Chapter 28: My Nephew

I went to see Jin Ling once, her state was very good, she showed rare excitement at my arrival, which made my originally uneasy mood calm down a little.

Zhao Jinming went out to buy cigarettes on the pretext. He was deliberately avoiding it.

The child was sleeping soundly in the cradle beside Jin Ling. I carefully looked at this little life in front of me, pink and cute, and I could vaguely see my appearance between the eyebrows. My heart suddenly hurt, and my eyes were wet.

This is my son! I said to myself. The innate fatherly love surged like a tide, and the softest place in my heart was trembling slightly.

Child, your father is standing beside you, your mother is lying in front of you, but they dare not be close to you, and even don't have the courage to hold you. Are they pitiful? Or are you unfortunate? Is it happiness or sadness that you are in this world?

I didn't linger for longer, although I really wanted to reach out and hold him, and kiss this tender little life. My eyes met with Jin Ling's, and thousands of languages were poured out in silent looking at each other.

I took out ten thousand yuan and stuffed it to Jin Feng, and went out of the house.

Zhao Jinming squatted at the door of the house and smoked. This man didn't smoke originally, but learned to smoke after having a child. Seeing me come out, he stood up and smiled faintly at me: "Don't sit for a while?"

"No." I said: "There is something in the township, I have to go back."

"Eat before leaving?" He said insincerely.

"Another day." I took a cigarette from his hand and clamped it behind my ear.

He patted my shoulder and said: "Chen Feng, give the child a name!"

This was the first time he called my name directly, which made me not adapt for a while. But I calmed down quickly, Zhao Jinming called like this, naturally it was intentional.

"You are the child's father, naming is the father's business." I deliberately laughed.

Zhao Jinming smiled bitterly: "Jin Ling insisted on asking you to name the child, saying that you are a reader, have culture, and the name you take is good."

I immediately refuted him: "Don't you think you are a reader?"

Zhao Jinming smiled: "I am a secondary school student, not a reader."

I said seriously: "Naming is the unique happiness and joy of being a father, the child is yours. Whatever name you want to give the child, this is when you exercise the father's power. You shouldn't discuss it with me."

I took the cigarette from behind my ear and lit it, covering up my messy mood: "Sister Jin Ling is a company employee, according to national regulations, she is on maternity leave. Rest at home with peace of mind."

Zhao Jinming smiled and didn't make a sound.

"This little guy is the first baby of our company, we will all care about him." I reached out and held his hand, and said sincerely: "With children, brother, you are happy. If you have anything to do in the future, find us, if there is nothing, we will not look for things."

These words of mine contain meaning. I am telling Zhao Jinming that from now on, I will not come again. Although I can hardly forget Jin Ling's mature woman's sexiness and tenderness, although Jin Ling taught me a lot of wonderful things between the beds. But she is a married woman, and she has given birth to a child, completing the final butterfly change of a woman.

Zhao Jinming is a smart man, he obviously heard what I meant, and a knowing smile bloomed on his face.

Don't blame me! I said in my heart, a man who lacks the ability to conceive a new life is simply a living dead! I am saving you! Zhao Jinming. Although you wore a green hat on your head, I gave you the courage and strength to be a man. In this land of Suxi, as long as a man has descendants, he can be upright and stand tall, who will care where his descendants come from?

Out of their house, I returned to the township government. Hongyan was leading Meizhu and Xiaoqin to buy tea oil. Seeing me come back, they all stopped to look at me.

I called them over and asked: "How is it today?"

Hongyan opened the book and said: "Nearly 10 tons!"

I thought for a moment and said: "Let's have a meeting tonight!?"

Liu Hongyan agreed, and Xi Meizhu and Pan Xiaoqin were also very happy. Since returning from the city, we have been busy, and we really haven't had time to sit down and chat. Besides, the bonus I promised to give them hasn't been implemented yet.

At night, they all came to my house for a meeting.

First issue the bonus, 1000 yuan per person. After such a distribution, the first profit is basically exhausted. The hands of Xi Meizhu and Pan Xiaoqin holding the money were shaking, just looking at me. 1000 yuan, in the Suxi Township in the early 1990s, was a huge sum of money. These little girls, for the first time in their lives, possessed so much money, naturally they would be flustered and at a loss.

Not to mention them, if I hadn't seen the world with Wu Qian, I would also be overjoyed with so much money.

The money was issued, and I had to make my thoughts public.

I said: "I want to open a store in the city!"

"Really?" As soon as Meizhu heard it, she stared at me, the surprise of just getting the money hadn't passed, this news was no less than a heavy bomb, directly blowing them dizzy.

I nodded heavily and said seriously: "Now let's discuss who to send to the Hengyue City store."

The three women lowered their heads, I know they all want to go. Hengyue City is a colorful world in their eyes, women, who can resist the temptation of the world?

"You all express your opinions, see who is suitable." I said, took out a cigarette, and got up and walked out the door. I deliberately avoided it, in front of me, none of them would speak first.

Sure enough, their soft discussion came from behind me.

"Sister Hongyan, I think you are the most suitable." Pan Xiaoqin spoke first.

"But I have work in the township."

"This is also work."

"It's different, you don't understand." Liu Hongyan sighed lightly and said: "I won't go, you two, go one."

