Traveling through the 80s, I picked up an actor

Seeing that Li Mubai was holding his phone, Li Yunze was furious. He knocked on the table and scolded, "Just eat, why are you playing with your phone? There are younger people at the table. You are setting a bad example!"

Li Mubai smiled and tickled his nephew, Li Yunze's grandson, who was sitting next to him: "Uncle plays with his phone to chat with his wife. You don't have a wife, so you can't learn!"

Li Yunze: …

It’s better not to explain.

After finishing his meal, Li Mubai couldn't wait to call Jiang Li, but as soon as he left the chair, Li Yunze threw an orange at him: "How many years do I have left to live? You don't even want to spend the New Year with me."

Li Mubai tilted his head to avoid Li Yunze's attack: "Didn't I eat New Year's Eve dinner with you? Why are you still making a fuss?"

"I've eaten, but I haven't had my tea yet! The fireworks haven't been set off yet!"

Li Mubai: ...

Li Yunze is getting harder to serve as he gets older. Why are his demands getting more and more every day?

Li Mubai was speechless and had to make tea again. Li Yunze finally took a sip of tea, but before he could put down the teacup, he was pulled into the yard by Li Mubai.

Fireworks flew into the sky, and when the first firework bloomed, Li Mubai couldn't wait to pull Li Yunze over and gave him an extremely sincere and meaningful hug, completing the task of accompanying the old man smoothly.

"Happy New Year, uncle."

Li Yunze was almost unable to breathe because of his hug. He finally let out a sigh of relief. Just as Li Yunze was about to say "Happy New Year", Li Mubai loosened his hand, turned around, lifted his foot, and left.

He took out his cell phone while walking, and the word "impatient" was clearly written on his face.

Li Doudou looked at Li Mubai's back as he left and asked in a baby voice, "Where is my uncle going in such a hurry?"

Li Yunze blew his beard and said, "Call your aunt in a hurry!"

Li Doudou asked: "Aunt? Who is Aunt? When will you come?"

Li Yunze chuckled and said, "Your uncle will take a flight back to the mainland tomorrow. I guess he will bring your aunt back in a few days."

Outside the window, the sound of firecrackers rang out one after another, and fireworks bloomed, lighting up the entire night sky.

Right after finishing the New Year’s Eve dinner, Li Mubai couldn’t wait to make a video call.

"Happy New Year, Lili."

Jiang Li's tenderness was revealed, and she smiled and said, "Happy New Year."

"What are you doing?"

Jiang Li stood by the window and could see the kids downstairs playing with fireworks sticks along the way: "I was watching the Spring Festival Gala just now, and I'm calling you now, how about you?"

"I……"

Li Mubai deliberately dragged out the ending tone and said, "I'm thinking about you."

"I miss you."

"Me too."

"Want to see you right away."

Jiang Li smiled: "Won't you see me the day after tomorrow?"

Li Mubai said: "Not enough, I want to see you every day and every night."

"This time next year, we will be able to celebrate the New Year together."

Jiang Li knew what Li Mubai meant and couldn't help but laugh silently.

"Will you go out for a walk tonight?" Li Mubai asked.

"No, it's too cold outside." Jiang Li answered truthfully, still looking out the window, "But it's quite lively downstairs, with many children setting off fireworks."

"Well, the New Year is all about excitement." Li Mubai changed the subject, "When we meet tomorrow, let's go set off fireworks."

"Okay." Jiang Li agreed happily, with a hint of anticipation rising in her heart.

The two chatted about some family matters until Jiang's mother said that her aunt had called her via video. Jiang Li had no choice but to hang up the phone and go to the living room to video chat with her aunt.

Jiang Li hung up the phone, still smiling. She turned away from the window, thinking that the new year seemed to bring more good expectations.

On the second day of the New Year, the son-in-law came to visit.

It's a big day

Although this son-in-law is a foregone conclusion.

Father Jiang used to be a cook and had many specialties. This year, when he was inviting his son-in-law to dinner, he showed off his best skills and went out early in the morning to get all the top ingredients available in the market.

