It was cold in the north at the end of January. There was a snow in Dongshi a few days ago. It was dark when the plane landed on the runway. The people who got off the plane were all wrapped in thick down coats and hurried.
A girl in a white down jacket and light jeans dragged a small suitcase through the crowd. Although her gait was leisurely, she looked at the hall ahead and walked a little fast.
The hall is brightly lit. After 7 p.m., there are still many people waiting to pick up. Some people hold the sign, others look on tiptoe. A middle-aged couple walked back and forth in the crowd, looking around as they walked. Many people came in, but the moment the girl entered the hall, the husband and wife saw her!
The woman''s eyes turned red and kept waving to the girl, "Xiaoshao, mom is here!"
The girl raised her eyes and looked. As soon as she saw the woman, her leisurely demeanor between her eyebrows and eyes suddenly turned into a surprise. She dragged her suitcase and ran over, "Mom!"
Before Xia Shaoren arrived, Li Juan greeted her. When the mother and daughter held together, Xia Zhiyuan took the suitcase in her daughter''s hand and stood aside, just looking and laughing.
Li Juan hugged her daughter and tears fell down. Xia Shao let his mother hold him, and his eyes were a little red, but the corners of his lips laughed, "Mom, why are you here? Didn''t you say to wait for me at home?"
Li Juan wiped her tears and let go of her daughter. When she saw her clothes, she stared at her. "If she didn''t come to pick you up, how did she know you didn''t wear so little? Fortunately, when her mother came, she brought you a thick dress!"
Xia Shao smiled bitterly. Did she wear less? Is she wearing a down coat! Although she was only wearing a thin pink sweater, she wore a scarf and was not cold at all.
When she smiled bitterly, Li Juan turned to her husband and said, "come on, give me Xiaoshao''s coat."
Xia Shao turned to look at his father and found that he was carrying his suitcase in his left hand and a bag in his right hand, which contained a down coat. Seeing that her mother Li Juan took her clothes in her hand, Xia Shao smiled at her father, stretched out her hand and hugged her father, "Dad."
Xia Zhiyuan was stunned. It was obvious that his daughter had never hugged him like this since she grew up. He was stunned for a while. The light in the airport hall hit the man''s face and slowly caught warmth.
Xia Zhiyuan''s face was filled with emotion. His hands shook involuntarily. He patted his daughter on the back and said repeatedly, "OK! OK! Just come back, just come back."
Li Juan stood aside with her clothes and smiled. She didn''t unfold her coat until her father and daughter separated. She said to her daughter, "take off your coat and take it back. Mom will wash it for you."
"The clothes are down and can''t be washed well. Isn''t there a dry cleaner outside?" Xia Zhiyuan smiled nearby, but unexpectedly, he was refuted by his wife.
"You''re rich now. You don''t care about going to the dry cleaner, do you? It''s all your daughter''s hard-earned money. Can''t you save her?" Li Juan''s temperament has always been gentle and rarely refutes her husband. But tonight, I stared at him. I didn''t know what fun he was. I didn''t know her mother''s heart - she just wanted to wash her daughter''s clothes and send her to a dry cleaner!
Xia Zhiyuan immediately smiled bitterly, shook his head and shut up.
Xia Shao smiled and looked at his parents bickering with warm eyes. In fact, in recent years, her father took care of the charity fund and helped her divide a lot of heart. Otherwise, it''s really hard for her to manage the company, manage the fund and take into account her studies. Father Xia Zhiyuan was originally a very honest and honest person, not suitable for business, but he has also worked hard to learn from managers over the years, and now he is a model.
"Try this one. Mom knows you''re coming back and bought it for you!"
Xia Shao took off her little down coat and heard her mother say. She looked at the dress and smiled. She hasn''t seen this dress before. It must be new. But the problem is, it''s down like the coat you''re wearing. It''s just a long body.
Li Juan knows that Xia Shao likes white, and the coat she bought for her is also white. She put it on her daughter by herself, squatted down and zipped her, while tidying up her clothes and nagging, "Mom has told you many times that the most important thing to protect in winter is the lower abdomen and knees. If the knees are cold when they are young, they will hurt when they are old! And if mom doesn''t tell you, you can understand this lower abdomen. Girls must not be slim and fashionable. They don''t even button up their coats in winter! Do you think it''s enough to tie a long scarf around their neck? It''s so thin that they can withstand the cold wind?"
