Aunt Wang looked at Zhou Xiang's belly and asked, "This doesn't look like it?"

"It was found out through B-ultrasound."

"You have to be prepared at all times. You have to pay attention once you get to the sixth month."

"So! You have to be ready to take care of children at any time!"

"Don't worry! I'm fine recently and I'm not going anywhere."

Three babies! How wonderful! Aunt Wang thought of her daughter-in-law who gave birth to a daughter in her first pregnancy. Well, let them do as they please!

The school's large plot of land was surrounded by iron sheets, with several tower cranes erected inside. Looking at it from a distance, one felt like it was a professional construction team worthy of a big city.

Ma Gua approached Zhou Xiang and said, "Boss Zhou, with our skills, we probably can't handle the school job. I'll stop embarrassing myself. After I finish renovating your eight-story building and the warehouse, I'll take on the Gang of Six's hotel project."

"Alright," Zhou Xiang nodded in agreement. "They do have more mechanized operations over there, and the speed is quite high, so the manual labor ratio is relatively low. You'll be able to work on Zhong Xiong and his team's project for over a year, which is great. By the way, how are Zhang Jing and his wife doing?"

"Very good. Zhang Jing works hard too. She does the same work as men and gets the same salary."

"As long as I don't cause you any trouble, it's fine. If you can bring it with you, then bring it with you. If you can't, then don't bother with my face."

"I understand."

Since the plum rain season is not coming, the speed of work has increased this year. The roof of the north building has begun to be capped, and Zhu Hang took Zhong Xiong and others to help Ling Ran organize the topping-out ceremony.

The hot weather suddenly reminded Zhou Xiang of the mall's air conditioning problem. When Ling Ran came back, she anxiously asked, "Ling Ran, I forgot about the air conditioning problem. Should we install central air conditioning?"

Ling Ran sat down next to his wife. "It's not a should, it's a must. There are too many rooms in the entire mall and on our eighth floor, and there's no central air conditioning. Do we have to buy dozens or even hundreds of home air conditioners?"

"Then, quickly ask Senior Jiang to arrange it. Without him using his status to suppress others, few people would be willing to come to this small town to take on the job."

"Okay! I'll contact them right away. The mall has been topped out, so the central air conditioning pipes can be laid immediately."

Jiang Weihua naturally agreed without hesitation, "I'll send someone over right away. They'll be there tomorrow. I thought you guys didn't plan to use the central air conditioning."

"Thank you, uncle. It's an eight-story building! We definitely need central air conditioning. I was so busy that I forgot."

The next day, someone from the air conditioning equipment factory came to inspect the site. It was an eight-story building covering tens of thousands of square meters, a significant project. The person inspected every floor, measured and estimated the length of the pipes and the number of vents.

"I'll rush back to get the equipment and materials. They'll be there the day after tomorrow, and by then the roof will be dry."

"Okay! Please hurry up, our renovations are about to begin."

"That's okay. We'll lay each layer of pipes and they'll follow behind to do the renovations."

Ling Ran called Master Xiangqian and Master Dai, telling them that they could come to install and decorate in three days, and told Master Dai to bring more materials, as the central air-conditioning pipes needed to be wrapped, which would require a lot of extra materials.

Master Dai naturally agreed.

He called Xiao Mingxian again and asked him to determine the size of all the windows on the eighth floor.

Ling Ran was busy and anxious, with blisters forming at the corners of his mouth. He had to keep an eye on the school, the topping-out ceremony of the Beitou Shopping Mall, and various trivial matters. The most important thing was that his wife's belly was growing very fast, and he was scared.

Especially when the fetus moves, the little hands and feet can almost be seen clearly from outside the belly. "Honey, when I have some free time, I will go get a sterilization. We don't want any more children, that's enough."

Zhou Xiang didn't expect him to think of this. "How about I get an IUD? You know there will be a two-child policy in the future. If I want another child, there's still room for maneuver."

Ling Ran shook his head firmly, "No, no, I'm scared."

"Well, you still need your parents' consent. Besides, it seems that men also need to recuperate after getting a sterilization. Will it be the same as the confinement period for women? Do you need your father-in-law and my dad to take care of you?" Zhou wanted to deliberately intimidate him.

Ling Ran was really scared by his wife. She wanted to stay in confinement after childbirth? He had seen how uncomfortable confinement was for Zhou Yuzhonglan and An Wen.

"What should we do then?"

"I have an IUD, so it won't have much of an impact. If I get pregnant with an IUD like my second sister, I'll just have another child."

"Let's talk about it later. After you give birth to the baby, we can discuss it again."

"good!"

On August 12, Xiao Ming first came to measure the exact dimensions of the eighth floor and then hurried back to work.

On August 13, the plastic factory delivered 500,000 plastic bags, 5,000 bundles, on a truck. Ling Ran had them unloaded in the parking lot and paid for them. After the enthusiastic factory manager and the truck left, he came to collect the bags with his wife. It was better for him to keep his ring hidden until it was exposed.

On the morning of the 15th, the master from the air-conditioning factory arrived with several vehicles. Together with the two fleets of cars that came from Master Xiang Qian and Master Dai in the afternoon, the streets were almost blocked.

Master Xiang Qian and Master Dai hadn't seen Zhou Xiang and had asked about it. After hearing Ling Ran's answer, they both congratulated him.

Ling Ran pointed at the corner of his rotten mouth and said, "Look at how anxious I am."

Master Xiangqian was already familiar with Ling Ran, and he spoke casually. "You don't need to worry about us here, and you won't understand much. Just come and inspect the results. You don't need to worry about food and accommodation. We'll live in this building and even look after the materials."

The air conditioner factory engineer also said the same thing, "Just come and test the machine and check the results when the time comes."

Ling Ran breathed a sigh of relief. "Alright then! I won't be polite with you. Even if I understand your job, I can't help you. Just call me if you need anything."

The three leading masters all agreed.

Xiang Qian specifically instructed that the park's suspension bridge be closed for one day, and that he would inspect and replace easily worn parts tomorrow.

So, the next morning, a notice was posted at the entrance of the park. Xie Ling explained it to the illiterate people, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the park was not closed and the suspension bridge was under maintenance, the impact would not be significant.

Because the school's construction team had to transport materials back and forth, the streets of the town were dusty all day long. This time, the townspeople became smarter. They stopped talking nonsense and sent several representatives to the town government to raise their opinions.

Mayor Zhang finally understood the deep meaning behind Ling Ran's decision to have an acquaintance come here to be the mayor. These townspeople were so foolish that they only saw immediate benefits and would not tolerate any harm to them.

"Okay! I'll go and tell them, but if anything uncontrollable happens, don't blame me."

The townspeople's hearts trembled. "Mayor, it's not that we don't allow that car to pass, it's just that the dust is so flying that we can't even clean up our house every day. The braised food stalls on the street are closed, so we have no choice but to go to his store to buy it."

Mayor Zhang rolled his eyes and tempted them, "If, I mean if, if I raise funds to build a brand new cement road between North-South Street and East-West Street, would you demolish your street-facing houses and make way for the land?"

The townspeople quickly waved their hands and said, "What a joke! The house is not big enough to live in, and you still want to demolish it?"