Chapter 341 64 years

Chapter 341 64 years

Chapter 341:

He didn't care about the money. Using this little bit of pork fat to build good relationships between his mother and colleagues was much more important than money.

After dinner that night, Li Jiayi went upstairs to rest.

But Ye Xin came out of the cross courtyard carrying a large piece of pork fat and went to the middle courtyard.

Soon there was a knock on Aunt Xu's door, followed by opening and closing, and after a while the door opened again.

Ye Xin returned home and went out again after a while, this time to the front yard.

As for Grandpa Sun's family in the backyard, there is no need to worry about them. The one who is worried about them now is Li Chengqian.

The next morning, after dinner, the family went to work or school.

As soon as Li Jiayi came out of the yard, he started to pack up the truck. The first thing he did was to build a shed for the carriage.

More than an hour later, Li Jiayi built a carport for the carriage.

The entire carriage is tightly wrapped and only the back can be opened, and it can also be sealed from the inside.

The first point is that the wind will not leak out, so you won’t feel cold.

Not only that, Li Jiayi also laid a thick layer of straw in the carriage. It was a coincidence because the rice season was ready to be harvested.

Li Jiayi left a part of it uncrushed and spread it into the carriage.

Now, staying in the carriage, not only is it not cold, it's even a little warm because the straw is thick enough.

If it really doesn't work, you can just put two quilts on it. You know, the straw taken out of this space is very clean!
After cleaning the carriage, Li Jiayi returned to the house.

My second sister was lying on a recliner eating melon seeds.

"Sister, stop throwing melon seed shells on the floor, or you'll have to clean it up."

"I know, you're so verbose."

"Okay, I won't talk any more. I'll go out for a while."

"What are you going to do again?"

"My mother asked me to send something to Director Xu."

Originally, Li Jiayi wanted to ask his mother to deliver the pork fat over, but his mother had to go to work, so she asked Li Jiayi to deliver it.

It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter who gives it to you.

Now that the rationing has been restored, the street office asks for very little supplies from him, but it does ask for none.

Sometimes they only ask for food once every two or three months, and it is basically just food, and sometimes they also ask for some meat.

After all, the street office is not a factory and does not have that much income. Although there are several small street factories under it, their efficiency is not good.

The main purpose is to provide some people with a livelihood.

For example, the auto repair shop under the street office basically has little income.

The ones that bring the most income to the street office are construction teams and garment factories.

But how much can you earn from this? For example, in a garment factory! They all take small jobs from some garment factories. To put it bluntly, they help the garment factories process.

And there aren't many people, only about 20 or 30. Small street factories like this don't make any money at all.

"Oh! Then go ahead!"

Li Jiayi came outside, took out a few pieces of lard from the tricycle compartment, and put them in a net bag.

He just threw it into the space and then walked out of the yard.

Yes, he didn't ride a bike and didn't plan to drive, mainly because it was close!
Li Jiayi did not go to the street office, but went directly to Director Wang's home.

Before entering the corridor, Li Jiayi's hands were empty. Now, after entering the corridor, he had a net bag in his hands.

There is not much pork fat in it, only about twenty pounds. Although it does not seem like a lot, it can definitely allow Director Xu's family to have a prosperous New Year.

Twenty kilograms of pork fat! For Li Jiayi, it was nothing, but for others, it was definitely a luxury.

Although Director Xu is the director of the street office, she also has a certain amount of food to eat like ordinary people.

Not to mention Director Xu, even someone at Lao Li's level has to eat a fixed amount of food.

However, when you reach Lao Li's level, apart from the same food ration, there will be some considerations regarding meat.

But this kind of care can never be given to a street office director. There is no way, his level is not high enough.

Soon Li Jiayi arrived at Director Xu's door.

"Knock knock knock!" Li Jiayi went up and knocked on the door.

The door opened quickly, and it was Director Xu's daughter-in-law who opened it.

