Chapter 1318

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

This night, Wang Erhai tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

Zhang Yueran, sleeping beside him, was woken by his constant turning over.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Yueran asked with sleep-blurred eyes.

She still had to go to school for class early tomorrow morning.

Wang Erhai then asked:

"Wife, do you think my returning to Liguo Mountain was a correct choice?"

Zhang Yueran then said:

"I don't know about correct or not, but you're back working in the county town, and we can eat together and sleep together every night — I think that's quite happy!"

As she spoke, Zhang Yueran hugged Wang Erhai and kissed his cheek once:

"It's very late, hurry up and sleep."

In the dim light, Wang Erhai looked at Zhang Yueran's little face, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

Because he knew, Zhang Yueran definitely didn't hope he would go back to Shangou Village again.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yueran made breakfast, ate, and went to school.

When Wang Erhai got up, the pot was steaming with steamed buns, sweet potatoes, corn, and a bowl of heated milk.

Wang Erhai ate breakfast, thought back and forth, and still felt he should give his Third Brother a call.

To pick up the thread, ever since finishing handling Old Father's mess, Wang Xiaohua returned to Beijing to study, and Wang Erhai had not contacted Wang Xiaohua again.

It had already been a very long stretch of time.

Can only say, everyone has their own matters to be busy with, so the frequency of contact naturally became less.

Additionally, if there's nothing else, even if you call, you don't know what to chat about.

Because the three of them brothers, actually aren't the type of men who are good at chatting.

"Hello, Third Brother, how have you been lately?"

Wang Erhai dialed Wang Xiaohua's number.

At this time Wang Xiaohua was morning jogging on the school playground.

Different from the South's warm climate, Beijing had already entered winter, and it happened to have snowed last night; right now the playground was a vast expanse of white snow.

But even so, Wang Xiaohua still came out for a morning jog.

"Second Brother, I'm pretty good, how about you?"

"I've returned to work at Liguo Mountain." Wang Erhai stated his recent situation.

Wang Xiaohua heard this, couldn't help being somewhat surprised, but still blessed him from the heart:

"That's pretty good, at least Second Sister-in-law, she should be very happy."

Wang Xiaohua's greatest strength actually isn't exams, but his eye for judging people.

See, Wang Erhai returned to Liguo Mountain, his first reaction wasn't how happy Wang Erhai was, nor did he consider money factors, but said his Second Sister-in-law should be very happy.

And in fact, Zhang Yueran really was very happy.

Now every day when she returns from school, she clings to Wang Erhai.

Whenever she has free time she's affectionate with Wang Erhai, wanting to conceive a child as soon as possible.

She exudes a kind of maternal aura; to describe that aura concretely, it's tolerance, virtue, gentleness, consideration — an aura Wang Erhai's former girlfriends and former wife never had, and it makes Wang Erhai feel very comfortable getting along with her.

"Your Second Sister-in-law is indeed quite happy, but today's Liguo Mountain is long since no longer the Liguo Mountain of the past." Wang Erhai began to pour out his heart to Wang Xiaohua, "Personnel has undergone huge changes, and I'm no longer one of the three major partners. Although Zhang Sheng pushed me onto the Chief Executive Officer position, I hold only 4% of shares; to put it nicely I'm President, CEO; to put it bluntly I'm actually Zhang Sheng's puppet."

Wang Xiaohua then asked:

"Second Brother, you don't want to be controlled by Zhang Sheng?"

Wang Erhai then gave a bitter laugh:

"In this world there probably isn't anyone who would willingly become another's puppet, but that's all secondary. The most important thing is, after Huo Guoqiang left, under Zhang Sheng's lead, Liguo Mountain is going to step on the gas and expand, just afraid when the time comes it'll blow up and leave a mess, like a ghost building, and in the end the ordinary people are still the ones footing the bill."

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"Second Brother, even if you left, this mess would still rot if it's going to rot, the ordinary people would still foot the bill if they have to foot the bill. Better to face the problem head-on, stay, exert your own effort, go make a change — maybe this mess won't rot after all?"

Wang Erhai heard this, couldn't help a start.

Wang Xiaohua spoke again:

"Just like back then, Big Brother acted willfully, insisted on all kinds of overtreatment for Dad, and after Dad died insisted on earth burial. If at that time we had faced the problem, dared to struggle, instead of choosing to escape, letting Big Brother run wild, perhaps some things wouldn't have happened. Escaping problems doesn't solve problems; only facing problems solves problems."

Wang Xiaohua speaking these words, Wang Erhai's mind and spirit received a huge shock.

His whole person was somewhat stunned.

Truthfully, he originally thought, after the earth burial car accident, his Third Brother's spirit would be severely damaged, even become pessimistic and reclusive.

Unexpectedly, after a stretch of time passed, contacting this Third Brother again, he discovered his Third Brother not only hadn't fallen into pessimism, but was even stronger than before, his realm even higher.

Perhaps, this is the most subtle difference between people.

Some suffer a blow, collapse completely, become pessimistic and world-weary.

Some suffer a blow, reflect and correct, gain growth.

And Wang Xiaohua, clearly belongs to the latter.

"Third Brother, you're right! I know what to do now!"

Wang Erhai said this one sentence to Wang Xiaohua, and the doubts in his heart had already cleared, his inner heart becoming determined.

Looking at it from another angle, if Liguo Mountain's expansion is done well, it can drive a lot of employment; it is actually not a bad thing, as long as risks are controlled well, rapid expansion does not necessarily mean an explosion.

And controlling risks, isn't that precisely the duty of him, this Chief Executive Officer?

"Third Brother, you graduate next year, what plans do you have?"

After Wang Erhai figured out his own matters, he began to concern himself with Wang Xiaohua's future.

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"I long ago decided, take the civil service exam, go back to my hometown, start from the front-line grassroots, it would be best to become a poverty alleviation cadre."

Hearing this, Wang Erhai couldn't help but feel some regret:

"Not planning to study as a graduate student anymore?"

Wang Xiaohua smiled:

"Graduate student, that should be left for those who truly want to do academic research; since I have already decided to return home and contribute, there is no need to occupy a recommended admission quota."

With Wang Xiaohua's grade point average, recommended admission is completely no problem.

However he feels, he indeed has no need to occupy a quota anymore.

Especially with his chemical engineering major, graduate study is prepared for those who truly want to do academic research.

If he wants to get a graduate degree, working while studying for it later is also not impossible.

Although in-service graduate degrees, most enterprises outside society do not recognize.

But the Country will recognize it.

As long as one is in the System, whether it is a full-time graduate degree or an in-service graduate degree, both are recognized.

As for the matter of official career promotion.

Finishing graduate school then taking the civil service exam indeed has more advantage.

But Wang Xiaohua has no great ambition, he never considered becoming a Big Leader, only wanting to contribute a meager bit of strength for his impoverished hometown.

So, barring accident, next summer after getting his undergraduate graduation certificate, he will not further study anymore.