Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1144 A group of people

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said to Chen Hui, "Then I'll go to Kyoto? You can stay at the house?"

Aunt Wang waved her hand and said, "What do you mean by household expenses? The project in Kyoto is the most important one for next year. Things are basically going smoothly here. Harbin won't be until the year after next. As for Jibei, that's just Jibei City. We can just send someone there. You two can go. It's not like you can't come back. It's just a three-hour flight."

Chen Xiao looked at Aunt Wang: "What about me?"

Aunt Wang said, "Go too. This morning, when Xiao Hui's parents left, they were so reluctant to part with little Xiao Hui. It made me so sad. Doesn't the office over there need someone to take care of things? You go and manage it. Xiao Wei and Chen Hui go to school."

Xiao Hong asked, "What about me?"

Aunt Wang said, "Hurry up and get pregnant after the New Year. It'll be perfect, Xiaowei and the others will be back after you give birth. Let Xuemei keep you company, talk to her more, and live in the same room."

Beibei raised her little hand: "Grandma, what about me?" The little girl was used to staying here, and she didn't cry much when her mother and grandmother left today, but it made Wang Guifang burst into tears.

Aunt Wang said, "You should go to school. Our own kindergarten will open after the New Year."

Xiao Wei said, "By the way, Mom, why don't you become the principal of a kindergarten? You really love kids. Don't you always say you have nothing better to do?"

Xiao Wei's dad looked up at him: "Are you serious?"

Xiao Wei nodded and said, "Really? It's not a big deal. My mom mainly manages the money and people there. The vice principal handles the specific operations. We don't rely on this to make money. We just want the kids to be happy and safe there."

Xiaowei's mother said, "Isn't this a partnership with the district? Why aren't they sending anyone?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yes, they've assigned someone. She'll be the deputy director; she'll handle the operations, and you'll manage everything. Our family will take the lion's share, the district will take 30%, and we'll take 70%."

Xiao Wei's mother thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what his temperament and personality are like, or whether he's obedient. And whose family member is he?"

Xiao Wei said, "I didn't ask. Why do you care about that? As long as she does her job well, that's fine. If she doesn't listen, just replace her. Since we were able to get her here, she should be able to handle it. I'm sure she knows the inside story. What's the point of worrying about it?"

Xiaowei's mom said, "Has the opening date been set? Shouldn't we all meet up beforehand and discuss it?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's settled, a few days earlier than the primary school. You'll have to start work about twenty days in advance, then we'll see each other. This is our first year, so we don't need to worry about how many students we have. We'll take it slow and not expect to earn a lot of money."

Xiaowei's mother said, "Let's bring all the company's children over here so everyone can feel at ease. Have you bought the school bus? Arrange a few reliable drivers."

Xiao Wei said, "Let Uncle Shan go over there and drive the school buses. We bought two, that should be enough. He can pick up and drop off both teachers and students."

Chen Hui said, "If we're both going to Kyoto, we need to make some arrangements for the next few days, right? Should we bring some people with us?"

Xiao Wei said, "I'll take Shi Li, and Milina can stay here. Faxing and such are convenient now. Let Jiwei and Hou Qiang come with us."

Xiao Hong said, "It's still a long way off, it won't be until March after the New Year. It's like you're in a hurry to avoid me."

Chen Xiao laughed heartily, glanced at the elders, and leaned closer with a wink, whispering, "You'd better hurry up and squeeze them dry."

Beibei, holding her little rice bowl, looked around at this and that: "Grandma, is it true that Mommy and Daddy are leaving?"

Xiaowei's mother wiped her face and said, "Nobody's leaving. From now on, you'll sleep with your mom, and she'll tell you stories."

Beibei looked at Xiaohong, then at Xiaowei, her face flushed, and said, "No, Mommy, Mommy wants to sleep with Daddy." She lowered her voice and whispered to Xiaowei's mother, "They were kissing, I saw it all."

Xiaowei's mother laughed and said to Xiaohong, "You two don't even care about what you're doing in front of the child. You let the child see everything."

Xiao Hong pouted and glared at Xiao Beibei: "Traitor, you little rascal." Then she leaned over and kissed Xiao Wei on the cheek: "I just kissed him, so what?"

Beibei leaned against Xiaowei, covering her eyes with her little hands holding chopsticks: "Shame on you. Mommy, Mommy isn't ashamed."

Xiaowei's mom said, "Yes, we shouldn't follow her example. We should eat more and grow up quickly. Here, have some soup."

Xiao Wei wiped the oil off his face with a tissue and said to Chen Hui, "I'm going back to my hometown tomorrow. Let's make some arrangements when I get back, and then we can have a meeting with all the managers and deputy managers from each company."

Geng Hui said, "Just for the two of you to go to Kyoto for a meeting? Then it's best if this meeting isn't held at all."

Chen Hui turned his head to look at him: "Why?"

Geng Hui said, "Originally, there was nothing wrong, everyone was just doing what they were doing. But now that it's been brought up, it's like something's up. Don't you guys think so? You two should just go wherever you want, what's there to explain? What's there to arrange?"

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "That's true. When we went to Harbin, Beijing, and Tianjing before, we didn't seem to have any plans, we just went, right?"

Uncle Wang put down his chopsticks, picked up the soup bowl, and said, "Xiao Hui is right. You two are the bosses, what's wrong with going anywhere? Why do we need to make arrangements?"

Beibei frowned: "Grandma, you're lying. Dad, Dad and Uncle Chen are going out. Grandpa already said so."

Xiaowei's mom said, "Your dad and Chen's dad are on a business trip, aren't they? They've been on business trips before, haven't they? This doesn't count as going out. They have things to do; they need to earn money to build a house, buy meat, and buy clothes for us, right? If they didn't go out to earn money, where would you get such nice clothes? Right?"

Beibei looked down at her clothes, thought for a moment, and said, "Then, then I won't buy new clothes anymore, and Daddy, okay?"

Xiaohong said, "Do you prefer Mom or Dad? Can't I just stay home with you?"

Beibei looked at Xiaohong and thought for a moment: "Both Dad and Mom are good. Dad is just a tiny bit better than Mom, just a tiny little bit." She raised her little hand to show her.

Xiao Hong pretended to be angry, and Aunt Wang and Xiao Wei's mother laughed.

Xiao Wei's father said, "Tomorrow we'll go back and find someone to repair the grave and arrange for someone to erect a tombstone for your great-grandfather. Our family graves never had tombstones before. Originally, it wasn't allowed, because they called it 'Four Olds,' but later we got poor, so it just dragged on."

Xiaowei's mother said, "They're just lazy. And poor too. What's the difference between being poor and needing money for a tombstone? Besides, it seems like this wasn't really a common practice where we live, and I don't think other families have it either."

Uncle Wang said, "It's not easy to be alive. Once you die, you're buried and that's it. There's no need for all the formalities. It's only in recent years that people have started to erect tombstones. Let's do it. It'll be a reminder. Xiao Hong, go and get one for your grandpa too."

"From now on, our family line ends here. You'll have to be buried at Xiaowei's house. Remember to send your mother and me back to our original home and bury us next to your grandparents. This line of relatives ends with me."

(End of this chapter)