Chapter 389: Living on free food these days is not tasty
After receiving the news from Li Ye, Li Kaijian and Li Zhongfa arrived in the capital on Sunday of that week.
Although it was agreed that only the parents of both sides would meet, and whether it would succeed or not was still uncertain, the Li family mobilized all their forces this time, and everyone came, which showed that they valued Li Yue's marriage.
The two younger sisters, Li Juan and Li Ying, also came during the summer vacation. The two little girls had never been out of Qingshui County, so when they arrived in Beijing, they were curious and excited about everything they saw.
However, although they were curious, they did not ask their brothers and sisters to take them out to play immediately. Instead, they started to work first.
"Brother, your house is a little dirty. Let us clean it up for you. Is there anything that needs to be left untouched?"
"Brother, I'll take your quilt apart and wash it in the summer so it can be warm and comfortable to cover in the fall."
The two sisters rolled up their sleeves and started cleaning. Those who didn't know would think that Li Ye's room was full of toilet paper and garbage, and there was no place to step!
Of course, Han Chunmei couldn't sit idle either. Under the command of her grandmother Wu Juying, she started to buy what was needed in preparation for receiving the guests from the male side.
"I'll let Xiaoye take you to buy tea later. Do you have money with you? Is it enough?"
"I brought money, mother. It's enough to spend. More than enough."
Han Chunmei had only two hundred yuan on her, which was not enough to buy any things.
However, Han Chunmei soon reported to Wu Juying.
"Mom, I don't think we need to buy tea. There are plenty of them in the cupboard, including Yunwu Green Tea, West Lake Longjing, Guizhou Maojian, and maybe Dahongpao."
"Oh, then do you have fruits, snacks, candies, and cigarettes?"
"I don't think I have many cigarettes. There's only one good one, and the rest are all there!"
Wu Juying said with great satisfaction: "It seems that Xiaoye thought of us first. He knew that this was a big event for my sister and made preparations in advance."
Han Chunmei quickly nodded and agreed: "Xiao Ye is indeed a good child, smart and considerate, he will definitely have a bright future."
"Well, you have to praise him a few times. You have to praise the child when he grows up. You have to treat him as an adult."
After hearing Han Chunmei's words, Wu Juying naturally became more satisfied with her grandson.
But soon, Li Kaijian, who was in charge of sweeping the yard, swept out a large pile of empty cans.
Pengcheng Red Bull has been advertising on TV every day these days, so of course Wu Juying is familiar with it.
With so many empty cans, how much money would you have to drink?
A bottle of beer costs 30 cents, and a can of Pengcheng Red Bull is equivalent to half a dozen beers.
Wu Juying called Li Ye over and asked him casually, "Did your sister buy the things in your house to entertain guests?"
Li Ye was a down-to-earth person, so he said, "I didn't buy them specially. We don't need these things at home normally. Why don't you take a look at what's missing? I'll go out and buy them right away."
“.”
Wu Juying was stunned for a few seconds, her face turned from sunny to cloudy, and then thunder and rain began.
"I thought you prepared these for my sister's marriage! But these are the snacks you usually enjoy? You drink these sodas by the box?
I thought you were studying hard in Beijing, but it turns out you live better here than a landlord. I don't know your last name because you have so much money."
Li Ye quickly defended himself: "Grandma, you are wrongly accusing me. These things are usually used to entertain people. Xiaoyu often comes to see my sister, so I only eat and drink as much as I can. Besides, watermelons and bananas are not expensive in the hot summer! Eating more fruits is good for beauty!"
These fruits, snacks and drinks are snacks for Wen Leyu, Li Yue, Fu Yiru and others to eat while watching TV in the evening. Li Ye is not really the main consumer.
"I asked you to do beauty treatments, I asked you to be more vain, but your face is still not white enough? Why don't you go act in a movie?"
Wu Juying was so angry that she kicked Li Ye several times. Although her kicks missed as expected because she loved her grandson, her anger was evident.
