Chapter 386 The True Meaning

Chapter 386 The True Meaning

Chapter 386 The True Meaning

It took two trips for the two of them to get all the stuff into the car.

“There are too many of these things!”

Li Jiayi shook his head and said, "Not much. The weather is cold this year. I'll ask my mom and my elder and second sisters-in-law to make a few more quilts with these premium cottons."

"OK then!"

After the things were loaded and the car had been started for a while, the two got in and set off directly.

There is air conditioning in the car, so you don’t feel cold, but it’s different outside, with a gentle breeze blowing.

The wind blowing on my face feels like it's being cut by a knife. There's nothing we can do about it; this is how the capital is, there's wind all year round.

"Is it going to snow today?" Lin Ling'er asked after looking outside the car.

"No, if it was going to snow, it wouldn't be this cold."

As the saying goes, snow brings warmth and melts bring coldness. If it really snows, it will be a little warmer than it is now.

You know, it's dry and cold now! It's impossible for it to snow in this situation.

"Okay! By the way, Teacher Wang and Teacher Liu from Lijia Village are both going back to the city. Should we take the kids back to the city?"

"If you don't accept it, let them stay in the countryside for at least a few more years."

Hearing Li Jiayi say this, Lin Linger asked in confusion: "Why is that?"

"When the sun is high in the sky, I am hoeing the field, and my sweat drips down to the ground. Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the result of hard work? Anyone who has attended primary school can recite this poem, but few people really understand its meaning."

"Uh, this..."

What Li Jiayi said is correct. There are many people who can recite this poem. Apart from children in rural areas, only children in cities can truly understand it.

It is the same even in this era, because they simply don’t know what it means.

Have they ever seen farmers planting and harvesting crops? No, if they haven't, how can they understand?

Therefore, when children are young, they should experience more in the countryside, otherwise they will not know what to do with many things when they grow up.

The same goes for other things, for example, some rich second-generations spend money like water and don't treat money as money. This is not only because they have money, but mainly because they don't understand how difficult it is to make money.

Therefore, it is particularly important for Li Jiayi to instill good values ​​in his children from an early age.

No matter how rich he is, he will not let his children know until they grow up.

"You may be right. Even I didn't understand the true meaning of this poem before."

"Of course, you don't understand! You are a rich lady! I can tell from the way you asked me to buy supplies. You didn't treat money as money at all, and you probably wasted a lot!"

"Well, I don't have that. My father strictly forbids us to waste even a grain of rice."

"That means my father-in-law has suffered."

"Ok!"

"Okay, don't worry about the children. I will take them back to the city when it's time."

"All right!"

Even if my eldest brother-in-law and his family return to the city in two years, my father-in-law and mother-in-law will still be in Lijia Village.

It is better to let the child's enlightenment be raised by his parents-in-law rather than by himself.

Because my father-in-law is a strict man, but he is also knowledgeable, educated, and good at business.

More than two hours later, Li Jiayi drove into Lijia Village and parked the car in front of his grandfather's house.

The reason I stopped here is mainly because of the things I brought, most of which are for my grandparents.

The two men had just gotten out of the car and grandpa also came out of the yard. Needless to say, the old man heard the sound of the engine.

"Why are you here at this hour? Come inside, it's cold outside."

"Wait a minute, Grandpa. Let me get the things in first."

Li Jiayi opened the trunk, and then he and Lin Ling'er started to take things downstairs.

"Why did you bring so many things?" the old man said and came over to help.

"Grandpa, you just take a rest. Jiayi and I will take these things in."

"It's okay. Grandpa isn't old enough to get tired even if he has to carry something."

This time, Li Jiayi also brought two jars of wine, each weighing one hundred kilograms. One was for his grandfather, and the other was of course for his father-in-law.

Of course Li Jiayi carried the wine, while Lin Linger and the old man carried the lighter items.

Soon all the things were moved in. When they came into the house, Li Jiayi took out the chess set prepared for the old man and said, "Grandpa, this is for you."

"what is this?"

"Open it and have a look."

The old man put the box on the eight-immortal table, then unbuttoned it, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Chess."

"How's it going, Grandpa? Do you like it?"

"I like it, I like it so much."

"Grandpa, this chess set was specially carved for you by someone I hired, and it's all made of golden nanmu wood. Even the box is made of small-leaf red sandalwood."

