That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 846: Just make money, don't get involved in other things

The summer of 1987 came particularly early. On the 28th day of the sixth lunar month, it was already the third day of the sixth lunar month.

The capital city is already very hot at this time of year. People will sweat if they move a little vigorously, especially the cooks in front of the stove, who will feel even hotter as they watch over the fire.

Han Chunmei is feeling very hot right now, because there's a wedding at home today and there might be three or four tables of guests coming. She can't just let Li Yue, Li Juan, Li Ye and a bunch of youngsters work in the kitchen, right?

Grandma Wu Juying usually cooks in the kitchen, but just now Li Yue's mother-in-law Yang Huaihua came and wanted to go into the kitchen to help, so Wu Juying pulled her outside to talk.
The Li family is holding a banquet today. We can't let the guests cook for themselves, right?
Besides, I heard that the old man's comrades-in-arms will come later, and those female relatives must be entertained by a head family member, right? Han Chunmei felt guilty about entertaining people, so she had to take the lead in the kitchen.

However, although Han Chunmei was sweating, she felt very happy in her heart.

Even though her son's full-month banquet a few days ago had only one table, but today Li Ye's son's full-month banquet had several tables, Han Chunmei did not feel awkward and was still very happy.

Because everyone who came today, whether they knew her or not, respectfully called her "the child's grandmother."

Although Han Chunmei never took it for granted that Li Ye was her son, these calls were a recognition of her status in the Li family and a guarantee that little Youan would be able to live harmoniously in this family in the future.

Although Han Chunmei never asked about the family business, she knew that as long as she had a place in the Li family, Xiao Youan, Li Juan and Li Ying would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

In particular, Li Ye seemed to like his younger brother very much. He always picked him up and played with him for a while these days. The two brothers babbled in a language that no one could understand. Han Chunmei couldn't help but have tears in her eyes every time she saw them.

After suffering enough in the first half of my life, won’t the second half of my life become sweeter and sweeter?

When little Youan was born, why did Han Chunmei insist that Li Ye name him?
Look at the level of their father-in-law and mother-in-law? Look at the people standing at the kitchen door, such as Hao Jian, Pei Wencong, and Jin Peng.
Then think about it, is “Li Ye’s younger brother” the kind of young master that Hong Kong people talk about who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth?
Speaking of Hao Jian, Jin Peng, Wang Jianqiang, and Li Dayong, they were all standing at the kitchen door!
Li Ye went down to the kitchen. The brothers couldn't sit still in the room, so they stood at the kitchen door and chatted. Fortunately, they hadn't seen each other for half a year, so they had no shortage of topics to talk about.

Especially Jin Peng, who had been with Su'e for two years and had traveled almost all over Eastern Europe and seen all kinds of things in the world. His experiences and experiences shocked Wang Jianqiang and Li Dayong, and even Hao Jian was fascinated by what he heard.

"Let me tell you! The Su'e area is no longer the red base we imagined. The people there actually like the West more than we do.
When I first met the Soviet soldiers who were doing business with me, I thought we were both in the Red Camp and almost started a "class brotherhood" discussion with them.
When I got to their house, I saw all kinds of Western electrical appliances, and they knew all the stars of the Lighthouse. I almost choked up."

"Brother Peng, what you mean is that now the two of them are no longer competing for the first place, and Su E has been infiltrated by the Lighthouse?"

"Hey, Qiangzi, you actually know the word infiltration? It seems that after hanging out with your brother Ono all day, your political skills have skyrocketed!"

"I don't have any political skills. I just care about family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs. I just think about everything and speculate on everything."

Wang Jianqiang smiled awkwardly, and then suddenly saw a few people turning in from the door, led by Wen Qingsheng and Mr. and Mrs. Ke.

Wang Jianqiang hurriedly shouted into the kitchen: "Brother, brother, your mother-in-law is here, stop busying yourself!"

Han Chunmei hurriedly said, "Xiao Ye, put down the pot and go serve your mother-in-law."

Li Ye was frying food in a big pot! Without even turning his head, he said, "I'll be done in two minutes. I'll go after I'm done."

Han Chunmei said anxiously: "I'll cook the rest, you can go and receive them."

"No, no, it's almost done. I'll be done soon."

"No, you."

Han Chunmei was so anxious that she was speechless. In her opinion, for a mother-in-law like Teacher Ke, Li Ye should serve her by her side, serving tea and water. Why did Li Ye act like a son-in-law who didn't take his father-in-law seriously?
But in fact, Li Ye was not showing off, but because when renovating the kitchen, Li Ye asked for a charcoal stove to be pre-installed. Otherwise, for a banquet with three tables like today, the liquefied gas stove would not be able to serve.