"Hey! Jiayi, why are you here? Come in quickly."

Director Xu's daughter-in-law also has a job, but she has two children in three years, and the younger one is less than one year old, so she is currently taking care of the children at home.

There was no other way. There were four adults in her family and she had the lowest salary. If someone had to stay at home to take care of the children, it had to be her.

"Sister-in-law, are you alone?"

"Yes! They are all at work, so I am the only one who can look after the kids at home."

"Ok."

Li Jia nodded and said, "Sister-in-law, I won't go in. I'm here to deliver something."

After hearing what Li Jiayi said, she looked at the net bag in Li Jiayi's hand.

When she saw what was in the net bag, she looked surprised and swallowed.

Although Director Xu's family lives a better life than ordinary families, it is still limited.

When it comes to something like lard, few people can resist the temptation.

"This...is this for my family?"

"Yeah! I got some lard back, but it was a bit much, so I sent some over."

"Oh, plus one! Thank you so much, how much is it? Sister-in-law will get the money for you."

"No need, sister-in-law."

"That won't do. If you send me the lard, I'm sure I'll be grateful. How can I not ask for money?"

You know, pork fat is something that can’t be bought even if you have money!
There are people selling pork in Pigeon Market, but apart from Li Jiayi, no one else would sell pork fat.

Because I have this thing, I keep it at home, how can I sell it?

"Sister-in-law, it's really not necessary." Li Jiayi quickly declined.

"Add one! That won't do. You can't let your sister-in-law get scolded, right? If you don't want the money, then you should take it back!"

"Ugh! This..."

"Okay, take the money. You know, our family is not short of money. What we lack is things that money can't buy."

What she said was true. All four of them had jobs! Director Xu and her husband were both high-ranking, so of course their salaries were high.

So this is not a lack of money.

That's right! Even if Director Xu is at the lowest level, he still gets a salary of 155 yuan per month!

Moreover, as the director of the subdistrict office, she couldn't possibly be the lowest level of department rank. You have to know that the highest level of department rank is administrative level 10! The monthly salary is 218.5 yuan.

Also, Director Xu's wife is of a higher rank than Director Xu! Director Xu and her wife's salary alone is already quite high.

"Okay then, just give me twenty." Li Jiayi said.

"Twenty is not enough. This should weigh more than twenty pounds! Wait for me."

Soon she ran out again, handed 40 yuan to Li Jiayi and said, "I don't know if it's enough, take this money."

"Sister-in-law, you're giving too much. Even if I give it to others, it won't cost so much!" Li Jiayi shook his head and said.

Then he thought about it and took out another ten yuan and handed it to her. Since she said so, Li Jiayi gave her the normal price.

"Jia Yi, you..."

"Sister-in-law, although pig fat is hard to buy, it has a price. It's one dollar and fifty cents per pound. I'll charge you thirty dollars."

"OK then!"

She was alone at home and she knew Li Jiayi would not go in, so she did not force him.

"Then I'll be leaving first, sister-in-law. If you need anything, just tell me."

"Yeah! Thank you plus one."

"You're welcome."

After leaving Director Xu's house, Li Jiayi went straight home. He also had to visit his master's house.

He should have brought more when he came out just now. He could also take some from the space first, and then go back and put some more into the space.

But he didn't do that, and what he took out from the space was still steaming.

These pork fats were taken out yesterday and stored in the space. If they are sold later, they will feel stale.

Anyway, he didn't have anything to do now, so it was just a matter of running a little further.

When he got home, his second sister was still in the house eating melon seeds and snacks. Li Jiayi did not go into the house. He just took a few pieces of lard, put them into a net bag and left.

The master's house is very close to his home, only about ten minutes away, and that's by walking.

When I arrived at Master's house, he was alone there.

I don’t know where my senior sister has gone to play, and my junior sister hasn’t had her holiday yet. As for my senior wife, of course she is at work.

"Master, I'm here to see you." Li Jiayi shouted before entering the house.

