Chapter 50: Picking Autumn
Li Guixun came home from get off work with a big box of spicy snacks in his hand.
He has observed during this period that Huo Xiang likes spicy food the most, so he can keep it at home as a snack for him!
After dinner, Li Guixun suddenly said, "Xiangxiang, I'm a little unhappy..."
Huo Xiang looked at the corners of his mouth that he was trying hard to suppress, but did not expose him.
"Why are you unhappy?"
Sensing Huo Xiang's indulgence, Li Guixun immediately took advantage of the favor and said, "Look, when Weiwei was at home, we played this and that together. As soon as she left, you didn't even play with me... Didn't we agree that you would support me and I would support you?"
Huo Xiang: “…”
This passage contained a lot of information, and Huo Xiang felt that his brain was not enough.
He first thought of the children who had conflicts in kindergarten and often said, "I don't want to play with you anymore."
Then I thought of an old joke I had seen online:
"I went downstairs to buy ice cream and ran into a young couple arguing... The girl turned around and left crying: 'Go away!' She was still holding the guy's hand! The guy hugged the girl tightly and said something that has made me tremble to this day: 'No! Didn't we agree to be each other's angels!!!'"
Huo Xiang didn't know what expression to make. Also, when had he ever said such a domineering statement to CEO Li, "I will support you"?
Oh, I remember now. When they were talking about Weiwei's problem, they mentioned that they should treat themselves as children and raise them all over again.
Is this called "you support me" and "I support you"?
As expected of him, he must have gotten full marks in reading comprehension when he was in school. He is quite good at changing the concepts.
Maybe as I was talking, I finally got into the role. Li Guixun's expression gradually showed a bit of grievance and stubbornness, and Huo Xiang felt guilty just by being stared at by him.
He said kindly:
"I'm not going to stop playing with you. How about I help you make leaf fridge magnets?"
"Yes, yes!"
Seeing Li Guixun's eyebrows curved in a second, Huo Xiang smiled helplessly, easier to coax than a child...
"Then let's go pick up some leaves and help digest our food."
"Great! Shun Shun, let's go out and play!" Li Guixun picked up Shun Shun and started spinning around like crazy, like a concubine who had gone crazy in the cold palace.
Shun Shun quickly struggled to fly back into Huo Xiang's hands, cursing: "Pooh, pooh, pooh..."
The two people and the bird first walked around in the yard outside, then walked out of the villa and searched in the green belt of the community.
If you are not careful, you will walk very far.
Parrots cannot be let flying freely outside. Don’t think that there are no safety hazards in the city. In fact, it is easy to be targeted by some big birds, and then it will be too late to cry.
So when they came out, Huo Xiang not only put a big flowered jacket on Shunshun, but also put on suspenders.
Because Huo Xiang decorated it beautifully and it wouldn't pinch it, Shun Shun accepted it well.
Li Guixun carried a very down-to-earth vegetable basket on his arm, which contained leaves and fallen flowers of different colors and shapes, as well as some seeds, fruits, vines and the like.
"Some people call this activity 'picking autumn fruits'. Doesn't it sound romantic?" Huo Xiang put a nice-looking pine cone into the basket.
Li Guixun blinked his eyes and said, "Picking autumn leaves... is quite romantic! It's much more interesting than playing with your phone or having those messy parties, and it's also stress-relieving. Xiangxiang, can we hang out together more often in the future?"
Huo Xiang thought that as the president of such a large company, Li Guixun must be under a lot of pressure, but he was probably used to hiding it from her!
"Sure, I have a lot of free time. If you want to go, I'm always available."
The smile on Li Guixun’s face widened.
"Xiangxiang, after these seeds are processed in a few days, can we make hand-cranked wind chimes together?"
Huo Xiang thought of the bamboo wind chimes in Li Guixun's bedroom and longed for them. He nodded and said, "Okay."
There are actually many things you can do with the things you pick up. In addition to refrigerator magnets, they can also be made into leaf paintings, seed paintings, bookmarks, printed canvas bags, T-shirts, and photo frames...
They are all seasonal and are unique gifts from nature.
As long as you don’t feel it’s a waste of time, you can develop more ways to play.
Huo Xiang looked at Li Guixun who was squatting on the ground picking fallen leaves with great interest. He thought, there are always some people who will make you willing to waste your time.
There was only a faint moonlight that night. The two of them walked and stopped, collecting some suitable leaf seeds, and occasionally teasing Shunshun. They could feel the affection flowing between them.
For the first time, Li Guixun felt how wise the clause in the charter he had previously drawn up for the company, which stipulated that employees should get off work at 6:30 p.m. normally, and that technical personnel should take turns to work, ensuring that employees could get off work normally at least three days a week and that there was no overtime, was.
It is impossible for a technology company to be like other enterprises and institutions where everyone goes off work at five or six o'clock. This is the limit of what he can do.
In the past, he wanted to ensure that his employees had enough rest, but now, he finally realized it. Get off work early and spend time with family, loved ones, and friends, even just walking on the street, and all the fatigue of the day will be relieved.
That is another kind of fulfillment and happiness that no amount of overtime pay can bring.
"What are you thinking about?" Huo Xiang asked.
Li Guixun said in a deep voice: "I'm thinking that I should find a way to improve the employee benefits in the future, and give everyone more time to walk with their loved ones."
When Huo Xiang heard the word "lover", his face became hot again.
But he did not avoid Li Guixun's gaze, but replied: "That's good. Let everyone go see the outside world together, and let the world... see us."
Li Guixun also caught the word "we" and his mood became brighter.
When they got home, they first cleaned up the things they had picked up, washing what needed to be washed, trimming what needed to be trimmed, and drying what needed to be dried.
Then Huo Xiang took out small magnetic discs, a glue gun and a paint box from his toolbox.
Choose good-looking, dried fruit seeds or branches, fix the magnetic sheets with a glue gun, and add some color to them. Then you have a pure natural refrigerator magnet.
If it gets dusty or you don't like it after hanging it for a while, you can remove the small magnetic disc and continue to adapt it to the next season, allowing you to replace it at zero cost throughout the year.
Li Guixun looked at the little thing he had made with his own hands. Not only did he feel a sense of accomplishment, but he also felt as if he had seen his Huo Xiang's future years. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
He suddenly had an idea and said, "Xiangxiang, let's make more when we're done, and buy some nice glass frames to mount them. I'll bring some to the company to hang them, okay?"
Huo Xiang thought it was a good idea: "I'll buy the photo frame!"
It’s not that I don’t trust Li Guixun’s aesthetic taste, but I’m more worried that he will buy a bunch of weird things.
What about deathly Barbie pink, fluorescent green, heart shape... My scalp tingles just thinking about it.
Since it is going to be posted in the company, it should be considered as a part of the corporate culture, so you can't be too willful.
Li Guixun agreed readily, feeling very happy: Xiangxiang doesn't want me to worry about trivial matters, Xiangxiang is so nice!
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