After riding the bike home, everyone in the family except Li Aidang seemed unhappy.
"Sis, can I give it a try?"
Li Aidang was eager to try.
Li Ping said, "Of course, you can show me around the compound."
“Okay.” Li Aidang and Gao Xin agreed. The family had finally bought a bicycle, and he felt it was essential to take it for a spin.
After the two left, Li's mother said to Li Guoliang, "Although this bicycle belongs to Pingping, if Aihong and the others want to use it in the future, they should use it together."
"These are Pingping's things, don't ask me." Li Guoliang was unhappy. He was starting to have some issues with his wife. Lately, she was always contradicting him.
Li Aihong secretly pulled Li Aijun aside and said, "We'll use it together then. This bicycle is so big, we can't let her hog it all by herself."
Li Aijun said, "Sister, if you want to use it, I'll use it." She wasn't going to be the first to speak up. It wouldn't be good if she offended her older sister.
"Useless." Li Aihong glanced at her. Anyway, she was going to use it. A bicycle isn't a watch; you can't always carry it with you. She'd just ride it to school and hide it.
Inside the compound, Li Aidang happily rode his bicycle, taking his older sister for a ride. Riding their own bicycle was definitely a different experience.
"Sister, can I use your car in the future?" Li Aidang asked.
Li Ping said, "Although this is my dowry that Dad bought for me, I will definitely lend it to you if you need to use it. Of course, that is, on the premise that I don't need it. After all, Dad bought it for my studies, and he will be angry if it interferes with my studies."
Li Aidang was overjoyed. "I'll wait until you're on vacation to use it, then I'll ride it out for fun." He lives close to school and doesn't need the bike.
"But Ai Dang, this is, after all, my dowry. It wouldn't be good if too many people used it and it broke. So only the two of us in our family can use it. You have to help me protect the car. Only the two of us can use it."
“Okay!” Li Aidang wasn’t stupid; he knew this was to keep his second sister in check. Since his eldest sister was willing to lend him the car, he naturally had to help out. He couldn’t expect something for nothing. Besides, he didn’t like his second sister; she always liked to cause trouble.
The siblings rode around a few times before returning home, then found a lock and locked the bike. They then handed the key to Li Ping.
"Why lock it?" Li's mother asked, displeased. "There's no need to lock it at home."
“The drawers at home are locked,” Li Aidang said.
Li's mother: "..."
She then looked at Li Ping and said, "Pingping, although this bike was bought for you, you can't just use it all by yourself. That's such a waste. Nobody's bicycle is just for one person."
Li Ping looked at her calmly, "Mom, Dad said that if other people want a bicycle, they have to get into university. If I lend out the bicycle, what if they don't feel pressured and fail to get into university? If Dad agrees, I have no objection."
"..." Li's mother remained silent, her face grim. Li Ping packed her things expressionlessly, preparing to return to school.
Li Aidang looked at his mother and said, "Mom, this car belongs to my eldest sister. What's it to you? Apart from my eldest sister, no one else in our family usually needs a car."
Li's mother felt that her son had changed. Not only was he disobedient, but he was also unfilial.
Li Aihong said, "I need it too, my school is far away."
"Let Dad buy it for you," Li Aidang said.
Li Aihong looked at Li Aijun, asking her to speak as well.
Li Ping came out of the house. "Aijun, where's my blue coat?"
"Oh, it's drying outside. I'll go bring it in for you." Li Aijun quickly ran outside. She wasn't going to get involved in this. Anyway, even if she got it, she wouldn't be the first to use it.
Li Aihong: "..."
After lunch, Li Ping rode her bike to school. Li Aidang and Li Aijun escorted her to the gate of the school compound, watching her ride away with great confidence, filled with envy.
Li Aidang looked at Li Aijun and said, "Third sister, eldest sister, let me ride your bike when you're on vacation. I'll take you for a ride then."
Li Aijun's eyes lit up immediately.
"But don't follow your second sister around and cause trouble in the future. Don't cause trouble for your eldest sister."
Li Aijun frowned. "Why? She's our second sister too."
Li Aidang said seriously, "Second Sister can't endure hardship, loves to cause trouble, and doesn't fit in. I don't like Second Sister. Anyway, I like Eldest Sister. If you listen to Second Sister, I won't like you either. I'm not taking you for a ride."
“…Then I’ll listen to you,” Li Aijun resigned herself to her fate. Both her father and Ai Dang favored her eldest sister, making three girls in their favor. What could she do? Of course, she’d choose her eldest sister. Besides, with her eldest sister, her sister even gave her money for new clothes…though she earned it by washing clothes. But with her second sister, who always wore new clothes, she’d only ever wear what her second sister wore. It was better to stay with her eldest sister.
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"This bicycle really looks different from ours."
After class on Monday, Su Yu went to see Li Ping's new bicycle.
Knowing that Li Ping's family had bought her a bicycle, Su Yu was quite happy, feeling that Li Ping had now established herself firmly in her family.
If she keeps it up, with her family background and her own hard work, she will definitely be successful in the future.
"It seems your dad treats you quite well."
Li Ping said calmly, "It's all for the sake of face. If I were still the same as before, they probably wouldn't even want to look at me. My sister talked back to my dad. This is something I don't even dare to think about. If I talked back, no one in the family would comfort me. They would either gloat or scold and reprimand me."
Su Yu patted her shoulder, "You've grown up now, and you don't need many things anymore. Family, friendship, and love—you can't have it all. You have to give up something to gain something. Besides, you'll have your own family in the future, and you'll still have family ties. No one can take that away from you."
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