That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 704 I am just petty, so what?
After Li Ye drove away from Wen Leyu's house, he met up with his sister Li Yue, Li Dayong, Wang Jianqiang and others at the agreed location. The group of four or five cars returned to Qingshui County together.

Several people brought replacement drivers with them. There was no conversation along the way and they arrived in Qingshui County before midnight.

Grandma Wu Juying had already cleaned Li Ye's room, allowing Li Ye and Wen Leyu to have a good sleep.

Early the next morning, the elder and younger aunts arrived at Li's house, ready to visit the graves of Li's ancestors with grandparents and Li Ye and his wife.

According to the tradition in Dongshan, a married woman cannot go back to her parents' home to visit the graves. For example, Li Yue cannot go to the Li family's grave.
Only under a few special circumstances can these daughters-in-law go to visit the graves with others, such as when an elderly person passes away, a new daughter-in-law marries in, etc.

So later on, some people always said that Dongshan had serious bad habits and no respect for women. In addition, the widespread spread of the saying "women are not allowed to sit at the table" made the men in Dongshan look like nothing.

Li Ye really doesn't like to talk about visiting graves, but the "women can't sit at the table" thing is really not the case.

Decades later, there is no longer such a phenomenon in Dongshan where women do not sit at the table.

During the Chinese New Year and other festivals in the 1980s, the men did drink at the main table, but the women and children also had a separate table!

And if there are any good dishes at home, the table for women and children must be taken care of first. The reason is ready-made - let the children eat first, and the men just need to have wine.

If we analyze it carefully, the men in Dongshan are actually "extremely concerned with face", but they also have their responsibilities, and are definitely not as bad as everyone spreads the rumors.

"Xiao Yu, tie this red silk around your waist. Don't take it off when you go to the grave later!"

Before everyone left, Grandma Wu Juying gave Wen Leyu a red ribbon and asked her to tie it around her waist to protect the next generation in her belly.

“Grandma, I haven’t yet.”

"How do you know if you're not pregnant yet? Get it tied up. The grave is filled with negative energy, so you can't be careless."

"Oh~"

Wen Leyu tied the red ribbon obediently, causing her aunt Li Mingxiang and sister Li Yue to burst into laughter.

Aunt Li Mingyue was also smiling, but Li Ye sensed a sense of humility in her smile.

It can be said that Li Mingyue's meeting with Fu Guiru in the capital completely changed her mentality.

The eldest sister in the family was actually adopted. For Li Mingyue, who was used to being the boss at home, this was more painful than death.

When visiting the grave, eldest aunt Li Mingyue was obviously different from before. She was no longer all talk but no action like before. Instead, she ran around and tried her best to help, as if she wanted to make up for something.

But she really didn't understand, once something was torn apart, how could it be repaired?

As it turned out, Aunt Li Mingyue knew that she couldn't make up for it, but she just didn't want to give up.

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The Li family does not have many relatives in Qingshui County. When Li Ye got married this time, Li Zhongfa also wanted to keep a low profile. However, when it came to the wedding banquet, there were still forty tables and they had to keep adding tables.

A poor person in a busy city has no one to care about him, but a rich person in a remote mountain area has distant relatives. In the end, many of Li Ye’s high school classmates came uninvited to join in the fun.

He Weiguo pulled Li Ye aside and insisted on having a drink with him.

"Li Ye, we finally meet again. When I think back to the time when we were playing around, it seems like yesterday."

"Haha, what are you talking about? I can't even remember it. Eat well and drink well."

Li Ye laughed and didn't bother with this troublemaker anymore. If it wasn't for Principal Chang's sake, he wouldn't even laugh a few times.

Back then, this guy always used Lu Jingyao to provoke Li Ye and was almost beaten to death by Li Dayong. Now he wants to get close to him again with a glass of wine. How is that possible?
However, another classmate really became "close" to Li Ye.

At least that's what she thought.

Xia Yue, Lu Jingyao's former best friend, Li Ye's mortal enemy in the repeat class, and now the future daughter-in-law of her eldest aunt Li Mingyue.

When his cousin Cui Aiguo led Xia Yue towards Li Ye, Li Ye felt a little fed up. We were already tired of each other, so if you don't mess with me and I don't mess with you, that's it! Why do you have to come over and play the "let bury the hatchet" trick with me?

"Brother, sister-in-law, this is my girlfriend Xia Yue, you all know her, right? Hehehe~"

Cui Aiguo walked up to Li Ye and introduced him to Li Ye with a smile.

Li Ye narrowed his eyes and looked at Cui Aiguo, feeling that this bastard cousin probably didn't know that Li Mingyue was not the biological daughter of the Li family.

