and they were not the ones who really made the decisions in the family.
"It's better to pay it yourself. It saves trouble. The sooner you pay it, the sooner it will be over. If the team pays it, who knows how long it will take." Li's mother responded dryly.
Su Jiani really didn't know about these things. The public grain that her family ate was not paid by her family. She didn't even know how much grain was harvested every year, and she didn't even understand what it meant to pay public grain.
It's not her family's turn to deal with such a big thing.
Seeing that the topic was getting more and more off topic, a foolish person brought up the previous topic again, "By the way, Aunt Li, how much did your son-in-law earn this time?" She covered her mouth with her hand in a pretentious manner and asked from a sideways position close to Li's mother.
As if others can't hear it.
But her voice was so loud that the people down the mountain could barely hear it.
"I really don't know about that, but Zhongguo said that people are now allowed to set up stalls outside. If you are interested, take it to the town and see how much others can earn."
"If you're interested, you can give it a try. After all, the food is ours now, so it's just a little bit of effort, so it's worth it."
How could Li's mother tell them about this?
"Is this real? What if I can't sell it after I make it?"
"That's right, that's right, isn't that a waste of food? Besides, we are all from the countryside, so how can we have anything good to sell?"
"Yes, the most valuable things in my family are those chickens, but the purchase price of the commune is not high. If there is no other way, who would be willing to sell them?"
Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to use it to collect eggs?
We can’t say they are short-sighted, we can only say that everyone has the same idea these days.
Mother Li stopped talking and just listened to their discussion.
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