Ode to joy

Chapter 84

The two went out, passed by Qiu Yingying's guest room, and heard her cheers coming from inside.Qu Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows, "The master is going to teach his apprentices a lesson. You can't be so petty and disgrace the master." Andy quickly pulled Qu Xiaoxiao back, and while the door was open, he knocked on the door and entered. It was indeed the waiter Pushed the dining car through the door.Seeing the two of them enter the door, Qiu Yingying said happily, "What's your name? Wow, that's great." Seeing Qiu Yingying about to pounce, Andy hurriedly dodged, so Qu Xiaoxiao, who had just come in from behind, was still standing still. He was hugged again by Qiu Yingying.

After the waiter took Andy's tip and left, Qu Xiaoxiao grabbed Qiu Yingying by the back collar and taught her how to distinguish desserts and how to drink champagne.After she saw the brand of champagne clearly, she drank a glass first for her own benefit, and then turned her head triumphantly and said to Andy, "Now I can't drink and drive."

"You still have excuses to be drunk, talk nonsense, and get drunk." Guan Juer added abruptly.

"Guan Juer, why do you keep talking to me these days?"

Guan Ju'er smiled shyly, "I find you are so fluffy and cute."

Qu Xiaoxiao's eyes widened, fluffy?cute? "Xiaoguan is abnormal." Qu Xiaoxiao twisted her waist and ran away.

Andy followed with a grin.In the elevator, Qu Xiaoxiao asked curiously: "Have you broken up with Big Brother Wei? I saw you two playing tricks today. It's not real. I really don't want to see each other."

"The roots are broken. There are objective reasons, and it is impossible to continue. You are not the same as Dr. Zhao. You know that it is impossible, but you go to other people's Weibo to make trouble."

"How could it be impossible for me? I won't give up on Dr. Zhao. I just take a step back and numb him, hum."

Andy smiled, took the elevator to the first floor, and pulled Qu Xiaoxiao out. "Hey, the car is underground."

"I won't drive anymore. I want to drink. I'm not happy to break up with someone."

Qu Xiaoxiao asked the doorman, and the two got into a taxi.While the car was waiting for the traffic light, and the bar was looking up again, Andy caught a glimpse of the nanny's car parked on the side of the road, and the license plate was the one she borrowed.She discussed with the driver, pulled over, and looked for Wang Baichuan curiously together with Qu Xiaoxiao.Qu Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "We have to be responsible to Big Sister Fan, it's so late, and Wang Xiaosheng hasn't come home yet, what are you doing?"

Andy laughed too.But neither of them had to go into the nearest small and medium-sized restaurant to see Wang Baichuan throwing up on a tree under the neon lights on the roadside three to forty meters away. "It's disgusting, can't you take it easy when you drink. Andy don't go, it's disgusting after he vomits."

But the two were surprised to see that after Wang Baichuan vomited, he raised the mineral water bottle in his hand to rinse his mouth, wiped his mouth calmly, then threw the bottle and tissue into the trash can next to him, turned around and walked back to the restaurant in good spirits.Andy was a little strange, "Didn't he eat too much? It seems he wasn't drunk either."

"Wang Baichuan must have been drinking for a social occasion. He was afraid that he would get drunk and delay his business, so he had to drink a few sips, check it off when he came out, and drink it when he went back. My dad used to do that. There is no way. Some people have bad wine. Drinking is equal to Drinking."

"Wang Baichuan is very hardworking. Arranging such a social event in every possible way should be out of plan."

"He has to work hard. He is single and works hard in Haishi. Think about the housing prices in Haishi. If he wants to get married or buy a house, he has to work hard. He should have 200 million on hand, but what is the money enough for?" , all used to buy an urban house without a living room, how can someone like Sister Fan be willing to marry him. Don’t think that Sister Fan has given Wang Baichuan a chance these days. Wang Baichuan has long been out of Sister Fan's eyes."

"This should not be the case. As the saying goes, a friend in adversity sees the truth."

