Two days later.
Li Jie and Song Yunping arrived at Song's house carrying gifts. This was their return home.
According to the custom of Xiaolei's family, every year from now on, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, he would bring Song Yunping with him to pay New Year's greetings.
In the original drama, Song Yunping died unexpectedly.
This time, that won't happen.
Seeing the son-in-law and daughter come back, Song's father and mother's mouth never closed.
The daughter they had raised for twenty years suddenly married into someone else's family. The old couple really didn't adapt to it for a while.
Fortunately, his son Song Yunhui is still at home in the past few days, but in a few days, his son will go to college, and then they will be the only couple at home.
By then, they would probably be even more unaccustomed to it.
When they walked into the house, Song's mother couldn't help but start nagging when she saw so many things the two of them brought.
"Oh, Dongbao, why did you bring so many things?"
When he returned home this time, Li Jie did bring a lot of things. He brought two pieces of pork shank, one fresh and one bacon.
In addition, there was a chicken, a duck, half a dried lamb leg, and several kilograms of lard.
There are also many other scattered dry goods.
If you take these things to the market and sell them, you can sell them for at least one or two hundred.
In the 1980s, the two-hundred-yuan door-return gift was indeed unclear.
In fact, Lei's mother didn't prepare so much at first. Later, Li Jie dug out some demobilization funds and brought so many things with her.
The things he gave were not valuables, they were all of daily use.
This way, it would be more suitable for the Song family.
"Mom, you have raised such a good daughter who is knowledgeable and courteous. She is now my wife. What do you mean by the old saying?"
Li Jie said cheerfully while holding Song Yunping's hand.
"The son-in-law is half a son."
"As a son, you should be filial and respectful to your elders. What's more or less?"
"Hey, that's too much."
Hearing this, Mrs. Song's face burst into laughter.
"In this way, I will share half of it later and you can take it back. You are a man and you usually work in a brick factory. You want to eat better."
With that said, Mother Song carried the things and prepared to go to the kitchen to divide them.
"Don't."
Li Jie took a step forward and stopped her.
"Mom, I work in a brick factory, but I can't do physical work."
"Xiao Hui, is there a saying in ancient times that people should be governed by their hard work?"
"yes."
Song Yunhui nodded honestly: "This is a saying in Mencius, those who work hard govern others, and those who work hard govern others."
"However, brother-in-law, your words are inappropriate here."
"What he meant was..."
Seeing that Song Yunhui was not good at all, Li Jie waved his hand.
"Stop talking, I have a headache."
"Anyway, I manage people. I mainly use my brain, and there is very little physical work."
"So, Mom, just keep these things."
With that said, Li Jie winked at Song Yunping. Although the two had just gotten married, they still had a tacit understanding.
As soon as she received the prompt, Song Yunping immediately stepped forward to assist.
After another push and pull, Song's father finally made the decision, and the family accepted the door-to-door gift.
Immediately afterwards, Li Jie chatted with the two old men for a while. When lunch time was approaching, he found an opportunity and called Song Yunhui alone to the yard outside.
"Xiaohui, you will be going back to school in a few days, right?"
"Um."
Song Yunhui seemed to have become that honest child again. In fact, that night, Song Yunhui was able to face his brother-in-law and say those words.
On the one hand, it was because the timing was right, and on the other hand, it had something to do with drinking.
"You are studying abroad, do you have enough money?"
"If it's not enough, just tell your brother-in-law. Although he doesn't have a lot of money, he can still afford to support a college student."
Although Li Jie knew that Song Yunhui would not accept his gift, Rome was not built in a day.
"No, brother-in-law, I have enough money and I have a work-study program."
Li Jie chuckled and said with approval: "Work-study is good."
Speaking of which, Song Yunhui should have met Liang Sishen by now, right?
The emotional entanglement between these two people is also quite complicated.
"Xiaohui, you will be a junior at the beginning of the school year. You have finished your studies next school year. Have you decided what to do?"
"Are you going to a company? Or an agency?"
"Enterprise."
Song Yunhui shrugged his nose and pushed up his glasses.
"I majored in chemical engineering, so there is no use for me in government agencies."
Li Jie chuckled: "That's not necessarily the case, Xiaohui, do you still remember what I just said?"
"Those who work hard will govern others, and those who work hard will govern others."
"Tell me, if you enter a factory and become a technical backbone, are you considered a hard worker or a laborer?"
"Of course the hard worker."
Song Yunhui blurted out without thinking.
"Yeah?"
Li Jie smiled meaningfully: "I have learned nothing else in the army. Those who work hard and work hard learn best."
"You said in the army, who are the hard workers? Which ones are the laborers?"
Without waiting for Song Yunhui to speak, Li Jie gave the answer directly.
"Those who have a bar on their shoulders are those who work hard; those who don't have a bar on their shoulders are those who work hard."
"Brother!"
Song Yunhui said with a serious look: "I don't agree with what you said. No matter whether you are a person who works hard or a person who works hard, we are all equal!"
"They are all workers. There is no saying that they are governed by others or controlled by others."
"Well, maybe you're right."
Li Jie stopped talking and did not go any further on this topic.
At this time, Song Yunhui was still in the state of "a young boy who was just a classmate, in his prime, full of scholarly energy, and scolding Fang Qiu" in poetry and prose.
However, vaccinations are always required.
Society is not as simple as he imagined, and of course, it is not that complicated either.
Everything is traceable.
"Okay, let's not mention these things anymore. You have the National Day holiday. Will you come back?"
"I can't come back, time is too tight."
Since last year, the National Day holiday has become seven days, but Song Yunhui has to be busy doing odd jobs.
Moreover, it costs money to travel back and forth.
This in and out, there is a lot of difference.
"Then your sister and I will go to school to see you on National Day."
Hearing this, Song Yunhui was preparing to distance himself. He was not a child. Besides, it would cost a lot of money for two people to go to school.
However, Li Jie gave him no chance to refuse.
"Your sister hasn't been to the university campus yet, so I'd like to take this opportunity to go and have a look. Your brother-in-law and I are also a rough guy."
"I haven't even entered the university. This time I go, and I can also receive some edification."
For this reason, Song Yunhui couldn't refuse.
"good."
"Brother-in-law, remember to inform me before you go, and I will make arrangements."
After two years of schooling, Song Yunhui still had a little savings by doing odd jobs.
(End of chapter)
