Chapter 424 Don’t Be Coquettish or Flirtatious

Su Mei did not take any share of the first day’s sales.

She and Li Shufen agreed to split the bill every six months.

This also makes it easier to keep statistics, and if you encounter an urgent need for money, you can make additional calculations.

Now that the clothing store was settled, Su Mei and Huo Jianguo began to work on the decoration of the department store.

The yard was large enough, so Su Mei simply marked out a part of it and built herself an apartment with one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom, and used the rest of the space as a sales room.

Huo Jianguo has officially resigned and is now devoting himself wholeheartedly to the renovation work.

Since he had decorated a military academy before in the army, Huo Jianguo was relatively familiar with the decoration process.

Su Mei didn't need to worry about these things at all, as they were all handed over to Huo Jianguo.

At first, Su Mei stayed at home, thinking about helping wherever she could.

But after two days, she found that she had nothing to do and the noise made by the renovations made her very irritated.

So she thought about it and decided that she couldn't waste time any more.

Since there was only about a month and a half left in this semester, she simply got up early every day and went to school to make up for the classes she had missed this semester.

She failed the course last semester due to her complete absence. Now that she finally has some free time, she is determined to study hard.

She didn't expect to get top marks, she just simply hoped not to fail the final exam.

When she returned to campus to attend classes, the principal and Qin Zhengfeng were very relieved. They mistakenly thought that she had quit her job at the graduate school in order to concentrate on completing her studies.

Su Mei did not explain this matter. She arrived at school on time every day, just like a diligent and studious student.

She has fallen behind in many classes, so in addition to attending lectures carefully, she also needs to take time out to study on her own the classes she missed.

The students were very surprised, after all, they had never thought that one day they would see this legendary figure, Su Mei, in the classroom.

Time always passes quickly, and it is the end of the semester in the blink of an eye.

There are many courses this semester, so the exams are also scheduled very tightly.

But for Su Mei, these are not problems.

Because she had been studying hard for a long time and was well prepared for every course.

Although she didn't think she did very well in the exam, at least she wasn't at risk of failing.

With the end of the last exam, Su Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, renovation work on the department store is nearing completion.

Su Mei couldn't wait to come to the scene to check the progress.

As soon as I walked into the yard, a strong smell of paint hit me in the face.

She frowned and couldn't help covering her nose.

Looking at the newly renovated building in front of her, Su Mei's heart was filled with anticipation.

However, the pungent smell made her realize that it might take some time before this place could be officially put into use.

She frowned and couldn't help but cover her nose with her hands, secretly estimating in her heart: "It will take at least one or two months for the paint smell to dissipate."

However, this time is a good time to prepare for other things.

Su Mei thought that she had not been home for a whole year since the start of school last year.

She thought that there was nothing wrong with just waiting, so she might as well take this opportunity to go back to her hometown with Huo Jianguo, and then come to Yanjing to open the business after the Chinese New Year.

This way you can spend time with your family and avoid wasting time waiting for the paint smell to dissipate.

Thinking of this, Su Mei immediately told Huo Jianguo her idea and asked for his opinion.

Huo Jianguo agreed after hearing this and thought this arrangement was reasonable.

Therefore, they decided to go back to their hometown first to spend the Spring Festival with their family, and then come to Yanjing to officially start their business.

After the couple decided on the itinerary, Su Mei began to pack her luggage.

Because she left in a hurry, Su Mei did not inform her parents and grandfather in advance that she was going back.

After packing her luggage, Su Mei went to find Su Shengxue, hoping that he could also go home to celebrate the New Year with her.

But I learned that Su Shengxue couldn't go back with them for the time being because the crew had not yet finished filming.

Su Shengxue cherishes this job very much and does not want to take leave.

Finally, she and Huo Jianguo embarked on their journey home.

Before leaving, Su Mei also made a special appointment to meet with Liang Shizheng.

It turned out that she planned to ask Liang Shizheng to help design and produce plaques, paint advertising murals on the courtyard walls, and make promotional posters for the department store.

Liang Shizheng showed extraordinary talent and ability in painting, so Su Mei had full confidence in him. As for the specific design, Su Mei did not interfere too much, but let Liang Shizheng play according to his own creativity and inspiration.

