Chapter 207 Li Ye: Your gift is too expensive
School finally started, and Li Ye returned to dormitory 209 just before the last minute to return to school.
As soon as he entered the dormitory, the socially obsessed Wu Runfu yelled at Li Ye: "Li Ye, you are finally here. If you don't come again, the youngest will keep the treasure I gave you until it becomes moldy.
These past two days he has been covering his mouth while eating, sleeping, and going to the toilet, for fear that the treasure will turn into a little man and run away!"
Sun Xianjin, who had just returned from Heilongjiang Province, was anxious: "What are you talking about? I was covering it up and was afraid it would run away. You guys don't understand at all and keep moving it around."
"That's not right!" Wu Runfu pretended to be surprised and said, "You were the one who said that ginseng could turn into a baby and run away? Why are we talking nonsense?"
"No, you are unreasonable."
Seeing that Sun Xianjin was getting anxious because of Wu Runfu's teasing, Li Ye hurriedly said, "Stop it, stop it. Although we are all brothers in the same dormitory, there are some jokes that cannot be made! Look how anxious you have made our youngest. Don't you know how to take care of the younger ones?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I admit my mistake, but I wasn't the one who got anxious first!"
Wu Runfu stopped smiling and said innocently, "This is what happened. The youngest son brought a small ginseng from his hometown and insisted on giving it to his good brother.
I just said, '7 taels is a ginseng, 8 taels is a treasure, yours is too small', and the youngest one got anxious and covered it up so we wouldn't even look at it."
Before Wu Runfu finished speaking, the youngest Sun Xianjin said angrily: "What little ginseng? Have you ever seen a big one? It's not a gift for you, why are you dissatisfied with it?"
"Okay, okay, youngest brother, don't be so anxious. Let me take a look. They don't know what's good. They think it's a martial arts novel! They just want to buy thousand-year-old ginseng?"
Li Ye quickly tried to smooth things over. Among the six people in dormitory 209, he had the best relationship with Sun Xianjin. This younger brother came all the way from his hometown to bring him things, but was despised in the end. He had to save his face.
As a result, when Sun Xianjin took out the "little ginseng", Li Ye was stunned for a moment.
He gently pinched a ginseng beard and pulled it very carefully, feeling its elasticity, and his expression suddenly became serious.
Li Ye said seriously: "Youngest, your gift is too expensive. I can't accept it."
Sun Xianjin was getting anxious again: "Why can't I have it? Li Ye, do you think it's too small?"
"I think it's too small? Haha~"
Li Ye laughed and asked Sun Xianjin: "Youngest, do you know the value of this ginseng?"
Sun Xianjin was surprised and said, "I don't know the details, but my family members all said it's a good thing."
Li Ye nodded, pointed at the small ginseng with dry skin and long whiskers and said, "This ginseng, at the very least, can be exchanged for several bicycles, at the most, it can be exchanged for half a small yard in Zhongguancun next to us."
“.”
"No way!" Wu Runfu said in surprise: "This little thing is worth so much money?
When Chen Sihai and I were at the temple fair that day, we happened to see someone selling them at a stall. Each one was bigger than this.
Otherwise, I can’t say that the youngest one is a small ginseng! Wouldn’t that offend people? "
"You have offended people," Li Ye said, "You still need to sell large ginseng at the temple fair? They are all artificially cultivated and have been fed with chemical fertilizers since childhood. They are not much different from radishes in the field."
"But the youngest one should be wild. Don't even mention seven or eight ounces. Even two ounces is incredible.
As far as I know, those who go up the mountain to look for ginseng, if they can find a wild ginseng weighing two taels, will kill pigs and sheep to treat the whole village to a meal after they come back, so whether this ginseng is worth money or not is up to you to figure out for yourself!"
“.”
Not only was Wu Runfu dumbfounded, but even Chen Sihai, who had been laughing and watching the fun on the side, was also stunned.
Wu Runfu murmured to Sun Xianjin: "Youngest, how much is your ginseng?"
Sun Xianjin raised his head 35 degrees to look at the sky: "Two taels and seven cents."
Chen Sihai was surprised and asked: "So, this is really a treasure?"
