Chapter 139
After the Chinese New Year, Wang Mengmei was surprised when she saw Lin Hui for the first time.
Lin Hui was followed by an old lady with bound feet.
She has a kind face and looks 70% like Lin Hui. At first glance, you can tell she is Lin Hui's mother.
The old lady felt a little awkward when meeting people, and she didn't know where to put her hands once she entered the restaurant.
Lin Hui handed her the menu and told her what was on it in her accent: "Just order whatever you want to eat."
After talking for a long time, Lin's mother finally picked the cheapest one.
"Just stir-fry some vegetables and have a bowl of rice. Don't waste your money like this. In the future..."
Lin Hui's ears were ringing at the following chatter, so she quickly picked up the menu and went to the kitchen to find Wang Mengmei.
Wang Mengmei was amused: "Just stir-frying a vegetable? The restaurant has some new dishes. Can I make you corn with pine nuts?"
Lin Hui now runs a beauty salon and is very particular about her figure. During her first few visits, she ate vegetarian dishes with little oil and salt.
Lin Hui waved her hands: "Bring a few more, some braised pork and some roasted chicken feet."
"Not losing weight anymore?"
Lin Hui complained: "What's the point of reducing it? I'm really angry right now, so I have to eat something spicy to wash it off."
After that, he started to complain to Wang Mengmei about his experience of "returning home in glory" this year.
Lin Hui's parents' home is even farther away than Wangjiazhuang, and it is located in the mountains. The mountain roads are rugged and difficult to travel. It takes more than an hour to drive from the county town to the village on the mountain roads.
Lin Hui stayed in the county town for two days, and returned to her parents' home on the first day of the Chinese New Year. She returned home in a luxury car with her two children, which made a much bigger sensation than when Wang Mengmei and her husband drove a van. All relatives, no matter how far away they were, came to visit, using their connections. They even talked about the peaches that Lin Hui stole when she was a child as a serious matter. It seemed as if Lin Hui owed them a great debt of gratitude.
Lin Hui's mother saw the car approaching the door and thought it was her son-in-law. When she saw Lin Hui getting out of the car, she stretched her neck to look back.
Only after she was sure that Kong Guorong really didn't come did the old lady give up her hopes.
The two grandchildren also came back, and the old lady was still worried and asked Lin Hui how she dared to bring the children back.
"The Kong family will be angry if they find out."
Lin Hui explained to the old lady that the child was with her, which was even more outrageous. For a whole year, she kept muttering to herself and couldn't sleep well at night because of worry.
Lin Hui was very satisfied with the reactions of outsiders, but her mother's thoughts made her feel uneasy.
After much deliberation, Lin Hui decided to bring it out to the old lady.
Kong Fei is about to enter her third year of high school, and the younger one needs to be taken care of. She is really too busy, and it would be great if her mother could lend a hand.
Although Lin's mother was timid, she bravely followed her daughter out when she said she needed her.
only……
Lin Hui: "My mom is good in every way, except that she is too thrifty!"
No matter how she said she could make money, the old lady just wouldn't spend it.
She didn't buy anything for the children. She bought everything that both children needed.
But it's me. I've been here for half a month, and I go downstairs to pick up waste whenever I have time, and the house is piled up with waste.
Lin Hui: "I've told you so many times! You just won't change!"
Not only did it not change, but Lin Hui went back home for something yesterday at noon and only then did she see the old lady's lunch.
A bowl of white rice with some salty vegetables.
Lin Hui was so angry that she took her friends out for a meal today.
But when the old lady came into the restaurant, she only ordered one vegetable dish, which made Lin Hui at a loss for words.
Wang Mengmei couldn't help but sympathize: "What can we do? Take the old lady out more often to spend some money."
Spending more money and making it a habit will make things much better.
Lin Hui sighed. This was all she could do.
Wang Mengmei advised her: "Your mother loves you, but other people don't have a mother like her."
Take Zhao Chunlan for example. When Wang Mengmei had just gotten married and Jian Li was not yet married, Zhao Chunlan came to the city once.
Wang Mengmei took her everywhere to play and see, and in less than two days, Zhao Chunlan had to go home.
The day before leaving, she asked Wang Mengmei to take her shopping everywhere, and finally returned to the village with a lot of bags.
