Chapter 14 14. Temporary head of household

Jia Li was the temporary head of the household, which was appointed by her mother herself.Mama had always held Jarry in high regard, but it often embarrassed Jarry.For example, she is always like a health minister, first explaining how important a boy's appearance and demeanor are, and then digging out Jarry's shirt collar, saying that there is grease on it, and that his neck needs to be washed frequently, regardless of whether there are other people around- -It seems that he has lived for more than ten years, and he can't even cover the small details of personal hygiene. This time, my father went to experience life in other places, and it happened that my mother went on a tour in other places, and the hourly nanny, Wu Jiamu, also went to visit relatives in her hometown these days with big bags and small bags. day.

"Just for a week, Jerry, look, can you take care of this house?" Mom said directly. Jia Li didn't bother to answer this question. He raised the bill of lading cap and said, "Well done, is there any reward?" "Of course." Mother knew very well the principle of rewarding brave men, "I can make the decision." "I cooperate well, so there should be an award, right?" My sister also came to ask for the supporting role award, "Or, I will manage the money, and I will be an accountant!" Of course Jia Li didn't agree, he risked his life to be the temporary head of the household, so he had a little idea of ​​using public funds--after the bookstore had a hand-to-hand fight with the old man last time, the three of them went to a western restaurant for a meal, and Jia Li paid for two meals Qian: Lu Zhisheng unilaterally felt that he had made great contributions to Jia Li, and this meal should be regarded as a reward for the three armies.It turned out that the hard-earned money was allocated by Dad to buy Torch brand sneakers for Jia Li.Well now, it means that he and Lu Zhisheng each ate a shoe.He plans to organize a thrift week during his tenure as the head of the household this time, and take these shoes out of public funds.

Fortunately, Dad has already taken the first step, otherwise, he might really hand over the financial rights to Jia Mei, or let them be accountants and cashiers one by one. Anyway, there is always a stumbling block in Jia Li's smooth wishful thinking!But dear mother, at critical moments, she always believed in the eldest son, and her worries only involved some side issues. "Don't forget to set the alarm clock!" she said, "or you'll be late every day!" Usually, my father always plays the role of the alarm clock every day. His method is always a bit old-fashioned. While lifting the quilt, he mutters: How can I sleep soundly in the charming morning?But in fact, Jia Li can wake up by himself at this time every day, but he is used to waiting for his father to come and clean up.

"Don't worry!" Jarry said, "I promise to feed my sister every day and make her gain weight..." "I'm against it!" shouted my sister, refuting his policy agenda. "It's popular in the world to be thinner and more beautiful!" Mom said: "The meat and vegetables in the refrigerator are all cooked, just need to be warmed up. Jia Li, if you encounter problems, you should calm down. I will call back every night..." Engage in remote command, can there still be a use for a temporary head of household?Jarry said, "Please, please don't call. You can save your long-distance bill and buy a prize!"

"You can also treat us to a quick meal!" Jia Mei said, at this time, she had completely forgotten the trend of getting thinner and more beautiful, and only wanted to eat and drink. Mom walked away step by step.From Jia Li's point of view, her mother had a hard time with herself, and it was a waste of her heart to be here when she was gone. Jia Li really thought about reorganizing the family style when he was the temporary head of the household, and being a special feature.For example, I advocate turning off the electric gate at 10 o'clock in the evening and playing wake-up music at 6 o'clock in the morning. It is a bit like life in a barracks, although it requires strictness on yourself, and at the same time, you must have the spirit of denying your sister and other relatives.Because on the first night when the parents were not at home, my younger sister, a girl who lacked perseverance, held the golden song book and sang one after another until half past eleven in the middle of the night, like a nightingale.

However, before Jiali implemented countermeasures, his younger sister Jiamei fell ill first.She was suffering from tonsillitis, and it seemed that she lacked the qualities of a nightingale after all.It happened to be Sunday, which gave her the opportunity to be a patient at home 24 hours a day. "It hurts to death!" Jammeh kept saying, as if seriously injured. Jia Li was helpless, he didn't know how to treat the patient, especially the patient was his delicate sister.Coincidentally, Lu Zhisheng called at this time.This guy has excess energy, and whenever he has spare time, he is eager to make something happen.