As Li Juan said this, she reached out and patted Xia Shao''s lower abdomen. Xia shaoben listened to her mother''s nagging and smiled warmly between her eyebrows and eyes. When she saw her mother reaching out and touching, she immediately smiled and stepped back, ticklish.
Li Juan sighed, "I knew I wouldn''t let you go to Hong Kong to study. Your child won''t take care of yourself at all. Mom knew you would be thin as soon as you go! There was no meat on your waist and sharp chin."
"Is it difficult? Mom wants to get off the plane. I''m so fat that you can''t recognize me?" Xia Shao immediately smiled and joked. In fact, she has practiced martial arts since childhood. Now her cultivation has been refined and weak, and she is not afraid of cold physically. Although she doesn''t say she can wear so little in winter like her senior brother, at least it''s no problem not to wear down jacket. When she comes back with a down jacket, she''s afraid of being nagged by her mother. Unexpectedly, she''s still nagged.
"What do you know? Girls, it''s better to have some meat on the waist." Li Juan stood up and looked her daughter up and down carefully. I found that when I went to Hong Kong, I was not fat and my skin was better than before. Yeah! She was in a good time. Her skin was tender when she pinched it. She stood in the bright hall of the airport in a white down jacket, like a jade doll. It''s just a little small to set off a face. I heard that it''s less than two weeks to come back from this winter vacation. I can''t spend the Lantern Festival at home. Li Juan immediately made up her mind to make up for her daughter at home these days!
"OK. Just change your clothes and go. The car at home is waiting outside and go out to eat tonight. Your grandparents, aunts and uncles heard that you came back tonight and booked a banquet at the Lihua Hotel in the city center. They said they wanted to pick you up." Xia Zhiyuan said.
Xia Shao thought she could eat her mother''s craft when she went back tonight. When she heard that the relatives ordered a banquet, she immediately lowered her eyes.
Her mood is not obvious, but as a parent, how can we not see that her daughter is not very happy?
Xia Zhiyuan sighed. Since the separation, brothers and sisters don''t communicate much except for the Spring Festival. In fact, he and his wife also like this quiet and undisturbed life. But no matter how strange, the two old people are still alive after all. It''s always hard to make it like breaking off the relationship.
Tonight, when Xia Zhimei and Xia Zhitao heard that Xia Shao was coming back, they decided to pick up the two old people in Shili village, ordered a banquet and played first. The old people are already waiting in the hotel. As children, Xia Zhiyuan and Li Juan are not easy to pose and do not show up. Thinking that Xia Shao still has feelings with her grandmother, she missed her for half a year. Xia Zhiyuan and his wife put down the dinner prepared for their daughter at home and drove out to pick her up to the hotel.
After getting on the bus, Xia Zhiyuan drove in front. Xia Shao and his mother sat in the back seat. Only then did they know the whole story. Xia Shao shook his head and snorted and smiled. It must be uncle Xia Zhitao''s idea. He has many crooked ideas and uses the old man as a shield.
"Uncle is still in the building materials business?" Xia Shao asked carelessly.
Xia Zhiyuan drove ahead. After listening to his daughter''s question, he was stunned at first, and then replied, "he is still making building materials. At first, his business was not good or bad, that is, he maintained it. Now I hear it can be better."
Xia Shao nodded. Although Xia Zhitao''s shop Feng Shui had been changed by her, he changed the store later. Xia Shao hasn''t seen the store''s Feng Shui, but his business doesn''t develop as fast as before. The store''s Feng Shui must be general. But Xia Zhitao is a ruffian. He has a generous momentum in doing things. Whoever bites is who. Some people in the market dare not compete with him. In addition, Xia Shao''s reputation is quite large in the province. Many people dare not compete with him. He should have made some money in the past two years.
These things have nothing to do with whether Xia Shao is willing or not. She can''t tell everyone in Dongshi that Xia''s family is divided, so that people don''t have to give Xia Zhitao face. It is inevitable for relatives to be exposed to light. Xia Shao holds the mentality that they will go their own way as long as they don''t make trouble for themselves under their own banner.
"What about my aunt''s family? How about the loan?"
