Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 373 Volunteer

"You can really pull it off. After tens of millions of years of wind and sun, wouldn't a stone have more of a flavor of time?"

This is just to make a point. Li Weidong must not accept this, otherwise it will be another pleasant night.

Li Weidong ran downstairs, helped Shen Yueying dry the fish fillets, and talked about his family intentionally or unintentionally.

"Hey, we didn't go back when Wei Guo had the baby, and your aunt still doesn't know how to arrange for me!" When Shen Yueying talked about family affairs, this was the first thing that came to his mind.

It was originally agreed to go back, the air tickets were booked, Li Weidong had arranged for someone to pick him up in Qizhou, and the car from Qizhou Airport to his hometown was also ready.

Everything was ready and all we needed was the east wind, but before the east wind came, the typhoon came. At that time, there were more typhoons in July and August. The flight for that day was canceled and we couldn't catch the train, so we had to end the trip.

"That's not possible. If you didn't go back, didn't you ask Wei Min to give you a thousand yuan? It's the only one in our village. Even if your grandson is born, you won't be given so much!"

"That's right, not to mention the village, not even the entire Qiushan area has given so much. Hey, you said that you gave so much in the first place, and it felt a little careless. Do you need to be scolded?"

Shen Yueying placed the last piece of fish, clapped her hands, and said worriedly. At that time, she was thinking that her biological brother would not be able to have a baby, and she was a little embarrassed.

Moreover, the ticket price is fully refunded, so I might as well give you more. This financial calculation is appropriate no matter how you calculate it.

But then I thought about it and realized that something was wrong. This wasn’t just asking for scolding. Why are you showing off if you have money?

"Mom, you definitely don't. Everyone who knows will say that you are open-minded. If you give me three hundred and two hundred, you will be hated!"

Three or two hundred, that is a comparison. Although it is difficult for everyone, you can still get ahead if you work hard. If you give one thousand directly, the level is too high, and you will stop trying to compare.

"That's right, your aunt just doesn't say anything!" Shen Yueying was right. She had been thinking about the problem for several days, and she felt relieved after her son explained it clearly in one sentence.

"My second aunt can't say that she needs money now. If you don't go back and give me so much money, I can only be grateful for your kindness!" Li Weidong continued to comfort.

"Although I gave it to you, you can't forget it when you go back. You can't go empty-handed when you meet for the first time. You have to get some gifts!" Shen Yueying thought about having to spend money again. In short, he will lose everything. He will lose again. That's it.

Who asked his son to serve the full moon wine to his granddaughter? No one from his hometown notified him, otherwise the courtesy could be withdrawn.

She didn't expect to inform people that they were so far away and they couldn't come. This was equivalent to asking people for gift money. Li Weidong couldn't afford to lose this person.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, why don't you go back then?" Li Weidong asked tentatively.

"What will you do here when we go back?"

Of course Shen Yueying wants to go back, but her granddaughter is still so young, and her daughter-in-law has expressed her opinion many times about what she can do when she goes back next spring.

It's not like she hasn't thought about the impact of taking care of the children without her. After much deliberation, she came to the conclusion that as long as her son and daughter-in-law work hard, it would be the same with or without her!

Even so, she couldn't say that she would let her son take care of the children at home. She had been in Hong Kong Island for so long, and she knew a little bit about some things, and knew how big her son's business was!

Is it ridiculous for a boss who runs such a big business to have nothing to do and look after the children at home every day?

After Li Weidong heard this, he knew that my mother wanted to go back, but she just couldn't rest assured that he was here, so she knew it in her heart.

"You don't have to worry here. There are nannies and bodyguards. I don't have to go on a business trip. The child's mother doesn't go to work now!"

"That won't work. Your job is uncertain. You might leave at some point, leaving a few of them behind. You can rest assured that I'm still here!"

"What are you afraid of? You don't have to stay long when you go back. You will come back after the New Year. I will have someone pick you up then!" Li Weidong continued. He basically does not need to travel.

"Let's talk about it then. When your father comes back, I will discuss it with him. The furniture factory can't leave people alone. There are more and more jobs. If it weren't for hiring two workers, it would be too busy!"

Li Chengwen ran the furniture factory very prosperously. In addition to various expenses, he earned tens of thousands of dollars every month. If conditions did not allow it, he would not even want to rest for a day.

There was no opportunity to make money before, but now there are opportunities to make money. If you don't work hard to make money, you will be punished by God. You will be struck by lightning when you go out.

"You have to rest when you need it. You can make enough money in just a few days. Besides, it's okay to make arrangements. At worst, work slower. Besides, my dad hasn't been back for a year. It wouldn't be a good idea if he doesn't go back during the Chinese New Year!"

