Chapter 130 Intimidation

January 31, 1959.

The twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month is the small year.

Outside the No. 13 courtyard of Dongxin Temple Hutong, two carriages were parked at the door.

The two big horses are thin and tall, their hair is also a bit dull, and they snort from time to time...

In the courtyard, Li Yuan looked at Li Gui and Li's mother helplessly, and said, "How about we spend the New Year here and then go back? Spring has begun, so maybe we can go home and cook. There are some wild vegetables outside. , I can eat it alive. Now I go back, there is no pot, how can I fix it?"

Mother Li said: "People can live, but we can't? I can't listen to you this time. Ezi is already pregnant. If you keep raising us, what will happen?"

Li Yuan wanted to say something else, but his sister-in-law stopped him: "Okay, maknae! I know you are filial and devoted to your family. But after you get married and take a wife, you have to take care of yourself first. Ezi is pregnant with a child, and she is the first of you." , is more important than anything else. If you stay, the family will be shameless. Besides, how much food you have prepared, can you still starve the family?"

I have prepared a lot of food. It is winter now, the weather is about ten degrees below zero, and it is dry and cold. It is a natural refrigerator.

Although I don’t have a pot at home, I still have an earthen stove. I can put a stand on the stove and bake something to eat, but the food must be cooked, otherwise it will be easily burnt or uncooked...

So Li Yuan has been letting people here steam Erhe Noodles, steamed buns and steamed buns whenever they have time.

Cooking meat in the cellar in the middle of the night, the meat is secondary, the key is that the broth can be frozen into aspic, which is both delicious and nutritious.

With this batch of frozen goods, it will be no problem to hold on until I can go home and cook, and this year will be over.

Although these things are not enough to eat, a family of thirty or forty people can eat them in two days.

But at this time, if you can have a mouthful of oily and watery food every day to supplement the nutrients your body is in urgent need of, it can be life-saving!

In fact, even after being able to cook, each person in the family can only drink a bowl of gruel for each meal every day.

Fortunately, Li Yuan saved a large room of wild animals. The meat was second, and the oil and water for making soup was the key.

There's only so much he can do...

Seeing that their opinions were firm, Li Yuan said nothing more.

He looked at Li Gui and asked, "Dad, I heard Uncle Song say that he wants to transfer you to work in the commune?"

Li Gui nodded and said, "I will also be responsible for digging the well."

Hey, the old man's aura is a bit high today.

The second brother Li Jiang could not hold back his excitement and whispered: "My youngest, daddy has been praised by the elders!"

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he was doing. He was startled and looked at Li Gui in disbelief.

No wonder, he always felt that the old man was acting strange today.

Looking at it now, it turns out...

The chin is always slightly raised about ten degrees, and a "glare" can be seen in the eyes from time to time when looking at people!

It turns out that it was illuminated by the Holy Light...

Li Yuan asked in a low voice: "Dad, you didn't tell anyone that it was my idea to pressurize the water well, did you? I don't want to be so high-profile!"

Negative emotions from Li Gui +666!

These three numbers are as curved as a whip used to teach an unfilial son...

Li Gui's chin drooped, and he glared at Li Yuan and said, "Get out of here! What can I say?"

This energy could have lasted until the end of the New Year, maybe even longer, but it was ended early by this treacherous son.

Li Yuan chuckled and said: "Dad, did the old man give you a book or a painting of calligraphy? If you have this, it can be a family heirloom!"

Li Gui frowned and said, "You haven't won a major victory yet, and you want to ask for something from the organization?" After a pause, he explained: "It was a message from above. The old man praised me: the wisdom of the people is infinite! Comrade Li Gui He is a good party secretary who uses his brains to solve difficulties for the people, and he is a good cadre!"

After saying that, his chin, which had just been punctured by Nizi, stood up again.

Li Yuan was also a little excited, scared and excited.

The person in charge of daily affairs now is not an old man. If Li Gui goes up on a rocket, he will inevitably come into direct contact with that person. When the wind blows, the problem will be big.

Have you not seen the legendary model worker? That was the top manure digger who was famous for a while, but in the end, just because he shook hands and gave a few compliments...

Therefore, Li Yuan still seriously advised: "Dad, you are an old member of the government, so you must be loyal to me. Of course, I am your son, and you can use my ideas. But some things have to do with principles and politics." Sex cannot be ambiguous. Otherwise, if some rumors leak out in the future, it will be a disaster."

"What a bastard!"