"What are you making so much noise for? Come in." Li Shugen's voice came from inside the house.

"Master, what are you saying? I was just saying hello to you, why are you making such a fuss?" Li Jiayi said as he pushed the door open.

"You're shouting so loudly, but why are you still so quiet?" Li Shugen said with a pout.

"Ok."

"What are you sending again, kid?"

Every time Li Jiayi came, he had nothing else to do but basically bring him something.

Moreover, he just came over a few days ago and brought some rice, flour, meat and so on.

"It's nothing. I got some pork lard, and my family can't finish it, so I sent some to you." Li Jiayi said as he put the net bag on the eight-immortals table.

"so much?"

"It's not much, just thirty kilograms, which should be enough for the New Year."

"You are a rich landlord, right? You eat thirty kilograms of pork fat during the New Year. Do you drink the fat?"

"Uh!"

The oil yield of pork lard is very high. Generally, ten kilograms of pork lard can produce nine kilograms or even more than nine kilograms of lard.

This thing basically has no loss. Of course, if you want to eat something oily, you can refine it lighter.

Although the oil yield is low, there is a lot of oil. But even so, it is no problem to produce six or seven kilograms of lard from ten kilograms of pork fat.

"You little brat, you have a big family, you should save the lard for yourself. We haven't finished the ones you sent us last time!"

"Master, my family is not short of this stuff, and I still have a lot left, at least not less than 50 kilograms."

"Uh!" Li Shugen was stunned for a moment.

However, thinking of his disciple's ability, he didn't say anything else.

"How have you been these days? Have you put your fists down?" Li Shugen asked.

"How is that possible, Master? I am very diligent every day. I now do 15 rounds of boxing every day."

"How much... how much?"

"Fifteen times! What's the matter?"

Li Shugen looked at Li Jiayi in shock. Since the creation of Taizu Changquan, it seemed that no one had been able to practice the technique fifteen times each time!
I didn't expect that my disciple could actually reach 15 times! What a concept!

Take him for example, he can now be beaten up to seven times at most, and after being beaten seven times, he will feel uncomfortable for the whole day.

This is mainly due to excessive fatigue. You can imagine what it means to do it fifteen times at a time.

This not only requires strong physical fitness, but also energy and physical strength. Otherwise, it is simply impossible.

You know, he could only play six times before! And after playing six times, it was almost the same as playing seven times now.

This can only be achieved after a breakthrough, and when he was the same age as Li Jiayi, he could only do it three times at most.

It was not until he was thirty that he was able to complete six times. After the age of thirty, his health began to decline and six times was his limit.

Even he himself did not expect that he would be able to make another breakthrough in his forties.

"How did you do that?" Li Shugen walked up to Li Jiayi, touched Li Jiayi's arm and asked.

Li Jiayi knew that his master was touching his bones.

"I don't know either. I just did it while fighting." Li Jiayi shrugged and said.

"That's unscientific! You're only fifteen years old, you haven't reached your physical peak yet? You can beat him fifteen times."

Li Shugen was puzzled because he had never seen anyone who could do it eight or nine times, and as for fifteen times, he had never even heard of it.

In fact, one session of Taizu Changquan is equivalent to one level. If you can perform it once, it means you have entered the first level.

Before, Li Shugen was able to perform the move six times, which was because he had practiced Taizu Changquan to the sixth level, and now he has broken through to the seventh level.

And Li Jiayi! He was directly at the fifteenth level.

This is really a small knife pulling the butt, it opened my eyes.

"Okay, Master, what's scientific or not? Anyway, I can practice it fifteen times. If you don't believe me, let's practice in the courtyard."

"Come on! You're the one who's been beaten 15 times, and you're trying to practice with me who's been beaten 7 times. Aren't you bullying an old man?"

"Master, you are not old! You are not even fifty!"

"Get out, get out, you have no moral principles! Do you want to take this opportunity to save it?"

