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Chapter 632

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Beijing in 1986 didn't have traffic jams. When Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu arrived at Zaojunmiao, the Li family had just started eating breakfast.

"Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, I made some sea cucumber soup. Li Ye didn't finish it, you guys try it and see if it's tasty..."

"Oh my, look at Xiao Yu, this child is really diligent, coming over so early, hurry up and rest for a while, hurry up and rest for a while..."

Grandma Wu Juying was very happy. The young couple getting up so early not only meant they had restraint, but also represented their respect for the parents and elders in the family.

"I'm not tired, Grandma, hehehe, I brought some bones for Pavlov, I'll go feed him..."

Watching Wen Leyu went to see the big yellow dog in the family with a giggle, because the big yellow dog had become husband and wife with a grey dog in the alley next door, so this time Li Ye didn't bring him when he moved, but brought Pavlov's son, and another dog he bought later.

After Watching Wen Leyu went out, Li Zhongfa said to Li Ye: "Logically speaking, today you should go to pay respects to the ancestors, but this is too far from home, so you can only wait two days,

Our family's relatives and friends also need to set up a banquet and invite them to drink, so we will rush back today to arrange it. After returning to the door with Xiao Yu tomorrow, we will rush back to Qingshui County as soon as possible..."

"I know, Grandpa. After we return to the door tomorrow, we will return to Qingshui that same day."

Li Ye nodded slowly; he knew Li Zhongfa was reminding him of some things.

After the new wife enters the door, the young couple must not only pay respects to the ancestors of the man's family, but also to the grandmother's side.

But Fu Guiru's relatives in the mainland were gone, and Li Ye didn't even know where the grave was, so he still needed to discuss it with Fu Guiru.

After finishing breakfast, the Li family began to pack and tidy up their luggage. It's better to leave early than late. If they leave this morning, they can return to Qingshui County in the evening. If they leave in the afternoon, it will drag on until the second half of the night.

Just when everyone was busy, the little sister Li Ying quietly found Li Ye and smiled sheepishly: "Brother, I have a favor to ask of you!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Asking me for a favor definitely won't work, but if you let me handle a matter, that will definitely work."

Li Ying smiled embarrassedly and said: "Brother, when we were at the banquet yesterday, Sister-in-law An and that reporter Pan both invited Mom to play in Hong Kong. I was thinking, could Mom and Dad also go to Hong Kong to see the world?"

"Hmm?"

Li Ye looked at Li Ying unexpectedly, and then said: "Do you still need to ask me about this? Shouldn't you go ask Dad?"

"Mom doesn't dare to ask..."

Li Ying lowered her head silently and whispered: "I was mixed in with Sister-in-law An's table yesterday and saw that she used to be a country woman too, but now she is just like a city person. When Mom talked to her, she felt like she was three points shorter herself..."

Li Ye understood instantly.

At the wedding banquet yesterday, Li Ying, as a host, logically shouldn't have been at the table, but Hao Jian's wife, An Xiaolian, brought her daughter Hao Cuicui back from Hong Kong and smiled and pulled Li Ying over to join the table. Li Ying was young, so she went over to join.

It is estimated that when they were at the table, An Xiaolian and her daughter An Cuicui talked to Li Ying about the prosperity of Hong Kong, which stimulated some of Li Ying's thoughts.

Obviously Hao Jian and that Huo Renqiang are respectful to my brother, but why do their wives look more imposing than my mother?

Seeing Li Ye pondering without speaking, Li Ying whispered again: "Brother, I know it's very troublesome to go to Hong Kong, but I was thinking that Mom will be old soon. If she doesn't go now, she won't be able to go in the future..."

Li Ye couldn't help laughing; Han Chunmei wouldn't be old that fast.

Before 1980, the Marriage Law of the mainland stipulated that the legal marriage age for men and women was twenty and eighteen respectively.

So don't look at Han Chunmei having two half-grown children; in fact, she is only in her thirties this year, and she still looks very young!