Jiang Li and Jiang's mother were busy helping him, peeling garlic, washing vegetables, and doing other work within their ability.

When the preliminary work was almost ready, Li Mubai also came. Although he had sent many gifts before, he was embarrassed to come empty-handed today, so he brought a king crab as a side dish.

Now that the future son-in-law has arrived, Father Jiang naturally has to make tea to entertain him. He specially opens the good tea that Li Mubai sent a few days ago for him to taste.

Seeing that Mr. Jiang had been busy preparing food for the whole morning and was sweating profusely, Li Mubai volunteered to take over the job of making tea.

Pour the boiled water into the porcelain cup to scald it, then wash the tea leaves, brew the tea, serve the tea, and divide the tea into cups...

The movements were smooth and flowing, just like a tea art performance. Jiang Chi was stunned.

Uh……

How can a man be so good-looking when making tea?

No wonder my daughter is so obsessed with him.

It wasn't until Li Mubai brought a cup of tea to Jiang Chi that he came to his senses.

"Uncle, please try it."

Jiang Chi picked up the teacup, took a sip, and savored it carefully.

As the sweet fragrance entered his throat, he immediately smiled.

"What a tea! What a tea!"

"Really? I'll try it too."

Jiang Li had just eaten a lot of potato chips and was thirsty now. She picked up the cup, drank it all in one gulp, and then smacked her lips.

Ah! It's over. I drank it too fast and couldn't taste it.

Jiang Li smiled embarrassedly: "Sorry, I drank too fast and didn't taste it. Please make me another cup, I will definitely taste it carefully this time."

Jiang Chi really wanted to say, don’t rush.

Anyway, she doesn't know how to drink tea, so it would be a waste to give it to her. It would be better to leave two more for me to try.

But how could Jiang Chi be so petty in front of his future son-in-law, so...

He held back forcefully.

Jiang Li drank like a cow, which reminded Li Mubai of the scene where Zhu Bajie ate the ginseng fruit, and he almost laughed out loud.

But fortunately, the thing that was most in demand at home was good tea, so Li Mubai didn't feel bad at all and poured her another cup.

After drinking a few cups of tea, Jiang Chi went back to work.

Li Mubai had nothing to do, so he suggested that he wanted to see photos of Jiang Li when she was a child.

Li Mubai knew what Jiang Li looked like when she was in her teens, but he didn't know what she looked like when she was a child.

Jiang Li quickly went to the room to get the photo album and handed it to Li Mubai.

Jiang Li was indeed as cute as he imagined when she was a child.

The little face is round, the mouth is rosy, the eyes are bright, the whites of the eyes are very white, and the eyeballs are very black. When she grins at the camera, the dimples at the corners of her lips are particularly obvious.

Ah!

It turns out that their lady has been a beauty since she was young!

The more Li Mubai looked at it, the happier he became. He wanted to put his mouth close to the photo and kiss it, but he felt it was indecent to do so in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house, so he had to hold back.

Just bear with it for now, and wait for the opportunity today to give a live kiss.

He managed to hold it back, but couldn't help thinking that if he and Jiang Li had a daughter in the future, she would definitely be as beautiful and cute as this.

When can they have a baby?

I wonder if there is any chance today?

Jiang Li just felt that Li Mubai was weird. Sometimes he smiled foolishly while looking at the photos, and sometimes he looked dazed, as if he was thinking about something, like a lunatic.

Of course she doesn't know.

Li Mubai has been racking his brains to find opportunities for his future daughter/son!

Li Mubai flipped through the photos one by one, looking at each one very carefully.

Mr. and Mrs. Jiang are also thoughtful people. They took a lot of photos for Jiang Li when she was a child.

There are photos of her in her kindergarten art performance, photos of her skipping rope in the park, and photos of her blowing out candles on her birthday.

But no matter where she is or what she is doing, Jiang Li's smile is iconic, with curved eyes and shallow dimples, which makes people happy at first sight.