"No, no, how is that possible!" Li Jiayi quickly shook his head to deny it.

Are you kidding? Even if it's true, you can't admit it!

After chatting with his master for a while, Li Jiayi left because he had other things to do.

After leaving his master's house, Li Jiayi went to the small courtyard. He was afraid that if he went there too late, Fatty would have no money to give to his brothers.

Although he gave the fat man 60,000 yuan in two days, and 30,000 yuan was not enough for one day, 60,000 yuan was definitely not enough for three days.

When we arrived at the courtyard, the fat man was sitting in a chair and drinking tea leisurely.

"You are quite moisturized!"

"Boss, you're here."

"Well! How is it? Is the money enough?"

"It's enough. I think it can last until noon. If we collect more in the afternoon, there will be no money left." The fat man nodded.

"Well! I'll be here with you today to collect them. I have to go back to my hometown tomorrow, so I guess I'll need you to keep an eye on it."

"It's okay, Boss. I like to keep an eye on it. At least I don't have to run around outside."

Although Fatty doesn't go out, his income is the same as his brothers. In other words, Li Jiayi gives him the same amount as his brothers earn every day.

Of course, they give according to the highest amount, Li Jia and his brothers are never stingy.

This is why he can gather his brothers together with just one word.

At noon, Li Jiayi went out and brought back some dishes, and he and Fatty ate a little in the courtyard.

Then I worked with Fatty until the evening.

Li Jiayi handed a schoolbag to the fat man and said, "I won't come over tomorrow morning. You can do whatever you want."

"Okay boss."

Li Jiayi will go back to the village with his family early tomorrow morning and has no time to come here, so he gave the money to the fat man in advance.

Likewise, he will be very busy tomorrow, because tomorrow is Sunday! There will definitely be many people in the village slaughtering pigs and chickens.

Not only did he have to go back to his hometown, but he also had to bring back a lot of things. Fortunately, he drove a truck, otherwise there would be no way.

After Fatty went back, Li Jiayi collected all the wine, prepared a lot of meat for Asheng and the others, and let them stay here for a while.

When I got home, everyone in the family had already returned. Not only that, my parents had also gone to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a lot of things.

Li Jiayi didn't say anything. Although he had all these things in his space, and there were a lot of them, they were a gift from his parents.

Of course, this is also because there are tickets now. In the past, even if my parents wanted to buy them, there were no tickets!
It’s different now. Li Jiayi has a lot of bills every month, and the factory gives him whatever he wants.

And this is only part of it. He can get another one from the Third Steel Rolling Mill next month. When he starts working, he can get another one from the Woolen Textile Mill. By then he will have more tickets.

"Son, take a look and see if there is anything else you need to take. Please replenish it." Ye Xin said, pointing to a pile of things on the ground.

"Mom, these are enough, and grandma's house basically has everything."

Are you kidding? Li Jiayi went there once a week before the snow! How could he let grandma's house be short of anything?

These things my parents bought may be of no use to my grandparents.

"We still have a lot of sesame oil at home. Do you want to take some more?" Ye Xin asked.

"No need? I just brought you some sesame oil last time, and it's not a good day to eat cold dishes, so you can't eat much sesame oil."

"OK then!"

"In that case, I'll go cook. After dinner, go to bed early. I have to get up early tomorrow."

"Ok!"

Of course, cooking is the job of my mom and my older sister, while lighting the fire is my dad's job.

Mom didn't let Li Jiayi enter the kitchen, and it wasn't just him that Mom didn't let her, it also didn't apply to her older brothers.

However, the eldest and second brothers are better than him because they can go to the kitchen to serve food or something, but Li Jiayi is not even allowed to enter the kitchen.

"Hey, brother, you bought something too?"

"Well! We can't go back empty-handed! If people knew about this, they would laugh at us."

"Hey, why do you care what others do? It's a nice thought, so it's okay." Li Jia nodded and said.

"Yes, it's a token of my appreciation."

