Chapter 368 Lou Xiao'e's visit upgrades the opportunity
Chapter 368 Lou Xiao'e's visit upgrades the opportunity
After Li Kailang came back from Xinhua Bookstore, he was shocked to hear that such a big thing had happened in the yard.
"What is this old lady up to? She has made such a big deal. Is it true that she only has a few years left to live? This shouldn't be the case. She has at least several years left."
After traveling through time for so long, Li Kailang has forgotten when the old lady passed away, but at least it wasn't that fast.
Li Kailang guessed, "Could it be that my arrival caused a butterfly effect and sent the old lady away early?"
"Forget it, who cares? It's none of my business whether she leaves or not, so just go with it."
It’s good that the deaf old lady is gone. Without her backing up Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai, there will be less trouble in the yard.
But once she left, no one in the yard could suppress the lawless Jia Zhang.
Fortunately, she is in prison now and not in the yard. If she knew that the old lady would not live for many years, she would be very happy.
Maybe we'll have a big meal to celebrate.
Li Kailang looked towards the backyard, and from the direction of the deaf old lady, he could hear some noises coming from there from time to time.
"Hey, old lady, I'll do it. You take a rest. Don't get tired."
"Look, this table is covered with dust, old lady. Let me wipe it for you."
"These dishes are so stained, old lady, let me help you wash them."
At this time, the deaf old lady's house was very lively. A group of women gathered in her house and cleaned her room.
What corners are covered with dust, what pots and pans are stained
In short, I tried my best to stay in front of the old lady, and even if I had nothing to do, I had to find something to do.
"Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work." The deaf old lady laughed happily.
"Not hard, not hard."
There were a lot of people standing in the old lady’s house. It was so lively that if you didn’t know, you would think it was New Year’s Day.
"I didn't expect that there are still so many people around even though the old lady only has a few years left to live. That's great!" the old lady sighed.
"Oh, old lady, how can you say that? You will live to be a hundred years old."
"Yeah, we can't say such unlucky words."
Everyone responded, but they did not slow down their work. Instead, they sped up their work, as if this method could make the deaf old lady die faster.
They are really a group of filial sons.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." The deaf old lady's hearty laughter echoed over the yard, never stopping.
I guess the deaf old lady is very satisfied with the current situation.
If Jia Zhang was here, she would definitely say, "Laugh, laugh, laugh louder, it would be best if you die of laughter, then leave the house to me if you die of laughter."
Li Kailang shook his head and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.
Bang Geng and Sha Zhu are recuperating in the hospital, Xu Damao is recovering from his injuries at home, and Jia Zhang is in prison.
Without the troublemakers in the yard, there was nothing interesting to watch and everyone felt bored.
At the same time, outside the courtyard gate, a beautiful figure came to the door with a gift in one hand.
"No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, this should be it." A beautiful figure walked into the yard carrying a gift.
When she passed the back house, several residents looked at her curiously, wondering whose girl she was and how she got in.
Then I looked at the gate of the courtyard and saw that there was no one guarding it, no wonder he walked in.
"The front yard, the east wing is here." The girl glanced at the note in her hand.
"Dong Dong Dong~"
"Who is it?" Li Kailang looked towards the door, wondering who was looking for him.
"Squeak." The door opened and I saw a familiar person.
"Xiao E, why are you here?" Li Kailang asked in surprise.
Hearing this, Lou Xiao'e curled her lips, a little unhappy, "What? Can't I come?"
"Of course, how did you find me here? I don't think I told you my address."
"What's so difficult about this? Have you forgotten who my father is?"
Hearing this, Li Kailang was stunned for a moment, then he slapped his head and said, "Look at my brain, I almost forgot that your father is the major shareholder of the steel mill."
He was not a key protected person, and he had an address saved at the steel rolling mill. Even if he didn't save it, with Lou Zhenhua's power, it wouldn't be difficult for him to find someone.
"Come in and sit down."
Hey, Master Li, what wind brought you and this elegant lady here?
Just as Lou Xiao'e was about to step over the threshold, Yan Bugui's voice suddenly sounded behind her, with a bit of surprise and curiosity.
Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng looked at the two men in surprise.
Yan Bugui's eyes moved back and forth between the two people, as if trying to capture some unusual aura from the subtle details.