"If you don't go, I won't go." Pan Xiaoqin stated: "Or, Xi Meizhu, you go."

In their discussion, Xi Meizhu didn't say a word. Hearing Pan Xiaoqin directly name herself, I heard Xi Meizhu say hesitantly: "The three of us, who goes and who doesn't, isn't it all up to Manager Chen."

"That makes sense." I heard Pan Xiaoqin's thoughtful voice.

Liu Hongyan said: "Since everyone means this, let Secretary Chen decide. We can't discuss a result."

"I think it's okay." Pan Xiaoqin first agreed with Liu Hongyan's opinion.

Xi Meizhu pondered for a long time and said: "Manager Chen let us discuss, surely he doesn't have a good idea either. I heard that doing things in the city is very wordy and complicated."

"Is that so?" Pan Xiaoqin said in surprise: "Since this is the case, I think Sister Hongyan is the best, she is a cadre, has seen the world. We two, haven't read much books."

"I graduated from junior high school." Xi Meizhu said in a low voice.

"I also graduated from primary school." Pan Xiaoqin was obviously unhappy with Xi Meizhu's words and retorted.

Next is silence, no one speaks.

I felt the time was almost up, so I threw the cigarette butt to my feet and stepped on it, pushed the door and entered the room.

"Discussed?" I asked deliberately.

"No!" Pan Xiaoqin said angrily.

"What's wrong?" I asked, smiling slightly, unmoved.

"Or, let's ask Secretary Liu for his opinion?" I deliberately complicated the problem.

"This is the company's business, my dad won't interfere." Liu Hongyan said seriously: "He originally hoped that our township would have an office in the city. Isn't it just satisfying his wish now?"

"Who is setting up an office?" Liu Quan's hearty voice came from outside. This is a coincidence that Cao Cao arrives when Cao Cao is mentioned.

We stood up together and welcomed him in. I reported the idea to him in detail. After listening, Liu Quan pondered for a while, clapped his hands and said: "Good idea!"

He asked me to implement it as soon as possible. Before this batch of oil leaves the mountain, we must first build our own store. The preliminary work is arranged by me, taking one of Meizhu or Wang Qin to go first.

The tone was set, and Liu Quan was about to leave, saying that he would not interfere with our company's business.

After Liu Quan left, he returned to the problem of sending people. In fact, the idea of setting up a store in the city had been deeply rooted in my heart before I came back this time.

The three people didn't speak, lowered their heads and twisted their braids.

I said: "Who do you think is suitable to go?"

Still no one spoke. I smiled and said: "The task of implementing the store this time is not simple, we didn't have a foundation before, we need to do a lot of work. Mainly industry and commerce, taxation, to handle certificates."

Hongyan looked up at me and said: "You decide! You are the manager. I probably can't go, Hao Qiang went out of the mountain to hold a meeting during this time, and Mayor Hao's health is not good during this time."

She excluded herself first.

Xiaoqin and Meizhu both looked at Hongyan. Hongyan really couldn't express her position, she said slowly: "Whoever goes is fine, you discuss it yourself!"

She stood up as she said: "I'm tired all day, I want to rest. You discuss, I'll go back to sleep first." She went out, and the mountain wind outside the door poured in, shaking the oil lamp on the table uncertainly.

There were only three of us left in the room.

Pan Xiaoqin combed the broken hair on her forehead, as if she had made a great determination to say to Meizhu: "Or you go! Your culture is higher than mine."

Meizhu lowered her head and didn't speak. But we could all see her face blushing slightly because of excitement.

I said: "Okay! Meizhu will go with me to get the store done. When we get it done, call back, and you Secretary Liu Hongyan will arrange for someone to send the goods. Then decide on the store staff specifically. Okay?"

Pan Xiaoqin nodded and said: "I listen to your arrangement." After finishing, she got up and went out.

Only Meizhu and I were left in the room. I could hear her slight breathing.

"You go back to rest too!" I said: "We will set off early tomorrow morning."

Meizhu hesitated to get up, and said in a low voice: "Pan Xiaoqin seems to be unhappy, or let her go?"

I comforted her: "Don't think too much. Work always needs people to do it, it's the same whoever goes. Besides, it's hard to do things in the city, she is still young, there will be opportunities in the future."

"Okay then!" Meizhu said, suddenly changing the subject and asking me: "Did you go to your cousin's house today?"

"Yes!" I replied: "I went to see her child, what's wrong?"

"Nothing!" Meizhu smiled mischievously and said: "It seems like you are very nervous yourself."

I laughed at myself and said: "What am I nervous about? You are a child, talking nonsense!"

"What nonsense did I talk?" Meizhu stared at my eyes and said: "What kind of person is my cousin? A flower in Suxi Township, a famous beauty in ten miles and eight villages."

I nodded and echoed absentmindedly: "Indeed. Sister Jin Ling is indeed beautiful."

"But I see my little nephew, why do his eyebrows look like you?" Xi Meizhu said in a low voice, looking strange and mysterious, her eyes seemed to penetrate the bottom of my heart, making me feel numb.

I opened my mouth and scolded her: "Don't talk more and more out of tune."

She giggled and said: "I'm out of tune, you have a tune in your heart."

After finishing, she ran out in a slip. The door closed with a bang behind her.

I sat on the head of the bed, dumbfounded. ===== CHAPTER 29 =====