Suddenly, Li Jin was about to take scissors and kill himself, which startled everyone in the room!
The eldest grandfather, who was closest to Li Qingshan, snatched the scissors, threw them on the ground, and angrily shouted at Li Qingshan, "Second son, Li Qingshan! If you don't take care of your wife, I'll... I'll teach her a lesson for you!"
Although it's not nice for an elder brother to beat his brother's wife, we can't just stand by and watch such a good nephew be driven to his death by this spendthrift woman.
Seeing Li Jin like this, Li Wanshi suddenly sat down on the ground and began to wail loudly.
Li Qingshan clenched his fists, looked at his son who was being held down, and at his wife who was crying loudly. Suddenly, he started slapping himself from both sides, muttering, "It's all my fault for being incompetent and not being able to earn money!"
The room was a mess, but Li Xiangdong was relieved to see that Li Jin was alright.
Li Jin suddenly spoke up, "Father, Mother, how long are you going to keep subsidizing Li Song? He's an adult who's started a family and has a career now!"
Li Jin sighed, "How about this, I'll give you an extra five yuan each month. You can subsidize whoever you want, just don't try to take advantage of our family again!"
"If you don't agree, I'll die today with my mother!"
After hearing their son's words, Li Qingshan and Li Wanshi stopped crying abruptly. After being persuaded by the crowd for a while, the two readily agreed.
Li Jin then took out the document he had written earlier and had his parents put their fingerprints on it. "Dad, Mom, do you agree? If you make a fuss again, I will assume that Li Song is the one who instigated it, and I will go to his workplace to ask him about it."
Li Wanshi trembled in fright, and Li Jin then seized upon her weakness.
After the farce, everyone left, leaving only the father and son in the house.
Li Jin looked a little tired. He rubbed his temples. "What did your grandma say in her letter?"
Li Xiangdong poured him a cup of hot water and told him the contents of the letter, "Dad, Mom and I are going to visit Grandma in western Sichuan."
Li Jin nodded and then asked, "Isn't your second aunt going?"
Li Xiangdong shook his head.
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The next two days were both tense and busy. Zhao Sufang was busy arranging things at home and the factory, while Li Xiangdong carried a bunch of canned fish to the supply and marketing cooperative, giving each person two bottles and purchasing a lot of other things.
There were two cans of malted milk powder, eight catties of white sugar, eight catties of brown sugar, four catties of salt, four catties of honey-flavored fried dough sticks, four catties of walnut shortbread, four pairs of rain boots, two pairs of men's and two pairs of women's, and a flashlight.
In my past life, whenever it rained, my stepfather would walk barefoot, and he would need to light a pine torch to go out after dark.
Li Xiangdong bought another luggage bag for himself and Zhao Sufang.
Carrying his things, Li Xiangdong decided to drop by Director Yan's house for a visit.
Huang Guimei was the only one at home. Seeing Li Xiangdong with his large and small bags, she asked curiously, "What are you planning to do?"
"I'm going to visit my maternal grandmother in western Sichuan."
Li Xiangdong took out two jin of brown sugar, two jin of white sugar, and four cans of fish from his bag and placed them on the cabinet. "I estimate I'll be gone for half a month. You can have these few jin of sugar for now."
Huang Guimei refused, saying, "You still have some of what you bought last time! Take it to your grandma."
Li Xiangdong wouldn't let her refuse, "I've prepared everything for my grandma. Don't skimp on the food, add sugar when you drink the porridge, don't faint from low blood sugar again! Also, eat meat when you should, eat fish when you should, you and your uncle are getting old, you need to take care of yourselves."
Now that Liu Donglai no longer lives at the Yan family's house, and if Director Yan doesn't eat at home, Huang Guimei has to make do with her meals by herself.
Seeing Li Xiangdong's serious expression as he gave her these instructions, Huang Guimei felt comforted and replied, "I know, I know. You and your mother have to be careful when you go to western Sichuan this time. I heard that it's all mountains there, and there are wolves and tigers that eat people."
This is not Huang Guimei exaggerating; there have indeed been frequent incidents of wild animals injuring people.
Li Xiangdong wasn't scared at all after hearing this. He rubbed his hands together eagerly, "Perfect for hunting. When I get a tiger skin, I'll make a mattress for my aunt."
This made Huang Guimei laugh out loud, "You've blown your own horn to the heavens, even talking about hunting tiger skins. Don't end up as a snack for the tiger."
After leaving the Yan family, Li Xiangdong went straight to Quanshui Village, told his master about his trip to western Sichuan, left her two jin of white sugar and two jin of brown sugar, and instructed his master not to eat alone, but to remember to share with his mother.
When Grandma Jiang heard him say this, she refrained from rolling her eyes and told him to remember to read on the way back, as she would check his homework when they returned!
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After buying two train tickets to western Sichuan at the train station, Li Xiangdong basically had nothing else to do but wait to depart.
The afternoon before he left, Li Xiangdong was watching Li Yan and Li Ping in the yard, while Li Jiabao was playing hide-and-seek. Li Guoqing ran into the yard, panting.
"Second Brother! Pan Jiwen has arrived with Pan Jiqing, saying they're looking for you! They're pulling several rubber-wheeled carts behind them. Yes, and there are five or six young men following behind them!"
Li Xiangdong raised an eyebrow. Had he fallen for their trap?
"Second brother, are they here to cause trouble again? There are too many of them. I need to go and call Uncle Kang to bring the militia over to help us."
Li Xiangdong stopped Li Guoqing, "Come on, let me show you what it means to subdue the enemy without fighting!"
Li Guoqing: ......
When the two arrived at the village entrance, they found that the joint defense team was already there, including Guo Jinfang and his son, as well as two of Li's cousins.
As soon as Li Xiangdong appeared, Pan Jiwen quickly waved to him, "Second Brother, Second Brother!"
Pan Jiqing glanced at him, his teeth aching slightly. "Aren't you two years older than Li Xiangdong? Why are you calling me 'Second Brother' so affectionately?"
Li Xiangdong glanced at the things in the car behind him, feeling more at ease, and lazily replied, "What's up, Xiao Panzi? What do you want with your second brother?"
Pan Jiqing's fists were hard, but Pan Jiwen happily ran towards Li Xiangdong.
Guo Jinfang glanced at Li Xiangdong's expression and didn't stop Pan Jiwen.
Pan Jiwen ran up to Li Xiangdong, glanced at his face, and asked, "Second Brother, do you want some Rehmannia glutinosa?"
Li Xiangdong deliberately asked, "Rehmannia? Didn't you send it all to Guangming Pharmaceutical Factory?"
Pan Jiwen said angrily, "Hey, that brat Xiao Wang, he gave me false information. They don't want this batch of Rehmannia glutinosa at all!"
"If they don't want it, what am I supposed to do with it? Is there anything else?"
Li Xiangdong made a move to leave.
"Don't go! You can plant it!"
Pan Jiwen grabbed Li Xiangdong's arm.
Why don't you plant them?
"Uh, I don't have anywhere to plant!"
"I don't have anywhere either!"
"Doesn't your brigade have a Chinese herbal medicine base?"
Pan Jiwen's eyes darted around. This was his uncle's idea, and now he had no choice but to try it as a last resort.
Li Xiangdong sneered, "Heh, you think you can fool me? Can that rehmannia even survive if planted now?"
"They'll survive! Look, these are the ones we dug up these past few days, all intact, guaranteed to live!"
Anyway, they all looked listless and were at the bottom, so Li Xiangdong couldn't see them.
After a brief struggle, Li Xiangdong pretended to have no choice but to go with him to the rubber-wheeled vehicle to inspect the goods.
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