Chapter 74 Chapter 74 Ding Hongyun paused and continued...

Ding Hongyun paused and continued, "My grandfather said that if those restaurants could offer some meals tailored to the spending power of students, their business would definitely be booming."

You will definitely have to pay for meals when you eat in a cafeteria. It doesn't matter where you eat. If the prices are similar or a little more expensive, you will of course choose a place with better food.

However, small restaurants in the living area are unwilling to reduce profits, so most of their customers are still factory workers in the living area.

"Shuwen is a student with a real business sense." Unexpectedly, Zhou Yuying was also eavesdropping. She touched her belly unconsciously while talking and asked, "I wonder if it was born or cultivated by her parents?"

Wang Nian only replied with four words: "I learned from what I saw and heard."

"Then I guess the kid in my belly will have to learn how to wield swords and guns from his father since he was a child."

"Not necessarily." Wang Nian smiled and pointed at Shi Feiying, who was crouching over the table and secretly feeding meat to two dogs. "How is Feiying like his father?"

"Ha ha."

Wang Nian picked up some food with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. Suddenly, he thought of a question: "Why are you staying at home every day recently and not going to work?"

"No more work!" Zhou Yuying's face was full of happiness with a smile, and her hand subconsciously placed on her belly: "From now on, I will be like you, staying at home as a housewife and focusing on raising children."

Wang Nian understood.

Meng Cheng's salary is definitely enough to support his family, not to mention that both his parents' and his husband's families are very wealthy.

Both of them are the only children in their families, and they could already foresee that the baby in their belly would be the treasure of this big family before it was born.

Zhou Yuying went to work only for spiritual pursuits, but now her pursuits have shifted to her children, so she can naturally stop attending this class.

"If it were Aunt Wang Nian... business would definitely be booming."

At the same time, it was time for Ding Hongyun to conclude his speech.

Wang Nian couldn't help but look up at the two now idle warehouses at the door of his house.

I was thinking of renting it out after renovating it...but now I think I can actually keep it for my own use.

As the children grow up, the focus of life no longer revolves around them. Wang Nian is not the type of person who sits at the door knitting and gossiping every day. She should find something to do on her own.

As he thought about it, his chewing frequency gradually slowed down, and he was lost in thought.

"Wang Nian... I'm calling you! Wang Nian?"

It was not until Zhou Yuying suddenly pushed him that Wang Nian came back to his senses and turned around in confusion.

"Lao Gan wants to ask you something." Zhou Yuying raised her chin towards Lao Gan: "What are you thinking about?"

"Just listen to what the kids are saying." Wang Nian smiled apologetically.

"It's nothing serious!~ I just want to ask where you bought those fruit tree seedlings in your backyard?"

Old Gan had visited the backyard before dinner. At first sight, he became interested in the laden fruit trees, and his thoughts coincided with those of sister-in-law Gan.

“Some were left by the previous owner, but most were mature trees bought at the nursery market.”

"Where are the grape vines and cherry trees?" Lao Gan asked again.

"These were all left by the previous owner. I just tried them out casually."

It was winter when we moved in, and the leaves of the grape vines had all fallen off. If it weren’t for the need to level the ground when building the chicken coop, Wang Nian would not have noticed that there was a grape vine there.

I didn't expect that the grapes produced would be very similar to raisins in both taste and appearance.

Wang Nian couldn't be sure whether it was raisins or grapes.

"What a pity!" Lao Gan sighed.

He had just tasted the grapes, and it was no exaggeration to describe the taste astonishing.

But this kind of grape has no seeds, so it is almost impossible to grow seedlings and cultivate them slowly, so it can only be cultivated by cuttings.

Grapes that can be grown by cuttings will take at least two years to bear fruit, and for Lao Gan, who is eager to invest in starting a business, the return on investment will take too long.

Moreover, we cannot rule out the possibility that something might go wrong during the planting process, which would waste time and investment.

So he wanted to directly find grape vines that could bear fruit in the same year, or to have professionals who could cultivate such grapes to be responsible for their management.

"I heard that the previous owner had passed away when he returned to his hometown." Wang Nian said regretfully.

It seems that this approach is not feasible!

Lao Gan shook his head and sighed.

"If I had more money, I could afford to spend a few more years on it, but after all, I'm just an ordinary person!" Lao Gan was unwilling, but had no choice but to give up.

Meng Cheng raised his glass and said: "There are plenty of opportunities! There are industries that can make money everywhere in our country now."

The two of them clinked their glasses, thus moving on from this somewhat frustrating topic.