"Master Li, this girl looks unfamiliar. Could she be your new acquaintance?" Yan Bugui's words were full of teasing and testing.
Li Kailang has never found a partner, so it's strange that his partner came to the yard unexpectedly today.
Li Kailang quickly waved his hand to clarify: "No, no, this is my friend."
"Oh, it's a friend? Friends are great." Yan Bugui nodded suddenly realizing, and pointed at the gift in Lou Xiao'e's hand even though he knew the answer.
If this is a friend, why would he bring such rich gifts? Obviously, he is not a simple friend, a friend who can be trusted.
When Lou Xiao'e heard Yan Bugui's words, she blushed and lowered her head.
"Uncle, don't let your imagination run wild. We are just ordinary friends. She is a high school student, still studying, and she is a minor. I can't do this. It's against the law."
"Ah? Studying? Then we really are friends. I was abrupt. Sorry, sorry."
Yan Bugui immediately realized that something was wrong and felt a little embarrassed, raising his hand to apologize.
Based on his understanding of Li Kailang, Li Kailang would definitely not do such a thing as falling in love with a student.
"In that case, I won't bother you guys to reminisce. I still have some housework to take care of, so I'll leave first."
Yan Bugui found an excuse and hurriedly left the scene.
However, Yan Jiecheng next to him didn't believe it. He glanced at Li Kailang meaningfully. He didn't expect Li Kailang to be so powerful.
He actually cheated on his student without telling anyone, and she was such a pretty girl at that, the old man is taking advantage of the young girl.
Bah! How shameless! He is jealous.
He felt jealous and envious at the same time. He didn't expect Li Kailang to be so capable that he could find a student to date. He also wanted to find a beautiful female student to date.
Li Kailang noticed Yan Jiecheng's slightly meaningful look, "Yan Jiecheng, what do you mean by that look?"
"It's nothing, nothing. You guys chat, I have something else to do." After saying that, Yan Jiecheng left quickly.
"It's inexplicable." Li Kailang murmured, looking at Lou Xiaoe, "Come in quickly."
Lou Xiao'e walked in. It was her first time to come to Li Kailang's house. Looking around the layout of Li Kailang's house, Lou Xiao'e was a little surprised.
"How is it? Not bad, right?" Li Kailang couldn't help but say proudly when he saw her eyes.
Lou Xiao'e nodded, "Well, your family is the most different from anyone I've ever met."
"Oh? Why is it different?"
"You are different from many families. You are willing to spend money. Buying these furniture is not cheap."
Lou Xiao'e could tell what was different about Li Kailang's home with just one glance. After all, she had her own home for comparison, so she could just compare it to see if there were any differences.
Just by looking at the number of light bulbs, you can tell how much Li Kailang spends every month.
Apart from the fact that the space is a bit small, Li Kailang's house is basically not much worse than hers.
"Yes, these big furniture really cost a lot of money." Li Kailang nodded. It was true that a lot of money was spent at the beginning, but it is different now.
Now most of the furniture in the house was made by Li Kailang himself, and all the furniture he bought before was thrown into the planting space.
Li Kailang didn't dwell on this topic for long, and went straight to the point: "By the way, Xiao'e, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Lou Xiao'e then remembered the purpose of her visit, and quickly took the gift from her hand and said gratefully, "I'm here to thank you."
"Thanks to your reminder, my father saw through Xu Ma's plan in time, otherwise I would really have to marry that Xu Damao."
"This gift is a token of my appreciation. Please accept it."
Li Kailang saw this and quickly waved his hand to decline: "That's impossible. I just said a few words casually. I didn't help much."
"Your father was able to see through the trick because he was wise and decisive. You should take this gift back."
Although the fact is that without his reminder, Lou Xiao'e's life would have been difficult after marrying Xu Damao.
Lou Xiao'e insisted, "No, no, I brought all the things with me, so there's no point in returning them. How about you take a look at what's inside?"
As he spoke, he took out the gifts he had brought one by one.
"This is ginseng, more than 50 years old. My dad heard that you were studying and studying hurts your brain, so eat this to replenish your body." "And this, this is a mechanical theory book from Tsinghua University. My dad heard that you were studying at the Night University, so he got it for you."
"And this last one you will definitely like."
