Chapter 22 A College Student
Li Xu was surprised when she heard this and said, "Really?"
But then I remembered that there was no telephone installed at home.
Telephone calls were not cheap at that time. The installation fee alone was more than a thousand yuan, and there was a monthly rent of more than ten yuan.
Ji Yuanyuan thought for a moment, raised her face with great effort, and said to the man, "Uncle, our family can't afford a telephone. Does your company have a telephone? If the vegetables are ready, can I ask my mother to call you?"
The man thought that this was fine.
"My name is Zhang Kun. When the time comes, just call and say you're looking for Zhang Kun."
After leaving his phone number, the man took the peaches and left.
With only one bamboo basket left, Li Xu felt much more relaxed. She picked up Ji Yuanyuan and walked home while praising her: "Yuanyuan, you are really your lucky star. If it weren't for you, these peaches wouldn't have sold so quickly."
Ji Yuanyuan chuckled and didn't take it seriously.
On the way back, there was a stall selling loose milk on the street, a few cents a pound, all fresh milk.
Li Xu had more than thirty yuan in his hand, so he resolutely bought three kilograms and said through gritted teeth, "Buy it back and give it to your second brother to drink as water."
When the two returned home, Ji Zixuan and Ji Ziang had already gotten up.
Ji Zixuan was doing his homework while Ji Ziang was playing with toy cars in the living room.
Seeing Li Xu and Ji Yuanyuan coming back, Ji Ziang rushed over and said, "Mom, my brother has cooked dinner. Are you hungry?"
Li Xu is not a person who spoils children, but she definitely doesn't try to train her children to be independent either.
So, the children have never cooked for themselves.
Hearing that Ji Zixuan had cooked, Li Xu hurriedly went to the kitchen to take a look nervously.
When Li Xu saw the noodles in the pot, his eyes suddenly became warm.
For an eleven-year-old child, even a simple meal of stir-fried noodles is enough to move her.
In order to cover up her gaffe, Li Xu quickly took out a pot, poured all the milk into it, and started to cook it slowly over low heat.
Then, he took out another bowl and served noodles: "Have you two eaten?"
It looks like the noodles have been cooked for a while and have become lumpy.
Ji Ziang shook his head and said, "I wanted to eat, but my brother said he would wait for you to come back."
Li Xu quickly served noodles to the four of them, and then cooked three poached eggs, one for each of the three children.
At the dinner table, Ji Zixuan was very sensible and passed the poached egg in his bowl to Li Xu: "Mom, you eat it."
Li Xu looked at Ji Zixuan and made up his mind secretly.
You must make good money and never let your children have to give in to others even for an egg.
After dinner, Li Xu rested at home for a while and then went out again.
When he went out, the bamboo basket was empty, and when he came back, the bamboo basket was full.
Inside the room, Li Xu opened the bamboo basket, revealing a nest of chicks.
"They are all hens. When they grow up, they can lay eggs." Li Xu said with a smile.
Ji Yuanyuan brought Li Xu into the space again. The two of them built a chicken coop under the fruit tree and put all the chicks in it.
The vegetables I planted yesterday have already sprouted, and it looks like they can be picked in a few days.
In the afternoon, Ji Zixuan helped Ji Ziang with his homework while Li Xu was busy at home.
Ji Yuanyuan lay on the sofa, thinking about making money.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yong came over with a lot of things in his hands.
Li Xu frowned and said, "Why are you buying so many things? Why don't you save the little money you earn? Otherwise, how are you going to get married in the future?"
Li Yong chuckled and quickly explained, "These were all sent by the Qin family."
He squeezed in with the pile of things, put them on the sofa, and pinched Ji Yuanyuan's face. Then he said, "Qin Xiaomin took these things to her hometown, but she didn't find you, but she found our parents. Our parents called me, and I just brought them back."
Ji Ziang heard the noise outside, stuck his head out, and his eyes lit up when he saw something on the sofa.
He ran out, "Wow, there are so many things!"
"Chocolate!" Ji Ziang saw several boxes of chocolate at once, "Uncle Qin is so nice. He still remembers that I love chocolate!"
Li Yong listened to Ji Ziang's words and pushed his head unhappily: "This is not for you, it's obviously for Yuanyuan."
Ji Ziang chuckled and looked at Ji Yuanyuan: "Yuanyuan doesn't like to eat this, right?"
Ji Yuanyuan waved her hand: "You eat."
She recently felt that her teeth were loose, and it seemed that it was time to replace her teeth.
At this time, you can't eat too much sweets.
Otherwise, the teeth that grow out in the future will most likely be crooked.
Li Xu walked forward and looked through the things. Apart from a few boxes of chocolates, most of the things were clothes.
These are all clothes for Yuanyuan.
"Hey, why is there a letter here?" A letter fell out from his clothes, and Li Xu picked it up with some surprise.
The letter was even carefully sealed in an envelope.
On the cover, there are a few neat words: Dear Sister Yuanyuan.
You can tell at a glance that it was written by Qin Mucheng.
Li Xu suppressed her laughter and looked at Ji Yuanyuan: "Yuanyuan, your brother Mu Cheng wrote you a letter."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yuanyuan got up from the sofa and said, "Let me see..."
She took the letter and began to open it.
Li Xu and Li Yong looked at each other and laughed.
Li Yong joked: "They say that girls can't be kept when they grow up, but this child is still young, so we can't keep him."
Although it was a joke, Li Xu still felt uncomfortable. "What nonsense are you talking about? It's just a little fight between children. Who knows what will happen in the future."
Ji Yuanyuan took the letter and read it. Qin Mucheng's handwriting was very good, and it was obvious that he had practiced it before.
After Li Xu finished speaking, she looked at Ji Yuanyuan and said, "Okay, Yuanyuan, mom will read it to you..."
"Qin Mucheng said he would come over during the winter vacation..."
The mother and daughter spoke almost at the same time.
After saying this, Ji Yuanyuan secretly said, "Oh no."
She was so happy when she saw Qin Mucheng's letter just now that she got carried away.
She is only six years old now. Because of her household registration, she has never even attended kindergarten and she doesn’t even know all the pinyin. How can she recognize words?
Li Xu was also shocked and asked, "Yuanyuan, can you understand?"
Ji Yuanyuan could only pretend to nod innocently: "I read some of it when my brother was doing his homework."
Li Xu and Li Yong looked at each other and were both a little surprised.
"Do you recognize all the words on this?" Li Xu asked, pointing at the letter in Ji Yuanyuan's hand.
"There is pinyin." Ji Yuanyuan handed the letter to Li Xu and breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Qin Mucheng was quite careful, fearing that she was too young to understand, so he marked the pinyin for some of the more difficult characters.
This letter was really written for her.
Li Xu took it and took a look, it was indeed it.
But even so, she was still a little surprised.
She hugged Ji Yuanyuan and said with a smile: "Our Yuanyuan, is she a genius? She doesn't even learn much, but she knows so many words."
Li Yong joked: "Our Yuanyuan will definitely be a college student in the future."
College students in this era are a rarity.
(End of this chapter)
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