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "Then let's do this! I'll tell Pei Wencong and let him send you an invitation, and let you go to Hong Kong to play for a few days, okay?"

But Li Ying shook her head quickly and said: "No need, it just so happens that Sister-in-law from Brother Peng's family is also going to Hong Kong, so as long as you agree, we can just go with them. Brother Peng also has a house in Hong Kong."

Li Ye understood; it turns out Li Ying didn't care at all whether Li Kaijian agreed or not. Li Ye, who was married, actually "had the final say" at home.

"Then that's fine! I'll leave you Pei Wencong's phone number, and if there's anything you need, just call him."

Li Ye pondered for a while and agreed to Li Ying's choice.

After all, Han Chunmei gets along with An Xiaolian or Brother Peng's wife, Liu Qiaorong, much more comfortably than with Pei Wencong.

And Pei Wencong also knows about Fu Guiru's affairs, so it's better to avoid extra trouble.

Hearing Li Ye agree, Li Ying immediately found Han Chunmei and pulled her into a corner where no one was around.

"Mom, my brother agreed to let you go to Hong Kong. You ask Dad first if he wants to go. If he doesn't want to go, we'll go with Sister-in-law Liu."

It was just that compared to the excited Li Ying, Han Chunmei seemed hesitant.

"How about we just forget it! I tentatively asked your dad yesterday, and your dad doesn't seem very willing."

Li Ying seemed to have been splashed with a ladle of cold water and instantly became lonely.

After a long time, she murmured: "Mom, what if you can give birth to a son?"

"..."

Han Chunmei became excited all of a sudden, her eyes red, her fists clenched, and soon she was in tears.

In fact, when she met An Xiaolian yesterday, Han Chunmei didn't care that the other party was more imposing than herself, but she envied that An Xiaolian was able to give birth to a son in Hong Kong.

Both of them had lost hope of having a son after the implementation of the family planning policy, but now with An Xiaolian's example there, it ignited Han Chunmei's former obsession again.

【What if I really can give birth to a son? Isn't it just that I don't have a son?】

If it were just like this, the timid Han Chunmei wouldn't be able to accomplish anything.

But it just so happened that when An Xiaolian and Han Chunmei were discussing some issues yesterday, little Li Ying heard it exactly.

Because of the overwhelming propaganda in this era, little Li Ying also vaguely knew what "going to a hospital in Hong Kong to remove the bad" meant.

So Li Ying took the initiative to ask for the task, asking Li Ye on behalf of Han Chunmei if it would work.

Her thought at the time was—if I can have a younger brother, then Li Ye, this brother, would also be secured, right?

These past few days, Li Ying had been observing Li Ye and Fu Yiruo, and that kind of family affection between blood relatives gave Li Ying a strong sense of crisis.

She didn't even dare to imagine if she and Han Chunmei were "swept out of the house" again, whether she would be able to meet a brother as generous, humorous, and kind as Li Ye in this life.

Seeing Han Chunmei still timid and hesitant, Li Ying gritted her teeth and said: "Mom, don't worry, even if you give birth to a younger brother, we will absolutely not drag down Big Brother.

I can earn money, I can support my younger brother, I can let us all live a good life..."

"Sigh, Xiao Ying, you've thought too much!"

Han Chunmei sighed and said: "I have hands and feet, where would I need you to support your younger brother? I'm just afraid of making your dad and your brother angry, thinking that we are trying to fight for the family property with your big brother."

Li Ying rolled her eyes and said amusingly: "Mom, you've thought too much, right? You don't even look at what kind of person sister-in-law is; who would dare to fight for family property with my brother?"

"..."

Han Chunmei was stunned and looked at Watching Wen Leyu, who wanted to help everyone outside but was stopped by Wu Juying and Li Yue, and wasn't allowed to do any work.

That's right, with a wife like Watching Wen Leyu, who would dare to fight with Li Ye for anything.

Although the smiling Watching Wen Leyu looked soft and weak, was she really weak?

"Then let's go to Hong Kong to see first."

Han Chunmei finally made up her mind to have another fierce contest with her fate.

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