Chapter 476 A kite with its string cut is free (Three more updates to repay a debt)
The last time Lu Jingyao came to Li Ye’s house was in the spring of 1981, which is almost five years ago.
He walked into the Li family's door and found that the Li family had hardly changed in the past five years.
Although the yard is very large, the house is still a semi-new bungalow, unlike my own home, which changes every year and becomes newer every year.
However, facing this half-new and half-old Li family, Lu Jingyao could not feel the slightest sense of superiority and her heart was filled with depression.
When Lu Jingyao got engaged to Li Ye in 1980, she came to this courtyard as the granddaughter-in-law.
At that time, the Li family was definitely the "upper class" for the Lu family. The Li family's annual income was more than the Lu family's three-year income.
Although Li's grandparents and future parents-in-law were all very kind to Lu Jingyao, Lu Jingyao just felt uncomfortable and suffocated.
So after she was admitted to university, she bravely resisted her fate, escaped from this oppression, and escaped from this discomfort.
But who would have thought that five years later, Lu Jingyao was forced by Li Ye to walk into this big yard again.
"Squeak~"
Lu Jingyao had just entered the Li family's yard when the door of the east side room opened. Li Ye, who was neatly dressed, came out with Gao Xiaoyan's family, and it was obvious that they were going out.
Lu Jingyao looked at her watch and confirmed that the one-hour limit was up.
[Sure enough, I won’t wait even a minute longer! 】
Li Ye was a little surprised when he saw Lu Jingyao, whose head was covered in dust.
He nodded calmly: "You are really punctual!"
Lu Jingyao walked up to Li Ye and nodded slightly with a smile: "You are also very punctual, not even a minute late."
“Heh~”
Li Ye smiled and said, "As a man, you must keep your word."
“.”
Lu Jingyao felt very uncomfortable. She felt that Li Ye might not be mocking her, but she just felt uncomfortable.
I broke my promise and called off the engagement, and now my brother is also breaking his promise and wants to abandon Gao Xiaoyan. What is going on?
Did I teach my younger brother bad things?
When the Gao family saw Lu Jingyao appear, they couldn't help but be surprised, and then asked anxiously: "Why did she come alone? Didn't the men of the Lu family come?"
Lu Jingyao turned around and said, "I'm really sorry, uncle. Today is my grandmother's 80th birthday, and my father didn't dare to disturb a group of relatives. After all, we will be a family in the future. If the relatives knew about it, it would be difficult for us to live in the future, so I asked me to discuss it with you."
"You came to discuss it?" Gao Xiaoyan's father said unhappily, "Such a big matter, why do you, a junior, come to discuss it? Why does your family always bully others?"
"If you don't have sincerity, the worst that can happen is that both sides will be destroyed. Our Gao family will not tolerate such humiliation."
“.”
Just as Lu Jingyao was about to continue explaining, Li Ye next to her said, "It's the best solution that she can come to discuss with you. She alone has more final say than the two Lu family members combined. If it really comes to a dead end, your daughter will suffer."
Gao Xiaoyan's father was stunned for a moment, not understanding which side Li Ye was on.
But when he thought about the difficult hour just now, how no one from the Lu family came, and the tormenting despair, he suddenly understood what Li Ye meant.
Stop while you're ahead! Your daughter can't afford to delay any longer.
"Then let's discuss it!"
Gao Xiaoyan's father took his wife and daughter and returned to the east wing. At this moment, he didn't dare to leave the Li family from the bottom of his heart. He felt that once he left the Li family, what Lu Jingyao said might not count.
Lu Jingyao nodded to Li Ye and was about to go in to discuss with Gao's father and daughter, but Wu Juying suddenly came out from the main room.
"Lu's daughter, come here for a moment."
When Lu Jingyao heard Wu Juying calling her, her heart tightened and she walked over obediently.
When she was the granddaughter-in-law, Lu Jingyao was most afraid of Wu Juying, because although Wu Juying was always smiling, she would never let you refuse what she said.
Lu Jingyao walked to the steps of the main house and asked calmly, "Grandma, do you have any instructions?"
"I don't dare to take orders from you. How can an old woman like me take orders from you, a senior overseas student? I just have two things to tell you."
Wu Juying glanced at Lu Jingyao and said coldly: "Don't think that our Li family bullied you for what happened today. We don't want to care at all. Even if the mother and daughter of the Gao family kneel at our door, we don't want to care."
"But I looked at the Gao family's child and found that she was very abnormal. You have to be careful. If someone dies, your Lu family can't afford it!"
“.”
"I understand grandma, I'll take care of it."
Lu Jingyao bowed slightly to Wu Juying on the steps, then turned and went to the east wing to discuss with the Gao family.
Wu Juying, who was standing on the steps, suddenly shouted at Li Ye in the yard: "What are you looking at there? Don't you see that there are not enough coal blocks at home? Why don't you hurry up and make coal blocks? You are always worrying about this and that, and you don't care about your own work?"
"Ah? Oh, I'll make the coal right away. Don't worry, grandma. I'll do it right away."
Li Ye was stunned for a moment after being scolded suddenly. Then he quickly took off his coat, picked up a shovel and started to beat coal.
In the 1980s and 1990s, northern bungalows were heated by stoves, and the coal supplied was not lumps of coal, but mixed coal or simply coal dust.
If you want to use this mixed coal to burn in a stove, you must mix it with clay to make mud blocks, and then dry it before use.
Although the Li family is rich now and can afford to burn coal lumps, the units of Li Zhongfa and Li Kaijian are all supplied with mixed coal, so they cannot make it too special.
As soon as Li Ye picked up the shovel, two little girls rushed out from the west wing, one poured soil and the other poured coal, and then poured water to help Li Ye with the work, glaring at Lu Jingyao while working.
