Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 217 Visit

Lu Shaopeng, who grew up in the countryside and was born in the late 70s, has quite conservative ideas. His life path is arranged by his parents, and he has no choice. Now he can either choose to continue studying or go out to learn social qualifications.

A person who is already 19 years old and almost 20 years old has his own ideas and naturally knows how to make choices. However, there are only two choices, and the choices are a little narrow. After pondering for a long time, Lu Shaopeng gritted his teeth and said, "I still like to read more."

Continue to study, this is the choice made by Lu Shaopeng. After hearing this answer, Lu Shaohua's face relaxed. Didn't he also prefer Lu Shaopeng to continue studying? "Well! Brother, do your best to pass the exam this time. If you can't get into high school, you can repeat the year and face it with a relaxed mentality. If you still can't do it in the next class, I will arrange for you to go to Shenzhen to find a high school to study in."

With Lu Shaopeng's grades, if he failed to pass the entrance exam this year, he should have no problem getting into high school next year if he worked harder. Lu Shaohua's suggestion of arranging a high school for him was just to put his mind at ease, and he never planned to arrange it privately.

"I understand." Lu Shaopeng replied.

Lu Shaohua didn't say anything else, and the expression on his face returned to its usual state. The look of an "elder" was long gone. He chatted with Lu Shaopeng about some life matters as a younger brother.

Lu Shaopeng didn't know what was going on. When facing his younger brother, he became much more cheerful and talked more than usual. However, it was only a little more. He still couldn't completely change his introverted personality.

The two brothers chatted for an hour in the small living room on the second floor. Lu Shaopeng also had to go to review his homework, and Lu Shaohua did not disturb him anymore. Anyway, they had finished talking about what they needed to talk about, and he also wanted to take a shower and go to bed, as he had some things to do tomorrow.

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The greatest pleasures in life are counting money until your hands cramp and sleeping until you wake up naturally. Lu Shaohua has achieved both of these now. After a good night's sleep, when Lu Shaohua opened his eyes, it was already the next morning. Waking up in his own home, listening to the birds singing outside the window, Lu Shaohua's mood became more relaxed than ever before. He stretched, without putting on clothes, opened the curtains and looked at the scenery outside the window.

Rural buildings are not like those in cities. There are no "forests" of reinforced concrete. They are either high-rise buildings or multi-story buildings. In rural areas, tiled roofs are a major feature of rural buildings. There is a big chimney on the roof of every house. At this time, every family is making a fire. Looking through the transparent glass windows, white smoke rushes into the sky through the chimney, instantly blends into the air, and disappears without a trace.

Lu Shaohua's hometown is a small village with three or four hundred households, and Lu Shaohua's home happens to be at the very end of the village. Standing at the window on the third floor, you can see smoke coming out of three or four hundred chimneys at the same time. The scene is extremely spectacular.

Looking at the rows of tiled houses, Lu Shaohua had an indescribable feeling of intimacy and familiarity. In the past few years, he had either stayed in Hong Kong or Shenzhen, or went to the Soviet Union and Japan. He had not seen such a familiar and warm scene for a long time, and he had not calmed down to enjoy a quiet morning for a long time.

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After standing by the window for a while, Lu Shaohua went back to the bed, picked up his clothes and put them on. He had some things to do today, and after that, he could play however he wanted.

After washing up, she went downstairs, opened the refrigerator out of habit, took out a bottle of milk and started drinking. If it were at home normally, Chen Li would not buy milk, but Lu Shaohua had this habit, so Chen Li had no choice but to buy some yesterday and put it in the refrigerator.

After drinking the milk, he said hello to Chen Li and went out with Li Shangkui. His destination today was another village not far from the village, which was also the village of Weng Wende's family. Since the Spring Festival of 1986, Lu Shaohua and Lu Jiayao had visited Weng Wende's family once, and he had never visited him again. After all, he had helped the Lu family before, and Lu Shaohua could not just forget it. Visiting the older generation was what he should do.

Without driving, only Li Shangkui followed behind him with two gift boxes in his hands, walking leisurely on the country road, passing through the weed-covered path, and finally arrived at the entrance of Weng Wende Village. Lu Shaohua could have taken the main road, but he chose not to. He would rather take the small path that few people have walked on. This can also be regarded as a way of experiencing life.

Weng Wende's home was not far from the village entrance. After turning left and right and passing through several alleys, I finally arrived at the door of his house. I knocked on the iron door, and soon a steady voice came from inside.

"I'm coming."

With a creaky sound, the door was finally opened. The person who opened the door was none other than Weng Fuming, the person Lu Shaohua was looking for.

"Hello Uncle Weng, I'm Xiaohua." Lu Shaohua first called out sweetly, and then said his own name. It has been several years, and in order to avoid the situation from last time, Lu Shaohua had no choice but to do this, otherwise Weng Fuming would not recognize him and everyone would be embarrassed again.

"Haha! It's Xiaohua, come in quickly." Weng Fuming opened the door with force, his face full of smiles. After Lu Shaohua walked through the door, he continued, "Your brother Wende called last night and said you were home. I was planning to go to your house in the evening, but I didn't expect you to come here first."

