Chapter 1345: Guidance
"My mom really was attracted to my dad’s looks. But that man only has looks, no heart, even if he had a heart, it would be a black heart."
He may not love mom, and he can marry the woman he loves, but he shouldn’t have gone against my grandpa’s family. He owes his current status entirely to grandpa’s help. He’s a typical example of ungratefulness.
"Cousin, actually now I kind of understand Aunt. I now have the thought that even if I’m deceived, I still want to be with him."
"Xiao Zhen, you’ve also seen her outcome. Do you think it’s worth it?"
"Hehe, cousin, don’t worry. I won’t be like that. I still have the Tao Family to protect. The thing I’m better at than Aunt is I have a sense of responsibility. I want to work with my brother to protect the Tao Family."
"Alright, I trust my cousin."
Wang Menglin thought that it was because grandma and grandpa saw Aunt’s situation that they rationalized the education for Xiao Zhen and herself.
In the evening, Hongling came by to invite them back for dinner. Tao Chunhe is now mingling at the educated youth point, and they are all familiar with each other. Those few people are quite decent, and now there aren’t any female comrades joining them, of course, things feel more relaxed. Sometimes he also freeloads a meal at the educated youth point; of course, he doesn’t take advantage. He often brings some meat over, even just a little to add flavor, which makes everyone happy.
The younger ones know that their older brother and sister will be back in two months and are naturally happy.
"They’ll definitely bring us some good food."
Everyone at home knows Cheng Lin’s particular obsession with food and is not surprised at all.
They had just started eating when Li Yunqiang came over.
He came to give money to his second brother. Now he’s responsible for delivering eggs and chickens out, and the money that comes back is handed over to Li Yungui.
"Old Fourth, hurry up and sit down to eat."
"Second sister-in-law, no need. Shu Wen and the others have already cooked meals. I’ll head back."
"Sit down to eat. I have something to tell you."
Li Yunqiang ate second sister-in-law’s cooking and felt terrible inside. The three of them are always messing around. He wasn’t in the mood, and the two kids’ cooking skills were not good.
"Old Fourth, I went to the county today, and the township chief notified us; Kaihua is going to bring electricity to our village.
And Xiao Wei called to say he’ll be back in a month, definitely home within two months.
Also, Xue’er is pregnant."
"That’s great, it’s all good news.
Big brother knows about it, right?"
"Yeah, Xue’er has already called big brother."
"And I want to buy bricks. Lv Beiguang is coming along too, wanting to build a house near Xiao Wei’s family. Xiao Wei’s idea is to start running the distillery as soon as they come back."
"Getting the distillery going is a good thing; at that time, many people in the village can have jobs."
"Isn’t it? Who knew Lv Beiguang would come over?"
"His two kids are here, and there’s soon going to be a grandson. If I were him, I’d come over too."
I’ll contact the bricklayers tomorrow and Old Han, asking him to bring stones whenever he can.
"Mm. Xiao Wei said the cellar has also been dug out."
"Those are small matters. Old Liu and his team work fast, plus our village has over a dozen families building new houses. I reckon within three years, our village will all be brick houses."
Li Yunqiang spoke proudly; their Li Family Village was the poorest village in the township a few years ago, with few people and much wasteland. Every year, after handing over the public grain, there was barely enough to share.
If it weren’t for big brother bringing money that year, how would they have the chance to meet Old Yang? How would they have the opportunity to receive Wei Kaiyun? Would they have the present?
Now their village is considered the richest in the county, and even ranks quite high in the city.
"Indeed, now the girls from other villages want to marry into our village." Qu Xiaoli spoke with pride.
Before, it was difficult for good lads from the village to find brides; now matchmakers come to the village every day. Young lads from the village are very popular, and even girls are unwilling to marry out, with lads from other villages wanting to move in.
Anyway, Li Family Village is now the highlight; everyone is coveting it.
Li Yunqiang left after finishing his meal. Red Army also went to take Tao Yanzhen back home.
In the following days, Li Yungui started getting busy.
The bricklayers wanted to earn money, unafraid of hard work, came several times, did some designing, and arranged the cellar as well.
The cellar at the old pesticide factory could be dug now; it wasn’t that cold.
Old Han was also hurrying to deliver stones.
Villagers wishing to build houses had a large number ordered from him.
Now they gladly come to work in Li Family Village. The money is good, and there are plenty of jobs to take on.
It took ten days to dig out the cellar, and another ten days to lay all the stones. The ground was entirely paved with stones, looking particularly comfortable.
The old bricklayer was very experienced, getting Li Yungui to bring lots of lime, placing it directly at the edges of the cellar to absorb moisture.
Daytime temperatures have already fallen below minus five degrees, so the Lv family’s house started digging the foundation.
As soon as they broke ground, Li Yungui let off many firecrackers.
It was quite difficult, but everyone worked hard for the money.
Li Yunqiang specially instructed the bricklayer that though it’s time to dig the foundation, must wait for warm weather before laying stones.
Over in the capital, everyone is also tidying up their things.
"Sigh, you’re all leaving, leaving me alone. Feifei, would you stay and keep me company, please?"
"Uncle Han, I can’t bear to be apart from my parents."
"I can be your parents."
Jiang Feifei looked at Han Xiangjun with a full head of black lines; this person is really something.
"Dad, Feifei still needs to study."
Jianbin is now a thirteen-year-old lad and now only half-a-head shorter than his dad. He’s a very serious person. Regarding his dad’s meddling, he truly feels helpless.
"Hmph, sons aren’t as close as daughters are."
Wei Kaiyun completely ignored him, just letting him act.
"Alright, you all leave. No one cares about me.
Feifei, come on, Uncle Han will take you to the store this afternoon, we’ll definitely buy stuff you can’t find there."
"Uncle Han, we’re already grown; you should use this to attract Shi Xiantingting and Ah Bao."
"None of them weigh as heavily as my Little Princess in my heart.
Once there’s news about the hot springs, Uncle Han will buy it for you; they won’t have a share."
"Uncle Han, you’re really pulling us into grudges."
"Hmph, I don’t care about them at all, as long as I have my Little Princess."
The rest didn’t bother with Han Xiangjun, knowing he was having another spontaneous bout. The more you respond to him, the more he comes alive.
"Xiao Wei, how about you drive back home?"
"No need. Having one car at home is enough. We’ll take the train, it’s easier."