Li Zhiyuan suppressed his instinct.
But ultimately, he was scared of that gust.
"Bang!" The wind quickly recoiled, closing all the doors and windows on the front side.
Li Zhiyuan stood up, raised his open hands to express his apology.
But after opening the door, aside from the back window still open, the room appeared very desolate and empty.
After standing in the room for a while, hearing sounds from the dam, Li Zhiyuan walked out.
Run Sheng came back riding a tricycle, carrying Yin Meng.
According to the old rule, Run Sheng again only replenished goods, didn’t leave any money, and couldn’t replenish too much, or Mr. Shan would take it to gamble.
That’s unless Mr. Shan doesn’t borrow externally, when out of money, he stops gambling and eats sweet potatoes at home.
Otherwise, encountering such an elder can indeed be annoying.
Yin Meng thought of a solution, to simply transfer money to Grandpa Li’s house, and then tell Mr. Shan when he’s out of food, to eat at Grandpa Li’s house.
This way, Mr. Shan solves face problem, meanwhile Li Sanjiang can control Mr. Shan, only providing meals but not money.
Just at this time, Li Sanjiang and Mr. Shan also woke up, both elders drunk and blurry-eyed, after Run Sheng explained, Mr. Shan hesitated, Li Sanjiang agreed directly.
Then, Mr. Shan pulled Run Sheng to the wall side, asked: "Weren’t you accompanying Little Yuanhou to college, how can you still earn money?"
"Xiao Yuan gives me pocket money."
"Won’t you not have enough to eat then?"
"I work in the school cafeteria."
"No, but food is provided."
Mr. Shan nodded: "Indeed not appropriate to ask them for wages."
"Then the money from Little Yuanhou is also from that old Li guy, you give it to him again, I go to eat at his place, isn’t it just brazenly eating at his house?"
"Grandpa Li doesn’t know the real situation, I just tell Grandpa Li, we make money from running a store in school."
Standing on the second floor, Li Zhiyuan clearly heard the conversation below, obviously, Run Sheng’s explanation was taught by someone en route.
Li Sanjiang cleared his throat, walked to the dam side, spat towards the fields, then picked up a cigarette, cursed at Mr. Shan:
"Look at your terrible character, Marquis Runsheng is not young anymore, almost time for finding a wife, which girl would dare to live in your desolate, about-to-collapse, drafty house?
You see how I save up for Little Yuanhou’s house and bride price, you, not even a bit like an elder!"
It was rare for Mr. Shan to be reprimanded into silence, with head lowered, without retort.
"Though Marquis Runsheng has a big appetite and likes good food, he’s also strong, a good worker, without you as a burden, he surely won’t have trouble finding a wife."
Saying that, Li Sanjiang walked behind Run Sheng, punched him twice in the back.
The cigarette ash blew into his eyes.
Li Sanjiang wiped his eyes while exclaiming:
"How strange, where did this wind blow from."
Mr. Shan couldn’t hold it, shouted: "I’ll jump into the river now, fetch me out tonight!"
"Nonsense, alive you don’t consider the kids, dead you want to guilt-trip them a lifetime!"
Mr. Shan was so angry he sat down on the stool against the wall, his just faded red eyes turning red again, not because of alcohol this time.
Li Sanjiang clicked his tongue, took a satisfying puff: finally won the argument, felt good.
However, he didn’t dare to provoke Shan Pao further, worried Shan Pao might indeed go off.
Lin Shuyou returned with a big pile of gifts, behind him Tan Wenbin holding eight packs of cigarettes and five bottles of alcohol.
Li Sanjiang dissatisfiedly asked Lin Shuyou: "Why buy this specifically, your family is rich?"
Lin Shuyou: "Not very rich."
"Not rich yet so extravagant..."
"There’s a temple at home."
"Also temple property, land, mountains, incense."
"Then indeed you should be extravagant."
Li Sanjiang then looked at Tan Wenbin, pointed at the cigarettes and alcohol he was holding: "Zhuangzhuang, what’s gotten into you again?"
Tan Wenbin laughed: "All taken from both grandparents’ homes, given by others, they asked me to deliver to you, just like visiting relatives."
"Then I must think of what gift to return."
"You pick some vegetables, I’ll deliver them over, they all eat light."
"Negligible, your grandparents live in Shigang, not Xianggang!"
Even living in town, opening the window reveals fields.
"Ah, we’re family, why so clear-cut, if we count, I haven’t paid Brother Xiao Yuan tutoring fees, imagine how much for provincial top scorer tutoring!"
"You were a study companion, should’ve been paid wages."
The dinner was still lavish, mainly because Run Sheng and Tan Wenbin were there, plus the hefty eater master Lin Shuyou, there was hardly anything left for lunch.
In the afternoon chat, Cui Guiying casually asked about Yin Meng’s cooking skills, Yin Meng replied: it’s okay.
Previously, though Cui Guiying and Yin Meng met and knew each other, they hadn’t much prolonged contact or exchange, so at dinner, Cui Guiying originally wanted to call Yin Meng over for help.
Yin Meng stood awkwardly, unmoving.
Tan Wenbin and Run Sheng were scared, quickly waved their hands, willing to enter the kitchen to help with cooking.
Cui Guiying still wondered, said didn’t the girl claim her cooking was fine?
While helping cut vegetables, Tan Wenbin had to nod forcefully: "Her hand is injured, can’t touch water, her cooking is indeed good!"