I am out of control, I don't have a pattern

Chapter 96 Family
"Abao!"

At the entrance of the "Red Star Welfare House", there stood a simple and honest young man who looked around. Li Jie called out to him as soon as he got out of the car. The young man immediately grinned, trotted over, and came up to Li Jie, "Eat oranges! I bought them with my salary!"

The young man was holding two oranges in his hands and smiling innocently. His down jacket was clean, his shoes were new, and he had a haircut, looking neat and tidy.

"Abao, I have two wives now."

"Then what should I shout?"

"Just call me sister-in-law."

"hey-hey……"

A Bao scratched his head and laughed innocently, then glanced at Su Mengyao and Gan Xingyan who had just got off the car, and hid behind Li Jie a little embarrassedly, "Da Bao, I'm a little scared."

“They don’t hit people.”

"Want to eat oranges?"

"How much did you buy?"

"Ten kilograms, loaded back on a cart. Bought at a small shop, the shop owner went home for the New Year. To buy firecrackers, you have to go to Qinglong Bridge, which is a bit far, and there's no bubble gum for sale. I don't like lollipops, bubble gum tastes better..."

There was endless things to say to Li Jie, so A Bao followed Li Jie all the way, going wherever Li Jie went.

Although he is a little mentally retarded, he has no problem with normal activities. He has no problem working in the welfare products factory, and he eats and lives in the "Little Red Star" dormitory. When he is not working, he helps out at the welfare home.

Now that Li Jie's peripheral products are selling very well, he comes back to help the children from the welfare home do handicrafts and packaging work.

He is currently the director of the "Little Red Star Packaging Workshop".

He also has a work badge made for him by his tiger mom, with the words "Workshop Director" written on it.

"Dabao, Xiao, Xiao Qingcai died last month."

"I know."

Xiao Qingcai is not a vegetable, but a person. He had heart problems and his life was not saved. He died last month.

However, this kind of thing happens frequently in "Little Red Star", and Li Jie has long been accustomed to it.

Of course it's just a habit.

Patting Abao on the shoulder, Li Jie asked, "Why haven't you grown taller?"

"It's longer. One and a half centimeters."

Po gestured and said, "I'm 1.785 meters tall, about the same height as Tiger Mom."

"Shame on you, Tiger Mom is 1.82 meters tall, and you actually said it's about the same."

"That's what Niu Ma said. It's about the same."

"That's pretty much it."

When Abao was brought in, a group of children all looked over. In the past two years, there were very few mentally retarded children. Most of the disabled ones were born with blindness and deafness, or had other organ problems such as heart problems. Children with normal intelligence and intact limbs were basically abandoned babies. And because the six welfare homes in Pingjiang City had been fighting with the Municipal Council for ten years, the adoption procedures had not been smooth during the past ten years, which created a lot of extra burdens.

However, because Li Jie was really awesome ten years ago, many of them have graduated normally and gone to work over the years.

Most of them come back every Chinese New Year.

After all, it's home.

Many people who are about the same age as Li Jie still have some disabilities or congenital diseases, some serious or some minor.

For example, in the cases of six fingers, no fingers, or cleft lip, only after making money can you seek medical beauty.

Some of them will not come back, because they are more or less afraid of being known to have grown up in an orphanage, which is also human nature.

But I will call back to let you know I'm safe.

The welfare home is one of the few places where people eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. After all, it is not in the north and there is no custom of eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year. But because there are so many people, making and eating dumplings has become an activity to enhance mutual affection.

Half of the dumplings are eaten with ketchup. If northerners see this, their fists will become as hard as iron.

Dip the remaining half in soy sauce, and only adults will add a little vinegar.

Student Li is still young, so he doesn't eat vinegar or garlic. He just dips it in hot sauce.

"Eat oranges, eat oranges..."

After getting to know each other, A Bao was no longer afraid of Su Mengyao and Gan Xingyan. He happily entertained them with fruits and even brought a special fruit plate with nuts and the like.

Every year, half of the twelve mothers come to the New Year’s Eve dinner, and there are only two or three years when we have a big reunion. This year is no different. Each family has something going on, so there are still six mothers.

"Thank you, Po."

"You're welcome, it's sweet..."

