However, it seems that the software base doesn't use the name from the town. She asked Ling's mother to inquire with Liu Gang about the details before deciding whether to invest.
Ling's mother made the call from Liu Gang. After hanging up, she consulted with Liu Gang for a long time. When she returned to the house she rented from Wang's wife, Li's parents were there. The men of the Ling family were all looking at Ling's mother expectantly.
Ling's mother said, "Niannian said that it's better to be cautious when investing. If you have to invest, then invest in that software company that our country established. I heard from Xiao Liu that it's called 'Fifth District Zhegushan Research Institute'."
Upon hearing this, Li Ma asked with a mixture of surprise and disdain, "What kind of company is this? What company has such a name?"
Mr. Li chimed in, "Yes, Mrs. Ling, I think you've been fooled."
Ling's mother sat on the kang with a stern face, not saying a word: she wished she could beat up the two bastards she had given birth to right away.
There was a big market day in town today, and the Ling brothers said they wanted to go to the market. Their mother thought that since they had just moved to town, they must need to buy a lot of household items, so she let them go. She also gave them a few yuan and told them to buy some pots and pans.
Unexpectedly, the two returned in less than fifteen minutes, bringing two more people with them. They were Li's parents, and they said they had met them at the market and invited them to visit their home.
Honestly, for Ling's mother to give birth to such a talented student as Ling Nian, she must have been a woman with exceptional insight.
The high wall outside Ling Nian's house was equipped with an electric fence, and her family wasn't allowed to enter the courtyard after they arrived. She could tell at a glance that her daughter was probably not so simple now.
And that research institute not far away, where a bunch of people treated the Ling family with great courtesy, that wasn't without reason. It must be that Ling Nian either knew some powerful figures at that research institute, or that she herself was a powerful figure there.
However, no one mentioned what the research institute actually did, nor did anyone say that Ling Nian was one of them. Ling's mother guessed that they were doing some kind of classified work.
Since we need to keep things secret, there are definitely many things that we shouldn't let others know.
The fact that the Ling brothers brought the Li family today made Ling's mother very unhappy.
What's more, the Li couple immediately started praising their daughter, Li Fangqi, and belittled Ling Nian, saying that despite studying at the same school, there was a huge gap between them, and that Ling Nian didn't know anything about investing in the family. This made Ling's mother even more unhappy.
She sat there glancing at those two kids countless times. The two kids noticed that their mother's expression was a bit off, so when Ling's mother mentioned that strangely named research institute, they felt that it couldn't compare to the nicely named companies that the Li couple had mentioned. However, they both stubbornly kept their heads down and didn't say a word.
Ling's father, in a muffled voice, questioned, "Honey, did you hear that right? What kind of company has such a name?"
“You heard me right, I remember it clearly!” After saying that, Ling’s mother winked at Ling’s father.
The couple had been together for many years and had developed a certain understanding. Seeing Ling's mother's gaze sweep over him, Ling's father guessed that she wanted to talk to him privately, so he stopped worrying about the company and said to the Li couple, "Hey, Li Sidi, and your wife, why don't you stay for dinner tonight? I'll have your sister-in-law make some egg noodles, add some tomatoes, and stir-fry a couple of side dishes, how about that?"
Aunt Li rolled her eyes and said, "What era are we living in? Still making noodles? There's a market on the street ahead where they sell sliced noodles. Just buy some and cook them."
Also, we haven't cooked at home since we came to town; we always eat out. Now we have money in hand, and we also have investments. My daughter says there will be plenty of returns in the future, and she tells us to spend as much as we want.
Ling's father's face darkened: He was just being polite; these two really thought he wanted them to stay for dinner!
He deliberately spoke in a humble tone, hoping to get the Li couple to leave quickly.
The Ling brothers wanted to chime in: "These past two days, Sister Wang has been cooking for them, and the food has been quite good. There's braised pork with every meal. Why is Dad still suggesting that Mom make noodles?"
But before the two brothers could speak, they heard Ling's mother cough, and they immediately fell silent, keeping their heads down and not daring to show their faces.
Li's father shoved Li's mother and cursed, "What business is it of yours how they eat? What family lives like you? You spendthrift woman!" Then he turned to Ling's father and said, "Brother, I have several children waiting for us to come back for dinner. Let's get together again next time!"
He knew perfectly well that since the man from the Ling family hadn't even offered him a drink, he probably wasn't genuinely inviting him to dinner.
Besides, given the Li family's current situation, why would they bother eating at the Ling family's house? What a joke!
After saying that, Li's father pulled Li's mother away, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty.
Ling's parents patiently saw the two off, then turned around and went into the east room where they lived, closing the door behind them.
The two Ling brothers in the west room were puzzled: Why were they closing the door before they even had dinner?
They wondered if the two had something to say to each other, so they peeked through the crack in the door. But the two inside were speaking in hushed tones, and the door was tightly closed, so they couldn't make out anything after listening for a long time.
A little while later, they heard Wang's wife calling them to dinner. The two brothers figured their parents would be coming out soon, so they quickly went back to their west room.
"Hey, Sister-in-law Wang, we're coming right away!" Ling's mother replied with a smile as she opened the window, then winked at Ling's father.
Actually, the two of them were talking behind closed doors about Ling Nian and the Fifth District Sugarcane Mountain Research Institute. Liu Gang had mentioned this institute to Ling's mother before, saying that only insiders could invest, and the Ling family could only do so in Ling Nian's name.
This means that Ling Nian is an internal staff member of this research institute; and this research institute is a state-run company. What does this indicate?
This means that Ling Nian from their family is now a government employee!
To be honest, after listening to Ling's mother's well-reasoned analysis, Ling's father almost fainted; he genuinely couldn't believe it. But then he thought about the huge, high walls of the courtyard where Ling Nian lived, with electric fences on them—it didn't look like a private residence at all, but rather like a sanatorium for an important national figure. So he couldn't help but believe it.
Ling's father now understands why Ling's mother said she needed to call and ask her daughter before the Li family asked them to invest. It turns out their daughter has become an insider!
It was quite a while after dinner when Chu Nian finally got home from her evening self-study session. Lately, she'd been eating at the school cafeteria during the day, and at the research institute's cafeteria for breakfast and dinner. Since she got off school late, her dinner was practically a midnight snack, and Tan Yunqi had personally saved it for her.
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