When Li Gui heard this, he became angry. He often boasted that he was a cultural man, and he cursed, "Then what should I do? Tell the superiors frankly, and then take you and I to parade in the streets?"

Brothers Li Jiang and Li Hai also whispered persuasions from the side.

Lou Xiao'e was startled, worried that her father-in-law and uncle would hit Li Yuan.

The elder sister-in-law smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, it's okay."

Li Yuan also smiled, and said to Li Gui: "That's not necessary. The praise of the old man is the honor of our whole family. Your patriarch, you should come forward to receive it. But next, if someone looks at the old man's face Sir, if you want to confer an official title on you, then you must hold back and don't be greedy. Otherwise, the old man will be disappointed when he finds out. There are quite a few people who know that pressing the water well is my idea, and they will definitely not be able to keep the secret . If you rely on this to become an official, someone will 100% report you."

Hearing this, Li Gui pondered for a while, then looked at Li Yuan with a deep look and said: "Since ancient times, people have said that they hope their children will become successful, but in fact, more people hope that their father will become an official. If I become a high official, my son will follow behind and become a government official, where he will be popular and drink well. It's better for you, lest I become a part-time official. Youngest one, what are you doing..."

This bastard's words were somewhat threatening, which puzzled him.

Li Yuan chuckled and said: "To me, a family that is neat and tidy and safe is better than anything else. You are fifty-seven this year, so you are not young anymore. I don't want to see you acting stupid even at your age. Work hard with passion. No matter how big an official you are, you might as well live to be a hundred years old and watch Li Kun and his sons get married and give you more than a hundred great-grandchildren. What else can you do than having the whole family together? What about living a good life, everything is safe, happy and more perfect?"

The women were all moved by these words. If someone else said this, they wouldn't believe it, but Li Yuan has been working hard to let his family live a good life, so they would believe what he said.

Generally speaking, when men in the Li family talk about things, women will not interrupt.

There are already a lot of people, and if they have one idea here or another, it will definitely lead to chaos.

If you have different opinions and a few words come into conflict, it will be difficult to get along with each other.

But today Mother Li couldn't help but said: "His father, listen to Yao'er. What he said is really good. Those things outside are all false. You can live a long life, which is the blessing of the family."

Li Gui frowned and said, "The head of the commune told me the day before yesterday that the organization wanted to talk to me after the Chinese New Year... What should I say?"

Li Yuandao: "Isn't this simple? Carry forward your style and give up the credit. Let's just say that you are old and not in good health. If you become an official and enjoy the honor, you will not be able to do the work and feel uncomfortable. Why don't you let it go? Young comrades, they are strong and young. As for you, you are willing to be an old scalper who works silently for the construction of a new socialist China. As long as you are firm in your opinions, they will not force you."

Li Jiang said unwillingly: "How do you know? If they insist on letting dad go..."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "I think too much. Earlier this year, I worked hard, and 30 million young and strong people went to the city to expand their enrollment. The expansion of enrollment is not only for labor, but also for cadres. Now there are a lot of idle people who don't know where to put them. It’s no longer a matter of one carrot in one hole, but a dozen carrots planted in one hole. If dad is willing to carry forward his style, the higher ups will just breathe a sigh of relief."

Li Guiwen said in a loud voice: "I will give up the credit, but I will not do less work."

Compared to this rebellious son, he still has deep faith.

He is willing to contribute to the construction of socialism.

What's more, there are also compliments from the elderly...

Li Yuan smiled and advised: "Dad, you can do the work, but you have to do it according to your ability. Just trust me this time, a loss is a blessing!"

The pressurized water well project has direct access to Tianting, and it will become more so in the next year or so.

So if Li Gui really wants to go up, there is no way to predict where he will go.

But the risks of this kind of unfounded rise are too great, so I won’t brush it aside...

Fortunately, Li Gui still listened to persuasion, whether it was because he listened to his youngest son, or because Li Yuan's sincere words of heart (scare) and heart (scare) before, made him feel that if he really wanted to be promoted, he would steal his money. The younger son’s contribution.

In short, as long as the old man relents.

With the old man's words, the Li family will be even more stable!

After the important event was finished, Li's mother said to Lou Xiao'e: "Now that you have a body, it stands to reason that I should come to serve you. But after a few lifetimes, there will be troubles between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. If there is no such condition, forget it, like Your eldest sister-in-law and the rest have to put up with me as a mother-in-law when they enter the house. This is how anyone who becomes a daughter-in-law does it, and I did it in the same way back then.

