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Chapter 41

"so much?"

Qi Yuan asked in surprise: "Uncle Shen, how did you do it? Did you ask your company to buy so much?"

"The canteen needs it." Shen Wenqing said, "The chef made a table of the samples you brought and invited the leaders to taste them. They all agreed to purchase these northern specialties."

"Besides, there are several hundred people in our unit." Shen Wenqing said with a smile: "This is not too much."

Shen Wenqing told Qi Yuan: "After all, these things are more expensive than cabbage and radish... They can only be used to improve the food supply. That's why the leaders decided to order 50 kilograms of each."

Pork is only 80 cents per pound now, and the price of Qiyuan mountain products is relatively high. Mushrooms and dried vegetables are all priced at one yuan and 80 cents per pound.

Although it will expand, I subconsciously feel that it is too expensive in terms of weight and price.

"But, but..." Qi Yuan stood up from the sofa anxiously and stamped his feet a few times, "We don't have that much."

"Then sell these." Shen Lingyun said, "We can also sell these for a lot of money."

"Okay." Shen Wenqing smiled and said, "Don't worry, Xiaoyuan. It's not a matter of principle. I can just tell the company."

"Okay." Qi Yuan nodded helplessly, "We'll sell as many as we can."

"There's no rush to make money." Shen Lingyun comforted him: "We can slowly figure it out."

He was very happy that Qi Yuan was obedient and understood what he meant.

After asking Shen Wenqing for help, Qi Yuan was eager to make money by selling mountain products, and also asked Captain Wang and others to help collect more mail.

But Shen Lingyun was more cautious. After thinking it over, he reminded him: Reform and opening up has just started, and some places have not yet responded. We cannot cause trouble for Wang Dali and others. This is a one-time deal.

"Yeah." Qi Yuan was smart and didn't dwell on it. "I know, I'll be happy if I can sell what I have."

He looked at the food on the table and said, "You and Uncle Shen eat first. I'll go see how many mushrooms and dried vegetables there are."

"Let's go after dinner." Shen Lingyun held him back, "We'll sort out the count together later."

"Okay." He looked at the TV reluctantly, "Let's eat first."

Qi Yuan knew that whenever it was time to eat, Shen Lingyun would turn off the TV and would not let him watch TV while eating.

Sure enough, Shen Lingyun turned off the TV and called Shen Wenqing to come for dinner.

Qi Yuan was quiet for the first time. He didn't say much during the meal and went to the utility room immediately after finishing his meal.

"Clean up the table after you finish eating." Qi Yuan finished his meal first, then stood up and said, "I'll go sort, weigh and count."

"You go watch TV." Shen Lingyun said, "I'll clean up after I finish eating."

He had seen through Qi Yuan's thoughts a long time ago, but he didn't want the child to be unable to distinguish the important from the unimportant when dealing with people, so he insisted on some rules in everything.

But he also knew that children of this age love to play, and there is the temptation of television. Qi Yuan is already a good and well-behaved child for being able to do this.

"Then, then..." Qi Yuan forced himself to look away from the TV, "No, I'll go."

"It doesn't matter who goes." Shen Lingyun glanced at him and said with a smile: "I have nothing to do, why are you arguing with me? Go to the sofa and watch TV."

"Yeah, yeah." Qi Yuan nodded with a smile and waved his hand happily, "Then I'll leave it to you. I'll go and watch it for a while."

Qi Yuan has limited time to watch TV every day.

Studying and housework take up most of his time. If he misses this time after dinner, he will have to wait until tomorrow to watch it.

When he first came into contact with television, he was obsessed with it and was reluctant to give up this time and reduce his enjoyment of watching TV.

"Xiaoyuan likes to watch, so let him watch for a while longer." Shen Wenqing counseled his son, "He is still a child, at the age of playing and being active, don't control him too much."

He sighed in his heart: his son missed this age and is now like an old man with no desires or aspirations. He doesn't have any of the fighting spirit of a young man.

"I know." Shen Lingyun said, "But you have to be restrained. Qi Yuan is different from others."

He said: "Others have people to teach them, parents and relatives, and even if they make mistakes, they can bear the consequences and have the opportunity to start over."

But Qi Yuan will be difficult.

After hearing these words, Shen Wenqing looked at Qi Yuan, who was sitting on the sofa some distance away from here, and sighed, "What a poor child."

"Not really pitiful." Shen Lingyun said: "He still has me."

"Yes." Shen Wen looked at him with clear and gentle eyes and smiled, "You are right. He has you, and you all have a father."

"Is that so?" Shen Lingyun smiled and did not comment.

Dad, these two words don't mean everything.

Because Shen Lingyun knew that Shen Wenqing was not just his father.

He has a lot of people, children, relatives, friends and colleagues.

And it seemed that Qi Yuan and I were each other's only ones.

Shen Lingyun thought to himself: He only had Qi Yuan, and Qi Yuan only had him, they were each other's only ones.

"I'll have Sunday off." Shen Wenqing discussed with him, "I'll give you lessons during the day, and you can have Saturday and Sunday nights off. Let Xiaoyuan watch more TV, and you can also take a break."

What he meant was: school still has holidays, so don't put too much pressure on yourself.

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun agreed without much thought.

He thought for a moment, then said, "I should hurry up. Qi Yuan is still young and has a lot of time. The memories of his youth are very important. I will give him more time."

Shen Lingyun's youthful and frivolous years were filled with heaviness, hurt and long-lasting suffering. He understood the meaning of youth.

But I have never tasted it.

"I will reduce Qi Yuan's study time." Shen Lingyun looked at his father after thinking it through. "Let him have time and opportunities to play, and have the innocent and romantic years of youth. I want him to have everything I don't have."

"I'm sorry." Shen Wenqing's eyes moistened when he heard these words, "It's Dad who has dragged you down and delayed your life."

"No." Shen Lingyun looked at his sad and guilty eyes and said, "Dad, you can't think like that. There are many people like me. I'm not the only one. I'm just an insignificant person among them. I actually think I'm very lucky."

"I survived." Shen Lingyun said: "I am still young and have many opportunities. I still have a long life to live and can plan my life according to my own ideas. I think I am doing well now and will be doing well in the future."

"Yes, yes." Shen Wenqing nodded and turned his face to the side to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eyes. "You still have a chance to make up for and possess all the losses and regrets you have lost. Dad supports you."

"Thank you, Dad." Shen Lingyun chuckled, looking relaxed. "Let's forget about the past. Let's not talk about it again. What we should do is seize the present, look forward to the future, and cherish every day that belongs to us."

He didn't want to talk about this because he knew Shen Wenqing would feel sad, and he didn't want to think about those unbearable years anymore.

Shen Lingyun just wants to live every day to the fullest.

Qi Yuan knew nothing about the conversation between the father and son and was still watching TV happily with great interest.

There are happy smiles on their faces.

He had never thought that there was someone who could talk, sing, dance, dress, eat, and do all kinds of things in a square box.

This place is really different from my time!

Qi Yuan thought to himself: Maybe I will see more different and surprising things in the future.

His class starts at 7:30 in the evening, with Shen Wenqing giving lectures to him and Shen Lingyun. Qi Yuan usually watches until 7:20 before turning off the TV.

But today he turned off the TV at seven o'clock. Qi Yuan was going to help Shen Lingyun. He was not someone who would be supported by others and eat for free.

Qi Yuan has a strong awareness of this point and practices this principle himself.

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan looked at Shen Wenqing cleaning the kitchen in surprise, "How can you work?"

He hurried into the kitchen and said, "I'll do it, I'll do it. You should go and have a rest. You must be exhausted after working all day."

"I'll do it." Shen Wenqing didn't let him do it, and his attitude was very firm. "Xiaoyuan, you are still children, and uncle is the adult and the parent. These things should be done by me."

He didn't say that you should study or play at your age. Instead, he said it in another way, kindly: "I want to take care of you. You have to give me this opportunity to enjoy the fun of raising children."

"You guys take care of everything every day." Shen Wenqing said, "I feel like I'm useless. You kids don't need a dad anymore. I feel very sad."

He did have that idea.

I didn't have the time or awareness before, and when I finally had it, I was demoted. Now I finally have the opportunity.

The child has grown up and no longer needs him.

"Oh my." Qi Yuan took two steps back in a hurry, "Uncle Shen, how can you say that?"

He saw Shen Wenqing's sad eyes, and the heartache and regret in his tone. Qi Yuan didn't quite understand but didn't want Shen Wenqing to be sad.

"We need you." Qi Yuan said, "Look, this house is yours, the money is yours, we all eat for free, so what's wrong with doing some work?"

"We earn money," Qi Yuan said. "As long as we live here, we have a share in this family, so we should contribute."

"Even if you are not here in the future," Shen Wenqing said, "you have a share in this family. This will always be your home and your support."

"Yes." Qi Yuan was very happy to hear him say that. "Then what's wrong with us doing some housework? Even if we need help when we are away from you in the future, we will come back to help you."

"Yes, I was wrong." Shen Wenqing thought about Qi Yuan's words. Although they were a little childish, they made sense. "This family belongs to us. We work hard together. We don't need to worry too much about whether we have more or less. As long as we do our best, that's enough."

"What are you talking about?" Shen Lingyun came over and asked when he saw them talking in the kitchen.

"We are a family." Shen Wenqing said with a smile, "We should all work hard for this family, and it shouldn't be limited to one person. The family is not the responsibility of one person, but belongs to everyone in the family."

"Yes." Qi Yuan nodded, "We all have to work and strive for this family."

He didn't have the idea of ​​taking care of everything, but if others didn't have time, Qi Yuan was willing to do more, and he was living in someone else's house now.

He wanted to make sure that no one could say no to him.

"But," Qi Yuan continued, "Uncle Shen, you have to work and give us lessons at night. It's already very hard, so we didn't ask you to do housework. You don't have to blame yourself for this."

Only then did Shen Lingyun realize that his father wanted to make some compensation out of guilt. He felt helpless and amused.

"Qi Yuan is right." Shen Lingyun looked at the rag in Shen Wenqing's hand and said, "We are both at home now. We have nothing else to do except studying. Leave the housework to us."

Seeing that Shen Wenqing wanted to say something, he added, "When I go to work and Qi Yuan goes to school, my family may need Dad to do some housework. Whoever has time can do more. There is no need to argue about this."

"Okay." Shen Wenqing compromised, "If there is time in the future, Dad will do more. If everyone is busy and doesn't have much free time, we can make other arrangements according to everyone's schedule."

Several people made a happy decision.

Shen Lingyun handed the mountain products and dried vegetables he had sorted out to Qi Yuan, "Can you calculate how much they can be sold for?"

"Let me see." Qi Yuan happily took the accounting book and ran to the sofa in the living room to count. "We should be able to sell a lot of money."

He picked a lot of mushrooms and day lilies.

Hazel mushrooms, oil mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, monkey heads, as well as mountain fungus and day lilies, all together weigh one hundred, sixty, ten, and eighteen pounds.

It's just that the amount of dried vegetables is small, such as shredded beans, bean slices, dried eggplant, potato chips, and zucchini slices, which together weigh only more than 80 kilograms.

The main reason is that there is little land. No matter how much Qiyuan can carve out, it is useless. We need to have a place to grow these crops.

Unlike mushrooms which grow naturally and are everywhere in the mountains and fields once the season comes, you can get them with a little time and effort.

"Four hundred and thirty-two yuan!" Qi Yuan looked at Shen Lingyun in surprise. "One hundred and sixty kilograms of mountain products and eighty kilograms of dried vegetables can be sold for so much money?"

He kept some mountain products and dried vegetables and sold them to the watch factory canteen in whole amounts, and he also kept some for his own family.

"That's right." Shen Lingyun had already calculated it once, and he was also shocked by the money. "I didn't expect it to sell for so much!"

"I'm rich, I'm rich." Qi Yuan laughed and jumped on the ground several times, saying happily: "I have been busy for half a year, but I didn't expect to be able to sell so much money. I am so happy!"

"Yes." Shen Lingyun sighed: "Ordinary workers only earn this much after working for a year."

An ordinary worker now earns about three, four or ten yuan a month, and Qi Yuan's things are almost equivalent to a year's salary.

"At any time, merchants always have the greatest interests." Shen Wenqing sighed, "It's just that doing business is not easy, and it's even more difficult at a time like this."

As soon as the policies and strategies are changed, everything will be lost and countless disasters will be caused.

"I think," Shen Lingyun said slowly, "I won't change easily in the future. The policies will only get better and better."

Shen Wenqing also nodded, agreeing with Shen Lingyun's point of view, "Proposing reform and opening up at this time is the experience gained after so many years of exploration. It is for the development of the country and to improve people's livelihood. If it is effective, it will not change, and will only be more and more supported and guided."

"It's great to be able to trade freely." Qi Yuan was happy and anxious. He looked at Shen Lingyun with an urgent look in his eyes and said, "Let's think about it again and see if there is any way to make more money."

It's all money!

All Qi Yuan sees in front of him now are banknotes of RMB, and there are many unknown things waving at him.

"No rush." ​​Shen Lingyun rubbed his head soothingly, "Let's wait and see what happens."

He acted cautiously, but there were many radical people. Shen Lingyun didn't know at this time that he had been targeted by someone.

Soon an acquaintance will arrive.

Chapter 42

"We're rich."

Qi Yuan had the money from selling mountain products in his pocket, and he held his head high with great confidence, "This is the money we earned."

He didn't dare to show off in the watch factory, but as soon as he walked out of the office gate, he couldn't hold it back anymore.

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun followed him and asked him with a smile: "Can you rest assured now?"

"I feel at ease all the time." Qi Yuan said shamelessly, "I am never afraid."

He actually felt guilty when he said this.

Although Qi Yuan was not afraid, he felt uncomfortable living in someone else's home.

Most of the money in his hand was given by Shen Wenqing, and he had to save it for Shen Lingyun and could not touch it easily.

"You should spend less time studying in the future." Shen Lingyun did not argue with him and turned to the subject, "Study for two hours each in the morning, afternoon, and evening, and you can arrange the rest of the time as you like."

"Why?" Qi Yuan was puzzled. "Didn't you say we should hurry up?"

"You don't need it anymore." Shen Lingyun said, "You will only be fifteen after the Chinese New Year, which is the perfect age for high school."

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded, and then asked happily: "Then can I watch TV for a while longer?"

He was so happy that the smile between his eyebrows seemed to have grown wings, and his little face was so lively and vivid that he seemed like he was about to fly.

Full of youthful vigor.

"Of course." Shen Lingyun said, "As long as it doesn't interfere with your studies, you can make your own arrangements, but don't sleep too late at night."

Shen Lingyun suggested to him: "It would be best if you could wash up and rest on time after Dad finishes the class."

"Yeah." Qi Yuan nodded as a matter of course. "Of course I have to go to bed. It's already half past nine. If I wash and clean myself up, it will be past ten. Why are we still watching TV?"

He was used to going to bed early, and if Shen Lingyun hadn't arranged for him to study at night, Qi Yuan would have gone to bed as soon as it got dark.

This has been his habit since childhood.

"Okay." Shen Lingyun smiled and said, "That's settled then."

"Huh?" Qi Yuan looked at him strangely, looking Shen Lingyun up and down with an inexplicable look in his eyes, "Why did you suddenly think of reducing your study time?"

"The school still has holidays." Shen Lingyun said: "It's right for us to relax. Don't you want to have some time for yourself?"

"It doesn't matter whether there is a TV or not." Qi Yuan said honestly: "If there is no TV to watch, I have nothing to do and it's boring to be idle."

It's not like the countryside here, where there are a lot of things to do every day and no friends to play with.

"Just wait until you go to school." Shen Lingyun said, "You'll have a regular commute time every day, and you'll get to know a lot of classmates and have people to play with. By then, you might even complain that you don't have enough free time."

"I don't need anyone to play with me." Qi Yuan waved his hand and said proudly, "Except for studying and doing housework, I watch TV the rest of the time. I don't need anyone to play with me."

"Leave the housework to me from now on." Shen Lingyun looked at him with amusement, "You can have more time to watch TV."

"That won't work." Qi Yuan disagreed, "How can I let you work by yourself? Watching TV is not a must. You can watch it anytime you have time."

"You're right." Shen Lingyun smiled with relief. He was very happy that Qi Yuan could distinguish the important from the unimportant. "I don't like watching TV, so it's okay for me to do more housework."

...

Qi Yuan lay on his side on the sofa with his legs on it, watching TV comfortably.

These days, he was in a good mood and felt confident, and was much more relaxed in this home.

Just like now, there is no restraint of being an outsider, and I can do what I like freely.

Qi Yuan put a slice of orange into his mouth, tasting the delicious, sweet and juicy fruit, with a sweet and satisfied smile.

"Bang, bang, bang."

There was a knock on the door, but Qi Yuan pretended not to hear it and just kept watching TV.

"Bang, bang, bang."

The knocking on the door continued as if tireless, but Qi Yuan still did not move, his eyes continuing to stare at the TV.

"Someone's knocking on the door." Shen Lingyun was knocked out, opened the door, and looked at Qi Yuan lying on the sofa, "It should be our house."

"Yes, that's it." Qi Yuan didn't care. "Uncle Shen has the key, and the person knocking on the door was someone I didn't know. I was watching TV and didn't have time to open the door."

He waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Go back, don't worry about it, we don't know each other anyway."

