A Billionaire CEO Brings His Child Home: The Awakening of the Stay-at-Home Dad System

Chen Hao opened the trunk and unloaded the bucket of live fish.

Chen Bingzhong walked over and looked into the bucket. He saw a large black fish lying at the bottom of the bucket, with a bluish-black back, a white belly, and its mouth opening and closing.

He held up his hand to measure the length of the fish; from head to tail, it was over sixty centimeters.

He looked up at Chen Hao, his lips moved, but he didn't say anything.

"It weighs about twelve or thirteen pounds," Chen Hao said.

Chen Bingzhong remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

He didn't say "Son, you're amazing," but his expression said it all.

He squatted down, glanced at the blackfish in the bucket again, and reached out to touch the rim of the bucket.

Meng Meiling also came out of the house, came over and took a look, and was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.

She had lived in the village for decades and had seen other people catch fish, some as big as grass carp weighing seven or eight pounds and others as big as carp weighing five or six pounds, but she had never seen a black carp weighing more than ten pounds before.

"Hao Hao, you're amazing!" She turned to look at Chen Hao, her eyes shining. "How are you going to cook this blackfish?"

Chen Hao was about to speak when Shen Xiaoting spoke first:

"Grandma, Dad doesn't have time to cook fish. Dad wants to build me a swimming pool!"

Meng Meiling paused for a moment, then turned to look at Chen Hao: "Build a swimming pool?"

"Tingting wants to swim. Swimming in the pond is too dangerous, so I'll build her a small swimming pool in the yard." Chen Hao handed the bucket of live fish to his mother.

"Mom, you can cook the fish."

Braised, steamed, or stewed in soup—it's up to you.

Meng Meiling took the bucket, looked down at the large black fish inside, then looked up at her granddaughter's expectant face, and nodded.

"Okay, I'll do it. You guys go ahead, drive carefully."

"Okay, Mom."

Chen Hao moved the fishing gear from the trunk into the convenience store and put it away.

The fishing rod bag leaned against the corner of the wall, the fishing box was placed on the counter, and the fish basket was hung to dry by the door.

He pulled the float out of the float tube, rinsed it with water, and put it back in the float tube.

Shen Xiaoting had already climbed into the car by herself and was calling from the back seat, "Dad, hurry up!"

"Here it comes, here it comes."

Chen Hao got into the driver's seat, started the car, and drove out of the village road.

The rice paddies on both sides of the village road were lush and green, and the wind blew in through the car window, making Shen Xiaoting's hair flutter.

When the car reached the town, Chen Hao didn't stop and continued driving towards the county seat.

There's a large building materials store in the county town. He bought materials there when he was renovating his old house, and the quality was good.

He needs to buy materials to build the swimming pool—cement, sand, bricks, waterproofing paint, tiles, drainage pipes, circulating water pumps, sand filters, and disinfection equipment.

The live stream was not turned off.

While driving, he sent a text message in his mind: "Go to the county town to buy materials for building a swimming pool."

"The streamer is really going to build a swimming pool! I can't wait!"

"Host, your projects are getting bigger and bigger, from renovating houses to gardens and vegetable plots to swings, rocking horses and swimming pools."

"An all-around streamer, no exaggeration."

The car drove for more than twenty minutes and arrived at the building materials store in the county town.

The store is called "Hongda Building Materials". It has a large storefront with bags of cement, bundles of steel bars and stacks of tiles piled up at the entrance.

Chen Hao parked the car, took his daughter out of the car, and led her into the store.

The shop owner, surnamed Zhou, was in his forties, with a round face and slightly overweight. He was wearing a blue work vest and was processing a customer's order.

He paused for a moment when he saw Chen Hao enter, then recognized him—

When Chen Hao renovated the old house last time, he bought cement, sand, bricks, paint, and hardware here, spending tens of thousands of yuan on things. He was very careful in choosing the items, which showed that he knew his stuff.

