Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1074 How to Spend It?

Xiao Wei asked, "You and Sister Jin went home, right?"

Li Na said, "Nonsense, why would I go to your house instead of going home? You can do it, but I won't."

Beibei tugged at Geng Hui: "Xia, Xia's Mom, why is Aunt Li arguing with Dad?"

Geng Hui reached out and gently touched the little girl's worried face, laughing as she said, "I wasn't arguing, I was just kidding. Nobody here would dare to yell at your dad."

Li Na turned her head and looked at her: "What's wrong?"

Geng Hui said, "Beibei thinks you're arguing with her dad. Speak properly."

Li Na said, "So what if I made a scene? I even hit him. What's it to you?"

Beibei was a little scared. She blinked and then mustered up her courage, saying in a tearful voice, "Don't bother my dad, and don't, don't hit my dad."

Li Na squatted down and said, "Okay, I won't bother him anymore. I'm giving Xiao Beibei face. How are you going to thank me?"

Beibei looked at Li Na for a moment, then leaned over and kissed Li Na on the cheek with a soft "plop." "Thank you."

Li Na hugged Bei Bei and turned to say, "Looking at this little one, I even want to get married. I want a daughter too when I grow up."

Xiao Wei asked, "Does the company keep someone on duty?"

Li Na held up the folder in her hand and said, "Here, just sign it, everything's arranged. The construction site is arranged by the military, we don't need to worry about it. There are people on duty at the shopping mall, they have the original regulations there, just use them."

The cake shop is closed on the 30th. The restaurant cleared out this afternoon, and all the remaining ingredients that couldn't be frozen were distributed to the employees. The water and electricity were cut off, and the doors were locked. The security department said they have staff on duty and can patrol once a day, but since all the staff on duty here are women, it's no use.

The furniture factory is locked up, but there's security on duty at the garage; please keep an eye on things. The pig farm and feed mill aren't closed; they're offering subsidies. The baking workshop at the food factory isn't closed; it's switched to a day shift. Other workshops will be open starting tomorrow.

Chen Hui said, "If the cake shop doesn't put up a bakery, then we can't put up a bakery here. I feel like they don't let people go home even once a year?"

Li Na said, "Li Wen had already made arrangements. Those who stayed were either locals or didn't want to go back, and they all received subsidies. The opening period was also shorter than usual. The main reason was that there were cake orders. Most shops had cakes available from the 30th of the lunar month to the 8th of the lunar month, and they were all large ones."

Xiao Wei asked, "What about the city below?"

Li Na said, "Leave one or two shops open in each city, and close the rest. I said, 'Who the hell is this job? Why are you all asking me?'"

Chen Xiao laughed heartily, and Xiao Hong said, "The key is that you know it all too well, that's amazing."

Chen Hui asked Chen Xiao, "What about your report?"

Chen Xiao said, "It's been handed over. It's been arranged together with the construction site, including the Xidu Dalian and Andong parts."

Xiao Wei glanced at the desk: "I didn't notice." He rummaged around and found it, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, I was careless. I thought it was managed by the military just because it was a construction site, so I didn't look closely. Okay, I was wrong."

Chen Xiao said, "The key point is, Xiao Hui also has this report. What are you so smug about?"

Chen Hui chuckled a few times: "I usually don't look at those things when Xiaowei is at home, he only looks at things related to me. I'll change that, I'll change it in the future."

Li Na said, "From now on, all documents will be in multiple copies. Each relevant department staff member will receive a copy, and Xiaowei and Xiaohui will also receive one. All documents must be signed upon delivery, just in case something important is forgotten."

Geng Hui said, "It seems that we'll need to establish regulations for documents and meetings in the future."

Xiao Hong said, "Let's go, aren't we going to eat? What are you doing this afternoon?"

Xiao Wei said, "I'm free this afternoon. There's a big meeting tonight. Those who are supposed to have a holiday will start having one tomorrow, and we'll go back to work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year."