"Ah! Is this very expensive?"

"It's not expensive, just over three hundred yuan."

Hearing Lin Linger's words, Li Jiayi slapped his forehead. This was said too quickly and there was no chance to stop it.

For Lin Linger, more than three hundred yuan is really nothing. You have to know that when she went to Li Jiayi to buy supplies, even at the cheapest time, it cost more than this amount at a time!

But for the old man, it’s different. What does more than 300 yuan mean? That’s the price of three big pigs!
You can imagine what would happen if you exchanged three big pigs for a set of chess.

"You're such a spendthrift! You spent more than 300 yuan to buy this chess set?" The old man shouted at Li Jiayi.

"Grandpa, this is not an ordinary chess set! Just this chess set may be worth more than one hundred or three hundred dollars in the future."

Of course, what Li Jiayi said was nonsense. If it could really be put into later generations, it would not be worth a hundred or more than three hundred yuan. I guess even ten thousand or more than three hundred yuan would not be enough.

But no matter how he tells the old man now, he will definitely not believe it, so he said a hundred times.

"Really?"

"Of course it's real, and I asked a master woodcarver to carve it, so its value will be even higher in the future."

"Okay! Then I have to put it away properly."

"No need, Grandpa. If you put it away like this, its value will definitely be much lower by then."

"What do you mean?"

"Grandpa, wood carvings need to be polished. The better they are polished, the more valuable they are. So just use them when necessary. As long as you don't lose them, it's fine."

"All right!"

"By the way, where is my grandma?" Li Jiayi asked as he had been in for a while but had not seen his grandma yet.

"At your mother-in-law's house."

"Oh! Then let's go and take a look too."

There are also things for my father-in-law and mother-in-law in the car!

"Go!"

"Ok!"

After coming outside, Li Jiayi drove his car and parked it in front of his father-in-law's house.

When we got here, no one came out, so they must be staying in the house.

The fireplace was already burning at this time, so it must be warm inside!

I guess I couldn't hear any noise outside because it was sealed so tightly.

"You take the light things and I'll take the heavy ones." Li Jiayi said to Lin Ling'er.

"Ok!"

Although after the transformation of the spiritual spring water, hundreds of kilograms of things are nothing to Lin Ling'er, Li Jiayi still doesn't want her to carry such heavy things.

Soon the two people came to the door of the main room. Lin Ling'er put the things on the ground, then lifted the cotton curtain and knocked on the door.

The door opened quickly and my mother-in-law appeared in front of me.

"Jiayi, Ling'er, why are you here?" "Mom, I don't have anything to do today, so I came to see you. Hurry up and open the door and take the things in."

"Hey, come in quickly, I haven't seen my son-in-law carrying so many cylinders!"

"It's okay mom, it's not heavy."

To him, this hundred-pound thing was not heavy at all, and he didn't even feel it.

For him, carrying more than 100 kilograms of things is much easier than for ordinary people to carry buckets of water.

If the weight is doubled, it would probably be equivalent to the feeling of an ordinary person carrying buckets of water.

From this we can also see how strong Li Jiayi is.

"Grandma, Dad."

"You took the things without even shouting, do you have anything else?" asked the father-in-law.

"Dad, there's not much left, so you don't have to worry about it." Li Jia put down the wine and said.

"You two kids, why are you here in such a cold day?" said grandma.

"Grandma, we're here for something serious. The college entrance exam is coming up soon, so we need to make some arrangements in advance."

This is not only about arranging exams for the children, but also about arranging for the teachers to return to the city.

"That's it!"

"Grandma, I'll go get everything in first, and we'll talk later."

"Yeah! Go ahead!"

It's school time now, so neither my uncle and his family nor the children are at home.

After taking down all the things, the family chatted in the house.

At around eleven o'clock, the children came back from school. When they heard the noise, Lin Ling'er ran out quickly.

Li Jiayi did not move, but sat in the main room drinking tea and chatting with his father-in-law.

Soon, my brother-in-law and his family came in, and Li Jiayi stood up.

"Big brother, second brother, brother-in-law."

"Sit down, we are all family, no need to be polite." The brother-in-law quickly pushed Li Jiayi into the chair and said.

"That's right! Brother-in-law, we are a family and there is no need to be polite."

