When a rare flash flood came down, the road leading to the county seat was washed away, and Li Chuanlin, who was in the prime of life, rented a motorcycle at a high price if he could find it, rented a bicycle if he couldn't find it, and when he couldn't even find a bicycle, he hurried with his head and all his might.

From more than five o'clock in the morning to more than four o'clock in the afternoon, when he crossed the winding road of Huashan and could see Shiqiao Township at the foot of the mountain, Li Chuanlin was so tired that he didn't want to move. Fortunately, the people in the county have active brains and know that when they can't get through the car, it is the golden moment for motorcycles to make money, Li Chuanlin struggled to climb over a collapsed mud pile, only to see more than a dozen motorcycles waiting not far away.

After spending a high price of 50 yuan, Li Chuanlin, who was covered in mud, rented a new motorcycle, and finally returned to the factory after dozens of minutes.

"Boss, you can be regarded as back, our production is fine, but there is a problem with the raw materials. Most of the timber we brought back from the forest farm on the outskirts of the city was soaked by the rain and could not be dried in a short time. ”

"Boss, there are a few calls from the Forestry Bureau, why don't you call back first?"

The embarrassed Li Chuanlin, with the help of everyone, untied the backpack on his back, sat on the chair brought by the assistant, and ordered: "Come one by one, let me rest first." Xiao Zhang, did the Forestry Bureau say anything?"

"For the inspection, our factory is the fastest to resume production, and Director Gong wants to come to inspect the work. ”

"You deal with it yourself, next".

"Materials, more than half of the materials dragged over can't be used!"

"Pick out the dry wood, put the semi-wet into the drying room, put all the wet aside, I discussed with Boss Zhang, and send us two more cars tomorrow." next".

"How to determine overtime pay for rushing goods?"

In ten minutes, Li Chuanlin finished the matter, but he was helpless looking at the busy workshop. These simple things, if you are in the factory where you originally stayed, you don't need to ask the boss at all, and each team and office will handle it by yourself, but in your own factory, these things will still wait for you to make a decision. Usually, my subordinates come to ask for instructions in every detail, and I still feel a sense of accomplishment, but when I encounter an emergency, I realize how wise it is for my boss to delegate power to me and my colleagues.

Li Chuanlin, who was born in a peasant, began to really figure out modern enterprise management, and his son Li Jiaming handled housework much more skillfully than him.

It stands to reason that if a child is born in the countryside, he has to go to his parents' relatives as soon as possible to report the good news, but after Li Chuanlin left, Li Jiaming not only did not leave, but went to school as usual. The highway was washed into a mess, and there were landslides everywhere, if he went to report the good news one by one as his father had told him, he would have to run for half a month to death.

According to the customs and habits of Chongxiang, only the father-in-law's family will go to the son-in-law's house in person, and the rest of the relatives will be invited by the lord's family? Besides, the traffic situation is so bad now, the elders should always be considerate of the difficulties of the younger generations, right? It is estimated that by the end of the week, it will be impossible to repair all the roads in the township that have been washed out, but it should be no problem to pass bicycles, and at most some sections of the road will have to be carried by people. When the time comes, let the classmates in the school bring gifts to help you run.

After dinner, the second aunt listened to his explanation and felt very reasonable, but she was also worried: "Jiaming, is this okay?

Li Jiaming, who was rinsing his mouth, smiled, didn't raise his head, and said indifferently: "Second aunt, he is a son-in-law, of course he has to explain like that." When the time comes, the gift of the annunciation will be a little more expensive, and people will not be surprised. You don't know the customs of Chongxiang. ”

These words sounded reasonable, but Zhang Xiangfeng, who was holding the child, keenly felt the indifference on Li Jiaming's body. Maybe in the heart of this genius, because he married his father and gave birth to a child, he had to respect, but the people in his mother's family didn't matter, as long as he could get by on face.

Zhang Xiangfeng, who was dissatisfied, could only sulk, but she didn't dare to say anything to Li Jiaming, the longer she lived together, the more she was in awe of her stepson. Just like a few days ago, she would instruct Li Jiaming to do things through her husband, but she didn't dare to ask him to do the work he didn't want to do in person. On the boundary of Chongxiang, from Secretary Xiong and Township Chief Sun in the township, to the director of the Public Security Bureau, to the neighbors and neighbors on the street, no one dared to underestimate this fourteen-year-old man.

However, Zhang Xiangfeng also has a good fate, she has a little sister who is like her own daughter. Now the little sister who is cheerful and lively, the observation and perception that she has cultivated since childhood have not completely disappeared, she felt that her mother was unhappy, and hurriedly ran into the room after her ass.

"Mom, what's wrong with you? Why are you upset?"

"No, Mommy is just tired. ”

"Oh", the well-behaved little sister hurriedly poured her a glass of warm water and added a large spoonful of honey, which made her feel much better.

Zhang Xiangfeng didn't say it, and the little sister naturally didn't know why she was unhappy, but she would ask.

"Brother, Mom is upset, why?"

Li Jiaming didn't care if she was happy or not, and said casually: "How do I know? Didn't you ask her?"

"I asked, but she didn't tell me. ”

"Oh, it's not too early, you should go to Mr. Huang's to learn how to draw. ”

"That's right", the little sister hurriedly picked up the drawing board and ran to Zhang Xiangfeng to say goodbye. A good child is praised, and the little sister is Li Jiaming, who praises her every day, and praises her for taking learning to paint as her favorite thing.

Finally, on Friday night, looking at the gifts prepared in the living room, Zhang Xiangfeng was very satisfied with Li Jiaming.

