Chapter 190 Brother, can you please stop being a consultant?
Jiang Xiaoning walked away dejectedly. The journey home was still dozens of miles away, and the thought of going through that journey in the dead of winter was too painful.
Li Ye said with a smile: "You are really good at showing off your power as the eldest sister of the family! I didn't realize you were so powerful before."
"If you don't become more powerful, you will be bullied to death."
Jiang Xiaoyan pursed her lips at first, then after seeing what Li Juan was holding, she said embarrassedly, "You don't have to come over. It's New Year's Day and I'm causing you trouble again."
Li Ye waved his hand and said, "You are being too polite. If I hadn't heard from my aunt, I wouldn't have known that your mother was hospitalized. Is your mother okay?"
Jiang Xiaoyan's face suddenly dimmed, and she said worriedly, "Pneumonia. The doctor said I need to be on IV drip for at least a week."
In the 1980s, ordinary people would be lucky to take medicine for a long-term illness. Once they had to hang a drip, it felt like a serious illness. So Jiang Xiaoyan was worried even when she slept these past two days.
Li Ye and Li Juan entered the ward, and Chen Jinhua happened to fall asleep. Jiang Xiaoyan wanted to wake her up, but was stopped by Li Ye.
"Your mother is too weak now, let her sleep a little longer! My grandma said that she will send some millet porridge or something over in the next few days, don't be polite with me."
"I really don't mean to be polite to you," Jiang Xiaoyan said frankly, "After my mother recovers from her illness, I want to take her to the capital. Can you talk to Brother Peng and ask him to write a letter of introduction for my mother so that she can rent a house."
Li Ye looked at Jiang Xiaoyan in surprise and said, "Are you serious? Do you really want your mother to open a noodle shop in Beijing? You have to endure hardships when you are away from home."
Jiang Xiaoyan smiled and said, "It's hard at home, and it's hard in the capital. I'd rather my mother suffer under my nose than lie on the kang like this with no one to take care of her."
"Then you just need to think it through," Li Ye agreed without hesitation, "Anyway, we have a yard in the capital, and we can ask your mother to see where she wants to live. Jin Peng, Uncle Hong, and Old Song are all here, so they can take care of her."
Jiang Xiaoyan nodded repeatedly and said, "I think so too. I owe you again, but I owe you a lot. I don't worry about having too much debt."
Li Ye said jokingly, "You don't owe me anything. The rent is 1.5 yuan a month. Pay it at the end of the month!"
Li Ye's "stingy" behavior made Jiang Xiaoyan feel much more comfortable. She nodded vigorously to show her agreement.
In fact, she approached Li Ye to find someone to take care of her mother Chen Jinhua.
After all, it would be very difficult for a woman who is unfamiliar with the place to live in the capital, but she felt much more at ease with a group of fellow villagers from Qingshui County taking care of each other.
She has to owe him this favor, and at worst she can just repay it double later.
After finishing the important matter that she was worried about, Jiang Xiaoyan felt a lot more relaxed.
She looked at her mother in the ward who was still asleep, and said to Li Ye, "Can you help look after my mother for two hours? I'll go sell my bike and be back soon."
Li Ye couldn't help laughing and said, "Are you going to completely draw a line between you and your family? Don't you ask your mother if she agrees?"
Jiang Xiaoyan shook her head and said, "If we are living a prosperous life, they will not stop us even if we are beaten to death. If we are not living a good life, we will not benefit from it even if we kneel down and beg them."
“.”
Li Ye looked at Jiang Xiaoyan's stubborn eyes, nodded, and said softly: "You understand more as you grow older."
. . . . . .
Jiang Xiaoyan pushed her bicycle to the market west of the county town.
It was already the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, and there were spontaneous markets in Qingshui County every day. She was going to sell her bicycle now so that she could buy some money for her and her daughter to support themselves in the capital.
There were a few bicycle sellers at the market, but they were either rusty or missing parts or had peeling paint, and were not of the same quality as Jiang Xiaoyan's 99% new one.
Jiang Xiaoyan had worked in sales in Beijing for so long that she had learned a simple and direct method. She took a piece of cardboard and wrote "New car 190 yuan" on it and stuck it directly on the handlebars.
This immediately attracted a lot of questions.
"Girl, are you selling this bicycle?"
"Well, one hundred and ninety dollars, no bargaining."
"Your car is not new. It has a stamp and a license plate on it."
"It's been less than two months and it's as good as new."
"A new car is less than 160 yuan, and you're selling it for 190 yuan. It's too expensive."
“I won’t sell it if it’s cheap.”
“.”
Jiang Xiaoyan understood that the more others disliked your products, the more they wanted to buy them. The shorter her answer was, the more powerful it would be.
If the seller keeps complaining to the buyer, he will not get a good price.
So Jiang Xiaoyan just lowered her head and ignored him. Anyway, the car was locked and no one could snatch it away, so she could buy it or not.
Many people have their eyes on Jiang Xiaoyan's bicycle, but the price is indeed a bit high. But if there are bicycle tickets, who would come to the market to buy a bicycle?