Sun Xianjin said, "I don't know if it's a treasure, but if someone in our forest farm picks something good, we will definitely treat all our neighbors and friends to a meal."
"Let me see. Let me see."
"Go, I won't let you see it."
"Let me see what's going on. Don't be so stingy, youngest."
"I'm not stingy! If you want to see five pounds of radishes, they are big and white. Don't look at my little ginseng."
Wu Runfu and Sun Xianjin started playing again.
Li Ye smiled and carefully wrapped the ginseng, then put it back into Sun Xianjin's box.
He couldn't take this thing because he had seen something like it once in his previous life.
That was in his previous life when he was still at work. The company boss asked him to drive the finance department to get a ginseng and then give it as a gift to someone.
When the finance department paid the money, Li Ye had a new understanding of that inconspicuous wild ginseng.
This perception was reinforced once again after he and the finance department delivered the gifts.
Giving gifts is a science. When you give gifts to certain people, can you afford to give ordinary things?
As for that wild ginseng, Li Ye felt that it was a little worse than the youngest one.
Even though this kind of wild ginseng was more common in 1983 than in later generations, it was still a rare and valuable thing.
But when Sun Xianjin saw that Li Ye put it back to him, he became unhappy.
"Brother, what are you doing? Are you looking down on me?"
"Youngest, you shouldn't give this to me. You should keep it and give it to your future father-in-law."
"My father-in-law is nowhere to be found! Besides, my family heard me say that I had made a good friend and your grandfather was a killer of Japanese, so they asked me to give it to you. Just think of it as a gift to your grandfather!"
Sun Xianjin's face turned red, but she still took out the thing stubbornly and forced it on Li Ye.
"Okay! Just consider it as my saving for you first."
Li Ye felt Sun Xianjin's stubbornness and took it reluctantly, but he made up his mind that when Sun Xianjin got married in the future, he must give him a gift of equal value.
"Li Ye, Li Ye, let's take another look."
"You can look at it, but don't move! If you knock off a ginseng beard, it will cost you a month's living expenses."
"Yeah, we just want to study the difference between wild and farmed ones."
Wu Runfu and Chen Sihai conducted scientific research on the small ginseng, while Sun Xianjin, who was very proud of himself, had a smug smile on his face.
. . . . . .
On the first day of the new semester, the head teacher held a class meeting to remind the students to abide by the law, pay attention to safety, and remind girls not to go out alone on the streets at night.
Li Ye still admired him very much. The severe period of 1983 was about to come soon, and Mu Yuning had a very sharp sense of smell.
However, after the class meeting, Mu Yuning left Li Ye alone.
"Li Ye, where were you at 8pm on the 25th?"
When Li Ye heard this, he knew that someone had reported what happened on the bus on the way back from the airport that day.
There were several people on the bus who knew his identity. Who could it be?
"Mr. Mu, I was on the bus coming back from the airport, but I didn't do anything illegal or against discipline. If anyone accuses me, I can confront him face to face."
"Are you still planning to confront them?"
Mu Yuning rolled his eyes at Li Ye and said, "Remember, if someone asks you the question just now, just say you don't remember it."
Li Ye: “.”
Mu Yuning continued, "The Department of Education has already defended you, saying that this matter needs to be verified and investigated. Do you understand?"
"I understand. Thank you all for your concern. However, the international student Nakamura Naoto, who is a junior at the time, was also in the car. If I say I don't remember, can he help me recall it?"
"It's not his fault this time. He's very smart and won't do such a stupid thing."
"Hmph~"
Mu Yuning snorted and said sternly: "Be careful not to be too ostentatious in the future. It will not do you any good. Also, you'd better go visit Professor Zhang. You know his family, right?"
Li Ye nodded: "I know, I will go visit him today to thank him for his protective behavior."
Mu Yuning narrowed his eyes, stared at Li Ye for a long time, and suddenly said: "Do you think he is the only one who protects his child?"
Li Ye: “.”
. . . . . . .
In fact, Li Ye had asked Senior Sister Yu Xiufen in advance and confirmed that today was the day when several senior brothers and sisters would come to have a party, so even if Mu Yuning didn't remind him, he would still visit Professor Zhang's house today.
