Chapter 271 Money is not a problem
Li Xu sighed: "You can see that the situation in H City is still very serious. The floods have washed away many places, and many supplies are definitely in short supply. In addition, so many rescuers have gone there, and I'm afraid they can't keep up with the food and drink.
I was thinking, instead of letting the vegetables rot in the fields, we might as well take this opportunity to donate them. I bought some instant noodles and mineral water and other things, and found a few vehicles to deliver them together.
Seeing Li Lei's eyes shining and looking at her with admiration, Li Xu smiled helplessly.
"Don't think I'm so noble. I'm not the kind of philanthropist who devotes himself wholeheartedly and does not ask for anything in return. I did this out of selfish motives. What's more, our S City is not far from H City, so it's convenient to transport supplies there."
"What selfish motive?" Li Lei asked curiously.
Li Xu said, "Reputation. We are doing business, and reputation is more important than anything else. If I do something good and everyone knows about it, the reputation of the store will definitely improve. How can the business be bad?"
Li Lei chuckled: "That's understandable. We can't ask everyone to be selfless. As long as you do good things and truly help others, it's harmless to have a little bit of thought."
Listening to Li Lei's words, Li Xu looked up at him and said, "Why do I feel like you are lecturing me?"
Li Lei quickly clarified: "How dare I?"
Li Xu pulled the corners of his lips and said, "When you go to see Xiaoning tomorrow, don't forget to ask her father if he can find a few cars for me!"
"Okay, I'll go ask. It shouldn't be hard to find one now. But how many do you need?"
"There should be at least five or six!" Li Xu calculated, "Go ask around first and see how many have been found!"
Li Lei agreed: "Don't worry, I'll go there early tomorrow morning!"
Li Xu looked at the rain outside and whispered, "I hope the rain will be lighter tomorrow!"
At night, Li Lei stayed in Li Xu's room, while Li Xu went to Zhang Kun's house.
Li Lei got up early the next morning.
The rain outside had become much lighter, so he went out without even eating.
If you go early, you can also send Meng Xiaoning to work!
Before seven o'clock, Li Lei knocked on the door of his father-in-law's house.
When I opened the door, the Meng family of four were all there.
Li Lei felt a little uncomfortable when he saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Since getting married, Meng Xiaoning has lived in her parents' home except for the weekends when she goes back to their home.
Although they had completed all the formalities for the house in the county, there was little furniture in it.
Moreover, there was no one to take care of Meng Xiaoning when he went there.
If they go back to their village home every day, the journey would be quite far.
So, Meng Xiaoning simply moved to her mother's house.
His wife was pregnant and he had little chance to take care of her, so Li Lei always felt a little sorry for his wife.
However, Liang Huimei and her husband were not unhappy about it.
If their daughter still lives in her parents' home after getting married, other families might be unhappy, but they are very happy.
Being pregnant is hard work. If you are at your husband's house, you may feel uncomfortable everywhere. But it is different at your parents' house. You can do whatever you want.
If you are in a good mood, your child will be in a good mood!
So, when Li Lei came over, Liang Huimei and her husband were both very welcoming.
"Have you eaten? Why did you come here so early?" Liang Huimei pulled Li Lei into the house and stood under the eaves. She took the raincoat from Li Lei's hand, shook it, and hung it on the wall.
"Mom, I haven't eaten yet!" Li Lei said.
"That's perfect. The meal will be ready soon. Go wake Xiaoning up. This lazy girl hasn't gotten up yet!" Liang Huimei said helplessly, "It's already seven o'clock. She won't resign even if I ask her to. I have to wake her up three or four times every day!"
Liang Huimei went to the kitchen while mumbling.
The layout of Meng Xiaoning's home is the same as theirs. They both have two rooms, one east and one west. After Meng Xiaoning became pregnant, she lived in a room alone.
Li Lei gently opened the door of Meng Xiaoning's room.
On the kang, Meng Xiaoning was sleeping soundly under a quilt.
Li Lei rubbed his hands together, and after rubbing them warm, he put them on Meng Xiaoning's face. He leaned over and kissed her, and said softly in Meng Xiaoning's ear: "Little lazy pig, get up and eat!"
Meng Xiaoning turned over impatiently: "I don't want to eat, let me sleep for a while!"
She leaned sideways, her brows furrowed.
After a moment, Meng Xiaoning seemed to realize something. She opened her eyes and looked at Li Lei.
"Why are you here?" Meng Xiaoning laughed and hugged Li Lei's neck.
"I came to see you and discuss something with my father!"
Meng Xiaoning listened and said "oh" somewhat unwillingly.
"You are getting more and more uncomfortable now. Why don't you quit your job?" Li Lei discussed with her in a low voice, "It's raining a lot recently. I'm worried about you going back and forth every day!"
In fact, Li Lei had mentioned this matter a few months ago. He wanted Meng Xiaoning to resign and go home to concentrate on taking care of the baby.
Living in your mother's house all the time is not the same thing.
But Meng Xiaoning was unwilling, so Li Lei didn't force her.
Since she became pregnant, her mother-in-law quit her vegetable business and stayed at home to take care of her. She was picked up and dropped off at get off work.
He was busy planting the twenty acres of greenhouse at home and really couldn't spare the time to run back and forth.
Li Lei's words made Meng Xiaoning sigh.
Although this job is not a good one and can be quit easily, but...
"We have suffered a lot of losses in our greenhouse this year, right? I just thought that while I can still go to work, I can work two more months and earn more money. When the baby is born, there will be many places to spend the money!"
"You don't have to worry about money. No matter what, you and the child will not be treated unfairly. Talk to your leader these days and tell him that we are quitting. The road is so slippery, it's too dangerous to go to work." Li Lei coaxed her.
During this period, he gave Meng Xiaoning a lot of money. He thought that if he couldn't spare the time, he had to pay.
So he was never stingy with Meng Xiaoning.
Meng Xiaoning didn't speak for a long time.
She stroked her belly, and after a moment, she sighed deeply: "Okay, I'll tell my boss today!"
Li Lei helped Meng Xiaoning get clothes and helped her put them on before helping her to eat.
At the dinner table, Li Lei discussed with Meng Qingxin: "Dad, do any of your fellow drivers have vehicles that can travel long distances? My eldest sister needs a few vehicles to help her transport some things!"
Meng Qingxin looked a little surprised. After he swallowed the food in his mouth, he asked, "Where are you shipping it? The weather has been bad recently, so there isn't much business. But there are a few that are idle!"
"We are shipping some vegetables, instant noodles, mineral water and so on to H City. Price is not an issue!" said Li Lei.
(End of this chapter)
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