"Brother, what did you buy?"

Li Chenghou scratched his head and said, "I didn't have any other tickets, so I bought two washbasins and two thermoses."

"it is ready."

Although my second brother also had a quota, he didn't use it, so he sold it every month.

But he really had no other tickets, only the industrial coupons that were paid with his salary every month.

In fact, not only did my eldest brother and second brother buy things, my eldest sister also bought things, and my eldest sister bought four pairs of cotton shoes. Needless to say, my grandparents, uncle and aunt each bought a pair.

As for my eldest sister’s ticket, of course it was issued by her unit!
You know, my eldest sister is a cadre! And she is at the 23rd administrative level.

Of course, even if she was at administrative level 23, it would be impossible to issue so many shoe coupons at once, and they were cotton shoes. I guess the elder sister used other coupons to exchange them for her colleagues.

In my opinion, cotton shoes should be the most economical!

Soon my mother prepared the meal and the family had a happy meal together.

I didn't have a sauna today because I wanted to go to bed early.

After dinner, my mother and elder sister started to clean up, and Li Jiayi came upstairs.

After locking the door from the inside, Li Jiayi entered the space.

I went through my daily routine first, then took a shower and went to bed.

Silent all night.

At six o'clock the next morning, Li Jiayi got up from the space.

This is the time we agreed on yesterday.

When Li Jiayi came downstairs, he just saw his mother and elder sister coming in with breakfast.

My mother and elder sister got up early today! Otherwise, how could they eat so early?

"Add one." The eldest brother saw him coming down and greeted him.

"Yes! Big brother."

"Hurry up and eat! We can set off after eating."

"it is good."

It took less than twenty minutes to finish breakfast, and Li Jiayi went outside to start the truck.

My mother and elder sister quickly started cleaning the table and the kitchen.

It is not easy to start a truck in winter, especially in the morning, which is why Li Jiayi came out first to start it.

In this era, there is no such thing as preheating or not preheating, just start it a few more times to heat up the machine.

Fortunately, now it doesn’t need to be cranked by hand, but is electrically started, otherwise it would be very tiring.

But even so, it took Li Jiayi more than ten minutes to start the truck completely.

As long as it is started, there will be no problem, especially after it has been on for a few minutes. Even if the fire is out, you can start it again with just a simple turn.

Li Jiayi's side had just started when his family members came out, and everyone was holding something.

These were all bought by my parents yesterday, including my eldest brother, second brother and eldest sister.

Li Jiayi hurried to the back, opened the shed from the back and said, "Go up there and try if you feel cold. If you feel cold, take two quilts."

"Let me try." The second brother put the things on and climbed up quickly.

"Hey, it's not cold at all!"

Of course it’s not cold now, because the car hasn’t started running yet. I’m just afraid that wind will get into the car after it starts running.

If there is no wind coming in, then there will be no problem.

"I want to sit in the front." the second sister shouted.

"Okay, you, your elder sister, and Jiafen can sit in the front."

The front passenger seat can accommodate two people, but if it is the eldest sister, the second sister and the cousin, there is no problem with three people sitting there.

"Yeah." The second sister shouted happily.

Li Jiayi shook his head helplessly. To be honest, if someone else was driving, he would be willing to sit in the back.

Even though there is only a canvas shed at the back, it is covered very tightly.

The most important thing is the straw inside, which is very thick and you can sleep on it without any problem.

If you really cover the bed with a quilt, it will be many times more comfortable than sitting in the front.

Of course, he also knew that his second sister didn't sit in the front for comfort, but because she felt it was fun.

Soon, my parents also went up, and my eldest brother was the last one to go up.

After the eldest brother went up, Li Jiayi closed the back and tied it tightly.

At this time, the eldest sister and the others had already entered the driver's cab. After Li Jiayi got in, he shifted gears and started the car.

It was already 6:50 at this time and it was almost light, so at least I could see the road.

By the time we drove out of the city, the road was already very clear.

