Chapter 200

Three years later.

Rainbow Island.

In the brand new villa.

Lu Yuanzheng lay on the sofa in the living room, pursing his lips and looking sullen.

The twins looked at Lu Yuanzheng, looked at each other, and moved in the direction of Xu Wen.

Xu Wen, who was reading a book, was hugged by the two brothers and his book was knocked off.

She looked up at the twins.

Sasa and Youyou both looked in the direction of Lu Yuanzheng with worried looks on their faces.

Xu Wen then shifted his gaze over, took a glance, and burst out laughing.

Lu Yuanzheng and Xia Chu looked towards Xu Wen when they heard the voice.

Xu Wen put his fist to his lips and coughed twice, but he could hardly hide the smile on his face.

I don't blame her, Lu Yuanzheng's current look is too...

Lu Yuanzheng had a flat head, so it was impossible for him to tie his hair into a braid. Xia Chu was also a ruthless person. She found a small hairpin with flowers for Lu Yuanzheng to pin on the top of his head. Perhaps that was not enough, so she also found a hairpin that Xu Wang had given her, which could be worn with two braids, and made Lu Yuanzheng wear it.

A pair of pink glasses was painted next to the eyes.

Xia Chu used a black marker to make her eyebrows thicker and longer.

It was hot at the moment, and Lu Yuanzheng was not wearing a shirt. On his chest was a patch of red, green and yellow colored pencil drawings that were indistinguishable.

The visual impact is so great that it really makes people laugh.

Pianlu Yuanzheng has been in a high position for a long time. His aura has become increasingly powerful in the past two years. Coupled with the scary scar on the side of his face, he often scares people away at first sight.

At this moment, the stern face was full of anger, as if he was about to get angry in the next second.

Normally, Dongsheng and the twins would get scared like a mouse seeing a cat whenever Lu Yuanzheng frowned. Now they were even more frightened when they saw Lu Yuanzheng.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have hidden beside Xu Wen when he saw Lu Yuanzheng looked unhappy.

But Xia Chu was not afraid of him. At the age of seven or eight, Xia Chu was at the age when people hated him. He specialized in plucking the whiskers around the tigers' mouths and then showed them to the tigers.

Xia Chujian was unhappy about the long march, and pouted with a wronged look on his face, holding a green marker in his hand.

Lu Yuanzheng pointed at Xia Chu with gritted teeth, as if he was about to slap Xia Chu in the face.

Xu Wen and the twins were curious, would Lu Yuanzheng really beat Xia Chu?

It’s not that I’m asking about my stepmother’s mentality, it’s mainly because I’ve never seen it.

Lu Yuanzheng's hand was raised high, and it was about to fall.

Xia Chu's eyes were filled with tears. "I will draw a flower for you."

Lu Yuanzheng's hand suddenly dropped, his palm turning into fingers, his index finger almost touching the tip of Xia Chu's nose: "I'm warning you! You can only draw one last flower!"

Xu Wen couldn't hold back any longer and laughed out loud without any hesitation.

The only thing left in my mind was a phrase I had often heard throughout my life: say the most cruel words in the most cruel manner.

The twins didn't laugh, but just looked at Xia Chu with envy.

It’s great to be a girl!

Xu Wen looked up at the clock on the wall and spoke to stop Xia Chu from causing trouble for Lu Yuanzheng: "Xia Chu, stop drawing! Your father should pack up and go out for a meeting."

Xia Chu was not afraid of the long journey but was afraid of Xu Wen, so he put down his pen obediently after hearing this.

After all, Xu Wen is the only one in the family who won't get used to her.

It is human nature to bully the weak and fear the strong.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuanzheng looked at the clock on the wall, raised his eyebrows, got up and went into the bathroom.

Normally, Lu Yuanzheng takes about ten to fifteen minutes to shower, but today it took him a full half an hour.

Xu Wen was a little surprised and hurried back to the bedroom to check.

She entered the bedroom and Lu Yuanzheng just came out of the bathroom. His upper body and face were rubbed red. If you looked closely, you could still vaguely see the remaining color of the colored pencil.

Xu Wen took out the uniform he was going to wear on the expedition from the closet and put it on the bed, and casually taught him a lesson: "You deserve it! You've made your daughter lawless! Let's see how your superiors and subordinates will laugh at you in the meeting later!"

Lu Yuanzheng paused as he wiped his hair, and spoke with a bit of grievance, "She looks more and more like you! I can't bear to make her cry."

Xu Wen's heart softened upon hearing this, but he insisted, "You can't keep indulging her like this. You've become so accustomed to her that she's out of control! You have such an important meeting today, and newspapers and TV stations want to interview you. Aren't you afraid that people will see you and make fun of you?!"