Li Ye arrived at Professor Zhang's door, and before he could knock, the door suddenly opened from the inside.
"Bang~~"
The senior sister stamped her feet and shouted, just like an adult suddenly scaring a child, and hit Li Ye hard.
I have to say, this Senior Sister Yu is really lively.
Seeing Li Ye's confused face, Yu Xiufen smiled and said, "I saw you coming from the balcony from a long distance away. Seeing that you brought so many things, I'll come to pick you up."
Yu Xiufen took the things from Li Ye's hands. In his left hand was a bag of bacon, smoked chicken, vegetables, and meat, and in his right hand was a sack full of books, magazines, and journals.
Li Ye couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sister, if you want to pick me up, why don't you just pick me up at the door? It would be more sincere if you come downstairs to pick me up."
Yu Xiufen glared at him: "Why, do you want me to pick you up from afar? Come in and cook."
“.”
Li Ye finally understood why she saw him from the balcony. It turned out that she was looking forward to him coming over to cook!
Just cook, it’s his fault that he was the last one to start!
However, Yu Xiufen was just teasing Li Ye. When Li Ye entered the kitchen and started working, she drove out his wife, Teacher Lu, and the two of them did all the work in the kitchen.
I have to say that Sister Yu, as the first chef before Li Ye came, is quite capable. The two of them cooperated well with each other, and Teacher Lu couldn't interfere.
When Peng Rui, Zou Mengcheng and Wang Zhiyuan arrived, the table full of delicious food made the three bachelors very satisfied.
"Little Junior Brother, you must have been a woman in your previous life. Not only do you look like a man but your cooking skills are also amazing. Anyone who marries you will be blessed."
"Brother Peng, what are you saying?" Li Ye said depressedly, "Nine out of ten chefs in a restaurant are men. My cooking skills are not rare at all. Besides, I don't look like a man with a feminine appearance. I look handsome!"
"That's right, Li Ye is handsome. Peng Rui, if you can't speak, then don't speak."
Yu Xiufen retorted to Peng Rui, and then said to Li Ye: "But Peng Rui is right. Whoever marries you will be blessed."
"Li Ye, you are already in your twenties, right? Do you have a partner? We have an 80-level junior sister. I will help you two get together when we meet later."
“Hahahaha~”
Peng Rui and Zou Mengcheng both laughed. Zou Mengcheng said, "Xiu Fen, just forget it. Even your Wang Zhiyuan can't stand Junior Sister Cai's temper. Li Ye is also a person who never takes any loss. If the two of them get together, they will always be fighting!"
"You don't understand this! Junior Sister Cai has a bad temper because she hasn't met the right person. If she does, she will definitely be gentle."
"No way. She's been a tomboy her whole life."
"The tomboy is also an international student, why can't she talk to Li Ye?"
“Hahahaha~”
Everyone laughed again, leaving Li Ye confused.
Teacher Lu smiled and explained to Li Ye: "They are talking about Cai Minying. She went to study abroad in Dengta last year. I'll let you meet her when I have the chance."
“Heh~”
Li Yehan smiled and shook his head without saying anything. This kind of thing should just be treated as a joke.
But Professor Zhang suddenly said, "Don't match people up randomly. Li Ye already has a girl he likes. Don't cause trouble for the child in the future!"
"Do you have a girl you like?" Yu Xiufen asked immediately, gossiping, "What age is she? Local or from outside? Is she pretty?"
Li Ye did not satisfy the curiosity of Yu Xiufen and the other three senior brothers, but just looked at Professor Zhang.
Professor Zhang said, "You don't need to look at me. The Education Department went through all your experiences a few days ago. You won't know until you look at them. They are really amazing!"
"Dancing with girls by the Weiming Lake. Bravely fighting for justice and knocking down more than 20 criminals. Co-authoring "Homesick Lonely Soldier" with senior students of the 80th grade and publishing it in Hong Kong Island
On the bus coming back from the airport, he was very rude to international friends, which caused dissatisfaction among many people at home and abroad."
(End of this chapter)
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