This time, more than a dozen coal bosses were arrested on Jindong Road, all charged with bribery.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Of course, the coal bosses would certainly try to pull strings and bribe their way out of jail.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
As for whether Yan Xishan had ever given money to Hu Xiaomei, no one knew.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But in the end, he managed to secretly stuff 100,000 yuan and the keys to a Xiali car into Chen Men''s mattress when no one was looking.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
It wasn''t that Yan Xishan had suddenly developed a conscience and wanted to leave some money for Chen Men, or that he still wanted to bribe Yan Zhao. Rather, it was because he had no son yet, only a daughter named Zhaodi.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If he really ended up being sentenced to prison, Yan Xishan had been involved in fights and killings before. He had several mortal enemies in Xiping Prison, and with his scrawny build, he''d be beaten to death within three days of entering.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This 100,000 yuan was for his funeral expenses.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Although he was still young and would surely have other children in the future, he had a clear-eyed view of the world. He knew that if he died, everyone who had ever drunk with him, called him brother, or who now addressed him as such, would spit on him without exception. They would all say he got what he deserved.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The only one willing to prepare his body, wear mourning clothes, and bury him would be Zhaodi!<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
His Zhaodi, who even after being kicked to the ground, was still crying and asking: "Daddy, what did I do wrong? I''ll change, please don''t be angry, okay?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The children loved eating the cold noodles seasoned with vinegar. Having just worked up a sweat jumping on the mattress, they now held bowls of the cool, sour noodles, slurping them up like three little piglets.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao had finished setting up the bed but didn''te out to eat for a long time.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Could it be that he was really upset because she didn''t put vinegar in his food?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men went into the room to call him. What met her eyes was a headboard so bright it could burn one''s retinas - death Barbie pink, and it even had a glossy sheen.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This bed was definitely chosen by Yan Zhao. The color was eye-searingly bright.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yet Yan Zhao still asked, "You like the color of the headboard, right?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
As if she could like it. Chen Men was afraid she''d have nightmares if she looked at it for too long.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"I like it. It''s beautiful," she said. At least he had carried the bed in and set it up.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This color... she''d find someone to repaint it tomorrow. A pink bed, pink bedside tables - she felt like she needed to lean on the wall to leave the room.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"The money. It''s from Yan Xishan," Yan Zhao said, handing Chen Men an alligator skin wallet. It was the one Yan Xishan had tried to give her earlier.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He had stuffed it into the mattress, and Yan Zhao only saw it when setting up the bed.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Then Yan Zhao gave her a 100 yuan bill: "Your money. I got it back for you."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Although she didn''t know the specifics, in her past life Chen Men had been the wife of two unscrupulous businessmen. Yan Zhao had taken 100 yuan out the night beforest.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She guessed that, given his ruthlessness, he must have set up some kind of sting operation. How else could he have brought down Yan Xishan?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
And now, he wanted her to ept Yan Xishan''s money. How could that be possible? She wouldn''t take Yan Xishan''s dirty money.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If she took it, Yan Zhao would suspect that she was also a person with skewed values.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Throw it out. I won''t take Yan Xishan''s dirty money," she said, only taking the 100 yuan.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Keep it for him. He''ll need it when he gets out of jail in a while," Yan Zhao said when he saw Chen Men wouldn''t take it. He put it on the mattress and left the room.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In her past life, when Yan Xishan went to jail, Hu Xiaomei didn''t save him. Instead, she came to Chen Men to borrow money, wanting her to pay to get him out.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Xishanter made aeback, but of course Hu Xiaomei didn''t stay with him. She had a son, divorced Yan Xishan, and ended up owning eight relocation houses in Yanguan Vige, bing a well-known and profitable exemry teacher.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Actually, it would be right for Chen Men to keep this 100,000 yuan. After all, when Yan Xishan got out of prison, things would be very different for him.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She could keep it for now and give it to him when he was released.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