"Jiang Xiaoyan, is this bicycle yours?"
A brother and sister suddenly stood in front of Jiang Xiaoyan, and the sister asked Jiang Xiaoyan in surprise.
Jiang Xiaoyan looked up and saw that it was Lu Jingyao and her brother Lu Zixue.
"Yes, it's mine."
Jiang Xiaoyan glanced at Lu Jingyao and almost responded with her nose.
Lu Jingyao clearly sensed Jiang Xiaoyan's dislike for her and wanted to leave awkwardly, but her younger brother Lu Zixue grabbed her sleeve.
In the entire market, there is only one Phoenix, this one owned by Jiang Xiaoyan, and it is almost brand new. After seeing this one, what else can you look at?
Lu Jingyao turned around helplessly and asked Jiang Xiaoyan: "Xiaoyan, can you sell this bicycle to me?"
Jiang Xiaoyan said indifferently: "This is not selling my daughter. I don't need to choose a good family. I will sell her to whoever pays."
“.”
Lu Jingyao couldn't hold back her pride any longer and turned around and left.
She felt that Jiang Xiaoyan was implying something about her, implying that she had "sold" herself to Li Ye in order to pay for her mother's medical treatment.
When Lu Zixue saw his sister running away, he quickly caught up with her and insisted on buying Jiang Xiaoyan's Phoenix.
Phoenix bicycles are a thorn in his heart. If he misses this one, who knows where the next one will be?
Lu Jingyao finally got annoyed and scolded him coldly: "Can't you go to school without a bicycle? Can't you survive without a bicycle? There is only so much money in the family, you have to spend it all, right?"
But Lu Zixue shouted, "You are going to study in the UK soon. If you work part-time and earn a few pounds, how many bicycles can we afford?"
“.”
The bustling market fell silent for a moment, and then became noisy again.
"Wow, this girl is going to study abroad? She's going to England."
"Then if she goes abroad to study, won't she be like Xu Lingjun's father in the Wrangler? Can she become a billionaire?"
"I don't know, but I heard from my niece that it's easy to make money abroad, and dishwashers all drive cars."
Jiang Xiaoyan understood that Lu Zixue was showing off. This grandson was showing off to her.
It is true that studying abroad is glorious, but what does it have to do with me?
"Bicycles for sale, brand new Phoenix bicycles, 190 yuan fixed price, first come first served"
Jiang Xiaoyan, who had been squatting on the ground for a long time, suddenly started shouting out her wares.
"Girl, I only have 160 bucks with me. How about this? Come with me and I'll give you 30 bucks when I get home. Is that ok?"
"I have 180 here, sell it to me, Nizi."
Several people who took a fancy to the bicycle couldn't wait any longer and came over to try to grab it.
Lu Zixue said anxiously, "Sister, let's buy it! After you leave, if our mother has a headache or fever, I can rush back and forth to take care of her."
Lu Jingyao closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths before she calmed down.
After she left Qingshui County in the summer, she had originally planned not to come back easily. However, after being selected as an international student, she traveled across the ocean and not only did she not know when she would return, but she also needed to come back to handle some procedures.
That's why Lu Jingyao came back to see his father and mother.
Unexpectedly, she met an old friend again, which stirred up her worries and made her very upset.
"Hey, why does the debt that cannot be resolved haunt you?"
Lu Jingyao took out all the money from her pocket and stuffed it into Lu Zixue's hand, then walked out of the market in a daze, one step deep and one step shallow.
Lu Zixue didn't care about his sister at all. He took the money and ran quickly to Jiang Xiaoyan, then counted the money and gave it to Jiang Xiaoyan.
"One hundred and ninety dollars, not a cent less."
Jiang Xiaoyan took the money coldly and threw the key to Lu Zixue.
Then she looked at the shaky figure in the distance and snorted, "You'll be exhausted sooner or later!"
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When Jiang Xiaoyan returned to the county hospital, Chen Jinhua had already woken up and was chatting and laughing with Li Ye and Li Juan.
Jiang Xiaoyan was a little confused. How could two people with a difference of more than 20 years in age and huge differences in status and position chat so harmoniously?
[Perhaps, this is what makes Li Ye so likable! ]
Jiang Xiaoyan hesitated for a moment, but finally called Li Ye outside and told him that Lu Jingyao was going to study in the UK.
"Li Ye, your English is actually better. You can take the TOEFL next year. I heard that you don't have to go to Hong Kong Island to take the TOEFL now. You can take it in Beijing."
"Why should I take the TOEFL? I'm not planning to study abroad."
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Jiang Xiaoyan was stunned for a moment, then said: "I thought you were better than Lu Jingyao. I thought you and Wen Leyu would consider studying abroad."
Li Ye said nonchalantly: "Who is better does not depend on whether or not you study abroad. Besides, Xiaoyan, don't be blinded by illusions.
The good things in foreign countries belong to foreigners after all, and our country is the place where they can take root and grow.”
Jiang Xiaoyan kept thinking about what Li Ye said until Li Ye and Li Juan left.
