That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 924: This big prize, even the God of Wealth can’t take it away (two in one)

The afternoon Li Ye came back from visiting the grave, he took his two younger sisters to visit Principal Chang's home.

He and Li Juan both graduated from the No. 2 Middle School in the county, and his younger sister Li Ying also studied at the No. 2 Middle School for half a year, so the three siblings were all considered students of Principal Chang.

However, when the three of them were halfway there, they discovered that the street ahead was impassable because it was crowded with people.

Li Ye asked curiously, "Today is already the 29th! Why are there still so many people?"

The market in Qingshui County is usually held on the fifth and tenth days, that is, every five days. Before the New Year, there was a market every day, but tomorrow is the last day. Every household has bought what they need, and it’s so cold that they can’t sell much. How could there still be so many people?
"Brother, wait a moment, I'll go over and ask around."

My sister Xiaoying opened the car door and got out to explore the road. As a child, she is very curious.

After a while, Xiaoying came back excitedly and said, "Brother, there's a lottery up ahead! For two dollars, you can get a National Taiwan University color TV and a motorcycle."

"It's a lucky draw! No wonder there are so many people here! Come up and let's go."

Li Ye asked Li Ying to get in the car and was about to turn around and take a detour. He knew how attractive something like a lucky draw was. As long as the organizing unit didn't close down, the people in front would not leave.

In 1987, the state approved the issuance of "China Social Welfare Prize Fundraising Coupons" to raise social welfare funds and develop social welfare undertakings with the main contents of "caring for the elderly, supporting the young, helping the disabled, and helping the poor", which opened a new era of welfare lottery in the mainland.
But ordinary people simply can't remember such a long name, they just know it is a "lottery" and whether they can win depends entirely on their luck.

This thing is addictive. If you can’t touch it, it’s not because you have bad luck, but because your luck “hasn’t come”. Maybe it will come in the next one!
But Li Ye turned the 213 jeep around, but Li Ying didn't get in the car. Instead, she encouraged Li Ye and said, "Brother, let's go and try the prize! Someone in front has already won a large color TV!"

Li Ye couldn't help laughing and said, "You've never seen the Mark Six lottery in Hong Kong Island? Can you win that thing?"

The gambling industry in Hong Kong is very developed, so Li Ye believes that Li Ying can see through the ins and outs of it.

But Li Ying said as a matter of course: "Of course you can win! My classmate's mother won 20,000 yuan once!
I wanted to try to buy a bet, but my mother beat me up. She said the gods over there don’t know us and we will lose every time we bet.”

"Hahahaha, I'm just going to beat you up. It may not be true that you lose all 10 times, but it is definitely true that you lose 9 times out of 10."

Li Ye laughed loudly, and his sister Li Juan also said contemptuously: "You are still in high school! Haven't you even considered the probability problem? Counting on luck to get rich, the chance is less than one in ten thousand."

Facing her sister's contempt and her brother's jokes, Li Ying still didn't give up, and muttered: "I just want to try whether the gods here know us. It's only two dollars per person, I'll treat you."

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"Okay, then I'll spend two dollars to buy you a lesson. Remember to write a summary when you go back! Two dollars should not be wasted."

Li Ye turned off the engine and got out of the car, then squeezed over with his two sisters.

There are a lot of people around, some are queuing, some are watching, and some criminals are looking for fat sheep.

However, every time there was a commotion in the front, it meant that someone had won a prize such as a tape recorder or a washing machine. Although there were no big prizes such as a color TV or a motorcycle, the enthusiasm at the scene was always maintained well.

The three siblings waited in line for more than ten minutes, and each spent two yuan to buy a small folded paper bag sealed with thumbtacks. Then the staff looked at them as if they were idiots and stamped their documents.

The anti-counterfeiting technology of this thing is very low, and it is easy to cause trouble if it is not stamped.

Then, came the exciting moment.

Li Juan, who had been looking down on Li Ying, was the first to open the small paper package. This shows that everyone has the gambling nature of "risking a small amount for a big gain".

Sister Li Ying leaned over and asked, "Sister, what did you touch? Two bars of soap? How much is a bar of soap now?"