She has been in charge of the family's life over the years, and with a rough estimate, she knows that Li Ye's monthly living expenses are more than one hundred yuan.
One hundred yuan! Whose child lives like this?
"Xiaoyue, come here!"
Li Yue, who had already sneaked to the door, still couldn't escape her grandmother's eyes.
"You are so stupid and showy. When grandma asks you, will you tell the truth?"
Li Yue glared at Li Ye fiercely, then reluctantly walked towards his grandmother to accept the scolding and education for the Nth time in his life.
But this time, Wu Juying was very formal.
She actually moved a chair and sat down, letting Li Yue stand in front of her.
"Xiao Yue, you have grown up. I, your grandma, don't have many years left to live, but before you get married, I have to talk to you."
"I know you made some money following Xiao Ye, but remember, Xiao Ye's money is Xiao Ye's money. He is willing to give it to you, so you have to know your limits."
"Also, when you go to someone else's house in the future, you have to change your extravagant habits. Are these shoes of yours new?
I just looked under your bed and saw four or five pairs of sandals. If you continue to spend so much after you get married, who will be able to support you?"
Li Yue defended in a low voice: "Grandma, he earns a lot of money. He just started working and made more than 50 yuan. My salary is more than his, so there is no way I can't support him."
"Does he have to spend all his fifty dollars on you?" Wu Juying said sternly, "A man's salary is to support a whole family. Don't regard the money as all yours, and don't regard your money as your own."
"Even if you earn more than him, don't show off all the time. Don't think that your man will be overjoyed just because you spend money on him. You have to discuss it with him and take care of his face so that he won't lose face in front of outsiders."
Li Ye stood aside, listening to his grandmother Wu Juying's lecture, and he felt both amused and deeply touched.
If you said these words decades later, it would be a joke. The fairy would flip the table over for you.
[What? My money is his now? ]
But in the 1980s, things were really different.
Li Ye had actually seen a situation like this in the 1990s in his previous life.
Some self-employed people have become rich, but their neighbors say, "Don't be fooled by their good family life. In fact, they are just eating their wives' food. That man has no ability at all."
And when this guy goes out and socializes, he really feels inferior to others.
This situation gradually disappeared in the 2000s, and in the 2010s, the famous saying "Sister, I don't want to work hard anymore" began to spread, and people began to accept the idea that having a free meal is really good.
Otherwise, if you look at the romance novels from the 1980s, which male protagonist pursued by a rich girl was not a man of high aspirations and integrity despite being poor?
If you are a gigolo, you must be a villain.
So men in the 1980s were lucky, as they were respected by women in all aspects.
But this happiness is not perfect in one aspect, that is, being a gigolo will be looked down upon by others.
Grandma Wu Juying, as a person who has experienced this, reminded Li Yue that in the future he should not always suppress Yang Yumin and should know how to "show weakness".
Li Yue was scolded by her grandmother for a full five minutes before it finally came to an end.
"Xiao Yue, this is the last time I will tell you this. In a few days, you will have to listen to your mother-in-law. How you live your life will all depend on you."
After Wu Juying said this, her stern expression suddenly broke and two lines of tears fell.
It doesn’t matter how you beat your own children at home, but it would be really painful if they suffered at someone else’s home!
Li Yue's eyes also turned red, but she said seriously: "Grandma, I know all this, I have been learning it all the time."
"You've learned all of this?" Wu Juying was stunned and asked, "Who did you learn from?"
Li Yue said nothing, but glanced at Li Ye.
Li Ye instantly understood that his sister Li Yue had been learning Wen Leyu.
Isn't Wen Leyu a girl who "shows weakness" in front of Li Ye? When Wen Leyu was with Li Ye, she never made Li Ye feel any pressure.
Li Ye used to think that it was purely due to his aura as the protagonist, but now looking at Li Yue's eyes, which girl in the world is easy to deal with?
“Ding ding ding~”
Suddenly, a car horn sounded outside the door, startling everyone in the yard.
