ushernet Chapter 58, Fourth Brother of the Courtyard
Chapter 58, Fourth Brother of the Courtyard
Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Xiao Shu was sent to school by Li Yuanping. His older siblings had taught him at home, so he didn't have any trouble adjusting to school.
Li Yuanfeng had reached the age where he needed to go to the countryside. While there were still spots available, Li Yuanping bribed someone to arrange for him to be assigned to Lijia Village.
The thatched house that their father, Li Guo, was allocated before hadn't collapsed yet. With the help of their uncles, it could be moved into after some simple repairs.
Li Yuanfeng usually works in the village.
Old Li had already spoken to the brigade leader and even gave him a piece of cured meat.
Now he spends his days cutting pig feed with the village kids, and on weekends he goes back to the city to bring the saplings back to the village to cut with him.
Li Mengyuan is younger and can still stay in school, but she feels that going to Lijia Village as part of the rural relocation program is not unacceptable.
They've spent Lunar New Year's Eve in the village for the past two years, and they've become closer to their grandparents, uncles, and aunts than before.
In his past life, he wanted to adopt Yuanshu but failed, so he reported their family, which led to Yuanshu being left to live alone in the countryside for several years.
Li Yuanping had already used his mental powers to make him mentally impaired.
Anyway, there are quite a few neighbors who covet his room, so it can be considered that he can start living a retirement life ahead of time.
Li Yuanping was planning to wait two years before buying them jobs, but the city was in such a chaotic state lately that it was quite alarming.
His family knows he has other sources of income, but not publicly.
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Chef Zhang from the cafeteria was in a particularly good mood today, and he was generous with the seasonings in his cooking, almost making it too salty to handle.
Oh, his wife gave birth to a big, healthy daughter, which made him so happy.
He had already decided on a name for his daughter: Zhang Ruizhu.
He needs to buy more chickens this month to make soup. After get off work, he goes to Lijia Village. The chickens there are well-raised and safer than those from the black market.
Fortunately, the young couple was well-off; otherwise, they would have gone broke just from eating.
Li Yuanping has been too lazy to go to work lately, so he wants to switch places with his second son.
He was quite willing to give the odd jobs to his second brother, but the second brother said he didn't want to go to work.
He quite enjoyed cutting pig feed in the village, since his older brother provided him with food rations.
Besides, there's only one job in the family. If he takes over, does that mean the older brother will have to go to the countryside?
What will we do when the third child has to go to the countryside?
It would be better to let him stay in the countryside and cut pig feed; then no one will be watching their family.
Yes, Li Yuanping was so capable, the reason he was sent to the countryside was because two of the four members of his family were of the right age.
No matter how much prestige someone has, it's impossible for others to completely ignore them.
However, it seems that the third brother doesn't need their concern.
According to system observation.
In his spare time, Li Yuanmeng likes to stroll through the park with melon seeds in his pocket and watch people go on blind dates.
Thanks to the Li family's true teachings in fighting, Li Yuanping's training, and the secret feeding of diluted versions of the Body Strengthening Pills.
A while ago, Li Mengyuan "saved a beautiful woman" in a corner of the park, beating several thugs until they cried for their parents, and then tying them up and sending them to the police station.
After this incident, Li Yuanmeng was happy to get a temporary job.
The rescued girl was named Xia Yun. It was discovered that her family had hired thugs. Li Yuanmeng didn't inquire about the rest.
After that, Xia Yun often sought out Li Yuanmeng to play together.
Xia Yun herself said that she felt very safe.
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The third son settled himself down, and the second son wasn't faring any better.
He secretly found himself a wealthy educated youth to marry into the family, and he had a deep impression of how his father treated his wife.
Jiang Qingqing, a young woman sent to the countryside, had a round face and was an only child. She also came from Beijing and was tricked into going to the countryside.
She had a childhood betrothal boyfriend, Hao Jian. After graduation, he realized he didn't want to get married, so he tricked her into going to the countryside, while he himself went to join the army.