"Boss Chen, here to buy something again?" Boss Zhou greeted him with a smile.

"Boss Zhou, this time we need to buy materials to build a swimming pool."

Boss Zhou was taken aback: "A swimming pool? You want to build a swimming pool?"

"Yes. Build a small one in the yard for the kids to play in."

Boss Zhou nodded and led Chen Hao to the building materials area.

Chen Hao began selecting materials.

Cement – ​​PO42.5 ordinary Portland cement, thirty bags.

Sand – medium sand, excluding mud, two cubic meters.

Bricks—red bricks, for building the pool walls, five hundred pieces.

Waterproof coating - polymer cement waterproof coating, two buckets, apply two coats.

Tiles – The pool bottom is covered with blue non-slip mosaic tiles, and the pool walls are covered with white glossy tiles.

Chen Hao squatted down, picked up a mosaic tile, and looked at it.

The surface of the tile has tiny raised particles, so it won't slip when you step on it.

He tapped it with his hand; the sound was crisp, not a hollow, muffled thud.

I picked up another white ceramic tile and examined the glaze against the light. It was smooth and even, without any bubbles or cracks.

[Ding! God-level masonry skill triggered - Waterproof material identification: Polymer cement waterproof coating, flexible, suitable for long-term underwater immersion.]

The water permeability test was passed.

Rating: Excellent.

"Boss, the cement should be the most recent batch, not something that's been in storage for too long," Chen Hao said.

Boss Zhou nodded: "Don't worry, it's all from last month, it's fresh."

Chen Hao then walked to the water pump and filtration equipment area.

The swimming pool water needs to be circulated and filtered, otherwise it will get dirty in a few days.

He chose a circulating water pump with a flow rate of five tons per hour, which was suitable for the small pool he planned to build.

The filter tank is 40 centimeters in diameter and is equipped with quartz sand filter media.

The disinfection equipment uses ultraviolet sterilizers, which do not require the addition of chemical agents and are good for children's skin.

He squatted down and carefully examined the nameplate on the water pump.

The copper wire motor has a power of 500 watts and a noise level of 45 decibels.

The sand filter tank is made of FRP, which is fiberglass, and is corrosion-resistant and has a long lifespan.

He unscrewed the lid of the sand jar and looked at the water distributor inside; the workmanship was quite fine.

[Ding! God-level electrical skill triggered - Water pump assessment: Copper wire motor, moderate power, low noise, energy efficiency level 2.]

The filter tank is made of FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic), which is corrosion-resistant and has a long lifespan.

[Rating: Excellent+]

Chen Hao bought another roll of drain pipe, various elbows, tees, straight connectors, unions, as well as waterproof tape, sealant, a spirit level, a rubber mallet, and a tile cutter.

Shen Xiaoting ran around the store, touching the cement bags one moment and squatting down to look at the tiles the next.

Boss Zhou gave her a lollipop, which she put in her mouth, her cheeks puffed out, and ran to Chen Hao's side.

"Dad, are we buying so many things?"

"Yes, we need to build a swimming pool."

Shen Xiaoting's eyes lit up as she looked at the mountain of materials.

Boss Zhou took the calculator and did the calculation:

"Cement, sand, bricks, waterproof coating, ceramic tiles, plus water pump, filter, sand tank, ultraviolet sterilizer, plus pipe fittings and tools, totaling 12,300 yuan."

I'll round it down to twelve thousand.

Chen Hao nodded and paid: "Boss Zhou, can you deliver to my door?"

"Of course. Is your address still the one in Mapletree Flat?"

"right."

"Okay. Deliver it this afternoon."

Chen Hao picked up his daughter, walked out of the building materials store, got into the car, and started the engine.

Shen Xiaoting sat in the back seat, her little face full of excitement, and with a lollipop in her mouth, she began to sing a song in a muffled way.

Chen Hao drove the car onto the road back to the village.