Peaceful and happy times always pass quickly, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The town has undergone tremendous changes. After the new East Street was built in 1999, the market moved there.

The old street began to be demolished and rebuilt. Except for the private land at the south end facing the provincial road, the rest of the units cut the land into 4m*10m pieces and either bought out the employees' years of service or sold them to employees who were willing to buy.

The bustle after the opening of Xindong Street and the unique market experience have caused the land price in the old street to increase from 100 yuan per square meter to 800 yuan per square meter.

If the town government hadn't issued an order prohibiting arbitrary price hikes, the price would have exceeded one thousand.

Now, the old street has been completed and is waiting to open for business.

Today is Children's Day, 2001, the tenth day of the fourth lunar month, which is obviously a market day. However, Mayor Zhang insisted that tomorrow is Saturday, which is also an auspicious day for opening a market.

Zhou wondered if Mayor Zhang had chosen the day simply to capitalize on the food station's weekend popularity.

The construction of the school is nearing completion, and the renovation of many buildings is underway.

What she needed to do now was recruiting. Teachers were the top priority for a school. Zhou was at a loss as this was not something she could attract with financial resources alone.

Zhou Xiang was worrying about this with Ling Ran when he heard a crisp shout.

"Mom, hurry up!"

Outside the door, a little girl with a bun and big eyes, pulling another little girl who was slightly older than her, shouted impatiently at the closed door in front of them.

The door opened instantly, and a man with a stern face walked out. "Ling Xiaotong! I'll give you one chance. Say it again."

Ling Xiaotong immediately smiled sweetly, "Dad, I was wrong. Let me rephrase, dear mom, please speed up a little. I'm hungry, no, Sister Yuanyuan is hungry."

Zhou Xiang wanted to shake off his worries and walked to the door, "Okay, let's go!"

Then he extended his hands to the two little girls in front of him. The two little girls immediately loosened their clasped hands and placed them in the left and right hands of their mother and aunt respectively.

"Mom (Aunt), you are so beautiful!"

Zhou Xiang chuckled, "You two little flatterers, your mother, your aunt, has always been beautiful in your mouths."

"Of course!" the two little girls answered in unison.

"Okay, stop trying to fool me. Go home quickly. Your uncle and Grandpa Chu must be waiting anxiously."

"Then you still..."

After Ling Xiaotong blurted out three words quickly, she immediately braked, looked back at her father with a gloomy face, and quickly changed her words, "Then let's go quickly!"

Dad is always like this. Every time Mom doesn't hold his hand, he turns his face away and says, "If you have the guts, teach your wife a lesson! Tell her to hold your hand first. We don't want to be held either. We're already grown-up kids."

"Well! Let's go quickly!" Zhou Xiang turned around and looked at the man behind him.

The man smiled instantly, "Wife."

"Ling Ran, pick up my bag, check if my keys are there, and hurry home."

"oh."

Ling Ran returned to the house, took down a small women's shoulder bag from the hook on the wall, opened the zipper to check it, and then quickly caught up with the mother and her two daughters who had already left.

The mother and her two daughters were already waiting in the elevator. After he entered the elevator, Tongtong put her little hand over to press the door-opening button.

On the first floor, many more tables and chairs were added to the food court because all the stalls had been rented out.

Seeing two adults and two children walking out of the elevator door, many people took the initiative to greet them.

"Miss Zhou."

"Miss Zhou."

"Miss Zhou"

Zhou Xiang nodded and responded with a smile.

After leaving the food street, you will see a newly renovated cement street.

The 16-meter-wide street is divided into two-way double lanes by iron guardrails. The lanes are 2.5 meters wide, leaving two meters on each side as pedestrian paths. No one is allowed to occupy them privately under any pretext.

All stalls in storefronts are only allowed to be placed in the one-meter open space in front of their own three-story buildings.

There is a one-meter width between the pedestrian path and the driving lane, and black street lights, plane trees and trash cans stand every six meters.

There are two pedestrian crossings in the middle of the road, and on the left side of the zebra crossing, there are big words "Give Way to Pedestrians" written on both sides.

Installing traffic lights? The town government doesn't have enough budget, and Boss Zhou won't sponsor it. He also said it's OK to just write "give way to pedestrians." If you don't give way, anyone can report it and get a fine.

When the mayor heard about the fine, he was very happy, because 90% of the fines collected by Boss Zhou were handed over to the town government.

However, Boss Zhou said that once East and West Streets are rebuilt, traffic lights can be installed at the two intersections, and she will sponsor them.

At this time, Mayor Zhang, who was inspecting the old street, no, inspecting the first street in the town, looked at the prosperous street with satisfaction. The market was about to open tomorrow, and all the shops were sorting out goods or cleaning in front of their doors.

Four years ago, the buildings, street lights and wide streets that my sister-in-law had talked about have been realized. Although it was the sponsorship that he and the road crew leader shamelessly forced back, it was finally realized, wasn't it?

The next plan of the road crew leader is to repair the provincial roads within the scope of East-West Street and Town. I don’t know if he can get some money from Boss Zhou.

Thinking of this, he turned around and saw the boss Zhou he had been thinking about. With an extremely flattering smile on his face, Mayor Zhang quickly came to the two adults and two children.

"Oh! Tongtong! Call uncle."

Ling Xiaotong raised her head and stared at Mayor Zhang with her big round eyes.

"Mr. Mayor, I think I heard you calling my dad..."

"Ling Xiaotong!" Ling Ran didn't even know who his daughter looked like. She spoke quickly and directly.

Ling Xiaotong put on a sweet smile, "Hello, Uncle Mayor!"

"Okay, okay, hello Tongtong! Hello Yuanyuan! Are you going back to grandpa's house?"

"Yes!"

"Hey, then, you and your father and uncle should go back first. I have something to talk to your mother and aunt about."

Before Ling Ran could glare at him, Ling Xiaotong immediately said to him, "You wish."

Zhou wanted to tug at his daughter's hand, terminating her from speaking, then looked at Zhang Shanbiao, "Is there something wrong, Mayor Zhang?"

Zhang Shanbiao nodded.

"Then tell me quickly, the children are hungry." Zhou didn't want to give him time to talk nonsense.

Zhang Shanbiao rubbed his hands together and said, "Boss Zhou, look, the town has changed a lot. Everything you said has come true. Do you have any plans for the next step?"

How could Zhou Xiang and the others not see what Zhang Shanbiao's purpose was?

"Not at the moment. If there is, we will inform the mayor."

"Okay! I won't bother you anymore."

Zhang Shanbiao moved aside. He was just mentioning it, and the road crew leader would have to take the detailed action himself.

As soon as they returned to Zhou's house, the four dogs jumped around affectionately.

Sisters Lü Jing and Lü Ying immediately appeared in the yard, "Sister-in-law."

"Hey!" Zhou Xiang turned around and threw a few fruits into the alley. The dogs calmed down a little, and only turned back to chew the fruits when people walked into the yard.

Lu Jing and Lu Ying took Tongtong and Yuanyuan by the hand, and Ling Ran finally had the chance to hold his wife's hand.

Zhou wanted to look at the grievance on the man's face from the side, but didn't say anything. He was just a few steps away, how many seconds could he hold the hand?