As for asking Wang Nian to manage the orchard, Lao Gan knew it in his heart just by looking at the house, so there was no need to mention it.

After dinner.

Meng Cheng drove the Gan family back to the hotel, and the children used the excuse of sending Ding Hongyun home to go to the university behind to watch people play football.

Wang Nian and Zhou Yuying were the only ones left in the yard.

Now that there were no outsiders around, Wang Nian told Zhou Yuying about his thoughts.

Zhou Yuying didn't react at first, and even advised Wang Nian: "The government-owned house may be taken back at any time, why bother with it!"

Wang Nian blinked.

The next moment, Zhou Yuying pointed at the house in surprise and asked, "Did you pay for the house and then turn it into your own?"

"No." Wang Nian waved his hands. He also wanted to see how Zhou Yuying would react after hearing this, so he deliberately said the result first: "The house was left by Shi Xiangming's grandparents..."

"Shi Xiangming's grandfather...how did that house end up in the hands of the design institute?"

Wang Nian then calmly told the truth: "This story starts from when Shi Xiangming was still a child..."

"So you didn't know at first that the house allocated to the unit was the inheritance left by his grandparents?"

"I just found out."

"Oh my God! There are such coincidences in the world."

"Who said it wasn't?" Wang Nian laughed.

"Since it's your own house, you can change it however you want." Zhou Yuying didn't ask how much the inheritance was. She quickly thought about it and agreed with Wang Nian's change plan: "If you don't want to run your own business in the future, you can rent out the shop."

According to Zhou Yuying, if you want to make changes, you have to do it as soon as possible.

As various plans become more complete, if you want to convert a residential house into a shop, you will definitely need to apply for various procedures.

At present, people don’t have such awareness. As long as a hole is made in the wall, it can be used as a shop.

"The one who knows me best is...Sister Yuying." Wang Nian smiled and hugged Zhou Yuying's arm.

When Wang Nian got the house deed, he mentioned his idea to Shi Xiangming, but he still said the same thing... the wife has the final say in everything at home.

Now, as long as she is willing, work can start at home tomorrow.

"What are you going to change?"

"I want to connect the two warehouses on the left and right, and then move the main door to the backyard, so that Xiangming can go to work more conveniently..."

The visit of Situ Lan's family today gave Wang Nian an idea to move the road leading to the backyard outside the house.

This requires transforming the overlapping area of ​​the study and living room on the right into a corridor.

The next step is to move the rooftop vegetable garden on the third floor to the top of the study and kitchen.

It can not only save the trouble of fetching water up and down the stairs to water the vegetables, but also prevent too much moisture on the roof from making the bedroom too humid.

Then we have to build stairs to the roof, and naturally we also need to reduce the area of ​​each room to make room.

With this calculation, there are more and more places that need to be changed.

"Meng Cheng knows a lot of contractors. Ask him to help you find a reliable modification. This is a big project!"

Zhou Yuying already felt a headache just by listening to the few points that Wang Nian casually pointed out.

"Since we are going to move, let's do it sooner rather than later." Wang Nian crossed his arms and looked ahead confidently: "It's just the right time to scare Shi Xiangming who is returning home from a business trip so that he can't find the door to his house."

"Let's wait and see." Zhou Yuying laughed.

"But before that, I have something else to do."

When talking about this matter, Wang Nian seemed even happier and even a little impatient.

"What is it?"

"First, accompany me to the store to buy a nice skirt."

"What good news?"

"I'm going to attend a parents' meeting next week. My eldest child won first place in the city's middle school math competition. The award ceremony will be held at the opening ceremony in front of all the classmates and parents. I have to make my child proud."

In my previous life, when I should have been studying, I was working outside to make a living. When I finally had money to study, my grades were not that good.

I was unable to step onto the podium at this city-wide awards ceremony as a student, but I participated as a parent.

Who says it's not another kind of perfection?

***

The comfort of March is the scent of magnolia.

The magnolia trees along the entire Guanghua Street seemed to be in full bloom overnight, and the large white flowers painted the street a snow-white.

As soon as Wang Nian reached the gate, Zhang Hongyan and Hu Wenli, who were chatting nearby, exclaimed "Wow" at the same time.

Zhang Hongyan joked: "Are you going to pick up Shi Xiangming by dressing up so beautifully?"

"It will take several months for him to come back!" Wang Nian smiled and slowly turned in front of the two people: "How about the new models from Hong Kong? Do they look good?"

"If he's not picking up Shi Xiangming, then is he going to have a date with someone?" Hu Wenli joined in the jokes.

