Chapter 556: Going to the Li Family Couple’s Temporary Residence
Although his expression was not very natural, he explained as usual: "I came here suddenly today because I have something to discuss with you later. Why don't we go to where we are now instead of talking at the school gate?"
This coincided with Li Lu's original plan. After thinking about it for a while, she nodded and agreed.
Finally, the three of them went to the nearest bus stop to the school, then took a bus for half an hour, got off and walked for more than twenty minutes before reaching their destination.
Li Lu followed in order to know the exact address. It would be hard to find an excuse for not asking just now. So she went into the house and sat for a while, and drank a bowl of hot water poured by Li's mother.
The reason why the word "with one's own hands" is particularly emphasized here is that, in the past twenty years, at least in her memory, such a moment has never appeared.
Then he pretended to have just remembered something and said, "Dad, Mom, is there a post office or neighborhood committee nearby where I can make a phone call?
I just left school without saying a word, which delayed more than one or two classes. I was called out by the teacher for checking. If there is no leave note during the checking process, it will directly affect my final grade. ”
Speaking of this, the two of them who had not received much education, of course, had no idea whether what Li Lu said was true or not, but at least it sounded true.
After thinking about it, he also raised a question: "Well, since you are out now, what's the point of looking for a place with a phone?
And doesn’t that girl named Jun know that you were called away by your parents?
If the teacher asks, she will definitely be able to help. ”
"Hey, they are the top students in the school. They are in the laboratory now. The school has specially approved them to take the exams in various subjects directly. They don't have to follow the regular classes for the time being.
So it is definitely unrealistic to expect her to help explain the reason for skipping classes.
In addition, the class counselor left us his office phone number so that we can get effective communication in a timely manner in situations like the current one. ”
After this explanation, Li's parents did not have any doubts, but they were also afraid that she would go out by herself and leave directly, so Li Zhongye quickly said: "We should tell her, but grades are more important.
Let your mother go out with you later.
The nearest post office is across the street, and it happens to be diagonally opposite the supply and marketing cooperative. To put it simply, it’s just a matter of crossing the street.
We both just came here recently. This is the yard where we lived before our family moved to Shanghai. We are still short of a lot of food and daily necessities, so it's a good opportunity to get some supplies while going out. ”
As he said this, he winked at Dong Yujuan and took out a lot of banknotes from his shirt pocket.
"You too, if I remember correctly, there should be a few national cloth coupons among these bills. Girls all like small floral patterns. If the supply and marketing cooperative has something suitable, I'll buy a few yards and bring it back for my daughter to make a new dress."
Seeing that Li's mother looked disapproving and ready to refute, he immediately said, "Just listen to me on this matter."
And glared at Dong Yujuan fiercely.
Perhaps the Li couple did not realize that the little girl who never contradicted her parents before had completely changed her personality since seeing Li Lu that day.
In other words, what has changed is the attitude towards them, so that many times when they do small things, they don't even think about covering up.
Those suggestive glances were clearly seen by the parties involved.
Only after she broke free from the so-called shackles of family affection did she see things more clearly. She never expected that her adoptive parents seemed to have a hold on her, and that the communication that should have been more subtle might have been as close to being spoken out loud as possible.
Despite this, Li Lu remained calm. The most important thing at the moment was to go out and make a phone call, so Ying Jing'er showed up to smooth things over, in order to get the couple across the street to end their meaningless communication as soon as possible.
"Thank you, Dad. As for tearing the cloth or something, I still have clothes to wear. It doesn't matter whether I have them or not."
In fact, Li Zhongye also felt sorry for the few feet of cloth coupons, but the words had already been said. Thinking about what he was going to do later, he still gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, just take it if I tell you to."
Then she no longer refused, but nodded happily and agreed.
Seeing that the trouble was solved, he quickly stood up and prepared to go out: "Then my mother and I will go to the post office first."
On the way, Li's mother kept interrupting and muttering, "Look, you're married now, and the clothes you're wearing now are probably the new clothes you made this year, right?
If the supply and marketing cooperative does not have suitable fabric, you can save the money or go back to Shanghai to buy it. ”
Of course, Li Lu knew the meaning of this statement.
He had said that in front of Mr. Li just to annoy him, and now he could only give a bland response.
Anyway, Li's mother will definitely take out the cloth, so there is nothing to worry about.
Soon they arrived at the post office that Li's father mentioned. Before leaving, Dong Yujuan emphasized: "Just make the call and go to the supply and marketing cooperative across the street to find me."
How could a girl who has lived with him for twenty years not guess this little bit of thought?
It's nothing more than going to the sales counter first to find the salesperson to establish a relationship, such as giving away a few White Rabbit candies and giving him 80 cents, and then asking the person to wait for you when you arrive, and then saying that whatever you want is not available.
I have to say that Li Lu really has the Li couple's temper and style under control.
After watching him arrive at the supply and marketing cooperative, I was able to collect my previous thoughts, turned around and walked into the post office, and immediately called the army.
Coincidentally, Jiang Tao had just come here and answered a call from an old comrade-in-arms. He hung up the receiver and before he had time to leave, he was called back by the operator.
Since he was not informed of the identity of the caller, he was indeed puzzled.
He was very surprised to hear his wife's voice.
After a brief conversation, it became clear that his daughter-in-law had already gone to the place where the Li couple was staying in Beijing. She called him specifically just to give him some protection.
She was afraid that if she failed to delay Li Zhongye and Dong Yujuan before Li Fei gave them the news, they would become desperate and resort to extreme means. She would really be no match for them.
After all, no matter how much they disliked her in the past, the couple treated Li Lu as their own daughter and would think carefully before doing anything so as not to be too drastic.
Everything is now in a stage where it cannot be explained, cannot be understood, and cannot be guessed.
So, let’s go back to the reason mentioned earlier, why didn’t I directly ask where I was going on the way here?
It's because I'm afraid that they will notice something is wrong and have some backup plan.
Now that I know the exact address and have found an excuse to ask for leave from my counselor, I made this call.
Jiang Tao immediately said after hearing this: "Don't panic, my dear wife, they can't do anything to you right now anyway, go back and buy some time.
There shouldn't be any obvious changes in how we get along with each other.
By the way, let me tell you that just before I answered your call, my comrades in Shanghai had already contacted me. ”
Hearing this is really eye-opening.
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