It's just that the flame of the charcoal stove is very strong, and when the blower is turned on, there is a lot of smoke and fire. A woman with little strength really can't turn this large wok. Only Li Ye can stir-fry that perfect smoky flavor.

Just when Han Chunmei was getting anxious, Teacher Ke had already walked to the kitchen door.

"Is Li Ye busy?"

"Hey, Mom, I'll be ready soon, please sit down for a while!"

"Why are you sitting? Let me help you."

Teacher Ke walked into the kitchen, rolling up his sleeves as he walked.

Han Chunmei hurriedly tried to stop him with a wry smile, but Teacher Ke smiled and said, "Don't be so formal with me! When Li Ye comes to my house for dinner, I always help him cook.
Li Ye’s cooking skills are much better than mine. He hasn’t been to my place recently, and I really miss the taste.”

Han Chunmei was embarrassed. Teacher Ke had already said this much. It would be impolite if you didn't let him take action, but it would also be too awkward if you let him take action.

However, Li Ye was not pretentious and directly instructed Teacher Ke: "Mom, please help me get a few plates. I'm about to serve this dish."

"Okay. It smells exactly like that. It's really nice."

Li Ye fried four dishes in his big pot on one fire. Teacher Ke prepared the plates, and Li Ye prepared the dishes with just a few spoons.

Then Li Ye dropped the pot and quickly led Teacher Ke out.

It is true that my mother-in-law is approachable, but she is a ministerial-level official after all. Do you really treat her like a cook?

After Li Ye and Teacher Ke left the kitchen, Han Chunmei, An Xiaolian and other women, as well as Hao Jian, Jin Peng, Wang Jianqiang and Li Dayong, all sighed in admiration.

What is a loving mother-in-law? What is a foolish son-in-law? This couple is both.

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Teacher Ke was led out of the kitchen by Li Ye. He did not immediately go to the living room to meet Wen Qingsheng. Instead, he asked Li Ye at the corner of the corridor: "Are those people at the kitchen door your business partners?"

Li Ye was a little surprised, because by now, Teacher Ke already had a general idea about his business, so why was he asking questions now when he already knew the answer?

But he could only explain: "Yes, mom, when we were in Qingshui County, we all chipped in to start a business. Since I had royalties, I took the lion's share."

At that time, Li Ye had to be a major shareholder! Look at how much capital Hao Jian, Jin Peng, Wang Jianqiang and other poor guys could get together? Li Dayong at least had a bicycle!
Teacher Ke said in a deep voice: "Starting a business together is a good thing, but I just heard that Jin Peng talking about something called Zhengzhi. You should warn them about this. Just do business and don't get involved in things that you shouldn't get involved in."

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Li Ye was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that the conversation between Jin Peng and Wang Jianqiang was heard by Teacher Ke. People like Teacher Ke were extremely sensitive in certain aspects.

Although Jin Peng only made a few jokes, he now hangs out in Suzhou and Eastern Europe all day, and Hao Jian often goes abroad to Japan, South Korea, and Dengta, so if he says something shocking, it might cause trouble for Li Ye.

After all, the situation in 1987 was very different from that after 1992.

"I know, mom. I have already told them about this matter. They were just chatting nonsense just now."

Li Ye did instruct Hao Jian and others to separate business and politics, because there are various ready-made examples in later generations.

The mainland's attitude towards the private economy is that if you want to do business, just focus on making money and don't get involved in things that you shouldn't get involved in.

For example, the two most famous horses, one is just making money without caring about anything else,
However, another one said something shocking like “If XX doesn’t change, we will change XX”. This is a typical case of blind interference, and the consequences are self-evident.

However, Li Ye suddenly thought of something when he was halfway through his words, and changed the subject and said, "They don't usually talk about those things, but this time Jin Peng came back from Su E's place and saw that many of the situations there were very similar to ours, so we started talking about it."

"For example, in 1958, Dengta recruited 10,000 international students from Suzhou and Goose with free tuition and scholarships. After returning to Suzhou and Goose, these international students were successfully appointed to many important positions."

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Teacher Ke glanced at Li Ye and raised his eyebrows like Wen Leyu.

She originally just wanted to give Li Ye some advice, but it seemed like Li Ye was giving her advice instead.

Because Teacher Ke is now in charge of the issues of international students!

Plus, Li Ye never said any meaningless nonsense to her, so what did Li Ye mean?

(End of this chapter)