Because it was a truck, it couldn't take the small road, so it took a little longer.

But no matter what, we finally arrived at Lijia Village at around nine o'clock.

"Wow, we're almost there. I can already see Lijia Village." The second sister shouted excitedly.

"Okay, don't be so startled. You'll affect my driving." said the eldest sister.

"Oh!"

When passing by the village entrance, Li Jiayi did not stop, but drove directly to his grandmother's house.

At this time, my uncle and aunt must be at my grandmother's house, so there is no need to stop.

Just as he thought, when they drove to the gate of his grandmother's house, his uncle and aunt ran out from the yard.

Not only that, there were people waiting outside the gate with meat on carts.

"Dad, Mom!" As soon as the car stopped, my cousin opened the door and shouted.

"Jiafen, why are you back?" The aunt asked in surprise when she saw her cousin.

"Mom, not only am I back, but my elder sister, my second sister, my uncle, my aunt, my elder brother and my second brother are all back."

Before Li Jiafen could finish her words, her eldest sister and second sister got out from the passenger seat.

"Uncle and aunt."

"Okay, okay, where are your parents?" asked the aunt.

"In the back." said the eldest sister.

Just at this time, Li Jiayi got out of the cab, came to the back and opened the shed.

As soon as the shed was opened, my second brother jumped down from it.

"How's it going, second brother? Are you cold?"

"not cold."

Li Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

Then the eldest brother came down, and Mom and Dad also came down from upstairs. They put all the things in front of them so they could come down and get them.

"Ai Min, Ye Xin."

"Brother, sister-in-law."

"Why are you all back?" asked the uncle at this time.

"Isn't this Jiayi driving back? So let's come back with him to take a look."

"Is that so? Then come in quickly, mom and dad are inside."

"Wait, brother, take the things down!" said Li Aimin.

"Ok!"

It's easier to work with more people! With so many people, if everyone took a little, they could take all the things down.

My parents are very familiar with the villagers, even some of the young people.

So on the way into the yard, the two men greeted the villagers.

After coming into the house and putting down their things, my parents started chatting with my grandparents and my uncle and aunt.

Seeing this situation, Li Jiayi said: "Big Brother, Second Brother, come with me to collect supplies!"

"it is good."

"I'll go too." said the second sister.

"Okay, you keep the accounts."

"Uh-huh!"

The group came outside, the eldest brother brought the scale over and started weighing the villagers.

The eldest sister also came out of the house at this time and asked, "Little brother, what can I do?"

"Sister, just look at who is selling chickens and ducks, count the number, and then pay the money." After saying that, he handed the schoolbag to the elder sister.

"Ok!"

My cousin followed my eldest sister to count the chickens and ducks for the villagers. After counting, they paid and moved the chickens and ducks to the yard.

It’s almost the end of the year, and there are quite a few villagers coming here to sell pork. I guess they want to make some money to make new clothes for their families!
But it's not that easy! To make clothes, you need cloth! And to buy cloth, you need cloth coupons.

Without cloth coupons, people will not sell cloth to you. It seems that I need to get some cloth coupons from the villagers.

This may be difficult for others, but for Li Jiayi, it can be easily solved.

Don't forget, he has a lot of bills every month! And he gets whatever he wants.

It’s a pity that I didn’t think about these before and just asked for some other tickets.

They were busy until almost eleven o'clock, and finally finished. Looking at the pile of pork and chickens and ducks in the yard, both the eldest sister and the second sister, as well as the eldest brother and the second brother, looked surprised.

There is so much meat, and we have to eat it at home. It will take us several years to eat it!
"Add one! Do all these have to be sent to the factory?" asked the eldest brother.

"Yeah! What's the matter?"

"It's okay, I was just asking."

"Brother, you're not planning to keep it for yourself, are you?" Li Jiayi asked with a smile.

"No no."

"Okay, big brother, it's just a little meat. That's nothing! This amount of meat is not enough for a factory to consume for a week."

