Chapter 681: Unexpected request

"Grandma, I can't take it, I can't take it..."

"Why are you so stubborn, girl? You are good friends with Xiaoying, you can't be like that!"

After Sang Xiaomin finished talking to Li Ying on the phone, she hurriedly said goodbye. Wu Juying packed a lot of delicious food for her and stuffed it into her hands.

But how could Sang Xiaomin take it? She brought two packages of snacks and two bottles of Fangzi white liquor, and they gave back a box of Pengcheng Pengcheng Hongniu and a big bag of dried meat and sausages. Isn't this taking advantage of people?

She took Li Ying's business and earned more than two hundred yuan in just over two months. How can she take people's things now? Can you have some shame?

In the end, it was Li Ye who came forward and took the things from Grandma's hands.

"I'll send Sang Xiaomin out! It just so happens we are going to visit Principal Chang."

Then the eight-person group took Sang Xiaomin out of the dormitory area together. Li Ye took the box of Pengcheng Pengcheng Hongniu and said to Sang Xiaomin: "Here, I'll take this. You take the rest back! Don't be like that anymore!"

Sang Xiaomin still wanted to decline, but Li Ye waved his hand, and he had already led Watching Wen Leyu and the others into the car and left.

Li Ye and Li Dayong each drove a car and soon arrived at Principal Chang's door.

Looking at the lonely bicycle at Principal Chang's door, Li Ye felt a bit strange.

In previous years, when Li Ye and the others came to pay a New Year's call, there would be three or five guests in Principal Chang's house, and they could hear the noise inside from outside the gate. But this year, it was very deserted.

Seeing Li Ye's puzzled expression, Fu Yingjie said in a low voice: "Principal Chang will retire in two months. He won't preside over work after the Spring Festival."

Fu Yingjie was assigned to the Industrial Department of the provincial capital, which was closer to home, so the news was clearly better informed.

Li Ye asked in surprise: "Not preside over work? Isn't he not retired yet?"

Fu Yingjie said: "Hey, so a young principal was sent down from above, and the handover was completed before the New Year."

"Sigh~"

Li Ye sighed and took the lead to walk in.

People leave and tea cools—this isn't a unique feature of the mainland; the whole world is the same bird. I just hope Principal Chang, who has been tough for a lifetime, can see through it.

After entering the door, Li Ye knew he had worried too much. Principal Chang was glowing with health, his complexion was very good, and there was no decadence of reluctance after losing power.

However, what surprised Li Ye was that the only guest in Principal Chang's house was actually Xia Yue.

Xia Yue was a teacher at County No. 1 High School. Logically speaking, she had no conflict of interest with Principal Chang. Coming to pay a New Year's call on the first day of the Lunar New Year seemed a bit sentimental.

Xia Yue saw Li Ye and the others and didn't show anything unusual, even smiling and greeting Li Ye, Hu Man, Jiang Xiaoyan, and the others.

When they were at school, Hu Yue was very incompatible with the eight-person group, and because of the matter of Li Mingyue changing her name to Tong Mingyue, she was laughed at by many people, to the point of divorce.

So Xia Yue taking the initiative to greet Li Ye now reminded Li Ye of a sentence he had heard in his previous life.

【One day, you will swallow all your temper, smooth out all your edges and corners, smile and face the people and things you once hated, and become an indifferent person.】

Is this the sorrow of the ordinary? Or the helplessness of the ordinary?

"Hahahaha, the eight of you are finally all together this year! In the past, Watching Wen Leyu was always missing. This time, not a single one is missing... Li Ye, you kid really have capability, and you really have good fortune..."

Seeing Li Ye and the others coming to pay a New Year's call together, Principal Chang laughed loudly, and especially praised Li Ye for his capability in hooking Watching Wen Leyu.

Li Ye also smiled and said: "This still needs to thank you, Principal Chang! If you hadn't let Watching Wen Leyu transfer to County No. 2 High School, I really wouldn't have been able to marry her. Speaking of which, you are our half-matchmaker."

When Teacher Ke hadn't resumed work, Principal Chang hired Teacher Ke to be an English teacher at the cost of eighteen yuan and five cents a month. If it weren't for this opportunity, Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu would likely have missed each other.

"Hehehehe, not bad, not bad. I thought you two were a good match at the time. It's really great to be able to achieve a positive result."

Principal Chang looked at Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu, more and more satisfied the more he looked. Having taught and educated people for a lifetime, these two could be considered his most proud students. If they could reach the department level or even the ministry level in the future, he could brag about it for a lifetime.

Li Ye and the others chatted in Principal Chang's house for half an hour before saying goodbye and leaving.

Just after they went out, Xia Yue suddenly called out to Li Ye.

"Li Ye, wait a minute, I have something to tell you."

Li Ye stopped and said faintly: "You stayed at Principal Chang's house for so long today, were you deliberately waiting for me?"

When Li Ye and Hu Man and the others were chatting with Principal Chang just now, Xia Yue basically didn't interrupt, but she didn't leave either, so Li Ye guessed something.

Xia Yue nodded slightly and said straight to the point: "I want to talk to Grandpa."

Li Ye looked at Xia Yue in surprise, feeling that her posture was too high.

You want to "talk" to Li Zhongfa?

What qualification do you have to talk to him? By calling him "Grandpa?"

You call him, does he answer?

However, Li Ye didn't slap her face directly, but asked calmly: "You want to find my grandfather to talk, then why don't you go to the door directly?"

Xia Yue aimed at Li Ye and said with a hint of sarcasm: "Because there are too many villains. My mother-in-law couldn't think straight and was rejected by Grandpa at the door once, and then my father-in-law's position was taken away."

Li Ye's face turned cold: "Cui Zhixian lost his position because of unclear accounts, right? How did it get involved with my grandfather?"

Xia Yue smiled and said: "You believe this? Accounts from two years ago, not early or late, just happened to be unclear at this time?"

Li Ye said coldly: "If you are clean yourself, you are not afraid of others smearing you. This kind of thing cannot be blamed on others."

"..."

Xia Yue looked at Li Ye's increasingly bad complexion and said bluntly: "Ask Grandpa, I'll go to him and talk about it myself. Just once, and it's the last time."

Li Ye wanted to refuse, but Watching Wen Leyu gently pushed his arm.

"Then wait, I'll make a call and ask if he's willing to see you."

Li Ye found a place to make a call, and in the end, Li Zhongfa still let him lead Xia Yue to his home.

What Grandpa and Grandma didn't want to see most was Tong Mingyue's crying. Seeing Xia Yue was nothing; after all, there was no affection, and if there were any unreasonable requests, they would just refuse them directly.

But neither Li Ye nor Grandpa and Grandma expected that after Xia Yue entered the door, she put forward an unexpected request—she demanded that Tong Mingyue's parents be added as "martyrs."

Li Zhongfa said embarrassedly: "The situation at that time was very complicated. Many ordinary people died. Our guerrilla team was organized spontaneously and didn't have the right to evaluate martyrs..."

Xia Yue pursed her lips and said: "Grandma, Grandpa, if my mother-in-law's biological parents cannot be vindicated, then didn't they die in vain?"

Li Ye carefully observed Xia Yue's subtle expressions and slowly darkened his face.

【Damn it, aren't you just trying to leverage your favor to demand a reward? What are you pretending for?】