Sister Li Juan pouted and said with regret: "I knew that there was a 99% chance that I would lose money. It's all my fault for being greedy."

"Heh, sister, you didn't blame me this time? Look what I touched?"

Li Ying also opened her paper bag impatiently. After a moment of hesitation, she said, "I am better than you, sister. I only have a small radio."

Li Juan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's not bad, it's not bad, I got my money back."

Although the radios made in 1988 were no longer considered expensive electrical appliances, the cheapest one cost more than six dollars, so Li Juan's regret was immediately dispelled.

Then the two sisters looked at Li Ye: "Brother, how's your luck?"

Li Ye smiled as he unwrapped the folded paper package: "Since we have soap, two towels would be a perfect match, huh?"

Li Ye opened the paper package and was surprised to find that it was a bicycle.

"Brother, you actually touched a bicycle. You made money. You made a lot of money."

Li Ying was a poor student who was good at arithmetic. She immediately calculated that her investment of six dollars earned her a return of twenty-six times.

The people watching around also cast envious glances, especially those who touched the soap and towels.

Before the lucky draw, many people expected to win a motorcycle, or at worst a color TV, but after they failed, it basically became “a bicycle would be nice too.”

"Let's go! After we receive the award, we can give it to Principal Chang. I remember his bicycle is very old."

Li Ye turned around to receive the award, but little sister Li Ying held his arm tightly.

"Brother, brother, if you touch it a few more times, I'll pay you and you'll be able to get that motorcycle away."

Li Ye suddenly understood. No wonder Li Ying had to draw the lottery just now! Maybe she wanted to see if she, who had a special relationship with Old Huai, could show her power in Old Huai's territory?

But let alone Old Mr. Huai, even if the God of Wealth himself came down to earth, he might not be able to take that motorcycle away!

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Li Ye took the bicycle he had just found and knocked on Principal Chang's door.

Principal Chang opened the door and saw Li Ye. His expression seemed a little unnatural. He asked curiously, "Hey, Li Ye, why are you here today?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Principal Chang, we are going to Beijing to celebrate the New Year this year. We can't come to wish you a happy New Year on the first day of the New Year, so we are here to wish you a happy New Year!"

Principal Chang looked at the things in Li Juan and Li Ying's hands and said with a smile, "Okay! Are you here to pay New Year's greetings or send New Year's greetings? Why are you bringing so many things to me?"

Li Ying explained sweetly, "Principal Chang, these things were prepared for you by my grandpa and grandma. They are just a small token of my appreciation. But the bicycle outside was prepared by me, my sister and my brother. It cost me six dollars."

Principal Chang looked at the brand new bicycle in surprise: "A six-dollar bicycle?"

Li Ying nodded and said, "Yes, when we came here, we happened to see the lottery on West Street, so we agreed that each person would spend two dollars to draw something as a gift for Principal Chang."

"Oh, you three are really smart, but this bicycle is too valuable. I can't accept it. I can't accept it."

Principal Chang was both amused and happy. What was funny was that the three children's way of giving gifts was so strange, but what made him happy was that after touching the bicycles, they still took them as gifts.

People are selfish. It's okay to give away a tape recorder, but you will probably regret giving away a bicycle.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Principal Chang, please don't be polite. If you were still working at the County No. 2 Middle School, it would not be appropriate to give you a bicycle, but now that you have retired, what is inappropriate?

Besides, our family doesn’t need bicycles anymore, so they will just rust away at home, right?”

"Hahaha, Li Ye, you are really good at talking. I'll accept it!"

If Principal Chang was still the principal of the County No. 2 Middle School, then Li Ye's gift would be suspected of bribery. But now he is retired. The more expensive the gifts given by his former students, doesn't it prove that he has many students all over the world?
However, as soon as Principal Chang finished speaking, a voice was heard in the room.

"No one in the Li family can use bicycles now? That's right, each of you has a car now!"

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Li Ye's two siblings were all stunned, and Li Ye frowned slightly.

Li Ying immediately walked into Principal Chang's house angrily, without any awareness of being a guest.

Don't underestimate her because she is small. She actually has a bad temper! Who is being so sarcastic?

"Oh, it's Teacher Xia Yue! How come it's such a coincidence that I run into you everywhere?"