"As the saying goes, poor and lowly couples are sad about everything. Don't think I'm uneducated. I just read it in a novel, haha. Sister Fan, in my mother's words, is a person who looks up to the sky and tears down to the ground. Let's go Just wait and see."

Andy didn't dare to deny it.Think about the layout of room 2202, it’s fine to live alone, if you get married, and if you have a baby soon, do you have to live in renting a house in such a desperation?Who doesn't yearn for a stable life?Think about Wang Baichuan's miserable situation just now when he hugged a tree and vomited. He worked so hard, so desperately, so... Andy didn't dare to think of the word "poor".

When Fan Shengmei came home, she stood at the door of the house. She was holding the key, but she didn't dare to insert it. She was afraid that if the key was turned, she would verify the fact that the door would be locked.But standing at the door was not an option, she hesitated for a few minutes before boldly inserting the key into the keyhole.Unexpectedly, the door opened in response.Fan Shengmei was very surprised and hurried into the house.

It was dark in the room, the door of parents' room was open, and everyone was already asleep.Fan Shengmei quietly walked into the room where she was supposed to sleep, closed the door and turned on the light, only to find that a thick cotton quilt had already been spread on the bed, and she only needed to get in to sleep.

While she was having dinner with her friends, the exhausted mother took out ten kilograms of cotton tires by herself, sewed the quilt cover stitch by stitch by herself, and spread the cotton quilt into a comfortable bed by herself.Thinking of this, Fan Shengmei leaned against the door panel and sighed, tears welled up in her eyes again.Mother is a woman whose life is worse than her, how can she bear to harden her heart to her mother.

With tears in her eyes, she took out her notepad, drank water to sober up, and wrote down what she had done one by one, and then reviewed the arrangements for tomorrow morning.Even though there are so many things to be done in a hurry tomorrow, she feels dizzy thinking about it now, but the most important problem has been solved just now. Compared with the biggest problem, the others are really not that big of a problem.

She believed that tomorrow her mother would not ask her if she had settled the matter of the creditor, that was not within the scope of her mother's head.Mother is that kind of extremely traditional woman, she only sees the old man and her son, and lives according to the old man's instructions.Now without the old man, there will be no backbone, Fan Shengmei thought horribly in her heart, don't mother just listen to her son's mercy in the future.Fan Shengmei really wanted to smash the telephone in the living room.But even if she changed the phone number, how could she stop her brother's determination to sneak back home when he was desperate outside.

So, the next morning, Fan Shengmei had a showdown with her mother at the dinner table. "Mom, look at my eyes, they are swollen. I cried at the dinner table last night and begged the creditor to let us go. Because I had a friend to help, I cried for more than an hour. The creditor finally agreed to let us go, but they couldn't live. Ken let your son go. They said that as soon as he comes home and let them know, they will catch up and break his legs. I can't help it. I cried and cried, begged and begged, and gave money No, I can only go so far. Whoever makes your son offend anyone doesn't look at who he is. "

"He can't even come back, you can send him some money. In such a cold day, he will freeze to death."

Fan Sheng Mei Jing had a good night's sleep, and his mood was much calmer. "Even if we sold the house, we paid for my father's medical bills, and paid for the toll and gas fees for taking my father back this time. There is not much money left in my passbook. If my father was not here, we living people can still save a little money." Use it, squeeze out some money for your son. Now that Dad is like this, he asks for money to buy medicine every day. If he doesn’t take the medicine, he will have problems immediately. Now the medicine is so expensive. I calculate that the minimum is [-] a month. Someone is helping you, otherwise how would you turn over and scrub your father by yourself? The doctor also said that you should let your father bask in the sun more. You can’t carry it on the balcony by yourself. If it’s just you and Lei Lei, it’s easy to save, but Dad can’t save this money, and if he saves it, he will die. You can decide for the money in the passbook, or send money to your son, and your son can be lazy and not work, but Dad has no money for medical treatment and no one to take care of him. I'm going to die. Either save the money for Dad and you. A man as old as your son is educated and powerful. He can always find a job if he is in a hurry. Also, Lei Lei is your grandson, and he will go to elementary school in summer , we also have to leave some money for him. If you give the money to his father, you will have no money for your grandson to go to school. Anyway, you choose, you want your father’s life, or your son’s food and clothing. "

"You also stole my house deed!"