Jian Feng spent all of his salary that month in one go, and the two of them even owed a loan to Famine, which took them three months to pay off.
Wang Mengmei: "The old lady is kind-hearted, take your time."
Lin Hui nodded. Now she had no worries.
Especially this year, she took her children back to her hometown, but Kong Guorong did not go back.
After the Chinese New Year, Lin Hui heard that Kong Guorong's store was likely to go bankrupt.
This is not surprising.
Kong Guorong had been slacking off for so long, and Wu Yuxia's cousin had really screwed him over.
He kept all the gifts that Kong Guorong asked him to give.
By the time Kong Guorong discovered this, these customers had already moved on.
The original connections for supplying canteens to several government agencies were also cut off.
Kong Guorong has only a few big customers left, and his small customers are also gradually decreasing.
You know, the worst thing about doing business is to have a bad reputation. Kong Guorong first had a big problem with his work style, and then he did some nonsense. It was obvious that it would be difficult for him to stand up in the grain and oil industry.
Lin Hui, on the other hand, after expanding her beauty salon last year, is planning to go one step further and open another branch this year.
…
After Lin Hui left, Wang Mengmei also fell into deep thought.
Branch.
*****
As March is approaching, the temperature in Taocheng is gradually warming up.
The provincial experiment held a 100-day oath-taking event. Through the classroom glass, Cheng Yu saw a sea of heads on the playground.
The principal held a loud speaker and spoke passionately: "Work hard for 100 days and realize your dream in the future!"
The senior high school students all had sunken eyes, but they also raised their fists and shouted.
Cheng Yu felt sympathetic: "There are still a hundred days left."
One hundred days later, this class of senior high school students will be liberated, and they will become the new class of senior high school students.
Jian Li buried her head in the book, and her heart couldn't help but tense up.
Since the division into arts and science, her ranking has risen straight up, and now she is basically able to stay in the top three in the grade, and it is common for her to occasionally get first place.
In preparation for next year's college entrance exam, Jian Li has recently been rushing to finish her comics.
"The Legend of Star Bamboo" has been reprinted more than ten times in the past two years, successfully promoting her fame.
Jiang Rou urged her many times, saying that a partner offered a very high price and asked her to go for a signing.
But Jian Li refused.
Although Jiang Rou did not say it in the letter at that time, Jian Li also knew that the popularity of the new work in the first year of serialization was not as high as the previous one. This was one of the reasons why Jiang Rou was afraid that her popularity would decline and urged her to show up as soon as possible.
Jian Li herself was quite relaxed. Innovation itself was a very risky thing. Although she was a little disappointed by the cold reception of her new work, she did not feel like the sky was falling.
With the determination to complete each work well, Jian Li continued to paint seriously.
Finally, after a year of serialization, the new work "Atlas of Ten Thousand Monsters" finally showed signs of improvement.
The sales of "Meimei" magazine gradually increased, but this time the target audience was not only middle school students, but more elementary school students.
Jiang Rou tentatively asked her how long it would take to finish. Jian Li calculated the time and decided to draw four more issues and finish it when there were 24 chapters.
In the midst of busy work, Jian Li still has to take time out to study. When she comes to her senses, she suddenly remembers that the comics club hasn't gathered for a long time.
There is nothing I can do about it. Studying is too stressful right now.
Especially when it comes to the division of arts and science on Zhihu, several people are no longer in the same class, so naturally they will become more distant.
Jian Li put away her schoolbag. She had not finished a problem after school today, so she stayed in the class for a while longer. All the other classmates had left, and even Cheng Yu said that her brother had returned, so she had to go back early today.
Jian Li walked out of the school gate carrying her schoolbag. It was dark and gloomy. When she went to push the bicycle, she found that the chain was broken!
Misfortunes never come singly, so I had no choice but to push my bike to the store.
After walking a few steps, a skinny, yellow-haired boy came up with a lick on his face.
"Classmate, your car broke down. How about I take you there?"
Huangmao means skinny monkey.
Skinny Monkey learned Jian Li's name from Ge Ming, and also knew that Jian Li and Ge Ming were relatives.
