Chapter 263: Mother-in-law’s complaints, please vote!
"Dad, stop talking nonsense to him. You are his father. If he is mad at you, just hit him." Xu Xuemei said from the side.
Shen Jianmin, "You are truly my daughter-in-law!"
Everyone laughed.
Liu Guifen hurriedly stepped forward and invited them into the house, "Come in quickly, the guys are still busy now, but they will come over for lunch later."
"Dabao and Erbao are still in school. Let Xiao Wu pick them up after school."
Liu Guifen explained the situation of Dabao and Erbao. Because the safety factor of the military school would be higher, even though they have started a business in the city and spend less time at home, Shen Jintao has never thought of sending the children to school in the city. In this era, there is no surveillance. If the children are lost, it will be difficult to find them. Although such things are not so easy to encounter, one still cannot joke with the safety of the children.
As a soldier, Huo Beichuan must have offended many people, especially some enemy spies. Although it is already the 1980s and there are very few enemy spies, if there are some hiding in the dark, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not attack children.
Therefore, it is the best choice for Dabao and Erbao to go to school in the military school.
"We two old sisters haven't seen each other for a long time. We need to have a good chat. Let me tell you, a lot of things have happened in our team recently. Let's talk slowly when we have time."
"Okay, there are a lot of interesting things here!"
Huo Beichuan was mainly busy making tea for the men, "Grandpa, Dad! Have some tea, there should be some time before dinner."
"Okay, leave it there and let's take a look around first!" Huo Chenggong was not so interested in drinking tea now. His mind and eyes were full of this big house. He wanted to look around and walk around the streets. This was a much more developed city than their Yunnan Province. Although it was not as good as Yangcheng, Haicheng and Jingshi, it was a coastal area after all and had two docks. It had been doing some import and export business in the past two years, so the development was relatively good.
"Then you guys stay in the house. If you want to go out, you have to wait until the afternoon. I have to go back to the army in the afternoon. I will let Xiao Wu accompany you then."
Huo Chenggong and Shen Jianmin both knew who Xiao Wu was. After all, it was Xiao Wu who drove the car when they just came back. It was really amazing that their son/son-in-law was able to have his own guards at such a young age.
"Just let Xiao Wu follow you, and we two old men will go around on our own!" said Shen Jianmin.
"Who are you calling yourself an old man in front of?" Mr. Shen was speechless after hearing this.
"How dare I? I am just a kid in front of you, but it's not too much to say I am an old man in front of this kid, right?"
Shen Jianmin felt that the old man was in a really good condition now. He had thought that after the old lady passed away, the old man would be depressed for a while, but he didn't expect that the old man was not in the same condition as he had imagined. Instead, his mentality seemed to be getting better and better.
Of course he didn't know that the old lady had always been a burden in the old man's heart. Although this was his responsibility as a man and there were things he couldn't ignore, including the old lady's departure which did make the old man sad, he was more relieved and felt liberated.
When the old lady was alive, she did a lot of ridiculous things. The old man felt powerless every time because he chose this woman and he couldn't divorce the old lady. In their era, being together was a lifelong commitment and they absolutely could not do such irresponsible things.
The old man had been sulking many times because he couldn't communicate with the old lady. His poor health in the past two years was largely due to his mood.
Xu Xuemei was still young after all, and even though she had been on the train for such a long time, she didn't feel it was a big deal at all. She even went to the kitchen with Liu Guifang to make lunch.
Chen Jintao wanted to go to the kitchen to help but was chased out by them.
Liu Guifen waved her hand. "What are you doing here? I want to chat with your mother. You can't get away from the kitchen."
Chen Jintao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Everyone else treated their mother-in-law as a guest, but his mother-in-law was the only one who didn't feel awkward at all.
"It's such a big kitchen, the three of us can't move around, why do you want to talk about things I can't listen to?"
"You young man, just go outside and chat with your dad and grandpa. Why are you interfering here? Haven't you cooked enough in restaurants? It's a rare day off. Just rest at home. How can I let you cook?"
Liu Guifen began to talk to Xu Xuemei about Chen Jintao's daily life.
"Xuemei, seriously, you should talk to our Taozi. Sometimes I feel like she doesn't take her health seriously. She's busy with this or that every day. Sometimes we feel bad for her, but this girl doesn't even know how to take a break."
What Liu Guifang said was also sincere. She had mentioned more than once that she wanted Chen Jintao to give her more time to rest, but Chen Jintao was too career-oriented. She would only give herself half a day or a whole day off unless her eldest and second children were on holiday.
Running a garment factory and a restaurant is actually busy enough, especially since she has to occasionally visit Qian Mingfang and Xiao Hongying's clothing store to give them guidance. Recently, she has also been drawing designs for foreigners. Sometimes Liu Guifen feels that Shen Jintao is like a god who never seems to get tired.
But won’t you really be tired?
"I enjoy it. Even though I have a lot to do on a daily basis, I really like this aspect. If I wanted to take it easy, I wouldn't have quit my job at school and started my own business."
Being a teacher is indeed quite leisurely, especially teaching children in higher grades is easier, and the monthly salary and benefits are not bad. When I resigned, the principal even said that he was willing to increase my salary. If it really wanted a leisurely life, Shen Jintao might really stay in school for the rest of her life.
But that was not the life she wanted at all. She preferred something more exciting, constantly innovating and challenging herself.
In fact, there are also many people who do not understand Shen Jintao’s choice, believing that teacher is a noble profession and is worthy of admiration.
After all, education has been taken up and the status of teachers has been greatly improved.
But Chen Jintao felt that after she had earned enough money and had too much to spend, she could just go to the mountainous areas and donate to schools and be the one to pay the teachers' salaries. Wouldn't that be noble?
Teacher is undoubtedly a very admirable profession, but they also need a platform to showcase their talents, right? Chen Jintao never felt how shameful it was to be a businessman.
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