Chapter 452 Why are you poor?
After seeing the gifts brought by Liu Yifan, the Yan family began to study what to send back to Liu Yifan.
Yanyan means that Liu Yifan has nothing to lack at home, so his parents don’t have to think about what to send back.
But Yan Su felt that it was impolite to come but not go.
Li Dongmei finally spoke, asking Yan Su to go to the fishing gear shop tomorrow to pick up a sub-fishing rod and give it to Liu Quan.
Although Yanyan felt that the fishing rod in his grandfather's store might not be able to catch Liu Quan's eye, this is also worthy of it.
The Yan family was no longer worried about this and began to think about what to eat at night.
Li Dongmei decided to cook noodles in order to save trouble.
As soon as she entered the kitchen, she found her daughter moving the stove. She asked her daughter behind her, "What have you done?"
"We steamed some dumplings for Liu Yifan. The box of mutton was eaten by us."
Li Dongmei looked at her daughter: "Have Liu Yifan stayed for a long time?"
Yanyan's expression was calm, but his face turned red: "It's not long."
Li Dongmei continued to ask, "Why didn't you keep him for dinner?"
"He went to grandma's house."
"Oh," Li Dongmei thought, "You need to have a good relationship with Liu Yifan's grandma. Tomorrow, ask Liu Yifan what her grandma likes."
Yanyan blinked: "You are right. This is the case with Shen Yufen. If I have a good relationship with his grandma and grandpa, it will be another situation."
Li Dongmei smiled and said, "Just think it through."
"By the way, today I heard from Liu Yifan that his grandfather's family was very poor back then."
Li Dongmei replied: "Well, although the Liu family was very poor when Liu Quan was young, Grandpa Liu Quan was a college student before liberation."
Yanyan was surprised: "I should be a rich man who could go to college before liberation."
"It's a rich man. Half the land in Xiadaohe is from the Liu family. Grandma Liu Quan was a serious city man back then, and her mother's family opened a very large grocery store on Erdao Street."
Li Dongmei recalled the past, "I heard from my grandmother that when Grandma Liu Quan got married, she wore a pair of red leather shoes. At that time, everyone wore homemade cloth shoes, and when they saw such beautiful red leather shoes, they saw the big girl and the little wife in the village were envious. When Liu Quan went to school, he was still wearing the clothes he did when his grandmother was dowry."
Yanyan asked curiously: "How come he is poor?"
"Something happened to Grandpa Liu Quan, almost losing his life."
Yanyan blinked: "Broken your legs."
"Well, when I remember, Grandpa Liu Quan was a cripple."
Yanyan sighed: "I returned to before liberation after an illness!"
Li Dongmei continued: "Liu Quan's mother looks pretty good now. She has had lung disease before. I remember that at that time, I needed to use a complete pig lung, wash it and pour three beaten eggs in, steam it and slice it after eating."
Yanyan thought for a while, "Can it taste delicious?"
"I just know how to eat it. At that time, there were few people raising pigs and chickens. These two things were not easy to do. Grandma Liu Quan replaced the jewelry for Liu Quan's mother with dowry jewelry. Your grandma also exchanged six eggs for a pair of silver bracelets."
Yanyan's eyes lit up, "Where is the bracelet?"
"I've made a dowry for your aunt."
Yanyan frowned: "Why didn't you want it?"
Li Dongmei glanced at her daughter, "I want it."
Yanyan sighed: "Oh, my grandma's house is a little bit unattainable to your hands."
Li Dongmei said indifferently: "How much money can a pair of bracelets be worth."
"This is not a matter of money, it is a matter of status."
"What can you do with your status at home? You must rely on your own efforts when you leave the house."
Yanyan waved his hand, "No need to explain, I understand this."
Yanyan walked out of the kitchen and retreated, "Mom, we have agreed that if there is Yan Jing, there must be Liu Yifan's."
Li Dongmei was stunned for a moment: "Why are you still fighting with your brother?"
"It's not that I'm fighting with Yan Jin, it's that I'm fighting for Liu Yifan. I don't want Liu Yifan to be in our house, just like my dad is in my grandma's house."
"You kid..."
Li Dongmei wanted to say, is your grandma not good to your dad? But she really can't say it.
Li Dongmei took a deep breath, "I know!"
Yanyan immediately said with a smile, "If you want to secretly buy something for Yan Jin's wife, I don't mind."
Li Dongmei glanced at her daughter: "How can you still not mind?!"
"I don't mind!" Yanyan said and walked out of the kitchen.
Seeing that her father was still studying the windbreaker, she said, "If you like it, you will wear it tomorrow."
Yan Su hesitated a little: "I am so old, can I wear such a gorgeous dress?"
"Dad, you are only fifty years old. You can wear this kind of blue clothes that are seventy years old. What are you afraid of?"
Yan Su scratched his head, "I'm not used to it."
Yanyan looked at his father and suddenly felt a little sad, "Dad, you must have used it very well when you were young, right? Otherwise, my mother wouldn't have fallen in love with you in one glance among a group of people reading books."
Yan Su smiled honestly: "Our family's conditions are still good."
Yanyan nodded: "Well, the whole family is all civil servants, and the income is stable, and grandpa's salary is quite high."
Li Dongmei stood at the kitchen door and said, "Don't be beautiful, prepare for dinner."
"Hey, here we come." Yan Su agreed and walked into the kitchen.
The Yan family just had a simple fried noodles tonight, but in front of Liu Yifan, there was a large table of dishes he loved to eat carefully prepared by his grandmother.
Grandma sat next to Liu Yifan, nagging: "I'm hungry and lost weight outside, so eat more ribs."
"I stewed this beef soup for two hours, and my eldest grandson took two sips."
"The eldest grandson eats dry-fried beans."
Shen Yufen couldn't help but say, "Mom, let Yifan have his own meal."
Xie Pingqin glanced at her daughter, "I haven't looked at my eldest grandson for so long, so I don't have to take a good look."
Shen Yufen muttered, "Look, if you marry a wife tomorrow, you can't even see the shadow."
Xie Pingqin touched Liu Yifan's head: "My eldest grandson is filial."
Liu Yifan smiled and said, "Grandma, I will choose a big house tomorrow and we will live together. What do you think?"
Grandma's eyes lit up: "Okay."
"But you can't ask too much about Yanyan. If she returns to her parents' home, I can go with her."
Grandma was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"
"It means you have to be nice to my wife. If you are picky about my wife, I can go back to my parents' home with my wife."
Grandma said unhappily: "Do I dare to treat your wife badly? Besides, do you think it's so easy to be a son-in-law?"
Liu Yifan smiled and said, "It may not be easy for others, but Yanyan's family is quite easy."
Chapter completed!