That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1029: You want to support me? (Busy New Year, next chapter will be updated in the evening)
"Thank me? Thank me for what?"

When Li Ye heard Qiao Dapeng suddenly thanking him, he didn't take it seriously.

Adults usually don't express their gratitude in public, because that would make people around you think that you owe them a favor, which would be embarrassing.

Therefore, sincere gratitude is only ever expressed quietly, and false courtesy is only expressed openly.

Qiao Dapeng was already a little drunk. He looked at Li Ye and said seriously, "We were able to get three sponsorships for studying abroad because of the influence of your Lone Army Literary Society.

Later, you gave up the opportunity to study abroad, and I became a regular player from a substitute. If you had stayed in Lijiapo to study abroad, you would have developed better than I do now."

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Everyone looked at Li Ye and Qiao Dapeng, all a little surprised.

Li Ye was also surprised because he felt that Qiao Dapeng's gratitude was sincere.

It was only then that he remembered that after the Peking University Debate Team arrived in Singapore, everyone was divided into several groups to visit various places. Qiao Dapeng, Li Ye and a foreign affairs staff member were in the same group and participated in the Pan-Asian Youth Literature Exchange Conference.

Therefore, Qiao Dapeng knew that Wu Jinyuan had a high opinion of Li Ye. If Li Ye stayed in Lijiaopo to develop, he would most likely "rise to prominence" and fly higher.

"Hahaha, how do you know that I'm worse off than you?"

Li Ye laughed loudly and said to Qiao Dapeng: "My child is now able to help others with cooking. She really can help others with cooking. She knows that if she gives someone a big bill, they will give her the change. Where is your child?"

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Qiao Dapeng was speechless and stood there in a daze.

[Am I competing with you on this development? I am talking about career and future.]

"Hahahaha~"

When the people around saw Qiao Dapeng in a daze, they all burst into laughter, and then someone started teasing Li Ye.

"Look at Li Ye, he looks like a child who hasn't grown up yet, his child is already a bystander, and his development speed is definitely surpassing that of Europe and America, and leading the world."

"It's hard to say whether we are ahead of the world, but it's true that we are ahead of them. Among our group, only the ninth and fifth have children, and they were born this year. We can't catch up, and we will never catch up in our lifetime."

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Qiao Dapeng was stunned for several seconds before he murmured, "Li Ye, you already have a child? So soon?"

Li Ye proudly held up two fingers: "Twins, a boy and a girl, a boy and a girl, aren't you envious?"

Qiao Dapeng smiled and nodded, "Of course I envy you. It's hard to believe that you, Li Ye, are still a child. It's gone in a blink of an eye. Why are you so anxious?"

"You're almost there!"

Li Ye winked at Qiao Dapeng and asked with a smile, "When are you and your sister-in-law going to hold your wedding?"

Qiao Dapeng laughed and said, "It's not decided yet! My family has been urging me to get married for a long time, so I came back to see my parents this time."

Li Ye nodded repeatedly: "Your parents are right to urge you, hurry up, time is running out."

Parents of flower-growing families all hope to have their grandchildren as early as possible. Not only is it a desire in their hearts, but also because if their grandchildren are born too late, their physical conditions will be much worse, and it will be very tiring and difficult to take care of the children.

But just as Li Ye finished speaking, Qin Yongsheng beside him said with a smile: "Li Ye, you really have a childish temper. Old Qiao is not even anxious yet! But you are anxious for him. Is it possible to be anxious about such a thing?"

"Why can't this kind of thing be done? Hey, you don't say it, this matter can't be rushed, can't be rushed, a real man should still focus on his career, don't learn from me! I have a small-time peasant mentality and I like a wife, children and a warm bed."

Li Ye changed his words halfway through his speech because he saw Qin Yongsheng winking at him and secretly nodding at Qiao Dapeng's fiancée Lina.

Lina's expression was already so-so, but now she was obviously unhappy.

"Hahahaha, you have a wife, children and a warm bed. Li Ye, you have already achieved your life goals at such a young age. What motivation do you have for striving in the future?"

"You're not right. Having a son gives you more motivation to work hard. If one person is well fed and the whole family is not hungry, then life will be boring."

The group of people started a heated discussion again. It was obvious that these kids who had just entered society for a few years had not yet realized how precious the bachelor life was and still yearned for a wife and children.

However, just as everyone was discussing more and more heatedly, Lina suddenly said to Li Ye: "You just misunderstood Dapeng's meaning. He actually wanted to say that if you still want to go out and take a look, we can sponsor you to apply for an opportunity to study abroad."

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"Support me?"

The people around fell silent again, and Li Ye looked at Qiao Dapeng in surprise.

Qiao Dapeng also looked quite surprised. He obviously didn't expect his fiancée to say such words openly.

The word "funding", when applied to the relationship between the strong and the weak, can easily give people a sense of condescending charity.

It would be fine if Li Ye was really pitiful, but now he says he is living a good life and you want to sponsor him in front of so many people. Who are you looking down on?

Besides, Li Ye was a "little rich man" when he was in school, how could he tolerate such words?
So Qiao Dapeng hurriedly said: "Li Ye, Lina means that we can provide you with help in studying abroad. As long as you are still willing to go abroad, we will definitely help you do it."

Li Ye smiled and shook his head slightly, saying, "No need. No matter before or now, I think the development prospects in the mainland are very good, so I won't go out."

