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After completing the discharge procedures,

Xu Mengyao asked the driver to take Xiaomei and her son home.

Xiaomei's mother invited her again and again.

"Wenjuan, come and have dinner with us. You've taken care of Xiaomei for so many years, and I really don't know how to thank you enough!"

Xu Mengyao smiled and declined the kindness.

"You're welcome, Auntie. Xiaomei is a member of our family. You haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's have a good time together today. I have to go back to take care of my grandma. I will visit you later."

After returning home, Xu Mengyao told Huang Nai what happened today.

After hearing this, Huang Nai curled her lips and said, "What a fate Xiaomei's mother has. She had such a man in her last relationship, and now she has such a mother-in-law. However, the most pitiful one is our Xiaomei. Such a good child, but her father doesn't love her and her mother doesn't care for her. You should be more vigilant in the future. If her mother really cares about her, she wouldn't have gone all these years without any news."

Xu Mengyao agreed repeatedly.

At night, when Xiaomei came back, Huang Nai was already asleep.

She walked in with a happy face and a lunch box in her hand.

"Wenjuan, these are the spareribs my mother made. She asked me to bring them back for you to try."

Xu Mengyao had never seen Xiaomei so happy before. She seemed to be radiating vitality and satisfaction from the inside out.

"Okay, I'm a little hungry. Seeing you look so happy, they must be treating you well." She said as she took the lunch box.

Xiaomei quickly brought dishes and chopsticks from the kitchen.

"It's okay. My mother's current husband seems quite honest and has no prejudice against me. But..." Her tone suddenly became a little low.

"That man had been married before. His ex-wife passed away, leaving behind a son two years older than me. Qingbao seemed afraid of him. He must have bullied him a lot, and he didn't respect my mother very much..."

Hearing this, Xu Mengyao suddenly understood.

"No wonder Qingbao seemed so repulsed when he heard he had a sister."

"I will be nicer to Qingbao in the future so that my mother can have someone to rely on," Xiaomei said.

Xu Mengyao disagreed and said, "Xiaomei, it's better to be good to yourself than to others. You should put yourself first and use the extra energy to take care of others. Qingbao has his parents and grandmother to love him. Even if he is bullied by his brother occasionally, he may not be as pitiful as you think.

There's one more thing I want to remind you: although you only have one mother, she has more than just you as her child. Appropriate care and gifts are enough to express your feelings. Don't overdo it, and don't reveal everything. Do you understand?"

Xiaomei was silent for a while and nodded heavily.

At the beginning of the new semester, Xu Mengyao took courses in the Management Department, and her free time became even more tight.

Xiaomei's life is gradually getting back on track. In addition to her daily study and work, she takes time out every month to visit her mother and Qingbao twice, carefully preparing different gifts each time.

Although her mother's stepson made her feel a little uncomfortable, Xiaomei was still immersed in the joy of reuniting with her mother and her personality became more cheerful.

Therefore, the time they spent with Grandma Huang became limited, so they could only ask Wu Ma and the driver to take good care of her and often send her to chat with Grandma Qi.

After living in Haicheng for two months, Huang Nai strongly requested to go home.

"Buy me a ticket quickly, I have to go back! If I stay here any longer, I will suffocate to death! You are not at home during the day every day, and Xiao Wu can't understand what I say. I can count how many rabbits there are in Old Qi's house and how many flowers there are in this yard. If you don't send me back, I will get sick from suffocating!" Grandma Huang complained, her tone full of anxiety and accusation.

Faced with Huang Nai's accusation, Xu Mengyao felt guilty and immediately bought a trunk full of local specialties and arranged for the driver to send Huang Nai back to Huanshi.

"Grandma, be careful on the road. Don't forget what the doctor said. Hang the small bottle of fast-acting heart-saving pills around your neck. If you feel uncomfortable, just put one in your mouth. Call me when you get home to let me know you're safe." Xu Mengyao reminded her earnestly.

Only after the old lady got into the car did a satisfied smile appear on her face.

"I'm leaving. What I've seen in these two months is enough for me to tell them about for half a year. Those old ladies will be so jealous of me. When you are free, pick me up." Grandma Huang waved goodbye, with a hint of pride in her tone.

After Huang Nai returned to Huanshi, she indeed became a star in the family compound.

She talked incessantly about her experiences in Haicheng, which aroused the envy of the neighbors around her.

However, she had only been showing off her experiences in Haicheng for over a month.

It was replaced by the new thing that the second son set up a decoration team at the mine.

Neighbors in the family compound flocked to Grandma Huang's home to sign up.

"Aunt Huang, my brother from my mother's family is very hardworking. Can you talk to Brother Huang about hiring my brother?" an aunt asked expectantly.

"Mrs. Huang, please take our old cow with you." Another auntie followed closely behind, with a hint of urgency in her tone.

Huang Nai looked at her in surprise and frowned: "Your old cow is retired, how can it still work?"

"It's only after retirement that I have some free time. I, Old Niu, am very good at mixing sand and making cement. In the past, anyone who wanted to build a house in my hometown would come to him for help." Grandma Niu looked proud.

"Okay, I'll write it down for you right now, and I'll talk to my second son about it later." Grandma Huang agreed readily, with a hint of heroism in her tone.

In this way, through Huang Nai's matchmaking, the Huang family's first construction team was quickly established and started construction of their first project.

When Xu Mengyao and the others come back from summer vacation,

The construction team is on the wasteland on the other side of Nanhu Lake in the city, and the workers are working hard.

Father Huang took them to stand on an open land and pointed around with pride on his face.

"See this courtyard wall? Your brother said we'll park our cars inside from now on. We'll also give them a playground so they can exercise when they have nothing to do. Later, I'll build them a row of houses along the courtyard wall, so they can get married and have children without any worries."

Xu Mengyao looked at the land and felt a little excited.

"Dad, where do we live?" She couldn't help asking when she saw that Huang's father didn't mention their house.

Huang's father pointed to another piece of unleveled wasteland behind him and said with a smile, "There's still a large area that hasn't been completed. Your mother said building a house is a big deal and she wants to hear your opinions. She's very generous. She saw that your second grandfather's small building is nice and wanted to build something like that, but we don't have the skills."

"It's okay. I'll wait for Fourth Uncle to come back from Guangzhou and ask him if he has any friends in this field."

"Why did the fourth brother go to Guangzhou again? Didn't he open a company with you in Haicheng?" Huang's father was surprised.

Xu Mengyao explained, "My fourth uncle has been traveling back and forth between Hong Kong and Guangzhou for the past six months, witnessing the completion and official commercialization of the large-scale nuclear power plant in Yuewan. When the nuclear power plant was first built, foreign exchange reserves were scarce, and there was no technology, equipment, or talent. A large amount of foreign investment, technology, and management experience was introduced, and one of the companies that brought in that investment was the company where my fourth uncle worked."

"My goodness, the newspaper said that 80% of the electricity produced by that nuclear power plant is supplied to Hong Kong City. Your fourth uncle is the real deal, you have to learn from him."