That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1426 Children Also Have Their Own Rights
When Wang Jianqiang dropped Li Ye off at home, his driver was already waiting at the alley entrance.

Although Wang Jianqiang is only a "younger brother" with limited resources compared to Li Ye, Hao Jian, and Jin Peng.
However, within Fenghua Garment, he was a senior manager with ten years of experience, in charge of all warehousing and logistics operations around Beijing. Thousands of people under his command had to call him General Manager Wang.

So when Wang Jianqiang got out of Li Ye's car, he was no longer the timid fifth brother; his whole aura changed.

The driver quickly opened the car door for Wang Jianqiang and helped his boss get in. Although he was called over late at night, he didn't seem reluctant at all.

This is just like what someone said decades later: "If my boss, who earns 50,000 a year, calls me in the middle of the night, I'd say he's not human. But if my boss, who earns 500,000 a year, calls me, I'd run faster than if I heard my own father was in the hospital."

The phrase "the provider of food and clothing" has survived for thousands of years, and there's a reason for that.

When Wang Jinqiang got into the car to go back, Li Ye suddenly asked him, "Qiangzi, are you going back to visit the graves this year?"

Wang Jianqiang paused for a moment, then said, "I told my family I was going to be on duty at work."

Since getting married, Wang Jianqiang has rarely returned to Qingshui County. During the Spring Festival, he also uses the excuse of being on duty at his workplace to avoid going back. In any case, being on duty during the Spring Festival is a legitimate reason for his position in the garment industry's warehouse department.

Li Ye nodded and said, "It's best to take the child back with you. The child is old enough to understand, so don't let him think you're just a son-in-law who moved in with his wife's family."

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Wang Jianqiang looked at Li Ye, nodded and said, "I'll listen to you, brother, and go back with you."

Although Huang Suwen was very kind to Wang Jianqiang, and the Huang family truly treated him like a son, the "worry" Wang Jianqiang had just revealed made Li Ye realize his inner "anxiety and insecurity."

Wang Jianqiang cherished the warmth that the Huang family brought him so much that he lost himself and became completely insecure.

Back when he first came to Beijing with Jin Peng to make a living, he dared to wear a suit and proudly declare to Huang Suwen, "I am the deputy sales manager!"

But right now, he's worried that his wife will become a strong, independent woman and then look down on him, Wang Jianqiang.

This shows that Wang Jianqiang has a distorted understanding of his position in the family. For so many years, he has always lived with his wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law, forgetting that he is the true "head of the family".

This misalignment might not matter much to a woman like Huang Suwen, since she genuinely admires Wang Jianqiang, but it could have some impact on the next generation.

In his past life, Li Ye had seen many good husbands who devoted themselves wholeheartedly to their families, yet were always "bullied" by their children and wives.
Although this bullying may seem like a joke, over time, the child stops respecting his father.
Aren't those terms like "biological dad" just something that kids naturally utter because of these repeated jokes?

Therefore, Li Ye asked Wang Jianqiang to take the child back to his hometown to pay respects at the graves, so that the child would at least know where his hometown was and plant the cultural imprint of "surname inheritance" in the child's subconscious.

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On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Ye set off early in the morning to return to his hometown.

Today, it wasn't just him and Wang Jianqiang who traveled together; there were also his grandfather Li Zhongfa, his grandmother Wu Juying, and Li Dayong's family—several cars in total, making quite a lively scene.

The most excited group of people were a group of children.

Li Ye's children, Xiao Bao'er and Xiao Dou'er, Wang Jianqiang's son Wang Yuanchao, and Li Dayong's son Li Zhi and daughter Li Qi.

Once the five children met, they couldn't be separated, so they had to get into Li Dayong's nine-seater SUV. Their mother was quite carefree; she squeezed into another car to whisper to her son, leaving the five children in the care of the three grown men, Li Ye, Wang Jianqiang, and Li Dayong.

So, Li Ye and the others' ears really suffered along the way.

These kids argue over trivial matters all the time, chattering away whether you want to listen or not!
"Let me tell you, after we go back, we can see the Mother River. Do you know which river the Mother River is?"

"When we get back, we can visit my dad's school. He said they still have their photos displayed there! When we grow up, we want to put our photos on the school's honor roll too."

"My dad said we can catch crabs when we get back. Should we catch crabs first or go see the Mother River first?"

Why are you catching crabs in the dead of winter? You catch crabs in the summer!

"Can't you catch crabs in winter? I ate crabs yesterday!" "You ate dead crabs, but you caught live ones."

"You're talking nonsense."

"You're the one talking nonsense!"

The children, who were just being affectionate and inseparable, started arguing. None of them would give in, and even the still-naive Li Qi started screaming and arguing with her brother Li Zhi.

Li Ye, Wang Jianqiang, and Li Dayong were all at a loss for words, wanting to mediate for the children but not knowing where to begin.

But Wang Jianqiang suddenly said, "When we left Qingshui County back then, did we ever imagine that we would come back like this?"

Li Dayong laughed and said, "What? Qiangzi, when you left Qingshui County back then, didn't you ever imagine that you would one day return home in glory?"

"Returning home in glory?" Wang Jianqiang shook his head and said, "I never thought about it. Back then, I didn't even know the phrase 'returning home in glory,' and even if I had, I wouldn't have dared to dream of returning home in glory like I am today."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Li Ye and Li Dayong both laughed. Wang Jianqiang was being somewhat modest, but the changes in everyone over the past ten years were indeed enormous.

Li Ye drove the lead car at high speed, and by noon he had entered the territory of Qingshui County. When he was almost in the county town, he suddenly saw two luxury cars ahead, one of which, a Duke, looked somewhat familiar.

"Strange, isn't this Master Duo's car?"

A few days ago, Li Ye and Cong Jinhong went to Wang Bingxian's house for a "visit" and saw Duoye queuing in front of Wang Bingxian's house. He was riding in this Duke car at the time.

But it's already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, what is Master Duo doing in Qingshui County?

Li Ye honked his horn, passed the car, and then stopped on the side of the road, signaling the Duke to stop.

The Duke car obediently stopped, and then a person got out—it was none other than Old Song, whom I hadn't seen for several years.

Li Ye was surprised at first, then angrily scolded, "You old geezer didn't even tell me you were coming back to the country. I was worried all the time that you might die out there."

Old Song grinned broadly, "I just felt my time was running out and I was afraid of dying out there, so I came back to take one last look."

"Right, right! I told you, you old geezer, you're always having sex with women. How about that? Did those Japanese girls drain your lifespan dry?"

"No, only I can absorb them; they can't absorb me."

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Li Ye and Lao Song were cursing each other, while several small heads poked out from the SUV, completely bewildered by what they heard.

"What did my Uncle Li say? What did he mean by draining my lifespan?"

"I don't know! I'll ask my mom later."

"Yes, yes, yes, Auntie is a top student from Peking University, she must know."

Li Ye's good friend Li Dayong quickly scolded, "All of you shut up! Children shouldn't listen to things they shouldn't hear."

"We are not children; we have our rights."

"Exactly, children have children's rights too."

(End of this chapter)