Chapter 61: The eldest son, Sheng Rui
Before giving birth to a child, Xi Chongyi thought about whether it was better to have a daughter or a son, and after weighing it, she felt that it was better for her first child to have a daughter, after all, she was not Li Hualong's wife, she gave birth to her eldest son, maybe her status in the family would improve, but it would affect the relationship between her and Yang Meng.
Since Xi Chongyi and Li Hualong have been together, Xi Chongyi and Yang Meng have always gotten along very well, even if she married Li Hualong and lived in the Li family, their relationship has not changed.
On January 28, 1957, the twenty-eighth day of the lunar calendar, at about 12 o'clock at noon, Yang Meng gave birth to a son for him in the hospital, and he named the eldest son Li Shengrui.
Because the Chinese New Year was coming soon, and Yang Meng's health recovered well after giving birth, on the morning of the thirtieth day of the lunar month, Li Hualong discharged Yang Meng and his eldest son from the hospital and went home for the New Year.
During Yang Meng's hospitalization, Xi Chongyi visited her in the hospital every day, and there were many topics to talk about between the two of them.
On February 2, the third day of the first lunar month, Li Hualong set up 18 tables of banquets at the Holiday Inn to celebrate the full moon of his eldest daughter Li Linqi.
Yang Meng was in good health and did not attend the banquet that night.
When Li Shengrui was full moon, Li Hualong still set up the full moon wine at the Holiday Inn, and also set up eighteen tables, and Xi Chongyi took his daughter Li Linqi to participate in the banquet.
At Li Shengrui's full moon banquet, Li Huahu's fiancΓ©e Wen Cuiping retched.
"Cuiping, are you pregnant?" Li Huahu asked in surprise.
"Maybe pregnant." Wen Cuiping smiled.
"Great, I'm going to be a dad!" Li Huahu laughed.
"It's not decided yet." Wen Cuiping said shyly.
"Abba, I'm going to marry Cui Ping soon!" Li Huahu looked at his father excitedly.
"Okay. Pick a good day for you and hold your wedding as much as possible! Li Yisong said with relief.
Although Li Hualong and Wen Cuiping are engaged and the two live together, they are not yet legal wives.
More than half a month later, on March 19, the ninth day of the second lunar month, Li Huahu and Wen Cuiping held a grand wedding at the Holiday Inn.
After the wedding, Li Huahu and his wife returned to live at their parents' house, and the day after the wedding, they had to get up early to pour tea for Li Yisong and his wife.
After getting married, Li Huahu and Wen Cuiping were a little idle, and after resting at home for two days, they went to work at the Holiday Inn.
After Wen Cuiping went to work, Li Song nagged Li Yisong: "Cuiping is pregnant, don't let her go to work, stay at home and rest, you talk to the fourth child." β
"Don't worry about it." Li Yisong smiled and sighed, "When the children grow up, they have their own ideas, so don't worry too much." β
"I'm not doing it for their good." Li Song said unhappily.
"I know you're doing it for their good. Hua Long is right, it is not necessarily a good thing for a pregnant woman to stay at home every day, if you go out to work, don't do too tiring things, and be able to chat with colleagues, which is also good. Besides, the female clerk who works outside now does not go to work as usual after she becomes pregnant. If you make Cuiping feel pressured to live here, she and Huahu will go back to their house......"
After some persuasion by Li Yisong, Li Song didn't say anything anymore.
One morning in early April, Li Hualong had breakfast with his family.
Li Huawen asked: "Third brother, at the end of last year, you bought a piece of land in Causeway Bay from the Lee Hysan family, you said that you want to build a commercial building, have you finished the design drawings?" β
"Not yet!" Li Hualong replied with a smile, "Big brother, are the workers of Jiu'an Company not working?" β
"It's not. Your commercial building is a big project, and if you don't know when it will start, it may affect the progress of the project due to lack of manpower. β
"If nothing else, we should be able to start work early next month."
"Third brother," Li Huahu said curiously, "How many floors do you have in the commercial building?" β
"Nineteen floors." Li Hualong replied.
"How much to invest?"
"Including the renovation cost, it is estimated that it will exceed 20 million." Li Hualong smiled, "I plan to build a supermarket on the first floor (non-ground shop) and the second floor, set up a separate company, and operate it myself." β
"That doesn't cost more!" Wen Cuiping muttered.
"What are you afraid of spending more money, the third brother has money!" Li Huahu said with a smile, "Third brother, a few days ago, I saw in the newspaper that the two movies recently released by your company were big hits at the box office, and the income from overseas sales was also very high, congratulations!" β
"Without Huayi Brothers Film Group constantly making money for me, many big projects would not dare to be launched at all."
"Compared with Hualong Real Estate Company, the film company has less profits, right?" Li Huahu asked.
"The real estate company is more profitable, there are a lot of places to spend money, and the company invests in a lot of properties. Without the help of film companies, the development speed of real estate companies would not be so fast. Li Hualong took a bite of porridge, "Fourth brother, what business are you most interested in?" β
"I like managing a Holiday Inn and running a car dealership, and I can't think of what kind of business I'm interested in for the time being." Li Huahu smiled brightly, "You won't say that I don't have a character, right?" β
"It's not indefinite." Li Yisong smiled and said, "At the beginning, when your third brother founded "Ming Pao", I was against it. Now, Ming Pao has succeeded and become a well-known newspaper in Hong Kong. Your third brother later founded a film company and invested in a clothing company, all of which made money. Now that I think about it, if your third brother only focused on the real estate company, you can be sure that the scale of this company is not as good as it is now, not to mention that other businesses are also doing very well and have great prospects for development and growth. Fourth, in the past few years, you have done a good job, Abba is very satisfied, as long as you don't do things that hurt nature and reason, whatever you want to do, Abba will support you! β
"Abba, I thought you would say, let me surpass the third brother, better than the third brother!" Li Huahu joked.
"A hero with three gangs, if it weren't for Abba and the eldest brother, and the fourth brother, without your help, I wouldn't be so easy, even if I was tired and tired, I wouldn't have the current results. Let's talk about investing in the Intercontinental Hotel, if I don't hand over the construction project to my eldest brother's company, there will be no more to say about the increased cost, then I have to go to the construction site often and keep an eye on the project tiringly. β
"It's good to know." Li Huawen said with a smile, "If there is any way to make money in the future, you have to think about your eldest brother." β
"Big brother, don't worry, it's good, I won't forget you." Li Hualong said with a smile, thought for a moment, and continued, "When the supermarket is on the right track and ready to open a second branch, how about you, Abba, and the fourth brother become shareholders?" β
Before Li Huawen could speak, Li Huahu said first: "I don't have much money in my hands. After finishing speaking, he deliberately glanced at Li Yisong.
"When the time comes, let's talk about it." Li Huawen said.