Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1292 Where to print it yourself?

"Several, several thousand?" Wang Xiuli's mouth dropped open in surprise.

Wang Jihong nodded: "Several thousand. This was only because my older brother said not to buy anything expensive. Originally, my sister-in-law wanted to buy some for you and Mom and Dad, but my older brother didn't allow it either."

Wang Xiuli pouted, "Why? Why didn't you ask me to buy it?" She thought for a moment, "Brother, is it because you don't have any money? You feel bad spending your wife's money, that must be it, he's already wired his entire salary back. Honestly, you got a good deal."

Wang Jihong said, "No. My older brother said you should try it on yourself when you get there, and only buy it if you like it. I came back to pick you all up—Mom and Dad, you, everyone's coming."

Wang Xiuli was taken aback: "We're all going? What for? No, it costs money. Food and sleep both cost money, and Kyoto must be expensive. Why did my brother go to Kyoto? I didn't believe Mom when she told me."

Wang Jihong said, "It's a mission, protecting people. That's it, we're already in a relationship, aren't we? I didn't understand it either, and I didn't dare to ask."

Wang Xiuli's eyes lit up with curiosity, gossip, and a series of wild thoughts: "Big brother, are you and the girl he's protecting getting together?"

Wang Jihong said, "That's true, and that's not true either. My older brother was protecting my sister-in-law's younger brother, and I don't understand it either. Why don't you ask him when you get there? I don't dare to."

Wang Xiuli was deep in thought, raising her eyebrows. In just a short while, she had almost written a romance novel. Wang Jihong patted Wang Xiuli on the head: "Are you silly? What are you thinking about?"

Wang Xiuli snapped out of her daze, glanced at Wang Jihong's clothes, rolled her eyes, and said, "Mind your own business." She got up, went to the kitchen to check the pot, and removed the firewood from the stove. The rice was already cooked and was still warming in the pot.

Wang Jihong followed behind Wang Xiuli: "My sister-in-law's younger brother is a big boss, incredibly rich. He eats delicious food every day, and I've even gained weight recently. Let me tell you, my sister-in-law's family lives in a big courtyard right by Zhongnanhai. We live there."

"You'll stay there too. There's a chef, so everyone won't have to cook. And you know what? A high-ranking official lives there too—Chen Hui's parents. They even have to show their IDs to get into the compound."

Wang Xiuli looked at Wang Jihong: "Who is Chen Hui?"

Wang Jihong said, "It was also my brother who protected her. He runs a company with his sister-in-law and brother. They get along very well, like family. He even calls his sister-in-law 'sister.' His son is a little older than Yan'er, and he plays with her every day. They get along very well."

Wang Xiuli asked, "You all live together? The house must be quite big?"

Wang Jihong said, "It's quite big, divided into several courtyards. I can't really explain it clearly, you'll understand when you see it. It's called a siheyuan (traditional courtyard house)."

Wang Xiuli thought about it but still couldn't figure it out, so she shook her head: "What's the point of going? It's just a waste of money. Mom and Dad definitely won't go. You still want to go?"

Wang Jihong said, "You have to go. My brother said he wants me to work there. You have to go after you graduate too. My sister-in-law said she wants you to take the college entrance exam in Beijing and go to university there. Her sister-in-law's younger sister is studying there, what, Renmin University."

Wang Xiuli sighed with longing, "I'm afraid I won't pass the exam. I should have studied harder."

Wang's parents, carrying hoes and wearing straw hats, entered the yard through the gate. They placed the hoes against the yard wall and went to the well to pump water to wash their hands and faces. Wang Xiuli ran out and said, "Dad, Mom, my second brother is back. He said my eldest brother wants you to come over."

Wang Jihong came out with a towel, and Wang Ma turned around and looked for her: "Where's Yan'er?"

Wang Jihong handed the towel to his father: "My brother has it. He said he'll be studying there from now on. Dad, Mom, my brother has a girlfriend, and he wants you to go and discuss the wedding arrangements with his future in-laws."

Mr. Wang was taken aback: "Really? Why didn't you bring them back?"

Wang Jihong said, "Everyone's busy. My brother's on a mission, can he come back whenever he wants? Besides, your family is different from ours, you guys can go."

Wang Ma asked, "You saw them? Did you think they were alright? Are they the kind of people who want to settle down and make a living?"

Wang Jihong said, "I saw it! This, this, was all bought by my sister-in-law. It cost several thousand yuan. My sister-in-law wanted to buy some for you too, but my brother wouldn't let her."

Wang's mother was stunned. She held the towel for a long time without moving, then turned her head to look at Wang's father, and then looked Wang Jihong up and down: "How much did you spend? Several thousand? That's all? How can we live on this? How much does your brother have to earn to keep up with the spending? Our family can't afford to support you, Mom."

Wang Jihong said, "Do you think she needs your support? My sister-in-law earns her own money and doesn't need yours. Even my brother's family doesn't need his. If my brother and sister-in-law got married, they'd be in Beijing. Why would he come back here?"

My brother mentioned it briefly; he said my sister-in-law said she'd buy you a small courtyard near her house, and we'd all move there. Xiuli can go to university in Kyoto, and then I'll work at her company.

Mr. Wang said, "A courtyard? There are courtyards in the city? It doesn't look that great. Aren't most people living in apartments?"

Wang Jihong said, "What do you know? That's Kyoto. Those were the courtyards where high-ranking officials used to live, surrounded by houses on all sides. I heard from Brother Hui that one of those courtyards costs over 100,000, almost 200,000, and that still needs to be done up. My sister-in-law bought one to open some kind of shop, and she's already spent over 800,000 and it's still not finished."

Wang's father asked, "What does your sister-in-law's family do?"

Wang Jihong said, "Those who do business are really rich. They drive cars that cost three or four million each, several of them. My brother was sent by the army to protect someone, you know? Then someone took a liking to him, and my brother got married into a high-class family."

Aunt Wang said, "Are you kidding me? These cars are worth three or four million? And there are several of them? How much money does that cost? Where did you print them yourself?"

Wang Jihong said, "There are plenty of rich people in the city, but my sister-in-law's family is definitely one of the richest. People say they invest hundreds of millions in everything they do. This time, I went to Hainan with her and they bought a large villa and two buildings, spending over 100 million yuan."

After that, they bought a huge plot of land by the sea, bigger than our village, to build some kind of resort estate, investing over 300 million yuan. Oh, and I heard from my sister-in-law and brother that one of those villas is even part of ours; they said it's warm there in winter, so we can go there to sunbathe and look at the sea and stuff.”

Wang Xiuli exclaimed, "Really?"

Mr. Wang stood there frowning, thinking for a long time before asking, "What else did your brother say?"

Wang Jihong said, "They asked me to go to work, and then they told Xiuli to go to university in Kyoto. They also said they were worried that you wouldn't have anything to do after you moved there, so they would help you open some kind of business there."

Wang's father rummaged in his pocket for a while and finally pulled out a crumpled half-box of black-stick bridge cards. Wang Jihong took out Anji brand and offered one to his father: "Dad, try this. My sister-in-law's family makes it themselves. You can't buy it outside."

He lit the cigarette for Wang's father with a windproof lighter, saying, "They say it's made with special-supply tobacco; it would sell for twenty or thirty yuan a box."

(End of this chapter)