Chongxiang gives birth to a child and goes to his grandmother's house to report the good news, which is generally nine red eggs, which means that the child can live to ninety-nine and live a long life of 100 years old, which is blessed by the Bodhisattva, so the one must be removed;

But what Li Jiaming prepared for Zhang Xiangfeng's mother, in addition to the nine red-dyed eggs, there are also nine catties of bee candy, nine catties of brown sugar, nine bags of milk powder, nine catties of biscuits, and two sets of clothes in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and they are handmade by Zeng Ningsheng's wife Shao Ping downstairs. Shao Ping is not an ordinary tailor, she has been in Chongxiang for more than a year, not only is her business booming, but her sewing skills are even ashamed of the two old tailors who have been making clothes on the street for more than ten years.

These clothes are not cheap, and the clothes made are even more high-end, the second aunt touched these eight sets of valuable clothes, and hesitated: "Ming Yan, why don't you send these clothes to the old man when Xiang Feng returns to his parents' house in the future?"

"No, last time I told you that my mother-in-law was reluctant to eat or wear, but she was actually poor. The next time my aunt goes back to her parents' house, she will make a few more clothes for the elderly and buy more nutritious products, so she will be willing to eat and wear more clothes and food. ”

The second aunt, who was still a little reluctant just now, thought about it, and sighed: "Yes, my mother used to be like this, and the clothes she sent over were all kept for the New Year, and if she gave more in the past two years, she didn't always keep them." Or are you smart, next time your aunt will send more food. Well, call Xiaolan to deliver it once a week, I don't think she is willing to eat?"

With the second aunt who is also an aunt and mother, Li Jiaming, who is usually polite to others, often speaks openly, and it is the same today.

"Auntie, if you want me to say, you can take Grandma to live in the house. How much money do they earn a year, and they eat shredded potato rice and pickle soup with them, you are comfortable as a daughter?"

The angry second aunt slapped the back of her nephew's head and said regretfully: "Do you think I don't want to? My uncle and aunt are all filial, but in that case, what else can I do except subsidize more money and rice? Hey, if the old man can't persuade them, they will admit to death - raise children to prevent old age." If they have a son, there is no reason for them to go to their son-in-law's house to support their old age!"

People who make jokes only take this as a joke, but those who listen to jokes don't think so. Hearing Li Jiaming make such a joke, Zhang Xiangfeng, who had always been worried about his mother, moved in his heart, and said without thinking too much: "Jiaming, is it okay for Auntie to discuss something with you?"

Li Jiaming has been to Teacher Zhang's house in Luofang, and he has also heard Zhang Renhe and Zhang Renquan talk about the situation at his aunt's house, and he knows what she wants to say without even thinking about it. It doesn't matter, anyway, the money is earned by the father, marrying a man and marrying a man, dressing and eating, as long as the two of them think it's okay, it doesn't matter if they are a junior.

"Auntie, you're polite, you can tell me if you have something. ”

This is really polite, and even honorifics are used, but it vaguely has the meaning of rejecting people. Zhang Xiangfeng could hear the meaning of these words, but the deep mother-daughter relationship made her not care so much. The two elder brothers, she knows too well that if the family situation does not improve, the mother will still suffer and suffer, and no matter how much she sends to her son, she will be reluctant to eat or wear.

"Jiaming, when my aunt was seven or eight years old, she didn't have a father, and at that time, the eldest brother split up, and the second brother also begged for marriage. My aunt was raised by my mother and my third brother, and my third brother is not angry, but he also raised his aunt and provided him with education. Now that he's gone, my mom is pulling and playing chess like before, she's almost seventy years old, and my aunt doesn't want her to work hard. ”

Li Jiaming knew about this, and even knew that what the aunt said was not this, but wanted to let herself help her mother's brother. The old people all have the same thoughts, no matter how bad their son is, he is his own child, and it is impossible to go to his son-in-law's house to support the elderly. But this matter has to be said twice, the father married someone else's daughter, and he didn't owe the Zhang family, and the aunt had to go to the father if she wanted to help her brother.

"Auntie, it's okay, I'll ask people to send rice to He Yan and Chess Sister every month. He Yan is also in the third grade, and he will do everything he needs to do, and he won't let his mother-in-law work too hard. If you want to take her over for the elderly, I'll call someone to clean up the room and come out, and just take her over. ”

This is a polite refusal, and it is a refusal of benevolence and righteousness, a refusal that makes Zhang Xiangfeng unable to gossip, not to mention that Li Jiaming also secretly helped her solve the problem of dowry money, and did not let her lose face in front of the sisters and concubines in the same village.

The rich Zhang Xiangfeng hugged his daughter and was silent for a while, and finally blushed and begged: "Jiaming, you are smarter than Auntie, and you can think of things that Auntie can think of." Help Auntie, don't let Aunt Mom suffer, she is sixty-one, mother and daughter are the fate of the previous life, don't let Auntie feel ashamed for the rest of her life!"

As Zhang Xiangfeng guessed, Li Jiaming was indeed an indifferent person, except for his family, those who were small or useful to him, the rest of the people were not in his eyes. In his previous life, he started working hard from the bottom of society, and if he was so soft-hearted, he would not be able to get ahead. Zhang Xiangfeng said emotionally, but he was not moved in his heart, there are many poor people in the world, and he is not a savior.

However, it doesn't matter if he doesn't move, as long as he touches the second aunt. The sentence 'mother and daughter are the fate of the previous life' made the second aunt feel sour.

"Mingya, do you hear that? Xiangfeng is so good to Wenwen, you have to help her, you know?"

A slap on the back of the head woke Li Jiaming up, and he had to look at his sister's face without looking at his father's face. To put it another ugly, the baby in someone's arms is related to him by blood, and he has no feelings and obligations.

"I heard it, I heard it, Auntie, don't worry, I will handle this matter, and I won't let the old people suffer anymore. ”