Several children received a lot of red envelopes during the Chinese New Year because the customs in Yangcheng are different from those in their place.
On the first day of the new year, I walked around the family compound and met many colleagues from Shen Nanzhen Hospital on the way. Most of them were locals from Yangcheng. Some of them were sweet-mouthed. They would make a bow with both hands and say to people with a smile: "Wish you good fortune and prosperity."
Every time the locals here heard how sensible and sweet-spoken the children were, they all took out red envelopes to give to them.
The locals in Guangzhou give red envelopes regardless of whether they are relatives or not. Most elders will give a small red envelope to familiar children as a sign of good luck. Although the red envelope is only worth one or two cents, a little bit of money can add up to a lot. Together with the red envelopes given by several elders in the family, the children received a lot of New Year's money this year.
But these few nights, Pingping and Anan bought a lot of fireworks and had already spent the one dollar that Ye Zhi gave them.
At this moment, seeing the great unity brought by Gong Yuqiong, Pingping and Anan seemed to see handfuls of fireworks in their eyes.
Ye Zhi ignored their fuss and directly locked the thick red envelopes into the drawer of the desk.
Ping Ping and An An saw Ye Zhi's actions, looked at each other, and then climbed onto Lu Wei, who was sitting on the chair. Ping Ping even brought the remaining half of a tangerine to Lu Wei's mouth and said, "Dad, have some tangerines, they are so sweet."
Lu Wei held them in his arms, fearing that they would fall to the ground, and said, "Daddy has brushed his teeth, so he won't eat."
An An hugged Lu Wei's neck and said, "Dad, please ask Mom to give us Aunt Gong's New Year's money. My sister and I want to buy fireworks!"
Pingping nodded: "Yes, we also want to set off fireworks, the fireworks are so beautiful."
When Lu Wei heard the child's words, his heart softened, but when he met Ye Zhi's fiery eyes, he retracted his gaze and said to the child: "Ten yuan is too much. You are still young. It is not safe to carry so much money."
Ye Zhi was folding clothes and ignored them, putting the folded clothes back into the closet.
Pingping blinked and said, "Dad, those are ten ten-dollar bills!"
An An: "Yes, we only want one, and mom will keep the others for us."
Lu Wei: “…”
Nian Nian and Sui Sui heard what Ping Ping and An An said, so they crawled over the bed to where Lu Wei was sitting, and said to them with a smile, "Sisters, you are wrong. Daddy will listen to Mommy. It's useless for you to talk to him."
Lu Wei, holding his two daughters: "???"
Is he so lowly?
Lu Wei subconsciously glanced at Ye Zhi, and just when he met her gaze, Lu Wei suddenly felt that Nian Nian and Sui Sui were not wrong.
He really had to listen to Ye Zhi.
An An asked: "Who should we tell then?"
Niannian laughed and said, "It's no use telling anyone. Mom manages Dad's money."
Ping Ping and An An leaned on Lu Wei's shoulders and sighed: "Dad, it turns out you are as miserable as us!"
"Okay then, we don't need so much money." As they said that, the two little guys reached out and took the two dollars left by Ye Zhi on the table.
Lu Wei: “…”
After a fuss, Pingping and Anan pestered Ye Zhi again, saying that they wanted to sleep with her.
Nian Nian and Sui Sui were already used to the two brothers sleeping together. After Ye Zhi brushed their teeth, she went downstairs and returned to her own room to sleep.
Ye Zhi took out the picture book from the bookshelf, sat on the bed, and told stories to the children. Perhaps they were a little tired from playing during the day, and Ping Ping and An An fell asleep on Ye Zhi when she was only halfway through her story.
Lu Wei watched as the two little guys had occupied the entire bed, leaving no room for him at all.
Lu Wei lowered his voice and said, "I should have let them sleep on the first floor." Then he pulled back the quilt and went to sleep.
As a result, before he lay down, he was kicked by An An.
Ye Zhi: "This bed can't accommodate four people. Why don't you go to the first floor and sleep with Nian Nian Sui Sui and the others?"