Moreover, Li Jiayi was talking about a small factory. If it was a large factory like a woolen mill, this amount of meat would not be enough for one meal.

However, the meat could not be delivered to the district bureau. The last time he went to deliver it, Squad Leader Wang told him that the cold storage was almost full.

This is because there are not many people in the district office! If we deliver every week, of course there will be a lot of backlog.

But it doesn’t matter. We can just send these to any factory. Whether it’s a machine repair shop or a steel rolling mill, they will probably be happy to do so.

For Li Jiayi, there is no supply that cannot be delivered.

My mom, grandma and aunt made lunch; they didn’t do any work.

As for grandpa, uncle and dad, they were chatting in the house.

We had a very enjoyable chat this time, of course, so did grandma and mom.

Although I was cooking, I was not idle! I was also chatting.

This is normal, we only see each other a few times a year, and every time we see each other we are always in a hurry.

We could only chat more during the Chinese New Year, but that was before. I guess in the future, even during the Chinese New Year, we won’t be able to chat like before.

It's not because of anything else, but because these children have grown up.

When I was young, it was no problem for us to sleep in the same bed, but it’s not possible now!
But if they don’t sleep in the same bed, there’s no way so many people can stay here, so they can only come and leave on the same day.

It's helpless, but this is the reality.

After the family had a reunion lunch, they had to load the car and rush back, otherwise it would be late.

After returning to the city, Li Jiayi took the things to the machine repair shop. Today there were more things than usual.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was April of 1964, and the weather was gradually getting warmer.

Nothing major has happened at home in the past six months, but something big is about to happen.

Yes, it’s my eldest brother getting married.

It’s just that the eldest brother gets married, but Li Jiayi is busier than his eldest brother Li Chengqian.

There was no other way! Not only did he have to help prepare things for the wedding, but he also had to help his second brother find a house.

Now the second brother lives with the eldest brother, and the eldest brother only has two rooms.

Now that the eldest brother is getting married, there will definitely be no place for the second brother to live. Of course, if it is really difficult, they can still accommodate each other by squeezing together, but it is obviously not reasonable.

Look, Li Jiayi has been working on this matter these days, and finally got the house issue settled today.

Li Chenghou has now also rented two rooms, which were allocated to him by the factory. They are not far from Courtyard No. 7 where Li Jia's family lives.

It only takes about five minutes to walk, or even faster if you ride a bike.

Li Jiayi had found this with great difficulty! And it was coordinated by the factory and other factories.

Of course, if you don’t care about the place, Li Jiayi can find it for his second brother.

But my second brother is alone! And if he wants to come to our house for dinner, we need to find two houses near Courtyard No. 7, which is the most difficult.

This is only because Li Jiayi has some energy, otherwise there is no need to even think about it.

My second brother has found a house and we can just clean it up and move in. That’s pretty easy.

But my eldest brother’s marriage is also on the agenda!

According to Li Jiayi's idea, he could just go to the hotel and do it. It would be simple, and Li Jiayi didn't need the ticket.

But his parents disagreed and insisted that it be held at home. As a result, Li Jiayi has been very busy these past two days.

Mainly looking for tables and benches, as well as pots, pans, and other things.

It was like this in this era, because no one family had so many things, so basically all the pots, pans, and utensils used were connected.

Li Jiayi has been skipping classes for several days, and every day he moves some things home like an ant moving house.

The days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye it was the day for my eldest brother's wedding.

My eldest brother is getting married, and my grandparents, including my uncle and aunt, are all here, and they have been here for two days.

Early that morning, after breakfast, the elder brother rode his bicycle and took Sun Qingmin to the street office.

Yes, in this era, marriage certificates are obtained at the street office.

Preparations have already started at home, and today is not Sunday, so basically everyone has taken the day off.

Even the eldest sister took leave to come back to help. As for the chefs, there were three of them.