As the family ate, Ningning peeked in from outside and timidly entered, asking Yuanyuan, "Yuanyuan, can I see your family''s mattress?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yuanyuan stopped eating immediately: "Of course."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Ningning looked at the headboard, saw it was pink, and eximed, "Wow, it''s so pretty!"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Isn''t it? It''s beautiful," Chen Men said. Death Barbie pink, little girls'' favorite.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"But Yuanyuan, my house will have tiles, yours doesn''t," Ningning added.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This little girl loved topare, after all, her family had always been the top household in Yanguan Vige.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men smiled, "We''ll have tiles too. I''ll make our house even prettier than yours."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yuanyuan immediately held Little Lang''s hand and nodded together: "Our house will be prettier than yours."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Since they were going to call her older brother to do the construction work, they might as well renovate the whole ce. After all, the children would be attending Dongfang School for at least five years, so Chen Men wouldn''t move during that time. Even if she invested in buying a house in the future, she absolutely wouldn''t move frequently.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In her past life with Lu Jingyu, they initially did renovations, living wherever they had work. Like vagabonds, they had lived in other people''s unfinished houses, in open-air spaces, and in malls without windows installed. No matter where they went, whenever they moved, Lu Jingyu was busy, Dabao was fat andzy, Erniu would hide at the first sign of work, so it was always Chen Men and Yuanyuan who moved the pots, pans, bedding, and everything else.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
It wasn''t untilter when Lu Jingyu had some money and rented a small room in an urban vige where the whole family squeezed in together that they stopped moving. This indirectly led to Chen Men''s dislike of moving.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Those repeated moves had broken her heart.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"But my mom says Uncle Yan doesn''t make as much money as my dad," Ningning said with a smile. "Tiles are very expensive, you know."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men was determined to argue with this little girl today: "But I can earn money, and I''ll earn lots and lots of it."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Ningning looked disbelieving: "Auntie, you don''t even know how to y the piano. How will you make money?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao frowned slightly and asked Chen Men, "How much does it cost to tile an entire house?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Tiles hadn''t fully entered the home decoration market yet. There were some avable, but they were all solid marble, and the price would probably shock Yan Zhao to death if she said it, so Chen Men didn''t.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"It''s not expensive. My brother ising to the city for a small project soon. I''ll have him help us tile while he''s here," Chen Men said.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The small project wasn''t confirmed yet, but once it was, Chen Men would need to find a suitable way to tell Yan Zhao. After all, any project would involve kickbacks and favors, which could be seen as a form of bribery.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In the future, this kind of thing would be considered a normal social phenomenon.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But Yan Zhao was upright and incorruptible. ording to Zhou Xueqin, he wouldn''t even let her do a bit of small business. So before securing the job, Chen Men decided not to say anything for now.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao had no practical understanding of the cost of living, so hearing Chen Men say it wasn''t expensive, he didn''t ask further.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Ningning hadn''t left yet, still standing there smiling, waiting for Chen Men to chat with her.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men pointed at the bed in the bedroom and said, "That bed is what Auntie earned. Could your mom earn that?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Ningning shook her head: "I don''t believe you. It took my parents two years of saving to afford a bed."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Just to show how precious this bed was.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Just then, someone knocked on the door. Little Wang jumped up to open it. It was Song Huaihua.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Men," she called.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Second sister-inw, sit down and have some food?" Chen Men said.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Song Huaihua sighed, but still smiled first: "The Capital bonds we bought have gone up! They''ve risen by a full 20 points. I made a whole 100 yuan on my 500 yuan investment. You bought several thousand yuan worth, so you must have made even more, right?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao, who was clearing the dishes, paused for a moment.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men thought to herself, surprised, aren''t you? I''m good at financial management and made a killing.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Actually, Capital Petrochemical could rise even more. Chen Men asked Song Huaihua, "You didn''t sell, did you?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"It''s already up 27%. I''m afraid it might fall tomorrow, so of course I had to sell," she replied.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Calcting from the highest point, she would lose at least 30 yuan.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She''d probably be beating her chest in regret in a couple of days.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Ningning still hadn''t left. Chen Men was determined to argue with this child today: "Ningning, did you hear that? The bonds I bought made money. I made a lot of money."