Now is the time to study abroad. Which college student doesn't want to study abroad? Jiang Xiaoyan's classmates are desperately scrambling for a place.
It is really hard to understand why Li Ye, a man with both ability and backdoors who can almost be said to have them "at his fingertips", would settle down in China.
Especially when Jiang Xiaoyan mentioned "Lu Jingyao" very carefully, Li Ye's indifferent and calm look made Jiang Xiaoyan admire him secretly.
Only when you can take on and let go, you are a real man.
But then Jiang Xiaoyan thought of the radiant Wen Leyu and the obviously exhausted Lu Jingyao, and the difference between them was immediately apparent.
"A blessing in disguise!"
"Yan'er, what are you talking about? What horse? What blessing?"
"A blessing in disguise, mother, what this means is that although you have suffered a loss now, you may still enjoy happiness in the future. So when you get better, come with me to the capital to enjoy happiness."
"But what about your brother and your father?"
"You can send them money! As long as you send them money, they would rather you stay in the capital and not come back."
"Well, you are right, your father is really that kind of person, but..."
"Oh, don't say that."
While Jiang Xiaoyan was coaxing her mother, she made up her mind.
When we get to the capital, we'll implement formal management and take away my mother's financial power. If I want to send money home, I'll have to depend on Jiang Xiaoyan's mood.
. . . . . . .
On the morning of New Year's Eve, a Beijing 130 bus stopped at the door of Li Ye's home.
Jin Peng, Wang Jianqiang and Jiang Hong got out of the car and started moving things one by one from the car.
Han Chunmei heard the noise, opened the door, and was almost scared when she saw the pile of New Year's goods at the door.
"What are you doing?"
"Aunt, we are sending New Year's gifts to Master! Please decide which room to put them in and we will move in."
"Hey, we don't accept gifts at home, wait a minute!"
Han Chunmei hurried into the room and called Li Kaijian, which alarmed Director Li.
Li Zhongfa saw that it was Jin Peng and Wang Jianqiang, and said with a straight face: "What kind of day is it now and you are giving New Year gifts? If someone doesn't know, they would think I am accepting bribes!"
"Hey, Master, we are back late! If anyone dares to say that you accept gifts, I will come to his house right away to help him find out which eye is wrong."
Jin Peng smiled on the surface, but felt very aggrieved in his heart.
In order to make money for your grandson, we were so busy that we closed the shop yesterday afternoon. We drove from Beijing for more than ten hours overnight, and you still complained about it.
Grandma Wu Juying couldn't stand it anymore and said to Jin Peng, "Don't listen to your master's nonsense, he just likes to show off. Jin Peng, judging from the way you are dressed, you must be doing well outside this year!
I ran into your future daughter-in-law the other day. She was so fashionable that people said she was the boss's wife!"
"It's OK."
Jin Peng answered awkwardly while rubbing his scalp, while complaining in his heart.
Your grandson is the big boss. Your grandson's wife is much more awesome than that boss lady.
But when Wu Juying saw Wang Jianqiang, she couldn't help but frowned: "Qiangzi, have you been wronged outside?"
Wang Jianqiang smiled innocently and said, "Grandma, I'm not wronged. I'm just a driver, so I dress like this."
Wu Juying looked at Wang Jianqiang, who was wearing old clothes, and couldn't help but complain to Jin Peng: "Qiangzi is a cunning man. You should think of him when you want something good. If you wait for him to fight for it, how can he win over those who are quick-witted and quick-handed?"
"Ahem, ahem, what do you know, an old woman? Go and make dinner."
Li Zhongfa coughed several times before he forced Wu Juying to the kitchen to make breakfast, which helped Jin Peng and Wang Jianqiang out of the predicament.
He is an experienced man, so how could he not see that Wang Jianqiang was deliberately pretending to be shabby?
Who is this for? Do you even need to ask?
"Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye, your fellow apprentices have been here for quite some time, but you are still lying in bed!"
Director Li's shout finally called Li Ye out from his warm bed.
When he saw Wang Jianqiang, he couldn't help but laugh.
There is a patch on the old cotton jacket, and the Dacron trousers are a bit too short, but the pair of suede cotton boots are normal. This look is a bit funny.
"Qiangzi, is this what your brother Peng packed for you?"
"No, I did it myself, hehehe brother, don't laugh at me."
Li Ye shook his head and laughed, but he was not laughing in his heart.
The naive Wang Jianqiang also knows the principle of not showing off one's wealth.
"Qiangzi, you have to tell me how much money you plan to tell your family this year. Don't let your mother let you slip."
Wang Jianqiang held up a finger and said, "I earn a hundred a month, and after deducting food and drink, I save a thousand."
Li Ye nodded and said, "Then how much do you think your mother will leave for you?"
Wang Jianqiang lowered his head and smiled, then embarrassedly stretched out three fingers.
"Three hundred? Or thirty?"
"Brother, can you please stop asking questions when you already know the answer?"
Thanks to the book friend "Firefly Star" for the reward of 500 coins. Thank you brother for your generosity.
(End of this chapter)
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