"It''s still there! As you know, your cousin didn''t play well in his college entrance examination last year. Your aunt and uncle spent money everywhere and donated two books in the province for your cousin to study economics and management. Boys always spend more money when they study outside. Now your aunt''s family is still engaged in oil business, providing for your cousin to study, paying back bank loans and making up for external debts , life is really not as good as your uncle''s. "
Xia Zhiyuan said these things for her daughter, while Li Juan listened silently.
Xia Shao didn''t speak any more and turned to look at the night view of his hometown outside the window. Dongshi has developed rapidly in the past two years. In the past, it was only a third tier small city. Now even the airport has been built, and the city center is full of buildings, just like an emerging city.
Hearing that his cousin Liu Yuguang went to college, Xia Shaocai remembered that his childhood playmates Liu Cuicui and Du Ping also went to college. After they went to Hong Kong last year, they embarked on the journey of studying in universities. Liu Cuicui failed in the college entrance examination in her last life. Last year, she was admitted to a class II undergraduate college in the South with diligence, majoring in journalism. But Du Ping surprised Xia Shao. Although he was admitted to the University in his previous life, the school was not ideal, so he gave up studying in the University and ran to join the army. But last year was a blockbuster, admitted to a college in Beijing!
Although it is not Capital University, it is also very famous! Du Ping''s score line was the last bus, but he was also admitted, and he majored in finance.
This made pangdun Zhou Mingxu howl for a while and vowed to go to the capital to meet his second grandfather. Although Xia Shao was surprised by this, her friends had a good way out, and she was also happy. Although the Spring Festival holiday this year is short, I think I can meet my childhood playmates.
Lihua Hotel is a newly-built five-star hotel in Dongshi. With the tourism of ceramic folk kilns and the booming antique industry in Dongshi, the hotel is quite antique. It is a unique scenery in the center of the city with buildings and a new town atmosphere.
When Xia Shao got off the bus, she looked at the hotel and appreciated the owner''s unique mind.
Li Juan was afraid of the cold outside. Before getting off the bus, she put the hat behind the down jacket on Xia Shao, which made her laugh. Just a few steps, mother was too nervous.
After entering the hotel, a hotel front desk came up and asked if there was an appointment. Xia Zhiyuan reported the room, and the waiter took the three to the reserved VIP room.
The VIP room is quite Chinese, with red carved headlights, rich and colorful murals on the wall, bamboo and broad-leaved plants in the corner. The room is elegant.
Xia Zhiyuan walked ahead. Xia Shao and his mother whispered with arms in their arms. As soon as they entered the VIP room, the whole family looked at Xia Shao, and they all stood up, smiling and very enthusiastic. This posture is not much different from meeting the leaders.
Xia Shao''s grandfather Xia Guoxi has always been a person who attaches importance to ethics. He used to be the head of the family at home. When the younger generation comes in, he will never get up to meet them. Tonight, I hung my eyes and stood up on my stick.
Grandma Jiang Shuhui didn''t care. She stood up and left the table. "Xiaoshaozi, come, come to grandma."
"Grandma, I''m back." Xia Shao smiled and held hands with the old man.
The old man looked at her lovingly, but when he saw it, he was distressed and said, "Why are you thin? I don''t eat well when I think about the money I can''t earn every day, do I?"
"Mom, you''re right! Money can''t be earned, but some people can''t make it if they want to make money. It''s her ability that we Xiaoshao can develop her career so much!" at this time, Xia Zhitao broke in with a smile.
Obviously, Xia Shao''s deeds in Hong Kong have been passed back to Qing province.
Xia Shao just glanced at her uncle and aunt, and the two families quickly nodded to her with a smile. When Xia Shao saw that the two old people were still standing, he politely said hello to Grandpa, and then helped the two old people sit down. But when she sat down, Xia Shao still teased her grandmother and said, "the school food must not be better than that at home. However, I think you are in good spirit and much younger."
Her joke made the old man laugh, "you child, just like when you were a child! You have a sweet mouth!"
"Why don''t grandma hurt me so much?" Xia Shao teased the old man with a smile and turned to invite his parents to sit down. Then he greeted his aunt Xia Zhimei, uncle Liu Chunhui, uncle Xia Zhitao and aunt Jiang Qiulin. Finally, she nodded to her cousin Liu Yuguang.