Li Ye had not expected to meet Xia Yue at Principal Chang’s house, because usually Xia Yue would only come to pay New Year’s greetings to Principal Chang on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Now Li Ye understood why Principal Chang looked a little unnatural when he opened the door just now.

Ever since Li Zhongfa arrested Xia Yue and Cui Aiguo in Beijing, the Li family has actually formed a grudge against Xia Yue.
Although many people wanted to keep the matter secret and the details of "killing relatives for the sake of justice" were not spread, Li Kaijian and Jin Peng angrily pushed the ancestral grave of a certain family.

Even if only the mound of the grave was pushed and the coffin underground was not moved, it was a strange story in Qingshui County in recent years and it was widely circulated and everyone knew about it.

Then, everyone knew that people from the grain system went to Beijing and angered the Li family at Wang Jianqiang's wedding. The reason for the anger was that Xia Yue's husband Cui Aiguo embezzled public funds, and the other party wanted to link the matter to Li Zhongfa.

So when Principal Chang saw Li Ye coming, he was afraid that he would have a conflict with Xia Yue. Xia Yue and Li Ye did not get along well in school, and now because of her husband's troubles, the Li family was almost implicated. Li Ye must be very angry.

But just now Xia Yue took the initiative to provoke, and Principal Chang was a little confused. You should be the one in the wrong, so why are you still speaking so harshly?
Moreover, the youngest girl in the Li family is looking like she is ready to fight. Is it possible that a fight will break out in her own home today?

Xia Yue was not frightened at all by Li Ying's sarcastic questioning. She said sarcastically, "Of course I came here to thank Principal Chang for his help! Some time ago, someone took advantage of me and I was left with nowhere to go as a pregnant woman. My relatives and friends avoided me."

"It was Principal Chang who helped me get a new job and gave me and my child a chance to survive. Unlike some people, who appear noble and kind, but are actually full of cruelty and viciousness in their hearts."

"What did you say? Say it again?"

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Little sister Li Ying's eyebrows stood up, and she shook her hands and began to roll up her sleeves.

She no longer wanted to reason with Xia Yue. Reason was not as effective as fists.

My brother is a man, and it is inappropriate for him to hit Xia Yue, but there is nothing wrong with him doing it himself. Has he practiced wrestling skills in vain in order to fight against the oppression of his sister Li Juan over the years?
But Li Ye took two steps forward and grabbed Li Ying's arm.

Then he said softly, "Adding insult to injury? I've experienced this before after Lu Jingyao broke off the engagement, and it really felt bad.

But I think this matter still depends on yourself. If you are upright, you have nothing to fear. If you have a clean bottom, who can push you into the well? "

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Xia Yue was stunned.

If Li Ye came up and hit her, she would not be afraid at all. Now she is not afraid of anything.

I have almost lost everything, what is there to be afraid of?
But Li Ye's gentle words were like a steel needle, pricking Xia Yue and making her feel very uncomfortable.

When Li Ye was divorced by Lu Jingyao, so many people pointed fingers at him, which could be said to be "adding insult to injury".

And among those people who were pointing fingers, there was her, Xia Yue.

One of the reasons Xia Yue gave at the beginning was, "Since there is nothing wrong with you, Li Ye, why did Lu Jingyao want to break off the engagement?"

At that time, Xia Yue could never have imagined that the boomerang of time would pierce her body.

In recent months, the gossip surrounding Xia Yue almost drove her crazy. Those people didn't care at all that she was a pregnant woman and said all kinds of nasty things to her.

Among them, there are sayings like "A man of integrity fears no slander".

So, after being stung, Xia Yue exploded for the second time.

She said coldly: "Aren't you afraid of being criticized if you are upright? Then I would like to ask Comrade Li Ye, your grandfather drives a Crown, your sister drives an Audi 100,
You own a Santana, and your father drives a Lighthouse Jeep, which together cost several million. Do you think you are clean?"

Li Ye said calmly: "Since my grandfather took over as the general manager of Qingshuihe Food Company, he has received more than 30 reports in these years. After verification by the relevant departments, all of them were false accusations.

