Chapter 68: Even though I gave you wealth and honor, you are useless!
Teacher Ke had just fallen asleep when she was woken up by the waiter at Guangming Hotel, who said that there was a phone number for her at the front desk.
She hurried out of the house in her slippers, trotted down the stairs, and ran to the front desk on the first floor.
She was panicking.
Today is New Year's Eve, and the call comes at this time. The meaning is self-evident.
"Success? Or failure?"
Teacher Ke felt like there were two little men in his head, hacking at each other with swords, determined to fight to the death.
It took Teacher Ke less than half a minute to reach the three-flight staircase because he tripped on the second floor and dropped one of his slippers.
She grabbed the phone without even having time to catch her breath.
"Hello. I'm Ke Zhiyu."
"Xiaoyu! I'm your uncle Peng."
“I heard it.”
Teacher Ke's heart seemed to be in his throat as he waited for the verdict of fate.
"Come over and wish me a happy new year tomorrow!"
"Boom~"
Teacher Ke felt as if his head was hit hard. The intense joy was like warm sunshine, which instantly spread throughout his body and dispelled the damp and cold haze.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there would be a lot of people going to pay New Year's greetings to Uncle Peng. The fact that they let her go was enough to explain something.
"I see. Thank you, Uncle Peng."
"Well, remember to come early!"
“Beep, beep, beep~”
The phone was hung up, and Teacher Ke, who had been tense just now, slowly squatted on the ground, sobbing slightly for a long time.
. . . . . . . . .
"Woof woof woof~Woof woof woof"
Li Ye seemed to hear a dog barking in his sleep.
I turned over in a daze. Oh my god, it was Dahuang calling.
He jumped off the small kang, put on his shoes and ran out.
He slept with his clothes on these days for fear of hearing dogs barking outside.
It was New Year's Day, and the gatekeeper Uncle Gu went home to take care of his children. Li Ye didn't care about the consequences and simply jumped over the wall and jumped out.
The distance was 89 meters, and there was a school wall in the middle. Li Ye ran all the way and in desperation he tried his hand at wall-climbing.
After climbing over the wall, Li Ye saw the location of Wen Leyu's dormitory, with two beams of flashlight shining.
"Here he comes, Li Yezhen is here."
“Hey, it really works!”
Li Ye, who was running fast, slowed down silently.
He recognized the voice as that of his elder sister Li Yue. Just by listening to her mischievous tone, he could imagine what was going on.
Sure enough, when Li Ye came up to him, his sister Li Yue was already laughing so hard: "Hahahaha, Pavlov's dog, Xiao Ye, you ran faster than the dog just now! Hahaha~~~"
Li Ye endured the toothache and said, "Sister, haven't you heard the story of playing tricks on the princes by lighting beacons?"
Li Yue made an "O" with her mouth and said exaggeratedly: "Yes, yes, it's like lighting beacons to fool the princes! You are our little emperor, and Xiaoyu also has the appearance of Baosi!"
Wen Leyu blushed and quickly pulled Li Yue: "Sister, please stop talking nonsense, otherwise it won't work in the future."
"That depends on what Xiao Ye thinks. As long as he is willing, it will work."
Wen Leyu's face turned red. Li Ye said unhappily, "You called me here in the middle of the night just to see me make a fool of myself?"
“Who wants to see your joke?”
Li Yue stopped playing weird and acted like a big sister. She said to Li Ye, "It's already three o'clock. You still have so many problems when I call you to get up. Go and pay respect to Old Huai!"
Li Ye wailed, "Isn't it four o'clock?"
Li Yue scolded, "Don't you have to go home to pick up our grandma? What's the matter? You're not convinced on New Year's Day. Do you want to practice with me again?"
"Okay, okay, I'll go, I'll go."
This bloodline suppression thing is really not a good thing.
Before he was fourteen, Li Ye had never hit Li Yue once. Boys who develop late really suffer.
By the time he was fourteen, the shadow of being suppressed had already taken root in Li Ye's heart. In addition, he had grown up and understood the situation, so this "revenge of a lifetime" could not be avenged.
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Li Ye first went back to the Second Grain Store to put on his coat and hat, then endured the headache from lack of sleep, went home to pick up his grandmother, and walked towards the old locust tree in the north of the county town.