"I don't give you the real estate certificate, I'm afraid you will be confused and your son will cheat you out of the real estate certificate and sell the house. He can do it. I will keep it for you. Anyway, no matter how hard we are, we will have a place to live. If the limelight passes in the future, Your son can also have a place to live when he comes back. The most important thing is that your grandson needs to read the household registration book when he goes to elementary school, and only those in the district will be allowed to go. If you don’t have a house, which elementary school will your grandson go to? No one will accept him. You Ah, don't you think about Lei Lei? At the very least, let Lei Lei go to school, let's talk about it."

Mother Fan has no idea, and it makes sense to listen to what her daughter said now.But when she thought of her son's crying last night, she was heartbroken and sad again.Now her daughter is urging her to choose between her husband and her son. How can she not want to kill her husband, but how can she be willing to see her son suffer.All she could do was cry bitterly, until tears fell into the rice bowl, and a bowl of rice turned into salty rice.

Fan Shengmei also had hot eyes, but she insisted on enduring it. She could only endure it, making her heart as cold as steel. "Mom, if you don't object, I can only take care of my father's life and let your son fend for himself. You can rest assured that there is a shortage of workers now. As long as your son is really hungry, you can find someone with a salary of 2000 yuan. It's not difficult to work."

Mother Fan didn't make a sound, but kept beating the table with her fists, shedding tears.It wasn't until Lei Lei, who was sleeping late in the room, cried, that Fan's mother wiped her tears and went into the room to dress Lei Lei.Fan Shengmei sighed, she still had to go back to Haishi to work, the heavy burden of the family had to fall on her mother.Mom is also tired.All she can do is pay for a reliable person to help.She couldn't eat, so she hurriedly took a few bites, put on a down jacket and went out to find a distant relative who was also laid off early and had a hard time living.There was already a phone call before, but since he is an elder, she has to come to the door last time, go to invite her in person, and invite relatives to help her mother. She has to give a lot of face so that things can develop smoothly.People, don't you have to talk about personal feelings?

I have to go to my old classmates to help reimburse my father's medical expenses.It is impossible for her not to go to work and stay in her hometown to do these things.Now that she is the only earner in the family, she has to be more careful to keep the job in her hand and not let it fall.Today, the family's livelihood is on her shoulders alone.

I really can't think deeply, I have to be scared to death when I think about it.

Also, how should she repay the kindness and virtue of the sisters on the 22nd floor and Wang Baichuan? These are really debts of favor that even money cannot solve.

Andy walked in to eat almost as soon as the cafeteria downstairs opened.But he saw Bao Yifan already bathed in the faint morning light, sitting by the window and smiling at her.

"So early? Two hours earlier than the appointed time." Andy went over to say hello first.

"I want to try my luck and see if you get up early too. If so, we'll have an extra hour for the visit."

Andy smiled, looked at the coffee and bread and fried eggs in front of Bao Yifan, turned around and went to the dining area to get a lot of Chinese meals.

"Mr. Bao got up so early?"

"I'm used to it, unless it's on vacation. Where are your friends? Are you still up?"

"I arranged a champagne dessert night for the two of you last night. I guess it was quite late. One went to the bar with me last night to share a bottle of whiskey and came back in the early morning. Let them sleep, there is nothing for them today anyway. thing."

"But you appeared here refreshed and ready to talk with me about asset allocation for a long time." Bao Yifan could see it clearly, and Andy's face was not tired, "I heard that statistics show that people with high IQs People have short sleep time. Now the number of people I have collected and verified has a certain statistical significance, and you add another weight."

"You're elitist."

"Hehe, the accusation is kind of scary. But even if it's not politically correct, a phenomenon is still a phenomenon."

