At five o'clock, Lu Jiaxin left for Shichahai. Last year, she was in a hurry to move the graves, so she went to see her uncle and aunt and left. This time, when she came back, Lu Jiaguang asked her to come over for dinner and she agreed.
Arriving at Shichahai, Lu Jiaxin went to see Lu Hongjun first. Coincidentally, the two were arguing when she arrived.
Tang Sufen complained that Lu Hongjun would disappear after putting down his bowl and chopsticks after dinner every day: "I am busy from morning till night every day, and my back can't even straighten up. Can't you stay at home and help me look after the children?"
Lu Hongjun teased his thrush and said, "At first, Jianjun said that his mother-in-law had sprained her waist and asked you to take care of her for a while. It's been two months now, so it's time to take the child away."
Tang Sufen paused and said, "Jianjun's mother-in-law's waist is not well, so she can't hold the baby."
Lu Hongjun was not going to indulge her: "If her mother-in-law can't hold the child, then she can be sent to a daycare center and they can take care of the child themselves after get off work."
Tang Sufen was reluctant to send her child to a daycare center, saying that the child was too young and wouldn't know if he was bullied.
Lu Hongjun disagreed and said, "Jiaxin was sent to a daycare center when she was just over three months old, and she has grown up well. The child is almost one year old now, so there is absolutely no problem putting her in a daycare center."
Seeing that Tang Sufen wanted to talk more, Lu Hongjun said, "If you don't want to send the child to a daycare center and want to take care of the child yourself, I won't stop you; but it's impossible for me to take care of the child for them."
Goudan is in the first grade and goes home by himself. He doesn't trust him to pick him up at the Children's Palace on weekends because it's too far. It's a bit tiring to run around, but he enjoys it. First, he is his great-grandson, and second, Shanzi and his wife are really busy and can't leave. Huang Jianshe and his wife have nothing to do after get off work, so they can take care of the child by themselves. Letting him help the child makes the couple feel free and happy, which is a good idea.
Tang Sufen said with red eyes: "You can just go to the family building to pick up and drop off the child every weekend, why can't you help me look after the child?"
Lu Hongjun said confidently, "Because Goudan's last name is Lu, he will visit my grave after I die. His last name is Huang, after I die, he probably won't even know where I'm buried. Tang Sufen, I'm lucky enough to have him here, don't push your luck."
Lu Jiaxin was not surprised to hear this. Lu Hongjun was such a selfish person, always putting himself first.
“Knock on the door!”
Her original intention was to warn the two people, but Wang Lin banged on the door so hard that the banging noise not only scared the two people who were quarreling inside, but also woke up the child, who started crying loudly.
Tang Sufen cursed angrily as she went into the house to see her grandson.
Wang Lin knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't dare say a word when he heard the scolding.
Lu Hongjun was surprised to see Lu Jiaxin: "When did you come back?"
Lu Jiaxin put the things she brought on a chair in the yard and said, "I came back yesterday and have some things to do. I will go back tomorrow."
Lu Hongjun said, "Your brother should be getting off work and almost home by now, so hurry over!"
Lu Jiaxin was a little surprised, but she really had nothing to say, so she nodded and left.
Tang Sufen came out with the child in her arms and saw Lu Hongjun holding six boxes. She knew they were good stuff from the packaging: "Who sent them?"
Lu Hongjun said that Jiaxin had someone send it, and then he went into the house with the things. If she knew that Jiaxin went to Jiaguang's place, she would definitely take the child to look for him. Not to mention Tang Sufen, even he was not welcome at his nephew's house. He was very satisfied with his current life and didn't want to cause any more trouble.
Tang Sufen had never thought that this sentence had any ambiguity, and her heart was burning when she saw these things. She would ask someone to send something to the old man, obviously she was thinking about him.
Lu Zhang and Lu Zhenzhen were waiting at the door. When they saw Lu Jiaxin, one of them ran into the house, shouting that her aunt was here, while the other went forward to welcome her in.
When Lu Jiaxin walked to the door, Wang Xiaojie and Lu Ersao came out. In the morning, after Lu Jiaguang finished talking to Lu Jiaxin on the phone, he notified Wang Xiaojie to go buy groceries.
After welcoming the person into the yard, Wang Xiaojie said, "Your brother is on his way back and should be home soon. Lu Ping is on a business trip with his teacher and is not in Sijiu City, otherwise he would have come back."
As for Lu An, he didn't notify them because he was busy with his studies in his freshman year. But even though there were a few people missing, three tables were set up for dinner.
After Lu Jiaguang came back, he took Lu Jiaxin to the study to discuss some matters, mainly about supporting poor students. He handed the account book to Lu Jiaxin: "This is the expenditure from September last year to last month, take a look."
Lu Jiaxin said with a smile: "What's there to see? Don't I trust my uncle? If I don't trust my uncle, I won't give him the money."
Lu Jiaguang laughed and said, "I told him the same thing, but you know his temper and he won't listen. You can keep this account book and it's up to you whether you want to read it or not."
Lu Jiaxin didn't look at it, nor did she want to accept it: "Brother, did you encounter any difficulties in supporting those children?"
Yes, Lu Jiaxin only supports children with excellent academic performance. However, some families are very poor and their children have not yet entered school, so naturally there is no way to determine whether they are good students.
Lu Jiaxin didn't think it through. After hearing this, she thought for a moment and said, "If your family is very poor, you can start supporting them from the first grade. If they have excellent grades after one year of study, you can continue to support them. If they have poor grades, forget about it."
Her excellence here means that she scored 80 or above in Chinese and math. As long as she studied hard, her scores in Chinese and math would not be lower than 80. If she didn't score 80, it was either because she wasn't very smart or because she didn't study hard.
Lu Jiaguang expected her answer. He asked, "Jiaxin, you want to study and run a business at the same time. Can your body handle it?"
Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "The company's affairs are managed by dedicated people. I just need to grasp the general direction."
“What if those people want to cheat?”
Lu Jiaxin shook her head and said, "It can't be faked. The person in charge will report the company's situation to me every two weeks. I will also look at the financial statements every month, and at the end of the year I will hire a third party to audit the accounts."
After hearing these words, Lu Jiaguang felt relieved.
Lu Jiaxin asked, "I just heard from Zhenzhen that Fifth Brother followed Leng to Changmaozi's place. Why did he go to Changmaozi's place?"
The smile on Lu Jiaguang's face disappeared, and he said, "I don't know either. He called me when he got to the border and said he was going to get some goods and asked me to help take care of his two children."
"What about the others?"
"Nothing was said, just let me take care of the two children."
"Is he crazy?"
Lu Jiaguang was also helpless: "Now many people are saying that business is good over there in Changmaozi, and you can make money if you go there. He made a lot of money last year, so this should be a big deal."
This was a matter of losing one's mind in order to make money. Lu Jiaxin somewhat regretted having made such a suggestion.
Lu Jiaguang comforted him, "Don't worry. He still has Qiangqiang and Xiaofeng'er to take care of, so he should be sure he can go."
"I hope so!"
(End of this chapter)