Shen Lingyun walked out and saw him watching TV intently. He shook his head helplessly and said, "Even if you don't know him, you have to see who he is. You can't just pretend he's not here."

"Okay, I'll go." Qi Yuan jumped up from the sofa and ran out, "Let me see who is knocking on the door so rudely."

He wanted to pretend he was not there, let people go on their own, and forget that the door was not locked.

"Huh?" Qi Yuan had just opened the door when the knocking sound outside stopped.

He ran to the gate, leaned over to look out through the crack, and saw a tall young man standing outside the door.

Looking into the distance.

"Oh my God!" When Qi Yuan saw that face, he immediately exclaimed, "Boss Chen, why are you here?"

Qi Yuan opened the door and looked at the person outside with surprise, "Brother Chen, am I seeing things? It's really you!"

"It's me." Boss Chen smiled heartily, raised his eyebrows, and his ruffian aura leaked out, "You have good eyes, you are not mistaken."

"Oh!" Qi Yuan smiled and waved to Boss Chen, "Quick, quick, come in, come in."

"I thought it was someone I didn't know." Qi Yuan said with a smile, "So I thought I wouldn't open the door, just knock for a while and then leave."

"I don't want to leave." Chen Lao said, "The door outside is not locked. I know there are people inside."

I just don't know why he didn't open the door. He should have been able to hear me knocking louder and louder.

He almost thought that something had happened to Shen Lingyun and the others at home.

"Ah!" Qi Yuan knocked his head in annoyance, "How could I forget that the door was unlocked from the outside? No one will believe me if I pretend I'm not home."

"Who are you hiding from?" Boss Chen looked at him strangely. "Are you in trouble or are you being bullied?"

I didn't even dare to open the door.

"He's busy watching TV." Shen Lingyun also came out and said with a smile, "He's too lazy to come out and drive."

"Hehe." Qi Yuan smiled and said without blushing, "The main thing is that I don't know anyone, so it's useless to open the door."

He would not let strangers in, Qi Yuan had no time to entertain them.

"It seems like you guys are living well." Boss Chen followed them into the house, looked at the furnishings in the living room, and said, "Tsk tsk," "Big cities are different."

"It's more prosperous than a small town." Shen Lingyun said, "The living conditions are also better."

"Here's something for you." Boss Chen put a bag on the ground. "I have quite a few more in my car."

He said, "I don't know if you are home. I haven't brought everything here yet. Go get it from my car later."

"Why did you bring anything?" Qi Yuan quickly asked him to sit down. "Why are you so polite? We are friends."

"You said before you left that you wanted to eat the pickled cabbage you made yourself." Boss Chen sat on the sofa and said with a smile, "I just happened to have a chance to come, so I went to find Captain Wang and bring back some of your pickled cabbage."

He pointed to the big bag on the ground and said, "Here are the salted duck eggs and chicken eggs that Captain Wang brought for you, as well as soybean oil and sticky bean curd."

"Ah!" Qi Yuan's face fell all of a sudden. "Captain Wang! Really? I left some beans and vegetables for him so that his family could have more food. Why did he bring so many things for me?"

He secretly planted some beans and a lot of autumn vegetables on the mountain, and left them to Wang Dali when he left.

I didn't expect that this person would not want to take advantage and give himself so much when he had the chance.

"There's a basket of pickled cabbage on the bus." Chen Laoda said, "I brought some things for you too. You can take them back when I leave."

"No hurry, no hurry." Qi Yuan said, "Eat an orange first, it tastes good."

Boss Chen took it and ate it without hesitation, saying, "Just after you left, a long-distance driver in our team fell ill. I heard that he was coming here, so I tried to get him."

"Will you come here more often in the future?" Qi Yuan asked, "Can we see each other more often?"

Boss Chen frowned slightly and sighed, "I don't know yet. There are many people who want to fight for the long-distance opportunities."

"Running long distances is also dangerous." Shen Lingyun poured him a glass of water and said, "But there are indeed many opportunities. It would be best if you can run."

"I don't have any reason to be afraid of danger." Boss Chen did not hide anything. They were all people who knew each other well. "My family relies on me, my brothers rely on me, and I have so many mouths to feed."

"Your stuff." Boss Chen pointed at the appliances in the living room and said, "Just help me fix one of them, and I can get this long-distance deal."

"Of course." Qi Yuan puffed out his chest and said proudly, "Just tell me what you want, and I'll get it for you."

He stared at Boss Chen intently, with a look that said, "Hurry up and tell me something," which immediately made Boss Chen laugh uncontrollably.

"After all, he is a child." Boss Chen sighed to Shen Lingyun, "I thought that if I have one at home, I can buy it at will."

"What I said is true." Seeing that he didn't believe it, Qi Yuan said hurriedly, "You came all the way here and still wanted to bring us something. We have to help you anyway."

"I know." Boss Chen didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "Helping you carry your things is one thing, but I really have something I want to ask you for help with."

"What's the matter?" Shen Lingyun asked.

He knew it was directed at him.

"I will definitely help if I can." Shen Lingyun admired Boss Chen and was willing to help. Seeing him hesitate, he said directly, "Just tell me."

"I want to buy a watch." Boss Chen said, "I want to give it to our leader as a gift. Even if I can't come to your place, I can still make a long-distance trip from other places."

He told Shen Lingyun about what he had seen and heard along the way.

As early as when he was in the motorcade, he heard others talk about the prosperity and wealth outside, and Boss Chen always wanted to see it with his own eyes.

Of course, it is also for the purpose of trading things.

"Our captain's son is getting married." Boss Chen said, "We have already bought a watch, but I heard the girl also wants a watch for her brother."

"No problem." Qi Yuan didn't wait for Shen Lingyun to speak, and patted his chest to assure: "The watch is absolutely fine, but..."

Qi Yuan frowned and said worriedly, "If you can't come to us, wouldn't it be a waste? We have a lot of good things here."

He still wants to make money!

Boss Chen is a timely help. If he were to run a long distance here, Qi Yuan thought they could cooperate.

"What else does your captain's family need?" Shen Lingyun asked, "It's best to give the gift of what is most needed. We can think of a way."

Chen Laoda thought for a moment and said, "We have watches, radios, bicycles, sewing machines, and table fans. If the girl hadn't suddenly asked for a watch for my brother, I really wouldn't know what to give her."

Although the captain is very capable and has the support of the team members, it doesn't mean that he can get everything he wants. He is also anxious now.

This time when he came out, he also asked me to see if I could find a way to get a watch or a ticket back here.

"Look at our house." Qi Yuan heard that he didn't know what to send, so he waved his hand to show Boss Chen, "Most of the things are not available at your captain's house."

He was very proud. Even the boss Chen didn't have these appliances at home. Qi Yuan raised his head even higher, "Take a look, what do you like?"

"Ask Uncle Shen for help." Qi Yuan said, "I can definitely help you buy it."

He also winked at Shen Lingyun, motioning him to come out and talk, as if he was determined to keep Boss Chen.

Shen Lingyun chuckled. How could he not know what Qi Yuan was thinking? Ever since he saw Boss Chen, his eyes had been darting around.

That quirky look is so cute.

"Giving away a TV is a bit expensive." Shen Lingyun suggested, "How about giving away a washing machine?"

"Washing machine?" Boss Chen asked, "How much is it? I brought more than 600 yuan with me this time, and I want to buy something when I return."

"Not expensive." Shen Lingyun said, "Talk to my dad and see if I can get you the production price. It's probably around one hundred and sixty, seventy, or ten yuan."

"Okay." Boss Chen said immediately, "Then give me a washing machine. It's not much more expensive than a watch."

He said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if the gift is more expensive. I plan to give a watch and 200 yuan."

"Then get another watch." Qi Yuan said, "You can spend less. Don't give me 200 yuan."

Boss Chen laughed out loud, "Hahahaha!" He knew that Qi Yuan didn't understand what was going on here.

"That's because you don't understand." Boss Chen said, "Money is much cheaper than these things. The tickets are hard to get. If you add them all up, it's more than 200 yuan."

The key point is that he has nowhere to find tickets.

Shen Lingyun also laughed and explained to Qi Yuan: "If you don't have money, you can find a way to borrow from others, but these bills can't be borrowed. Even if you buy them, you need someone to sell them, and it will cost a lot of money."

Qi Yuan became happier and happier as she listened, "Uncle Shen is so amazing! He can buy so many electrical appliances that other people don't have without spending any money."

"It's not possible every time." Seeing him covering his mouth and laughing like a little squirrel, Shen Lingyun reminded him, "It's just for personal use, or occasionally when there's a need, we can use connections, but it's not possible all the time."

Even if you are the leader of an electrical appliance factory, you cannot get whatever you want and buy things for others at will.

Most people at that time were upright and principled, and Shen Wenqing also had some convenient conditions, which made it easier for him than others.

But asking someone to do things for you frequently is not an option, and Shen Wenqing will not be willing to help all the time.

"I know." Qi Yuan understood. "Brother Chen is not someone else. He came all the way here. He will help us no matter what we say."

He secretly winked at Shen Lingyun, meaning: He was just bragging and was not afraid.

How could Qi Yuan be so brainless as to take on things and cause trouble for Shen Wenqing? Boss Chen is indeed different from others.

He needed Boss Chen to make money together, and he was one of the few people Qi Yuan knew.

Since they had come so far to ask for help, Qi Yuan felt soft-hearted and wanted to help. He knew that this was not a big deal for Shen Wenqing.

"Then thank you for your help." Boss Chen talked to the two of them for a while, then stood up and left. "Come with me and get the things."

"How can you leave?" Shen Lingyun kept the guest, "Eat your meal at home before leaving."

"Yes." Qi Yuan said, "I still have chicken stewing in the pot. You can't leave. You must stay."

"Maybe some other time." Boss Chen said as he walked out, "I just got here and haven't found a place to stay yet."

He saw that it was getting dark and was anxious to find a place to park his car and stay. Boss Chen was not familiar with the place, so he had to be careful about everything.

"You're at home, I'll go with you." Shen Lingyun said to Qi Yuan, "Dad's company has a guesthouse, I'll go see if I can arrange for him to stay there."

"Okay." Qi Yuan hesitated for a moment, "I'll cook at home, come back soon."

Shen Lingyun agreed and left, taking Boss Chen to look for Shen Wenqing, but he didn't expect that they had just arrived at the door of the watch factory.

I saw his father talking to two people at the door.

"Dad." Shen Lingyun walked over without even looking at the two men, "I have something to talk to you about."

"What's the matter?" Shen Wenqing smiled awkwardly, "Do you want to come into the office to talk?"

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Chapter 43

"Um."

Shen Lingyun nodded, "Let's talk about it at the office."

"Okay." Shen Wenqing breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at the people around him and said, "Teacher, this matter really has nothing to do with me."

He looked at Wang Jingyan again, frowned impatiently, and said lightly: "Master's wife, some words should be spoken with caution. Come back to me when you have evidence."

"No." Zhang Shulin hurriedly stepped forward, "Your master's wife is confused. I brought her here to apologize to you."

He winked at Wang Jingyan, his anxious look almost making him unable to maintain his facial expression, "Quick, apologize to Wenqing."

It was agreed that one would play the good cop and the other the bad cop, but Wang Jingyan was as clueless as ever and was always incompetent and violent.

"No need." Shen Wenqing didn't want to get entangled with them anymore. "I don't want to get entangled with the past anymore. As for your problems, I can't help you either."

At this moment, his gentle face was filled with impatience, and his tone gradually became colder and harder, "The teacher's wife has always said that I reported the teacher's investigation. I solemnly say again that this matter has nothing to do with me."

Shen Wenqing was really tired. Someone came to his house and forced him to apologize, but in fact it was a criticism and forcing him to do something.

He had never seen such a shameless person.

"You still say it has nothing to do with you?" Wang Jingyan ignored Zhang Shulin's hint, her face long, "Your teacher has never been investigated in all these years, but he was investigated after your incident. Who else could it be but you?"

"We were just introducing you to someone," Wang Jingyan said indignantly, "It was all for your own good, but you rejected us without any consideration for our feelings, and even brought a bunch of people to testify in front of us, making us lose face. Is this how you repay your teacher's recommendation?"

"You should know who you are slandering." Shen Lingyun suddenly interrupted, "Don't impose your self-righteousness on others. If you are disrespectful to the elderly, you should know who you are."

"How dare you talk like that?" Wang Jingyan fired at Shen Lingyun again, saying with a look of disdain, "If it weren't for you, how could so many things have happened? You really learned bad things from those rude and illiterate peasants in the countryside, and you don't even know how to respect the elderly."

Seeing that she was acting arrogantly again, Zhang Shulin hurriedly tried to pull her to make Wang Jingyan shut up, but she pushed him away and glared at Shen Lingyun.

Like a fighting cock, its feathers standing on end, ready to fight.

"Heh." Shen Lingyun sneered, "With someone like you, isn't it normal to be investigated? If you do too much evil, you will eventually perish. You should have realized this long ago."

He glanced at Zhang Shulin and said mercilessly: "If you don't want to add another charge when you are investigated, leave now and don't bother my dad again."

"Let's go now." Zhang Shulin's heart trembled. He looked at Shen Lingyun's cold eyes without any warmth, and hurriedly pulled Wang Jingyan to show that they were ready to leave.

"Let me go." Wang Jingyan struggled and yelled at Shen Wenqing, "If you don't help us get this done, I will report you for using connections to avoid being sent down."

"Escaped from being demoted?" Shen Lingyun raised his eyebrows, looked at Wang Jingyan indifferently, and said disdainfully: "Even if you escaped from being demoted, you also contributed to it. You deserve to be punished for your crimes."

"You..." Wang Jingyan was choked by his words and dared not say anything else. She could only roar at Shen Wenqing, "Aren't you afraid that I will expose the matter and implicate the people who secretly helped you behind the scenes? You are really ungrateful."

Zhang Shulin's force in pulling Wang Jingyan was slightly lighter, and he was still spinning in the same place, just pretending that he had no intention of taking Wang Jingyan away.

After hearing Wang Jingyan's threatening words, he secretly observed Shen Wenqing with hopeful eyes, and pricked up his ears to listen to what he said.

But Shen Lingyun broke his expectations. He stood tall with his hands in his pockets, and his handsome and elegant face had a calm expression.

"Yeah." He nodded gently, but the words he said made Zhang Shulin and the others feel like they were dying. "It's just ungrateful. If you still think it's not enough, we can add a little more."

"How about adding insult to injury?" Shen Lingyun looked at the stunned couple with a mocking look in his eyes, "Or maybe I can take the opportunity to step on them a few more times. It's better than having you come over to bother us from time to time."

"Are you really not afraid?" Wang Jingyan took a step back, stimulated by Shen Lingyun's cold eyes, and continued to threaten with gritted teeth: "We can't get away with it, so we'll drag you along."

Her eyes gradually became fierce, but Shen Lingyun didn't let her finish the next words and interrupted her directly: "Okay, we'll just be the two of us, father and son, and bring your whole family along, it's a good deal."

"It's a pity that you can't get what you want." He didn't look scared at all, and smiled at Wang Jingyan and the others. Then he said, "Since we are investigating you, do you think we can't find out about the recommendation of my father? Do you still need to report it?"

What a joke.

"Let me remind you again." Shen Lingyun looked at Zhang Shulin, then at Wang Jingyan, and saw fear in their eyes. "The people you said were secretly helping my father, since they can even handle the matter of being demoted..."

He scoffed, "You guys, I believe it's easier to handle."

Shen Lingyun stopped looking at them and turned to Shen Wenqing and said, "Dad, if you want to be considerate, you have to consider the person. It's better to stay away from people like this, so as not to be constantly being used by others."

"Yes." Shen Wenqing nodded and looked at Zhang Shulin, "I want to know, who is the person who helped you behind the scenes? What is going on?"

When Wang Jingyan threatened him, he was stunned and then fell into deep thought with a dazed look. Now he was brought back to his senses by Shen Lingyun.

I want to ask urgently.

"This..." Zhang Shulin looked away guiltily, not wanting to answer this question.

Wang Jingyan had lost her mind and said without hesitation: "Who do you think you are? We don't care whether you live or die. If someone hadn't found us and asked us to recommend you, we would have paid attention to you."

She looked sarcastic and sarcastically looked at Shen Wenqing, "Even if I'm helping you, I guess it's not voluntary, otherwise why didn't I let you know and told us not to disclose it."

"Yeah." Shen Wenqing's eyes flashed with disappointment, and then he nodded and said, "I understand, you guys go."

"Leave?" How could Wang Jingyan be willing to do that? "Don't worry about whether someone came to find us or not. After all, we recommended you. You must repay this favor."

"There is no gratitude between us anymore." I didn't expect Shen Wenqing to be so tough. "When you relied on your status as a teacher to forcibly interfere in my personal problems and ruined my and my child's reputation, I had already paid my dues."

"You are so greedy." Shen Lingyun had already seen through the couple's thoughts and laughed at them, "In the end, you bring trouble upon yourself and still want to use your kindness to ask for rewards."

"Let's go." Shen Wenqing knew what he wanted to know, so he left without further delay, "Don't tell them anymore."

"Wenqing." Zhang Shulin called out hurriedly.

"Take care of yourself." Shen Wenqing didn't even look at him, just left these words.

"Oh!" Zhang Shulin was annoyed. He didn't know if he regretted it at this moment. His fat and kind face now became dejected.

