That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 973 If You Win, I'll Take Your Last Name

Although Li Ye played a game of "Jumanji" with Guan Liang and won a great victory, he was still in a bad mood.

But when he got home and walked in, he heard the noise of his sisters shouting and the babbling of his son and daughter.

His mood immediately improved.

Li Ying came back from Hong Kong Island. Li Juan and her younger sister Fu Yiru were also on vacation at home. The three sisters and two babbling children chirped like little sparrows.

Li Ye came over with a smile: "Hey, are you all here today? Why aren't you playing mahjong with grandma?"

Ever since these kids taught Wu Juying how to play mahjong during the Chinese New Year, they would play a few rounds with Wu Juying whenever they had time. The stakes weren't that high, with just a few cents to win or lose in an evening. It was both refreshing and a relief.

But today, when Li Ye mentioned playing mahjong, the three little sisters didn't say a word.

Li Ye was stunned and whispered, "What's wrong? Did you win too much?"

Everyone shook their heads. Finally, Fu Yiruo pointed to her grandmother's room and said, "Today, my grandmother went out to queue up to buy something. Someone took her wallet out. She was so angry that she lay down when she came back."

"Wow~"

Li Ye immediately understood what was going on.

Is this a wallet issue? It's a face issue.

Who is that grandma? A female guerrilla fighter who killed a traitor with her own hands! A heroine whose hands were stained with the blood of the enemy, but she was defeated by a thief?
Li Juan also pursed her lips and said: "My grandmother found out on the spot, but there were too many people at the scene, and she was squeezed so hard that her feet could not touch the ground.
Grandma shouted to catch the thief, but the people around her said she shouldn't try such tricks. They said she was shameless enough to come to Beijing to steal things from an outsider. She also played a trick to divert attention. A few of us were outside playing with the children, but grandma didn't even come out to check.

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Well! Grandma was hit by a double attack.

I clearly noticed the thief, but I couldn't chase him because of the crowd. I shouted "Stop thief", but people around me misunderstood me. I shouldn't have joined everyone in the rush to buy things.

Who can bear this?
Several younger sisters were outside playing with the children, but they were unable to arouse grandma's interest. She was obviously very angry.

"I'll go in and take a look."

Li Ye carefully pushed open his grandmother's door, tiptoed to the bed, and stretched his neck to look inside.

Grandma was lying on her side with her head facing inward, and you couldn't tell whether her eyes were closed unless you stretched her neck.

"What are you doing sneaking around like a thief?"

Grandma turned over and sat up, glaring at Li Ye.

Li Ye quickly smiled flatteringly and said, "Hey, grandma, you are so alert. I walk more quietly than a cat, and you can hear me?"

"Come on! I heard two hooves thumping outside the door. When you come back, you should help with the cooking. Why do you come to see me?"

"Hehehe~"

Li Ye smiled and did not go out to help Han Chunmei cook. Instead, he sat down next to the bed and said, "Grandma, tell me where you lost your wallet, and I will find the thief for you. I will break one of his legs after I catch him."

"What nonsense! How much money is in a wallet? If you break your leg, shouldn't you go to jail? Didn't you go to jail enough when you were a kid? Do you want to go back to jail to reminisce about what it was like?"

Wu Juying slapped Li Ye lightly, then sighed deeply.

"I'm not angry because I lost my wallet. I just think people's hearts have changed. In the past, when people heard about catching a thief, everyone on the street would chase him.

Now, I watched him run away. How can a few cheap eggs and soybean oil compare to catching a thief? Moreover,

Wu Juying paused and said worriedly, "You have been staying in the factory these days and not going out to the streets. Everything is in chaos! It's just as chaotic as the time of the gold yuan coupons."

Li Ye finally understood why Wu Juying couldn't get up after lying down.

What's a wallet? What's a few words of insulting a foreigner? As an old woman who has experienced many hardships, would she care about this?

She has seen many social changes and is worried that another storm is coming.

Indeed, during the forty years, the gold yuan was devalued three times a day, and people panicked and bought whatever they could get their hands on. Now, it was impossible to buy anything in the market with money, so Wu Juying was panicking.

"Grandma, you think too much,"

Li Ye said patiently: "This economic reform is just an attempt. Everything is under the control of the state. If it cannot be implemented, it can be stopped at any time."

