A good life starts with blind date

Chapter 273 Dared not interrupt
Jiang Ning lay flat on the moisture-proof mat with her legs bent.

His daughter sat on his belly, and as Jiang Ning's belly bounced up and down, his daughter bounced along with it, giggling happily. The little one recognized him, but after being away for a while, she felt a little unfamiliar with him.

After getting to know him for a while, I started playing with him.

Feng Yu asked him, "What are you going to Yemen for?"

Jiang Ningdao: "Buy an island."

"Why buy islands in Yemen? It's so chaotic there."

“Their island is big, and the key point is that they sold the sovereignty along with it.”

"sovereignty?"

"Yup!"

Feng Yu didn't quite understand: "What is sovereignty?"

Jiang Ning explained to her: "I'm in charge of my own territory. For example, with an island in Australia, you only buy ownership, but the sovereignty still belongs to the Australian government. What you can and cannot do on the island is strictly limited, and you have to abide by their laws. But with sovereignty, it's different. I'm in charge of my own territory, and I can do whatever I want!"

Feng Yu paused for a moment to process this before asking, "You want to fly to the heavens?"

Jiang Ning laughed and said, "The pursuit of freedom is human nature. No one likes to be constrained. It's just that most people can't escape the fate of being constrained. If I buy a piece of land with my own sovereignty, I can do whatever I want without being constrained by others."

Feng Yu stopped joking and said, "It's not that simple, is it?"

While tossing her daughter around, Jiang Ning said, "Of course it's not that simple, but life always needs some challenges to have meaning. As long as the Americans don't cause me trouble, the rest is not a problem."

Feng Yu couldn't handle such important matters, so she didn't ask.

After playing for a while, the little one started calling for his mother again: "Mommy, play some games."

Feng Yu didn't want to go out: "Aren't we going to have a parade?"

The little guy shook his head: "No, go for a swim."

Feng Yu sighed helplessly, "You're always running around outside, I'm almost exhausted by you."

Jiang Ning asked, "Where are we going to swim?"

Feng Yu said, "I take her to Xincheng Square every morning and afternoon."

Jiang Ning said, "Then let's go, I'll go too."

Feng Yu asked, "Aren't you going to rest?"

Jiang Ning said, "What's there to rest for? I'm full of energy."

So I packed up, gave the little guy a water bottle, diapers, and various toys, and drove off.

The little guy doesn't play with toys at home, but when he goes out and sees other kids with toys, he wants them too.

Most children are like that.

It was very hot, but there were still quite a few people at Xincheng Square.

Most of them were out with their kids, and quite a few of them were acquaintances.

Many of them are family members of farm workers, and I can even name some of them.

Some I've only seen before, but I don't even know their names.

Jiang Ning has an exceptionally good memory; she can remember someone after just one meeting.

After playing for a while, I ran into a farm worker.

He was in his early fifties and was among the first group of people to come when the farm was first established.

Because we don't want older people anymore.

The workers all call him Lao Zhang; they don't know his real name.

Old Zhang came over to say hello.

When Jiang Ning heard that he was on vacation, she was surprised: "If you're on vacation, why didn't you go to Australia?"

The first group went to Europe in July.

The second group went to Australia in August and hasn't returned yet!

Old Zhang sighed, "I can't go, I have to take care of my grandson."

Jiang Ning asked, "Who will look after me when I'm at work?"

"My wife is taking care of it!"

"Can't you do it alone?"

“There are three of them. My wife works very hard taking care of them, so I help take care of them when I'm on vacation.”

Why have so many children?

"Young people want to have children, and we can't stop them from doing so."

Where are your son and daughter-in-law?

"I'm working outside!"

Jiang Ning asked, "What about the three kids? Why isn't your daughter-in-law staying home to take care of them? Don't you and your son earn enough money to make ends meet?"

"It's definitely enough."

Old Zhang looked distressed: "My salary plus year-end bonus is 200,000 yuan, which is enough to support my family. But my son has to go out to work, and my daughter-in-law can't stay at home. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can't get along. They argue every day when they stay at home."

Jiang Ning didn't want to hear about this nonsense, so she just replied, "As long as we can get by, that's fine."

Old Zhang asked again, "Boss, can we talk about something?"

"what's up?"

"Could I step down and arrange for my son and daughter-in-law to work at the facility?"

"I don't care about this. Go find Lao Yang."

Old Zhang said with a bitter face, "President Yang doesn't agree!"

Jiang Ning said irritably, "What did President Yang say if he disagreed? Was the salary too high?"

Old Zhang looked embarrassed and dared not say anything more.

He and his wife quickly led their three grandchildren away.

Feng Yu and Feng Xue then came over, and Feng Yu asked, "What are you talking about?"

Jiang Ning said, "That guy wants his son to take over his job."

Feng Yu looked surprised: "Covering up the shift?"

Jiang Ning said, "That guy's son and daughter-in-law are working outside, and his wife is taking care of their three grandsons. Even when he was on vacation, he didn't go to Australia. He stayed home with his wife and took care of the kids. He wants his son and daughter-in-law to take over his job at the farm so he can go home and take care of his grandsons with his wife."