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This little girl had been spoiled by her well-off family environment since childhood. After her rebirth, Chen Men had be more mischievous and less tolerant.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She was getting addicted to putting down children.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Ningning was indeed affected. She turned and ran away.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Song Huaihua was overjoyed because she had made 100 yuan in just a few days.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But at the same time, she had something she was very worried about. She turned to Yan Zhao and said, "Third brother, your second brother says he wants to quit his job and go into business. I think that even though the sry is low, a government job is definitely better than doing business. Why don''t you try to talk him out of it?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The children looked eagerly at Chen Men. She patted Little Lang''s bottom and said, "Go jump on the spring mattress. No time limit, jump however you like."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The kids all rushed off at once.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao cleaned up the dishes and said, "He''ll get rich."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men thought to herself that Yan Zhao must be blind or stupid. Yan Bin was just a minor deputy director leaving his government job for business. He had no resources. People might support him now, but once he really left his position and lost his power, who would back him? It would be a miracle if he got rich.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Song Huaihua scoffed, "Let him be. Whether he gets rich or not has nothing to do with me. I have my own job, I don''t rely on him."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao finished wiping the table and was about to go into the kitchen when he paused and looked intently at Song Huaihua. "Second sister-inw, are you pregnant?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"I shouldn''t be. I have an IUD," Song Huaihua said, touching her belly.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao called out from the kitchen, "Go to the hospital for a check-up. You look like you might be pregnant."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Song Huaihua already had two children and didn''t want another. Hearing she might be pregnant, she said nothing and hurried off. She had to go to the hospital for a check-up, hoping she wasn''t really pregnant.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men thought to herself that Yan Zhao had quite the eagle eye. How could he, a man, tell that Song Huaihua was pregnant?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Second sister-inw..." Chen Men hadn''t finished speaking when Yan Zhao immediately said, "Second brother has been visiting prostitutes quite often. It''s best if second sister-inw gets checked, to avoid catching any dirty diseases."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men looked back at Song Huaihua, suddenly remembering that in her previous life, she had jumped into a well.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Could it be that she jumped because Yan Bin had infected her with a venereal disease?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men saw Yan Zhao fall silent again and was about to leave when she heard him call out once more: "Men."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But when she turned back, he was quiet for a long time.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men saw him not speaking and didn''t know what he wanted to say. After a moment, she suddenly understood. This man had told his second sister-inw to get checked because he suspected Yan Bin had contracted a venereal disease.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Now he was hesitating to speak to her, could it be that he also thought she might have caught a disease?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After all, the biggest nightclub in town, Dream Paris, got most of its business from coal bosses.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Xishan was the most handsome, and it was said that the girls would serve him for free, fighting over him when he arrived.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In that instant, Chen Men was about to lose her temper.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
A woman can''t control if a man goes to those ces, but she could guarantee that after the first time she discovered Yan Xishan had been to such a ce, she never let him touch her again.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If she really had caught a disease, how could she possibly marry him, Yan Zhao?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This involved issues of integrity and character. Did she look like someone with poor character?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao seemed to have made a big decision, wanting to say something.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men was also inwardly roaring: if he dared to open his mouth and say that, she would immediately bring up divorce.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Little Lang and Little Wang could stay, as she loved the children, but she would throw this dog of a man out.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Did you... buy my underwear?" Yan Zhao said this and immediately turned around to wash dishes again.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
