Chapter 10
Chapter 9, Dreams from a Young Age
After dinner, Ji Zi’ang couldn’t wait to open the two gift boxes given by Qin Xiaomin.
“Wow, Mommy, it is peach bread,” Ji Zi’ang said in surprise.
In this era, peach bread was a very good thing, and both adults and children loved to eat it.
Li Xu stuck her head out to take a look and said in a low voice, “Don’t open the other box. Send it to Grandpa and Grandma tonight.”
Although Ji Zi’ang was gluttonous, he was still very magnanimous towards his relatives. He immediately agreed, “Got it, Mom.”
Li Xu saw that Ji Yuanyuan’s eyes were narrowing and quickly said, “Yuanyuan, come quickly, Mommy will hug you and take a nap.”
Ji Yuanyuan actually did not want to sleep either, but she was just a child now, and it was time for her to sleep more.
Before going to bed, Ji Yuanyuan decided not to tell Li Xu and the others about the space for the time being.
This matter should be very inconceivable to them, right?
It would be better to talk about it in the future when there was an opportunity.
Not long after noon, Ji Jianguo arrived with a thick envelope in his hand.
Entering the house, he threw the envelope onto the heatable brick bed with a cold expression, “Count it, five thousand Yuan, not a cent less, not a cent more.”
Li Xu did not say anything. She just silently picked up the envelope and started counting the money.
It should be the money that Ji Jianguo had just taken out. It was all in large bills.
Li Xu quickly finished counting, “It’s right, it’s five thousand Yuan.”
Hearing that, Ji Jianguo gritted his teeth and said, “You said it yourself. Don’t come looking for me again in the future.”
Li Xu’s expression was cold, “We don’t owe each other anything!”
Ji Jianguo looked at Li Xu with some scrutiny. After a moment, he said, “I hope you won’t regret it in the future.”
With that, he slammed the door and left.
Ji Zi’ang was startled by the sound of the door slamming. He was so angry that he wanted to rush out immediately.
Ji Zixuan pulled him back, “What are you doing?”
Ji Zi’ang said angrily, “He dared to slam our door. I’m going to puncture his bicycle tire.”
Li Xu shook her head helplessly and picked up the envelope. “Let’s go, Mom will bring you into the city to buy some delicious food.”
She took out a hundred-yuan bill from the envelope, “Today, let’s spend all this money, okay?”
Li Xu felt that she owed these children a lot during this period of time, so she thought of going into the city to buy some delicious food.
Ji Zi’ang, who was stupid, immediately raised his arms. “Okay, okay, buy some delicious food…”
Ji Zixuan was two years older than Ji Zi’ang, but he was definitely more than two years old in terms of mental health.
He shook his head and said, “Mom, we don’t have anything we want to eat. We have a lot to spend in the future, so we should save it all.”
Seeing how sensible Ji Zixuan was, Li Xu felt a little bitter.
She reached out her hand, patted Ji Zixuan’s head and said, “Good boy, when you don’t have to worry about money, after our household registration book got changed, we might be able to get a few acres of land. When that time comes, we’ll have an income. Even if we can’t, Mom will find a job in the city and be able to support you all.”
Li Xu thought that when she went to the city later, it would be best to buy some meat and vegetables to send to her parents.
They still had to provide for their little sister’s education, so they did not have much money on hand. They had even bought meat to send to them yesterday, so there was an 80% chance that they themselves not be able to eat it.
Seeing the excitement on Ji Zi’ang’s face, Ji Zixuan did not say anything else.
His younger siblings were still young, so they naturally will be a little greedy. At most, he could just eat less.
With this thought in mind, Ji Zixuan did not continue to refute.
After tidying up, Li Xu brought the three children to the city.
Li Xu now had money, and her bicycle could not carry the three children, so she took the children to take the bus.
The ticket price for the suburban line from the countryside to the city was a little higher.
A ticket cost two yuan, Ji Yuanyuan was less than 1.2 meters, so the conductor only accepted tickets for three people for a total of six yuan.
Ji Zi’ang watched Li Xu give the money to others and thought with some heartache, six Yuan is enough to buy sixty lollipops. Two Lollipops a day would be enough for him to eat for a month.
At that time, the lollipops were only one yuan per cent.
“Driving a bus is really profitable. When I grow up, I will also be a bus driver,” Ji Zi’ang whispered to Ji Zixuan.
Ji Yuanyuan listened from the side and looked at Ji Zi’ang thoughtfully.
It turned out that Ji Zi’ang’s words were true.
In his previous life, when Ji Zi’ang grew up, he became a racing driver. In an interview, he once said that driving was his dream since he was young.
However, he did not expect that the moment for Ji Zi’ang to have this dream was now.
It was because he was stingy that he had a dream.
Ji Zi’ang was really different from others since he was young.
Half an hour later, Li Xu and her three children got off the bus in front of a supply and marketing agency.
In 1996, the supply and marketing agency had already declined and even started to gradually disintegrate.
Some supermarkets and even shopping malls were emerging.
However, women like Li Xu only acknowledged the supply and marketing agency when they entered the city.
Looking at the red tweed jacket that Li Xu had been wearing for God knows how many years, Ji Yuanyuan felt a little sorry for her.
Li Xu was only 32 this year. When she was 20, she married Ji Jianguo. When she was 21, she gave birth to Ji Zixuan. After that, she kept giving birth.
Ji Jianguo did not have a house in the city. Plus, his unit was close to his home, so he could only ride a bicycle for half an hour. Therefore, Li Xu had always lived in the countryside. She took care of her three children by herself and planted the three acres of land at home.
Although Ji Jianguo’s salary was high, he did not bring home much every month. The harvest from the land was also not much.
Just three children was already a lot of money. That little money was not enough.
Therefore, Li Xu rarely spent money on herself.
“Mom, I heard that a new shopping mall has opened in the city.”
Ji Yuanyuan looked at Li Xu eagerly with a yearning expression.
She knew that if she said that she wanted to get Li Xu clothes, Li Xu would definitely not go. But if she said that she wanted to go, Li Xu would bite the bullet and bring her along.
Sure enough, after hearing Ji Yuanyuan’s words, Li Xu asked hesitantly, “Yuanyuan, do you want to go?”
Ji Yuanyuan pretended to be very curious, “I want to go, I’ve never been there before.”
Hearing that, Li Xu gritted her teeth, “Then let’s go over there.”
After asking for directions, she found out that the shopping mall was only a kilometer away from here.
Li Xu thought for a moment, but in the end, she could not bear to give up a bus ticket that cost 50 cents, so she chose to walk over.
A kilometer might not be a big deal to an adult. But to a short-legged person like Ji Yuanyuan, she really could not bear it.
However, in order to let Li Xu lighten the burden a little. Ji Yuanyuan still endured it and did not cry out that she was tired.
However, Li Xu naturally could not bear to let Ji Yuanyuan walk such a long distance. Before they had walked halfway, she carried Ji Yuanyuan up.
They walked a kilometer for about twenty minutes. There was a bank on the way. Li Xu only left three hundred Yuan and deposited the rest into the bank.
Although the shopping mall at this time was not as luxurious as the one in the twenty-first century, it was already beginning to take shape.
Ji Yuanyuan only remembered that she and Ji Jianguo had been here in her previous life. At that time, Ji Jianguo had brought Shen Mei along to buy clothes, and he had also brought her along.
She seemed to have bought that little red vest from this place when she was young.
Moreover, something seemed to have happened that day…