Chapter 23
Chapter 22, University Student
Li Xu was pleasantly surprised when she heard this, “Really?”
But then she thought about it, they hadn’t installed a phone at home yet.
A phone at this time wasn’t cheap. Just the installation cost more than a thousand Yuan, and there was a monthly rent of more than ten Yuan every month.
Ji Yuanyuan thought about it, and with great effort, she raised his face and said to the man, “Uncle, we can’t afford a phone at home. Does your unit have a phone? If the vegetables are ready, let my mother call you, okay?”
The man thought for a moment, then he agreed.
“My name is Zhang Kun. When the time comes, you can just call and ask for Zhang Kun.”
After leaving his phone number, the man took the peach and left.
With only a bamboo basket left, Li Xu felt much more relaxed. She picked up Ji Yuanyuan and walked home while praising her, “Yuanyuan, you are really my little lucky star. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to sell these peaches so quickly.”
Ji Yuanyuan chuckled and did not take it seriously.
On the way back, there were those who sold milk in bulk on the street. It was only a few cents a kilo, and it was all fresh milk.
Li Xu had more than thirty yuan in her hand, so she resolutely bought three kilos. Gritting her teeth, she said, “Buy it for your Second Brother to drink.”
When the two of them returned home, Ji Zixuan and Ji Zi’ang had already woken up.
Ji Zixuan was doing his homework while Ji Zi’ang was playing with a toy car in the living room.
When he saw Li Xu and Ji Yuanyuan return, Ji Zi’ang rushed over. “Mommy, Brother made dinner. Are you hungry?”
Li Xu did not dote on her children, but she definitely did not do anything to train their independence.
As a result, the children had never cooked by themselves before.
When she heard that Ji Zixuan had cooked, Li Xu hurriedly went to the kitchen to take a look.
When she saw the noodles in the pot, Li Xu’s eyes immediately turned hot.
An eleven-year-old child, even if it was just a simple dish of noodles in a pot, was enough to move her.
In order to cover up her loss of composure, Li Xu quickly took out a pot and poured all the milk into it. She then started to cook it slowly over a low heat.
She then took out another bowl and scooped some noodles, “Have the two of you eaten?”
It looked like the noodles had been cooked for quite some time and there were already lumps of noodles.
Ji Zi’ang shook his head, “I wanted to eat, but Big Brother said that we should wait for you to come back.”
Li Xu quickly scooped noodles for the four of them and then boiled three poached eggs for each of the three children.
At the dining table, Ji Zixuan sensibly handed the poached eggs from his bowl to Li Xu, “Mom, you eat it.”
Li Xu looked at Ji Zixuan and made up her mind.
I must earn money properly and never let my children have to even pa.s.sing an egg around.
After eating and resting at home for a while, Li Xu went out again.
When she went out, the bamboo basket was empty. When she came back, the bamboo basket was already full.
In the room, Li Xu opened the bamboo basket. Inside was a nest of chickens.
“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 s.p.a.ce again. The two of them built a chicken nest under the fruit tree and put all the chickens in.
The vegetables that were planted yesterday had already sprouted. It looked like they could be harvested in a few days.
In the afternoon, Ji Zixuan brought Ji Zi’ang to do his homework while Li Xu busied herself 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.
Seeing this, Li Xu frowned and said, “Why are you buying so many things? Why aren’t you saving the little money you earned? Otherwise, how will you marry a wife in the future?”
Li Yong chuckled and quickly explained, “These were all sent by the Qin family.”
He squeezed through the door with the pile of things and placed them on the sofa. He even pinched Ji Yuanyuan’s cheek, only then did he say, “Qin Xiaomin took these things to the old house. She didn’t find you, but found our parents. Our parents called me and I just brought them back.”
Ji Zi’ang heard the commotion outside and stuck his head out. When he saw the things on the sofa, his eyes lit up.
He ran out quickly, “Wow, there are so many things!”
“Chocolate!” Ji Zi’ang immediately saw a few boxes of chocolate among them. “Uncle Qin is so nice. He even remembered that I love chocolate!”
When Li Yong heard Ji Zi’ang’s words, he nudged his head in annoyance, “This isn’t for you, it’s clearly for Yuanyuan.”
Ji Zi’ang chuckled and looked at Ji Yuanyuan, “Yuanyuan doesn’t like to eat this, right?”
Ji Yuanyuan waved her hand, “You can eat it.”
Recently, she felt that her teeth were shaking a little. It seemed like it was time for her teeth to be replaced.
At this time, she could not eat too many sweets.
Otherwise, there’s a probability of her teeth would not grow out neatly in the future.
Li Xu went forward and flipped through the boxes. Other than a few boxes of chocolates, most of them were clothes.
They were all clothes for Yuanyuan.
“Hey, why is there a letter here?” A letter fell out of the clothes and Li Xu picked it up curiously.
This letter was even wrapped in an envelope and sealed at the edges.
On the cover, there were a few neat words, “To Little Sister Yuanyuan (private)”.
With one look, it was obvious that it was written by Qin Mucheng.
Li Xu held back her laughter and looked at Ji Yuanyuan, “Yuanyuan, your Brother Mucheng has written a letter to you.”
When Ji Yuanyuan heard this, she immediately got up from the sofa, “Let me see…”
She took the letter and started to open it.
Li Xu and Li Yong looked at each other and couldn’t help but laugh.
Li Yong teased, “It’s said that a grown woman can’t be kept. This child is still young, but she already can’t be kept.”
Although it was a joke, it made Li Xu feel a little uncomfortable, “What nonsense are you talking about? It’s just a little play between children. It’s still not certain what will happen in the future.”
Ji Yuanyuan took the letter and read it. Qin Mucheng’s handwriting was very good. It was obvious that he had practiced it.
After Li Xu finished speaking, she looked at Ji Yuanyuan, “Alright Yuanyuan, Mommy will read it to you…”
“Qin Mucheng said that he’s coming over during the winter break…”
The mother and daughter spoke almost at the same time.
After she finished speaking, Ji Yuanyuan cursed inwardly.
She was a little too happy when she saw Qin Mucheng’s letter just now. She was so proud that she forgot herself.
She was only six years old now. Previously, because of her household registration, she didn’t even go to kindergarten. She didn’t even know all the pinyin. How could she know how to read?
Li Xu was also stunned. She asked, “Yuanyuan, can you read it?”
Ji Yuanyuan could only pretend to nod her head foolishly, “When brother was doing his homework, I read some of it.”
Li Xu and Li Yong looked at each other and felt a little surprised.
“Can you read all the words on this letter?” Li Xu pointed at the letter in Ji Yuanyuan’s hand and asked.
“There are pinyin words.” Ji Yuan handed the letter to Li Xu and heaved a sigh of relief in her heart.
Fortunately, Qin Mucheng was more attentive and was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to understand the words at such a young age. Some of the more difficult words were marked with pinyin.
This letter was really written for her to read.
Li Xu took it and saw that it was indeed a letter.
However, even so, she was still a little surprised.
She hugged Ji Yuanyuan and said with a smile, “Is our Yuanyuan a genius? She barely learned it and already knows so many words.”
Li Yong teased, “Our Yuanyuan will definitely be a university student in the future.”
University students in this era were rare.