Seeing that Li Jin had been unhappy for two days, Li Xiangdong finally understood why his father was angry. He even recited the Three Yin Classic and hugged Li Yan, saying that daughters are always more considerate and sons are all ungrateful wretches.
Li Xiangdong suppressed a laugh, but pretended not to know anything. He dutifully gave Li Jin two bottles of wine made from wolf bones and wolf penis. Afterwards, he discussed with Li Jin, "Dad, Professor Liu got rheumatism when he was sent to the countryside. I noticed he walks with a limp. Do you think it would be alright if I gave him some wolf bones?"
Li Jin looked at the gift his son had given him, then compared it to the one he was going to give to Professor Liu. Hmm, his own was definitely in better condition.
"Of course we'll take that! Professor Liu is a specially appointed expert for our brigade. Let's bring him some wolf bones and wolf whips!"
After quickly calming Li Jin down, Li Xiangdong began packing his things to go to Pengcheng. His reasons were twofold: first, to visit Professor Liu and ask for his guidance on the construction planning of the standardized aquaculture base—after all, professionals should handle professional matters; second, Li Xiangdong wanted to go sea fishing or something.
To be honest, ever since Li Xiangdong was reborn, he has been plagued by internal and external troubles. He has spent almost all his time on infrastructure construction. During his few moments of leisure, all he can think about is how to make money.
After sending Li Zhen off to university, he felt inexplicably relieved and now really wanted to rest without any distractions and relax his mind and body.
No matter how hard people work to earn money, isn't the ultimate goal to live a good life?
Although many people often put the cart before the horse and prioritize work over life, what doesn't Li Xiangdong, who has lived a second life, understand?
He had come to terms with it, but Li Jin and Zhao Sufang were a little confused. Taking advantage of a moment when no one was home, they hesitantly spoke to Li Xiangdong.
"Hey son, you should be in your final year of junior high this year, right?"
"Yeah?"
Li Xiangdong blinked his big eyes, his mind momentarily confused. Should he be in the third year of junior high school?
Li Jin suppressed the urge to yell and tried to speak in a calm tone, "School has already started, aren't you going to school?"
"Well, let's not go, I'm pretty busy right now..."
"Da Ming can handle the trip to Pengcheng!"
Li Jin and Zhao Sufang's attitude was so firm that Li Xiangdong was speechless for a long time before finally saying, "Dad, Mom, you can't just think that we can all go to university just because Fourth Sister got into university, right? Yes, Xiaoping is a good student, but don't you know how many points Jiabao got?"
"Some people are good at studying, while others are good at something else."
"You can't say that our lives are meaningless just because we don't go to university, can you?"
"My fourth sister is going to university to serve our country, and Jiabao and I can earn money to support our family and take care of our children! We both have a bright future!"
Well, Li Jin and Zhao Sufang were speechless after hearing that.
Fortunately, the two of them weren't the type to be reckless. They considered it a blessing that one member of their family had gone to university. As for their other children, they were free to do whatever they wanted, as long as they were safe, healthy, and happy.
Therefore, everyone tacitly agreed on the matter of Li Xiangdong's schooling.
Not going to school doesn't mean not absorbing new knowledge. Li Xiangdong is actually quite studious; at the very least, he puts a lot of effort into studying the books his master gave him.
After speaking with Professor Liu in Pengcheng by phone, Li Xiangdong bought a train ticket and set off three days later.
Since Li Jiabao and Li Ping had already started school, only Li Guoqing, who had also given up his studies, could go with him. Therefore, Guo Yuxi, Li Xiangjie, and Zhao Xiaojun were extremely envious and jealous, and demanded that they be given some local specialties from Shenzhen to eat.
Little did anyone know, before Li Xiangdong even left, a major event occurred in Lijiapo.
Chunhua's brother has arrived!
Furthermore, the first thing Chunhua's brother did upon arriving was to go to the Agricultural Bureau, drag Li Song out of his office, and beat him up!
In just over a year, Li Song went through two marriages. The first was Chunhua, whom he suspected was not his child, and they divorced. The second was Shi Fengfeng, who orchestrated the scheme to force her brother to take Li Zhen's place; she is now in prison, and Li Song divorced her as well.
Li Wanshi secretly burned incense for her ancestors at home, hoping that her youngest son could marry a good wife. So, she was busy arranging for matchmakers to introduce potential partners to the Li Song dynasty.
Just then, Chunhua's legendary brother, whom she had lost contact with for many years, suddenly appeared!
It was also quite miraculous that Chunhua's brother appeared.
Right now, Chunhua's brother, Chunshuwei, is sitting on the kang (heated brick bed) at Li Jin's house, drinking with Li Jin's family.
After beating up Li Song, Chun Shuwei originally wanted to go to Li Jin's house to demand an explanation, but his sister stopped him.
Chunhua recounted the past to her brother in detail, "Brother, your elder brother and sister-in-law have done nothing wrong to me. I had a difficult childbirth back then, and if it weren't for your elder brother and Xiangdong arranging for people from the village to give me blood transfusions, I would be buried in the ground long ago, and you wouldn't be able to see your two nephews."
"That's when I divorced that beast Li Song. I was raising two children on my own, and I was really grateful for the help from my eldest and second sisters-in-law. My eldest brother also helped me register Jinlong and Yufeng's household registration. Although my eldest and second brothers are Li Song's biological brothers, their temperaments are really different!"
Chun Shuwei's years of military training had given him a dark face that exuded an imposing presence, and he radiated a cold and hard aura, only softening when he was with his sister and nephews.
He was the kind of person who would repay kindness with kindness and avenge wrongs. After hearing his sister's story, he visited Li Jin and Li Yuan's home the next day with gifts.
Thinking about what Li Song had done to Chunhua, Li Jin felt too ashamed to accept the gift from Chun Shuwei.
During their conversation, Chun Shuwei learned that Li Jin had also served in the military, and laughed heartily, "We're comrades-in-arms, don't be so polite!"
Li Jin laughed, "Since the leader has brought it, I won't stand on ceremony! Have a simple meal at my house!"
Thus, the strange scene unfolded where Chun Shuwei and Li Jin, and Li Yuan were drinking and laughing together, while Li Song lay at home half-dead.
Li Wanshi sat next to Li Song, crying and cursing, cursing her eldest and second sons for being heartless. Her younger brother had been beaten to death, and instead of avenging him, they were trying to climb the social ladder!
Pooh!
He's just a regimental commander, isn't he?
Is it really necessary to shamelessly fawn over someone like that?
What a spineless coward!
Li Song was thoroughly annoyed by his mother's incessant yelling and cursing from morning till noon. "Go yell at my older brother's house! Stop nagging in front of me, it's so annoying!"
Li Wanshi would never dare to go to Li Jin's house to curse. Since her youngest son found it annoying, she could only keep it to herself and dared not utter a curse aloud again.
“When I joined the army, I couldn’t contact my family because of some things. More than ten years passed in the blink of an eye, and when I returned home, I found that my sister was gone.”
Chun Shuwei sighed, wondering how much suffering his sister had endured over the years.
Chunhua wiped away her tears, "I thought you had sacrificed yourself."
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