If you think we are not clean, you can add a report letter. If you don’t know how to report, you can ask Cui Aiguo, he is good at reporting. "

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"I don't have to report it. I can question you now."

Xia Yue stiffened her neck and said, "Sixty percent of the profits of the Qingshuihe Instant Noodle Factory were taken away by the Hong Kong side, but it was our workers who created these values. They worked twelve hours a day.

You, Li Ye, are also the director of a state-owned factory. Don't you know that the state stipulates that the working hours are eight hours a day?"

"I don't know the overtime system of Qingshuihe Food Company, but I can tell you that the state-owned factory where I work also has overtime, and many workers can work up to ten hours.
But this ten hours is the upper limit I set. If there is no limit, I believe it will reach twelve hours. "

"Oh, yes, yes, your light automobile company also has shares of Hong Kong capital. It's all exploitation tactics taught by the same teacher."

"Exploitation?"

Li Ye smiled without getting angry: "Whether it is exploitation or not, you should ask the employees of Qingshuihe Company."

"Qingshuihe Food Company's overtime pay is doubled. Four hours of overtime equals eight hours. If you don't let the workers work overtime, they won't be willing to do it!"

Xia Yue also smiled and said: "You are right, the workers did earn a little more money, but your grandfather earned more.
Li Ye, you have been relying on your grandfather since you were a child. If it weren't for your grandfather, you wouldn't have been able to enter the repeater class of the County No. 2 Middle School, you wouldn't have met Wen Leyu, and you wouldn't be who you are now."

The more Xia Yue spoke, the more excited she became, and the more she felt that she was right.

Because Li Ye and Li Ye's family have had a huge impact on her in recent years.

Let’s not talk about others, just look at Li Ying in front of you.

When she was in high school at the No. 2 Middle School in the county, she was the worst student in the class. However, she was able to study abroad in Hong Kong. In just over a year, she was completely changed.

Today's Li Ying is no longer the little country girl she used to be. She has grown into a very outstanding figure with her tall and slender figure, and her temperament has also changed a lot.

Beautiful, confident, with eyes full of aggression, this is how Xia Yue has always imagined herself.

Originally, Xia Yue had reached the border with Cui Aiguo, but was pulled back by Li Zhongfa, which completely shattered her dream. How could she not hate the Li family?
"Then you won't rely on your father? If it weren't for your father, would there be the Xia Yue you are now?"

Li Ye's loud shout pulled Xia Yue back from her hatred.

She was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "When did I rely on my father? I, Xia Yue, was able to get into college because of myself."

"No, you rely on your father."

Li Ye said seriously: "Your father has three sons, and you have three brothers. Your three brothers love you very much and give you living expenses every month. You repeated the college entrance examination for three years, and your family fully supports you. Your family environment has surpassed 80% of the people."

"If you don't agree, you can compare yourself with Jiang Xiaoyan. Everyone knows what her situation was like. She couldn't afford vegetables at school, and she almost dropped out of school in her last semester because of the 15 yuan tuition fee."

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Xia Yue was speechless for a moment, because she knew Jiang Xiaoyan's situation very well.

But Jiang Xiaoyan was admitted to Beijing Aviation University and was several times better than Xia Yue.

"My family is better than 80% of the people, but not better than you, Li Ye"

Xia Yue expressed her final stubbornness, but she herself felt that it didn't make much sense.

But Li Ye gave her a sharp reply again.

"Because your family has only worked hard for two generations, but mine has worked hard for three generations."

"My grandfather was almost starving to death. Others were better off than him and were just trying to survive. Then my grandfather followed the group. There were seven of them, and only he came back."

"You may think this is unfair, but our flower-growing family has had a tradition of inheritance for thousands of years, and we still recognize property inheritance today. So why should the efforts of three generations be weaker than the accumulation of your two generations?"

Li Ye pointed in the direction of the Qingshuihe Instant Noodle Factory outside and said coldly: "Do you think those workers don't want to work eight hours a day?
Do you think they don’t want to play cards and drink after work? They are accumulating for the next generation. They are like your father, creating a better condition for their children.”

"Then let me ask you, Xia Yue, what efforts will you make for the baby in your belly? Are you just looking at people who are better than you and complaining endlessly?"

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(End of this chapter)