Li Juan and Li Ying were ordered to stay in the house, so when they saw their enemy Lu Jingyao, they could only curse her in the house. Now that they had the chance to launch a death stare, how could they miss it?
Lu Jingyao was helpless.
She didn't take the death stares from the two little girls seriously at all, but her grandmother Wu Juying's words just now made her feel very ashamed.
Wu Juying said it very clearly. This time it was your Lu family's trouble that caused us trouble. Li Ye was kind enough to meddle in this matter. You should know that I, Wu Juying, am not Li Ye. If you really dare to resent us, your family cannot afford it.
Lu Jingyao walked towards the east wing.
However, when he walked past Li Ye, his eyes were attracted by the sweater on Li Ye.
That sweater is just ugly.
The stitching is uneven, the left and right sides are not aligned, the two sleeves are one long and one short, and the collar is not round.
But you're saying that Li Ye has no clothes to wear? That's not right.
Because Lu Jingyao recognized the pair of sneakers on Li Ye's feet. They were the latest brand name and very, very expensive.
Even though Lu Jingyao has a good income now, if she wants to buy a pair of similar shoes, she can't just buy them. She always has to think about it carefully.
But Li Ye was wearing the pair of shoes that were worth dozens of tons of coal, and was busy beating the black coal, not caring at all about getting them dirty or torn.
[He is very rich, but he doesn't care about money.]
Lu Jingyao thought of her family's affairs and couldn't help but sigh again.
Five years ago, the Li family far surpassed the Lu family. Now, the Li family still far surpasses the Lu family.
After Lu Jingyao entered the room, she said directly: "My father and I have decided that we will recognize Gao Xiaoyan as our wife and the child in her belly, but my brother and Xiaoyan are not yet of the age stipulated by family planning, so we will hold the wedding first, but we can't get the marriage certificate."
"If I don't get the certificate, I won't have a hukou. How will I go to school in the future?
Gao Xiaoyan's father said anxiously, "Now that things have gotten this far, I'm really worried about Xiaoyan's future life. Can you guarantee that your brother will treat our Xiaoyan and her children well?"
Lu Jingyao: “.”
What are you thinking? Do you still expect Lu Zixue to treat Gao Xiaoyan well?
But Lu Jingyao said without hesitation: "My family will take care of the child's household registration. If the child wants to go to Qingshui, he can go to Qingshui. If he wants to go to Britain, I can also arrange it."
"Go to Britain? Can you let Xiaoyan's child go abroad?"
Gao Xiaoyan's father and mother were stunned. They had never thought of this result.
Lu Jingyao nodded and said, "If Xiaoyan is worried, she can go with you. I remember that Xiaoyan's academic performance in high school was pretty good, right?
It is easier to get into a university in Britain than here. Xiaoyan can continue her studies there. If you don't believe me, I have some foreign currency here. Please take it first."
"We don't want money, we don't care about money, as long as Xiaoyan is fine."
For a moment, Gao Xiaoyan's parents really couldn't find any fault with them.
Gao Xiaoyan, who looked like a walking corpse, now had light in her eyes again.
It feels like a happy situation.
But if Li Ye was at the scene, he might have admired Lu Jingyao's trick of "attacking when advancing and defending when retreating".
Hold the wedding first, but don't get a marriage certificate. Settle the child's household registration and fine. If Lu Zixue is willing to live with Gao Xiaoyan at that time, that would be the best. If not, send Gao Xiaoyan and her child overseas, which will not affect Lu Zixue's life in China.
Hehe, perfect.
In just half an hour, Lu Jingyao had reached an agreement with the Gao family, and they even set a date to hold the wedding as soon as possible.
As soon as the Gao family came out of the east wing, they immediately went to the main house to thank Li Zhongfa and Wu Juying. Gao Xiaoyan's mother even kowtowed to Wu Juying again, saying with tears and snot that if it weren't for the Li family, their children really wouldn't be able to survive.
"Live a good life and advise your children well. Don't let your imagination run wild. There is still a long way to go!"
Wu Juying also breathed a sigh of relief and personally saw the Gao family out.
At this time, Li Ye had already mined a large piece of coal, which filled half of the yard for drying.
Gao Xiaoyan's mother thanked Li Ye again, then looked at his sweater and said, "You are a good child. Auntie will knit you two sweaters next time. Look at you."
"Hey, you don't know this?"
Grandma Wu Juying said proudly: "This was knitted for my grandson by his classmates. My grandson said that the uglier the sweater is, the more love is inside it. He has a whole wardrobe of nice clothes, but this sweater is the most comfortable to wear."
“.”
Lu Jingyao looked at the sweater on Li Ye and suddenly felt sad.
After she got engaged to Li Ye, she also wanted to knit a sweater for Li Ye, but in the end she was busy with her studies and never finished it.
Now he was still wearing the sweater that Wen Leyu had knitted for him.
The shabby sweater and the thousand-dollar sneakers are strangely harmonious.
So, have you ever had "love" in the past?
Will I still have love in the future?
Lu Jingyao walked out of the Li family's gate, pushed the motorcycle for a few dozen meters, and suddenly looked back.
Today she came to Li's house with the mentality of "suffering humiliation".
But no one in the Li family said a bad word to her.
But Lu Jingyao felt as if a mountain was pressing down on her heart and she couldn't feel relaxed at all.
I was admitted to university and went to study abroad. It seemed like I had successfully escaped from the place that had once put shackles on me.
But looking back after several years, I felt like a kite flying to the top of the clouds, always being pulled by an invisible thread.
Whenever the thread is pulled, it hurts.
[Is a kite free only when its string is broken? ]
(End of this chapter)
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