Chapter 133
133 Chapter 132, You Don’t Even Care About Yufang
When they went back, they were quite fast and arrived home in a short while.
It was already past 10 o’clock when they reached home. Li Yong urged Liu Guihua to cook, “Mom, what are you cooking for lunch? I’m hungry!”
Liu Guihua ignored him and looked at Li Lei, “Go to the small shop in front and buy something. Go to Yufang’s house quickly and eat when you come back!”
It was only past ten o’clock. There was still time!
“Yufang’s father like wine, so bought a bottle of wine and a box of milk…” Liu Guihua mumbled as she looked through the things that Li Lei bought, “Just nice, this piece of pork is quite big, bring it too. This banana and apple are not bad, bring them all!”
Li Lei said helplessly, “Mother, I bought this for you to eat. You don’t have to worry about my matters. I know what to do!”
Liu Guihua sighed, “What do you know? Since you’re engaged, this is your first time visiting. Don’t you have to bring more?”
She was about to pack Li Lei’s things and let him take them away.
Seeing this, Li Xu hurriedly said, “Alright Mother, go and think about what to eat for lunch with Xiao Yong. I’ll help Xiao Lei pack up!”
Only then did Liu Guihua relax, “Alright, you can pack up. I’ll go and cook.”
After Liu Guihua went to the kitchen, Li Xu looked at Li Lei and asked in a low voice, “No matter what you think, how can you go to someone’s house empty-handed? You have to at least bring some!”
Li Lei smiled, “I know, I’ll just go to the small shop in front and buy some. You guys don’t have to worry about it.”
After saying that, he looked at Ji Yuanyuan, “Yuanyuan, go with Uncle. Uncle will buy you some good food.”
Li Xu glared at him, “What’s wrong with you bringing a child along?”
After saying that, she pulled Ji Yuanyuan over, “Yuanyuan, be good, don’t go. Mommy will bring you to buy some delicious food later.”
Ji Yuanyuan thinks, ‘I want to go, I want to watch the gossip!’
However, she could only pretend to be ignorant on the surface as she blinked at Li Xu.
Li Lei also had an innocent look on his face, “There are too many things. I can’t carry them by myself. I need Yuanyuan to help me carry them.”
Li Xu simply picked up Ji Yuanyuan, “Stop it, if you’ll end up dying anyway, it’s better to put on a fight. What’s there to be afraid of?”
Li Lei’s thoughts were exposed, and his expression was a little awkward.
“Alright, I’ll go by myself then.”
“Do you have money?” Li Xu asked again.
Li Lei nodded, “Yes, don’t worry.”
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the house.
Li Lei did not ride his bicycle. Instead, he walked to the small shop in front of the village. He bought a bottle of wine, a box of tea leaves, and a box of milk. He walked to the neighboring village with things in his hands.
Three years ago, he and Yufang fell in love at first sight.
That year, he was almost twenty-six years old. His family was anxious and took advantage of his vacation to arrange several blind dates for him.
Yufang was not the first blind date, but she was the first blind date that made him feel moved.
So, the two of them quickly confirmed their relationship and decided to go on a blind date while he was still at home.
After going back, there was a long period of time when he could not eat well or sleep well. He missed her terribly.
He wrote a letter every few days and called her every once in a while. Yufang would reply to his letters, but she wasn’t as diligent as he was.
Later on, he gradually got used to it and stopped thinking about it. His days passed like that.
When he submitted his discharge application, he did struggle for a period of time. Among those who were discharged at the same time, his discharge application was the last one to be submitted.
He couldn’t bear to part with the army and his comrades. However, thinking back to those days, he was tempted, and he forced himself to retire from the army.
He thought of marrying her when he came back.
All these years, his parents did not touch the wages that were sent back. They had saved a passbook for him. Together with the discharge fee that he had goten from the army, it was not a small amount.
After getting married, he would still have a lot left. When the time came, he would go to the city to do a small business. As long as the two of them worked hard, their days would definitely get better.
But who knew that just as he returned home, he heard from their parents that Yufang wanted their family to pay another thousand Yuan as betrothal gifts. They even said so many nasty things to their parents.
It wasn’t that he was heartbroken over money, nor was it that he didn’t have any money.
It was just that he felt a stifling feeling in his heart!
As long as Yufang go over and apologize to his parents after the event, he would be able to happily send a thousand Yuan to their family today.
However, according to her parents, Yufang never showed up.
What was she thinking?
Did she not know what her mother had done?
Was it due to vanity, thinking that other girls had a few thousand Yuan as a betrothal gift, why didn’t she have it?
Or did she feel wronged by marrying Li Lei and wanted some compensation?
Or did she want to use this matter to manipulate him?
Or did he simply want more money for her family?
With a heart full of worries, Li Lei quickly arrived at Yufang’s house.
Her family lived in three dilapidated adobe houses at the back of the village. The main door was made of wood, and it was covered with marks.
Only the handles made of two iron hoops were polished until they were shiny!
Li Lei put the things down and raised his hand to slap the Hoops. “Uncle, Aunt, is Yufang at home?”
After knocking for a while, Yufang’s door didn’t open, but the neighbor’s door did.
A middle-aged woman came out to pour water with a basin in her hand.
But anyone could tell that this person was just using the excuse of pouring water to come and look at who came
When she saw Li Lei, she seemed to be a little surprised.
She widened her eyes and sized up Li Lei. She casually splashed water on the road and turned around to go home.
She didn’t know if it was Li Lei’s imagination, but she seemed to hear a sigh.
There was pity and regret in this sigh!
Just as Li Lei was indulging in his wild thoughts, the door of Yufang’s house was finally opened. The one who opened the door was Yufang’s younger brother, Yuqiang. When he saw Li Lei, he was also a little surprised, “It’s you? Come In!”
Then, he went back to his room and shouted, “It’s Li Lei!”
Yufang’s family had a total of four children. She had two older sisters above her and a younger brother below her! Both of her older sisters were already married.
This Yuqiang was the youngest child in the family, and there were three older sisters above him. He was spoiled beyond recognition!
Therefore, Li Lei did not find it strange at all that he was like this! He resigned himself to his fate and bent down to pick up all the things on the ground and carried them inside.
When he walked into the courtyard, Yufang’s mother and Yufang came out. Yufang’s mother was in front with a smile on her face. Yufang walked behind with a shy and timid face.
She was about 1.65 meters tall and had a slim figure. Although her face could not be considered good-looking, it had the advantage of being delicate and clean.
Yufang’s mother looked at the things in Li Lei’s arms and the smile on her face gradually faded!
“Come in! Just put them in the kitchen!” As she said that, she turned around and went back into the house!
Yufang went up to him and said gently, “Thank you for your hard work!”
Li Lei felt a little better and moved the things into the kitchen and put them down.
Yufang asked gently, “When did you come back?”
“Yesterday!”
“You came back yesterday. Why didn’t you come over to take a look? I think you don’t even care about Yufang!”