Not long after he walked, he realized that he was not the only one suffering.
Many children of similar age or younger than him were carried by their elders and gathered in the north with sleepy eyes.
By the time we got near the old locust tree, the place could almost be described as "a sea of people".
Li Ye found several students from the County No. 2 Middle School, and also found Zhou Chenggong.
This guy's home is not in the county town. If he shows up here at this time, he would probably have to rush here from the countryside outside the city in the middle of the night.
Grandma Li brought Li Ye, Hu Man and others to a decent spot, about thirty or forty meters away from the century-old locust tree.
Then Wu Juying, like the other old ladies beside her, placed offerings and began to chant.
"May my grandson be admitted to university, may my family be safe, and may my descendants continue to prosper."
Countless buzzing prayers, like devilish sounds filling the ears, gathered into a sound wave array, spreading and resonating within a radius of hundreds of meters.
Li Ye felt something strange around him, turned his head and found that Hu Man, Han Xia, Jiang Xiaoyan and others were also praying, and they even brought a little offering.
“You too”
Hearing Li Ye's surprised voice, Hu Man and Han Xia smiled.
Jiang Xiaoyan explained in an embarrassed voice: "When I came here, my mother told me to come and worship."
Okay!
Li Ye finally understood why those "masters" in the 1980s were able to be so successful and fool so many smart people.
"What are you doing? Be sincere."
Li's grandmother discovered Li Ye's "disrespect" and kicked him on the calf. Li Ye had no choice but to do a gesture of worshiping Buddha to deal with the official business.
But the next moment, the dark night suddenly brightened up for a moment.
Li Ye looked up in surprise, looking at the dark sky without a single star.
Rumbling thunder followed, and it actually thundered on the first day of the first lunar month.
There was a commotion among the crowd gathered around the old locust tree, and a group of old women with old ideas were muttering to themselves.
Grandma Li said to Li Ye, "Don't be afraid, Xiaoye. Thunder in spring is God striking down monsters! It has nothing to do with us."
Li Ye laughed a little, it doesn't matter if I'm a god, I can kill monsters, I'm just a...
"Pah~"
The second lightning flashed above Li Ye's head, and its bright track, winding like a snake, was clearly reflected in his eyes.
Li Ye was a little confused.
[Could it be that I, a demon, am going to survive a catastrophe? 】
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The second day of the Chinese New Year is the day when the daughter-in-law returns home.
Early in the morning, Li Kaijian took Han Chunmei, Li Juan and Li Ying out. Since Li Ye and Li Yue were not Han Chunmei's biological children, they did not go, and Han Chunmei did not think there was anything wrong with it.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Li Ye's two aunts and their uncle came to the door to bring wine to Li Zhongfa, the old Taishan.
My eldest aunt, Li Mingyue, married Cui Zhixian, a township official in Hebin Township, west of the county seat.
The second aunt, Li Mingxiang, married Zhao Yuanchao, the director of the North City Police Station. Their marriages seemed smoother and happier than Li Kaijian's.
Moreover, the children of the two families are either well-educated and well-behaved, or are three-good students in school. Every year they are pulled out to "set examples" for Li Ye.
In previous years, the second day of the Chinese New Year was the most difficult day for Li Ye and his father.
Last year, Li Kaijian married Han Chunmei and finally escaped this disaster. This year, Li Ye wrote "The Hidden Corner", which made him feel proud.
Zhao Meiwen, the little cousin from my second aunt's family, has liked to pester Li Ye since she was a child, and this time she came was no exception.
"Brother Xiaoye, I read your novel "The Hidden One" a few days ago. It was really well written, but why did you write Zuo Lan to death? How could you be so cruel?"
Little fangirl, of course you have to treat her well,
Li Ye patiently explained to her: "How to describe a character in a novel depends on the real-life prototype and the needs of the plot."
"During the war years, there were many heroes and heroes who sacrificed their lives like Zuo Lan. The tragic ending makes it easier for people to remember and cherish the memory of those heroes."
"Tsk~~"
Li Ye was looking at the stars in Zhao Meiwen's eyes and was speaking excitedly when he was interrupted by a sneer.