Wu Juying hurriedly said, "Hurry up and wipe your tears. Don't let the people from the Yang family see you and make a fool of yourself."
Li Yue shook her head and said, "Grandma, this isn't Yang Yumin and the others. This should be Dayong. His car horn sounds different."
Li Dayong has been busy at the Changbei Machinery Factory since the summer vacation and is currently in Beijing.
"Dayong? Dayong has a car?"
Everyone went out to see what kind of car it was with the "different horn sound".
Li Yue suddenly had an idea and said casually, "It's not Dayong's car, it's Pei Wenhui's car. Pei Wenhui went back to Hong Kong Island during the summer vacation, so the car was left to Dayong."
The law does not hold everyone responsible. What do you old-fashioned people know?
“.”
So after seeing the luxury of the BMW 3 Series, everyone looked at Li Dayong as a "giant rice man".
Li Zhongfa really liked Li Dayong, so he whispered to him, "Dayong! You should stop showing off your car."
Li Dayong didn't understand and asked in a low voice: "Master, can you explain it more clearly?"
Li Zhongfa had no choice but to say, "Pei Wenhui is not your wife yet! Why are you driving her car around all day?"
“.”
Li Dayong's big mouth split into an arc that looked like he wanted to cry but couldn't.
He was driving Pei Wenhui's little BMW, but Pei Wenhui drove a Ferrari in Hong Kong Island!
Li Ye counted the money for the Ferrari on Li Dayong's head~
. . . . . . . . .
Li Ye, the only one who knew the inside story, quickly pulled his good brother into the yard and quietly comforted him.
"Brother, this is an unprovoked disaster for you, don't take it seriously. People in Qingshui County even said that I climbed up the social ladder of Wen Leyu! What did I say? With my wealth, there is no need to explain such things."
"Oh, brother! If it weren't for you being such a role model, I would have had countless fights with others this year."
Li Dayong shook his neck and said, "You don't know what weird things those people said when they saw me and Xiaohui together. If Xiaohui hadn't stopped me, I would have torn their mouths apart many times."
"Yeah, the more weird things they say, the more jealous they are of you. Just don't take it personally."
"Hey, I'll listen to you, brother." Li Dayong nodded, and then said, "Brother, I came here today because I heard that Master and the others were here, so I came to see them. There is also something else that I need to hear your opinion on."
Li Ye said: "Just tell me what's going on!"
Li Dayong didn't say anything immediately, but looked at his watch and turned on the TV.
A few minutes later, a commercial came on TV.
"Changbeipai industrial sewing machines are world-class, high quality and low price, and are provincial and ministerial quality certified."
After watching the ad, Li Ye asked in confusion, "Who shot this ad for you? Why is it so bad? Didn't you ask A Qiang to contact a professional photographer from the film studio for you?"
"Brother, this is not an ad we shot. Director Wang hired someone to shoot it, and he didn't even discuss it with us. He just broadcasted it on TV."
Li Ye frowned and said, "He didn't say what he meant?"
Li Dayong said: "The manager from Hong Kong went to ask, and Director Wang said that it was not appropriate to always let Tian Hongshan take over the sales, as it would lose the factory's profits, so they decided to sell it themselves."
Li Ye smiled and shook his head: "This is against the rules!"
When we initially formed a joint venture with Changbei Machinery Factory to produce sewing machines, it was agreed that the Hong Kong side would be responsible for sales. But later, because the commissions given to the salesmen were too high, Director Wang opposed it, so he let Tian Hongshan set up a new company to take over all the production capacity of Changbei Machinery Factory.
But now it seems that people are not happy.
Li Dayong also nodded and said, "Our current products are selling so well, what do you think we should do with our replacement products?"
"Hmm? Was the trial production of the second generation product successful?"
Li Ye looked at Li Dayong and said with a smile: "Dayong, you came here today to tell me the good news!"
Li Dayong also smiled innocently and touched his hair, saying: "Brother, we brothers are not the kind of people who eat women's food!"
(End of this chapter)
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