Liu Yuguang''s University also had a winter vacation. He just came back a few days and was brought to attend his cousin''s reception dinner tonight. However, his eyes looking at Xia Shao are very complex.
"Sister." cousin Xia Rongxue called Xia Shao timidly.
Xia Shao smiled and beckoned to her sister, who was timid in her previous life, but she was a kind and good child. In this life, because Xia Shao hinted that his uncle Xia Zhitao had an affair at the family banquet before the separation, Xia Zhitao lost his business hand and Xiao San broke up. Now, Xia Zhitao and Jiang Qiulin have not divorced, and their cousins have a complete family.
Xia Rongxue is the second day of this year. In a twinkling of an eye, Xia Shao has been reborn for ten years.
Seeing that her cousins had grown into big girls, Xia Shao immediately felt some emotion.
The family warmly asked Xia Shao to sit down, but her eyes were burning.
After sitting down, Xia Shao asked, "didn''t my sister-in-law come?"
"Isn''t your uncle working in Qingshi Public Security Bureau? Your cousin is also studying in Qingshi No. 1 middle school, so your aunt simply quit her job and went to Qingshi. Now they are reunited and live there. You can see them when you come back for the new year. Didn''t you tell you when you called home last month?" Li Juan turned her head and smiled at her daughter.
Xia Shao suddenly threw out his tongue at his mother, "I really forgot."
Last month was the time when the battle with century real estate was the most intense. Xia Shao really forgot it after hearing it.
"Ha ha! We Xiaoshao are now managing everything! How can this little sesame and mung bean matter at home be more important than that of the company? Xiaoshao is doing a great cause now!" Xia Zhitao began to praise xiashao.
"Yes, I went to Qingshi on a business trip the other day. I heard that Xiaoshao was very popular in Hong Kong''s real estate industry and bought and controlled all the big real estate companies with assets of 30 billion to 50 billion! I almost thought there was something wrong with my ears! It''s amazing!" said my eldest uncle Liu Chunhui.
The weekly magazines in Hong Kong can''t be seen in the mainland, but because the headquarters of Huaxia group is in Qingshi and the head office of Aida real estate is also in Qingshi, after the incident, the province also reported that the wave is not inferior to Hong Kong!
Dongshi is Xia Shao''s hometown and the place where she started her legend from scratch. Therefore, the shock of Dongshi can be imagined. In the history of Dongshi business district, there has never been a person who worked hard to create such a foundation in Hong Kong. At this year''s annual meeting of entrepreneurs, Liu Jingquan, mayor of Dongshi City, had already said hello to Chen manguan and invited Xia Shao as a guest to give a speech to show the entrepreneurs in the city the way of experience.
At this time, the annual meeting of entrepreneurs in the province has passed, but it is said that yuan MINGTING, Secretary of the provincial Party committee, praised Huaxia group at the meeting. The trophy of the best entrepreneur of the year has been given to Xia Shao and brought back by sun Changde, President of Huaxia auction company.
Xia Zhimei and Xia Zhitao both looked at Xia Shao. Up to now, when they think about the vibration in the province during this period, they still feel a lingering fear. Why did they have such a capable child? Why didn''t you see it before?
Even Xia Guoxi looked at his granddaughter with incomprehensible eyes. It was a big company of tens of billions! How can this granddaughter, who has not been valued by him since childhood, hand over such a large company?
The number of tens of billions is astronomical for ordinary people! Don''t mention tens of billions. If there is a million in the family, they all think they are rich. For example, Xia Zhimei''s family had a fortune of tens of millions, which was already unattainable in the eyes of their family, and it was a family with a head and a face outside.
But if tens of millions of families are well-known families, what kind of family is Xia Zhiyuan''s family now with tens of billions of assets?
I''m afraid I can''t even be jealous. I can only look up.
And the granddaughter who brought such great changes to her family, she hasn''t had her 19th birthday and is still studying. Why didn''t you see it when you were a child?
Xia Shao sat at the table, facing the eyes of her relatives, and bowed her head to bring vegetables to her grandmother. The old man was distressed that she couldn''t eat her hometown food at school, so she piled some fish and chicken into the bowls and plates in front of her. Li Juan couldn''t put chopsticks when she wanted to put food for her daughter, so she had to laugh aside.
Xia Shao smiled and talked with her grandmother and parents. She turned a deaf ear to her praise at the dinner. She obviously didn''t want to mention these things at the family banquet.
