Li Boyan and Li Bowen were busy with work and left on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Su Wanzhen also went back to Shanghai with Li Bowen.
Li Zhanxiang didn't leave. School wouldn't start until after May 5th, so he would stay at home until after the Lantern Festival.
Lin Qiufang did not visit her parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year. She waited until the sixth day, a day off, before she and Qian Dong took their two children to visit her parents' home.
While the men chatted in the living room, Lin Qiufang went into the kitchen to help Zhang Jiao cook.
"Auntie, does my auntie still hit you now?" Zhang Jiao asked.
Lin Qiufang paused for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, I won't fight anymore."
Zhang Jiao said, "It seems that Guodong and Dad's lesson to Auntie did have an effect."
Lin Qiufang picked vegetables without saying a word.
Qian Dongxian stopped hitting her, but he tormented her in a different way, a way that made her say no to anyone.
Whenever he was in a bad mood or got drunk, he would drag her to the bed and then be extremely rough, pinching and biting her until there were hardly any good pieces of flesh left on her body.
Qian Dong's health had deteriorated from drinking so much, and to torment her, he even gave her those kinds of drugs.
Every time, she felt like she was dying, in pain and humiliation, but she could only bite her lip tightly, not daring to make a sound, hoping that she could vent her anger soon.
Moreover, she simply couldn't bring herself to tell anyone about this.
The wounds on her body were all places she was ashamed to show others.
After finishing their meal, Lin Yongnian gave red envelopes to his two nephews, and then Qian Dong and Lin Qiufang took the children home.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Li Yunshu's dumpling shop reopened. Qin Ye returned to the shop, and Li Zhanxiang also came to help out.
Next door to the dumpling shop, there's a noodle shop, but it doesn't just sell noodles; it also sells dumplings, wontons, and steamed buns, serving them both morning and night.
According to regular customers, they opened on the third day of the Lunar New Year and business is pretty good, but the taste of their dumplings still can't compare to other places.
However, that shop was just doing honest business and knew about Li Yunshu's background, so they never thought of using any tricks or doing anything underhanded.
Li Yunshu also noticed that there were more and more restaurants and street stalls on Changning Street, and as these restaurants and stalls increased, the street became more and more lively.
She doesn't feel that there are too many shops and stalls taking away her business. This is a year of flourishing development, and the more people do business, the better the economy will be.
The dumpling shop had been closed for so long, and for the first three days, there were quite a few regular customers coming to eat dumplings, and there was even a queue. But after three days, things returned to normal, and things became calm again.
On the second day of the first lunar month, Zhao Wenjuan came to the dumpling shop and bought dumplings.
"Shuping, let me tell you, Lin Yongnian has found a matchmaker to introduce you to a potential partner."
Upon hearing this, Li Yunshu merely smiled, not particularly pleased.
"Did you meet her?"
Lin Yongnian is only in his fifties. Four years from now, this is still a very adventurous age. It's understandable that he wants to find a partner.
Zhao Wenjuan pouted and shook her head. "Matchmaker Tang introduced me to three women, but I didn't like any of them. She said she wanted a thrifty, hardworking woman who didn't have a son, was simple-minded, and honest and capable. When Matchmaker Tang introduced me to other women, I complained that they were too good-looking."
"Then the matchmaker introduced me to a good-looking woman, but I thought she was too fond of dressing up and that she was someone who could spend money and wasn't very frugal."
"The man searched everywhere and found a woman who was thrifty and good-looking. He said her eyes were not good-looking, and that she looked very scheming."
"Matchmaker Tang was speechless. She told others that she wanted to find someone who was slightly attractive, didn't cost her any money, and would wholeheartedly serve her whole family. Did she think she was a 20 or 30-year-old movie star who was also good-looking? How could this woman not want anything and just willingly marry him and serve his whole family?"
“Why should they?” Zhao Wenjuan said.
Li Yunshu shook her head as she listened. This was indeed quite speechless. Did Lin Yongnian want to find someone like her before, a hardworking and diligent old ox?
"Anyway, Matchmaker Tang said that even if we find her in her coffin, we might not be able to find her, since she's already this old and she's not stupid."
Since she's already remarried, this woman must be looking for a man she can rely on and who can provide for her financially.
Li Yunshu nodded in agreement.
After the fifth day of the first lunar month, Li Zhanxiang left in a car the next morning.
The sixth day of the first lunar month was the day Xiaoyu went to register for school. Li Yunshu not only brought Xiaoyu along, but also Qin Ye.
Li Bowen and the principal of the Third Middle School were alumni of the same school. He spoke to the principal and arranged for Qin Ye to be able to transfer into the class that Li Xiaoyu was in at the Third Middle School.
Qin Ye is very smart, but Li Bowen and the rest of the Li family think that someone as smart as him should be studying in school and making the most of these six months to achieve excellent results in the college entrance examination.
The principal of the third district heard about Qin Ye's situation and also learned from the teachers that the boy was indeed a genius.
Always appreciating talent, the arrogant man decided to give Qin Ye a chance and let him participate in a test. If he could complete the test papers for several subjects jointly administered by the school teachers and achieve a correct rate of over 70%, he would be exceptionally admitted and allowed to study at the Third Academy.
Of course, the principal of Sange County also reported this matter to the local education bureau, as they did not want talent to be buried.
(It might be 2:30 AM today, no need to wait, go to bed early.)
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