As she spoke, Lou Xiao'e took out a big golden yellow croaker.
A large yellow croaker weighs about 312 grams. If the price is 500 yuan per gram, that would be 15 yuan. Even at this time, it is not cheap.
"You can't refuse this big yellow croaker. It's a gift from me."
"This is too expensive, let's just forget it." Li Kailang declined.
Although he was very greedy for gold, he would not accept all gold.
After saying that, Li Kailang couldn't help swallowing his saliva. To be honest, it took a lot of courage for him to refuse, considering that he only had 10 small yellow croakers.
Although 10 small yellow croakers are equal to 1 large yellow croaker, 10 small yellow croakers are not as impactful as a large yellow croaker in terms of size.
Lou Xiao'e said firmly: "No, no, no, you don't need the others, but this one. This is the only way I can thank you. Nothing else will do."
Li Kailang was shocked by Lou Xiaoe's words. What did she mean by "This is the only thing I can use to thank you, nothing else will do."
"I appreciate your kindness, but forget about the yellow croaker. It's too expensive. Do you know how much it costs? How dare you give it to me? Does your father know?"
Lou Xiao'e nodded obediently, "Of course my dad knew. He thought my gift was very good. He said it was better than anything he had given, and it was just a big yellow croaker."
"One? Just one?" Lou Xiao'e said so lightly.
"You must accept it, and you still say you despise me?"
"No, no, it's just too expensive." Li Kailang waved his hands repeatedly.
"Then why are you refusing? You helped me so much, I would feel bad if I didn't thank you. Why do you accept my father's gift but not mine?"
Lou Xiao'e said, still aggrieved, pouting, "Could it be that my marriage is not as important as the big yellow croaker?"
"How is that possible? Not to mention one big yellow croaker, even ten or a hundred of them can't compare to your marriage."
Hearing Li Kailang say this, Lou Xiaoe burst out laughing, "Really?"
"Of course." Li Kailang nodded. Which girl's marriage is not important?
Nowadays, marriage is a lifelong commitment, and you cannot remarry even if your husband dies.
Otherwise, the city would not encourage widows to remarry, and otherwise why Qin Huairu has never left the Jia family.
Although she was implicated by Jia Zhang and the child and could not remarry, it was not impossible for her to change her marriage if she insisted.
Lou Xiao'e continued, "If it's so important, why don't you accept it? I don't want to be like my father. He has many good things, but this is the only thing I can give you."
"Actually, a large yellow croaker isn't that expensive, really? If you think it's too little, I'll get you two when I grow up."
Hearing Lou Xiao'e's casual words, Li Kailang couldn't help but be impressed by her. Only she could say such words.
After all, Lou Zhenhua gets hundreds of thousands of dividends from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill every year, and a large yellow croaker costs about 2 yuan.
[Based on the price of 1 yuan per gram of gold at that time. ]
With Lou Zhenhua’s dividends, it is enough to buy dozens of them. He is just giving one away, which is just a drop in the bucket for him.
It was also not a difficult task for Lou Xiao'e. She could get a few more by acting coquettishly with Lou Zhenhua.
"No, no, one is enough, that's enough."
Since he couldn't refuse, Li Kailang could only accept it "helplessly". Even Lou Zhenhua knew that it must have been his instigation.
Seeing that Li Kailang accepted it, Lou Xiao'e smiled with joy. This time she finally repaid Li Kailang for his reminder.
Li Kailang couldn't hide his excitement as he picked up the big yellow croaker and weighed it, which was not light.
Then he picked it up and took a hard bite, leaving a faint tooth mark.
"This big yellow croaker feels different." Li Kailang said with emotion. The small yellow croaker is very small and can be caught with just one hand.
It’s different with big yellow croakers. Some of them are hard to catch. Of course, this is just Li Kailang’s personal feeling. A big yellow croaker is not that big.
After playing with it for a while, Li Kailang put it back and looked at the remaining two gifts.
Ginseng that is over fifty years old, and a set of mechanical theory books from National Tsing Hua University.
Li Kailang skipped the ginseng and looked at the set of mechanical books as if they were jewels. Even Director Yang couldn't get these books.
Lou Zhenhua actually managed to get it, it seems he put a lot of effort into it.
Seeing this, Lou Xiao'e couldn't help feeling confused.