"Hey, you have money," Lu Zhisheng called out, "why don't you go out for a walk? You can sing karaoke, at least you can buy a new magnetic card to play video games." "My sister is sick!" said Jarry. "She has a sore throat!" "You buy her a pack of throat lozenges, or plums or something." Lu Zhisheng said, "She is happy, and her illness is relieved by half!" This Lu Zhisheng seems to be qualified to be the assistant of the temporary head of household.Jia Li rushed out to buy a big bag of snacks, the younger sister chewed it all in one go, and said with a bitter face, "My throat hurts even more!"

While Jia Li was trying to restrain his emotions, Lu Zhisheng arrived and yelled as soon as he entered the door: "Let's go, let's play! You are not a doctor, so it is useless to guard." Jia Mei looked at her brother with tears in her eyes and said, "Master, I don't want to stay here alone." Jia Li was feeling agitated, and suddenly felt that it was not easy to be the head of the household, because all the people and affairs of the family were on his shoulders, whether you wanted to take care of it or not. "Well, well!" said Jarry irritably, "I'll be the head of the household right here!"

"Hey, I have an idea." Lu Zhisheng winked at Jia Li, "Let's go buy some fruit for Jia Mei, like raw pears or something. I have a sore throat, so my dad squeezed pear juice for me and said yes Clear the fire!" Jia Li hesitated, he may never be as good as Lu Zhisheng when it comes to food.That guy has a set of ways to keep in good health, a bit like a retired old man. "Pear juice...I want to drink it." Jammeh said.She has always been open to delicious food. When the two went out, Lu Zhisheng breathed a sigh of relief as if he had received an amnesty, and said, "Well, I liberated you, right?"

"I never say what I mean!" Jia Li patted the shoulder that was stiff with anger, no wonder, he didn't know that Jia Li now held an important position, "Go, go buy pears!" Jia Li took Lu Zhisheng to the fruit shop like a prisoner.The pears in that shop sold for two yuan a catty, and Lu Zhisheng said angrily, "Idiots only buy such expensive pears. My dad bought them for only 80 cents a catty. The lowest price in the city is the shop in front!" The last thing Jia Li wanted to be was a fool or mentally handicapped, so he had to follow Lu Zhisheng's instructions to go to a shop one step further.Crossing the alley and crossing the main road, I finally found the shop that Lu Zhisheng had mentioned. I saw that the price was one yuan and eight cents.Later, I went around a lot and found a shop where the pears sold for one yuan and seven cents.