After a while, Mother Jiang brought out a dish from the kitchen and called out affectionately, "It's time to eat!"

Jiang Li quickly packed up the photo albums, and Li Mubai quickly got up and went into the kitchen to help serve tea.

He can't cook.

But it's still okay to serve dishes.

You have to behave well in front of your father-in-law and mother-in-law.

That night, Li Mubai and Jiang Chi both drank too much.

But this is the intoxication of happiness.

Jiang Li carried Li Mubai home and helped him clean up. She found Li Mubai lying on the sofa, grinning at Jiang Li.

"what happened?"

she asked softly.

Li Mubai pursed his lips and smiled: "It's okay, look at my beautiful wife!"

Jiang Li's face turned red when he said that.

This stinky man is really...getting better and better at flirting.

……

Just a few days after the New Year, Li Mubai happily took Jiang Li to see the wedding house. He was so excited along the way that he talked nonstop: "It took five years to build this wedding house, and it took me a lot of effort!"

Jiang Li began to wonder in her heart, what kind of house would take three years to build? Could it be a palace?

When she arrived at the scene, Jiang Li was dumbfounded. Her mouth was wide open enough to fit an egg. She looked to the left, but couldn't see the edge. She looked to the right, but couldn't see the edge either. Her jaw almost dropped. She secretly complained in her heart, this house is too big. How tiring it will be to clean it in the future! She looked up at the gate and saw a plaque hanging on the gate with three large characters "Shanqiaoju" written in a flamboyant style.

Jiang Li stammered, "How big is your house?"

Li Mubai replied casually, "It's not very big. If you don't count the garden, it's about 500 square meters."

Jiang Li's eyes widened, and she said in disbelief, "What? Over 500 square meters isn't big? What about the garden?"

Li Mubai touched his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "Including the garden, it's about 3000 square meters."

Jiang Li almost fainted. Was Li Mubai planning to open a farmers' market in his house? What was the point of having such a big garden?

She looked at Li Mubai with a smile and said, "You are exaggerating! Can the two of us live in such a big house? How much will it cost?"

Li Mubai smiled and said, "Not a lot, probably only 1 billion."

Jiang Li: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jiang Li suddenly didn't dare to put down her foot that she had just raised. She was thinking seriously whether she should wipe her shoes before going in. After all, a floor tile here might cost several thousand dollars!

But before she had time to hesitate, Li Mubai hugged her and went in.

As soon as she stepped through the door, Jiang Li knew where Li Mubai's ten billion had gone.

The courtyard in front of us is like a beautiful painting slowly unfolding, which is obviously carefully built in imitation of the famous Suzhou gardens. The overall architectural style is fresh, refined, elegant and pleasant, and the selected color system cleverly caters to this atmosphere, making the blue bricks set off each other and shine. Coupled with the small and exquisite pine forest and the winding corridors, it simply shows the unique beauty of the Chinese courtyard to the fullest!

When you turn your attention to the interior decoration of the courtyard, you can find that every detail shows the designer's good intentions.

The whole building seems to be integrated with the surrounding mountains, water and stones. The garden not only has Taihu stones full of Suzhou style, but also exquisite Suzhou brick carvings, elegant and unique corridors and pavilions, and flower windows of various shapes. Looking around, whether it is stone, bricks, pavilions, corridors or windows, they are all beautiful and intoxicating.

In fact, Jiang Li has visited many garden landscapes, but compared with those places, she feels that this house is more like an attractive tourist attraction, and a private one at that!

It has to be admitted that the master who designed this garden must have a very deep understanding and comprehension of the aesthetics of Chinese gardens. The snow-white walls and the dark-black eaves complement each other, and the dynamic and ever-changing landscapes and winding corridors and pavilions perfectly interpret the essence of Suzhou gardens.

When walking here, people only need to move their feet slightly, and the scenery in front of them will change accordingly. It can be said that every step is a different scene. No matter where you are, you can see the lush green trees and white walls, and hear the sound of water flowing between pavilions from time to time. If you can listen to the sound of raindrops, appreciate the colorful flowers, taste the mellow and delicious tea, and talk about the philosophy of life with friends, you will definitely feel very comfortable and relaxed.