But the two families can always find a topic. Aunt Xia Zhimei is teaching in high school. Her mouth is the topic of study. She asked Xia Rongxue: "Rongxue will be admitted to high school next year. Her grades can be improved. Go to cram school more during the holiday."
Xia Rongxue''s grades can only be said to be average. After listening to the instruction, he bowed his head and answered with a cramped voice.
Jiang Qiulin was disgusted with Xia Zhimei''s attitude of scolding her daughter. She looked hard, then smiled and looked at Liu Yuguang, who had already gone to college, "yes, Yuguang has been in College for half a year. I heard that Qingsheng science and technology is also a good college. Can you keep up with her grades after going?"
She insinuated that Liu Yuguang spent money on College, implying that he had read a good school and his grades might not keep up. How can Xia Zhimei''s family not hear it? Suddenly his face sank.
Jiang Qiulin never suffered a loss in her mouth. She turned her head and stared at her daughter. "I tell you, our family doesn''t have so much money. If you can''t go to college in the future, your family doesn''t have money to let you go!"
Hearing this, he scolded his daughter, but he scolded Xia Zhimei''s family again.
Xia Shao frowned without trace. She doesn''t like listening to these words. She wants the party to end early and go home to accompany her parents. The whole family is happy.
But when I raised my eyes, I saw my cousin Xia Rongxue sitting cramped and didn''t dare to move his chopsticks. Xia Shao opened his mouth, "achievement doesn''t represent ability."
As soon as she opened her mouth, there was a moment of silence. Both families looked at her as if they were listening to instructions.
Xia Shao looked pale, but she smiled when she looked at her cousin, "Don''t put too much pressure on yourself. Everyone is reading, but many people don''t know where the future is. The teacher taught us that reading changes destiny. This sentence is true, but many people misunderstood it. Reading changes destiny, not grades change destiny. Reading improves self-cultivation, and grades only improve scores. Working in society, we don''t look at scores, we look at it as a dream Human literacy. "
Xia Rongxue listened quietly. She still couldn''t understand, but she was listening carefully, every word and every sentence.
"Many people don''t do well in school, but that doesn''t mean they fail. It only means they are not good at exams. Don''t compare what they are not good at with what others are good at. What you have to do is not to find your weaknesses, but to find your strengths. There is only one you in the world, and no matter how good others are, they are just others. Take back the eyes of others and focus on yourself What you like and what you are good at may pave a unique way for your future. "
Xia Rongxue sat stunned and was obviously deeply shocked. Her grades were poor. Her parents quarreled with her when she was a child. She quarreled every day for trivial things and money. She knew she was a girl and was not liked by her grandfather. Her mother was ignored by her grandfather, so she had to accept her mother''s criticism. Her mother was very strict with her education and always hoped that she could compete for everything In her early days, everything is better than others, so that she can step on those who despise her. But the fact is, she wants to hide and don''t want to interfere in these complex things between adults.
When her cousin''s Huaxia group rose, she was still young, and her mother talked in front of her every day, hoping that she could make the family proud like her cousin. But she couldn''t do it, her grades were bad and she was introverted.
For her cousin, she wanted to learn from her with worship and complex mood, but she knew she couldn''t learn. She didn''t even dare to talk to her cousin, although she had always been kind to herself.
I never thought that my cousin would come out to help me out tonight, nor did I expect to hear such a paragraph. Although I still don''t understand it, Xia Rongxue has a happy feeling that she has finally been recognized in this family. I feel that the pressure in her heart over the years seems to have lightened a lot, a little suddenly enlightened.
She raised her head. The 14-year-old girl''s face was still childish, but she nodded and smiled at Xia Shao, "Hmm! I see. Thank you, sister."
Cousin Liu Yuguang also put away his complicated look and bowed his head to immerse himself in thinking. Obviously, he also had some feelings.
Xia Zhiyuan and Li Juan turned to look at their daughter, surprised and proud. I really didn''t expect my daughter to speak such a big truth.
But they didn''t know. Although Xia Shao said this to his cousin, it was also said to the two families present. I hope they can listen to it.
But unfortunately, after a moment of silence, Xia Zhitao said with emotion: "well said! People should come out one way in their life! Xiaoshao, uncle, there''s something here. Please help me out?"