So he was confident that he had finally found the connection point with the goddess, and thought that what girls like most is a hero saving a beautiful girl, so he secretly wrecked Jian Li's car and waited for her to talk to Jian Li.
Skinny Monkey waited at the school gate for several days. Every time Jian Li came out early, he had no way to do anything.
After finally getting there one day, Jian Li came out late. He couldn't wait to wait in the carport, waiting to talk to Jian Li.
Jian Li ignored him, but he still came forward vigorously.
"Classmate, I know you. Are you related to our boss? My boss is Ge Ming. Tell me, this is such a coincidence..."
When Jian Li heard Ge Ming's name, she paused.
The skinny monkey thought he had found a topic for both parties to talk about, and even squeezed to help Jian Li push the cart.
"Let me do it, let me do it. You girls can't push it..."
Jian Li was really annoyed this time.
"Stay away from me!"
I’m so annoyed, where did this little yellow-haired guy come from!
But the little yellow-haired boy felt good about himself and refused to give up even after being scolded.
"Classmate, I know your brother..."
Ge Ming has now become a boss in several nearby schools, and many students have heard of his name.
The skinny monkey smiled jokingly: "Classmate Jian Li, I like you. If you are dating me, I will protect you wherever you go in the future. Do you know Brother Shi from No. 17 Middle School? To be honest, he is also my buddy! What do you think? If you hang out with me, you will get enough milk tea and snacks, as well as ice skating and billiard. As long as you want, I will do whatever you want..."
Jane Li's stomach churned when she heard this.
She hadn't felt this disgusting in a long time.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Shouhou thought that it was the conditions he put forward that made Jian Li interested.
Yes, in the past two years that I have been in society, I have seen how people around me pick up girls, and most of them are like this.
If you give those little girls some sweet treats, they will go out with a group of brothers and no one dares to mess with them wherever they go.
Shouhou just didn't believe that Jian Li would not be tempted.
He asked Ge Ming, and Ge Ming said that Jian Li's parents had both retired and her mother was just a stall owner.
This of course gave Shouhou more courage, and he felt that as long as he made a move, the school beauty would be easily within his grasp.
"How are you, classmate Jian Li..."
Jian Li held her breath in her chest and stretched out her hand to twist the skinny monkey's arm behind his back.
Skinny Monkey:!!!
“It hurts, it hurts!”
Jian Li looked around and saw someone was paying attention to this place, so she pulled the skinny guy to the back of a house.
He kicked it.
Still not satisfied, Jian Li slapped him on the head several times and questioned him while beating him.
"Is there enough milk tea and snacks?"
"Both skating and billiards are fine, right?"
"The one with the surname Shi is your brother, right?"
The skinny guy tried to resist, but Jian Li squeezed his arm so hard that it became numb.
“…I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong!”
The most important thing in society is to admit mistakes quickly.
Before Jian Li had enough fun, she heard the skinny monkey shouting "I was wrong" dozens of times.
Jian Li kicked him to the ground.
"Don't you ever show up in front of me again! Otherwise I'll beat you up every time I see you! Get out!"
The skinny monkey was kicked and beaten so that his body was covered with footprints. He used his hands and feet to get up and run away.
Jian Li made a pooh sound and cursed.
Suddenly Jian Li froze in place.
About ten steps away from her, there was a tall boy with untidy beard and whose face could not be seen clearly standing at the entrance of the alley.
All the hairs on Jian Li's body stood up.
This person...could he be here to help that little yellow-haired guy?
Jian Li was calculating in her mind whether she could win if she fought against the opponent.
The more I calculate, the more scared I become.
This guy is very tall, almost 1.9 meters tall, with broad shoulders like a martial artist. Although he is overall thin, he doesn't look like a weakling!
The boy also stood there without saying a word, and the two of them confronted each other for a rare while.
"you……"
The boy hasn't finished yet.
Jian Li suddenly jumped up and used the three life-saving methods.
"Picking eyes", "stepping on feet" and "monkey stealing peaches".
The boy quickly dodged the first move, dodged the third move, and the second move... hit the bull's eye.
Jian Li stepped on it, and the boy, whose expression remained unchanged, couldn't help but bend over.
Jian Li took advantage of this opportunity, ran out quickly, pushed the car and ran away.
Boy: …
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