It’s a pity that at this moment Jiang Li was already dizzy and dazzled by the beautiful scenery in the garden.

"Li Mubai, I feel like I'll get lost at home."

Li Mubai smiled and said, "No, because I will always hold your hand."

"Actually, there's no need for the two of us to live in such a big house."

Li Mubai hugged her and said, "Who said there are only two of us? In the future, we will have our own children, and our children will have their own children. It will be three or four generations living under the same roof. I wonder how lively it will be."

Jiang Li: ...

Li Mubai has already imagined the scene of four generations living under one roof.

This……

It turns out that capitalists always have a longer-term vision.

"Lili, I have a surprise for you."

"what?"

"Come, follow me to the back garden."

Jiang Li followed Li Mubai's steps and came to the so-called back garden and saw a moon gate.

There was a plaque hanging on the moon gate, with a few large, clear and natural characters on it. Jiang Li couldn't help but read it out loud: "Thinking of Liyuan".

"This calligraphy is beautiful, isn't it? I wrote it myself."

"What, you wrote it yourself?"

"Well, come in and take a look. There's a surprise inside. I planted a lot of pear trees. Now is the season when the pear trees are in bloom. They are so beautiful!"

It was spring at this time, and the pear blossoms were in full bloom. As soon as Jiang Li stepped into the Moon Gate, she was stunned by the pear blossoms all over the yard.

The pear trees in the yard were covered with snow, pure and elegant. The pear blossoms were clustered and rolled into balls, one cluster after another, like brocade covering the sky and the ground. Under the gentle spring light, they were pure white, overflowing with light and color, and looked ethereal and elegant.

At this time, a breeze blew by, and some petals swirled lightly and floated down slowly, scattering on the ground and covering the ground with snow-white.

Jiang Li walked around and found that there were more surprises than what Li Mubai mentioned.

There are even inscriptions on the walls and floor tiles: "The lonely empty courtyard is about to end in spring, the pear blossoms are all over the ground but the door is not open."

"The pear blossoms reflected on the white poplar trees are the places of separation between life and death."

"Cherry blossoms fade, pear blossoms bloom, my heart is broken, my youth is filled with sorrow."

"When the rain hits the pear blossoms, I close the door tightly, forgetting my youth and wasting it."

"The pear blossoms are the last to wither, why is there no fixed date for returning home?"

"When hundreds of flowers bloom, I choose to pick pear and white flowers."

Looking at these poems, Jiang Li felt inexplicably heartbroken.

Li Mubai hugged her and said, "Over the years, whenever I miss you or get impatient, I will carve words on the stone slab. I will carve my thoughts of you into the wall word by word, and turn my love for you into thousands of pear blossoms blooming, waiting for you to come back in this garden.

Jiang Li was deeply moved after hearing this. She felt warm and stuffy in her heart. With red eyes, she hugged Li Mubai tightly and said softly, "You fool."

Li Mubai gently wiped away the tears from her eyes and said with a smile: "Now that you are finally by my side, you don't have to suffer from this pain of missing you anymore."

The sun was about to set. Jiang Li and Li Mubai sat quietly on a bench watching the sunset. They didn't say anything and didn't do anything, but they just felt very comfortable and happy.

In the days that followed, the two began to decorate their new house. Jiang Li selected various furniture, while Li Mubai accompanied her and occasionally gave her some suggestions.

One day, Jiang Li found an old diary while tidying up her study. When she opened it, she found that it was full of Li Mubai's thoughts about her over the years.

Jiang Li went to Li Mubai holding the diary, and Li Mubai scratched his head shyly. Jiang Li stood on tiptoe and kissed him gently on the cheek: "Thank you for loving me so much." At this moment, they knew that their love would only become more mellow and long-lasting after years of precipitation.

In the blink of an eye, another month has passed...