Shen Lingyun didn't rush to leave with Shen Wenqing, but took a few steps behind to warn: "If you dare to set your sights on my dad again, I will report you for threatening and trying to escape the crime. Let's see who will be more unlucky then."

"No, not again." Zhang Shulin was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he waved his hands hurriedly and said, "We will definitely not come again."

Wang Jingyan didn't dare to say anything at this time. She hid behind Zhang Shulin and didn't even dare to raise her head.

Shen Lingyun's eyes were terrifyingly cold and ruthless. There was also a tall young man next to him, who was staring at them fiercely.

When Shen Wenqing was around, Wang Jingyan could still hold on, but now she doesn't dare to speak arrogantly or take advantage of her age.

"You don't know who helped my dad." Shen Lingyun chuckled and said calmly, "I know who it is."

He looked at Zhang Shulin and his wife, who were terrified, and snorted, "I advise you to be honest, otherwise the people who will be investigated may not only be you, but also your children..."

"No, no." Zhang Shulin shook his head quickly, his old back slumped, and he said listlessly: "We won't come again, and we must honestly confess our guilt."

He now understood a little that it might be his greed that caused the trouble by secretly trying to win over Shen Wenqing.

"It's best to confess honestly." Shen Lingyun turned and left. "This is your retribution."

...

"Huh?"

Qi Yuan stretched his head to look behind Shen Lingyun, "Where's Boss Chen?"

"He's tired." Shen Lingyun said, "He wants to have a good rest and come back tomorrow."

He didn't want to tell Qi Yuan about what happened in front of the watch factory, so he couldn't say that Boss Chen had a clue and made an excuse to shirk responsibility, and he didn't come over at this time.

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded in understanding and greeted Shen Wenqing warmly, "Uncle Shen is back."

"Yeah." Shen Wenqing looked at him and smiled, "Xiaoyun said you stewed the chicken, but it's a pity that your friend didn't come."

"It's okay." Qi Yuan took the bamboo basket from his hand and said with a smile, "Invite him over another day."

"Ouch!" he suddenly exclaimed, his hand sinking down as if the bamboo basket in his hand was too heavy, "Why are you carrying so many things?"

"Uncle Wang and Brother Chen are so loyal to each other." Qi Yuan sighed, "They came all the way to see us and brought so many gifts. How can we feel good about it?"

He quietly observed Shen Wenqing, with a smile on his face, "Uncle Shen, how good do you think this person is?"

Before Shen Wenqing could speak, Qi Yuan told him, "In order to bring us some things, he spent a lot of money on gifts for the leaders, just to get them to come to our place."

"That kid is good." Shen Wenqing said, "He has a generous and open personality, treats people warmly and sincerely, and at first glance, he is a person who values ​​friendship and loyalty."

He was in a bad mood at first, but when Qi Yuan greeted him with a smile, he felt embarrassed not to talk to her.

I'm afraid the child will think too much.

So Shen Wenqing sat on the sofa, calmed down, looked at Qi Yuan with a smile, and listened to him speak.

"Yeah." Qi Yuan agreed. "Uncle Shen has a good eye for people. He can tell so much from them the first time we meet. It's not like we have to spend a long time together before we get to know him."

"I'll give you a break these two days." Shen Wenqing was amused by him and said happily, "Friends are coming, you should entertain them well and don't rush into studying for now."

"Thank you, Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan jumped up high and looked at Shen Lingyun proudly, "Uncle Shen really loves us too much."

Shen Lingyun smiled without saying anything, took the things in his hand to the storage room, and saw that they were talking happily without disturbing them.

Qi Yuan said a few words, and seeing Shen Wenqing happy, he pursed his lips and looked worried, "Uncle Shen, what do you think we should give as a return gift?"

"Well..." Shen Wenqing was stunned by the question, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Think about what they need. It's best to give them what they need."

"I thought so too." Qi Yuan clapped his hands, and looked at Shen Wenqing with sparkling almond eyes, full of admiration, "Uncle Shen, you are absolutely right, we think the same way."

At this time Shen Lingyun came out of the utility room.

Hearing Qi Yuan's words, he smiled and said, "I talked to Dad, and he agreed to help."

Qi Yuan blinked and looked at Shen Lingyun, "We are not talking about the same thing."

"Xiaoyuan, is there something wrong?" Shen Wenqing asked, "If you have any problem, just tell me. Uncle Shen will definitely help if he can."

"Oh, right." Shen Wenqing looked at Qi Yuan with an inexplicable expression, "Didn't you see the tickets I gave you? There are tickets for electrical appliances there."

"I didn't see it." Qi Yuan shook his head in confusion, his eyes blank. "Those were to be saved for Brother Lingyun. I put them away."

"You're saving it for Ling Yun?" Shen Wenqing asked curiously, "Why are you saving it for him? I'm saving it for you guys."

"This..." Qi Yuan was embarrassed and didn't want to say it, but seeing Shen Wenqing looking at him, he lowered his head and said, "If you marry him a stepmother in the future, no one will take care of him. I have to help him save some money for the future."

"You haven't spent the money I gave you, right?" Shen Wenqing asked.

"No." Qi Yuan looked up. "We have food and drink at home and we are not hungry. Why should we spend money?"

"You kid." Shen Wenqing was helpless, shook his head and sighed: "I said I won't remarry, what are you afraid of?"

He remembered what Shen Lingyun had said, that all the money and bills should be given to Qi Yuan to manage, and that Qi Yuan could manage it well.

He didn't care at the time.

Now Shen Wenqing finally understood that this kid was really good at budgeting and was very good to Shen Lingyun.

Even worse than my father.

"No need to save, buy something you like, don't be too frugal." Shen Wenqing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Uncle Shen will say it again, I will not remarry, you don't have to be afraid."

"We're not stopping you from getting married." Qi Yuan was afraid that he might misunderstand, so he quickly said, "We just want to save some money and make some money ourselves. We'll have to support you in your old age."

He looked frank and felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said, but he succeeded in scaring Shen Wenqing and his son.

This kid has thought about things that far ahead?

"Ahem." Shen Lingyun interrupted their conversation and said helplessly: "It's time for us to eat. We are all hungry."

"Okay, let's eat." Shen Wenqing stood up hurriedly and said to Qi Yuan, "If you have anything to say, just talk at the dinner table. Uncle Shen will definitely find a way to help you."

They all provide for my old age! Shen Wenqing was touched and felt that he had made the right decision.

You should just live a good life with your two children.

Chapter 44

"Come, come, come."

Qi Yuan picked up the chicken leg with his chopsticks accurately, "Uncle Shen, you've worked hard, have a big chicken leg to replenish yourself."

"Oh, no need." Shen Wenqing's mouth was not faster than Qi Yuan's hand. Seeing him pass another chicken leg to Shen Lingyun, he immediately said, "Xiao Yuan, you are the youngest child in the family, the chicken leg should be given to you."

"It doesn't matter who eats it." Qi Yuan said with a smile, "We are a family, we can't say a few words to each other."

"Yes, Xiaoyuan is right." Shen Wenqing did not refuse, fearing that he would seem unfamiliar. "You eat chicken too, so just buy whatever you want in the future."

"Yeah." Qi Yuan actively picked up food for Shen Wenqing, "Uncle Shen, eat more."

He also did not forget to take care of Shen Lingyun, "Eat more vegetables, I made a lot today."

In order to entertain Boss Chen, Qi Yuan cooked a table full of dishes and also cut a plate of salted duck eggs that Wang Dali sent.

Chicken stewed with mushrooms and potatoes, braised carp, canned braised pork with pork belly, minced meat and vermicelli, fried eggs with garlic sprouts, fried radish meatballs, mixed shredded cabbage and dried tofu, and a salted duck egg.

In this early winter season, Qi Yuan really put in a lot of effort to make these northern home-cooked dishes.

It's a pity that Boss Chen doesn't have the luck to do that.

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan asked as he ate, "Are there any electrical appliance tickets among the tickets you gave me?"

"Yes." Shen Wenqing said, "Every unit has electrical appliance tickets every year, but they are not necessarily distributed to anyone. They have to be rotated."

He told Qi Yuan: He was given some when he came back, and a few more were issued when he entered the watch factory, but he did not use them when buying electrical appliances.

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded, "So you can just get the electrical appliance ticket for Brother Chen from me?"

He stared at Shen Wenqing with sharp eyes, waiting for his answer, but he said: "If I knew there were any, I would have taken them out and shown them to him. We don't lack these at home."

Qi Yuan didn't show off, and a look of regret and distress appeared on his face.

He felt that he should make amends.

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan asked, "You work in a watch factory. Do you still need watch tickets? It would be great if you don't need them. We can save one."

Shen Lingyun glanced at him and said nothing, but his smiling eyes showed that he was in a good mood.

"Originally, it's not necessary." Shen Wenqing swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "But I bought a watch for each of you, but I didn't give you a ticket. Go get it later..."

He hesitated, feeling that this was not a good idea.

"Then give it to us." Shen Lingyun said, "We have it too. There's no need for people to gossip about us behind our backs."

"Give us the ticket. We'll give it to you." Qi Yuan glared and immediately made a decision: "Uncle Shen, I'll give you the ticket in a moment. We won't let anyone else tell anyone."

He suddenly remembered that what Shen Lingyun said could not affect Shen Wenqing's work.

Because of this incident, Qi Yuan even stopped selling mountain products, for fear that someone would report Shen Wenqing behind the scenes.

"Nothing." Shen Wenqing smiled and said, "It's not the only watch factory. I can go to other companies to ask."

He realized now that Qi Yuan was reluctant to give them all away and wanted to save them all for Shen Lingyun.

"You don't need to give me the ticket." He emphasized again, "Friends should give and take and help each other. Otherwise, we are not friends just because we know each other."

"Forget it." Qi Yuan still shook his head. "In order not to affect you, Uncle Shen, we won't even do business anymore. What's the big deal about a ticket?"

"Business?" Shen Wenqing was stunned.

He put down his chopsticks, looked at Qi Yuan with a serious expression, and opened and closed his lips several times as if he wanted to say something.

But I don't know how to say it.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Shen Lingyun looked at his expression, stopped picking up the food, and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"Is the sale of mountain products because of me?" Shen Wenqing thought about it and said, "I was wondering why you suddenly stopped selling. At the beginning, you were so confident and active in wanting to do business, but then it suddenly came to nothing."

It turns out it was all because of me!

"Although the situation is getting better now." Shen Lingyun said, "but no one can guarantee that this incident will not become a target for others to attack you. We will not allow such a thing to happen."

"So..." Shen Lingyun smiled, "We decided to try not to do anything that could affect you."

Finding someone to buy something is a small matter, so Shen Lingyun and Qi Yuan acted so recklessly.

Regarding making money, they unanimously decided to stay away from Shen Wenqing and not let him get involved in anything.

"Yes, Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan said, "We don't want you to be implicated by us. If people cause you trouble because of selling some mountain products, we would rather not sell them."

"Oh!" Shen Wenqing sighed.

He wanted to say it was okay, that he didn't mind, and that they didn't need to be so careful.

But seeing Shen Lingyun's serious expression and Qi Yuan's determined expression, Shen Wenqing was speechless.

This is because they are scared! I am afraid of experiencing another turmoil.

"Let's eat." Shen Wenqing said, "I'll go there tomorrow with the ticket and ask the leader to help your friend get a factory price."

He can still do this little thing, and no one will find fault with him.

"Okay." Qi Yuan accepted happily, "I'll go find the tickets in a moment."

...

After dinner, he didn't watch TV, but went into the room.

Qi Yuan took out a handful of tickets and was about to look at them one by one when Shen Lingyun came in.

He sat down beside his bed, looked at Qi Yuan on the bed opposite him, and said, "See if there are any bicycle tickets."

"What?" Qi Yuan quickly hugged the ticket, looked at Shen Lingyun warily and asked, "Don't we have two bicycles at home? What do you need the ticket for?"

"That's why I'm asking." Shen Lingyun smiled helplessly, "Aren't you going to give Wang Dali and the others a return gift? Giving them bicycle tickets isn't exactly what they need."

"But..." Qi Yuan still held the ticket tightly, "I want to give them a radio ticket. It's cheap, they can buy it and listen to it anytime."

"You're just causing trouble for them." Shen Lingyun said, "If we buy a radio, the whole team will have to go to their house to listen to it. If we don't entertain them, we'll offend them."

"It seems so." Qi Yuan thought about it and it was true. He frowned and said with some embarrassment: "But they probably don't have money to buy bicycles?"

"This is not your concern." Shen Lingyun leaned forward, stretched out his arm and tapped Qi Yuan's forehead, and said gently: "You just need to know that bicycles are what they need most."

"Okay." Qi Yuan did not refute, "I'll look for it."

He took off his shoes and got on the bed, sitting with his face towards the wall and his back to Shen Lingyun, not wanting him to see what tickets he had.

So as to avoid giving away everything that is worthless.

After searching for a while, Qi Yuan finally found it.

"Found it." Qi Yuan turned around happily, "Take a look."

He waved a ticket in his hand and showed it to Shen Lingyun.

"Oh." Shen Lingyun turned his eyes away from the book in his hand, looked up at the bicycle ticket in Qi Yuan's hand, and said, "Take another look..."

"I don't want to see it." Qi Yuan interrupted him immediately and loudly, "I don't have anything here, what else can I see?"

He quickly put the tickets away without bothering to check what they were, fearing that Shen Lingyun was going to make another arrangement.

"Tonight is a holiday." Qi Yuan packed up and walked out without looking back, "I'm going to watch TV, you can read a book by yourself."

"I also want to talk to you about Boss Chen." Shen Lingyun smiled slightly, but his tone was full of sighs: "Okay! Go watch TV first, and we'll talk when you have time."

"What's the matter?" Qi Yuan turned around and came back, sitting next to Shen Lingyun, and asked curiously, "What happened to Boss Chen?"

"Go watch TV." Shen Lingyun lowered his head to read a book, "We'll talk about it later."

"No." Qi Yuan immediately smiled and said, "Look what I have prepared for you."

He took out three ten-yuan bills from his pocket, as well as a few meat and grain coupons, and stuffed them all into Shen Lingyun's hands. "Look, money, meat and grain coupons, I've prepared a lot for you."

Shen Lingyun looked at the money and bills in his hand, then looked at Qi Yuan, "Why are you giving me these?"

"I don't want it, you take it." Shen Lingyun handed it to him again, "It's useless for me to take it, don't throw it to you again."

"It's okay, it's okay." Qi Yuan held Shen Lingyun's hand and said flatteringly: "Just be careful. If you really lose it, I won't blame you."

"Okay." Shen Lingyun put it on the desk, "You go watch TV, I'm going to read now."

"You haven't told me yet?" Qi Yuan continued to ask, "What's the matter?"

Shen Lingyun is not a person who likes to joke. If he says there is something going on, it must be something serious.

Qi Yuan was extremely curious and wanted to know desperately.

"Hurry up and tell me." Qi Yuan grabbed his arm and shook it to prevent Shen Lingyun from reading. "I've already given you the money."

Shen Lingyun couldn't help but burst out laughing. He didn't expect that just by teasing him, Qi Yuan could take out money?

He couldn't quite believe it.

"Then I can spend it?" Shen Lingyun said, pointing to the money on the desk.

"What are you spending money on?" Qi Yuan looked at him in confusion, and asked, "What do you want to buy? We don't lack anything at home."

"You gave it to me so I could spend it, didn't you?" Shen Lingyun said with a smile, "You didn't give it to me so I could watch it, did you?"

"Just watching." Qi Yuan said confidently: "You are going to go shopping with Boss Chen tomorrow, so I have to put some money in your pocket for others to see."

Shen Lingyun: "..."

He didn't expect that Qi Yuan really let him watch over it, instead of letting him spend as he pleased and buy whatever he liked.

"Are you going to spend money?" Qi Yuan looked dangerously at Shen Lingyun, and said unkindly, "Why don't you tell me what you want to buy?"

"I'm not buying anything." Shen Lingyun suddenly understood what Qi Yuan meant and said soothingly, "I'm just going out tomorrow. If anything happens and I need money, I might spend some money."

"That depends on what it is." Qi Yuan thought carefully, "If I can't come back for lunch and eat out, or if I see something delicious and want to buy it, that's fine."

Qi Yuan's vision was limited. Shen Lingyun didn't want to continue talking about this issue, so he turned to what he wanted to say just now.

"I wanted to talk to you about selling mountain products." Shen Lingyun put down the book in his hand and said seriously, "I think it's a pity. It's better to let Boss Chen do this business."

If Boss Chen were to run a long-distance trip on this route, he would have the best timing, location, and people, and it would be perfect for him to do business in mountain products.

And he has no direct relationship with Shen Wenqing, so even if he appears in various units, no one should be jealous and try to interfere.

"So what do you say?" Qi Yuan blinked, stroked his chin as if thinking, and said after a long while: "How about we form a partnership?"

Seeing Shen Lingyun's gentle expression gradually become serious, he said with a guilty conscience: "It's okay to give less points?"

Qi Yuan had this idea in mind the moment he saw Boss Chen, and now what Shen Lingyun proposed was exactly what he wanted.

But Shen Lingyun's expression seemed to indicate disagreement.

"No." Shen Lingyun refused, and then advised: "We can't help much, how can we talk about sharing the money?"

Shen Lingyun didn't want to get involved in this matter.