"Jiayi, are you here this time because of the college entrance examination?"

"Yes brother-in-law."

My brother-in-law Kong Wei is an educated man who wears a pair of glasses. He pushed his glasses and said, "There is no need at all. Everything has been arranged. We will go to the county town to take the exam when the time comes."

"Brother-in-law, I came here not only because of the college entrance examination, but also because Teacher Wang and the others are going back to the city."

"Is that so? Then we need to make some arrangements."

Everyone knows that if it weren't for the children taking the college entrance examination, Teacher Wang and Teacher Liu would have returned to the city long ago.

Second uncle Lin Sibo asked: "Brother-in-law, what are you going to do?"

"Give them some compensation!"

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, his elder brother-in-law Lin Side shook his head and said, "I guess they won't want it."

"I know, but I'm not going to give them compensation money. I'm going to give them some supplies."

"This is good." Brother-in-law Kong Wei nodded and said.

Yes, if I give money to Teacher Wang, they will definitely not accept it! But supplies are different! This thing is in short supply now.

Especially in cities, because supply in cities is still planned!
Although Li Jiayi has protected Teacher Wang and others over the years, he didn't eat for free!
So the compensation that should be given should still be given.

Li Jiayi has his own principles in doing things.

After lunch, Li Jiayi went to find Teacher Wang and others.

However, when Li Jiayi proposed to compensate them, neither Teacher Wang nor Teacher Liu gave him a good look, which made Li Jiayi very helpless.

But think about it! If it weren't for Li Jiayi, they didn't know what the result would be.

I was only late for a month or two, but they still wanted compensation. Isn't that a slap in their face? How could they be in a good mood?

Despite this, Li Jiayi still planned to give it, but not now, but after they returned.

Originally, she planned to return to the city in the afternoon, but Lin Linger wanted to spend more time with her children, so she had no choice but to stay here for one night.

The house is ready and has bedding and everything. All we need to do is heat the kang.

Yes, the kang is still used here.

The main reason is that it is difficult to make a pure iron furnace now. Now it is different from the past. There used to be blacksmith shops, but there are none now.

The stoves sold in the city now are all iron stoves produced by factories, with mud in the middle. They are okay for cooking but not very useful for heating.

Just when Li Jiayi and Lin Ling'er were preparing to rest, the little girl ran in holding a pillow.

"Mom and Dad, I want to sleep with you tonight."

"Sure!" Lin Ling'er quickly picked up the little girl.

"Why don't you sleep with grandma?" Li Jiayi asked.

"I want to sleep with Mom and Dad."

"You girl." Li Jiayi scratched his daughter Li Ying's nose.

Lying in bed, daughter Li Ying asked, "Mom and Dad, when will my older brother and I go back to the city?"

"I'll go back to the city during the Chinese New Year and come back after the New Year."

"Oh!"

"Why, do you want to go back to the city?" Li Jiayi asked.

"No! I'm asking about the Chinese New Year."

"There's still some time before the Chinese New Year! Don't worry, when the Chinese New Year comes, Dad will drive over to pick you up."

"Ok!"

"Why don't you take your daughter back? I can look after her at home alone anyway."

"No, if you take your daughter back, what will your son think? Besides, she is at the stage of enlightenment now."

"Uh!"

"Well, I guess even if you agree, your father-in-law won't agree, so let's wait until the New Year!"

Li Jiayi originally thought that the little girl would be angry if he said that, but when he turned around and took a look, he found that the girl had already fallen asleep.

This made Li Jiayi sigh that it was still better to live in the countryside! There was no TV, and people basically went to bed after dinner.

If this happened in the city, once the TV is turned on, these kids won’t go to sleep until there’s another channel on.

"Fell asleep."

"Ok!"

"Let's go to bed too!"

Silent all night.

Li Jiayi woke up early the next morning; his biological clock was very punctual.

Seeing that his daughter and daughter-in-law were still asleep, Li Jiayi tiptoed out of bed and put on his clothes.

But when he came out of the house, his father-in-law had already gotten up, and even his nephews were up as well.

"Morning, Dad."

"Good morning, why are you up so early? Why don't you get some more sleep?"

"I'm already awake, and I can't fall asleep again, so I got up."

"Good morning, uncle."

"It's early for you too."

(End of this chapter)