Lu Yuanzheng sighed softly, "My daughter is my own, what can I do?!"

He wants to save face too!

Xu asked: "..."

Xu Wen shook his head and let him do what he wanted.

Lu Yuanzheng changed into his regular clothes and asked Xu Wen, "Do you want to go with me?"

"How can I be qualified to attend such a meeting? Anyway, you can see it in the newspaper tomorrow."

"In fact, you are more qualified than anyone else to attend today's meeting." Lu Yuanzheng finished tidying up his appearance and looked out the window. "You are the greatest contributor to Rainbow Island, no, the entire archipelago."

Xu Wen was not modest. He straightened Lu Yuanzheng's tie and blinked: "A hero behind the scenes! Since you are behind the scenes, why would you come out in front of others? I'll wait for you at home."

Lu Yuanzheng lowered his head and kissed Xu Wen on the forehead, "Chen Gong will come over to send the naughty kids to school later, you just rest at home and don't let them bother you!"

Xu Wen nodded.

Chen Gong is Lu Yuanzheng's attendant, or more simply, his life assistant, responsible for taking care of Lu Yuanzheng's daily life.

However, neither Lu Yuanzheng nor Xu Wen were the type who liked to order people around, so apart from occasionally asking Chen Gong to pick up and drop off the kids, they didn't bother him too much.

If possible, Lu Yuanzheng would directly cancel his own attendant settings.

In your prime years, you join the army to make achievements and establish a career. Who would be willing to serve others as a nanny in their twenties? !

Unfortunately, Lu Yuanzheng’s words don’t count.

As soon as Lu Yuanzheng finished speaking, he heard Xia Chu shouting outside: "Mom and Dad, Brother Chen and Brother Wang are here!"

The Brother Chen she mentioned is Chen Gong, and Brother Wang is Lu Yuanzheng's driver.

Xu Wen packed Xia Chu and the twins' schoolbags and sent the three of them out.

Now that we have moved into the villa, there is an auntie who cleans the house, so you don't have to ask.

Xu Wen ground a cup of coffee for himself by hand. This thing was very rare and his aunt didn't know how to make it.

Carrying the ground coffee, I returned to the second-floor terrace.

Looking around, the island seems to have some post-modern prosperity.

Rainbow Island Real Estate delivered its first batch of houses last year, including the villa where she lives now.

The community is mainly multi-storey, and most of the owners are workers on the island.

If dual-time workers working on the island buy a house, they will get a big discount. The monthly loan payment is more than enough to pay off their wages, so many workers choose to buy a house.

Some of them were sold to

Millions of employees were laid off, and of course not just generals were laid off, the vast majority were soldiers.

Lu Yuanzheng directly placed the "unemployed" soldiers of his army into real estate.

Although most soldiers can only work as construction workers, their wages and benefits are based on those of state-owned construction companies.

To be precise, the treatment is based on that of state-owned factories, such as vacations and holiday benefits, but the salary is not. The more you work, the more you earn.

There are also performance awards.

In addition, since it is a new company in the development process, there is a lot of room for promotion.

The soldiers of Haicheng joined the ranks of construction workers without hesitation. The other soldiers who were far away and didn't know much about the situation were puzzled. After asking around, they found out that in addition to the endorsement of the troops, the real estate company also had many people involved, so they also joined in one after another.

There are few soldiers in their army who don't know Xu Wen's legend.

Facts have proved that Xu Wen can always be trusted.

Of the millions of laid-off soldiers, most of them returned to their hometowns.

Most of these people are ordinary people. If they lay down their weapons, they will have to pick up sickles and hoes.

Life is very tight.

The soldiers who work in the real estate industry earn no less than when they were in the army, and on the contrary have more freedom.

When you are in the military, you have to be on call 24 hours a day and spend most of the day in training.

When workers only need to work eight hours a day, it is a bit hard and tiring, but compared with training, it is far inferior.

As a result, more and more veterans joined the real estate construction team.

Those with better conditions even bought the houses they built themselves.

Employees can enjoy great discounts when purchasing houses, and they know the quality of the house they built themselves.

Not only that, Xu Wen also asked Lu Yuanzheng to communicate with the superior units to which those offices belonged, asking the units to provide part of the subsidies and for him to pay part of the money to participate in the purchase of the house.

Although you pay for the house yourself, the house also has a title deed, unlike a dormitory, which you have to return sooner or later.

The people stationed at the Rainbow Island Office like this place very much after staying here for a long time, and most of them expressed their willingness.

The unit also saved trouble and it was cheaper than building a building, so they all agreed.

Just like that, all the houses in the entire community were sold out.

In order to support Xu Wen and his friends, even Xu Wen and Xu Wang bought a house here.