The reason for this is that Su Mei does not want her designs to be too modern and lose the unique characteristics of that era. She believes that Liang Shizheng can create works that meet her requirements with her unique artistic vision and creativity.

In addition, considering that Liang Shizheng was in urgent need of money, Su Mei also paid his salary in advance this time. After all, she knew Liang Shizheng's financial situation and understood his urgent need for money.

In addition to this job, Su Mei had another task to entrust to Liang Shizheng. She asked Liang Shizheng to transfer her mother to the airport hospital for hospitalization, and to help take care of Gao Xue while taking care of her mother. In this way, Liang Shizheng could take care of his mother wholeheartedly while taking care of Gao Xue's condition.

Of course, this was not something Su Mei did deliberately, but Liang Shizheng accidentally found the recruitment notice that Su Mei posted on the wall, so he took the initiative to take up the job.

When Liang Shizheng learned that Su Mei was looking for a nanny to take care of Gao Xue, she recommended herself without hesitation and expressed her willingness to take on this responsibility.

He was going to be in the hospital taking care of his mother for the entire winter break anyway, so he figured it wouldn't be a big deal to take care of one more person.

This way you can earn extra money.

Gao Xue's physical condition actually didn't have any major problems. The reason she was still in the hospital was mainly because she was malnourished and needed intravenous drips to maintain her nutrition.

The main purpose of finding a nanny for Gao Xue is to ensure that there is someone to help her in time when she needs help. There is no issue of care or difference between men and women.

Taking these circumstances into consideration, Su Mei felt that Liang Shizheng should be able to do the job, so she agreed to let him take care of Gao Xue.

After making proper arrangements for Gao Xue, Su Mei went to ask Qin Zhengting to help give Lele acupuncture treatment during her absence.

As for the military matters, Su Mei planned to put them aside for the time being.

When she returns home for the New Year, she can collect a lot of herbs.

She would then distribute these herbs to the veterans and consolidate them with her acupuncture, thus completing their treatment in stages.

The reason why it was a temporary end was that they all had old illnesses left over from the Anti-Japanese War.

These illnesses cannot be completely cured. All Su Mei can do is to temporarily relieve their pain and free them from the torment of illness for a few months or half a year.

Their illness will still recur due to factors such as weather and time.

So they take medication and receive treatment for life.

Even if Su Mei ended their treatment, it would only be a temporary stop for a period of time.

Only with the combination of medication and acupuncture can treatment be maintained for a longer period of time.

Simple acupuncture needs to be done at least once a week, which is why Su Mei did not let Qin Zhengting take care of this matter.

Since he went there the first time, those old warriors would definitely look for him a second time.

The master is old and cannot withstand excessive fatigue and disturbance.

The old heroes can only wait for her to come back.

Su Mei had arranged all the human affairs, and she also asked her neighbors to help feed her cat.

After arranging all the matters in Yanjing, Su Mei and Huo Jianguo boarded the train back home.

They bought hard seat tickets, and the train would take three days and three nights to get home.

However, man proposes, God disposes. Some unknown problem occurred with the train on the way and it kept stopping and starting and was constantly delayed for maintenance. As a result, the journey that was supposed to take three days and three nights was dragged out to ten days!

When they finally arrived at their hometown county, it was already the afternoon of the tenth day.

Huo Jianguo calculated the time. If he took the afternoon bus back, it would be evening when he arrived in town.

He was worried about the inconveniences that might occur in the town at night, so he decided to stay in a guesthouse in the county town for one night and return to the village tomorrow.

The two of them dragged their tired bodies and walked into the guesthouse carrying large and small bags.

Su Mei was very tired after the bumpy ride, so she washed up casually and fell asleep.

Obviously, they were riding the train together, but Su Mei was so tired that she had backache, bloating and gas, while Huo Jianguo was full of energy.

Not only did he do nothing, he also wanted to do something shameful with Su Mei.

I was so tired that I had no interest in doing that. Su Mei refused directly: "Go to sleep and stay away from me!"