"Who says it's not the case? Your father, grandma, grandma and grandpa are all old. They used to feel at home every day, but now that they can't see each other, they still miss them!"

"That's it, Wei Hong will be on vacation in a few days. If you want to go back, I'll go back with you, stay in your hometown for a few days, and come back before school starts!"

"What kind of school are you talking about? If you don't have a holiday during the New Year, then it's still an annual holiday. You still have to go back to school to celebrate the New Year. Didn't schools start after the fifteenth day in the past?"

"This is Hong Kong Island, it's different from ours!" Although Li Weidong couldn't accept it, in his impression, winter vacation was an annual vacation, but school couldn't start until the 15th.

Although he complained a few times, the matter was probably settled like this. Li Chengwen's opinion was not important. If he had any ideas, Shen Yueying had a way to solve it.

If nothing else, just the nagging every day is unbearable. Maybe sometimes it's not that I'm afraid of my wife, but that I can't stand the compromise of that nagging.

In the evening, Li Weidong told Liu Jinhui about this, so that she could be mentally prepared and not have any other ideas, otherwise it would be another factor in the instability of the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"Wei Hong is going back too? Last time I heard that she had made an appointment with her classmates to participate in some volunteer activities?"

Liu Jinhui has no objection to her father-in-law and mother-in-law going back. After all, they are considered high-level intellectuals in the contemporary era.

Senior intellectuals will not quarrel easily, but if they do, it will be difficult to get over this threshold. This is different from female comrades in rural areas. After a quarrel, everything will be fine after a few days.

"What should I do? Be a voluntary publicist on the streets or be an environmental protection volunteer picking up garbage?"

Li Weidong must have some misunderstanding about the volunteers!

"It's good to be a volunteer. Not only can you dedicate your love and repay the society, but you can also broaden your social experience, which will be beneficial to your future work and life. It's not as bad as you say!"

"Being a volunteer to pick up garbage is not as good as going back to your hometown to plow the fields. It is more practical to go to support the farmers. You know what it means to work hard!" Li Weidong said disdainfully.

"After the holidays, it's more meaningful to go home and help your parents cook, wash clothes, and clean than being a volunteer. If you want to repay society, you must first repay your parents and family!"

"I won't tell you anymore. I'm so messy. I'll give you the child and you can hold it!" Liu Jinhui got a little angry after hearing this, so she put the child in Li Weidong's arms and said.

Li Weidong just wanted to keep his mouth comfortable, but what he said was not polite at all. Now he has made Liu Jinhui angry. This is a big deal, and he is not just afraid that Liu Jinhui will be angry.

The main reason is that the child's mother will be angry and the child's ration output will be reduced. The quantity is not large to begin with, and the quality is not yet known. If it is less, it will not be enough.

"I just said it casually, you see you are still angry, you can't be angry now, anger will make you angry!"

"I just said you are thinking about children now, and you still say it's not the case. Now it's exposed!" Liu Jinhui became even more angry after hearing this.

Li Weidong hugged Li Rui carefully, and then looked at Liu Jinhui. This was a sign of postpartum depression!

When a child is born, the family's focus instantly changes from the pregnant woman to the baby. This gap is so obvious that it greatly affects the mother's heart. Of course, this is also the opinion of the family.

Once you know the cause of the disease, you will naturally have a solution. There is nothing between husband and wife that cannot be solved by plowing over and over again. If so, it means that either the plow or the oxen is not good enough.

No matter how rich Li Weidong is, he still has to sacrifice his looks for his daughter in exchange for delicious food. Thinking about this life makes him happy.

As expected, Li Weihong was somewhat resistant to returning home. She had been studying at Island University in Hong Kong for several months. She was a young person and had many common topics. She had already integrated into her classmates.

Moreover, Li Weihong is an international student from the Mainland. Many people are curious about the Mainland. Li Weihong has opened a window for them to learn about the Mainland.

Although Li Weihong doesn't deliberately show off, and sometimes even tries to keep a low profile, how can he be an ordinary person after he transferred from the mainland?

Therefore, her classmates would test a few words intentionally or unintentionally, whether they were calculating or not. Although Li Weihong's background was not clearly explored, they also knew that he had a rich brother.

Knowing that there is such a wealthy person, naturally many classmates are willing to make friends with her. Li Weihong also wants to integrate into this environment as soon as possible, so naturally they hit it off.

So she has more classmates, and some things will naturally call her out. For example, this time as a volunteer, if there is a rich person in it, she will definitely have to suffer less.

"I also need to participate in volunteer activities and be a volunteer. In the future, I will apply for scholarships, apply to live on campus, etc. Many of them require proof of volunteering!"

Li Weihong talked about the significance of the work she had to do, and hoped to get the support of her parents and brother. Only the support of her sister-in-law was not enough.

