Later, Meng Sheng and the other man went to sit with Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen's business of trading goods between the north and the south has been lukewarm over the years. He just left those few cars to his subordinates to tinker with and has never expanded the business.
He invested a small portion of his earnings in opening an electronics factory in the south, and most of it in real estate.
In the past two years, the calculators and electronic watches produced by his electronics factory have been distributed to various parts of the country through a fleet of vehicles, and he must have made a lot of money.
At that time, real estate was a pure sunrise industry. As long as people were not stupid and had some skills, it was impossible to do badly.
It can be imagined that in time, this cellmate in the previous life will definitely become a business tycoon in the near future.
However, this future business tycoon is a bit like Meng Sheng. He only controls the overall situation in business and stays at home all day as a stay-at-home dad.
Yes, the former gangster is married. He married a girl from the county town who is three years older than him. She is not very pretty, but gentle and virtuous, and has an inexplicably reassuring temperament.
The couple got married late, but they have a lot of children and already have two sons.
The older one is over one year old, and the younger one is just one month old. I have two children in three years.
Family planning is now strictly enforced, but if you are not a public official, you have the connections and can afford the fines, so you can have as many children as you want.
Meng Sheng felt that Xiao Chen probably lacked love because his parents had both passed away, so he longed for a lively family atmosphere. Therefore, he liked women who were older than him and also liked to have many children at home.
When Meng Sheng and his wife came to the house, Xiao Chen was changing his youngest son's diaper.
Their family hired two live-in nannies, but he always liked to take care of the children himself.
He deftly grabbed the two little feet with his left hand, and swiftly pulled off the dirty diaper with his right hand. Then he washed the butt with warm water, wiped it dry, and put on a clean diaper.
All the movements were done smoothly as if flowing water. After finishing, he didn't even mind the smell and spread out the diaper to carefully examine the characteristics of the poop on it.
His seriousness made it impossible to recall that this man was once a street thug leader who collected protection fees, nor could he be connected to the Boss Xiao who is now respected by everyone outside.
After Xiao Chen finished cleaning up his son and had him taken away, he washed his hands again before he had time to talk to Meng Sheng and the others.
After hearing the purpose of your visit, he said: "You should go. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful and suitable for retirement, but not for raising children.
Last year, the top student in our county who was promoted from primary school to junior high school went to the best middle school in the province, but ended up ranking last in his academic performance.
Our generation was lucky. Ten years of turmoil were followed by reform and opening up. We didn't have much education, but we had many opportunities. With luck, vision, hard work, and a willingness to work hard, we could carve out a good future. But the same cannot be said for the next generation."
Meng Sheng had never thought that the child, though little in age, could see so far ahead. He admired her and asked, "Are you planning to move out too?"
Xiao Chen nodded: "Well, after the New Year when the weather gets warmer, I plan to take my family to the south.
Most of the factory's industries are over there, so it's better to go over and take a look to be more reassured.
My eldest child is learning to speak, so I started learning from primary school to avoid being excluded by others in school due to language barriers."
After becoming a father, he put aside his former recklessness and began to consider his children wholeheartedly.
This is an era of rapid economic development and change, and it is also an era where separations between relatives and friends are commonplace.
However, no one was sad about leaving. After all, there were telephones, airplanes, cars, trains and other means of transportation. As long as you had money, Baishui County could be anywhere in the country.
After having dinner at the Xiao family, Meng Sheng and his friend went home and had a midnight snack with all the Meng family members in the county as a farewell.
The family chatted and laughed until midnight.
After waking up from a good sleep, it's time to set off.
The tricycle was left to Meng Chenglin to drive. Meng Sheng and his companions didn't have much luggage, so they just found a passing car going to the provincial capital.
My family is in this business, and I know most of the long-distance drivers who often drive on the roads here, if not all of them.
As long as you don’t consider the comfort of travel, it’s convenient to go anywhere.
The only people who saw him off in the morning were Meng Chenglin and Chen Hongxing, who lived with him.
The couple couldn't bear to part with their precious grandson. They stood by the road and took turns hugging Meng Yan, kissing him, hugging him and holding him up high. They had so many words of advice that they couldn't finish their words. They were really reluctant to let him go and were worried.
As a result, when the grandfather and granddaughter were about to part ways, Meng Qiang suddenly called and said that Cheng Jin was vomiting violently and was suspected of being pregnant.
Immediately, the couple put Meng Yan down and turned away as if they were in a hurry.
Meng Yan was being held in front and caressed from behind by two men one moment, and the next moment he was placed on the side of the road to be blown by the cold wind. He didn't react for a moment and was still a little confused.
Feng Yijia looked at his son from the side and smiled with glee.
As expected, you can't have too much of anything. If you have too much, it will become rare.
Meng Sheng also laughed. Ever since he had a son, he was not as valued by his parents and wife as before.
Of course, he couldn't do such a childish thing as competing for favor with his son, but now that he saw that his son was showing signs of falling out of favor, he was happy from the bottom of his heart.
Although Meng Yan was young, he could still sense the obvious mockery on his parents' faces.
The little kid also knew how to save face. He pouted a few times but then forced his mouth back to normal, pretending to be indifferent and squatted down to play in the mud.
This is a provincial road with a lot of traffic.
A pair of unscrupulous parents and a child who wanted to save face didn't have to wait long before they stopped a large truck carrying clothes.
Several seats in the front cab are already full of people.
The family of three didn't care and just got into the back bed of the truck. Then, with the help of the driver, they moved sacks of clothes and made a small nest. The family of three ate and slept in the nest throughout the journey, so it wasn't too hard for them.
The car drove from the rising sun in the morning to the shining stars in the evening before finally arriving at the provincial capital.
Apart from eating, taking care of urgent needs, and unloading cargo once, we never stopped.
After a bumpy ride of more than ten hours, Feng Yijia, who was not used to traveling far, felt very uncomfortable.
When he got off the car, he looked haggard and his legs were as soft as noodles.
However, Meng Yan, who was taking such a long car journey for the first time, was in high spirits.
The child, who had no idea how many naps he had taken from being rocked around in the car, was not sleepy at all when his father carried him out of the car. He opened his big black eyes and looked around at the bustling street scenes and colorful neon lights in the city at night.
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