But I have also been a daughter-in-law, and I understand it in my heart. At that time, I thought, it would be great if I could go back to my mother's house after pregnancy. Who can be closer than parents?

Your natal family's conditions are not bad. I asked Yuanzi that your brother and the others are outside, and the house is strangely deserted.

Ezi, if you want to go back, then you can go back and your in-laws won't say anything. "

Lou Xiaoe was really surprised and moved when she heard the words. Although it has been ten years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the status of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is actually almost the same as in the old days.

Just look at Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu and you will know that if you want to teach them a lesson, you can teach them a lesson. Even if your son dies, your daughter-in-law must respect them and provide for them in old age.

It is no exaggeration to say that one is born as a member of the husband's family and dies as a ghost of the husband's family.

Sun Yuexiang, the eldest daughter of Master Li Yuan's family, is still a cadre in the family. The eldest son-in-law is dead, and Sun Yuexiang wants to go home. The prerequisite is that she must pay monthly to support her mother-in-law, and give money to raise her younger uncle and sister-in-law...

It can be said that there are only two biggest opponents for a daughter in her life, one is her mother-in-law and the other is her daughter-in-law.

Mother Li could be so magnanimous and ask Lou Xiao'e to return to her parents' home. This was definitely considered reasonable.

Of course, it may also be because Lou Xiao'e was generous enough to let Li Yuan continue to send money home and provide food to the family during such a difficult time.

Compare your feelings.

Cheerful Li Yuan and teary-eyed Lou Xiao'e sent their family members to the carriage. Both parties waved goodbye vigorously. After they could no longer see each other, they closed and locked the door with different moods, and rode back home.

After returning home, looking at his wife who was still moved and unable to extricate herself, Li Yuan began to doubt whether he was being too cold...

Although he has given a lot to the Li family, to be honest, he mostly repays it with the mentality of repaying a favor.

He even wished he could tell all the kindness the Li family had shown him that year in one go, so that he could feel relaxed in the future.

The rest is almost like investing...

The body was very weak when I traveled through time, and it was hard to accept it in my heart.

No matter how difficult it was in my previous life, no matter how little contact I had with my mother, I found that I had said goodbye to that world forever. Those days have become the most missed times, and my usually neglectful mother has become the most missed person...

During those difficult days, he was taciturn, and it was the young and old of the Li family who tried every means to make him laugh.

He has a bad appetite and can't eat coarse grains, so he eats all the white noodles at home, which he doesn't like, so the leftovers are distributed to the children.

In the end, he even gave him the milk of his half-year-old nephew...

However, Li Yuan's feelings for the Li family are still more about repaying kindness and less about family affection.

In his heart, he still believed that his only family members were his father and mother from his previous life.

But now...it seems to have begun to change.

Days must pass and life must go on.

Time can really change everything...

"Yuanzi, what are you thinking about?"

Just as Li Yuan was thinking secretly, he heard Lou Xiao'e's voice in her ear. She had just added two briquettes to the stove.

Li Yuan smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just found that you are quite reluctant to let go of your mother and sister-in-law."

Lou Xiao'e said seriously: "Mom and sister-in-law are both good people. Really, Yuanzi, I have seen and heard about many big families. When there are too many people in the family, there is no family affection at all. Especially when the family property is divided. , all of them are like enemies, wishing that the others would die and all the benefits would go to one person. So I am really touched to see our family like this now. I am really lucky that I not only chose the right man, but also chose the right man. By the way, my in-laws!"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "I will let you feel like this forever. Okay, I have been running for a day, so you should lie down and rest for a while. I want to go to Mei's house to visit, and I may come back a little late. "

Lou Xiao'e said enviously: "It's great that you can still see Mr. Mei Lanfang."

Li Yuan touched her hair and said with a smile: "My relationship with Mr. Mei is very shallow. We don't get along well with each other because we use money to do things. But I have a very good relationship with Brother Wang Shixiang and we met through Mr. Zhu Jiasu. Brother Wang Very, very interesting, and very good at playing. His wife’s name is Yuan Quanyou, I call her Aunt Yuan...it’s up to you. Aunt Yuan is also very knowledgeable, proficient in music, and is very good at paper-cutting. What day is the weather nice? Now, I’ll take you to Wang’s house, which is on Neiwu Street. Comrade He Yuzhu always boasts about his good craftsmanship... Of course, his craftsmanship is good. But Brother Wang’s craftsmanship is the best, and it’s everyone’s!”

Lou Xiao'e nodded happily and said, "Yes!"

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