"Can we stop this? Why don't you go to the bank and see that everyone is lining up to withdraw money, but no one is depositing money." Wu Juying obviously didn't quite believe it. After all, the gold yuan coupons were said to be real gold and silver, but in the end they were just a piece of waste paper, right?
During the panic buying spree in 1988, people withdrew large amounts of cash from banks in exchange for physical goods, which led to a large reduction in domestic bank deposits and indeed caused bank runs to varying degrees.

Li Ye had no choice but to say, "Grandma, you have to believe me. I am studying economics, and my teacher and several senior brothers and sisters are all in charge of this matter in the ministry!
I estimate that in two months at most, the market will return to normal, and the food we have stored at home will be enough to last us half a year, so you don’t have to worry.”

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When Wu Juying heard Li Ye say that he had "inside information", her expression suddenly looked better, but then she widened her eyes and shouted at Li Ye angrily.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier if you had inside information? I went shopping every day these days and my shoes were trampled and broken. If you had told me earlier, would I have lost my wallet today?"

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Li Ye was spitted in the face by his grandmother, but he was not angry at all, because his grandmother's spirit and energy had returned.

"Yes, yes, it's my fault this time. Grandma, please lie down for a while and calm down. I'll go cook."

Wu Juying jumped off the bed and said angrily, "Just save some energy! The food you cook with your hands is not tasty at all."

[My cooking is delicious, isn’t it?]

Li Ye was speechless and could only watch his grandmother enter the kitchen in high spirits.

Then, Li Ying came in quietly and said to Li Ye in a low voice: "Brother, grandma misses grandpa."

"What?"

Li Ye looked at Li Ying in shock and said with a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about? If grandma hears you, you will be in trouble."

Li Ying shook her head and continued, "Brother, this is true. When my mother was in Hong Kong Island, she was often laughed at by Hong Kong Islanders for being an outsider. Then she would get mad and keep mumbling that she missed home."

Well, this also requires solving the problem of the couple living apart from each other!

. . . . . . . .

While eating, Wen Leyu also came back, and the whole family gathered around a table, it was very lively.

Wen Leyu was also concerned about his younger sisters, so he asked Li Ying: "Xiaoying, you graduated from Hong Kong Island High School. Which university did you apply to?"

Li Ying immediately boasted: "I applied to Beijing University of Finance and Economics, and there is a 99% chance of getting in."

Wen Leyu smiled and nodded: "Zhongcai! That's pretty good."

Li Ying returned to the mainland to study as an international student from Hong Kong Island, which was considered a shortcut. The Central University of Finance and Economics has accepted the first batch of foreign students from the mainland since 1956, and it does have this tradition.

Li Ying chuckled and said, "It's just average, not as good as my brother, sister-in-law and two sisters."

Zhongcai is definitely a good school. Ordinary people would hold a grand banquet if they could get admitted. However, Li Ye, Wen Leyu, Li Juan and Fu Yiru were all from Peking University, so Li Ying could only be humble at home.

But her elder sister Li Juan did not think her younger sister was modest. She pouted and said with disdain: "How dare you compare yourself with your brother and sister-in-law? Only a poor student like you can go to university. Don't tell others that you took the exam."

"Where am I wrong? Where am I wrong? Don't you know that you should treat a man with new eyes after three days of absence?"

The younger sister Li Ying was immediately unwilling, and she held her neck high and said stubbornly: "I listened to my brother's teachings and returned to China, otherwise I would have studied abroad in Europe and the United States."

"You are still studying in Europe and America? Do you understand what others say? You are still counting money for others after they sell you out?"

"I don't understand foreign languages?"

The little sister Li Ying rolled up her sleeves and said, "Come on, let's compete in foreign languages. If I lose today, I will take your last name."

Li Juan was stunned.

When it comes to other subjects, she definitely has the confidence to beat Li Ying, a poor student. But when it comes to English learning environment, Li Ying is indeed better than her, and her advantage is even greater when it comes to oral English.

But Li Juan immediately pointed at Fu Yiruo and said, "What's the point of comparing your foreign language skills with mine? I'm not even good enough to study abroad. Compare yourself with Sister Xiaoruo.

Sister Xiaoruo also came back from overseas like you. Only if you beat her can you be considered a real talent."

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Li Ying blinked her eyes and slowly rolled up her sleeves.

Fu Yiruo did take a shortcut to go back to the mainland to study, but she is a real academic master! She can speak several foreign languages!
(End of this chapter)