Yes, Liao Kai, Nan Yi, and He Yuzhu have all asked for leave and brought their apprentices here today.

The two courtyards were filled with tables, chairs and benches. The stove was set up a few days ago and was also in the courtyard.

As for the ingredients, there is no need to mention them, as they will definitely not be used up.

Just yesterday afternoon, some people came from the village, but not many.

Only the team leader and several production team leaders came because they represented the village.

The reason why only a few of them came was because there was no other way, because there was no place to stay! The captain and his men were now living in a guesthouse.

This was arranged by Li Jiayi and Director Xu. In that era, it was not easy to stay in a guesthouse.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, guests came one after another, and the last one to come was Director Yuan.

Yes, the director of the woolen mill was the first to come over, and he came not because of Li Chengqian, but because of Li Jiayi.

Are you kidding? If it weren’t for Li Jiayi’s face, how could a factory director like him come to attend a wedding?

Next came the leaders of other departments of the woolen mill. Basically everyone who had any connection with Li Jiayi came.

After these people arrived, they were from the bakery, machine repair factory, the fifth steel rolling mill, the third steel rolling mill, and the Hongye Steel Plant.

The wedding was a lively one.

Not to mention the banquet, there were a total of twenty-six dishes, hot and cold, with more than a dozen meat dishes alone.

Even in this age of oil and water scarcity, the vegetables were not finished, not even the meat.

You can imagine how good the banquet was. As for the wine, it was all Moutai provided by Li Jiayi.

Similarly, a lot of gift money was collected, and after the tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, and utensils were sent back.

The whole family sat in the room counting the gift money. Factory directors including Director Yuan each received 100 yuan, and department heads each received 60 yuan.

As for my parents and some of my older brothers’ colleagues, the lowest amount was five dollars.

After the final calculation, the gift money alone amounted to more than 3,000 yuan, which was definitely a huge sum of money in that era.

At this time, the uncle glanced at Li Chengqian and Sun Qingmin and said, "You two can keep some of the gift money for your living, and give the rest to Jiayi."

"Uh! Uncle, why are you giving it to me?" Li Jia asked after a moment of surprise.

"Jia Yi! Don't think I don't know that all the people who came here today are because of you, right?"

"Uncle, who cares! It's not appropriate for me to take the gift money that my brother received. It's better for my brother to keep it."

Li Jiayi would not take this money. A few thousand dollars was nothing to him.

"Okay, you don't have to say anything, this matter is settled."

"No! It's settled. I can't take the money anyway." Li Jiayi shook his head and said.

"Why not? Not to mention that the gift money was because of you, just look at the food and wine we ate, weren't they all bought by you?"

"Hey, uncle, it didn't cost much. Just consider it as a gift from me to your brother." Li Jia waved his hand indifferently.

"Yes, brother, since Jiayi has said so, then let's do this!" Li Aimin said.

"How can this be possible? I..."

"Okay." Uncle was interrupted by the old man before he finished speaking. He heard the old man say, "Since Jiayi said so, then let's do it! As for how much money was spent, that's a matter between them brothers."

"Yes, yes, yes, Grandpa, you are absolutely right." Li Jiayi nodded quickly.

The old man smiled at Li Jiayi, then said to Li Chengqian: "You can't just take the money, you have to remember the kindness of your brothers."

Li Jiayi scratched his head and said, "Grandpa, why are you saying this? We are all family, it feels a bit strange to say this."

The old man said seriously: "I am only telling the truth, so that your elder brother won't feel so at ease."

"Grandpa, don't worry, I know what to do." The eldest brother said quickly.

"Yes! It's good to know. Although Jiayi doesn't care about anything between you brothers, what he cares about is family affection. You can never forget this in your life."

"I know, Grandpa."

The old man looked at Li Jiayi again and said, "Jiayi! Grandpa knows you have done a lot. Don't worry, it doesn't matter if anyone forgets, but Grandpa will not forget."

(End of this chapter)