Yes, Cui Aiguo was arranged into the grain system by Li Zhongfa using his connections. If the fact that he is not Li Zhongfa's biological grandson were to spread, it would be very detrimental to his future development.

Li Ye smiled and said to Cui Aiguo, "Last time I heard that you and Xia Yue were dating, I thought I heard it wrong! I have to say, our Qingshui County is really small, and everyone I go around is an acquaintance."

Cui Aiguo smiled and said, "That's right! In recent years, our county has received less than ten college students, and three of them are from your class. Aren't they all acquaintances?"

When Cui Aiguo said this, he actually meant, "My wife is not bad either. She is one of the top ten college graduates in the county." In the early 1980s, marrying a college graduate was indeed not bad.

But compared with the other ten people in the same class, Xia Yue is actually inferior.

Li Ye's repeater class of 1981 is still a legend in the county's No. 2 Middle School. In addition to the small group of eight, Chen Jinsheng and Zhuang Hongxing were also admitted to junior college, while Xia Yue was admitted to a normal college after repeating her senior year. Compared with Jiang Xiaoyan and others, she was ranked last.

"Okay, that's great. The classmates are at the two tables over there. Go over and say hello!"

Li Ye smiled at Xia Yue and Cui Aiguo and wanted to send them aside.

But the two did not move.

Cui Aiguo smiled and said to Li Ye: "Brother, I came here to tell you something. Xia Yue and I are getting married the day after tomorrow. You and sister-in-law must come then!"

"Getting married the day after tomorrow? When will the date be set?"

Li Ye was surprised.

According to the tradition of Dongshan Province, the wedding date is usually set several months in advance, just like Li Ye and Wen Leyu, the two families discussed it during the Chinese New Year.

But there was no news at all about Cui Aiguo and Xia Yue's marriage in advance.

Cui Aiguo was a little embarrassed, but Xia Yue said calmly: "It was decided two months ago. It happened to coincide with your date, big brother. It saved us a lot of trouble."

Xia Yue called him "Big Brother" reluctantly, after all, she was two years older than Li Ye.

But she shouted anyway.

The past few years have made Xia Yue mature a lot. She knows very well that if her father-in-law wants to get promoted to the next level, he can only rely on external help.

If Li Ye and Wen Leyu attend her and Cui Aiguo's wedding the day after tomorrow, then there will be room for maneuver.

Cui Zhixian had obviously realized that because of the severance of blood ties, it was impossible to expect Li Ye to take the initiative to help him use his connections.

Then he can only rely on the power of others to pry open a crack in the door to promotion that is about to close.

Teacher Ke had been in Qingshui County for so many years, so everyone knew Wen Leyu's identity. As long as she showed up at her son's wedding, Cui Zhixian could then implicitly say - I have connections in Beijing, relatives, and someone at the ministerial level.

This is a very clever calculation.

But Wen Leyu and her sister-in-law Pan Xiaoying are both very calculating, so how could they let their former enemy get the upper hand?

The young wife pulled Li Ye's arm and said, "We have to go back to work tomorrow, so we definitely won't be able to attend your wedding. Sorry!"

Cui Aiguo's face suddenly turned ugly.

Xia Yue was more cunning than Cui Aiguo. She did not give up, but said humbly: "I'm sorry, sister-in-law. It was my fault back then, but now we are a family. I hope you can forgive me and not be angry with my Aiguo."

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Li Ye had to look at Xia Yue differently.

The extreme and stubborn Xia Yue has completely changed.

The Xia Yue of five years ago would never say "I'm sorry" even if she was suffocated to death, but this time, Xia Yue openly "apologized" to Li Ye in public.

The people around were already looking at Li Ye and Wen Leyu. It was estimated that in a short while, when Xia Yue sincerely apologized, everyone would know about Li Ye's unreasonable behavior.

By then, there will surely be many "highly respected" relatives and friends who will stand up and advise Li Ye to be "generous and tolerant" and not to care about the childish grudges in the past.

But before Li Ye could make a move, his sister Li Yue saw the situation here and came over in her high heels.

"what happened?"

"Sister, it's like this. Aiguo and I are getting married the day after tomorrow, so I sincerely invite my cousin and sister-in-law to attend our wedding."

"Participate in this, what the hell? When you said Li Ye was Huang Shiren, why didn't you call him brother?"

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Li Ye and Wen Leyu looked at each other and couldn't help but admire their sister.

At this time, the only one who could throw a tantrum and cause a scene was sister Li Yue.

Only villains and women are difficult to raise. I am just petty, what can you do to me?
(End of this chapter)