She wore a white shirt with a bow at the collar that hung down to her chest, and a grey cardigan that made Wang Nian's skin look even whiter.

The lower body is a pair of loose black trousers and a pair of black thick-heeled leather shoes.

Wang Nian usually ties her hair up to make it easier to do things, but today she let her hair down and even put on some lipstick.

With this overall combination, it's like a different person.

Zhang Hongyan sincerely believes that: "All she needs is a purse to look as elegant as the big stars on TV."

"Today is a great day for the award ceremony for the book and essay competition. I'm the mother of the first place winner, so of course I have to dress up the best." Wang Nian shouted at the three children who were dawdling in the room, "Hurry up, or you'll miss the roll call!"

"If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten about this. I have a parents' meeting today, and I have to go back and change my clothes."

Zhang Hongyan slapped her thigh and ran home quickly. Sasha should still be asleep at this moment!

Guanghua No. 8 Middle School is just a hundred meters away.

Today is the first day of school for junior high school and elementary school.

Shi Feiying could have stayed at home to play for a few more days, but Wang Nian was afraid that if he was left alone at home today, something bad might happen, so she brought him along to attend her brother's award ceremony.

The school gate was crowded with people, mixed with various vendors selling snacks.

No. 8 Middle School is quite famous in the neighborhood, but actually the school is not very big, it can be said to be a bit too small.

The two buildings on the left are for the first grade of junior high school, and the building on the right is for the second and third grades of junior high school, with a playground in the middle.

The award-giving stand on the playground was being decorated at this time. The teachers were moving tables onto the stand and adjusting microphones. The playground was filled with the sounds of "hello, hello" during the sound test.

The elementary school is just across a flower bed from the junior high school.

You can enter your school from any door, so there are many elementary school students playing shuttlecock and skipping rope on the middle school playground at this moment.

"Mom, I have to hand in my winter vacation homework first."

As soon as she entered the school, Shi Wan's classmates came to her like a flock of birds. After not seeing each other for a whole winter vacation, everyone had endless things to talk about.

Wang Nian asked Shi Shuwen to take Shi Feiying to the class first, and she and Zhang Hongyan went to the next door to explain the situation to the teacher.

"Not awake yet?"

As soon as Wang Nian left, Shi Feiying leaned against Shi Shuwen and yawned like a deflated balloon.

Shi Feiying nodded honestly.

"Did you secretly read comics again last night?" Shi Shuwen said helplessly.

Their parents lived on the first floor, and the three siblings had to rely on themselves to fall asleep at night. Occasionally, when Shi Shuwen went downstairs to use the bathroom, he would find that the light in his brother's room was still on.

Upon asking, I found out that it was a foreign comic book borrowed from the owner of the video store in front.

Shi Feiying, who could not recognize many words, read the book with great interest. I don't know how he persuaded the boss to let him take the book home for free.

"No." Shi Feiying shook her head and gently shook Shi Shuwen's hand: "I just miss my dad."

"Aren't you the happiest person in our family when dad is on a business trip?"

"I was very happy at first, but it's been so many days, why hasn't Dad come back yet?" Shi Feiying said unhappily.

"Mom said Dad will be gone for more than four months and won't be back until our summer vacation."

Just as he finished speaking, someone suddenly ran in from the school gate, shouting loudly: "Shi Shuwen", interrupting the sigh that Shi Feiying almost blurted out.

Ding Hongyun smiled and touched Shi Feiying's head, then immediately turned around and introduced the adult who followed him: "This is my grandpa."

"You are Shi Shuwen and Feiying that Hongyun often mentioned, right?"

The old man had black hair without a single strand of white. His body was as round as Ding Hongyun's, and his smile looked very kind.

The two brothers quickly greeted him: "Hello, Master Ding."

"Where are your parents?" Ding Qin asked.

Shi Shuwen quickly told Wang Nian about going to the elementary school to find the teacher.

"Then let's go to the classroom first. Your mother will come to find you later."

With the elders by their side, not to mention Shi Shuwen and Ding Hongyun, even Shi Feiying became unusually well-behaved. She held her brother's hand all the way and dared not say much.

It was not until they entered the classroom that the noisy atmosphere made Shi Shuwen let go of his restraint and he took his brother to say hello to Xia Wei.

Xia Wei was sitting in the last row by the window, talking excitedly to his classmates, with one foot on the stool and spitting out foam at the mouth.

When Shi Shuwen got closer and listened, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Xia Wei was talking about the dinner they had at his home last week, and he praised Wang Nian's cooking skills to the skies.

Although both brothers thought he didn't say enough.