"Well! I just arrived yesterday at noon and took a nap in the afternoon, so I waited until now to come here, haha!" Lu Shaohua said.

Weng Fuming smiled and said nothing. He knew that Lu Shaohua was explaining why he didn't come yesterday, but he didn't mind. He was very happy that Lu Shaohua could come. This showed that Lu Shaohua still respected him as an elder. "Okay, go up to the second floor and sit down." After saying that, Weng Fuming glanced at Li Shangkui and asked, "Who is this?"

"Oh! The brother I recognize is surnamed Li." Lu Shaohua first introduced Weng Fuming, and then said, "Brother Li, this is Brother Wende's father, you should call him uncle."

In terms of seniority, Li Shangkui is older than Weng Wende, and Weng Fuming is Wende's father, so you can either call him uncle or, like Lu Shaohua, call him uncle.

"Hello, uncle!" Li Shangkui called out without hesitation.

"Okay, okay. Let's go up there." Weng Fuming was obviously very happy.

The three of them went up to the second floor. The layout was still the same as it was a few years ago. Lu Shaohua didn't hesitate to find a seat and sat down. Then he signaled Li Shangkui to put the gift on the table and asked him to find a seat and sit down as well.

"Xiaohua, don't bring any gifts when you come to your uncle's place. Our two families are old friends. There's no need to play all this." Weng Fuming said, pretending to be a little angry.

Yes, the two families are old friends, so there is really no need to do this. However, Lu Shaohua is a junior, and he can't come to visit empty-handed, so he smiled and said quickly. "I will come empty-handed next time, haha!"

"Yeah!" Weng Fuming nodded with satisfaction. He knew a lot about his nephew Lu Shaohua through Weng Wende. He also knew a little about him and his wealth, but what he knew was just the tip of the iceberg of Lu Shaohua.

"Xiaohua, come to think of it, uncle has to thank you. If it weren't for you, Wende wouldn't be where he is today." Weng Fuming said meaningfully. If Lu Shaohua hadn't shown Weng Wende a clear path, he wouldn't be among the multi-millionaires today.

"Haha! Uncle, please don't say that. Didn't you say that our two families are old friends? There's no need to do that?" Lu Shaohua sent Weng Fuming's words back, paused, and said, "Besides, if it weren't for the help of your uncle's family, our family wouldn't be where we are today!"

"Haha, you're the only one who knows how to talk." After saying that, Weng Fuming waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. How many days do you plan to stay at home this time?"

"Well, I originally planned to stay longer, but my mother wants to go to Hong Kong with me. I may return to Shenzhen in a few days and then go to Hong Kong." Lu Shaohua answered truthfully.

"Well, Wende said he wanted some snacks from his hometown and asked you to bring some down." Weng Fuming said.

"Okay, how about this, uncle, you prepare it first, and I'll come over to get it from you when I leave." Lu Shaohua said with a smile.

"No need. I'll prepare it in the afternoon and bring it to your house in the evening. I'll also chat with your father. I see your father has been busy in recent years and we haven't sat together and chat for a long time." Weng Fuming said this not because he blamed Lu Jiayao for not getting together because he was busy, but because he felt a little emotional.

"That's fine, but uncle, you should go over earlier. I'll ask my mom to prepare some good food in the evening, and you can also have a drink with my dad and the others." Lu Shaohua made the invitation.

"Okay." Without any further ado, Weng Fuming agreed directly.

The invitation was sent successfully, and Lu Shaohua didn't say much about other things. The two chatted about some meaningless topics. Sometimes Weng Fuming also told Lu Shaohua some embarrassing stories of Lu Jiayao, which made Lu Shaohua laugh and cry. However, he had also heard his grandmother talk about it. His father was one of the naughty boys in the village when he was a child, so naturally he had a lot of embarrassing stories.

After chatting with Weng Fuming for more than an hour, Lu Shaohua declined Weng Fuming's invitation to stay for dinner and took Li Shangkui back home.

At noon, the whole family sat together to have lunch again. This time, his grandma and grandpa also came back, and their grandson came home. They did not bring their lunch to eat in the litchi orchard, but after eating, they went back to work in the litchi orchard regardless of the scorching sun.

After dinner, Lu Shaohua told Lu Jiayao that Weng Fuming would come over in the evening. Without saying a word, Lu Jiayao personally took Du Xiaofeng to the town to buy some good food for the evening. From his look, if they couldn't find satisfactory dishes in the town, they might go to the county to buy them. However, Lu Shaohua didn't get involved in these things and just let Lu Jiayao do it.

Tonight's drinking contest was inevitable, Lu Shaohua asked Li Shangkui and the others to go to bed first, so as not to be unable to hold on at night! He sat in the living room and chatted with Chen Li.

"Xiaohua, have you told your dad that your mom wants to go to Hong Kong with you?" Chen Li asked.

"Oh! I haven't told him yet. I'll talk to my dad when he comes back." Lu Shaohua went to Weng Fuming's house as soon as he got up in the morning, so he didn't have time to ask him.

In Lu Shaohua's opinion, it doesn't matter whether he says it or not. Could it be possible that Lu Jiayao would say no? Is this possible?