As soon as Xia Shao heard it, he lowered his eyes and sighed - in vain!
She just got off the plane tonight. I want to pick her up. I can do it tomorrow. The family''s aunt and uncle worked hard and did not hesitate to pick up the old man on this cold day, which made Xia Zhiyuan and his wife hard to refuse, so they had to bring Xia Shao to the dinner. Xia Shao knew there must be something wrong.
What she said before was that she wanted the two families to live their lives well and work hard by themselves. But they obviously didn''t hear the point.
Xia Zhitao said everything. Before Xia Shao could answer, he smiled and said: "I''ve had some experience in building materials business in the past two years. Now the State supports the real estate industry. Let''s take a look at Dongshi. How could this happen two or three years ago? Buildings are being built everywhere now! When I was doing building materials business, I met several friends of contracted projects. They said that contracted projects are very profitable and want to pull me together. But I still can''t make up my mind. That''s all Don''t you know you''re coming back tonight? Hehe, you''re all big business people. Can you give your uncle a move? Dare you do it or dare not? "
After hearing this, Xia Shao raised his eyes and saw that the two families were smiling at her. Xia Shao put his eyes on Xia Zhitao and asked lightly, "is it your uncle''s friend who wants to join you, or do you want to join?"
"Er... What''s the difference between this and this?" Xia Zhitao was stunned. There was a flash of light at the bottom of his eyes and smiled awkwardly. "I just want to ask your opinion. Do you think it can be done?"
"No." Xia Shao was not vague and said directly.
The two families were stunned immediately. Obviously, they didn''t expect Xia Shao to fail.
Xia Shao knew that they couldn''t make up their mind when he saw their confident response. It was clear that they wanted to enter this industry!
She can''t agree! Now Huaxia group is involved in the real estate industry. After laying a foundation in Hong Kong, Aida real estate in the province will become famous and spread out in a few days. Xia Shao has his own blueprint for career development, and Huaxia group should be a leader in the real estate industry in China!
Now, with the strength of the group, I believe that when she goes to college, she can spread her career all over the country and comprehensively 13-watch-net.
The current real estate industry in Qinghai Province will be won by Huaxia group first! With the reputation of Huaxia group in the real estate industry, Xia Zhitao naturally wants to touch this light.
Xia Shao knows his uncle too well. After he was taught a lesson, he still got a little light in the past two years, and his heart began to grow again. Maybe those friends he knows, who know he is his uncle, want to pull him to contract the project together. At that time, many people will give face to Huaxia group. Their business is not getting higher and higher?
Xia Zhitao really thinks so. Now it''s not the time when Huaxia group was just established. Xia Zhitao naively thought he could enter the group and help manage. Since he was taught a lesson by his niece, he knows how much energy she has. And this time, when he learned that she has made a great career in Hong Kong, he sighed and admired her.
However, his business has improved a little in the past two years. He has saved some money. Watching the eldest brother''s family get better, he naturally wants to climb higher. Some friends came to him to contract the project. He felt very profitable, so he moved his mind.
However, he knew that even if his niece was exposed to her light, he was a little afraid to make his own opinion, so he had to ask her first. The Xia Zhimei family also knew about it. They had agreed before that if Xia Shao promised, the Xia Zhimei family would not do the oil business, close the business, withdraw the money and invest in the contracted project, and the two families would do it together.
They thought Xia Shao would promise, but who thought she would refuse?
"Why not?" Xia Zhitao was a little anxious. Xia Zhimei pulled him aside for fear that he might conflict with Xia Shao because he was too anxious. However, the two families stared at Xia Shao eagerly and didn''t understand why she didn''t agree.
"As I said, Huaxia group can''t be a family business." Xia Shao said calmly.
Xia Zhitao smiled, "Xiaoshao, you misunderstood. We don''t touch the projects of Huaxia group. You are all big projects, and I can''t afford it for me. My friends and I just want to do more work by taking advantage of the reputation of Huaxia group in the real estate industry. It''s not OK?"
"Since my uncle also admitted that he wanted to take advantage of the reputation of Huaxia group in the real estate industry, I''ll talk about it as a business." Xia Shao raised his eyebrows, put down his dishes and chopsticks, folded his hands on his lower abdomen and leaned in his chair, which was very different from that at a family dinner.