Chapter 731 - 305: A Winning Hand (Part 2)
Although the economy has gradually slowed down over the past few years, the overall strength is still robust and there is still an upward trend.
But now, suddenly it has been pressed on the pause button.
No one knows if it’s going to be a month, two months, or even three months.
As the largest manufacturing base in terms of global industry share, a week of delay is deadly, let alone a month.
Luckily, Wanliu Capital had already emptied close to two billion in holdings and adjusted some positions in advance.
Even so, Jiang Banxia feels no optimism for the opening day after the New Year.
The market is bound to crash because the country hasn’t encountered such a black swan for a long time.
When Li Yang was ready to light the firecrackers, he found four women standing at the door.
That feeling, how to say it, even a small thing became ceremonious.
After lighting them, he quickly ran away and joined the crowd.
Watching the smoke from the fireworks, accompanied by the crackling sounds, he unknowingly put both hands on the shoulders of two people.
Fortunately, this set of fireworks had thirty thousand crackers and lasted quite a while.
Of course, the so-called thirty thousand is definitely exaggerated, just like sea cucumber fried noodles, at most two or three thousand.
When the sound ended, Jiang Banxia immediately twisted her body away.
Li Yang was testing her limits, with every attempt, sooner or later, he would ask for something excessive.
So, she doesn’t give him the chance to probe.
Bai Qing also quickly backed away and returned inside.
Xue Ning left too, leaving only Chen Peipei looking at Li Yang, saying, "President Li, you really have guts."
"If I weren’t bold, could I dare to manage a Bitcoin platform? In this world, it’s the bold that get rewarded. What if it succeeds?"
Having said that, Li Yang also returned indoors.
Chen Peipei pondered over what Li Yang had just said, feeling contemplative.
Recently, she feels Bai Ye seems to have become enlightened.
It’s been half a month without crying or fussing, and with the learning tasks she had assigned to him earlier, he didn’t show any resistance, and finished them cooperatively.
Even without making any mistakes.
She knows Bai Qing’s genes well, though not exactly dull, but not really intelligent either, just slightly above average, achieving ordinary first-class university level in provincial college entrance exams.
So the child’s intelligence is likely inherited from Li Yang.
"Tsk, good genes!"
...
For New Year’s dinner, the table was filled with people.
Seven adults, three children seated at the table, just perfect.
Li Lingyou is still at the mischievous age and doesn’t like eating much, Wang Cuiping is at the side coaxing him to eat a little.
Li Yuqing is slightly better, but not by much, Xue Ning has to be at the side finding ways to coax her, to avoid her causing a scene and affecting others’ meals.
Only Bai Ye requires no one’s concern, once seated at the table, he eats obediently.
Whatever the adults serve him, he eats, whatever he can reach, he eats, all without any fuss.
Li Likun’s gaze frequently fell upon Bai Ye, eyes sparkling.
After the meal... Bai Qing initially wanted to help clean up but was stopped by Wang Cuiping.
Li Yang took them to the basement for billiards and mahjong, taking the chance to hand Bai Ye over to Li Likun.
Li Likun finally got the chance to play with his eldest grandson.
"Little Yeye, I heard you’ve started school?"
"Yes, Grandpa, I can already recite the Three Character Classic, write my own name, do addition and subtraction within a hundred, and even learned calligraphy..."
Li Likun was stunned.
Three-year-olds learning so much already?
Li Yuqing also went to kindergarten last year, after completing small, medium, and large preschool classes, turning six just in time for first grade.
But after half a year, Li Yuqing couldn’t even write her name, barely capable of writing numbers up to ten.
The Three Character Classic could be hummed in two sentences, but that’s about it, adding one more sentence would make the tuition feel worth the cost.
"So impressive?"
"Should I write a few characters for Grandpa to see?"
"Alright! Come with me!"
Li Likun took Bai Ye to the tea room inside the villa.
Aside from Li Yang occasionally sitting there, no one ever went.
The whole villa, with indoor space reaching nearly two thousand square meters, had plenty of unused rooms.
Jiang Banxia’s bodyguards only stayed at the gate and in the garage.
"Little Yeye, what kind of calligraphy are you learning?"
"I’ve tried some types, but my favorite is running script."
"Haha, then I’ll prepare for you."
Li Likun never expected a three-year-old child to excite him so much.
Even if Bai Ye were to just scribble, it would be the best calligraphy in the world to him.
Just from Bai Ye’s earlier conversation, one could sense this little guy is quite different from others.
Communicating with children is challenging because their vocabulary is relatively limited, and they can’t accurately grasp the meaning of adult conversations unless frequently said.
But communicating properly with Bai Ye for the first time posed no obstacles.
The four treasures of the study were always in the tea room, even though they’ve never been used.
After finding them, Bai Ye immediately said, "Grandpa, this is pine soot ink from Anhui."
"Is it? You can even recognize this, amazing..."
Li Likun hadn’t a clue, but Bai Ye’s recognition, regardless of correctness, proved that Bai Ye had a decent knowledge reserve.
Other kids in the village aged three to four are still playing with mud.
No, wait, there isn’t any mud left to play with, they’re all playing on phones now.