"Wife!" Huo Jianguo looked at Su Mei aggrievedly. He was so young and full of vigor that he had been holding it in for more than ten days and was now exhausted.

Su Mei didn't buy it. She pulled the quilt to wrap herself tightly and said, "Don't act coquettishly or get mad. I'm really tired. Do you think I'm joking? Calling me wife won't work, and calling me aunt won't work either."

Huo Jianguo: “…….”

After the macho man's attempt to act coquettishly failed, he could only watch helplessly as his wife fell into a sweet dream happily.

However, he couldn't fall asleep in the middle of the night and tossed and turned in bed. Finally, his eyes fell on Su Mei's hands... Those were a pair of hands with slender fingers and white as jade!

These hands are much more comfortable than his hands that are covered with old knots...

Now that he had an idea in mind, he had to put it into action. So Huo Jianguo carefully took Su Mei's hand.

Su Mei was sleeping very deeply.

In her dream, she came to a gloomy forest and met an extremely huge black snake.

The big black snake hissed and suddenly opened its bloody mouth and rushed towards her. As it happened so suddenly, she had no time to dodge and could only subconsciously reach out her hands to grab the snake's head.

The snake struggled desperately in her hand, its long body constantly moving back and forth in her palm. The cold and slippery touch made her heart tremble involuntarily.

She held the snake's head tightly, but the snake was too strong and it soon broke free from her hands...

The giant snake opened its bloody mouth, its sharp fangs clearly visible, and it also carried a fishy smell.

Su Mei's heart was beating like thunder, her hands were clenched into fists, and she was ready to fight at any time.

However, the snake did not bite her.

Instead, he suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a bunch of things into her palm.

Su Mei woke up in the morning and stretched her back. Suddenly, she felt a pain in her arm. She frowned and said to herself in confusion, "Strange, why do my hands feel sore? I didn't do any heavy work yesterday..."

She rubbed her hands, turned to look at Huo Jianguo, and complained:

"You've made me more and more spoiled. You didn't let me carry much stuff yesterday, but my hands are so sore when I woke up this morning!"

Huo Jianguo shook his head guiltily, his eyes wandering around, not daring to look directly into Su Mei's eyes, but pretending to be calm as he answered:

"That's right, that's why I told you not to carry it. I can definitely carry it by myself."

Seeing Su Mei get up and put on her clothes without continuing to worry about her sore hands, Huo Jianguo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was glad that he had cleaned up all traces thoroughly last night, and Su Mei should not be able to find any clues.

After Su Mei got dressed, washed up, and put on a coat, the two finally set out on their journey home again.

The bus took three hours to drive along the winding mountain road before arriving in the town.

Because they came back in a hurry this time, Huo Jianguo and Su Mei did not have time to inform their families.

So when they arrived in the town, no one came to greet them, and they could only carry their heavy luggage and walk back slowly by themselves.

Huo Jianguo carried most of the luggage on his back and held some items in his hands, while Su Mei carried a backpack containing her spare clothes.

In fact, they did not bring much luggage of their own, but more gifts for their families.

In this way, they trekked on the mountain road for two or three hours, and finally arrived at Dagang Village at two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

If you continue walking forward from here, you will reach Su Mei’s parents’ home.

If they wanted to go back to Su Mei's parents' home, they had to pass through Dagang Village.

In the past few years, Huo Jianguo took this route just to return to the Huo family to celebrate the Spring Festival.

However, this year he could only take a distant look at the road leading to the village and then hurried on.

After all, this is the home where I have lived for decades. How is it possible that I have no feelings for it at all?

"Actually, you can go back and visit grandma and dad. Even though you are not a biological child of the Huo family, there are still people in this family who treat you well, right? There is no need to cut off contact with them." Seeing Huo Jianguo looking at that road again and again, Su Mei knew that he was worried about them and couldn't help but persuade him to go back and visit.

After all, it was the place where he had lived for many years and had many memories and emotional ties with it.

Even though we've left, the love still exists.

Even if there is no blood relationship, it does not mean that you have to completely cut off contact.

Huo Jianguo listened to this, and after a moment's silence, he nodded slightly, indicating his agreement, but his response was somewhat ambiguous: "Let's talk about it later!"