Li Ping looked at him like he was an idiot, "I know that even without my older sister telling me!"
Li Xiangdong sat down on the steps. Below the steps, a row of sunflowers were in full bloom, their colors—deep red, light pink, golden yellow, and orange—vying for attention.
"Then I'll teach you another principle."
"What?"
Li Ping and a few others sat around him on the steps.
"Firstly, ordinary people have to spend time and time to get on the radar of capable people, but capable people form close relationships through mutual respect, win-win cooperation, and the exchange of benefits."
"Secondly, never overestimate the weight of feelings in the face of interests. Of course, this doesn't apply to our family."
"The third point is that the purpose of success is to enable oneself to live a life of ease and freedom."
"What does 'at will' mean? It means following your own heart!"
"Like today, I can choose to go or not, without worrying about any negative consequences of that choice."
"This is my source of confidence!"
Looking at the children, some deep in thought, some bewildered, and some who hadn't listened at all, Li Xiangdong smiled, patted his bottom, and left with his two little hunting dogs, Lamei and Moli.
That's life, isn't it?
In his past life, Li Xiangdong earned 10,000 and wanted 100,000; he earned 1 million and wanted 10 million. He was busy all his life, spending almost all his time making money.
Every day, at banquets, on golf courses, in five-star hotels, and at auctions, people clink glasses, fawn over others, and act like bullies...
But he didn't want to live that life anymore.
He wants to make money so that he and his family can live a better life, not just spend his life making money while ignoring life itself.
Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? Yet how many people are living this kind of upside-down life?
The preparation of artificial seawater requires time to verify. Professor Liu and his team spent two days preparing the water and then added enough Australian baby dragon seedlings. All that was left was to wait.
The growth period for Australian baby dragons is three to four months. During the crucial first month, Professor Liu and his students will live in Lijiapo to closely monitor and record the growth of the baby dragons.
Several days passed, and the little blue dragon frolicked and swam in the artificial seawater, growing well. Everyone's hearts gradually filled with joy.
Two days later, the phone rang at the Lijiapo Brigade headquarters. It was Liu Donglai calling, looking for Li Xiangdong.
Li Jin hurriedly sent someone to find his second son, while he respectfully explained the situation of the artificial seawater and standardized aquaculture base to Liu Donglai over the phone.
Liu Donglai praised him highly on the phone, and said that if there were any other needs, they should let him know, and Secretary Wang, Mayor Zhang, and even he would do their best to help solve them.
Just then, Li Xiangdong rushed in, panting. He caught his breath before answering the phone. "Uncle Liu, how's it going?"
“Xiang Dong, I’ve done some research. Jiang Fang used to be a rebel, and his life hasn’t been easy since he was exonerated. Now he only has the nominal position of researcher and no official post in the province.”
"That's good."
"The provincial authorities have already spoken with him. Visiting relatives is a personal matter, and it's better not to take up government resources."
"That's great, now I can deal with him without worry."
Liu Donglai chuckled, "An outdated schemer, nothing to fear!"
Li Xiangdong also smiled.
Liu Donglai added, "If you succeed in raising the little green dragons, don't forget to send me some to try!"
Li Xiangdong readily agreed.
Then the call ended. It was truly remarkable that Liu Donglai, the executive vice mayor in charge of the work, could find the time to make this call to Li Xiangdong.
With Liu Donglai's words, Li Xiangdong now felt completely confident.
He told Li Jin what to do, then rode his bike straight to Quanshui Village.
When he arrived at Grandma Jiang's house, he saw her wearing glasses and writing something at her desk.
"Master, I've arrived!"
"Come on, Xiangdong!"
Grandma Jiang carefully folded the paper she had written on and put it in the drawer.
What should I write?
Li Xiangdong casually sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Grandma Jiang rolled her eyes at him, "Write a will!"
Hey, this old lady really knows how to shut people up!
Li Xiangdong now understood his master's temperament all too well, so he wasn't in a hurry and slowly said, "Alright then, does that mean you'll leave all the hidden gold and silver jewelry to me?"
This time, it was Old Mrs. Jiang who was speechless. "You brat!"
After a few words of gritted teeth, Li Xiangdong solemnly relayed Liu Donglai's words to Old Madam Jiang: "Master, if Jiang Fang, oh no, Han Fang, had any sense of shame, he wouldn't have come."
How can I have the face to come here after being talked to like this by the organization?
But as it turns out, Jiang Fang is indeed thick-skinned and has quite the ability to be flexible and adaptable.
Sure enough, on the very day Yan Guohui had mentioned, Jiang Fang actually came to their door!
Li Xiangdong has been staying at Grandma Jiang's house for the past two days, firstly to guard against Jiang Fang, and secondly to make it convenient for Grandma Jiang to teach him seal carving step by step.
Early that morning, Li Xiangdong got up and practiced a set of Eight Pieces of Brocade with Grandma Jiang and Doctor Gu. Before he finished, he heard a knock on the door.
"Ding ding ding— ding ding ding—"
It has a good rhythm.
In rural areas, neighbors usually just push open the door and come in when they want to visit each other; there's no need to knock on the main gate!
Li Xiangdong glanced at Grandma Jiang, who nodded slightly. Li Xiangdong then strode towards the front door.
Standing outside the door was a short, stout man in his forties. He had sparse hair on his head, but a ruddy face, dark eyebrows, and piercing eyes. He was dressed in a cadre uniform and looked quite imposing.
Behind him was a beautiful woman with curly hair, and two children followed behind her.
Behind them was Yan Guohui, who looked worried and distressed.
Damn it, this Jiang Fang used to beat me up a lot when he came to the village with his dad, but now he's all all smiles and calls me his childhood friend!
My damn childhood friend!
But he felt bad not to come, because they hadn't asked him for anything else, they just wanted him to show them the way.
"Captain, who are these guests?"
Li Xiangdong asked the question knowing the answer already.
At the same time, Jiang Fang also noticed the boy inside the door. Where did he come from?
Jiang Fang's eyes flashed, then he smiled and said to Yan Guohui, "Is my mother inside?"
The two were face to face, their eyes locked for a long time, but they acted as if they didn't see each other, each wanting to talk to Yan Guohui.
Yan Guohui clutched his head. "Ouch, I have a headache!"
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