Su Mengyao looked very beautiful when she smiled, and everyone at the table praised her. Of course, they gave her a red envelope, but it wasn't much, just a hundred yuan, just a token of their appreciation.

While eating, Niu's mother Niu Erya held a large spoon and called Li Jie over to help serve the dishes: "Come quickly and take the seafood out of the pot. It's hard for me to do it alone."

"okay!"

Hu Wenjing was breaking up mantis shrimps and feeding them to the children nearby. She wanted to go over to help, but She Qingchun grabbed her arm and said, "You are so stupid. Erya, go and talk to your baby about family matters."

Hu Wenjing glared at her when she heard this: "You are the only one who is smart!"

"Oh, don't be angry. Here, I'll give you a big king crab claw."

As She Qingchun said this, his eyes rolled, and he tried to sneak over to listen to what Niu Erya said to Li Jie. As soon as he turned around, Hu Wenjing grabbed his neck and twisted him over, pressing him down on a chair beside him: "If I don't go, you can't go either."

"Wen Jing, you are so annoying!"

The two old ladies then began to eat the dishes seriously. This year was going to be a prosperous year, so they had to eat well. Their family members also sat next to each other and ate happily.

In particular, there are small performances every year to liven up the atmosphere, and the atmosphere is much more lively than that of an ordinary family.

The elders ask the working children about their work situation, and then tell them to come back to the "Little Red Star" if they have any problems. The omnipotent "Dabao" can fulfill all their wishes.

When "Li Dabao" himself went to the kitchen to help, Niu Erya patted him on the back and said, "Hey, what's going on? Are you really going to find twelve people?"

"Why not?"

"..."

Niu Erya was speechless. "I can't say anything to you. Just be careful. But which good family would allow a son-in-law to have twelve wives?"

"Then I didn't find a good family either."

"..."

That makes sense...bullshit!

Li Jie chuckled and said to Niu Erya: "Mom, you don't know the situation. Let me tell you..."

He leaned close to Niu Erya's ear and whispered something.

"What?! Ridiculous! She is her aunt? You are such a monkey..."

"Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry. There is another secret. Let me tell you, one of them has a mental illness called 'Vickers Alpha Dependent Personality Disorder'; the other one also has it." "..."

Niu Erya's hand holding the spoon was so swollen that veins popped out. She picked it up and tapped him lightly on the forehead: "You just make me worry."

"How about your first grandson have the last name Niu?"

"..."

Hearing this, Niu Erya took a deep breath and glared at Li Jie, "Hurry up and serve the dishes!"

"okay!"

Niu Ma’s surname is not actually Niu. Her original surname is Pei. Her husband is a “martyr” and she is a widow.

Among all the "little red stars", she actually has the best background. She was a second-generation rich man thirty years ago, and her mother's family is also quite wealthy. There is a company called "Cheng'an Company", the founder of which is Niu Erya's father, who is also Li Jie's adoptive grandfather.

It’s just because the marriage broke down, so it’s one of those “I was young once” stories.

The story is just a bit tragic and there is no happy ending. After her husband Niu Xiu died, Pei Erya changed her name to Niu Erya. Therefore, many of the "little red stars" who were able to go to school and pass the exams actually benefited from Niu Erya during these thirty years.

To some extent, they can be considered as “descendants of martyrs”.

Niu Erya is definitely a decent person. He doesn't have the cleverness of She Qingchun or the shrewdness of Shu Xiuqin. He is just an ordinary and decent person who cannot be faulted.

She originally thought that Li Jie's ridiculous behavior of "finding twelve wives" was a joke, but she didn't expect that this big boy would give her as many surprises and shocks as possible.

Another thing is that Hao Da'er is very smart and he knows what she is thinking. She naturally doesn't want her husband Niu Xiu to have no descendants, but with her current abilities, she can only say that she is powerless.

Li Jie suddenly said that her first grandson had the surname Niu, which actually meant that he was adopted by Niu Xiu to inherit the family line, so it was not impossible to say that the family line would end without an heir.

A lot of worries are unnecessary. Whether it's Su Mengyao or Gan Xingyan, they don't care what they give birth to, even if it's a meat ball or a dinosaur egg.