Lu Wei directly lifted the quilt and fell asleep on his side, "No, I want to sleep with you guys."
"Okay, if you're not afraid of these two guys snatching your quilt at night, just sleep here."
Ye Zhi ignored him, tidied the quilt, and turned off the desk lamp.
Not long after, when Ye Zhi was half asleep, she felt a cool breeze rushing in from the quilt, and soon Lu Wei hugged her again against her back.
For several days in a row, Gong Yuqiong brought Li Desheng to the family compound.
Every time they come, they bring a lot of things, including food and toys for children. Although they were not precious things, Ye Zhi felt embarrassed because it happened so many times.
Every time Ye Zhi refused, Gong Yuqiong said that she would return to Hong Kong after the Lantern Festival and would not be able to take it many times. Besides, Li Desheng had a great time with Nian Nian and Sui Sui, so she especially liked to bring Li Desheng here.
Gong Yuqiong was right. Although Li Desheng had only known Nian Nian and Sui Sui for a short time, they did have a deep relationship.
Li Desheng knew that he would have to go back to Hong Kong after the Lantern Festival. He cried in front of them for the first time, holding Gong Yuqiong and crying, "Mommy, I want to stay in Yangcheng. I want to go to school with Xingyun and Xingzhou."
Nian Nian and Sui Sui didn't know about all the twists and turns. When they heard what Li Desheng said, they all agreed, "Desheng, then you should stay in Yangcheng and go to kindergarten and elementary school with us. We will be good brothers in the future!"
After hearing this, Li Desheng wanted to stay even more, and even suggested that he ask Gong Yuqiong to buy a house next to their family compound so that he could come and visit Nian Nian and Sui Sui every day.
Gong Yuqiong watched Li Desheng, who had never asked her for anything since childhood, acting like a spoiled child towards her. Although she felt a little reluctant, she only had one son after all, and the two of them depended on each other. She definitely could not give in to him this time.
So Gong Yuqiong said to Ye Zhi, "This child has never cried in front of me since his father passed away. Now he gets angry when he is told to go back to Hong Kong. Desheng really likes playing with Niannian Suisui. I am a little surprised."
Ye Zhi looked at the children playing outside the yard and smiled: "Maybe it's because they are close in age. If that's the case, Sister Qiong, please bring Desheng over to play more often."
On the day of the Lantern Festival, Ye Zhenhua came from Qiongzhou Island again. In addition to bringing seafood, he also sent Xiao Ding back to school.
Ye Xiaoding has been living in the school dormitory since he entered high school. Due to the strict management of the high school, Ye Xiaoding only comes back once every two weeks.
Ye Zhenhua thought that he was busy with work and would probably not have time to come over until April or May, so he took advantage of the start of school to send him back to school.
When Ye Zhenhua came over, he happened to run into Ye Zhenhua and Ye Zhi who were about to go out.
Ye Zhi thought that Gong Yuqiong would spend the Lantern Festival with her relatives and friends today, but she didn't expect that she would come again.
However, a few children went to the Lantern Festival with their elders, and Lu Wei also returned to the camp two days ago.
Li Desheng looked at the empty yard, but did not see the figure of his familiar friends, and felt lost.
Gong Yuqiong saw her child's disappointment and asked, "Xiaozhi, are you guys going out?"
Ye Zhi didn't intend to hide it, so she said, "Yes, this is my third brother. I'm going to go with him to deliver the goods."
Every time Ye Zhenhua came to Yangcheng to deliver goods, Ye Zhi would go with him. She also invested some money and asked Chen Fang's family to help set up a breeding farm. Although the farm was not big, she had earned some living expenses over the past year.
Therefore, Ye Zhi sometimes likes to go to the seafood street with Ye Zhenhua to see what the needs are there and report to Ye Zhenhua in time.
Gong Yuqiong came over with several bags of dried seafood. Knowing that Ye Zhi was busy, she said, "Since you are busy, I will put my things down and go back. This is the dried seafood from my company, which was specially sent from Hong Kong."