"We can't take advantage of this." Shen Lingyun said seriously: "If something really happens in the future, it would be fine if we can help, but if we can't help, how can we have the face to share the money?"

Qi Yuan said nothing. He didn't think too much about it and was planning to go to a farther place to help sell mountain products.

Using the name of Boss Chen and in the name of helping a friend, even if something happens, Shen Wenqing will not be involved.

"Forget it then." Qi Yuan said sternly, reaching out to take the money and tickets from the desk, "You won't be able to use these anyway."

"What's wrong?" Shen Lingyun looked at him listlessly and couldn't help but smile: "Isn't it for me?"

"I'm here to discuss cooperation with you." Qi Yuan stood up and said, "If you can't come back at noon tomorrow, you can eat outside and talk to him about selling mountain products."

"If you don't cooperate, you won't eat?" Shen Lingyun asked with a smile: "If we can't come back at noon, we still have to eat outside."

"Go home and eat." Qi Yuan turned away from looking at Shen Lingyun, "I'll cook for you. Just bear with it if you're hungry."

You don't make money but still want to eat in a restaurant?

Qi Yuan felt that he couldn't indulge this bad habit.

"Okay then." Shen Lingyun shook his head and said helplessly, "No matter what time you come back tomorrow, we'll eat at home. We won't be hungry anyway."

He buried his head in the book again, laughing secretly in his heart: He is really different every moment, and he still says that he has grown up.

Qi Yuan's expression could change at any time, especially when taking money out of his pocket, which made Shen Lingyun like teasing him more and more.

"Here you go." Qi Yuan stood for a while, still couldn't bear to see Shen Lingyun go hungry, "If you can't come back, just eat outside. We can't let Boss Chen think we are stingy."

He clenched his fists and strode out of the room, thinking that even if Shen Lingyun asked him to stay this time.

I can't stop myself either.

Qi Yuan felt that he had discovered the truth: Shen Lingyun and his son were not people who could make money, and their hearts were not in it.

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Chapter 45

"Put the money away and don't lose it."

Qi Yuan looked at Shen Lingyun, patted the place where he kept his money, and told him, "Don't wander around outside for no reason. Come back after you finish your work with Boss Chen."

"Yes." Shen Lingyun said, "We will come back after we buy the washing machine. We will go out together in the afternoon and accompany Boss Chen to look around."

"Let's go further this time." Shen Lingyun glanced at him, "Let's go to the city center. There are still many places in this city that you haven't been to."

"Okay." Qi Yuan said with a smile, "Go quickly, don't let Boss Chen wait anxiously."

After Shen Lingyun left, Qi Yuan stood at the door and watched for a while. Only when he could no longer see him did he turn around and go back.

After a while, Qi Yuan came out pushing a bicycle with his things.

He rode his bicycle hard and arrived at the gate of the Second Textile Factory half an hour later.

"Uncle." Qi Yuan got out of the car and came to the gate. "I'm looking for someone."

"Who are you looking for?" The old man at the gate looked at Qi Yuan, "Strangers are not allowed in or out here, unless they are accompanied by someone from the unit."

"Registration is not allowed?" Qi Yuan didn't know the rules here. "Uncle, I have never been to a factory before. Please let me in to take a look."

"Besides..." Qi Yuan smiled and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, "It would take up so much time to find the person and bring me in."

"Hey!" The old man's eyes lit up when he saw the smoke and asked, "Who are you looking for? See if I know you."

"Looking for Zhou Jing." Qi Yuan said with a smile, "It's kept in the warehouse of your unit."

"I know him." The old man immediately took out the registration book and said, "Just register and go in."

"Thank you, sir." Qi Yuan handed over the cigarette in his hand. "Can I ride in on my bike?"

"Sure." The old man said straightforwardly, and told Qi Yuan where the warehouse was. "Come to think of it, Zhou Jing and I are neighbors, and my daughter is also a classmate of hers, and they have a good relationship."

If not for this, he really wouldn't let anyone in.

There is no certain relationship. Who would take risks for a little profit? He gave Qi Yuan some convenience because Qi Yuan was a child.

"Thank you, sir." After registering, Qi Yuan rode his bike into the textile factory.

This textile factory is very large. After entering the gate, there is a wide cement road that is straight and clean.

There is an office building in front of you.

On both sides of the office building are workshops one after another, covering a large area and employing thousands of workers.

It is a famous large factory in this area.

Qi Yuan did not go to the warehouse first, but walked around the textile factory, curious about the situation there.

"Who are you looking for?" Qi Yuan was stopped by someone when he was looking around. "How did you get in?"

"Come on, follow me to the security department." He asked Qi Yuan to follow him without any explanation. "Is this a place where a child like you can come freely?"

"I came here openly." Qi Yuan got out of the car, but had no intention of following him. "My registration is at the entrance of the unit. I just can't find where the warehouse is."

"I'm lost." Qi Yuan looked innocent and said to the serious middle-aged man in front of him, "Uncle, can you tell me how to get to the warehouse?"

"Warehouse?" The man looked at Qi Yuan carefully. He saw that the boy was fair-skinned and cute, with innocent eyes and a look of ignorance. "Why are you looking for a warehouse?"

"Looking for someone." Qi Yuan wanted to roll his eyes at him for not understanding such a simple thing, but he held back and said honestly, "I'm looking for Zhou Jing."

"You're looking for Zhou Jing?" Zhou Baoguo was even more confused. "Why are you looking for her? Who are you? Why don't I know you?"

"Uncle." Qi Yuan frowned helplessly and said a little aggrievedly: "I don't know you either."

Zhou Baoguo was speechless and thought to himself: If you knew me, you could still say you were looking for Zhou Jing.

"What on earth are you going to do?" Qi Yuan didn't understand why he stopped him, "I still need to find someone."

"Okay." Zhou Baoguo didn't want to waste time talking to Qi Yuan. "I'll take you to find someone. Come with me."

"To the warehouse?" Qi Yuan stood still and said vigilantly: "If we go to the security department, I won't go. I don't know anyone there."

He said as he got into the car, "I remember now. The gatekeeper told me that the warehouse is in the northwest corner of the factory, not far from the fifth workshop."

"The fifth workshop is in front." Zhou Baoguo said, "I'll go with you."

Qi Yuan looked up and saw the fifth workshop not far away. There were big words on it and he knew that Zhou Baoguo had not lied to him.

"Uncle, do you know Aunt Zhou?" He asked with a smile, "If you know her, we can go together. If not, I won't bother you."

"I know her." Chen Baoguo smiled slightly when he heard her call him Auntie Zhou. "That's my sister."

"Huh?" Qi Yuan was pleasantly surprised. "You are Aunt Zhou's brother. What a coincidence."

"What a coincidence." Zhou Baoguo nodded, "I saw you as soon as I left the office building."

He just had something urgent to do and saw a stranger riding a bicycle around the factory, so he followed him to see what was going on.

Zhou Baoguo was so polite to him and followed him for a while, seeing that Qi Yuan did not do anything strange.

I thought it was just a naughty kid who sneaked in to play.

"We are destined to be together." Qi Yuan nodded and said with a smile on his face: "Aunt Zhou said the same thing. She also likes specialties from the north. Don't you think this is fate?"

"Your name is Qi Yuan?" Zhou Baoguo asked hesitantly, "Did you give Zhou Jing those mushrooms and day lilies?"

He also ate it. His sister specially called him over to try the northern specialty, so he knew about Qi Yuan.

"Yes." Qi Yuan patted the things hanging on his handlebars and said, "My relatives came and brought some pine nuts and melon seeds. I thought of giving some to Aunt Zhou to try."

"Hey!" Zhou Baoguo smiled and sighed, "You are such a kind-hearted kid. You gave me gifts when we first met, and now you are still thinking of giving me more."

"Auntie Zhou is a nice person too." Qi Yuan said, "She is warm and generous to others, and has a warm heart. She introduced me to the delicious food here when we first met."

Qi Yuan got off the bicycle, pushed it while talking to Zhou Baoguo, and soon came to the warehouse and saw Zhou Jing.

"I'm looking for you." Zhou Baoguo pointed at Qi Yuan and said, "You don't know the way, so I brought you here."

"Is it you?" Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment when she saw Qi Yuan, and then she greeted Qi Yuan warmly, "Come and sit down."

She is a warehouse keeper and has a desk here with a few chairs nearby for people coming in to pick up goods.

"Aunt Zhou." Qi Yuan put the things on her desk. Seeing that Zhou Jing wanted to pour him some water, he hurriedly said, "Don't bother. I'm not thirsty."

"Drink something even if you're not thirsty." Zhou Jing poured him a glass of water and said with a smile, "It's cold, drink some hot water to warm yourself up."

"Thank you, Aunt Zhou." Qi Yuan took the cup obediently and gave a bright smile. "My cousin came from the north and brought some pine nuts and melon seeds. I'll give some to Aunt Zhou."

"How can I always ask for your things?" Zhou Jing felt embarrassed to ask for them for free again when she heard that they were giving her something again. "I already took it last time. I must pay for it this time."

"I've been busy lately." Zhou Jing added, "I don't have time to look for you. I wanted to buy some more mountain products from you."

"We're out of mushrooms." Qi Yuan said, "If you want some, I'll ask my relatives to mail some to you."

He pointed to the pine nuts he had brought and said, "These are for you, free of charge."

Zhou Jing hurriedly declined, as she didn't want to always take advantage of the child, but Qi Yuan insisted on sending her.

"If you want more, I don't have that much here." Qi Yuan said, "I can ask my relatives to help buy it for you, but this little bit is from my own home, so I don't need to spend money."

He came here today for something, so the thing must be delivered.

"Okay then." Zhou Jing had no choice but to say, "Then buy me some more mushrooms and day lilies. Everyone in my family likes them."

"Okay." Qi Yuan nodded happily. Zhou Jing needed help before he could talk, so he said, "I want to ask Aunt Zhou something."

"What's the matter? Tell me." When Zhou Jing heard him asking her for help, she immediately said, "Auntie Zhou will help if she can."

She also glanced at Zhou Baoguo standing beside her and said, "My eldest brother is the head of the supply and marketing department, in charge of sales."

Zhou Jing knew that most people who came to her for help wanted to buy cloth.

Qi Yuan was not the kind of person who would beat around the bush, so when Zhou Jing asked him to speak, he spoke directly: "I heard that with the reform and opening up, people can buy and sell anything they want, so I wanted to ask Aunt Zhou if that's true?"

He told Zhou Jing that his hometown was in the countryside, which was remote and poor. There was a shortage of cloth and every family could not make clothes. If he could buy and sell freely, he wanted to buy some and send them back to the countryside to distribute to relatives and friends.

"We are not picky here." Qi Yuan said, "Good fabrics are the best, but defective ones are also fine, as long as they are cheap."

"You want to buy defective products?" Before Zhou Jing could say anything, Zhou Baoguo immediately said, "Yes, there are a lot of them. We can sell them to you."

His eyes lit up immediately, and he straightened up and said, "Although the price can't be much cheaper, you can choose. We are also acquaintances, so we should take care of it."

He is worried!

The supply and marketing section chief was in a very glorious position. Many people came to him to buy cloth, and each of them used their connections to make friends with him.

But these people all want good cloth.

Their units are aimed at various large and medium-sized cities, but production is limited and it can be said that supply exceeds demand.

It's just that defective products are inevitable. Even if they control production quality, they still have quite a few in their warehouse.

Can't sell.

"Brother." Zhou Jing looked at him disapprovingly, "He's still a child. Why are you discussing business with him?"

"Don't listen to him." Zhou Jing turned to Qi Yuan and said, "We heard about the reform and opening up, but no one came to buy cloth. We still supply it to major state-owned enterprises."

She is an enthusiastic and sincere person. She likes Qi Yuan more and speaks sincerely, "Although there is no precedent for individual purchases, if you want to buy cloth, even if there is no reform and opening up, I can help you, but the quantity is not large."

"Thank you, Aunt Zhou." Qi Yuan smiled. "I knew you were the best. I felt close to you the first time I saw you. You are also the first person I met here. I trust you."

"That's right, Auntie Xin." Zhou Jing said with a smile, "Dacron and corduroy are the best-selling products here, and the cotton fabric is also of good quality. Which one do you want?"

"Brother." Zhou Jing was quick to speak and without waiting for Qi Yuan to speak, he looked at Zhou Baoguo and said, "I don't care what you think of, you must help Qi Yuan buy some cloth."

"Okay." Zhou Baoguo blushed at what his sister said. He was so happy that he forgot that Qi Yuan was a child and sat there in silence. "You can sell a few horses."

"How many pieces of this fine cloth can you sell me?" Qi Yuan asked hurriedly.

Zhou Baoguo pondered for a moment and said, "Five at most. Too many is hard to arrange."

He explained to Qi Yuan: "Although reform and opening up have allowed individuals to do business, the demand for our cloth is far from enough to meet the supply. We cannot consider selling to individuals. It is impossible for you to buy at will."

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded, "I see. Thank you, Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou."

"But." Qi Yuan smiled, put on a well-behaved look, looked at Zhou Baoguo and said, "Uncle Zhou, I can buy the defective cloth."

"We in the countryside don't care whether it looks good or not. The main thing is that it's cheap and doesn't require cloth coupons. I can buy some defective cloth and take it back."

Qi Yuan no longer had the attitude of begging for help when buying cloth, but now had the attitude of being willing to help. He could see that Zhou Baoguo really wanted to sell the defective cloth.

"If my relatives can help sell more," Qi Yuan said, "I'll bring him to you this afternoon. Is that okay?"

"Okay." Zhou Baoguo said immediately: "Okay, if you can order more, we will be responsible for the delivery and you don't have to pay for the shipping."

"Then it's settled." Qi Yuan said, "I'll buy the good cloth first, and come back this afternoon to talk about the defective products."

He was afraid that Zhou Baoguo would go back on his word, so he immediately said to Zhou Jing, "Aunt, I want to buy cotton and corduroy. Dacron is not useful now."

"Look at me." Zhou Jing patted her head and said with a smile: "Of course, Dacron is not needed at this time. I am confused."

Qi Yuan took out some money and showed it to Zhou Jing, "Aunt, I have the money. I can buy it now."

He took out several hundred yuan, which surprised Zhou Jing and Zhou Baoguo. Who would carry so much money with them when going out?

"You kid." Zhou Jing scolded him, "How can you bring so much money out? Aren't you afraid of losing it?"

"Brother." Zhou Jing said to Zhou Baoguo, "Take him to get the invoice and pay the money. Don't let him have so much money on him."

...

When Shen Lingyun returned home, he saw five rolls of corduroy fabric in the house.

"Where did this come from?" Shen Lingyun: "Didn't Dad mention buying cloth?"

"I bought it." Qi Yuan looked up, his body straight, "Five rolls of corduroy. There is no such fabric in the supply and marketing cooperatives in the countryside. It is just right for making clothes in autumn and winter."

He looked at Boss Chen who was standing next to Shen Lingyun and said proudly, "I also contacted and bought a lot of defective fabrics. There are all kinds of fabrics, and I can choose whatever I want."

Qi Yuan put his hands behind his back and smiled with sparkling eyes: "I can decide how much to buy. If you buy a lot, I will pay for the shipping."

He looked at Boss Chen and said with a reserved look, "How about we cooperate? You will be rich soon."

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Chapter 46

"I'm just wandering around for nothing."

Qi Yuan stood in front of the sofa, looking at Shen Lingyun and Boss Chen with a smile, "I didn't expect to get another business."

He raised his eyebrows and put his hands behind his back, as if it was a trivial matter and tried to downplay it.

If you ignore the way he holds his head high and the smile that he can't suppress, some people might actually believe him.

Shen Lingyun smiled faintly. He did not expose her, but praised her: "I didn't expect that you would encounter such a good thing just by going out. We deserve to get rich."

"Yes." Boss Chen was particularly supportive. "Pa pa pa," he raised his hands to applaud Qi Yuan. "You are the fortune-bringing boy we used to talk about. You can make money by doing anything."

"Isn't it?" Qi Yuan smiled, his eyes bright and proud, "I think so too."

He looked at Shen Lingyun and Boss Chen who were sitting on the sofa facing him, and felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Just listen to what you say.

"I think so." Qi Yuan paused deliberately to observe the expressions of Shen Lingyun and the others, "This matter still needs to be discussed."

"You say." Boss Chen leaned back on the sofa, crossed his legs and said nonchalantly, "We'll listen to you whatever you want to do."

Qi Yuan looked at Shen Lingyun again, waiting for his opinion.

"Yes." Shen Lingyun nodded, "Tell me your idea. If it works, I'll follow your advice."

"I want to discuss this with Section Chief Zhou." Qi Yuan put away his smile and put on a serious face, "Try to use the defective products together with the good fabrics for us, and say that they are for us to support the business."

"What do you think?" Qi Yuan's eyes sparkled, and he pursed his lips with a determined look, "We must try to win."

"I agree." Boss Chen raised both hands in approval, "Let's do it."

He was content with defective cloth, and would be even more welcome if he could take the opportunity to get some good cloth.

"We can talk about it." Shen Lingyun nodded, "If Section Chief Zhou really wants to sell the defective cloth, he will agree to match it with some."

"That's settled then." Qi Yuan made the decision, "I'll take you to talk this afternoon, and you'll follow my lead then."

But he didn't expect that he would come to the textile factory with Shen Lingyun and Boss Chen in high spirits that afternoon.

When I found Section Chief Zhou, he was thrown away.

