As Li Guifang stepped into the threshold of the slum with her plastic sandals, she heard a commotion coming from the direction of her home.
She frowned, moved the net bag containing bread scraps to her left hand, and rubbed her sore shoulders with her right hand.
After kneading dough in Guifangzhai for a whole day, her shoulders and neck were numb and her back was sore. At this moment, she felt very uncomfortable.
"Ancestors bless you! Smoke is coming out of the Li family's ancestral grave! We must roast a golden pig!"
Li Jianghai kept muttering in his hoarse voice.
Li Guifang paused. How much did he drink? He's just bragging!
Even if Li Jianghai made a little money from trading electronic watches, wouldn't he still have the money? With this kind of character, even if he did get it, what would he do?
What are you howling about?"
She walked in with a frown, bypassing the piles of honeycomb coal and cabbage piled up in the yard by each household.
"I heard you yelling from far away..." Before she could finish her words, she was stunned.
I saw the low gate to my house was wide open, and a bunch of neighbors were blocking the door.
Li Jianghai was gesturing and talking to several neighbors with his hands.
For the first time today, he didn't bother to wipe his sweat-soaked Dacron shirt. He rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, revealing his tanned arms.
He was pulling Wang Qing here, spitting out his mouth and sighing, "My daughter is so promising!"
Wang Qinglai, you still know that it's just your daughter...
If it were my daughter, oh, I don’t have a daughter!
The neighbors gathered in a circle, some clapping, some making noises, and Aunt Zhang, who was just looking for fun, shouted, "Old Li! When your daughter comes back, won't she talk about Grandma?
And, no, grandma!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jianghai straightened his back even more and patted his chest, "Of course not! My daughter will speak foreign languages in the future!"
Li Guifang was already confused, and her blood pressure shot up when she heard Li Jianghai say this.
He rushed over in two steps, grabbed Li Jianghai's ear, and twisted it: "How many turnips did you eat? You're so arrogant!"
Seeing Li Guifang coming back, Li Jianghai didn't care about the pain and was so excited that he spoke incoherently and stammered.
"Old woman, our ancestors have appeared, and golden mist is gushing out of our ancestral tomb!
Mingli really got admitted to Beijing University of Foreign Languages!
Foreign languages! Foreign languages! The kind I can chat with foreigners in the future! "
Li Guifang was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly slapped Li Jianghai on the back, almost knocking him into the cabbage pile.
"Really?!" Her voice suddenly rose an octave, making the sparrows on the clothesline in the yard fly away with a flutter. "Mingli really passed the exam?
Li Minli squeezed forward with the admission letter in hand.
"Mom, the postman just delivered it," he said, pointing to the red seal and showing it to Li Guifang!
Li Guifang suddenly let out a cry, which scared Master Wang so much that the enamel pot in his hand fell to the ground with a bang!
Li Guifang's behavior was even more excessive than Li Jianghai's.
Just put your hands together and start, then thank God and the air!
After thanking all the gods, I would like to thank the director of the street office, the principal, the teachers, and also thank Li Mingyuan for volunteering. It’s a good decision!
Li Mingli stamped her feet in shame: "Mom!"
Li Guifang took all the remaining cakes in the net bag and ate them all up. It was not in vain! It was not in vain!
The people present were pouring out compliments one after another. The entire Li family courtyard became even more lively!
"Old Li!" She grabbed Li Jianghai's arm and said, "Go to the grocery store and get two taels of loose wine! And cut off half a pound of hindquarters!"
Then he fished out a handkerchief from his waistband and shook out a few crumpled bills. "I want some fat and some thin! We're making dumplings tonight!"
After arranging the work for Li Jianghai, he hurriedly called out to the front yard: "Xiuying! Huang Xiuying!"
"What's going on, Guifang? Are you calling your soul?" Huang Xiuying, who had just arrived home, was still washing rice in the pot, ready to go and watch the fun as soon as the meal was cooked!
"Do you have a piece of blue khaki? Make my daughter two dresses for school!"
Without waiting for the other party to agree, he added: "I'll trade you my bag of Fuqiang powder!"
Wang Xiuying curled her lips and said, "Oh, you're the only one with flour, right? I'll give it to Mingli. College students should buy something decent..."
Li Mingli, who was standing aside, stamped her feet in anxiety. How could she feel so embarrassed!
"Mom! My blue jacket can still be worn after patching it up..."
"Don't talk!" Li Guifang yelled without turning her head.
Then he put on a smile and gestured to Wang Xiuying, "The cuffs should be this wide, young people grow fast..."
Li Jianghai took the opportunity to slip out of the courtyard, but after taking a few steps, he turned back and grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the windowsill and stuffed them into the children watching the fun: "Eat! Eat! Let's all share in the joy!"
"Guifang," Old Mrs. Wu came over with her cane, "I have a pair of pillowcases here. Give them to Mingli..."
"Yes! Both!" Li Guifang poked her head out of Wang Xiuying's window, a thread still hanging from her hair. "Mingli, thank Grandma Wu quickly!"
Aunt Zhang smiled and shook her head, then suddenly slapped her thigh: "Ouch! I still have a red bean popsicle in my popsicle box!" Then she ran home, "Let Mingli cool down!"
The setting sun dyed the brick walls of the compound orange, and the public faucet was dripping.
When Li Jianghai came back with the wine bottle and meat, he saw that on the cement ground in front of his house, sand was scattered to form a crooked "囍" character - it must have been done by those naughty children.
He was about to curse when he heard his wife's off-key singing from inside the house: "Let's drink to celebrate today..."
Shaking his head, he took out his treasured "Da Qianmen" and gave one to every neighbor who passed by.
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