Chapter 162 162 So this year's New Year will be a suitable opportunity...
Although the call was not long, Jiang Lili could still feel the changes in Lu Jiaze. Compared with before, he seemed to have become more open-minded and was even more outspoken about the matter between him and Ji Mingyue. Jiang Lili did not express any opinion on this and just acted as a qualified listener.
"I just realized that some things will make me feel better if I talk them out. I was too narrow-minded before." Lu Jiaze thought, if he had realized this earlier, some things might not have developed to this point?
"It's not too late to change now. I think Aunt Qiu and the others will be very happy that you can figure it out." Jiang Lili was really happy for him. In her opinion, Ji Yushu was a good example, and she didn't want him to end up in a bad situation.
"Yes, so you are now the benefactor of our entire family." Lu Jiaze's tone became teasing at the end.
After talking about this matter, the awkward atmosphere between the two of them quickly disappeared. Lu Jiaze checked the time and quickly hung up the phone. At this time, Jiang Lili saw the message from half an hour ago. She couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand. The two of them had actually been chatting for half an hour.
[Sorry, I just received a call. It's very late. Please go to bed early.] After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Lili replied to the person on the other end. Although it was just a casual chat, it was wrong to disappear suddenly.
The person who received the message was sitting in the living room, staring at the message in a daze. So who was the person on the other end of the phone? It was at this moment that Lu Hongzhe realized that he was actually worrying about such a problem. He couldn't help but laugh. Perhaps some relationships needed to be promoted again.
He stared at the message on the screen and finally replied, "Okay, you should go to bed early too. Good night."
This time, Jiang Lili didn't reply. She put her phone on the bedside, curled the corners of her lips, then closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly.
The next morning, Jiang Yulan sent Jiang Lili to school. On the way, Jiang Yulan took the initiative to say, "Don't worry about the house. I will discuss it with your uncle today. Just like you said, it's best to get rid of it."
"If you can't bear to part with it, you can keep it." Jiang Lili thought about it and decided that they didn't need the money at the moment, so it would be fine to keep it.
"It's not that I'm reluctant to leave." Jiang Yulan shook her head. When she first opposed it, she just thought that it was the first small home in her life. Later, she thought that she seemed to have put the cart before the horse. As long as the mother and daughter were, home was there.
Seeing Jiang Lili looking over, she smiled again and said, "At the time, I just thought that the house had witnessed your growth, so it was good to keep it. But what you said yesterday reminded me that our opportunities to go back will become fewer and fewer in the future, so it seems that there is no point in staying there."
"Indeed, the house didn't change much when I went back this time because my uncle took care of it regularly. When my uncle came to Beijing, there was no one to take care of the house." Jiang Lili analyzed with her rationally.
"I indeed overlooked this issue before, so let's sell it." Jiang Yulan's tone was relaxed after she figured it out.
The mother and daughter reached a consensus at this moment. Finally, Jiang Yulan asked, "Before that, I will ask your uncle to move some things from home to his place. Do the things in your room need to be moved there?"
"Just move the two boxes under the desk over there, the others are not needed." They contained the things Jiang Lili had sorted out before.
"Okay, then you should go in quickly and don't be late." Jiang Yulan said as she looked down at the time.
It was only a few days later, but when Jiang Lili returned to school again, she felt like she had been away for a long time. She went back to the dormitory first. At this time, everyone in the dormitory probably went to the cafeteria, and there was no one inside. She regretted not sending them a message to tell them about this last night.
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After Jiang Lili left, Ji Yushu couldn't be discharged immediately because of the 100 yuan incident. Chen Guilan had a gloomy face the whole day. She stared at Ji Mingyue and said, "You should stay in the hospital and take care of your father for the next few days."
"Of course." Ji Mingyue nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Chen Guilan nodded with reluctant satisfaction, and then reminded Ji Yushu, "When this girl is taking care of you in the hospital, you must keep a close eye on her. If she runs away like her mother did, you will really lose a lot."
"Mom, what you said is not that kind of person, right, Mingyue." After Ji Yushu said this, he looked at Ji Mingyue with a smile on his face, but he began to be alert in his heart.
"Of course, Dad, don't worry." Ji Mingyue forced a smile. It had been a whole morning and the number above Ji Yushu's head had not appeared. She didn't understand what went wrong. She would not run away until she found the problem.
"Then I'll go back and make porridge. You just woke up, so you should eat something light." Chen Guilan said and glanced at the father and daughter.
"Grandma, then please bring Xingyue here later. I can take care of her together." Ji Mingyue said.
"The hospital is not a good place, so don't let her cause trouble." In Chen Guilan's view, Ji Xingyue could barely be considered a "hostage" threatening her.
