Chapter 9: A dream since childhood
After dinner, Ji Ziang couldn't wait to open the two gift boxes given by Qin Xiaomin.
"Wow, my mother is Taosu." Ji Ziang said in a surprised tone.
In this era, peach cakes are a very good thing, and both adults and children love to eat them.
Li Xu leaned over to take a look and whispered, "Don't open the other box. Send it to grandpa and grandma in the evening."
Although Ji Ziang was greedy, he was still very generous to his relatives and agreed immediately: "I know, Mom."
Li Xu looked at Ji Yuanyuan with narrowed eyes and said quickly: "Yuanyuan, come quickly, mommy will hold you for a nap."
Ji Yuanyuan actually didn't want to sleep, but she was just a child now and it was time for her to sleep more.
Before going to bed, Ji Yuanyuan decided not to tell Li Xu and the others about the space for the time being.
This matter should be unbelievable to them, right?
Let’s talk about it later when we have the chance.
Ji Jianguo arrived shortly after noon, carrying a thick envelope in his hand.
After entering the house, he threw the envelope onto the kang with a cold face and said, "Count it. It's five thousand yuan, not a cent less or more."
Li Xu didn't say anything, but silently picked up the envelope and began to count the money.
It should be the money that Ji Jianguo just went to withdraw, all in whole amounts.
Li Xu finished counting quickly: "Yes, it's five thousand."
Hearing this, Ji Jianguo gritted his teeth and said, "You said it yourself, don't come to me again in the future."
Li Xu's expression was cold: "We owe each other nothing!"
Ji Jianguo looked at Li Xu with some scrutiny, and after a moment, he said, "I hope you won't regret it in the future."
After saying that, he slammed the door and left.
Ji Ziang was startled by the sound of the door slamming. He was so angry that he wanted to rush out immediately.
Ji Zixuan grabbed him and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Ji Ziang said angrily, "If he dares to slam our door, I'll puncture his bicycle tire."
Li Xu shook her head helplessly and picked up the envelope: "Come on, mom will take you to the city to buy delicious food."
She pulled out a hundred-dollar bill from the envelope and said, "Let's spend all this money today, okay?"
Li Xu felt that he had really owed these children a little bit during this period of time, so he thought about going into the city to buy some delicious food.
Ji Ziang, the fool, immediately raised his arms and said, "Okay, okay, let's buy some delicious food..."
Ji Zixuan is two years older than Ji Ziang, but mentally, he is definitely more than two years older.
He shook his head and said, "Mom, we don't have anything we want to eat. We'll have a lot of money to spend in the future, so let's save it all."
Seeing Ji Zixuan being so sensible, Li Xu felt a little sad.
She reached out and touched Ji Zixuan's head: "Good boy, you don't have to worry about money. When our household registration is moved back, maybe we can get a few acres of land, and then we will have income. Even if it doesn't work, Mom will find a job in the city and can still support you."
Li Xu thought that when he went to the city later, it would be best to buy some meat and vegetables and send them to his parents.
They have to support their younger sister's education, so they are not well off. I bought some meat for them yesterday, but they probably didn't have anything to eat themselves.
Seeing Ji Ziang's excited face, Ji Zixuan stopped talking.
My younger brothers and sisters are still young, so they are naturally a little greedy. At most, he can just eat less.
Thinking of this, Ji Zixuan did not continue to refute.
After packing up, Li Xu took her three children into the city.
Li Xu now had money, and the bicycle could not carry three children, so she took the children on the bus.
The line from rural areas to cities is a suburban line, and the ticket price will be a bit more expensive.
A ticket costs two yuan. Ji Yuanyuan is less than 1.2 meters tall, so the ticket seller only collected tickets for three people, a total of six yuan.
Ji Ziang watched Li Xu give money to others and thought with some pain: six yuan can buy sixty lollipops, and eating two lollipops a day is enough for him to eat for a month.
At that time, lollipops only cost one cent each.
"Driving a bus is really profitable. When I grow up, I also want to drive a bus." Ji Ziang whispered to Ji Zixuan.
Ji Yuanyuan was listening nearby, looking at Ji Ziang thoughtfully.
It turns out that what Ji Ziang said was true.
In his previous life, Ji Ziang grew up to be a racing driver. He once said in an interview that driving was his dream since he was a child.
I just didn't expect that the opportunity that gave Ji Ziang his dream would come now.
Because I am stingy, I have dreams.
Ji Ziang has always been different from others since he was a child.
Half an hour later, Li Xu got off the bus in front of a supply and marketing cooperative with her three children.
By 1996, the supply and marketing cooperatives had already declined and even began to gradually disintegrate.
Some supermarkets have it, and there are even shopping malls.
But women like Li Xu, after entering the city, still only recognize the supply and marketing cooperatives.
Looking at the red tweed top that Li Xu had been wearing for who knows how many years, Ji Yuanyuan felt a little sorry for her.
Li Xu is only 32 years old this year. She married Ji Jianguo when she was 20 years old, gave birth to Ji Zixuan when she was 21 years old, and has been giving birth to children since then.
Ji Jianguo didn't have a house in the city, and his workplace was close to his home, so it only took half an hour to ride a bicycle. So Li Xu had always lived in the countryside, raising three children by herself and cultivating the three acres of land at home.
Although Ji Jianguo's salary was high, he didn't take much home every month, and the harvest from the fields was not much either.
The expenses of raising three children alone are huge, and that little money is simply not enough.
So Li Xu rarely spends money on herself.
"Mom, I heard there's a new mall opening in town."
Ji Yuanyuan looked at Li Xu eagerly, with a longing look on her face.
She knew that if she said she wanted to go and show Li Xu some clothes, Li Xu would definitely not go. But if she said she wanted to go, Li Xu would take her there no matter what.
Sure enough, after hearing Ji Yuanyuan's words, Li Xu asked hesitantly, "Yuanyuan, do you want to go?"
Ji Yuanyuan pretended to be very curious: "I want to go, but I've never been there."
Hearing this, Li Xu gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's go over there."
After asking for directions, I found out that the shopping mall is only one kilometer away from here.
Li Xu thought about it and finally couldn't bear to spend 50 cents on the bus ticket, so he chose to walk there.
A kilometer distance might not be a big deal for an adult, but for Ji Yuanyuan, who has short legs, it was really unbearable.
However, in order to lighten Li Xu's burden, Ji Yuanyuan still endured it and didn't complain of being tired.
However, Li Xu naturally didn't want to let Ji Yuanyuan walk such a long way, so he picked up Ji Yuanyuan before she had walked halfway.
The one kilometer journey took them about twenty minutes. There happened to be a bank on the way, and Li Xu only kept three hundred yuan and deposited the rest in the bank.
Although the shopping malls at that time were not as luxurious as those in the 21st century, they had already taken shape.
When Ji Yuanyuan came here, she remembered that she and Ji Jianguo seemed to have been here in her previous life. At that time, Ji Jianguo brought Chen Mei to buy clothes and brought her along as well.
It seemed that the little red vest she wore as a child was bought here.
Moreover, something else seemed to have happened that day...
(End of this chapter)
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