"Welcome, welcome." Zhou Baoguo stepped forward to welcome Qi Yuan warmly when he saw him bringing two people.

"Come here, Xiao Cheng." Zhou Baoguo called a young man over and said to Qi Yuan, "This is our comrade Xiao Cheng from our supply and marketing department. Let him entertain you first."

He turned around and called Shen Lingyun and Boss Chen, "Come, let's go into the conference room and talk."

"Hey..." Qi Yuan was stunned. How could he get rid of him?

He is the one who calls the shots!

"You are not yet an adult." Shen Lingyun understood him and rubbed his hair soothingly. "I will not let you enter the conference room to participate in this matter."

Seeing Qi Yuan's stunned and dazed expression, Shen Lingyun felt both amused and distressed.

"But..." Qi Yuan wanted to say that he had the final say, and that he was the one who made all the decisions, "How can it be done without me?"

"We will listen to you." Shen Lingyun whispered in his ear, "We will do everything you say. Just wait for us without worry."

"We're going in." Boss Chen looked at Qi Yuan with amusement and made a reassuring gesture to him, "Just wait."

"Hurry up." Qi Yuan's cheeks puffed up, and he said seriously with a stern face, "Come out and find me if you have any problems."

"This is all done by adults." Zhou Baoguo couldn't help but laugh when he heard him say this, "You don't have to get involved."

"Okay." Qi Yuan suppressed his displeasure and said, "You guys go ahead."

He almost retorted to Zhou Baoguo just now, "I am too young to get involved? Don't forget that I did it."

But in order to make money, Qi Yuan felt that he had to endure it.

"Comrade, come and sit down." Cheng Xinyun greeted him warmly, "Don't worry, they will be out soon."

He poured water for Qi Yuan and gave him some candies. "Eat it. You're welcome."

"Oh." Qi Yuan didn't feel like drinking water or eating candy, but he still said thank you politely.

He kept looking towards the conference room and asked tentatively, "Can I go over and lie down by the door and listen?"

Qi Yuan pretended to be embarrassed and smiled shyly, "I haven't seen what a meeting is like yet."

"It's so boring." Cheng Xinzhi looked around and saw that they were the only two people in the office. He lowered his voice and said, "I can fall asleep listening to this."

"Sleep?" Qi Yuan didn't expect it to be like this, and immediately stood up and said unhappily: "We are not here to sleep."

He said as he headed for the conference room, "No, we won't sleep. I have to call them out."

"No, no." Cheng Xinzhi was so scared that he ran to Qi Yuan and stopped him. "They are not sleeping, they are talking about something. I want to sleep."

"You?" Qi Yuan looked at him suspiciously, then pushed him away. "Why are you stopping me if you want to sleep?"

"I'm telling you..." Qi Yuan said with a vigilant look on his face, "I'm not someone you can mess with. If you act like a hooligan, I'll call for help right now."

"No, no." Cheng Xinzhi patted his head tiredly, "Keep your voice down so no one can hear me. That's not what I meant."

He now wanted to slap himself twice for saying such nonsense and let his boss know how he could still work here.

Cheng Xinzhi actually slapped himself. Although he didn't use too much force, it still hit him hard on the face.

"Are you crazy?" Qi Yuan took a step back and was even more surprised. This man was actually hitting himself.

"I scared you crazy." Cheng Xinzhi said helplessly: "I was just joking, how could you take it seriously?"

After much persuasion, he finally made it clear to Qi Yuan that he was just making a metaphor.

Every time the leader holds a meeting, he repeats the same words over and over again, which makes people feel drowsy.

Not really sleeping.

"You should have said it earlier." Qi Yuan patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "You scared me."

"It's my fault." What else could Cheng Xinzhi say? In order to get over the matter as soon as possible, he could only admit his mistake and said, "I won't joke around anymore."

"You must work hard." Qi Yuan sat down again and said earnestly: "It's not easy to find a job. You must work hard and don't let down the trust of the Party and the people."

"Yes, yes, I have a problem with my thinking." Cheng Xinzhi echoed: "I must reflect on myself, work hard and conscientiously, and contribute my life to the Party and the people."

Cheng Xinzhi was dejected. He was so unlucky today that he was scared like this by a little kid.

The key is that he has no choice but to admit defeat.

Qi Yuan looked at him like this and didn't say a word for a long time. He just sat there in silence pretending to be dead.

"Eat some candy." Qi Yuan picked up a candy on the table. "I was just joking with you. Don't be afraid."

He misunderstood, but Qi Yuan didn't want to admit it, at least he couldn't let Cheng Xinzhi see it.

Qi Yuan looked at him with a smile, blinking her bright and innocent eyes, "Why did you take it so seriously?"

"Huh?" Cheng Xinzhi was dumbfounded. What did this mean?

"You look young to me." Qi Yuan said, "You seem to be about the same age as me."

He looked at Cheng Xinzhi, a talkative and cheerful boy who seemed to have a somewhat reckless personality.

But not annoying.

"I'm older than you." Cheng Xinzhi was speechless. No matter how he looked at Qi Yuan, he was not older than him. He said helplessly, "I graduated from high school this year. I'm eighteen years old now. I've been working in the factory for a few months."

"Oh." Qi Yuan looked around and didn't see anyone else, so he asked, "How many people are there in your supply and marketing department?"

This office is very large, with five or six desks and a sofa.

There are thermos, teapots, teacups... some simple daily necessities, and there are also a lot of paper and pens on each table.

"Including the section chief." Cheng Xinzhi pointed at himself and said, "plus me as a handyman, there are eight people in total."

"The two people who just entered the conference room with your section chief are..." Qi Yuan asked, "From your supply and marketing department?"

"Yes." Cheng Xinzhi nodded, "We are our section members. Our deputy section chief is away on a business trip, and Section Chief Zhou is in charge at the unit."

"I heard that your company's cloth is in short supply?" Qi Yuan looked puzzled and asked, "Why do you have to go on a business trip when you come to buy cloth?"

"We still need to buy raw materials." Cheng Xinzhi explained: "We don't have to go out to sell cloth, but some things still need to be purchased. Our supply and marketing department is still very busy."

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded, not quite understanding.

He turned to look at the conference room, wondering how Shen Lingyun and the others were talking, "When will they finish?"

"It should be quick." Cheng Xinzhi said casually, "There's no need to talk about the price, it's regulated, it's just the quantity of buying and selling, it will be announced soon."

It was also a coincidence that as soon as he finished speaking, the door of the conference room opened.

Zhou Baoguo walked out first, followed closely by Shen Lingyun and Boss Chen. Judging from the expressions on their faces, it seemed that they were having a good conversation.

"Are you impatient?" Zhou Baoguo laughed, still treating Qi Yuan like a child. "We have finished the discussion. We can issue the invoice and deliver the goods now."

"So fast?" Qi Yuan asked, "It must have gone smoothly."

He looked at Shen Lingyun and saw him nodding to him. He immediately smiled happily, "Section Chief Zhou is straightforward."

"We will take away 30 pieces of defective cloth first." Shen Lingyun told him, "and add 6 pieces of good cloth to facilitate sales."

He gestured with his hand, meaning: five pieces of defective cloth for one piece of good cloth.

"Section Chief Zhou, please give me a letter of introduction." Boss Chen added, "It will be convenient for me to sell it when I go back."

He raised an eyebrow and said with high spirits, "There won't be any problems along the way."

Qi Yuan's eyes curved with smile. He understood what Boss Chen meant: It won't be dangerous to go back and sell cloth. With the letter of introduction from the textile factory, you can sell it openly.

"Let's issue the invoice and make the cloth." Shen Lingyun looked at Section Chief Zhou who was waiting not far away, "Pay the money first."

"Okay, okay." Qi Yuan nodded happily and trotted over to Zhou Baoguo. "I'll pay. How much?"

"You'll pay?" Zhou Baoguo looked at him strangely, "This is a lot of money."

"I have money." Qi Yuan patted his chest proudly, "You can have as much as you want."

"Come over and settle the bill." Qi Yuan waved to Shen Lingyun and the others, "I'll pay."

He stood behind Shen Lingyun, and secretly took out a neat stack of ten-yuan bills.

"How much?" Qi Yuan slammed his hand on the table. "I'll count for you."

"You are so rich?" Cheng Xinzhi couldn't help but exclaimed, looking at the stack of money and said, "It must be two or three thousand, right?"

"Yes." Qi Yuan nodded, "If it's not enough, I'll go back and get more."

He looked rich, but in fact Qi Yuan brought all the money.

But he was not afraid at all, because they had settled their accounts and the money was enough.

Zhou Baoguo's eyes narrowed slightly. He was surprised in the morning how a child like Qi Yuan could take so much money, and now he saw him like this again.

"It seems that your family is really not short of money." Zhou Baoguo sighed.

When he was talking with Shen Lingyun and the others just now, he thought they were doing business and wanted to profit from him.

So take a business-like attitude.

"Of course I'm not short of money." Qi Yuan said as a matter of course: "If I'm short of money, I can buy cloth and give it to others. I can't even take care of it myself."

Just blow it!

Anyway, no one knows, Qi Yuan doesn't feel guilty at all.

"Ahem." Zhou Baoguo coughed unnaturally and looked at Shen Lingyun and Boss Chen. "Take these cloths back and try first. If they don't sell well, I can give you some better cloths."

It is not possible to return it, but Zhou Baoguo can still give some other conveniences.

After all, he now believed that Qi Yuan was really trying to help him, not for profit.

...

"Hahaha."

As soon as Boss Chen drove out of the textile factory, Qi Yuan laughed heartily, "We finally managed to intimidate them. They will give us more good cloth next time."

"Great!" Boss Chen gave a thumbs up. "We have fooled him. It will be more convenient for us to get the cloth from now on."

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun also smiled and said, "It will be much smoother in the future. After all, we are not asking others to do things for us now."

"It's mainly because Aunt Zhou is a good person." Qi Yuan said, "She must have said a lot of good things about us. We must thank her again in the future."

"More friends mean more paths." Boss Chen said, "We should give whatever we need to give. We can't let people look down on us."

He then added: "I wanted to stay for two more days to see your city, but now I have to go."

"You're not going to play for a few days?" Qi Yuan tried to persuade him, "We haven't entertained you yet."

"Let's talk about it later." Boss Chen said with a smile, "Do we still need to be so polite?"

This time he got a great advantage.

"Be careful on the road." Shen Lingyun said, "The roads in the north are not easy to travel at this time. We can't ignore the danger just because we are in a hurry to sell the cloth."

"Yes." Qi Yuan also understood that Boss Chen was anxious to go back and sell cloth. "Making money is important, but safety is also important. As long as we sell some of the cloth, we can pay the next bill."

They had used all their money to buy cloth, and if anything happened it would be troublesome, as they had already signed a contract with the textile factory.

Come here once a month.

"I know, don't worry." Boss Chen said with a smile, "People have money, I understand this principle."

He sent Shen Lingyun and the others back, and after they got off the car, he said, "Don't worry, I will sell all the cloth as soon as possible and remit the money as soon as possible."

"Hey." Before Qi Yuan could say anything, Boss Chen had already driven away.

"Let's go." Shen Lingyun said, "Boss Chen wants us to rest assured that he won't do anything ungrateful."

"If you don't believe him, then don't do business with him." Qi Yuan said indifferently: "But the fact that he said that proves that we have good vision."

I was not wrong about Boss Chen.

This time, Qi Yuan and his friends had invested a lot of money, more than 2,000 yuan, which was not something that most people could easily spend.

He pressed his pocket painfully, "We only have a few dozen yuan left now."

"Once Boss Chen sells all the cloth, the money will come back." Shen Lingyun said with a smile, "You will make a lot of money then."

"That's right." Qi Yuan was happy again, looking up with a smile, "I want to ask you one more thing."

"What's the matter?" Shen Lingyun walked home with him slowly, "Do you still need to ask my opinion? Just ask if you want to."

He smiled and looked at Qi Yuan with gentle eyes, speaking in a tones that sounded like he was coaxing a child.

"Is your father worried?" Qi Yuan asked, "He seems unhappy."

He was so busy making money that he had no time to think about what happened to Shen Wenqing. Now he has the time and the mood to do so.

Qi Yuan felt that he should care about it.

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Chapter 47

"Dad might be sad."

Shen Lingyun said: "Having hope and despair is hard for anyone to bear."

He put his hands in his pockets, and even though he spoke lightly, as if it had nothing to do with him, one could inevitably hear a hint of sadness in his words.

"What happened?" Qi Yuan asked, "Why is he so sad? Didn't any of us make him angry?"

Shen Lingyun thought for a moment and decided to tell Qi Yuan.

He recounted the story of Zhang Shulin and his wife going to the unit to look for Shen Wenqing, focusing on the people who were helping Shen Wenqing behind the scenes.

Shen Lingyun watched his father's expression change from surprise to shock, then to realization, joy, disappointment, and despair.

It was speculated that it might be related to Shen Wenqing's estranged family.

"Since they helped Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan was puzzled, "Doesn't that mean they still care about Uncle Shen? Why do they want to sever the relationship?"

"Blood is thicker than water." Shen Lingyun sighed, "Severing ties doesn't mean they will watch Dad get into trouble, but it doesn't mean they will forgive and reconcile."

He thought that the other party had found Zhang Shulin in a roundabout way and asked him not to tell anyone, which was a statement of attitude.

Shen Wenqing also understood this and knew his family's attitude, which was why he was so sad and desperate.

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan pursed his lips and said after a long while, "We don't know why he has such a bad relationship with his family, and we can't help."

Qi Yuan lowered his head and felt a little bad. He had a very good impression of Shen Wenqing and was grateful to him for taking him in.

So I always try to be nice to Shen Wenqing.

But he was powerless to do anything about this matter. Reason told him not to get too involved. Qi Yuan could only move forward in silence.

"I'll talk to Dad tonight." Shen Lingyun saw Qi Yuan was in a low mood and smiled to comfort him: "Don't worry, Dad will get over it."

He hadn't wanted to care at first. After so many years, Shen Wenqing should have known that some things couldn't be easily changed.

I should have been mentally prepared.

But Qi Yuan cared so much about him, and Shen Lingyun didn't want the two of them at home to fall into silence. He hoped that they could still be a happy and warm family like before.

"Yes." Qi Yuan said: "Please persuade Uncle Shen. He still has us."

"Oh, right." Qi Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with great energy, "You can ask more and see if we can help so that Uncle Shen can go home to see his parents earlier."

"I'll try my best." Shen Lingyun said calmly, "Sometimes having a deep conversation with someone is no different from exposing the scars in your heart. I would rather Dad figure it out on his own or work hard to get it done."

This is why Shen Lingyun is unwilling to talk about this matter.

"Yeah." Qi Yuan nodded, not quite understanding, but he believed Shen Lingyun, "You decide. I will try my best to be nice to your father and make him happy."

"Thank you, Qi Yuan." Shen Lingyun's eyes were full of smiles. He looked at Qi Yuan and said softly, "Dad likes you very much. He talks to you for a while every day, more than he talks to me, his son."

"Then I'll talk to him more." Qi Yuan raised his head and chest, and said with a smile: "I like Uncle Shen very much too, and I'm willing to talk to him."

As they were about to reach home, Shen Lingyun remembered something else.

"There is the textile factory business." Shen Lingyun said, "The money we can earn will be enough for us to spend. We should focus on our studies and stop thinking about other things."

"I know." Qi Yuan nodded obediently, "I'm not that greedy. Look, Boss Chen said he wanted to do the mountain products business with us, but I didn't agree."

Because Shen Wenqing had been involved in this incident, Qi Yuan was very careful and decided to completely distance himself from it.

At the same time, he glanced at Shen Lingyun secretly and felt that his idea was correct. Shen Lingyun just didn't work hard to make money.

As long as they earn enough to get by, they won't want more, which gives Qi Yuan a headache.

He opened his mouth to say: We don't have a house yet, we live in your father's house.

But after thinking about it, they shut up again. They couldn't just abandon Shen Wenqing and move out by themselves, and they didn't have the money to buy a house.

Let's talk about it later.

Shen Lingyun was so focused on how to talk to his father in the evening that he didn't notice Qi Yuan's expression, nor did he notice the rich expression of wanting to say something but stopping himself on that cute little face.

Qi Yuan is a carefree person.

Seeing the family compound from afar, he jumped up and shouted, "We are home."

He pulled Shen Lingyun towards the family compound, "Let's go back quickly, it's too cold outside."

The wind started to blow at this moment, and the cold and damp feeling made people very uncomfortable, which was different from the cold and dry wind in the north.

Qi Yuan was a little uncomfortable.

Shen Lingyun ran after him and saw that the tip of his nose was red. Thinking that it was already November, he said, "Take out your hat and scarf. Remember to wear them next time you go out."

"Okay, I see." Qi Yuan said, "It's time for us to wear cotton clothes."

He looked at the few pedestrians who occasionally walked by the family compound. They were wearing thin clothes and asked curiously, "Why are they wearing so little? Aren't they cold?"

"They are used to it." Shen Lingyun stopped jogging and walked slowly. "People are different in different places. It's normal for you to feel cold."

But when I think of people in the north, they wear very thick clothes in winter, like cotton balls.

"Do you wear a lot in winter?" Shen Lingyun asked casually.

Then he added: "I'm used to the weather in the north, and I wear a lot of clothes in winter."