Chen Hui said, "Chen Xiao, go through the materials again and see if there's anything you've missed. This is our first meeting, and it would be funny if something went wrong."

Chen Xiao agreed, and the group carried the clothes and things Xiao Hong and the others had bought downstairs.

Beibei whispered in Xiaowei's ear, "Daddy, can we go see the animals?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yes, as long as the door doesn't close. If it does close, you'll have to wait, um, eight days."

Xiao Hong said, "We can't close it today. Let's go after dinner and take some pictures."

Li Na and Sister Jin also skipped the canteen and ate in the courtyard instead.

When they reached the garage in the yard, Wang Jiwei drove back and handed Xiaowei four pairs of military hooks and two pairs of military rabbit fur gloves.

Xiao Wei took the things, Wang Jiwei drove the car into the garage to go to the cafeteria for lunch, and the group went into the main building.

After lunch, Chen Hui and his family of three went to take a nap. Geng Hui, carrying Xia Gensheng, Wang Guifang, and Bei Bei, also went back to their room. Xiao Wei's mother, Aunt Wang, and Chen Xiao's mother packed their things and took Bei Bei's maternal grandmother and fourth aunt to take a bath and change clothes.

Jin Jie and Li Na returned to their dormitory.

Xiao Wei's dad and fourth uncle didn't come back for lunch; they got addicted to staying at their uncle's place.

Xiao Wei, Xiao Hong, and Xiu'er, instead of taking a nap, were chatting and watching TV in the living room. Xiao Wei then realized something was wrong and asked, "Where's Xiao Bing?"

Xiao Hong said, "I went to my uncle's house before I came back. Well, you'd better not take the child out by yourself in the future, or he'll get lost."

Xiao Wei stretched on the sofa and said, "If you don't want to take care of the child, then don't. It's not good if you don't take care of the child."

Xiao Hong leaned against Xiao Wei and asked, "Hey, how are you planning to spend this money?"

Xiao Wei said, "Why do we have to spend money? Just leave it there."

Xiao Hong said, "Aunt Chen said that putting money in the bank is the dumbest thing to do, didn't you remember?"

Xiao Wei said, "I've remembered, so what? Why do we have to spend money where it's free? What's the point?"

Xiaohong said, "How about we buy stocks instead? I've heard that people who get rich from those stocks make a fortune, but they're hard to buy. Maybe we can find someone to help us."

Xiao Wei shook his head: "That's unreliable. First, nobody on our team understands this, and second, that place is in a remote town in Shanghai. Do you have time to stay there every day?"

Xiao Hong said, "My mom said to buy gold, saying that it holds its value and will always be worth money."

Xiao Wei said, "Then we might as well buy a house."

Xiao Hong said, "Where can we buy it? Buy one from our own family? Now, besides the ones we built, there are also houses along the riverbank. Where can you buy one? So many rich people are crammed into tiny 10 or 20 square meter houses. Building a house is as difficult as giving birth."

Xiao Wei asked, "How did you know?"

Xiaohong said, "Don't you feel how fast our houses are selling? Now, to get a house, you either have to wait for demolition compensation or your work unit will provide it. Anyway, you can use any means to grab a place, as long as you get it."

Our teacher said that one of his neighbors, whose family lived in Wu'ai, a major shopping district, had a property worth over a million yuan. The family of seven squeezed into a two-bedroom apartment. To get a proper apartment, she pretended to go crazy at her husband's workplace, causing a scene for over a year, almost to the point of genuine insanity, before finally getting a small apartment—18 square meters, no kitchen, no bathroom—and she was incredibly happy about it.

Xiao Hong said, "How many apartments are there in total? I was too embarrassed to mention it at school. You'll know when you start selling apartments with elevators after the New Year; I bet it'll still be a scramble. There are so many rich people now, and there are only so many decent apartments left."

Zhang Bing trotted in: "Second brother, second brother, can you buy me a game cartridge? They just released a 20-in-1 game."

Xiao Wei said, "Didn't you have something to play with?"

(End of this chapter)