Feng Yu said, "This is fine too, you didn't agree?"

Jiang Ning then explained to her in detail: "How can I agree to this? First of all, Lao Yang has already refused. The old comrade has worked diligently to be my bad cop and has done many things that offend people. How can I undermine the old comrade? Secondly, there can be no succession of the father to the son. Otherwise, when the old employees retire, their children will all come in to take over their jobs. Wouldn't that turn the state-owned enterprise into a system of equal distribution of resources?"

Feng Yu thought about it and said, "What you said makes sense."

My daughter was having so much fun that she didn't want to go home.

We played until six o'clock, when there were hardly any people left in the square.

Everyone's gone home for dinner.

There wasn't enough time to cook, so the family of four went to the Xincheng Hotel for dinner.

He also called his brother and two cousins.

When I arrived at the hotel, I had just parked my car when a CRV drove up and parked next to me.

Jiang Wei and his family got out of the car; it was just the three of them, none of their elders came.

I greeted them.

Jiang Ning asked, "Where's your Land Rover?"

Jiang Wei looked constipated: "Oh no."

"You've been talking about the Panamera all the time, why don't you buy one?"

"Where would I get the money? I'm starving."

"Even Boss Jiang is short of money?"

"Speak properly."

Jiang Wei was frustrated: "Who exactly is the boss?"

Jiang Ning asked, "Aren't you the boss?"

"Now you're the boss."

"Where's your money?"

"We don't have any money. It's all been fed to the cattle. We can barely afford to refuel."

"Can't the cow be sold yet?"

"They're too small. We can raise them until next fall and then sell them."

After chatting for a few minutes, we went upstairs. Just as we sat down, Jiang Hua and Chen Huiru arrived with their nephew.

Mr. and Mrs. Jiang have moved to Australia, and they see each other less and less these days.

Jiang Ning asked about his brother's farm: "Is the greenhouse finished?"

"almost!"

Jiang Hua said, "It should be about a month from now, around the eleventh of the month."

Jiang Ningzhong: "Growing vegetables is time-consuming and laborious. Do you have the time to do that?"

Jiang Hua said, "Let my brother-in-law keep an eye on things." Jiang Ning didn't ask any more questions; brother-in-law and brother-in-law are a lifelong relationship.

Even brothers can't easily explain what's going on here.

Liu Jinliang wasn't there, but the duty manager showed up briefly.

After exchanging a few words, they went out, and a waiter came in to pour tea.

I casually asked, "Boss, can we travel abroad?"

Jiang Ning asked, "Do you have money?"

The waiter said, "The hotel is broke; we're still paying off loans."

Jiang Ning said, "Then work hard, and once you've paid off the loan, you can go traveling."

The waiter looked regretful, genuinely envious of the farm workers.

Wait for her to go out.

Jiang Wei continued, "You've done such a good job with the workers' welfare, when are you going to do some family welfare too, so that the older generation can also go out and see the world? Your two uncles and aunts have lived their whole lives and have never seen the moon in foreign countries!"

Jiang Ning stopped joking; this wasn't a topic for jokes. After thinking for a moment, she nodded: "We really should do it. Ask them where they want to go first, and I'll make the arrangements."

Sun Meixian laughed: "That's perfect, let's go to Europe, we'll go and have a look too."

Jiang Ning looked around: "Why do I feel like I've been tricked?"

Jiang Wei chuckled and said, "It's not a routine, just tell me whether we should do it or not."

Jiang Ning had nothing to say; this was indeed something that should be done.

After chatting for a while, Jiang Ze and Liu Fang arrived with their two sons.

Jiang Wei has only one son and does not plan to have any more children.

Jiang Ze originally wanted to have a daughter as his second child, but things didn't go as planned, and he had two bald men.

The pressure is immense, but the desire to make money is also very strong.

Jiang Wei said he wanted to implement family welfare programs.

Jiang Ze immediately perked up: "It's great to provide family benefits. My dad was just saying yesterday that he's lived his whole life but has never seen the moon in a foreign country. Going to Europe would be wonderful. We can go as a group."

Feng Yu asked, "Are the aunts going?"

The guys fell silent.

Everyone looked at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning changed her mind and said, "Let's ask. If you want to go, go; if you don't want to go, then don't."

Jiang Wei then continued, "Let me ask. The aunts have to take care of their grandchildren, so they might not be able to go."

Jiang Ning asked, "What's Boss Zhou up to lately?"

Jiang Wei said, "They're pouring cement."

"cement?"

"Yeah, just making a quick buck."

"Boss Zhou has a lot of connections!"

"Of course, after all, I've been working in this company for over twenty years and I know a lot of bosses."

After chatting for a while, the food and drinks arrived, so we ate, drank, and talked.

Jiang Wei then mentioned something else: "I recently heard that the county is preparing to re-tender the bids."

What mark?

"The school cafeteria."

Jiang Ning asked in surprise, "Really?"