Qiao Dapeng pursed his lips, his eyes full of apology. Although Li Ye's tone was indifferent, he knew that Li Ye was unhappy.

Li Ye believed that the development prospects in the mainland were very good, but he stayed overseas and even married a foreign wife. This was actually a case of forgetting one's principles for the sake of profit, but it was just that everyone in this era did the same, which covered up the fact of betrayal.

Qiao Dapeng smiled awkwardly and tried to change the subject, but his fiancée said to Li Ye: "Do you really think the development prospects of the mainland are good? Then why do his relatives want to study abroad through us when Dapeng and I came back these few days?" "."

The atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became weird.

This Lina really doesn't understand the ways of the flower-growing world.

Although many people are eager to go abroad these days, and even those who did not get the study abroad plan in the beginning are still full of longing for the overseas world, it does not mean that you can talk to us with such a superior attitude.

Li Ye felt that everyone's eyes were on him, as if waiting for him to give a fierce counterattack.

When Li Ye was in school, he had a quarrel with Naoto Nakamura, but he was a staunch flower grower.

Li Ye smiled lightly and said calmly: "Everyone has different perspectives, so of course their views are different. I admit that the mainland is now lagging behind the developed countries in the world.
But we will get better and better, and it won’t be long before we catch up with the world. When that time comes, everyone must remember to look back and see what kind of difficulties we have faced and what kind of people worked hard for our country and dreams.

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The silence lasted for at least ten seconds.

Li Ye was still the same Li Ye as before, speaking bluntly and sharply, satirizing both hosts at the scene.

Qin Yongsheng and Qiao Dapeng are both applying for overseas citizenship, which obviously has nothing to do with "what kind of people".

Someone raised his glass and said, "Come on, let's drink a glass to our country and our dreams!"

"Cheers, cheers. No matter where you are, we are all working hard for our dreams."

"Yes, yes, yes. Lao Qiao and Lao Qin are ready to invest in the mainland, and they are also doing their best for the development of the motherland."

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The scene was a bit chaotic. Some people were lamenting the value of being a "screw", while others were busy trying to smooth things over for Qiao Dapeng and Qin Yongsheng.

It was only then that Li Ye realized that Qiao Dapeng and Qin Yongsheng had both returned to "serve their hometown", but as representatives of overseas companies.

There is nothing wrong with this, as Fu Guiru is still a "patriotic overseas Chinese"!

However, at the following banquet, Li Ye didn't say much. He just watched coldly as Qin Yongsheng and Qiao Dapeng and his wife talked with everyone about relationships and connections, just like traders, exchanging what they had.

At a party, everyone drank for more than two hours and was almost drunk. Some honest people even went to the bathroom several times.

Li Ye also went to the toilet to get some water. When he turned around and came out, he saw Qiao Dapeng waiting for him.

Seeing Li Ye coming out, Qiao Dapeng immediately handed an envelope to Li Ye.

"Li Ye, don't listen to Lina's nonsense. Although she is also Chinese, she grew up in Lijiapo. After all, she is different from us mainlanders. She can't understand the friendship between us."

Li Ye quickly pushed the envelope away and asked in surprise: "Old Qiao, what are you doing? Are you trying to make me make a mistake?"

Qiao Dapeng opened his mouth and said helplessly: "Li Ye, don't get me wrong. This is really a little gift from me. It's the money I saved myself. If you have the chance, you really should go out and take a look. The gap between us and them will get bigger and bigger in the future."

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Li Ye looked at the helpless Qiao Dapeng and finally sighed.

Qiao Dapeng is a sentimental person. He feels that it was Li Ye who gave him the opportunity in the first place, so he always feels indebted and must give Li Ye another chance.

And what Lina said to Li Ye just now probably showed that she was dissatisfied with this "funding". After all, judging from the thickness of the envelope, it should not be a small amount of money.

No matter how generous a wife is, she cannot tolerate her husband using the family's money to help others. That's how he makes bad friends.

Qiao Dapeng may not be the same kind of person as Li Ye, but at least he is a man.

"Old Joe, I'm not short of money. I just need a friend like you who speaks his mind."

Li Ye pinched the envelope and firmly stuffed it back into Qiao Dapeng's pocket.

Then he added: "But the concept of gap needs to be analyzed from multiple perspectives. In some aspects, we are indeed struggling to catch up, but in some aspects, they will never be able to surpass us."

Qiao Dapeng: “.”

Li Ye is not bragging. The gap depends on the level. In the field of high technology, it is indeed very hard and difficult for the mainland to catch up.

But now when people envy the prosperity of overseas countries, are they envious of the high technologies?
No, everyone is envious of that wealthy life.

In this regard, the mainland is catching up very quickly, so fast that even the mainland can't believe it.

Decades later, an accident made Xiaohongshu popular, and also caused a debate between my nephew and a group of keyboard warriors.

My eldest nephew said that those things were deliberately let you see them.

Li Ye did not dare to comment on this.

But I have not only read Xiaohongshu, I have also read "Happiness Knocks on the Door"!

Will in the movie brought his little child and cried bitterly for three meals a day. He had to occupy the toilet for a bed, but a chicken burger could make the father and son thank God.

So, who among the flower-growing men of decades later still has a small house in their hometown? Homeless people don't sleep in the toilet, right?
And as long as the food is not rotten into mud, who would worry about being hungry?

The Sanhe master works one day and rests for three days!
(End of this chapter)