When the Jiang family found out, they immediately cut off all ties with the Hao family, and only managed to change Jiang Qingqing's destination to a place closer to home.
Hao Jian's chances of joining the army were completely dashed, since he relied entirely on his connections with the Jiang family.
However, Jiang Qingqing was doing quite well in Lijia Village.
After all, his family had come over to say hello, and he was able to gather pig feed every day just like Li Yuanfeng, and even had a single room to stay in.
Jiang Qingqing loves to eat, and Li Yuanfeng was taught how to cook by his older brother. The two idle people grew closer and closer in the village.
The Jiang family had informants in Lijia Village and quickly learned about the matter.
However, after investigating, they learned that Li Yuanfeng had many sons and his father was practically a son-in-law, so they felt that this guy wasn't so bad after all.
As for a live-in son-in-law, all he needs to do is be good-looking and know how to sweet-talk people.
People like Hao Jian are best avoided.
After all, judging from Li Yuanfeng's appearance, he didn't seem unwilling.
So the two started dating, and the Jiang family went to the Li family to propose to Li Yuanping.
Isn't this exactly what the original owner wanted?
When Li Yuanping asked Li Yuanfeng after the others returned, Li Yuanfeng agreed.
It's true what they say, boys grow up and leave home!
"Big brother, I'm getting married soon, why haven't you found a partner yet?"
"Alright, kid, mind your own business. Do you even know how to be a live-in son-in-law?"
"Of course I knew that, I just learned it from Dad."
"…you're right"
"Brother, could you teach me how to cook again? I don't want Qingqing to get tired of eating the same things every day."
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Li Yuanfeng left with a satisfied heart.
My older brother is still lazy, spending all his time doing odd jobs in the cafeteria. Actually, his skills are not much worse than those of a head chef.
Riding a bicycle sponsored by his older brother, with food brought back from the village in the basket, he went to pick up his girlfriend at her doorstep.
After picking up the person, the two rode away side by side.
The system couldn't help but sigh to its host.
Their relationship is like a campus romance, if you didn't see Li Yuanfeng and Jiang Qingqing ambushing Hao Jian...
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In recent years, the original owner's mother, Guo Lanhua, has also sent some things over, probably because she was afraid that the four of them would starve to death.
After all, she knew from her time at home that the kids had big appetites.
All I can say is that Ms. Guo has some maternal love, but not much, hahaha.
However, the original owner had no objections, and Li Yuanping, an outsider, was even less bothered.
After all, everyone has their own perspective.
The items sent by the other party were mainly national grain coupons, and in winter they would send cotton-padded clothes, as well as two military overcoats.
This also made them realize that their own mother had indeed found a good family again.
The system repeatedly exclaimed that this junior leader and Guo Lanhua were childhood sweethearts.
The other party's family is well-off, and they have been divorced for many years; his ex-wife has long since started a new family.
The system scanned and found that this person divorced because they were unable to have children.
One couldn't have children and the other didn't want to, so they hit it off immediately.
After receiving the things sent by their mother, the younger children gradually felt relieved.
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The New Year is just around the corner.
Li Yuanping took out three silk scarves from his spatial storage: one for Yuanmeng, one for Yuanfengsongjiang Qingqing, and one to send to Guo Lanhua.
It can be said that it has reached everyone's hearts.
Li Yuanfeng is already engaged to Jiang Qingqing, and he will have to visit her home for the New Year. He's currently trying on clothes at home.
The expressions of Old Man Li and Old Woman Li were somewhat distorted.
He felt that his son, Li Guozhen, had set a bad precedent.
However, seeing the gifts Li Yuanping had sent on the table—a cotton-padded coat made by someone, a flashlight, a large pig's head, malted milk powder, canned fruit, and sponge cake…
Then he thought, "Never mind, the Li family's offspring are quite good."
Their lifestyle was the most unique in the village, but they kept it a secret.
They were also afraid that revealing their true identities would bring trouble to the children.