The office quieted down, with Zhuang Zhimeng and Jiang Yanxia busy with their own tasks in the inner and outer rooms.
An Qingbai knocked on the office door.
"Please come in."
An Qingbai went inside and closed the door.
"Brother An, Zhimeng is inside, you can go now."
An Qingbai nodded and knocked on the door on the inside of the office.
"Come in."
"Manager Zhuang, I've come to apply for funding."
Zhuang Zhimeng raised her head and smiled.
"What is it for?"
"The energy-saving equipment developed by Jiujiu is ready to be used. Ten units are needed for the entire park."
Next, we plan to study patrol vehicles for the park; this will require more funding.
"Okay, I approve it."
Supervisor An announced that Jiu Jiu's invention would earn him a bonus when he received his salary next month.
We'll use it in our park for a while first. If there are no problems, we'll let Jiu Jiu apply for a patent.
Anyone who invents something useful for the park afterwards will receive a bonus.
"Forget about Aberdeen, we only get basic salaries."
"Okay, Manager Zhuang, I'll pass the word down right away."
"Okay, take the approval slip to your uncle for his signature, and the money will be transferred to your department as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'm leaving."
An Qingbai saw his wife alone in the inner room and quietly kissed her.
Zhuang Zhimeng smiled and continued working with her head down.
When Zhuang Xingzhou got home in the evening, he was covering the books of the little ones.
How was your first day at work?
Zhuang Zhimeng took the newspaper and helped wrap it.
"It's pretty good, not tiring at all."
An Qingbai took a sip of the tea his father-in-law had brewed.
"I think it's alright, anyway, time goes by pretty fast."
"Xiao Bai, is this tea good?"
"Hehe, Dad, it's delicious."
"I just brewed it, and before I even had a chance to drink it, you drank it for me."
"Haha, I saw it placed here and thought you had specially saved it for me."
Zhuang Xingzhou rolled his eyes.
"How could you be so naive? Shouldn't you be the one making tea for me?"
"Okay, I'll make it for you."
Zhuang Zhimeng and the children laughed uncontrollably.
Zhuang Zhimeng then noticed the children.
"You guys have homework, right?"
Yangyang went inside first.
"Third Aunt, I'm going to do my homework."
The other four little ones pointed to their textbooks.
“We are waiting for Grandpa (maternal grandfather) to cover the books.”
Zhuang Xingzhou carefully wrapped up the last book.
"Alright, take it to do your homework. Don't blame me if you don't do it in the end."
The four little ones each grabbed a textbook and ran off.
Zhuang Xingzhou picked up the remaining textbooks.
"Look at how well these kids write. They need to practice their handwriting. Their names are written so badly."
The couple didn't notice this area.
"Okay, let them practice their handwriting more in the future."
Previously at daycare, we only taught numbers and pinyin; we didn't pay much attention to written characters.
The couple went to the children's room.
The little ones immediately sat up straight.
Zhuang Zhimeng picked up Yangyang's textbook, looked at it, and patted Yangyang's head.
"Yangyang's handwriting is not bad. From now on, DouDou, QiQi, and PangPangNaoNao will practice writing one page every day."
The four little ones were dumbfounded.
"No, Mom (Aunt)?"
An Qingbai showed Yangyang's handwriting to the four of them.
"Compare yourselves, can you even read your own handwriting?"
My mother (aunt) and I have very beautiful handwriting.
"If we tell them later that our child's handwriting is terrible, it'll be incredibly embarrassing."
The four little ones silently compared Yangyang's handwriting with their own.
"It looks pretty bad."
Zhuang Zhimeng distributed the calligraphy practice books to the four little ones.
"So you practice one page every day."
Over time, the handwriting will develop a consistent style, and we are confident that you can complete it.
The four little ones all nodded their little heads.
"We can."
"You guys keep doing your homework, Dad (Uncle) will come over to check it later."
An Qingbai looked at his wife with affection.
"Yes, I'll come over and check in a bit."
Zhuang Zhimeng smiled only after leaving the children's room.
"Haha, I also think the handwriting is a bit ugly, I don't really want to look at it."
"Heh, so you've handed over your wife entirely to me?"
"Yes, I'm leaving it all to you, my husband."
An Qingbai carried his wife on his shoulders and practically rushed into the house.
The couple laughed and joked for a while before letting each other off the hook.
"Honey, we don't have enough apartments in our complex."
My aunt and uncle, my elder brother and sister-in-law, and my maternal uncle and aunt all live in the park.
Four security guards were also assigned afterwards.
Some employees live far away, and several have applied to live in the park.
There are only two rooms available now.
"So, I'll take out two buses and convert them into shuttle buses for our park."
Employees can be picked up and dropped off in two directions.
"As for the land, we'll have to go find our godfather. At the very least, we need to build two tenement buildings first."
"It's difficult, but it's not that my godfather doesn't want to help us."
Besides the land next to it, other land is also being eyed by others.
I'd rather build another house on top of the existing one.
As Zhuang Zhimeng spoke, she took out the park's blueprints that Aunt Wang had once drawn by hand.
“Honey, look, we can definitely build more and more up here, maybe even five stories.”
"Hmm, my wife's idea is feasible."
My aunt's husband and his family live on the first floor now; we've invited them to come home and live there.
"Build four more floors on top to serve as staff housing."
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