Xu Wen and Xu Wang's business is also growing bigger and bigger.

Xu Wen chain stores have already opened six stores.

Xu Wang opened three stores.

In addition, the Xu family has a new member.

Sang Xiaoqing gave birth to her second child, another boy.

Of course, having more children than allowed will result in a fine.

But to them, that little money is nothing.

Xu Wang was jealous of Xu Wen for having a daughter, and he also wanted to have another one, but the family planning policy was becoming increasingly strict, and it was not easy to have more children.

She is busy with her business and cannot attend to it for the time being, so she is still hesitating.

Xu Wen took a sip of coffee.

As Lu Yuanzheng said, she is the hero behind the Rainbow Island's current appearance.

Once the real estate company's operations become more stable, Xu Wen will be able to completely become a salted fish.

Currently, real estate companies still have a particularly large shortcoming.

Lack of middle management.

The top management are naturally the troops and officials, while the lower-level staff are mostly retired veterans.

These veterans generally have low education levels. They are OK at their jobs and have no problem being small foremen, but they are still a little short of being management level personnel.

Only some of them are easier to learn and improve quickly.

But such a large real estate company needs a lot of pillars, and this is far from enough.

In addition, she also invested in several other factories and companies, all of which needed management talents.

Xu Wen has been thinking about cultivating his own talents recently, and has also arranged for people to keep an eye on whether there are any suitable candidates among the down-staff employees.

The first wave of people leaving the countryside has arrived.

Many companies were unable to make ends meet and eventually chose to lay off employees.

Among those laid off there are many excellent workers or managers, and Xu Wen plans to hire them.

In this way, the problem of lack of management in the middle level can be solved.

Xu Wen could then live a completely carefree life and no longer have to worry about these matters.

If possible, she would like to travel around the world with Lu Yuanzheng.

Unfortunately, Lu Yuanzheng’s profession does not allow him to go abroad, unless he changes his job. After changing his job, he is not prohibited from going abroad within a certain period of time.

Moreover, is it possible to let Lu Yuanzheng change his career?

possible.

I got back from a long journey a little late in the evening and drank some wine.

After taking a shower, he went to bed and hugged Xu Wen.

Xu Wen smelled a faint smell of alcohol in the shower gel, put the book in his hand on the bedside table, raised his hand and stroked his still damp hair twice, like coaxing a giant dog, with a touch of concern in his gentle tone, "What's wrong? Isn't it a good thing? Wasn't the meeting about good things? Why are you so unhappy?"

Lu Yuanzheng rubbed his head against her waist.

His hair was very short, and Xu Wen was wearing a silk pajamas, and the tips of his hair made her feel a little itchy through the pajamas.

Xu Wen quickly reached out and held his head to stop him from moving, "Speak!"

Lu Yuanzheng sighed deeply, turned over, and lay horizontally, resting his head on Xu Wen's legs. He looked at her and said, "It must be a good thing! From now on, the entire archipelago will be an independent province, with the central island as the provincial capital. And the government affairs will be returned to the local areas."

Xu Wen had heard about this before, so he wasn't surprised. "Then you're still not happy?"

“After the meeting, I was left to talk.”

Xu Wen didn't say anything and just listened quietly.

“I was given two choices.”

"One is to change careers, become governor, and continue to govern this area."

Xu asked: "..."

She was silent for a moment, then asked Lu Yuanzheng, "Where's the second one?"

"Second, I will continue to serve, but it is unlikely that I will stay in the archipelago. The higher-ups said that I have performed very well in the management of the archipelago in terms of coastal defense, military affairs, and economy, so I may be promoted again!"

Xu asked: "..."

If she hadn't known Lu Yuanzheng so well, she would have thought he was in Versailles.

For most people, both of these choices will lead to a brilliant life.

But for Lu Yuanzheng, it is indeed a bit difficult.

He was naturally unwilling to be a governor, as he was a soldier, not a politician, and he did not like being a local official. But being a local official would allow him to stay in this land.

In addition to his own feelings for Rainbow Island and the archipelago, his family and friends are also here.

Mainly the Xu Wen family is on Rainbow Island.

Xu Wen must be reluctant to leave.

Similarly, he liked the military uniform he was wearing more, but if he got promoted again, he didn't know where he would be transferred to. Maybe to Haicheng, maybe to some other place.

No matter where, they had to leave Rainbow Island.

Not to mention the faraway place, the villa they live in now was renovated after it was delivered last year, and they moved in at the end of the year. Now the adults and children have just adapted to the place, and if they have to move away again, I'm afraid no one will be able to adapt.

Xu Wen also felt a bit of a headache after hearing this.

She thought for a moment and asked Lu Yuanzheng, "If you don't consider me and the children, what would you choose?"