One needs a "Brother Jie" who can protect him; the other needs a "Dog Xiu Jinsama" who can "feed him play".

None of them are mentally normal.

The concept of "a mother's status depends on her son" that normal women think about simply doesn't work for these two female perverts.

So Li Jie first clarified with Niu Erya the exact status of the two "wives", to prevent Niu's mother from having any psychological obstacles and then making things difficult for herself.

Now there is no need to feel embarrassed, no need to worry, and no need to have any psychological burden.

Including Li Jie himself, he couldn't even guarantee whether he could survive for a year or two. Ever since he started fighting with the Second Young Master Yang, his life has become really exciting. If Su Mengyao and Gan Xingyan were shot to death one day, it could only be said that they had bad luck.

A big pot of "fresh seafood" is made by steaming various small seafood, including hairy clams, conchs, razor clams, mantis shrimps, prawns... everything you can think of.

Just pour it on the table. We eat like this every year. Shu’s mother has complained for ten years that it’s like “feeding pigs during the New Year.”

"Are you feeding the pigs?"

Shu Xiuqin opened her mouth to complain at the right time. She actually wanted to hold back from saying it, but it came out like instinct.

The group laughed, but quickly got back to work.

"Eat it while it's hot. This clam is really big, the king of clams!"

"Wow, are there any mantis shrimps?"

"They are different. This one is from the East China Sea. The previous one was from the South China Sea. This one is sweeter."

"I can hardly eat anymore."

"Brother Li, can you sing a song to liven up the atmosphere?"

"Don't!!!!"

"shut up!!!"

A child who came back from work at the end of the year suddenly wanted to have some exciting fun, but was immediately stopped by everyone.

On New Year's Eve, just be alive.

The last dish was a fish, which was not eaten, but saved for the New Year and the first month of the lunar year. The edible dishes were already on the table, including big pork elbow, braised pork, clay pot roast chicken, eight-treasure duck, braised lamb, lamb cake, yokan, crystal pig's trotter, braised beef...

There are so many every year that the kitchen cannot handle it without more than twenty helpers.

But there is no need to worry about not being able to finish the food, as it can be almost finished on the third day of the first lunar month. This is completely different from other families who cannot finish the food in the entire first lunar month.

"Er Ya, hurry up and sit down and eat."

Shu Xiuqin greeted them, then picked up the wine glass and said with a smile, "Today is the New Year, and we are sitting together again. I wish you all success in your career and studies, and may you all be reunited and healthy in the future. OK, come on, cheers."

"Cheers~~"

Those who like the toast session the most are all children. The juice in the plastic cups comes in all colors. It doesn’t matter whether it tastes good or not, the important thing is to “cheers~~”.

That's interesting.

"Dabao Dabao!"

Suddenly, Abao came up to Li Jie and whispered excitedly in his ear, "It's snowing."

"Oh? Really?"

Li Jie was stunned, then turned his head to look out the window, and it seemed that there really were twinkling stars.

I walked out holding a wine glass. It was chilly as soon as I opened the door. The corridor was brightly lit. The yard of the welfare home was clean and refreshing. The night was upside down, scattering countless powdery dust, one piece at a time, one flower at a time, all of which were snowflakes.

“It’s really snowing.”

As he stretched out his hand, snowflakes fell into his palm, and before Li Jie could take a closer look, they turned into a little water stain.

"Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest."

Li explained, and asked Abao, who was guarding the welfare home all year round, "How about we build a snowman together tomorrow?"

"There's no carrot for a nose."

"Go buy it. I have money."

"I have it too."

When Li Jie walked back, A Bao followed him and then said in a rambling voice, "I have a lot of money, more than two thousand a month, two thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine yuan and eighty-six cents."

"And the octagonal and six cent ones?"

"It says on the passbook that if you want to withdraw money, go to the bank next to Qinglong Bridge. There's no handling fee. If you go to another bank, there's a two-dollar handling fee."

"Then you buy the firecrackers this year."

"No problem! But I don't know where to buy carrots. The boss went back to his hometown for the New Year."

"I'll buy the carrots."

"it is good."

Abao nodded, thinking that this arrangement was very good. As expected of Dabao, he was omnipotent.

　The second update~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)