"I'm wearing too much." Qi Yuan said, "I'm afraid of the cold, so I'll wear a cotton-padded jacket tomorrow. I won't wear the sweater underneath if it's not warm enough."

"Okay." Shen Lingyun nodded, "It's better to wear something thicker."

He was looking forward to seeing what Qi Yuan would look like.

But he had other things to do at the moment, so he didn't say anything more.

...

"dad."

After dinner, Shen Wenqing walked to the study as usual, but was followed by Shen Lingyun, "I have something to ask you."

"Come in and talk." Shen Wenqing pushed open the study door. "What's the matter? Why are you so serious?"

He smiled and asked, "You didn't say a word at the dinner table just now, but now you remember it."

"Nothing important." Shen Lingyun smiled, followed into the study and sat opposite Shen Wenqing, with a desk between them. "Qi Yuan said that Dad seemed unhappy, so he asked me to ask if we did something wrong to make you unhappy."

"No way." Shen Wenqing was stunned, then shook his head and smiled: "This child is very thoughtful, no wonder he kept talking to me and making me happy just now."

Shen Lingyun didn't say anything. He waited for Shen Wenqing to realize his purpose.

Shen Wenqing saw his son was silent, looked at him with puzzled eyes for a moment, and then an expression of sudden realization appeared on his face.

"Are you asking?" Shen Wenqing said half and half.

"Actually I don't want to ask." Shen Lingyun said, "I just don't want Dad to be unhappy."

His eyes were sincere, his face was frank, and he said directly: "What is more important than our family? We all hope that Dad will speak out if he is unhappy about anything."

"If you don't want to talk about it." Shen Lingyun thought for a moment and said, "I hope you can think it over or forget it."

Shen Wenqing was silent.

The two of them sat facing each other in silence, and no one spoke. The study was filled with silence, as if no one was inside.

After a long time, Shen Wenqing finally sighed: "It's impossible to let it go or forget it, but what can I do!"

He seemed to have been suppressing his emotions for a long time, and the words that had been buried in his heart for a long time seemed to be unable to be suppressed anymore, and they rushed to his lips.

Shen Lingyun then knew why he broke off relations with his family.

It turned out that it was because of his mother that Shen Wenqing's family resolutely severed ties with Shen Wenqing and drove him out of Beijing, never to have any contact with him again.

"Why?" Shen Lingyun asked.

"Because I didn't marry your mother voluntarily." Shen Wenqing said helplessly: "It was your mother and her whole family who begged me on their knees, and I softened my heart and agreed."

"Your grandfather has a strong character and will not tolerate any injustice." Shen Wenqing rubbed his brows and said tiredly, "He thinks your mother and her family are repaying kindness with enmity. Such people do not need mercy."

Shen Wenqing had just graduated and came to Shen City to participate in a research project. One night, he accidentally rescued Shen Lingyun's mother who was intercepted by gangsters.

But who would have thought that the gangster would turn the tables and say that Shen Wenqing and the others were immoral and had promiscuous relationships, and that he was the victim.

In the end, even if the matter was investigated thoroughly, it would cause a lot of trouble for Shen Lingyun's mother and her family.

The whole family knelt down and begged desperately, hoping that Shen Wenqing would marry Shen Lingyun's mother and save their family.

Avoid rumors and harassment from that rogue family.

Shen Wenqing was young and soft-hearted, so after considering it and negotiating some conditions, he agreed to the marriage.

As a result, the whole family opposed it, thinking that the family was ungrateful and deliberately trying to get close to them.

"You are soft-hearted, so you insist." Shen Lingyun said: "Maybe you didn't expect your family to be so determined to sever ties with you."

"Yes." Shen Wenqing sighed: "I have already made a promise. If they don't like your mother and them, I will come to Shen City and will not take her back."

Who would have thought that even he would be turned away and refused to forgive her for many years.

"If you think about this, will you still agree to this marriage?" Shen Lingyun was a little curious, "Have you ever regretted it over the years?"

"I regret it." Shen Wenqing said without hesitation: "But if I had to do it again, I would still make this choice."

"You don't know how important reputation is to a person and his family." Shen Wenqing said, "It will ruin them, or even cost them their lives."

"I feel bad for your grandfather and his family, but they will live well." Shen Wenqing said, "You don't know, your grandmother was in a trance because of this incident and was hit by a car, but she didn't even have the money to treat the disease."

"There were several very young children there," Shen Wenqing recalled of the family's plight at the time. "I really couldn't bear it, so I negotiated the conditions before deciding to help them."

"What conditions?" Shen Lingyun frowned. He really knew nothing about these. "Did they really agree and do so afterwards?"

"Others should be." Shen Wenqing smiled and said as if he didn't care: "It's just that your mother has become more and more vain and loves to enjoy life. But this is nothing. No one doesn't like a comfortable life, not to mention that I can give it to you."

"Your conditions?" Shen Lingyun did not comment, but raised his eyebrows and asked, "What conditions do you have to agree to marry someone you don't like and who is not compatible with your family conditions in any way?"

"I like research and have decided to devote my life to scientific research. I have never thought about getting married." Shen Wenqing said: "My condition is that they cannot interfere with my work or have any objections. My bottom line is that I will do my best to help them, but if I can't, they don't have to bother me."

But some things that happened later seemed to be beyond Shen Wenqing's expectations. His wife did something behind his back and was caught by someone.

At the same time, as one child after another was born and their children had opinions about the nature of his work, Shen Wenqing also showed understanding and made compensation.

"She said you lacked fatherly love." Shen Wenqing said, "Although I tried my best to accompany you, compared to other fathers, I really had very little time, so I decided to leave the institute when you needed your father's guidance the most."

As a result, his mistakes were discovered and he was reported, which led to his demotion.

"Why bother?" Shen Lingyun was unable to make a judgment. "People's hearts are fickle. Dad, you were indeed young and lacked training at the time. You even lost your career."

He didn't say that he had lost his family.

"Isn't it?" Shen Wenqing smiled and did not refute Shen Lingyun's words, "But I still thank your mother."

He said: "In that era, most marriages were without love, which you may not understand."

Shen Wenqing paused, "After all, she protected a family for me. She also insisted on not doing anything out of line when we were apart for a long time. She maintained the integrity of a family and gave birth to several children for me. I am grateful to her."

"As for her helping her family do some things they shouldn't have done, and taking the initiative to file for divorce and remarrying soon after my accident, I don't blame her for any of that."

Shen Wenqing is very open-minded, and his gentle features are exactly the same as Shen Lingyun's, but he is never like Shen Lingyun.

Sometimes he shows a cold and ruthless side, with a calm look in his eyes as if he has no emotions and is not interested in anyone or anything.

He is truly a modest gentleman, gentle and amiable, always kind to others, just like Shen Wenqing now, who has no resentment towards anyone.

"The only person I feel sorry for." Shen Wenqing's eyes were a little moist, and he looked at Shen Lingyun and said, "It's you."

He did not try his best to make proper arrangements for his son, thinking that no matter what a mother is, she would at least take her son into consideration.

"This is the first time I feel regretful." Shen Wenqing said, "I entrusted your safety to only one person. If I had shamelessly asked my family for help, perhaps you wouldn't have suffered so much for so many years. Your whole life... might have been affected."

He covered his face. If something happened, he would not just send money to his parents, but ask them to help him.

Even when parting with his son, he wrote a letter to his parents asking them to help take care of him.

Perhaps that son is kind and innocent, who treats everyone with humility and courtesy, and has a gentle smile on his face.

It wouldn't be what it is today.

"Okay, Dad." Shen Lingyun didn't know why he was talking about himself again, "I'm not very well now, the past is over."

He himself doesn't even think about it, but his father thinks about it all the time. Shen Lingyun is speechless.

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Shen Wenqing said quickly: "Let's all go! Dad has made up his mind, and it can't be changed. I will give up completely and will not try to contact your grandfather again."

He tried to contact her today, but no one answered his call. The nanny said she was not there as usual.

"However," Shen Wenqing added, "there is one more thing I want to tell you. Your mother was one month pregnant when she got divorced. She didn't know it at the time, and she gave birth to a younger brother for you."

After Shen Wenqing finished speaking, he seemed to feel a lot more relaxed.

This matter has been weighing on his mind. He wanted to tell Shen Lingyun but found that he was not interested, so he never said anything.

This time he really made a decision, and let go of all the past things, including the bad memories and things that could not be changed.

Even if I cannot forget it, I must bury it deeply. I cannot let it affect my son's wish to live a happy life with his family.

"Oh." Shen Lingyun silently calculated that he had two sisters and two brothers. "I see."

He didn't really want to know this, so he stood up and said, "You don't have to give us a lecture tonight, you should go to bed early."

Shen Lingyun left after saying this.

Shen Wenqing smiled bitterly behind him. He shook his head helplessly and thought: His son really regards him as his only relative!

...

"How is it?" Qi Yuan asked hurriedly.

He put down the book in his hand and looked at Shen Lingyun eagerly, "Has your father come to terms with it? Is he still sad?"

"I'm not sad anymore." Shen Lingyun stood in front of Qi Yuan, looking down at him, "He won't have a father or a mother anymore."

"What do you mean?" Qi Yuan frowned, not understanding what he meant. He asked tentatively, "Is Uncle Shen's father and mother old?"

"I don't know." Shen Lingyun looked away, turned around and sat on the bed, lowered his head and said, "I think he has come to terms with it and is fulfilling his wish."

The other party has helped so much, but has also expressed his disapproval. Shen Wenqing should not take any other actions after he has helped Cheng Quan.

Anyway, Shen Lingyun thought that this was the most appropriate way to do it. It would be good for both parties and it would be a way of letting each other off the hook.

"Okay." Shen Lingyun glanced at Qi Yuan and saw that he was frowning as if he was still thinking about this matter. He reached out and stroked his forehead and said with a smile: "Dad doesn't think about it anymore, what else do you want?"

"Don't worry too much about unimportant things." Shen Lingyun picked up a book, "Come, let's study together."

"Okay." Qi Yuan gave up immediately and lay on the desk, muttering, "It's better to study more easily. These things are really a headache."

I don't know what's wrong with each of them. They just want to make themselves unhappy.

Can't you just think about how to make yourself happy?

"It's just a waste of time." Shen Lingyun chuckled, but his expression was cold and hard. "He always thinks he's right, and he says so many great principles, but he doesn't know that no one cares about them."

People care about what they think.

What you think is right or wrong, moral or not, may be other people's deep-rooted prejudices and not in line with their needs.

How can we seek others' understanding and reach a consensus on thinking and stay together for life?

Chapter 48

"Good morning, Uncle Shen."

Qi Yuan was setting up breakfast. When he saw Shen Wenqing coming out, he greeted him warmly: "Go wash up quickly. Breakfast is ready."

"Okay." Shen Wenqing was in good spirits, looking at Qi Yuan kindly, "Why are you wearing a cotton jacket? Are you cold?"

"Yes." Qi Yuan tugged at his collar, "Sweaters are not warm enough, so I still have to wear a cotton jacket."

He was wearing a dark blue cotton jacket, which was fitted to highlight the boy's slender waistline and made Qi Yuan's skin look even whiter and more translucent.

"Uncle Shen, don't you have a cotton-padded jacket?" Qi Yuan saw that he was wearing a gray sweater and asked, "I'll make one for you."

"You can make a cotton-padded jacket?" Shen Wenqing was surprised. He looked Qi Yuan up and down and asked curiously, "Did you make this one yourself?"

"Yes." Qi Yuan looked at himself, "My clothes, and Shen Lingyun's clothes, were all made by me."

"I'll make one for you some other day." Qi Yuan said, "I can make shoes, too. Although the ones I make are not as pretty as those sold outside, they are comfortable to wear."

At this time, Shen Lingyun came over from the balcony. He had just gone to the backyard to add coal to the boiler, and when he came back he just heard Qi Yuan's words.

"Dad never wears a cotton jacket." Shen Lingyun said, "He's used to the weather here."

He was also wearing a sweater and was not as afraid of the cold as Qi Yuan, but Shen Lingyun turned on the heating without hesitation since last night.

Because Qi Yuan said it was cold.

"I don't wear a cotton jacket." Shen Wenqing said with a smile, "If it gets cold, I'll put on more clothes."

After he said that, he went to wash up, but he still looked at Qi Yuan's cotton-padded jacket a few more times, and was secretly amazed in his heart: a child of this age has such dexterous hands.

Shen Lingyun saw breakfast was on the table, so he went over and sat down waiting for the meal to start. He looked at Qi Yuan's cotton jacket.

A smile flashed across his eyes: Fortunately, I'm not dressed like a cotton ball.

"Didn't I tell you?" Shen Lingyun said, "Turn on the heater if it's cold. Didn't you feel hot last night?"

"I didn't feel it." Qi Yuan shook his head, but after thinking about it, he said honestly: "But I didn't feel too cold either."

"That was when the fire started, and the temperature hasn't risen yet." Shen Lingyun said, "If you burn it every day, you will feel the room is hot."

"Not hot, not hot." Qi Yuan was afraid of the cold, so he shook his head and said, "This is a thin cotton jacket, which fits me perfectly."

He reached out to feel the temperature of the living room, a smile on his face, "It's indeed warmer than before, this heater is pretty good."

Qi Yuan had no idea what heating was. There was no stove, fire wall or kang here.

I just thought that I might have to suffer from the cold in winter.

"It would have been great if you had turned on the heating earlier." Qi Yuan looked at Shen Lingyun, "My hands have been cold these past few days, and the bed isn't warm either."

"I'm sorry." Shen Lingyun admitted his mistake, "I forgot that you might not be used to the weather here. I should have turned on the heating earlier."

Qi Yuan served him a bowl of dumpling soup, handed it to Shen Lingyun and said, "You've been away for so many years, but you've still adapted to this place. You're worthy of being a local."

Shen Lingyun smiled and said nothing.

What did he say?

He said he was used to the cold and could adapt well to the north or the south.

"You guys eat first, don't wait for me." After Shen Wen finished washing up, he saw Qi Yuan and the others waiting for him to eat, and said with a smile: "There are no so many rules. You guys can eat first when the meal is ready."

"We can eat together and chat for a while." Qi Yuan said with a smile: "Uncle Shen, try the dumpling soup I made. It has shredded pork and eggs in it."

The dumpling soup is made entirely of white flour. Qi Yuan specially added shredded pork and threw egg drops into it before serving.

"It tastes good." Shen Wenqing took a big sip in support. It was surprisingly to his liking. "This is perfect for drinking in this weather."

"I just did it because it was cold." Qi Yuan said with a smile, "Uncle Shen, drink more."

"It's actually better than what you buy outside." Shen Wenqing said, "It's just that cooking is too hard for you. Just cook it occasionally in the future."

He prefers to eat at home.

Maybe because he used to eat out too much, Shen Wenqing no longer likes to go to cafeterias or restaurants.

I just want to stay at home quietly, watching my son and Qi Yuan while we eat and talk, and I will feel particularly good.

"It's okay to buy it once in a while." Shen Lingyun said, "You'll get tired of eating outside all the time, and it won't save you much trouble."

"That's right." Qi Yuan nodded in agreement. "It's just as troublesome to buy it and eat it. If we eat it outside, there are too many people and it's noisy. I don't like it."

"I have no problem with how you eat." Shen Wenqing saw that they were still unwilling to go out to buy food, so he didn't force them. He smiled and said, "I just feel sorry for you. You have to get up early to cook in such a cold day."

"We are used to it." Qi Yuan said, "In the countryside, we get up even earlier than this."

He stole a glance at Shen Wenqing and saw that the annoyance on his face was gone. He winked and smiled at Shen Lingyun quietly.

Shen Lingyun really managed to negotiate it.

Shen Lingyun nodded calmly. Shen Wenqing had returned to normal, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"We are enjoying our life now." Shen Lingyun said, "You don't have to worry about us. Our life now is already the best."

"As long as you are satisfied." Shen Wenqing was silent for a moment, and then said, "If you need anything in the future, tell me immediately. You don't have to be patient."

Seeing that his father was about to be sad again, Shen Lingyun was so upset that he lowered his head to eat and sighed in his heart: I can't afford to offend him.

Qi Yuan still knew nothing. He handed a piece of steamed cake to Shen Wenqing, "Uncle Shen, have a piece of steamed cake. I put white flour in it. It's especially soft and delicious."

He tried his best to talk to Shen Wenqing and make him laugh, and Qi Yuan knew that he was doing this.

Both Shen Lingyun and his son will be happy, and he himself will be happy too.

...

"Thank you Qi Yuan."

After Shen Wenqing left for work, Shen Lingyun sat next to Qi Yuan and said, "Talk to my dad and make him happy."

He gently stroked Qi Yuan's black hair, his eyes gentle, "Thank you for your hard work."

"What's so hard about that?" Qi Yuan raised his head and rubbed Shen Lingyun's palm with his head. "It's just a matter of talking for a few words."

"Which family sits together and doesn't talk?" Qi Yuan looked at Shen Lingyun with clear and frank eyes, "You don't like to talk, but if I like to talk, I can talk more. It doesn't take much effort."

"Yes." Shen Lingyun lowered his head, touched Qi Yuan's forehead with his forehead, and said with a smile: "I don't like to talk, so you can speak for me. Thank you very much."

"I've never been polite to you." Qi Yuan frowned, "I know this is your home and your father, I don't want it."