She didn't understand why Li Kailang was so fascinated by these seemingly boring books, and couldn't help but muttered:
"What's so good about this book? It looks so dizzying, how could anyone like it?"
Li Kailang ignored him, opened the book excitedly and soon became absorbed in it.
"Hey, hey, Li Kailang?" Lou Xiao'e shouted.
Li Kailang ignored him and concentrated on reading.
"Li Kailang, I'm still here?" Li Kailang said this, and Lou Xiao'e was so angry that she shouted and shook him.
"Oh? Ah, why haven't you left yet?"
Hearing this, Lou Xiao'e's face turned red with anger, "Li Kailang!"
"What else do you want to do? If you don't have anything else, you can go back. You've been out for so long, and your father is worried about you. Go back quickly, and don't delay me from reading."
After saying that, Li Kailang put down the book and pushed Lou Xiaoe away.
"I'll accept the gift. It's a thoughtful gesture from you. Go back and tell your uncle to thank him for the book. I'll visit you next time I'm free."
After saying that, Lou Xiao'e also arrived at the door.
"Li Kailang, I."
"Bang!" He was greeted by the crisp sound of a door closing.
"Li Kailang! This is how you treat guests!" Lou Xiao'e stomped her feet in anger. How could there be such a person? How could he not understand romance at all?
Is it possible that they don't even have the etiquette to entertain guests?
"Go slowly, don't send me away!"
"Hmph! Li Kailang, you nerd, I won't come here anymore!" Lou Xiao'e stomped her feet in anger and turned away.
I came here happily, but I didn't expect to go back so angry. How could there be such an unromantic person?
Li Kailang listened to Lou Xiao'e's footsteps getting farther and farther away, and then she got into a car and left.
"You are just a little girl, and you still want to flirt and fall in love. Studying hard is the most important thing."
Do you really think Li Kailang didn't notice Lou Xiao'e's affectionate eyes? Of course he noticed it, but she wanted him to fall in love.
impossible!
Dating is not as important as reading!
How can it be more important than upgrading!
Yes, the moment Li Kailang opened the book, he felt that his Mechanical Technology (Entry Level) was about to be upgraded, and he just needed that finishing touch.
The last time he visited his superior was about two months ago. He was not idle during the two months of vacation and was reading books again.
I read the books I bought, the books given by Director Yang, and finally today I saw the book brought by Lou Xiaoe, and there was finally a sign of an upgrade.
How could Li Kailang not be excited by this? He wanted to finish reading the book as soon as possible. "I just don't know what rewards there are for the upgraded mechanical technology?"
The last time he was promoted to entry level without entering the entrance exam, he was rewarded with the knowledge he had learned, which allowed him to pass the exam easily.
This time, Li Kailang has been promoted from the entry level to the advanced level. He believes that the rewards for this upgrade will be even greater.
Lou Xiao'e returned home very angry and saw Lou Zhenhua reading the newspaper calmly.
"Why, Xiao'e, who bullied you and made you unhappy?"
"Hmph, who else could it be? It's that Li Kailang!" Lou Xiao'e was so angry that she crossed her arms over her chest and sat on the sofa with a puffy face.
"Oh, what happened? Didn't you bring a gift with you? Why didn't he take it?"
Lou Xiao'e said angrily, "He accepted it. He also asked me to tell you that he thanks you for the book you sent him and that he will come to visit him in person next time."
"Isn't this good? Why are you angry?" Lou Zhenhua asked puzzledly.
Lou Zhenhua's words made her even angrier: "This is all your fault. As soon as he got your book, he kept staring at it and ignored me. He even kicked me out, saying that I was interrupting his reading."
"Ah? Hahaha~" Lou Zhenhua didn't expect Li Kailang to react like this.
"Laugh, laugh, laugh, what are you laughing at? I haven't even given you the book yet, and you caused me to be kicked out!"
Lou Xiao'e clenched her fist in anger and hit Lou Zhenhua's thigh hard.
Lou Zhenhua's face turned red from the pain and he covered his thigh that was hit.
"Hmph, I made you laugh." Seeing Lou Zhenhua like this, Lou Xiao'e felt relieved and ran back to her room before he could react.
Only Lou Zhenhua was left, holding his thigh and enjoying the cool air.
(End of this chapter)