"Don't disbelieve me!" Xia Wei was talking excitedly when he suddenly saw Shi Shuwen walking towards him. He immediately stopped talking and grabbed him: "If you don't believe me, ask Shuwen. He won't lie, right?"

"Class monitor, Xia Wei said that your mother's cooking is delicious. Is that true?" Sure enough, a classmate asked curiously.

Shi Shuwen nodded and said modestly: "I think it tastes good, but others may not think so."

"I think he's the best in the world." Shi Feiying immediately raised her hand to join the discussion, undoubtedly a staunch supporter of Wang Nian.

Ding Hongyun, who was sitting in the last row, put down his schoolbag and let his grandfather sit in his seat.

Ding Hongyun is tall and his academic performance is at the bottom of the class, so he is always in the last row.

Ding Qin saw Shi Shuwen's schoolbag on the next table and thought that the child's academic performance was also at the bottom of the class, but when he heard other classmates calling him class monitor, he was a little confused for a moment.

"How is Shi Shuwen doing in your class?"

"No. 1 in the grade." Ding Hongyun lowered his head to wipe the table and said it as if it was a matter of course.

Ding Qin was shocked.

Not the first in the class, but the first in the whole year...

"Then why is he sitting in the last row?" Ding Qin asked in a low voice.

"Have you seen Xia Wei?" Ding Hongyun pointed.

"Aren't you three good friends?" Of course Ding Qin had heard of this.

Ding Hongyun pointed to the second-to-last row in front and said, "Xia Wei is the second in our class and the second in the whole grade."

Ding Qin: “…”

Finally, he could only look at his grandson and said, "No wonder you got such a big improvement in the final exam this semester. With the help of two friends who have such good grades, it would be strange if you didn't get an improvement."

Ding Hongyun scratched his head with a silly smile.

Before Shi Shuwen transferred here, he and Xia Wei sat in the second row and the last row respectively, and they never interacted with each other as if there was a river between them.

As a result, Shi Shuwen came and could only be arranged to sit in the last row.

But he would get the first place in the monthly exam in the first month, leaving Xia Wei, who was always the number one in the class, far behind.

The teacher asked Shi Shuwen if he wanted to change seats, but he was told that he was tall and would block other students if he sat in the front row, so he stayed in the last row.

The only difference was that I went from sitting alone in a row to sitting at the same table with Ding Hongyun.

In the monthly exam the following month, Shi Shuwen still ranked first. When arranging seats the next time, Xia Wei deliberately chose a seat in front of Shi Shuwen.

That's how the three of them became familiar with each other.

"Except for the fact that our family is good at talking, there has been no educated person in our family since your grandfather." Ding Qin laughed helplessly.

Although whether Ding Hongyun can get into a good university in the future is not that important to the Ding family, which parent doesn't want their child to have excellent grades?

Ding Qin felt the same, so he specifically reminded Ding Hongyun to play with the two of them more in the future. Of course, the most important thing was to study hard.

Ding Hongyun nodded and agreed.

Shi Feiying was already talking about how delicious the crab roe noodles her mother made were, and her expression with squinting eyes was quite vivid.

"He's not shy at all despite his young age!" Ding Qin sighed.

The two brothers are simply two extremes, one is gentle, humble and mild-mannered, the other is full of energy, cheerful and generous.

I really want to see what kind of parents are they who can raise two children with such different personalities.

Ten minutes later, the person that Ding Qin was curious about appeared at the door with a smile on his face, holding a small bamboo basket in his hand.

"Mom, I'm here!" Shi Shuwen waved happily, finally showing some childish look.

"Hello, Uncle Ding." Wang Nian came over and greeted Ding Qin with a smile: "I am Shi Shuwen's mother."

"Hello."

As soon as Wang Nian arrived, Shi Feiying immediately stopped talking, turned around and threw herself into her mother's arms, saying coquettishly: "Mom, why did you take so long to come? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Go home and get something." Wang Nian smiled.

The adults sat on the stools, and the students could only stand in the empty space in the classroom to play. They had endless things to talk about when they got together, and they didn't feel tired at all from standing.

After her excitement just now, Shi Feiying felt sleepy and fell asleep quickly in her mother's arms.

Wang Nian pulled the basket under his feet, took off his cardigan and covered Shi Feiying with it.

"Shuwen, what's on your desk?"

When I turned around, I immediately saw a small piece of paper stuck on the upper right corner of the table.

"This is the daily study schedule." Shi Shuwen took a look and replied immediately.

Wang Nian: “…”

It seems that the habit of writing arrangements was perfectly passed down to Shi Xiangming.