"What are you talking about?" Shen Lingyun raised his head helplessly and raised his hand to scratch the tip of his nose. "I really treat you as a relative and a family member. How can you say that?"

"I just don't feel like talking sometimes, and you're there to talk to dad and make him happy. I'm really grateful. I just wanted to express my feelings to you."

He didn't expect that his few words would make Qi Yuan think so much.

"I know you don't want to talk." Qi Yuan sat up straight, away from Shen Lingyun, and said seriously: "I accompany Uncle Shen for you, but also for myself, and also to express my own gratitude. After all, you don't need me for anything."

He could only repay Shen Lingyun and his son in his own way and to the best of his ability. Qi Yuan wanted them to understand that he remembered their kindness to him.

"You..." Shen Lingyun couldn't keep up with Qi Yuan's thinking. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You don't regard this place as your home?"

"Treat it as your own home." Qi Yuan shook his head, but his eyes were very serious as he said, "It's just that this is not my home."

Treating it as a home and being a home are two completely different things.

Qi Yuan said: "This is your home, your father's home. I have this home because of you, but it doesn't belong to me."

After he finished speaking, he smiled again, with no sadness on his face, as if he was talking about something trivial: Look, the weather is very good today.

Shen Lingyun didn't speak for a long time. He drooped his eyebrows and didn't know what he was thinking. He sat quietly on the sofa.

Qi Yuan didn't say anything else, just looked at Shen Lingyun strangely, wondering what was wrong with him?

"You think so?" Shen Lingyun looked up at Qi Yuan after a long while, "This family may disappear at any time?"

"Isn't it?" Qi Yuan was surprised, "Is it wrong?"

"I will have a home if I follow you." Qi Yuan said, "If one day you don't let me follow you, this home will be gone."

He frowned and thought about it carefully, feeling that he might not have made it clear, "Actually, this should be your father's home. Only he truly has this home, not us."

Qi Yuan's implication was that Shen Lingyun was not the real owner of this house and did not have the real right to own or make decisions.

"I understand." Shen Lingyun suddenly covered his face with his hands. His eyes were wet and misty, and he couldn't help but want to cry. "I understand."

He had long noticed that Qi Yuan was trying to please Shen Wenqing.

Shen Lingyun didn't think much about it at first, but the more he thought about it over the past two days, the more he realized something was wrong. Although Qi Yuan greeted his father with a smile, he seemed very friendly.

In fact, he spoke very politely and with a sense of distance.

Hence today's temptation.

Shen Lingyun hopes to get Qi Yuan to tell the truth and hear what he really thinks so that he can find a way to dispel his concerns.

It made him and Shen Wenqing completely close, like a real family.

"What's wrong with you?" Qi Yuan stared at Shen Lingyun blankly, and asked after a long while: "Did I say something wrong?"

Shen Lingyun covered his face with his hands, his body bent as he sat on the sofa. He looked weak and sad, which made Qi Yuan feel a little helpless.

"No, no." Shen Lingyun heard his uneasiness and quickly looked up at Qi Yuan, "You are not wrong, I am wrong."

He saw Qi Yuan's body stiff, sitting straight on the sofa without moving, with a bit of panic in his eyes.

Shen Lingyun quickly put his arm around his shoulders and patted Qi Yuan's back, "Don't be nervous, I'm fine."

"You..." Qi Yuan's head was pressed against Shen Lingyun's chest, but he did not miss his red eyes that looked like he was about to cry. "Why are you crying?"

"I didn't cry, I just felt a little uncomfortable." Shen Lingyun said.

Qi Yuan wanted to stand up and raise his head, but Shen Lingyun held him down and prevented him from moving. He didn't want Qi Yuan to see him like this.

"A person has three homes in his life." Shen Lingyun quietly raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "My parents' home, my own home, and my children's home."

He couldn't deny that Qi Yuan was right. This was not his real home, his eternal destination.

"I only have a home with my father." Shen Lingyun continued: "I also need a home of my own, a home that belongs to me alone and has all the rights."

"Yes." Qi Yuan said, "I told you a long time ago that I wanted to buy a house, but now we don't have that much money, and there is no house for us to buy."

"Let's buy it together." Shen Lingyun said, "We don't have that many houses and money, so let's find an opportunity to buy one, a home that belongs to us together, and we both have the final say and own it together."

As he said this, he let go of Qi Yuan, looked into his eyes and whispered, "How about you buy one first and I live in your house? After all, I still have a father's house, so I should let you buy it first."

"Sure, anyone can buy it." Qi Yuan nodded happily, "When we make money, we will buy a house and have our own place to stay."

When he heard that Shen Lingyun wanted to buy a house, his uneasiness disappeared, his face was full of smiles, and he smiled with curved eyebrows and eyes: "A home means roots, and we must have roots."

"Yes." Shen Lingyun also smiled and said, "Whether you live there or not, you must have a house of your own and your own roots."

At this moment, he regretted selling the house in the countryside, which made Qi Yuan feel uneasy.

I feel like I don't have a home of my own anymore.

After the two of them talked about the matter, Qi Yuan's knot in his heart was untied, and he felt more relaxed and happy.

There is a smile on my face every day.

Time passed little by little, and it was early December in a blink of an eye.

After more than ten days' journey, Boss Chen finally sent a message to Qi Yuan and the others, telling them not to worry and that he had arrived home safely.

"We are going to be rich." Qi Yuan laughed and shouted happily after hearing the news brought back by Shen Wenqing, "Once the cloth is sold, we will be rich."

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun smiled and nodded, and said easily: "We will have more and more money in the future, and it will soon be enough for us."

Qi Yuan understood what he meant.

"Yeah." He nodded repeatedly, winking at Shen Lingyun secretly, "That's right, we will have everything soon."

From now on, there will be a considerable income every month, which is what Qi Yuan has been looking forward to for a long time.

"Uncle Shen, aren't you happy for us?" Qi Yuan saw Shen Wenqing remained silent, his face solemn, "Isn't it good for us to make money?"

"Okay." Shen Wenqing restrained his expression and smiled, "I'm happy for you."

"Oh." Qi Yuan patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Shen Wenqing had some ideas.

"Dad." Shen Lingyun was also a very attentive person. He glanced at Shen Wenqing and asked, "Are you in a bad mood today?"

Shen Wenqing kept his head down while eating, but in fact he didn't eat much at all, as if he couldn't swallow.

"That's right." Qi Yuan also said, "Uncle Shen, you don't seem to be in a good mood today, unlike usual. Is there something wrong?"

"I have to go out after dinner." Shen Wenqing tried to look more natural and said with a gentle smile, "I may be back a little late. You don't have to wait for me. Go to bed early."

Qi Yuan was surprised, as this was the first time Shen Wenqing went out at night.

"Is there something going on at work?" Shen Lingyun asked, "You had dinner at home before going out, so it must not be a social event or a gathering with friends."

Chapter 49

"Go to the countryside?"

Shen Lingyun was surprised and asked Shen Wenqing: "Are you still going to the countryside at this time?"

"There is no news of cancellation." Shen Wenqing shook his head and sighed: "I thought there would be no more educated youth going to the countryside, but in the past few days, they have started calling for people who meet the requirements to go to the countryside again."

"Then we must go." Shen Lingyun said.

"I have to go." Shen Wenqing said helplessly: "I'll go see Siyue, she meets the requirements and may have to go."

He heard the news at work today and has been worried about the matter, but unfortunately he can't help for the time being.

"Then you can go and have a look." Shen Lingyun said, "I want to see you again after I go to the countryside, but I don't know when that will be."

"Yes." Shen Wenqing put down his bowl and said, "I'll go over now."

He stood up and left. Qi Yuan saw him leaving, turned to look at Shen Lingyun and said, "Aren't you going to take a look?"

"I'm not going." Shen Lingyun smiled. Some of his memories were blurred after so long. "Hurry up and eat."

"I'm done." Qi Yuan put down his chopsticks. He felt that Shen Lingyun didn't want to talk about his mother and his brother and sister-in-law. He didn't hate it either. He just said, "I guess Uncle Shen will be unhappy for a few days."

"Dad is like that." Shen Lingyun paused for a moment and then said, "Actually, Dad wasn't like this before. Maybe he's experienced a lot and it's changed a lot."

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded, but he disagreed with Shen Lingyun's point of view, "No matter if it is changed or not, this is his daughter. As long as he loves her, he will definitely care about her and hope that she will live a better life."

"Is that so?" Shen Lingyun seemed to be thinking about something. "I know that my father is not just mine, and I don't think that I am his only child."

"Okay, okay." Qi Yuan hurriedly got up and cleaned up the dishes. He didn't want to get involved in other people's affairs, especially things that Shen Lingyun didn't like. "I'll go wash the dishes, study early, and I can watch some TV before going to bed."

"You haven't seen enough after so long?" Shen Lingyun said with a smile, "What's so good about it? Your eyes are almost falling on the TV."

He helped clear the table and took the dishes to the kitchen, "You go watch TV, I'll wash the dishes and clean the kitchen."

"Let's go together." Qi Yuan saw him rolling up his sleeves and did not refuse, "I don't have to see it, just take a few glances, it won't delay anything."

At this point, he confidently said: "I didn't just watch TV, I also sewed the soles of shoes."

"Yes." Shen Lingyun's eyebrows were gentle, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "There are more and more soles in our family, which is a good thing."

Qi Yuan turned his head away from Shen Lingyun guiltily, as if he didn't hear what he said. Anyway, he was determined to watch TV.

He wiped it a few times with a rag, then secretly glanced at Shen Lingyun, and saw him washing dishes in the sink with his head down.

He smiled secretly, put down the rag and walked out, "I'll go collect the dried clothes and see if the boiler needs more coal."

"I'll go in a bit." Shen Lingyun said without even looking up, "I went to see it before dinner. You don't need to add more coal now. You can go watch TV."

"Okay." Qi Yuan paused, turned around and looked at Shen Lingyun and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work today."

Shen Lingyun looked up and happened to see the cunning in Qi Yuan's eyes. When he met his gaze, Qi Yuan was obviously stunned and then fled.

He burst out laughing: He was obviously looking for an excuse to watch TV. Even after being discovered, he still insisted on running away, which shows how much he likes watching it.

He just keeps talking stubbornly and never admits it.

Qi Yuan ran to the living room, sat on the sofa, stroking his pounding heart, and pretended to glance at the kitchen unintentionally.

I found that Shen Lingyun did not follow me out.

He blinked his eyes smugly and grinned silently. Fortunately, he ran fast, otherwise his little thoughts would have been discovered.

"Do you want apples or oranges?" After cleaning the kitchen, Shen Lingyun brought out a plate of fruit.

"Apple." Qi Yuan looked at the TV and reached out to Shen Lingyun for an apple, but Shen Lingyun slapped her away and said, "Wait."

Qi Yuan had to look away and looked at Shen Lingyun. Seeing that he was peeling an apple, he muttered, "Why peel it? Just eat it directly."

"Wouldn't it taste better if you peeled the apple?" Shen Lingyun said jokingly while peeling the apple, "It's up to you. You don't have to peel it."

"Okay." Qi Yuan shrugged indifferently and went back to watching TV, but then he said, "Listen to the news. It's talking about the educated youth."

"You're watching the news." Shen Lingyun looked up at the TV, and it was indeed talking about the educated youth going to the countryside. "Why are you watching this?"

"Your sister is going to be an educated youth," Qi Yuan said, "Just show some concern."

He didn't understand what the educated youth were, but that didn't stop him from learning about it, as he had occasionally heard about it once or twice in the countryside.

But Shen Lingyun never told him.

"Tell me what happened to the educated youth?" Qi Yuan asked, "Your father seems to have encountered some great difficulty."

"It means going to the countryside to support construction." Shen Lingyun said: "In fact, it means going to farm. The hardship and fatigue are much worse than in the city."

"Then go ahead." Qi Yuan frowned, not understanding. "Farming is hard work. Even in the city, you won't get food falling from the sky."

"Yes." Shen Lingyun didn't think it was difficult. He had survived any difficult situation. "But if we can avoid going to the countryside to suffer, it's better not to go. It's like we are still thinking about moving from the countryside to the city."

"People go to high places, and water flows to low places." Shen Lingyun smiled and said, "That's the truth, right?"

"The city is good." Qi Yuan nodded and smiled, "There are electric lights and televisions, and many other things that are not available in the countryside. Even the things sold in the shops are more numerous and better than in the countryside."

He hadn't seen many of them.

"So no one wants to go." Shen Lingyun said, "There is no way to avoid it."

"Can we still hide?" Qi Yuan asked curiously, "The TV just talked about arranging jobs for the educated youth. It seems like they are arranging jobs for them."

"We can't arrange so many." Shen Lingyun said: "It is because there are not so many jobs in the city that educated young people go to the countryside."

Seeing that Qi Yuan was interested, he told him some basic information about the educated youth and their living conditions in the countryside.

"It's not easy. It's very difficult." Shen Lingyun said, "So if there is a way not to go, try not to go."

"You don't have to go if you have a job?" Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow and asked seriously, "If you don't have a job, will you go too?"

"I..." Shen Lingyun was speechless. He didn't know the situation. "I've been away from here for many years. There are some things I don't know either."

"Luckily Uncle Shen arranged a job for you." Qi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly thought of Shen Lingyun, which scared him. "My household registration is still in the countryside, so they can't control me here."

"Don't worry, it depends on your age." Shen Lingyun smiled and said, "As long as you go to school, it won't be your turn to go to the countryside."

"Then send your sister to school. She shouldn't have to go to the countryside, right?" Qi Yuan suddenly had an idea and said, "It's hard to find a job. Why not let her go to school?"

His eyes were bright and he looked eager to try, which made Shen Lingyun frown. "Why are you thinking about these things? This is none of your business. Don't worry about it."

He asked why Qi Yuan was on the news today, and it was about the issue of educated youth going to the countryside.

"It's all for you." Qi Yuan curled his lips and looked at Shen Lingyun with a squint, "That's your sister, how can I not care about her?"

"And there is more." Qi Yuan continued, "Looking at Uncle Shen like that, if your sister really went to the countryside, she would definitely be unhappy for several days. Can you be happy seeing that?"

He talked a lot and told Shen Lingyun that he had thought of a way to help his sister suffer less.

If we really want to go to the countryside, we should try to see if we can get people to Banpo Village. After all, Captain Wang, Captain Liu and others are there.

The branch secretary is also a good person.

"And Boss Chen." Qi Yuan's face was full of pride. "Given our relationship, shouldn't he take care of us a little?"

Shen Lingyun listened silently, cut the apple in his hand in half and picked out the apple core.

"Eat the apple." Shen Lingyun handed half of it to Qi Yuan and said, "Focus on watching TV."

He also wanted to say: I don't think about these things. Why do you, a kid, have to think so much and worry so much?

Shen Lingyun thought about it but didn't say anything. He knew Qi Yuan did this for him. It would be a lie to say he wasn't touched, but he also felt it was unnecessary.

It was just such a small matter, but Qi Yuan was still able to think about him in a roundabout way, which made Shen Lingyun feel relieved and helpless.

"I'll go into my room and read." He finished eating half an apple, saw Qi Yuan's attention was on TV again, stood up and said, "Watch for a while, then go in and study."

"You haven't said whether it's okay or not?" Qi Yuan saw him leaving and asked hurriedly, "Are my methods not effective? Can't they help your sister?"

"You're the only one who's smart." Shen Lingyun raised his hand and knocked on his head. "You spend the whole day thinking about these useless things. Think about your studies and your English that no one can understand."

"Hey, stop knocking." Qi Yuan hid with his head in his hands, "Why don't you know how kind I am? I did this all for you."

He couldn't avoid Shen Lingyun's hand, and couldn't jump up from the sofa. He covered his head and stared at Shen Lingyun, "Is it not okay for me to just ignore it?"

"You shouldn't care." Shen Lingyun said with a straight face, "From now on, just think about your own business and pay less attention to other people's business."

He couldn't help but knock on Qi Yuan's head again, "What's in this? You keep thinking about this and that all the time. What can you do?"

"Don't we still have you?" Qi Yuan said unconvincedly as he hid behind her: "You don't think about anything all day, so I have to be more careful. Can you live a good life like this?"

"Okay, just think about how to live a good life." Shen Lingyun couldn't help but laugh when he heard what he said, "These things are not enough for you to think about, and you are still meddling in other people's affairs. Do they think about you? You are the one worrying about them."

He pointed at Qi Yuan and said seriously: "You are wasting your time and energy, remember this."

"Remember that." Qi Yuan rolled his eyes at him. "I won't be involved in your family's affairs from now on. You don't care anyway, so why should I worry about it?"

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun nodded in satisfaction, stretched out his hand to pull him over and said, "Let's go read a book."

"It's not time yet." Qi Yuan leaned back, not wanting to follow Shen Lingyun. "I want to watch for a while longer."

Shen Lingyun didn't try hard, he was not as strong as Qi Yuan, but he just stood there motionless, just looking at Qi Yuan quietly.

His eyes were full of smiles as he looked at Qi Yuan silently, but held his hand tightly.

Express your determination.

"Okay, okay." Qi Yuan confronted Shen Lingyun for a while, and finally compromised helplessly: "I will keep track of the time and come out to watch TV in two hours."

"It's up to you." Shen Lingyun said, "Don't read this news anymore. You can do whatever you want with the rest."

"Yeah, I understand." Qi Yuan nodded, stole a glance at Shen Lingyun, and muttered softly: "I'm not doing this for you."