Li Ye frowned and looked over, and found that it was Cui Aiguo, the son of his eldest aunt.
This kid is studying in high school in Hebin Township. It is said that he is among the top three in the grade. He did not come to the county town to study because he missed his family. He has always looked down on Li Ye, a poor student.
Now when Li Ye looked at his eyes, he knew that this kid was not convinced and didn't want the former poor student to steal his limelight as a top student.
Li Ye looked at Cui Aiguo coldly and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Cui Aiguo tilted his head and said disdainfully: "Look at you bragging so much, as if you wrote the book."
Li Ye narrowed his eyes: "If it wasn't written by me, then it was written by you?"
"Tsk," Cui Aiguo curled his lips, "I don't have that ability, but I will never do anything shameless. Our Chinese teacher said that a child without life experience can't write a novel at all."
[There is a wealth of wealth in front of you, but you are useless! ]
Li Ye frowned and pointed outside.
"For the sake of our relatives, I won't beat you today. Stay outside and stop getting in my way."
"Don't regret it."
Cui Aiguo didn't expect Li Ye to be so bold and not even give him face in front of his own parents.
After he left in a huff, his cousin Zhao Meiwen said to Li Ye mysteriously, "Brother Xiaoye, your aunt is going to match you up today, but I think it's going to fail."
"Matchmaking? What kind of matchmaking?"
"She is the daughter of Section Chief Sun from the Finance Bureau. She is 24 years old this year and her face is as dark as Bao Gong. Section Chief Sun used to work in Hebin Township and was a colleague of my uncle."
Zhao Meiwen provided Li Ye with free information like a little spy, which made Li Ye very annoyed.
People often say that if you don’t know what position you hold in someone else’s heart, then you will know by looking at the blind date she introduces to you.
Li Ye is a man of dignified appearance and elegant demeanor. Who are you going to smear when you pair him with the whole Bao Gong?
Moreover, in 1981, a 24-year-old girl was still single. What was going on?
Think about the older single women in later generations, and you will understand what is going on.
Don't call yourself a young lady or a fairy, you are all old ladies.
"Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye, come here quickly."
Two minutes later, the eldest aunt called Li Ye over and asked him with a smile: "I have found a match for you. It's a good match. Why don't you go meet him tomorrow?"
Li Ye asked without even raising his eyelids: "Aunt, is she pretty?"
Li Mingyue's smile froze, and she said reluctantly: "Why don't you learn your lesson, kid? Being good-looking is not a good thing. His father is only 45 this year and will be promoted soon..."
"Looking good is important," Li Ye interrupted directly: "My grandpa and grandma are good-looking, so my dad and two aunts are also good-looking."
"My father and mother are good-looking, so my sister and I are also good-looking. If I marry an ugly one, my descendants will be implicated."
“.”
Li Zhongfa, Wu Juying, Zhao Yuanchao, and Li Mingxiang were all stunned, and then they all turned to look at Cui Zhixian and Cui Aiguo.
Cui Zhixian has a face that looks like an old farmer with deep hatred and deep suffering. Cui Aiguo inherited 88% of his genes. His face is ugly.
"What are you talking about, Ono? The meaning of life is to contribute to the motherland. Personal appearance is insignificant in front of XX."
Cui Zhixian blushed and began to teach Li Ye a lesson as an elder.
Li Ye turned around and left. The thunder didn't kill me, but you want to disgust me to death?
But by the time dinner started, Li Ye's mood improved a little.
I guess my second aunt said something to grandma, and her face turned black.
She didn't serve any of the meat dishes or delicacies she had prepared. The meals were all potato and radish for the gathering, cabbage and tofu for the meeting, and all were vegetarian. There was no sign of the good wine that had been ordered.
Eldest aunt Li Mingyue had just grumbled a few words, expressing a little dissatisfaction, when Wu Juying slammed the table.
"Eat if you want, otherwise get out!"
"You're using your nephew as a favor. You'd better be grateful if I don't serve you!"
Thanks to the book friend “色不见乱灯129” for the reward, and thanks to the book friend “被盗N次数我懒死我你的名” for the reward, thank you!
(End of this chapter)
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