Chapter 557: The Truth of That Year
Li Lu never expected that the news would come back so quickly, and asked quickly: "Did they say anything specific?"
All I heard was Jiang Tao's helpless laughter, and then he said, "Don't worry, Chu Ying said that he had already started to handle this matter after receiving my previous call.
Moreover, he has transferred to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, and happens to be in charge of the area where your home is.
To be on the safe side, I also checked the household registration relationship in detail.
I remembered to call you, and it happened that I was halfway through dealing with this matter at that time. Because I had other things to do in the bureau, I just called me to let me know.
We will get specific news from our sister by tomorrow morning or around noon at the latest.
You can only delay it for tonight, and many things can be finalized tomorrow.
Besides, the army doesn't have any tasks at the moment, and the political commissar is aware that I have family matters. I was still single in the past few years and basically had no vacation, so it's no problem for me to take a few days off temporarily.
I'll go directly to the address you gave me later. It's impossible for the father-in-law and mother-in-law to come over and the son-in-law won't show up, right? ”
After hearing this, Li Lu was completely relieved. The couple talked for a few more words before hanging up the phone.
The operator inside was looking at the girl in front of her in shock. He knew exactly what she was thinking: What kind of family is this? The phone bill is one dollar and one minute, and these two chatted for nearly ten dollars, which is almost half a month's salary for her.
Li Lu also realized the same problem when she paid the money, but she still calmly took out a Big Unity note, and after accepting the dime returned by the operator, she walked out of the post office leisurely.
As expected, when she arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Dong Yujuan bought nothing except some simple seasonings and a few egg cakes.
Seeing someone coming over, he quickly said, "I went to the cloth counter first. They said a few students had just arrived and bought all the remaining two rolls of cloth in one go."
In order to prove that what he said was correct, he pretended to pull the person to the counter for a confrontation.
"It's okay, Mom, you can just give me the cloth coupons and the money to buy the cloth. There's an outsourced grocery store in the school that has all these things. I've really taken a fancy to a piece of floral fabric recently, but I don't have the coupons."
Who would have thought that someone was waiting here? After a moment of pause, Li's mother looked regretful.
The salesperson who was on high alert nearby understood what was happening between the mother and daughter, stuffed his hands hard into his pockets, and moved away from the counter little by little.
What else is there to not know? This person must be the one that Li's mother bribed in advance.
He understood that since the old man at home had already spoken and the way out was laid out before him, it was impossible to save money. He then rummaged through the inner pocket of his clothes and took out a cloth bag wrapped in a handkerchief. After turning around and opening it, he counted out four cloth coupons and five dollars.
Li Lu took it and put it in her pocket without any burden, which was considered as half reimbursement for the nearly ten yuan phone bill she had just paid.
The mother and daughter didn't say another word the entire way back.
Returning to the same courtyard, Li Lu was no longer as nervous as she was at the beginning. It was almost lunch time, and Li Zhongye knew that now was not the right time to talk about the matter, so he did not bring it up immediately. Instead, he urged Dong Yujuan to prepare lunch right away.
In the past, these chores would mostly fall on Li Fei at home. When her elder sister was doing the laundry or something else, Li Lu would be the one to do it.
As if on purpose, she not only did not go in to help, but also casually mentioned: "Dad, thank you and Mom for the four cloth coupons and five dollars. I went to make a phone call just now, and Mom and I went to the supply and marketing cooperative separately, and it happened that there was no cloth.
I suggested going back to school to the grocery store to buy the pattern I had liked. The money and some additional money would be enough to make a new shirt. ”
As soon as he said the first half of the sentence, Li Zhongye's eyes flew towards Li's mother. When the last word fell, he immediately said: "Four cloth coupons are not enough to make a piece of clothing. Maybe I didn't read the bills I gave you carefully? Look carefully, there should be a few more.
Also take out an extra ten dollars. ”
In this way, not only were all the telephone bills reimbursed in disguise, but he also received five dollars and ten cents and nine national cloth coupons.
Delicious! ! !
After lunch, I looked at the time and saw that more than an hour had passed since I hung up the phone. After careful calculation, Jiang Tao should arrive within half an hour.
When Li Lu thought that the couple in front of her would not talk about that matter, Li's father put out the cigarette in his hand and said, "Xiao Lu, I mentioned earlier at the school gate that I want you to come here for another matter, so I will tell you directly.
Twenty years ago, in a hospital in Beijing, our biological daughter was born in very poor health, and we wanted to keep her alive. However, our family conditions did not allow it, so we did some wrong things. ”
At this point, Li Lu interrupted him before he could finish his sentence: "Dad, what you're going to say next is that strictly speaking, you can only be considered my adoptive parents?
The so-called wrong thing done back then was nothing more than exchanging his own child with that of a seemingly wealthy family.
I just happened to be the one who was replaced?
After all, it was twenty years ago, which was around the time I was born, and he had no so-called poor health. ”
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room immediately became awkward.
The main thing was that neither Li Zhongye nor Dong Yujuan had expected that the daughter they had raised for twenty years not only had an extremely quick mind, but also had no scruples and spoke out what she had guessed directly.
But thinking of his biological daughter and the only three days given by Koita Shikagawa, he had no choice but to admit it.
Obviously, the atmosphere of the conversation was not supposed to be like this?
"The family didn't have much money at the time, and the baby girl would definitely not survive if she stayed in this family.
Now that you are all grown up, we both feel that you have the right to know the inside story. ”
Dong Yujuan was very anxious when she saw that Li Lu had no reaction: "Have your family raised you for so long in vain?
You just lost the slightly affluent life you had since childhood, but the other child who was not replaced lost a life. ”
I have to say that Li's mother knows how to use PUA.
"It's a true expression of feelings, but also a moral blackmail. I guess there's something I have to cooperate with?
Otherwise, why would they choose this time to suddenly reveal the truth about what happened back then? ”
At the same time, there was a perfect ironic expression on his face.
"You damn girl, no matter what, we have raised you well to this age. No matter how old you are, it doesn't matter if you are not in front of Yang En."
As soon as Dong Yujuan finished speaking, Li Zhongye quickly realized that something bad had happened. Not caring that Li Lu was still present, he turned around and gave a loud slap in the face to Li's mother who was still trying to speak.
"Listen to what you, as a mother, have to say. It was wrong back then, so there is no point in making excuses.
When we were in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, if you hadn't said that you had been feeling too guilty and had been sleeping worse and worse at night, we wouldn't have had to come here specially. ”
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