After finishing their meal and seeing Uncle Wang and the others off, Li Chu and his brother-in-law each sat in a deck chair in the courtyard.
Li Qin and Ding Qiunan were playing in the living room with Jia Yuan and the two children.
"Brother-in-law, I've already told Uncle Wang about your situation. Just wait for news."
"I thought we wouldn't have time to talk about it today." Wang Ziwen visibly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Li Chu's words.
“I told Uncle Wang when he came over this morning that these things should be done sooner rather than later. I’m worried that if it’s too late, it will be troublesome if the notice is issued.”
Although Uncle Wang didn't say anything, based on my understanding of him, this matter is definitely not a problem; the worst that can happen is that you continue working here.
Wang Ziwen nodded: "It's already pretty good that I can continue working here. At least I still have opportunities in the future. If I were to go to the municipal bureau as a deputy, then there really wouldn't be any future."
After chatting for a while longer at Li Chu's house, Wang Ziwen and Li Qin took their daughter home.
On the way back, Wang Ziwen told his wife about it, and Li Qin said with emotion, "Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang are really good to my brother."
"Deceiving Emperor Kangxi"
While riding his bicycle, Wang Ziwen turned his head to look at his wife on the back seat, only to be slapped on the back: "What are you looking at? Focus on the road ahead."
Sitting on the front bar, Jia Yuan looked up and said, "Dad, you have to concentrate on riding a bicycle and not look around."
"Okay, okay, Daddy will focus and not look around. Xiaoqin, why do I hear a hint of jealousy in what you just said?"
"Jealous? What am I jealous of?" Li Qin was stunned by what he said and didn't understand what he meant.
"It's what you just said about Uncle Wang being good to Xiao Chu."
"Tch, why would I be jealous? It's Uncle Wang's business who he treats well. Besides, Uncle Wang is so good to my brother, I'd love that."
"It's good that you think that way. By the way, Xiaoqin, has Jiadong replied yet?"
"I haven't seen them yet. You know how slow communication is in the military. I don't know when they'll leave."
At this moment, Jia Yuan said in a tearful voice, "Mom, I miss my brother."
Li Qin almost burst into tears after hearing her daughter's words.
She sniffed and comforted Jia Yuan, "Yuan Yuan, why don't you write a letter to your brother yourself when you get back?"
"Mmm," Wang Jiayuan nodded, not caring whether her mother could see her, then raised her hand to wipe away her tears: "Dad, ride faster, I need to write a letter to my brother when I get back."
"Alright, alright, I'll ride faster, so hold on tight! Let's go..."
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"Qiu Nan, make sure the child is dressed warmly. Although it's not raining today, it's still very cold outside."
Li Chu spoke loudly in the courtyard early in the morning.
After saying that, he continued sweeping the snow in the yard, having just finished clearing the snow from the roof.
The Lunar New Year is just two days away, the Spring Festival of 1964.
The heavy snowfall before the Lunar New Year lasted for more than a week, and it finally stopped today.
"Daddy, Daddy, Snow, Snow." Wenhui, already dressed, wobbled out of the house, looking like a penguin.
Holding onto the door frame, she slowly stepped over the threshold and walked out, with the little white dog following behind her.
Xiaobai and Xiaohua are not young anymore. I don't know how the two dogs agreed, but they divided the work, with one dog following one of their young owners.
Whenever the child is home, a dog follows them everywhere they go.
Little Black doesn't follow along much anymore.
Soon after, Ding Qiunan dressed Wenxuan and pulled him out as well.
"Li Chu, keep an eye on them and make sure they don't play in the snow. I'm going to get some food."
The two children were actually quite well-behaved; they just sat on the wooden horse under the eaves and played, without going out into the yard.
The two rocking horses were made by Fu Lao Er, whom Li Chu had asked to make. There are just too few toys for children these days.
Wenhui and Wenxuan got up so early because they are now in daycare.
Just a few days after last year's National Day holiday, Li Chu and Ding Qiunan discussed sending their child to the hospital's daycare center.
It's not good to keep Aunt Wang looking after the child all the time. After all, Aunt Wang is getting old, and the child will become increasingly difficult to take care of in the future.
These two children didn't cry or fuss at all from the first day they arrived, and the daycare teachers adored them.
Today's daycare centers are different from tomorrow's kindergartens.
At that time, nurseries were all run by individual work units, in order to relieve the worries of dual-income families.
You can send your child to daycare for free, and they can send children of any age.
Of course, if the child is still breastfeeding, then you, as the mother, need to remember to come and feed the baby at the designated times.
After cleaning the yard, Ding Qiunan had also finished preparing the meal.
"Li Chu, when you went to my house the other day, my mom and dad were both fine, right?"
While feeding Wen Hui, Ding Qiunan asked a question.
Li Chu was also feeding his son; he would only eat after both children were full.
"It's all good. We've already talked to them and will pick them up by car on the afternoon of New Year's Eve."
This year, everyone has agreed to spend the Spring Festival at Li Chu's place.
Mr. and Mrs. Ding originally didn't want to come; what kind of nonsense is it to have their New Year's Eve dinner at their son-in-law's house?
However, this year, Ding Jianguo and his team had a last-minute mission and would be on the road during the Spring Festival. They wouldn't be home for the holiday, leaving only the elderly couple at home. It would be so lonely.
Li Chu spent a long time persuading them before they finally agreed that Zhang Meng would drive over to pick them up.
"Why do my brother and his colleagues still have to drive during the Chinese New Year?"
"It's all because there was too much snow this winter, which caused all the delays."
Although Ding Jianguo doesn't like studying, he learns to drive very quickly. He's already driving with his instructor, who likes him. He certainly won't let him drive when they go out, but he's treating it as an opportunity to broaden his horizons.
After finishing their meal and cleaning up, the two of them each carried one child and headed to the hospital.
The two children chattered incessantly on the way, their little mouths never stopping.
The two children are a year and a half old, and their personalities have finally changed. Wenhui has become much quieter, while Wenxuan has become more lively since starting daycare.
After arriving at the hospital, they first took the child to the daycare center in the family area before returning to their respective jobs.
"Dr. Li, Dean Yang wants you to go to his office." Nurse Su came to inform Li Chu as soon as he entered the office.
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Li Chu arrived at the administration building. The door to the dean's office was open, so he went straight in.
"Dean, is there something you need?"
"Dr. Li has arrived, please have a seat."
After he sat down, Dean Yang spoke up: "It's like this, your Director Liang came to talk to me a couple of days ago. He said that he's getting old and still has teaching duties at the school, and his body just can't handle running around to both places."
So he wants to retire from the hospital and teach full-time for two years, while recommending you to be the head of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department. I called you here today to see what your thoughts are.”
Chapter 187 Retirement
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