Although Ye Zhenhua brought a lot of seafood this time, Ye Zhi couldn't refuse his kindness, so she accepted it.
The seafood brought by Gong Yuqiong were all vacuum-packed, much better than the dried seafood brought by Ye Zhenhua.
Ye Zhi: "Thank you. My mother made some cakes this morning. I'll pack some for you."
Ye Zhi went back to the kitchen, took out a paper box, and put some water chestnut cakes, horse cakes, stuffed buns, and egg cakes in it for Gong Yuqiong.
After packing the pastries, Ye Zhi picked out a few pounds of relatively fresh and undamaged fruits from the pile of fruits that Ye Zhenhua brought over and asked Gong Yuqiong to take them back.
Gong Yuqiong took the things Ye Zhi handed over, smiled and said, "Thank you, I can smell the fragrance now."
In the past few days, Gong Yuqiong has eaten a lot of pastries, all made by Zhang Xiaomei. Her cooking skills are even better than those made by her nanny.
Ye Zhi chuckled: "You're welcome. I'll be busy now."
Because Gong Yuqiong's car was also parked outside the staff quarters, she happened to be walking with Ye Zhi.
When they arrived at the gate of the family compound, Gong Yuqiong saw Ye Zhenhua getting on a truck with "Qiongzhou Seafood" written on it, so she asked Ye Zhi, "Is your third brother also in the seafood business?"
Gong Yuqiong had heard before that Ye Zhi used to be from Qiongzhou Island and came here after being admitted to university, but she didn't say that anyone in her family was in the seafood business.
Ye Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "Compared to your seafood business, Sister Qiong, we are nothing."
Being able to directly transform from the seafood business to real estate, Gong Yuqiong’s seafood business is expected to be very large.
Gong Yuqiong smiled, took Ye Zhi's arm, and said, "Girl, if I had known that you were also doing this business, I would have cooperated with you. After you have delivered this batch of goods, I will find time to talk to you and your third brother. Qiongzhou Island has such rich seafood resources, there must be a lot of room for cooperation."
Before Ye Zhi could respond, Gong Yuqiong had already gotten into the black Santana, leaving Li Desheng waving at her and saying, "Goodbye, Auntie."
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "Goodbye Desheng, come and play tomorrow."
The next day, Gong Yuqiong really asked Ye Zhi out for dinner.
Gong Yuqiong had long wanted to repay Ye Zhi. She had previously thought that since Ye Zhi was in the clothing business, she could only help her buy a few pieces of clothing. Now that there happened to be a suitable project, Gong Yuqiong wanted to do her best to lend a helping hand.
Several people sat together and chatted for a long time. Gong Yuqiong's intention was to ask Ye Zhenhua to provide her seafood company with more than 10,000 kilograms of seafood and various types of dried seafood every month.
Ye Zhi knew that Gong Yuqiong had her own cold chain freight company, and it was easy to ship goods from Qiongzhou Island to Hong Kong by sea.
It seems that the seafood business on the island will be even better in the future.
After Ye Zhi and Gong Yuqiong had their discussion, they went to the Maritime Administration to report the situation first.
After coming out of the Maritime Administration, Gong Yuqiong said, "I will take a plane back to Hong Kong tomorrow. I will also report the situation when I return. Once the approval procedures are passed, I will send the company's ship to your side. I will trouble Comrade Ye to help pick you up then."
Ye Zhenhua was extremely excited, but at this moment he just nodded woodenly and said, "Don't worry, Ms. Gong, I will definitely take care of this matter."
Gong Yuqiong nodded at him and said, "It's a pleasure to work with you."
Ye Zhenhua was in a hurry to send Ye Xiaoding to school, so he didn't chat much with Gong Yuqiong.
Ye Zhi thought that Gong Yuqiong and Li Desheng would be returning to Hong Kong soon, so she invited Li Desheng and a few other children to go to the playground.
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