So it was about underwear.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He was asking about underwear and his ears turned red again?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"I bought them, four pairs. They''re in your bedroom," Chen Men paused. "I''ve washed them and folded them for you." Seeing him not respond, Chen Men added, "The old ones were too worn out, so I threw them away."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She had actually seen those underwear of his, patched up like they''d been chewed by dogs?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao''s ears turned red, and Chen Men could barely hold back herughter. She had to run away quickly.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao went into the bedroom.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Little Wang followed him in. Chen Men listened from outside and heard Little Wang constantly asking, "Dad, I picked this underwear. Do you like it?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Why are they triangr?" Yan Zhao''s voice grew gruff.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Little Wang immediately said, "Because Superman wears underwear like this!"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Dad only wears boxer briefs," Yan Zhao said.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"But Superman wears triangr ones, and he wears them on the outside. He even wears red ones," Little Wang argued, not giving up. Probably being red at by his dad, after a long while, he whimpered, "I thought you would like them. Dad''s underwear is all bulgy in the front, it''s so cute."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Bulgy indeed. Chen Men nearly diedughing outside.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
These days, underwear was mostly boxer briefs. Men''s briefs were just starting to appear.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Superman was a foreign film releasedst year. Although the children hadn''t seen it, Superman posters covered the streets, and kids were especially curious about that blonde, blue-eyed man wearing his underwear on the outside.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Zhao''s underwear was indeed chosen by Little Wang, who had guaranteed at the time that his dad would definitely like it.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Poor child, rejected by his dad again.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But at night, Yan Zhao eventually changed into the underwear.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Dad, you really look like Superman!" Little Wang eximed.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Yan Wangqi?" The father, wearing only briefs and with a body even more muscr than Superman''s, suddenly turned around.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The son, propping his chin with both hands, his eyes sparkling: "Dad, what is it?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Get up, do push-ups with me."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The two little ones on this side were already asleep. After a while, Chen Men heard a timid knock on the door.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Can Ie sleep on your side?" It was Little Wang, standing at the door holding his pillow, looking extremely pitiful.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Never mind how Zhou Xueqin was as a birth mother, calling a child to do push-ups in the middle of the night made Yan Zhao worse than a stepfather.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men picked up Little Wang, gently patted his bottom, and put him on the kang bed.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
It was just a light hug, but Little Wang found Chen Men''s embrace fragrant and soft. Unlike Zhou Xueqin who wouldin about his smell, she even sniffed his stinky little head affectionately.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men had sent a telegram calling Chen Degong toe take on the job.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He arrived three or four dayster.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
With great ambition, Chen Men was about to be a small contractor.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
However, just as they went next door to find Yan Dawei, he gave Chen Men an unexpected statement: "Men, we''ve run into a problem with this project, and it''s a big one."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"What happened?" Chen Men asked.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Dawei shook the contract in his hand and said, "To contract a project, even a dog could be a contractor, but we need a technician who can read blueprints and calcte materials. This person is extremely important. I had originally found someone for us, but now that they''ve heard you''re the contractor, they''ve backed out. They won''t do it no matter how much money we offer."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Who is it that won''t do it after hearing I''m the contractor?" Chen Men asked.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"A technician from our factory who has a good rtionship with Hu Xiaomei. It''s probably Hu Xiaomei''s doing," Qin Yu chimed in. "Rumor has it that Yan Xishan is going to be sentenced to life in prison. Hu Xiaomei sold his car and bought herself another house, transforming into a wealthydy. Now she has at least ten men pursuing her."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
So that''s how it was.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Qin Yu continued, "She even helped a nouveau riche''s child get into school. That nouveau riche is probably her new lover. I bet sooner orter, she''ll hand over Xishan''s coal mine to that lover."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yan Xishan was reaping what he sowed, and the retribution came early.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But at this moment, Chen Degong suddenly said, "I just thought of someone. Teacher Huang from your vige. He drew the blueprints and calcted the materials for Men''s house back then. Why don''t we ask him?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Chen Men''s eyes immediately lit up.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
That''s right, Teacher Huang was a high school graduate, and he was naturally good at technical subjects. He could not only read blueprints but also draw them.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If they could bring Teacher Huang in as a partner, wouldn''t this small construction team be all set?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0