Chapter 43: Grandpa Comes to Pick Us Up

In the end, Liu Yue could only attribute it to the fact that her and Shen Mo's thought processes were wired differently.

But she liked Shen Mo, who was cheerful and easygoing, didn't take much to heart about anything, and only had eyes for his wife.

The one who came to pick the two of them up was Grandpa.

When they left Erbin, people here were still wearing big padded cotton jackets; by the time they returned, everyone on the streets was already in short sleeves.

Seeing Grandpa in casual pants and a casual shirt, Shen Mo was stunned.

【This is a completely different style from winter Grandpa.】

【If winter Grandpa is the military-coat rugged-man style, then summer Grandpa is a handsome, mature uncle—especially those exposed muscles, so powerfully built.】

【One looks seventy, the other looks fifty, the gap is huge.】

Liu Yue showed a sweet smile and gave Grandpa an enthusiastic hug.

Grandpa was still driving the big off-road G-Wagon.

In Grandpa's words, this car had real get-up-and-go.

On the road, Liu Yue was like a little bird returning to its nest, chirping away as she told Grandpa about what had happened in Jinghai, showing not a trace of the domineering CEO who worked at the Liu Corporation and hit people at banquets.

When Grandpa heard about Shen Mo protecting Liu Yue and Li Mingming, he smiled very happily, lavishly praising Shen Mo and saying he did well.

The straightforward praise made Shen Mo feel very proud and very happy inside.

Grandpa was also very happy when he heard Liu Yue say she had beaten up Shen Jiafeng, and gave her the same praise.

Hearing that Shen Mo had directly detained Shen Jiafeng, not giving him the chance to be melodramatic, directly cutting short the chance for him to escape, his family to chase, and a whole group of people to regret and cry their hearts out, he praised Shen Mo even more as a real man.

"That's exactly how it should be handled. Those people are way too melodramatic."

"If you're sick, tell your family, get it treated if it needs treating. Don't pull those short-drama routines where I die and make you all regret it."

"That kind of stuff only hurts the people who love you. The scumbags won't feel a thing—they'll just think one less eyesore is gone."

Shen Mo nodded hard. Exactly.

Liu Yue smiled and praised Grandpa for being so open-minded.

If Shen Jiafeng had said nothing and died quietly, Zhu Kailan would definitely have collapsed afterward, because she truly loved her own son.

Those who had wronged Shen Jiafeng would not be hurt by his death, because they truly didn't love him.

In the end, death can only hurt the people who love you.

After hearing that the consequence of handling Li Mingming's incident was that all those schemers ended up in prison, Grandpa exclaimed that it was satisfying, and declared loudly: "If I were there, I'd have to arrange a legitimate self-defense ending where the other side all suffered."

"Otherwise, wouldn't all the law our family studied be for nothing?"

Liu Yue smiled and nodded, loudly agreeing, and decided to study Criminal Law together with Shen Mo, researching the legitimate self-defense section thoroughly.

Grandpa highly praised this kind of behavior, and cited a certain Hong Kong movie as an example, where a certain lawyer was a triad elder.

Even triads know to cultivate a professional lawyer for themselves.

If you put this in a cultivation novel, it would be using Criminal Law as a Sect Protective Mental Method.

【6.】

Shen Mo was convinced—this was the difference between rich people and poor people, wasn't it.

Poor people choose to knuckle under, living meek and cowardly; rich people choose to use the law to protect themselves and harm others.

Grandpa gave another example, citing a certain Crazy Dog Sect.

In Grandpa's words, although it's underhanded, it's really useful—they both got to act heroically and didn't end up in prison.

This is the power of knowledge.

Liu Yue also told Grandpa about the situation with Shen Yilong and Zhu Kailan.

This time Grandpa started sighing.

"That couple are good people, and they handle themselves very properly."

"It's just that when it comes to raising their child, they really aren't that great."

"Not as good as the old lady of the Shen Family." Saying this, he also glanced at Shen Mo—Grandpa was very satisfied with this grandson-in-law.

Grandpa began to tell Shen Mo and Liu Yue about the good deeds Shen Yilong and Zhu Kailan had done.

The Shen Group had always been doing charity, but unlike others, the Shen Group didn't just donate money—they invested in building factories.

For example, Shen Yilong would always pick a barren mountain village, determine what specialty it could develop, and then bring people to invest.

It looked like the Shen Group was always making money, and getting involved in more and more industries.

But actually, all of this was charity work done by Shen Yilong and Zhu Kailan.

What Grandpa knew was that the Shen Group had set up a pig farm in a mountain village in the northwest region. They didn't just raise pigs themselves—they also got the surrounding villagers to raise them, and the pig farm would purchase those pigs.

That one small county had all made money raising pigs.

Not to say they got rich, but their annual income went from ten thousand to eighty thousand.

Liu Yue said thoughtfully: "If we follow this line of thinking, those chestnut factories and chestnut wine factories the Shen Group invested in—could they also be for poverty alleviation in some area?"

After all, vigorously purchasing chestnuts alone could increase the income of many people in areas with lots of land who had planted chestnut trees.

Shen Mo suddenly spoke up: "I know about the chestnut thing. My old hometown has a Shen Group chestnut cooperative. Every autumn they purchase chestnuts in large quantities."

"Back in the day, the chestnut price in our area was three or four yuan per jin for a long time. After the Shen Group chestnut cooperative came along, the price went up to seven or eight yuan per jin, occasionally breaking ten."

Liu Yue understood. Just as she thought.

As for why this counts as charity, it's because the Shen Group's foundation wasn't involved in these things. All of this was something they invested with manpower and material resources, and the profits only came because the Shen Group used their powerful capital to open up the upstream and downstream connections.

One could even say that if it weren't for creating income for local residents, the Shen Group could have invested the money elsewhere entirely.

Take chestnuts for example—the Shen Group simply opened up the upstream and downstream connections. No matter how the branch company marketed it, whether the annual profit that landed in their hands reached a hundred million was questionable.

Pig farming was about the same. Even at its best, the annual profit was just that much.

But what about the investment cost?

A mature pig farm going in meant an investment cost of several hundred million.

This money, the Shen family took it abroad to open up sales channels in a country, earning several hundred million every year,

and even investing in a piece of real estate could earn it all back directly.

So, for the Shen family, this is charity.

Real, solid charity that actually reaches the common people.

Grandfather shook his head and sighed: "So you see, that couple from the Shen Family are quite pitiful."

Liu Yue and Shen Mo had no way to say more, they could only say in their hearts that life was impermanent—cancer wouldn't avoid you just because you had money, nor would it hunt you down madly just because you were poor.

Grandfather's low mood lasted only two seconds; turning his head, he burst out laughing: "Let's not think about that. Drink today while we can; tomorrow's sorrows are for tomorrow."

"Let's discuss where to go play in a while."

Liu Yue tilted her head: "Play?"

"Grandfather, has my mom's research ended?"

Ms. Qin Hao's research had reached a critical stage; she had only come back for a few days during the New Year, and left immediately after the holiday.

Grandfather nodded vigorously and said excitedly: "That's right, the previous few projects have already entered the final verification stage, she'll be back in about ten-plus days, at most no more than a month."

Liu Yue was happy.

"Then let's go abroad to shoot guns."

Excitement flickered in Liu Yue's eyes.

This was her favorite activity; unfortunately there were too many restrictions domestically, not as carefree as abroad.

Grandfather also laughed heartily: "Good, let's go abroad to shoot guns, and we can go hunting too at that time."

(End of this chapter)