When Chen Guilan returned to the iron factory, it was lunchtime. Because of Jiang Lili's behavior in the morning, everyone was praising her for her loyalty and righteousness. Thinking of the hundred yuan, Chen Guilan's face became even darker.
"Aunt Chen, is your second son feeling better?" asked someone familiar.
"He has been transferred to the general ward and will probably be discharged in a few days."
"That's a good thing. I think your second child is a blessed one. Look how filial Lili is. Just wait and enjoy the good life in the future."
"That's right. I saved all the money I spent on your second son's medical treatment. There aren't many good children like you."
This statement attracted many echoes. Thinking about how Jiang Lili was praised to the sky by these people for just a hundred yuan, she couldn't help but say, "She only gave a hundred yuan, how can it be as exaggerated as you say."
"One hundred yuan is still money, and their children are still in school." Some people were dissatisfied with Chen Guilan's reaction.
"That's right. How much money did Ji Mingyue give out? Lili's schooling was paid for by the Jiang family, right?"
"No wonder Lili had that expression. She must have known what kind of people they were." The person who spoke looked at Chen Guilan with disdain. How does the saying go? There must be something hateful about pitiful people. It's true.
Chen Guilan originally regretted saying that, but now seeing everyone's attitude, she couldn't help but curse Jiang Lili again. She didn't know what kind of magic potion this girl had fed these people to make them side with her.
Jiang Aiguo told them the reaction from the iron factory after he arrived in Beijing. His tone was full of smiles: "Even if something like this happens again in the future, these people will understand no matter what Lili does." It was also at this time that Jiang Aiguo completely understood why Jiang Lili had deliberately gone to the iron factory.
"That's right. After this incident, I guess no one will believe them if they say anything bad about Lili again." Jiang Jianyi nodded.
"Uncle, has the house issue been settled?" Jiang Lili was quite concerned about this matter.
"Well, we are all old neighbors of the cotton mill, so we reached an agreement quickly." As for the money from selling the house, Jiang Aiguo had transferred it to Jiang Yulan's card before he came.
"Then we will stay at your place when we go back. You have to give me half of your room." Jiang Lili said, deliberately looking at Jiang Qitong.
"Of course." Jiang Qitong agreed without hesitation.
Everyone was amused, and then became serious. At this time, everyone was discussing Jiang Aiguo's work. According to Zhou Qingfen's idea, she hoped that he would run a cram school with her. Others respected the couple's own choice.
"Give me three months first. If I still can't find a suitable job by then, it's not too late to talk about this later." Instead of going to a cram school, Jiang Aiguo still hopes to find a job similar to his previous one.
"Okay, then we'll consider it after three months. By the way, Lili, when can the information you left at the front desk be sent to those parents?" Zhou Qingfen asked.
"Wait a little longer, at least until the construction over there is completed." Jiang Lili smiled a little embarrassedly.
"Okay, when you need to distribute it, just let me know in advance. When you open your business, please also help promote my tutoring class." Zhou Qingfen said with a smile.
"Of course no problem." Jiang Lili agreed happily, then lowered her head and sent a message to Cheng Yuntian, asking about the progress over there. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yuntian brought him good news. Youyou Paradise was closed, and asked her if she needed to open a branch of Baby Paradise.
"Not for now. My main focus now is on Youbei." Jiang Lili refused directly.
"Okay, let's land Youbei first. There's no need to rush to expand Baby Paradise." The expansion process here is already very mature, and any expansion that needs to be completed can be completed quickly.
Time flies. Because of the preparations for Youbei, this semester went by very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was winter vacation. Winter vacation means New Year, and this is their second New Year in Beijing.
Unlike last time, this time the Jiang family was here the whole time, and everyone had started preparing for the New Year early. Jiang Lili stared at the couplets she had bought on the table, feeling a bit amused and helpless: "Grandpa, aren't you buying them too early? There's still half a month before the New Year."
"I'll buy it first and see if it's suitable. If not, I'll buy another one." Jiang Jianyi said as he picked up the couplets and started gesturing at the door. Two months ago, he moved there with Jiang Aiguo's family of three. This year they planned to celebrate the New Year at Jiang Aiguo's place, so the house here needed to be decorated with a festive atmosphere.
"Okay, as long as you don't mind it being troublesome." Seeing that he was happy, Jiang Lili just let him do what he wanted.
"By the way, we are going to your uncle's house to celebrate the New Year this year. Will Hongzhe and the others also go home to celebrate the New Year?" Jiang Jianyi asked casually.
"I think so. I'm not sure." Jiang Lili shook her head. Although she contacted Lu Hongzhe every day, they had never discussed this issue. Since she returned from Yuncheng, their contact frequency had increased significantly. Jiang Lili wondered if their relationship was just about to break. So, would this year's Lunar New Year be a suitable opportunity?
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