Jiang Wei said, "I heard it from someone else, but it's not confirmed yet."

Jiang Ning asked, "Can you win the bid if we re-tender?"

Jiang Wei said, "It's hard to say. Why don't you give them a heads-up?"

Jiang Ning picked up a piece of mutton and said while eating, "Do I need to greet you?"

Jiang Wei said, "A new emperor brings a new court. If you don't give me a heads-up, who knows if I'll be able to win the bid?"

Jiang Ning said, "I haven't had much contact with Boss Wang, so if I don't win, that's fine."

Jiang Wei sighed: "Business is not good this year. I'm planning to close the restaurant. If the No. 1 Middle School canteen doesn't allow me to continue, my cash flow will be cut off, and I'll have to take out a loan."

"Just shut it down then!"

Jiang Ning hadn't eaten at his restaurant in a long time; the catering industry has a life cycle.

Most people will be around three to five years old.

While it's not impossible for a business to remain consistently successful, it's rare.

The reason why Xincheng Hotel has been doing well is because everyone from top to bottom is dedicated to its business.

Jiang Wei is involved in both animal husbandry and running the school cafeteria, so he doesn't have much energy to manage the restaurant. No wonder the business isn't doing well.

They ate and drank for over an hour, and the four brothers drank two bottles of wine.

Half a pound per person, just right.

The women didn't drink; their job was to drive the car home and bring the person home.

I took a shower when I got home and played with the little one.

Jiang Ning also remembered something: "We should hire bodyguards for you guys."

Feng Yu asked in surprise, "Why do you need bodyguards?"

Jiang Ning said, "The world has never been peaceful. We are now quite large and well-off, so we need to have the necessary security measures. If something unexpected happens, it will be too late to regret it."

Feng Yu said, "It's quite unusual."

Jiang Ning said, "So, you and your sister have to learn to get used to it too."

Feng Yu asked, "Why didn't you hire bodyguards?"

Jiang Ning said, "Have you forgotten what I do?"

Feng Yu said, "No matter how capable you are, you're still just a person, and you have to be careful."

Jiang Ning said, "Don't worry about me. Actually, if you're always by my side, I don't need bodyguards. The key is that I go out often, and with your safety guaranteed, I can feel more at ease when I'm out."

Feng Yu nodded and asked, "Where are you hiring bodyguards? From overseas?"

Jiang Ning said, "The bodyguards hired from outside can only be used temporarily. Some super-rich people will hire professional security companies to train professional bodyguards, but that's just the perimeter. The core security personnel are definitely their own people. No one would dare to entrust their life and fortune to people they don't know well, and they also have to consider the issue of confidentiality. So I plan to find some people to train a group of core personnel."

Feng Yu had no idea: "What kind of person should we look for?"

Jiang Ning said, "You need both men and women as bodyguards. Women alone won't do. For the men, we'll find soldiers from the military. Most female soldiers in the military are in civilian positions, and they're not easy to find. I plan to recruit a group of people who study Sanda from sports schools, select a few reliable ones, and then send them to professional training camps abroad for a year or two of training, which should be about right."

Feng Yu nodded and said, "Then you decide what to do."

After playing with the little one until nine o'clock, Feng Xue went to make formula for the child.

Feng Yu said, "You sleep with my sister tonight, and I'll sleep with Tian Tian."

Jiang Ning: "..."

Feng Yu then said, "My stomach isn't feeling well, you sleep with your sister first."

Jiang Ning asked, "What's wrong with your stomach?"

Feng Yu said, "I just feel a little unwell, I don't know why."

Jiang Ning said, "Should we go to the hospital to get it checked out?"

Why go to the hospital?

Feng Yu said speechlessly, "It's common for women to have stomach problems; they'll be fine in a few days."

Jiang Ning asked, "Is it my period acting up?"

Feng Yu said, "I'm not sure, they won't be here until the end of the month!"

Jiang Ning's attitude was serious: "How about the three of us sleep together? I'll keep my daughter company, and we won't make love tonight, we'll just go to sleep."

Feng Yu looked distrustful: "You make it sound nice, but if you can't hold it in until the middle of the night, you'll still bother people. Besides, you always make me sleep with the child the first night you come back, which isn't good. I'll take care of the child tonight."

Jiang Ning had nothing to say.

There were some things he knew, but he couldn't say them.

For example, every time he comes back, he sleeps with Feng Yu first. Doesn't he want to spend time with Feng Xue first?
It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't bring myself to say it.

But Feng Yu had an idea, and found a perfect excuse.

Jiang Ning felt that a good-looking appearance was certainly important.

But inner beauty is the most important.

Wanting to evoke some emotion, Feng Xue had already prepared the baby formula and come over.

I can only give up.

My daughter is lying in bed eating a late-night snack, holding her baby bottle.

Feng Yu told Feng Xue what was going on, and Feng Xue immediately shook her head, indicating that she wanted to put the child to sleep.

Jiang Ning didn't dare to interrupt; women's matters are women's problems.

It's best for men not to interfere.

(End of this chapter)