Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1283 It's not even a proper pretense.

Xiao Wei reviewed and replied to each document, while Chen Hui wrote an instruction for Hao Dawei and tossed it to Shi Li.

Xiao Wei said, "You have your own assistant, you don't need to come over and bother Shi Li. How can you be so shameless?"

Chen Hui sat on the sofa with an air of nonchalance and lit a cigarette: "Why bother with all that fuss? Shi Li herself has no objections, yet you're nitpicking. Isn't that right, Shi Li?"

Shi Li glanced at Xiao Wei, pursed her lips and didn't say anything, then glared at Chen Hui.

"Daddy, Mommy and I have finished taking a bath, why aren't you coming out?" Beibei's hair was still wet, she was wearing a little princess dress, and her little head poked in through the doorway, her big eyes blinking as she looked in.

Xiao Wei said, "Have you had enough soaking? Why aren't you playing anymore?"

Beibei walked in and said, "Grandma said we can't soak in water all the time. We're not fish, if we soak in water all the time we'll grow mold."

Xiao Hong, heavily pregnant, followed behind: "She's eager to play with you, so I didn't dare soak for too long. Are you done?"

Xiao Wei tidied up the things on the table, put away the pen, and said, "I'm done. I looked through the documents."

Xiao Hong sat down, pulled Bei Bei over to dry her hair, and said, "Are you alright? This child's hair is too thick, it should be cut. Long hair must be too hot."

Beibei pouted, "No, Mommy, I'm not hot. I don't want a boy's haircut, it doesn't look good."

Xiao Wei stood up with a smile: "Now you know what beauty is, huh? Oh dear." He stretched: "Nothing much, just routine reports."

Xiao Hong said, "I won't cut my hair short, I'll just trim it a bit and make it thinner to keep it cool."

Xiao Wei asked, "Why didn't Sister Guifang and Grandma Beibei come with you?"

Xiao Hong said, "Sister Guifang, you're head over heels in love, no wonder you can't bear to leave. Auntie said she's coming to Fengtian soon, the old lady is very happy now."

Chen Hui asked from the side, "How's your Hongwei High School going?"

Xiao Hong tied Bei Bei's hair with a hair tie and said, "It's almost done. I took a look before I came, and they're working on the school roads and landscaping. It should be finished in time for school to start in September. It's a pity I can't go in September."

Xiao Wei said, "If we can't go, we can't go. What's the big deal? We didn't build the school just for looks."

Xiaohong said, "I've built a few more primary schools, and I'm planning to see if I can build a few more junior high schools too, so that we can get all the primary, junior high, and senior high schools in our county ready before our children start school. Hey Xiaowei, what do you think about setting up a vocational training school in the county?"

Xiao Wei said, "Why not? There are plenty of young boys and girls who are only a little over 30. It's good for them to learn some skills. After all, Hongmei can only recruit students from the general public, and the fees are high. Setting up a technical training school would be a good idea."

Why don't you do it in the city? Then you can allocate some funds to the county; our county might not be able to handle it. The population is still too small.

Xiao Hong thought for a moment, then let go of Bei Bei and said, "Okay, I'll go see her when I can go out. Anyway, it has to wait until after I give birth."

Beibei ran to Xiaowei's side, and Xiaowei reached out, picked her up, and kissed her: "Is school more fun or home?"

Beibei said, "School is fun. Home is fun too. There are no mom and dad at school."

Xiao Xiaohui pulled Wang Yan in, saying, "Sister."

Xiao Wei put Bei Bei on the ground, and Chen Hui said, "Son, now that you have a sister, you don't want your dad anymore? Dad is crying." He covered his face and pretended to cry. Wang Yan looked at Chen Hui with some concern, and then glanced at Xiao Xiao Hui.

Xiao Hui blinked and looked at Chen Hui: "You're not even pretending."

Xiao Wei burst into laughter.

Xiao Wei walked to the window and glanced out. A group of women had already come out of the pool. Sunlight streamed through the glass roof, dancing on the water's surface, and several life rings floated on the water, swaying with the waves.

Chen Xiao leaned against the door frame, drying his hair, and said, "Luckily we installed this canopy. Look at the glass; the birds here are much more well-behaved now. We wouldn't have noticed them without this pond."

Xiao Wei glanced at the glass; the bird droppings were clearly visible on the glass. These birds have very short intestines; they poop wherever they fly, and there's nothing you can do about it.

"This shed wasn't actually built to keep out bird droppings; it's to prevent people from falling in when it's not in use. We plan to put it down and use it as ground space."

Xiao Hong was stunned for a moment: "It can be lowered? I was saying that you could put it in the water in winter by surrounding it with four sides. Why not just put a glass wall?"

Xiao Wei shook his head: "Forget about winter, it's freezing cold. We'd rather spend the time and money on a hot spring."

Aunt Wang, Xiaowei's mother, came over with a basin and Qin Xuemei, calling to the children, "Come on, go play in the back. Are you all hungry?"

Little Hui rubbed his tummy and turned to ask Wang Yan, "Little sister, are you hungry?"

Xiaowei's mom said, "Come on, Grandma will go get you some milk and fruit."

A group of women walked towards the backyard. Beibei, clinging to the door, asked Xiaowei, "Dad, when are you coming back?"

Xiao Wei said, "Go play for a while, Dad will be coming in soon." The little one reluctantly let Xiao Hong lead him by the hand to the back.

Chen Hui picked up the documents lying to the side, shook them, and said with a smile, "Looks like this year has been a bumper year. Xingcheng is fully rented out. If it weren't for my sister-in-law insisting on keeping one floor as a warehouse, we could have rented it all out. I completely forgot about the warehouse."

Xiao Wei said, "Even if you build another building, you can still rent it out. With this rapid development, people are all thinking about how to make more money, and there will be more and more businesses. How can you possibly earn all the money from everyone?"

Chen Hui chuckled a few times, put down the documents, and said, "Life is getting better and better. Old Xia is so stubborn; no official is as comfortable as we are now."

Xiao Wei said, "We have different ambitions. You, with no ambition, shouldn't compare yourself to others. Old Xia is actually quite comfortable than you. Besides, if it weren't for Uncle Chen, we wouldn't be comfortable at all; we would have been devoured long ago."

Chen Hui said, "I guess that won't be possible in the future. Such things will definitely become less and less common. As more and more people do business and the economy gets better and better, the market will also become larger and larger. I estimate that in the future, relevant laws, regulations, and supervision will become more and more sound, and the cost of forcibly taking credit will become higher and higher."

Xiao Wei said, "It's inevitable no matter how advanced it gets. The key is whether the meat is fat enough. But it will definitely be more civilized than it is now, and the methods will change. But no matter what, it will definitely get better and better."

Chen Hui nodded, picked up the phone on the table, and dialed: "I haven't had time to ask lately. I'll see how those two pretentious bastards surnamed Wang and Qi are doing."

Xiao Wei glanced at Chen Hui: "You're actually looking for someone? Why bother with them?"

Chen Hui said, "It's a good thing we haven't run into someone like that. But if we do, we have to rid the people of this menace. He can pull off this act in Kyoto and here, but back in his hometown, who knows what he'd actually do? Keeping someone like that in office is just a hindrance to people."

(End of this chapter)