"You go back to our village and ask your third grandfather to stamp you with the village committee seal and say that you helped the village clean the streets and pick up garbage. Isn't that different?"

After hearing Li Weihong's words, Shen Yueying's face drooped. She felt that this was a violation of people. A good college student had to pick up garbage on the streets and clean the welfare home, and she was a little angry.

As soon as he said this, Li Weidong almost burst into laughter, and Liu Jinhui couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing. Seeing her mother-in-law's face looking bad, she quickly corrected her attitude.

"Mom, you don't understand, can our place be the same as the one here? People can recognize the seal of our village committee, brother, don't you think so?"

Li Weihong also almost lost her temper. She talked for a long time, but her own mother only said this, and talked about her feelings for a long time, but it was all in vain.

"Why are they different? They are all autonomous grassroots organizations. Why can't the seal given to you by the community and the seal given to you by our village be the same?"

Li Weidong also followed suit. He felt that Shen Yueying was right. It would be good to clean the streets every day in the village. Anyway, the cement roads he sponsored in the village were easy to clean.

"Brother, how could you do this!!" Li Weihong's voice was full of resentment, as if he felt betrayed.

"Okay, if you want to go, just take advantage of these few days to participate. You don't have to work all the time. In a few days, our father will arrange the work in the factory and then go back!"

Li Weidong was unmoved!

"We have already made an appointment, how can we change it casually?"

Li Weihong still wanted to fight for it, and looked at Liu Jinhui pitifully. She knew that things Li Weidong decided were usually difficult to change, and it was almost her sister-in-law who asked him to change them.

Liu Jinhui is naturally not involved at this time. Brother-in-law and sister-in-law are the same. It is best not to get involved too much in their affairs and just watch.

"Okay, that's it. Otherwise, if you don't go, I still expect you to apply for a scholarship?"

Li Weidong finally made the decision and said, "There is also the matter of applying for dormitories, you don't need to worry about it!"

There is a serious shortage of dormitories in the school. If you want to live in a dormitory, you have to apply. As long as you apply, there will be something to do. The advantage of capitalism is that it is a paradise for the rich.

Li Weihong sighed helplessly, sat down on the sofa, and leaned on the backrest, feeling weak.

She likes the temperature here, and is willing to stay here. Of course, it's not that she doesn't like her hometown, but it's just that she really doesn't like the winter in her hometown.

"It's okay to go back and have a look. Once you graduate, work, and get married, it will be difficult to go back!" Li Weidong looked at her look, sighed, and said softly.

Li Weidong has not returned to his hometown even once since he received the May Day Labor Medal.

Occasionally, when I talk to my brother-in-law on the phone, I can hear some things and guess what it will be like when he returns to the county.

Although it is not impossible to go back, it will not be easy to go back, and it will definitely mobilize troops and mobilize people.

"I know, you didn't say you were going back. I thought I was celebrating the New Year here just like last year, so I didn't care about the time. But now that I've suddenly done this, my plans are all messed up!"

Li Weidong rarely sat next to Li Weihong and made a listening gesture. He waited until Li Weihong finished speaking before he spoke.

"It's okay. If you participate in this kind of event, you are participating. If you don't participate, there won't be much loss. If you really want that certificate, I don't think you should waste this time!"

"If you have that time, why not do something meaningful, such as conducting a social survey to see what the living conditions of most people in Hong Kong are like? Is it as good as you think?"

"After conducting my own research, I write a report and publish it in domestic newspapers and magazines. It also gives those who are unable to come to Hong Kong an opportunity to learn about Hong Kong. This is more effective than picking up garbage and cleaning the welfare home. It means so much more!”

Li Weihong sat up and suddenly became more interested in this proposal. Is there anything else that can better understand the living conditions of this society?

In the evening, Liu Jinhui suddenly asked, "You said that when our children grow up, they will also study abroad. Do you support it?"

"As long as he has that ability and gets admitted to Harvard and Massachusetts, of course I will support him!"

Li Weidong said without thinking that even if it takes another twenty years, if he wants to do something real in school, he still has to go to a world-famous school.

"Then he also wants to do volunteer work. Do you support it?"

"Of course I support it!"

"Then you don't have double standards, Wei Hong, why don't you support it?"

"It's different. This is different from the environment where she grew up. Wei Hong grew up in a rural area. Strictly speaking, her elementary school was part-time work-study!"

"When I was in elementary school, I helped my family with farm work. I have a very clear understanding of labor. Quite a few of them got into college because they were afraid of working!"

"Children in cities are considered good if they can help mop the floor at home. Do you think that when Li Qian and his generation grow up, how many of them will be able to tell whether the crops grown in the fields are sorghum or corn?"

(End of chapter)