He didn't understand why Shen Lingyun was not interested in anything and was even indifferent to his relatives.

Shen Lingyun rarely speaks even to his own father, and there is almost no time when he shows closeness to him.

Shen Lingyun pulled him away, still lecturing him: "How did you learn English? Why is your English so incomprehensible?"

"Isn't it just that people can't understand?" Qi Yuan looked at him strangely, "Isn't it right that you can't understand?"

"What do you mean?" Shen Lingyun saw that he was still quibbling, and said with a smile: "People who don't understand can't understand, but people who understand can understand what you are saying. But even Dad can't understand what you are saying, so what on earth are you saying?"

"It's just words." Qi Yuan said in confusion: "Isn't it just a matter of connecting them together? I'm talking about words, why don't you understand?"

He himself was also puzzled. He was clearly speaking according to the instructions, but even Shen Wenqing said he didn't understand.

"Does your father not know how to teach?" Qi Yuan suddenly had an idea and said to Shen Lingyun, "Does he not know how to teach? Otherwise, how come he doesn't understand?"

...

Shen Wenqing left the house and stood at the gate for a long time before leaving.

He really wanted Shen Lingyun to go with him to take a look, but looking at his son's gentle face and calm eyes, there was no trace of worry.

Shen Wenqing couldn't say it.

When he arrived at Su Ai's house, he found that the three brothers and two sisters of the Su family were gathered here with their children.

"Wenqing." Su Aiguo was a little surprised to see him and stood up quickly, "Why are you here?"

"Hurry up and sit down." He let Shen Wenqing sit in his seat and smiled embarrassedly, "I didn't expect you to come."

"I came to see Siyue." Shen Wenqing said.

He said hello to his former parents-in-law, as well as the rest of the Su family, including his ex-wife whom he hadn't seen for many years.

It was just a vague nod and then it was over.

"Siyue, your dad is here to see you." Liu Hongjuan pushed Shen Siyue who was beside her and urged, "Bring your brother and sister over."

"Dad." Shen Siyang had a cheerful personality. He first pulled his sisters and brothers over and smiled ingratiatingly at Shen Wenqing.

The little girl was sixteen years old, with short hair and a sweet face, but at this moment, she stood in front of Shen Wenqing with red eyes, looking awkward.

She is different from her sister Shen Siyue. She has a gentle personality and never argues when being bullied. Shen Siyang is brave and knows how to fight for herself.

"What's wrong with you?" Shen Wenqing saw that her eyes were red as if she had been crying, "Why are you crying?"

"Wow." Shen Siyang's eyes suddenly filled with tears, and he cried to Shen Wenqing, "I don't want to go to the countryside. It's so scary. I don't want to go."

Shen Siyue pursed her lips. She didn't want to go either, but she didn't dare to say it. She could only lower her head and wipe her tears silently.

Shen Lingzhi clenched his fists tightly and looked at his strange father expectantly. He was only twelve years old and his memories of the past were so vague that he almost had none.

He didn't dare to speak and could only hold the hand of his youngest brother, Shen Lingyue, who was seven years old, and stand close to his sister.

"Wow." Shen Lingyue didn't understand what was going on. Looking at her two sisters crying, she opened her mouth and started crying out of fear.

While crying, she complained: "My mother scolds me, my sister cries, and I don't have a father."

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Chapter 50

"How could that be?"

Shen Wenqing picked up his youngest son and said, "Isn't Daddy here? Stop crying."

He wiped his son's tears and coaxed him with gentle words.

"Dad." Shen Lingyue looked at Shen Wenqing with tears in her eyes. Everyone said that this person was his father, but he had only met him once and had never spoken to him.

"Yeah." Shen Wenqing hugged him in his arms with heartache, "Dad was not here before, now if anyone says you don't have a dad, Dad will take you to find him."

When he left, the child was still in his mother's belly and no one knew of his existence.

"Dad, I don't want to go to the countryside." Seeing how kind he was to his brother, Shen Siyang felt hopeful and said again, "I want to go to school."

"Who said you can't go to school?" Shen Wenqing looked at his second daughter in surprise, "Aren't you in the first year of high school? You still have to take the college entrance examination in the future."

"Yes, I will go to college." Upon hearing this, Shen Siyang immediately promised: "Dad, I will study hard and try my best to go to college."

"Okay." Shen Wenqing hugged his youngest son in his arms, then looked at his second son Shen Lingzhi and said, "Xiaozhi, you must also study hard and go to college like your sister in the future."

"Yeah." Shen Lingzhi nodded nervously and looked at his elder sister who was looking down. "Where's my elder sister? Isn't she going to take the college entrance exam?"

"Hmm?" Shen Wenqing's heart moved, "Siyue, how about you go back to school?"

"I, I'm not good at studying." Shen Siyue quickly raised her head to look at Shen Wenqing, then lowered her head and said, "I won't pass the exam."

Before Shen Wenqing could speak, Su Aiguo sighed, "It's too late to talk about this now. The school is closed for the holidays."

He was a little annoyed that he hadn't thought of this solution earlier, but when he thought about his own abilities, it seemed that he couldn't arrange this matter.

"Wenqing." His wife Liu Hongjuan took over the conversation, "Can't you think of a solution? We brothers and sisters are all at a loss. Several children have to go to the countryside like Siyue."

"Hurry up and talk to your dad." Liu Hongjuan pushed Siyue down and winked at her, "I'll do anything as long as I don't have to go to the countryside."

"Aunt." Shen Siyue whispered, "How can I help you?"

"You can't help a useless person." Su Yuting snorted coldly, "After studying for so many years, you can't even get into a technical secondary school, so why would you want to go to university?"

"Is this what you should say as a mother?" Shen Wenqing's face turned cold. He didn't want to say anything to his ex-wife, but he got angry when he heard this. "No matter how bad she is, she is your daughter. She is just a pile of mud, what are you?"

Su Yuting was stunned. This was the first time that Shen Wenqing spoke to her loudly. What made her even more unacceptable was that he scolded her with a cold face.

Who knew that at this moment another voice came into her ears, which immediately made her so angry that her chest heaved and her eyes turned red.

"It's that mother of the mud." Shen Lingyue leaned in Shen Wenqing's arms and said in a low voice.

Seeing Su Yuting looking at him, he quickly buried his face in Shen Wenqing's arms and whispered, "Dad, I'm afraid of being scolded by mom."

"Don't be afraid." Shen Wenqing patted him, "Dad is here."

"He said such things to his own mother, and you still support him?" Su Yuting looked at Shen Wenqing in disbelief, her pretty face full of sadness and her eyes full of resentment.

"That's because you didn't teach him well." Shen Wenqing said indifferently: "He doesn't have a father, so who else can teach him?"

"I'm his mother." Tears rolled down Su Yuting's eyes, she covered her chest and sobbed, "The mother who gave birth to him and raised him."

"You should hold the child." Shen Wenqing didn't respond, and looked at the three or four-year-old boy in her arms, "He's so young, he can't stand a fall."

Su Yuting is a joke.

He looked at his son in his arms, quickly put him down, and told his daughter who was sitting next to him, "Go, take your brother to play."

"Mom." The little girl, who was about five or six years old, hugged her arm and shook her, saying coquettishly, "No, I won't take him to play."

Su Yuting: "..."

Her cheeks flushed immediately, and she didn't dare look at Shen Wenqing. She suppressed her anger and whispered, "Be obedient and look after your brother. Mom has something to do."

"What's the matter?" The little girl was unhappy. "Didn't you say it would be good for them to go to the countryside? They would have an easy life in the future and wouldn't have to find jobs and eat for free."

"Hey!" Liu Hongjuan clapped her hands, "It's all my fault. I just scolded my daughter and the child heard it."

She quickly signaled to her other sisters-in-law to take the child away. She could not let Shen Wenqing hear these words.

"Come, come, come." The second and third wives of Su Laozi hurriedly took away the two children born to Su Yuting, "Let's go out and play."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Su Yuting watched the sisters-in-law trying to smooth things over, and quickly scolded them, "You are also imitating your aunt's words."

"I didn't." The little girl wanted to explain, but her mouth was covered and she was carried out.

Shen Wenqing witnessed all of this, so what was there that he didn't understand?

He looked at Su Yuting's eager look as she wanted to explain, and the Su family, young and old, who were so embarrassed that they wanted to lower their heads to their chests.

"Siyue." Shen Wenqing asked, "I asked you how your life was, didn't you say it was good?"

Shen Siyue didn't dare to look up. Her body was stiff and she clenched her hands nervously. Her fingers had turned white from using too much force.

"Oh!" Shen Wenqing sighed.

The eldest daughter looks like her mother, delicate and weak, which makes people feel pity for her, but her personality is not the same at all.

Like a dumb person.

"Siyang." Shen Wenqing looked at his second daughter, "If you don't tell me, I won't care anymore."

He wanted to hear the truth.

Shen Siyang shuddered: This won't do.

"Dad." Shen Siyang said, "We do live a good life. We have food and shelter at my uncle's house, and no one beats or scolds us. It's much better than those who have parents who still get beaten."

Shen Siyang said this, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said: "Although the food and accommodation are not as good as those of the other people in my uncle's family, it is not bad either. No one bullies us."

She looked at her elder sister Siyue and said to Shen Wenqing, "Don't blame her if she doesn't study well. She has to help with housework, wash our clothes and take care of us. She has no time to study."

Su Aiguo immediately looked at his wife. Before he could even open his eyes, Liu Hongjuan had already said, "I didn't ask your sister to work. She is taking care of you. You can't just stay and eat at my place and ask me to serve you."

Then she added: "We occasionally eat better, but that's with our own money. I can't afford to feed so many of you."

"Aunt." Shen Siyang blinked and said quickly, "I didn't say you're bad. I'm just telling the truth. Some people with parents don't live as well as we do."

She said this after comparison, saying that her aunt treated them okay, not bad but not harshly either.

"Yes." Liu Hongjuan nodded in satisfaction and said to Shen Wenqing: "I'm telling you the truth today. Since they are not my children, I naturally won't feel that much pain, but I really don't intend to treat them badly. We remember the friendship we once had."

She wanted to say something more, but she was smart enough to realize that the more she said, the more mistakes she would make, so she shut her mouth.

Mr. Su Aiguo is honest and simple-minded. He said, "Wenqing, I can't say how good I am to the children, but I will never let anyone treat them badly."

He dared to say this and could speak with his chest held high.

"I don't want to talk about this." Shen Wenqing rubbed his brows. He didn't expect to meet so many people today. He said irritably, "If the children find me with grievances, I will intervene, but if they don't fight for it, I won't intervene."

He said this in a strong and powerful voice, making his attitude clear, and at the same time telling his children that they could come to him if they had any problems.

But if you don't find him, he won't take the initiative to take care of it.

"Okay." Shen Wenqing stood up. He didn't want to have much contact with the Su family. "Siyang continues to go to school, Siyue..."

He looked at his eldest daughter and sighed, "It's my fault too. I spent all my time trying to find you a job. I was even planning to have you take the factory recruitment exam after the new year... but it's too late!"

"Dad." Shen Siyue raised her head abruptly, looking at Shen Wenqing with tears on her face, as if she didn't believe what he said, "Do you want to help me find a job?"

"Yes." Shen Wenqing said, "It's even harder to find a job now. There are too many educated youth returning to the city competing for jobs. I thought our factory would be recruiting after the Chinese New Year, so I asked you to take the exam to see if I could find a way to recruit you."

"Don't worry." Shen Wenqing looked at her tear-stained face and said distressedly, "Dad won't give up on you. Even if you go back home for a while, Dad will find a way to help you find a job and come back as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Shen Siyue raised her hand to wipe away her tears and choked up, "Thank you, Dad."

This was the first time someone offered to help her find a job.

"I originally wanted to..." Shen Wenqing said, "Please ask Comrade Su Yuting to sacrifice herself temporarily and let you take over her job. I will compensate you with another position after a while... But looking at the current situation, this is impossible."

He didn't look at Su Yuting when he said this. Knowing it was impossible, Shen Wenqing didn't force it, but he completely lost all the respect he had for her.

...

"Xiaoyun?"

Shen Wenqing returned home and found Shen Lingyun sitting in the living room. "Are you waiting for me?"

He didn't see Qi Yuan, and the TV was not on. Shen Lingyun just sat quietly on the sofa.

"Yes." Shen Lingyun nodded, "I'm afraid you'll come back too late, so sit here and wait for a while."

Shen Wenqing was happy that his son still cared about his younger siblings, so he sat down and prepared to explain the situation.

"Siyue will go to the countryside in a few days." Shen Wenqing said, "Your uncle's family also has children going there, and they are all gathered at your eldest uncle's house today."

He told her about his visit, hiding nothing this time. Shen Wenqing was very excited at the moment and had a lot to say.

Shen Lingyun listened quietly and patiently, without interrupting or making any comment, just carefully observing Shen Wenqing's expression.

He kept thinking about what Qi Yuan said: Your father is going to be unhappy again. Can you be happy if he is unhappy?

Facing Shen Wenqing at this moment, he looked at his frowning brows and eyes full of worry, as well as his inextricable concern for his children.

Shen Lingyun thought: If I am unhappy, Qi Yuan must be unhappy too, just like how he feels when he sees his father like this.

When Shen Wenqing mentioned that he wanted to ask Su Yuting for help and let Siyue take over her job, he couldn't help but sighed: "I was hesitant when I went, wondering if it would affect her family. Who knows..."

Shen Wenqing covered his forehead with his hands and said with mixed feelings: "I think too much. She is eager to let your sister and others go to the countryside so that she can get rid of her responsibilities."

"Give my job to her." Shen Lingyun suddenly said, "Take Siyue to your company tomorrow and change her name to hers."

"What?" Shen Wenqing stood up suddenly and looked at Shen Lingyun in surprise, "How can this be possible? That's your job, no one can give it to you."

"I don't agree." Shen Wenqing was firm. He had never thought about this matter. "You can go to the countryside as a relegated reformer, so why can't your sister go as an educated youth?"

He understood a lot. The life of educated youth was definitely much easier than that of sent-down personnel. Shen Wenqing would not let his son suffer for so many years and then let him give the job to his sister.

"I didn't want to give it to her at first." Shen Lingyun smiled faintly and said, "If I can go, then naturally others can go too. But since you are worried about Siyue, then give it to her. After all, I don't want you to be unhappy."

"You..." Shen Wenqing opened his mouth, his heart heavy, "You can't... Dad has never thought about your work."

"I know." Shen Lingyun said, "You didn't mean for me to give up my job. I wanted to do it myself. I didn't want anyone in our family to be unhappy."

He kept thinking in his heart: If Dad is unhappy, he will not feel good either. His mood will affect Qi Yuan, and the whole family of three will be affected. This is not worth it.

Shen Wenqing looked at his son blankly. He didn't expect Shen Lingyun to give up his job voluntarily.

He nervously observed his son's expression and explained woodenly, "I really don't have such an idea. If you hadn't told me just now, I would have forgotten that you had a job."

Shen Lingyun was speechless. He patted Shen Wenqing's shoulder soothingly and said softly, "I know, Dad, you don't need to explain. I volunteered. I want to go to college now and don't want to work in a factory anymore."

He hoped that the reason he found would make Shen Wenqing feel more at ease.

"Dad." Seeing that he was about to get excited, Shen Lingyun hurriedly said, "It's getting late. You should also go to bed early. You still have work to do tomorrow."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left, leaving Shen Wenqing to calm down on his own, but when he was about to reach the door of the room.

Shen Lingyun stopped and turned back to Shen Wenqing and said, "Dad, don't let Qi Yuan know about this."

He paused and continued, "This child looks well-behaved and sensible, but he has a bit of a temper. He protects me very much, and if he knew about this, he might say something unpleasant."

"I know." Shen Wenqing calmed down and couldn't help but smile when he thought of Qi Yuan: "If that child knew, he would definitely be unhappy."

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun also smiled, "Don't tell me, I'll talk to him myself."

He pushed open the door of the room and the desk lamp was still on.

Shen Lingyun walked to the head of Qi Yuan's bed, quietly looking at his rosy little face as he slept, his calm eyes becoming a little warmer.

He looked at Qi Yuan gently for a long time, and finally bent down to tuck the corner of the quilt for Qi Yuan: If I make some concessions, you can be happy, I am willing.

...

Just finished breakfast the next day.

Shen Lingyun said, "Qi Yuan, I'm going out for a while."

"Where are you going?" Qi Yuan saw him putting on his coat and leaving, and hurriedly got up from the sofa, "Wait a minute."

"You stay at home." Shen Lingyun said, "I have something to do. You wait for me at home."

"You're not taking me with you?" Qi Yuan was surprised and looked at Shen Lingyun in disbelief, "You want to go alone?"

"What's the hurry?" Shen Lingyun saw that he was furious, his dark eyes were wide open, and he looked like he was accusing himself. He smiled and rubbed Qi Yuan's head, and comforted him: "I went out to do something to give you a surprise."

He moved closer to Qi Yuan, looked at Qi Yuan, and said with a smile on his face: "If you go, how can there be any surprises?"

"Then...what if I don't want it?" Qi Yuan hesitated, but still asked, "Can I go?"

"But I want to give it to you?" Shen Lingyun said with a smile, "What do you think we should do?"

"Okay." Qi Yuan looked at him for a while, and seeing that he insisted, he said helplessly: "I'll wait for you at home."