Sure enough, as soon as Li Yuan opened his mouth, Xia Qin's reprimand came from the other end of the phone:
"Xiao Yuan, you finally got admitted to a prestigious university, how can you not hold a banquet for your entrance into higher education? Relatives and friends are not allowed to poke the backbone of our family."
Li Heng also spoke at the side: "The gangster from your third uncle's family next door only went to a second-level university last year, and he did it with great success. Our family also paid 400 yuan as a share of the family, but you don't want to do it." How can I take back the gifts I’ve given out over the years at the college entrance banquet?”
Xia Qin snorted: "Xiao Yuan, let's wait until your father and I go back. Although our family is poor, we are not so poor that we can't even afford our son's college entrance banquet."
"You don't need to ask about this. Just take your driver's license test at home. Your dad and I will take the train back tomorrow morning."
After hanging up the phone, Li Yuan was speechless, but he couldn't defeat his parents and had a showdown with them when they came back.
It was too cold in the Northeast. Although his parents could make some money there, it was too hard and there was nothing he could do in his previous life.
And if you have become a multi-millionaire in this life and continue to make your parents suffer, aren't they just beasts?
Li Yuan had already decided in his heart that when his parents came back, he would explain the situation to them and reveal his income, which would be more convincing than any words.
In the past, he would have been embarrassed to take out the money he earned from sports betting and stocks, but with the money he earned from writing novels based on his own ability, he could take it out openly.
On August 12, Yuandian Chinese website had transferred all the first month's royalties for "Battle of the Stars" to his newly applied ICBC card.
He doesn't trust banks very much, so naturally he won't put all his money in one basket. He is prepared to save some from all four major banks.
He is not prepared to keep too much cash, which is of little use. It is better to exchange it for fixed assets to achieve stable appreciation.
"After the college entrance banquet is held and the driver's license is obtained, you can consider going to Shanghai in advance. Anyway, there will be nothing to do in my hometown."
"By the way, I'm going back to my hometown tomorrow, so I can't go to the Internet cafe to code every day. I need to buy a laptop to use first. No matter what, the great cause of coding can't be delayed."
Li Yuan searched the Internet and found that the current laptop computers are very mature. Although they are not as good as those of later generations, they are enough to meet his requirements for coding...
After looking around, Li Yuan finally selected the "Pingguo MacBook Air notebook".
This notebook uses a 13.3-inch LED-backlit display with a resolution of 1280 x 800. In terms of configuration, Apple MacBook Air uses Core 2 Duo P7500 processor...
It has 2GB memory, 80GB hard drive, 802.11n wireless LAN module, Bluetooth module; pre-installed Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard system... The official website price is 12,880 yuan.
Not to mention anything else, the performance is sufficient just for coding.
On the same day, Li Yuan went to the computer store in the county, bought a ready-made machine, and paired it with a wireless network card, and it was OK.
After spending 100 yuan, a small truck was called, and Li Yuan prepared to take home all the items in the rental house.
Mainly books, clothes, shoes, etc. Although the value is not high, they cannot be thrown away directly.
Looking at the rental house where he had lived for three years in high school, Li Yuan suddenly felt a little reluctant to leave.
This represents his memories of his three years in high school. Although the results were not good, they were happy after all.
In this era, licking dogs is not yet despised. People like him are called "warm men".
When he returned home this time, Li Yuan didn't tell anyone that he had completed subject three of his driver's license test and would be able to get his driver's license next week. He also got the property rights certificates for the two self-built houses he purchased.
Feeling relaxed and free from worries.
Li Yuan returned to his hometown in a minibus. When his sister Li Zixia saw it, she quickly came to greet him.
"Brother, you are finally back. Humph, you are wandering around the city alone and don't care about me at all."
Although Li Zixia is only 15 years old, her height has reached 1.65 meters and she has become a slim little girl. Her face is inherited from her parents and looks like it was carved out of the same mold as him. Her fair face is still slightly green.
"Hey, Zixia, come here quickly and help me move everything down. I bought you good things." Li Yuan pinched her cheek and instructed her to start working.
In their previous lives, their personalities were completely opposite. He had a strong self-esteem and cared about face.
My younger sister is very thrifty and very simple in her clothes. In addition, her parents have a somewhat patriarchal mentality, so they treat her about food, drink, clothing, and clothing far less than they do to him.
Li Zixia saw a pair of pink shoe boxes and asked in surprise: "Brother, these are a pair of girls' sneakers. Did you buy them for me?"
Li Yuan chuckled and said: "If I didn't buy it for you, who else could it be for? I bought several pairs for you. You like it yourself. If you don't like it, go to the city to change it."
"Brother, as long as you buy it, I like it."
Li Zixia coquettishly hugged Li Yuan's arm and opened the shoe box with anticipation. Inside was a pair of brand new pink sneakers. She asked in surprise:
"Brother, these shoes are very beautiful. There is a big check mark on them. They are the same as the basketball shoes you wear."
"Brother, what brand is this?"
Li Zixia has been going to school in her hometown and doesn't know much about Nike, Adidas, Puma and other brands.
In the eyes of students in small counties in 2008, a pair of Nike basketball shoes worth thousands was an incredible luxury item.
The average homeschooler still wears 20 to 30 pairs of ordinary shoes, such as Li-Ning, Peak, Xtep and other shoes, which are all famous brands.
In the previous life, even in 2023, with Li Yuan's meager salary income, the clothes and shoes he wore were only about seven or eight hundred at most, and clothes worth thousands were very few.
"Zixia, the one with the correct logo is called 'Nike', and the one with a string of letters is called 'Adidas'. They are both world-famous sports brands. You can try it out when you have time."
After hearing Li Yuan's explanation, Li Zixia was startled and asked quickly: "Brother, these shoes should not be cheap, right? A pair can cost two to three hundred?"
Just after finishing speaking, Li Zixia realized something was wrong because these shoes had tags on them.
She glanced at the numbers above and was startled. Her tone was trembling, and she felt that the shoes in her hands were very hot:
"Brother, this pair of Nike shoes is priced at 699 yuan. It's not really that expensive, right? It's too scary. My monthly living expenses are only more than 300 yuan."
Li Yuan didn't want to hide his sister. Anyway, sooner or later, he had to let her know that he was a younger sister of a wealthy generation. It would be better for her to get familiar with it in advance, so as not to be ridiculed and hurt by other students when he transferred to Shanghai to go to school in a while. Self-esteem.
He patted his nervous little head and said with a proud smile:
"Zixia, these shoes are on discount, you can get 10% off. You don't have to worry. This is all money earned by your brother and me. Just spend it with peace of mind."
Li Zixia was so shocked that she could hardly turn around.
She counted six pairs of various shoes, as well as some casual clothes of the same brand. Couldn't this add up to several thousand dollars?
She had no idea how her brother, a college student who had just graduated from high school, could earn so much money. Her little face became very serious as she reminded:
"Brother, where did you get so much money? This is a society governed by law. We must not go astray. Otherwise, if your parents find out, they will definitely rip you off."
