There was total silence in the bright classroom, with only the sound of the tip of the pen rubbing against the paper. Beside the lecture table, a fat teacher was inspecting everything in the classroom with sharp eyes. Outside the classroom, everything seemed quiet, for fear of being beaten.
Disturbing the tranquility.
At this time, the final exam was taking place in the school, and Li Jianren was sitting among it. The semester is always so short, and it was time to say goodbye again.
Li Jianren is enjoying this period of student life now. Although high school years will always be accompanied by boredom and boring, for a working person who is always on the go, it is not a kind of tranquility.
The two-day final exam passed in a tense atmosphere, and everyone was still comparing answers to each other. But Li Jianren was already packing his things and getting ready to leave. He was going to the company to make some arrangements, and then go home. The villa at home was ready.
Since then, he has not gone back even once.
"Aren, do you have any plans for the winter vacation?" Cheng Xiaoxiao turned around and asked softly.
"I might want to go to downtown Suzhou for a walk. What's the matter? Are you busy?" Li Jianren asked.
"Not yet. I've been thinking about going shopping for a long time. Let's see when you are free and we can go shopping together." Xiaoxiao said a little embarrassed.
Li Jianren looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping, "Is the day after tomorrow convenient? I'll go home tomorrow morning and I can come out the day after tomorrow."
"Yeah." Cheng Xiaoxiao smiled happily, so the two made an appointment to meet at the entrance of Ruixiang Building the day after tomorrow.
Li Jianren packed up his things and left directly. He was a day student and didn't have much.
When I came to the company, I found Li Wenxiu and finished all the things that needed to be done. Then I called the driver Lao Chen directly, picked up Li Yanping, and went home.
At this time, it was actually not too late, the sky had not yet darkened, and it was not even 6 o'clock when the two of them arrived home. Lao Chen insisted on going back and did not stay for dinner.
When he walked into the house, Li Jianren felt a strange feeling. The iron railings on the tall fence had pointed iron heads pointing upward. Outside the fence, he saw a three-story villa standing there with milky white walls.
, bright glass, everything made him feel like he was in another world.
At this time, Li Aiguo had already seen his children coming back, and hurriedly greeted them, helped carry things, and asked about their current situation. Li Yanping took her younger brother to visit their new home.
The room on the first floor is for grandparents. The old man is old and it is inconvenient to climb the stairs. The room on the right side of the third floor belongs to Li Jianren. He looked at the living room and found that it was indeed much more spacious than before. The floor was paved with light yellow marble.
Bright mirror-like ceramic tiles, gorgeous crystal chandeliers, and a set of mahogany Taishi chairs sit nearby. Everything looks elegant yet grand.
Under the leadership of Li Yanping, the two came to the back garden again.
It was already the middle of winter, and the Chinese New Year was about to start in about ten days. In addition to the small bamboo forest that still looked a little green, the other things in the garden were the fish pond, the arch bridge erected above the fish pond, and the
The octagonal pavilion at the top. Unfortunately, the cold wind was fierce, and I really didn't want to drink the northwest wind.
When they returned to the living room, Chen Guifang had already cooked dinner. Grandma Wang Axiang helped fetch hot water and washed Li Jianren's face in preparation for dinner. Grandpa came back from nowhere and saw Aren and Li Yanping.
, still looked very happy, and the family was finally together again.
There were no pigs raised at home this year, but grandma was really busy, so she raised a few old hens and a few ducks in the corner of the back garden. Those ducks immediately turned the backyard pond into their playground.
.Unfortunately, the newly built fish pond has not yet had time to stock the fry. Of course, they will find nothing in it.
While eating, Li Yanping argued with her grandfather about what kind of fish to raise in the fish pond. Of course Li Yanping wanted to raise koi, but Li Ruiqin said that she wanted to raise some crucian carp and bream. When she had nothing to do, she could sit in the garden and catch fish or something. Don’t be too busy.
Comfortable.
Li Yanping refused, pouted and kept protesting. Unfortunately, the protest was ineffective and was directly dismissed by Li Ruiqin.
Li Jianren saw his grandfather and grandson bickering over there, as if they were watching a show, which made Li Yanping even more angry and winked at Ah Ren.
It's a pity that it's of no use at all. Aren will not interfere in their affairs. Anyway, he doesn't care and can raise whatever he wants.
The meal passed in the middle of a quarrel, and Li Jianren ate very happily. Although it was a homely meal, it was not as good as what he had eaten in the county town, but this atmosphere could not be replaced.
After the meal, Chen Guifang and Wang Axiang were busy cleaning up, while Li Ruiqin and Li Aiguo were still sitting there, lighting a cigarette, looking carefree.
