Li Weibo looked up at his elder brother without knowing why.
Li Weihao sat down next to him and said:
"With our status, it is difficult for us to retreat. In a year or two, my younger brother may also have to go in."
"Among the four of us, only my sister is left at home. Don't worry about the dividends in Kushan. But the real estate company in Kyoto is the business that the four of us must take over."
"It's impossible for all three of us brothers to pick it up, so Sister Lai is the only one."
"But my sister has such a temper, I can ask her to accept it. She will definitely give us shares."
"Just now, grandma urged me to get married. I'm not joking."
"When I turn twenty-five, if I haven't met the woman I like, I will ask my grandma to marry me and have children."
"What I can't do, let my wife and children do it for me."
"I say this as if it is unfair to my wife and children, but I cannot ignore the parents who raised us."
"Whether I find it myself or grandma finds it for me, I will treat my future wife well because she has betrayed my responsibility."
"As for the children, if they don't inherit it, the shares will be distributed to them."
"If they can take over the company, they will take over. If they can't, let my sister's children take over. In short, we will be ashamed of our sister and parents."
Li Weibo scratched his head: "Why do people have to grow up? There are more and more worries."
Li Weihao slapped his second brother in the face: "Don't try to escape reality with words. I'm telling you this to make it happen as soon as possible."
"You also have your share of responsibilities. My parents are not mine alone."
"You can't even support your parents by your side, so don't let them worry about you. Make your own plans in advance."
Li Weibo, who was suddenly put a heavy burden on his shoulders by his elder brother, suddenly envied Brother Fu. It seemed good to be an ordinary person.
Li Weili, who was holding her brother to eavesdrop, walked in with her chest patted:
"Big brother and second brother, don't worry, I have long planned to take over the company in Kyoto."
"When the time comes, I will earn you as much money as you can, and you just have to do what you should do."
"But, I want to take 40%, and you three will each take 20%."
Li Weihao touched his sister's head: "Okay, I will listen to you."
…
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Li Weiyan went to his grandfather's house with his parents and second brother.
Xiaomai, a girl who went to her husband's house to celebrate the New Year, knew that her parents were spending the New Year in the courtyard a few years ago, so she went directly back to the courtyard when she returned to her parents' house.
After learning that my parents had gone to my grandpa's house, I felt sad.
Although my grandpa was not a real grandpa, he treated her and her sister well.
What makes her sad is that she is now a woman and is no longer the little girl who can follow her parents to her grandpa's house for New Year greetings.
Grandma Li greeted her granddaughter and grandson-in-law with a smile to come in and warm themselves up.
The living room is as warm as spring.
The standing air conditioner in the corner was humming.
A large color TV is replaying the Spring Festival Gala.
Xiaomai didn't expect that his uncle had bought electrical appliances.
After taking off her cotton-padded coat, she sat next to her eldest cousin and asked, "When did Haohao come back?"
"New Year's Eve morning."
Li Weibo replied, looked up at Zhou Chengbin, and asked Zhou Chengbin to sit down.
Zhou Chengbin was a little restrained, and he felt that his brother-in-law was not very satisfied with him.
Sure enough, his brother-in-law opened his mouth and asked him how to deal with various emergencies.
He was confused by the questions.
Li Weihao shook his head: "If it weren't for your identity, you wouldn't have been elected as the next village chief. You are not even as good as Zhang Shitou."
"When the time comes, my dad will be doing the job of party secretary and wiping your butt at the same time. You don't understand the countryside or the needs of the villagers at all."
"Ahem." Zhou Chengbin coughed dryly: "Then can you tell me what the villagers' needs are?"
Li Weihao waved his hand: "Tell you, you can only talk on paper. When my father taught students, what did he say the most?"
Zhou Chengbin responded quickly: "Adapt measures to local conditions and cannot just follow the script."
Li Weihao nodded: "I'll give you these ten words and think about it yourself. Even if you use Kushanli as a springboard, land is the foundation."
"If you don't understand the basics, you won't be good at any position. If you leave the people who are pulling you, your true colors will be revealed immediately."
Xiaomai glanced at her husband, got up and went to the back to play with Yuanyuan.
Seeing that Xiaomai was unusually round, Ah Feng told her to give birth to one as soon as possible.
Xiaomai sighed, "Cheng Bin is not stable at all. Especially after the villagers elected him as the next village chief, he became a little distracted. I don't want to give birth for the time being."
Ah Feng does not support Xiaomai's point of view: "Maybe after he becomes a father, he will be able to calm down? He is only in his twenties. You can't compare him with your brother-in-law."
"There are still more than four years until he takes office. You should give him a baby as soon as possible and sit on his shoulders to suppress him."
Xiaomai was silent for a while and nodded: "You are right. Give birth to a baby and let him experience the difficulty of being a father."
After playing with Yuanyuan and falling asleep, Xiaomai went to see her eldest sister again.
Barley is knitting a sweater.
Looking at the little sweater in her eldest sister's hand that was obviously a baby's, Xiaomai asked her eldest sister how she felt after being pregnant.
Damai put down the sweater in his hand, patted the kang beside him, and motioned for her to sit over.
After her sister sat next to her, she asked, "Are you unhappy?"
"Yes." Xiaomai nodded: "When I was young, I was unhappy and looked forward to growing up. Now that I have a stepmother, I am no longer anxious to grow up."
"But time waits for no one. This year, I will be thirty years old. I suddenly feel that the distance between me and Cheng Bin is getting farther and farther."
"If I say I regret marrying him, I don't really regret it at all. If I say I don't regret it, I feel irritable in the face of his increasingly unstable temperament."
"Sister Afeng said that having a child might calm him down, but I think the chance is 50-50."
"I, I want to ask my uncle to withdraw his quota as the next village chief and let him compete fairly with Zhang Shitou."
Damai patted his sister's hand: "If Cheng Bin's temper really changes, I don't need you to tell me, my uncle will treat him."
"Don't worry about it. This year, you can prepare for pregnancy with peace of mind. You will still have a baby when you should, not for the Zhou family, but for yourself."
"If a woman gets married and doesn't give birth to a baby, her life will be unsatisfactory."
Mai sighed: "This year has just started, so don't rush me. I'll think about it again."
…
During lunch, Li Zhengguo asked Zhou Chengbin: "Do you still remember the two old village chiefs who came last year?"
Zhou Chengbin quickly put down his chopsticks: "Remember."
Li Zhengguo picked up his chopsticks and greeted him: "We are just chatting, don't be nervous."
Zhou Chengbin picked up the chopsticks again and just picked up the vegetables when he heard the village chief's uncle say:
"When you go to work on the sixth day of the lunar month, you bring a change of clothes and we will go to those two villages to inspect their terrain."
"You might stay there for a while, and bring your spring and summer clothes. If you can get started, I might let you stay there for a year and a half."
The dishes on the chopsticks were scattered on the table in shock at the news.
Zhou Chengbin panicked and wiped the dishes on the table with paper towels.
Mai held his hand and wiped the fallen dishes on the table by herself.
Li Zhengguo glanced at Mai Mai and continued: "If Cheng Bin is stationed there, Mai Mai will accompany him."