"Oh, it's cheap here!" Lu Zhisheng exclaimed with satisfaction, he had forgotten the lowest price in the city. Lu Zhisheng, the good guy, said exaggeratedly: "Their consciences are so bad that they sell raw pears for two yuan and seven cents a catty!" His original intention was to accuse the stall owner in front of him of making ignorant money, and to praise the honesty of this stall owner.Unexpectedly, the stall owner smiled, his expression changed, and he said that he originally sold it at two yuan and seven cents a catty, but now it is a discounted price, and he said that he would add six pear-like pear pits to Jiali's big pears. The miniature pears, each with their heads tilted, can be seen to be stiff at first glance. "I don't want these little ones," Jarry said. "It's not pretty." "Large ones cost two yuan and seven cents a catty." The stall owner tilted his head like a stiff pear. The ending was self-evident, and they wandered for another stop before they bought the pears. "You're not doing enough, you're doing more than failure!" Jarry accused. "We can go back now." Lu Zhisheng said contentedly, "This Sunday was finally worth it, and I made a big circle. Otherwise, I would be bored to death." It seems that Lu Zhisheng created the one-jin pear about Lao Lu Bamao.This guy, it is difficult to create anything else, and he stutters even in making sentences, but when he is bragging, his face does not change color and his heart beats. Jia Mei's sore throat was not overwhelmed by pear juice, but she received a letter from a director surnamed Hu, and her excitement was diverted. Director Hu once came to the school to select actresses, and Jia Mei was selected, which meant that he had taken the first step towards the Academy Awards.It's a pity that the filming was a documentary, and after a long busy day, Jammeh only took one close-up shot, and it passed by in a flash.According to Jia Mei, Director Hu knows people very well, and he once said that if there is a suitable role in the future, he will write to her to ask her out.So, the girl went to the reception room for three days and two days to wait for the film appointment. Jia Li often instilled in Jia Mei the key to perseverance, such as asking her to throw a letter into the mailbox every other week, reminding Director Hu to keep his promise.Jia Mei is lazy and feels that writing letters is redundant.Gradually, I found that there was no news from Director Hu, so I sent the letter in a panic. Jia Li studied Director Hu's reply letter for a long time, and the letter was only 20 to 30 characters in total, but it had the flavor of combining thousands of words into one sentence. In particular, she called Jia Mei a cute little girl, which proves that The future is bright.In addition, director Hu also included a business card in the letter with her residential phone number on it. "You should call often," Jarry said, "to impress her." Jammeh said: "I can't think of anything to talk about, really, nothing to talk about!" "Aren't you usually eloquent?" Jia Li asked, "Why don't you save some of your eloquence and shine at critical moments?" Jammeh said pessimistically, "What should we do now?" With her words, the problem was pushed away. From then on, she became more relaxed, talking and laughing, while her brother and temporary head of the household could only take up all the heavy responsibilities and think hard. That night, at exactly twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Jia Li called Director Hu's house. "Are you Director Hu? I'm Jammeh's older brother," said Jiali. "I had to call you because Jammeh was completely out of order after receiving your letter!" "What's the matter with her?" Director Hu's surprised voice came from the phone. Jia Li looked at Jammeh.This girl borrowed a fortune-telling book about zodiac signs from somewhere, and fell asleep early after reading it. I don't know if she met a good witch in her dream at this time.She is so blessed to have a fellow brother who is taking great pains. "She," Jarry said, "is still reading "The Art of Cinema". Your letter has inspired her. She is either practicing basic skills, or busy with body exercises. Anyway, her blood is boiling." "This will break your body! Let her answer the phone!" Director Hu said. "Where is she willing! She practiced every minute! Besides, she didn't ask me to tell you, I'm a whistleblower..." Jia Li couldn't help but want to laugh. Now, Director Hu must have deepened his impression, and there must be an important role. I will not miss my sister Jiamei! At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night the next day, Jarry called again on time.This time, Director Hu asked cordially as soon as he answered the phone, "Is it Jiali? Is there anything new about Jiamei?" Well, this effect is what is needed. Director Hu will never experience a few times in his life when someone calls at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night. Jiamei's future can be considered as a reliable guarantee. This Director Hu seems to be a fine People, she deliberately asked at the end: "Jerry, why don't you go to bed in the middle of the night? Actually, you don't have to accompany your sister." "Oh, well--" Jia Li had an idea, and naturally transferred his father's characteristics to his own head, "I have insomnia, and I look like a fairy in the middle of the night." "You have to see a doctor," said Director Hu very well. "Take some Limianol or Jiannao Anshen Tablets. Don't take Valium, the dose is too high, it's not suitable for you." Jia Li stayed up until midnight for three consecutive nights to keep in touch with Director Hu by phone, so he was groggy during the day.Lu Zhisheng said that he seemed to be on the night shift, hey, very accurate!Jia Li felt that the task had been completed satisfactorily, and thinking of saying goodbye to the day of vigil, he couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart, and wanted to sing a few words: forward, forward, forward... However, in the middle of the night, Jia Li was woken up by his sister. He looked up and saw that the clock was pointing to twelve o'clock. "Telephone, phone, the phone is ringing." Jia Mei said tremblingly, no wonder she was afraid, because the phone ringing in the middle of the night always reminds people of some mysterious murder. Xixi's fortune-telling book made her eyes straighten. Jarry went to answer the phone—there was no way a knife would stick out there.It turned out that it was Director Hu's call, and she turned passive into active. "Jerry, I'm also a severe insomniac, I can't sleep anyway, why don't we talk?" What else Jia Li could say was that he could only complain secretly—the retribution was coming, and he couldn't escape it. Thanks to the second eldest, Dad came back from life.Of course, Director Hu's call was answered by him - he and Director Hu are real patients!Dad made it all clear in a few words, and the retribution was blocked, and it would be so difficult for Jerry to explain it himself! Father can say "no" to Director Hu, so he is qualified to be the real head of the household. In a few days, my mother also came back.The last thing she wanted was to be the host of a messy room, so Jarry again lost the comfort of being a temporary householder, for example, shaking his shoes before entering the house.But when my mother found out that almost all of Jia Li’s public funds were used to buy raw pears for Jia Mei, she immediately took out three ten-yuan bills from her bag and said, “This is a bonus!” Jia Li bought the Torch brand sneakers as he wished, which can be regarded as a great harvest of being the temporary head of the household.In addition, he also got a by-product: he received a letter from Director Hu, she seemed to like him very much, called him a different child, and invited him to her house to play.Jarry doesn't like to be a guest, being a guest is always stiff like clockwork, so he hasn't been there yet.