The life of their family is one that cannot be found in the whole village, let alone the whole town. Moreover, they have both children and a happy family. What else do they want? It seems that they don’t have it. At least the whole family
Except for Li Jianren, everyone seems quite satisfied.
After the meal, Li Jianren went to the basement to check out the good wine hidden in the basement. This is the Maotai that he asked Fan Haifeng to have his friends bring directly from the winery last month. Not only the 1994 wine, but also the 1995 wine.
, there are quite a few from earlier years, and the earliest three boxes are made of cotton paper from the Great Famine of the 1960s.
You know, it was a time of food shortage, so the production of wine can be imagined. It was Fan Haifeng's favor, so he helped get three boxes, and the price was of course not cheap. However, drinking this kind of wine is a must.
One bottle less.
Let’s take a look at the streamers and sunflower tissue paper from 1973, the original boxes of the Three Revolutions from 1981, the special five-star black sauce from 1985, etc. There are about ten boxes in total.
There are also more than a hundred boxes of iron lids from the 1990s, and Li Jianren is very happy. Thinking about his previous life, at that price, and with his salary level, how could he be willing to buy and drink it himself. That is, when he was accompanying his boss and customers,
Just touched it once or twice.
Look at now, there are more than a hundred boxes of twelve bottles with iron caps in one box, not six bottles in a box in later generations. Especially the big ones at the back, the fifty-pound commemorative ones, he had never seen them before.
Saw it.
Li Jianren touched it and was overjoyed. It's not that he likes drinking, but he has experienced the kind of madness in later generations. Now he wants to stock up a batch and display it at home, and use it to pretend to be sexy in the future. It's not that these wines can help in the future.
No matter how much money he makes, he doesn't plan to sell it. It's more likely to be shared with friends when he gets together.
Fan Haifeng promised him that he will help him get two hundred boxes of fine wine next year, and the quality will not be lower than this time. I am waiting for it.
Looking at the piles of wine boxes piled up in the basement, he was very happy. This may be regarded as one of Li Jianren's feelings.
As an old wine lover, Li Ruiqin certainly knows how to preserve these good wines. The basement itself has a ventilation system and a lot of desiccant. It will definitely be no problem to store it for ten or eight years. These can also be regarded as Li Ruiqin's.
Baby, he wouldn't let most people see it. He only planned to come down and get a bottle to taste it during the holidays.
Walking back to the living room, Li Ruiqin looked at Aren's cheerful look and knew that he had gone down to look at his treasures. "Aren, don't touch those old ones. Just leave them there. It's almost ninety-seven. Get them when the time comes."
Two bottles came out to celebrate.”
"Don't worry, grandpa, I'm not good at drinking. I just like to watch. Grandpa, you can drink those wines if you want. Leave me a few bottles of each variety. I can keep them as souvenirs. You can take care of the rest.
." Li Jianren also risked his life to make Li Ruiqin happy.
"Haha, it was my grandson who thought of me. He knew I loved this drink and brought back so much for me. I drank it all at will. Drink it slowly. I still want to live for a few more years." Li Ruiqin was very happy.
At this time, Li Aiguo suddenly interjected, "Aren, many people in the village now know that our family has opened many supermarkets in the county, and some people want me to help. I'm looking at arranging several children to go to work, but I haven't agreed yet.
, what do you mean?"
Li Jianren thought about it and felt very embarrassed. This kind of thing is the most difficult to deal with, but he finally decided: "Dad, don't agree to anyone, just say that the supermarket has already been filled with people, and there are no plans to open a new store in Luohe at the moment.
If you don't have a position, you can't fire others, let's make arrangements, and you will answer like this when the time comes."
"Isn't this too rude? They are all fellow villagers." Li Aiguo felt a little embarrassed.
"Dad, if there is one thing like this, there will be two. You agree to this family and that family comes to you. What do you do and continue to agree? What do you do if people in the whole village who are familiar with you come to you? Agree.
You still don’t agree? Since you agreed to one family but didn’t agree to others, people will say you are partial. Some people will scold you. People’s hearts are like this.”
“We can help families in need in the village; we can also help if the village needs to build bridges and pave roads, but this kind of favor cannot be entangled with business, otherwise the business will be ruined sooner or later.
To use a very simple analogy, I recruit those people in the village. If they do not do well or do not do well, what should I do? Should I fire them or keep them? If I fire them, I will definitely be scolded; if I keep them, I will be scolded.
, I’m unhappy, why should I support myself just because I have money? There’s no reason for that.”
Li Aiguo was convinced. Thinking about it, this is indeed the truth. There is no need to make yourself uncomfortable. It is better to offend a few people now than to offend a group of people in the future. When the time comes, you will have to be stabbed in the back even though you have done good things.