"The question is what is an elite?"

"It's really ignorant of the true face of Lushan Mountain, just because you are in this mountain. You are, and you are the elite with the meaning of specimen."

Andy gave an expression with one eyebrow raised and the other lowered. He really wanted to argue that people can be elites, but they can't be elitist. After thinking about it, he gave up.Before she lived on the 22nd floor of Ode to Joy, she was also an absolute elitist. She often slandered others for her low IQ and slow response. She always complained to Lao Tan that when some people were thinking about problems, they could almost hear old-fashioned machines rattling in their heads. the sound of.But now, I found that the girls on the 22nd floor each have their own strengths and temperaments, and what is their IQ, and to talk about IQ is to lower their personality.

Bao Yifan looked at Andy and smiled.The more confused a person is about his elite status, the more he is an elite among the elites, and he is still an elite without thorns, a cute elite, and he is simply an elf.In particular, she is also naturally beautiful.It's just that Andy's appetite is undisguised.Bao Yifan watched as Andy ate up the mountain-like plate of food.After Andy left, Bao Yifan also went to get a tea egg, wanting to see if today's tea egg was particularly delicious, so Andy ate two in one sitting.After trying it, it feels nothing special.Bao Yifan also wanted to express his incredible mood with one eyebrow raised and the other lowered.

On Sunday morning, there were not many cars on the road, so Bao Yifan drove the Land Rover skillfully and rushed out of the city.Along the way, Bao Yifan pointed out from time to time that the building was developed by his father in cooperation with someone in a certain year and month. This large community was originally the land of his factory, and it was a two-in-three project that he personally operated...

Andy interjected, "Several start-up manufacturing companies that have contracts with me all have real estate projects. Without exception."

"For those who are forced to go to Liangshan, capital is chasing profit. My only worry is that I don't have enough energy. I can take care of one end but not the other. Fortunately, we are father and son soldiers. Now the real estate is handed over to my dad, and I operate the factory and capital operation. For my dad, capital operation is an old revolution encountering new problems, and the endless technological upgrading of factories and international market layout are also old revolution encountering new problems for my dad. He retreated and chose real estate, which is easier to operate. Unexpectedly Unfortunately, instead he makes more money. Isn’t that frustrating?”

"If you compare it with finance, you will be more depressed than the input-output ratio."

Bao Yifan smiled, he made a turn and parked the car on a slope. "Look, in front, the gray roof and white walls are all my territory." Bao Yifan caught Andy's surprised eyes as expected.Because, that is "a large area of ​​mine", and there is a special four-lane road leading to that area. On both sides of the road are obviously staff residential areas, with the same gray roof and white walls.So Bao Yifan smiled modestly: "The land here is not as expensive as Haishi, and there are so many lands encircled, but not much."

"The fixed assets are huge, but your working capital may not be much. It is a common problem for private enterprises to obtain financing."

Bao Yifan continued to drive the car, meandering down the slope, and soon arrived at his field.To Andy, it was like entering a little kingdom. "But I don't plan to go public. Many people can't understand, I think you should understand."

Andy nodded.They quickly entered the factory area.The greening of the factory area and the dormitory area outside the gate is very good. It is obvious that two generations of father and son have been in business for many years.At this time, Andy thought of a question, "Have you seen so many factories in one morning?"

"I'll pick some special ones. Can you ride a horse? When the weather is good, I like to ride a horse and go to various workshops. Haha, I have two thoroughbred horses, which are very beautiful."

"Yes. But I don't want to ride in the cold weather. No wonder I don't want to go public. I can't be so willful when I go public."

Bao Yifan drove the car and led Andy to look at the product display center.Bao Yifan is the best narrator. Not only does he know everything about the company like the back of his hand, he knows everything about the company. Looking at a machine, he can tell from the considerations when buying the machine to the continuous transformation during the process, and the upgrading of the product. One link after another, the story is full of wit and wit.And because of the painstaking efforts, the explanation is even more passionate.Andy's eyes widened.

(End of this chapter)