Chen Lan and the others were still working at the photo studio. Tong Zi was responsible for taking and developing photos, while Chen Lan and her mother-in-law took care of the children while looking at the photo studio.
Xue Ling explained: "I have raised their salaries once every two years. However, I am very busy with the business at hand and can't take care of that far, so when I go back this time, I plan to transfer all the business to Tong Zi. If he
If you don’t want to, then I will withdraw.”
Lao Liu nodded to express his understanding.
"You have so much business here and it's so big, there's no need to spend more on it."
"Small money is also money." Xue Ling smiled: "It's just that we are too far apart and can't take care of the business at the same time. It's better to leave it to someone who is really knowledgeable. I plan to tell Tongzi and his wife in two days so that they can be mentally prepared."
Lao Liu couldn't help but ask: "Are the houses you have in Wangjiang Garden now rented out?"
"Yes." Xue Ling explained: "Mainly, a secretary named Xiao Chen and my husband's good brother Chen Min help me collect rent and take care of some miscellaneous property matters."
Old Liu chuckled: "Xiao Xue, other people are saving money to buy a house, but you have so many houses for rent, which is good enough."
Xue Ling also laughed and asked: "Old Liu, do you still remember when I went to work in a newspaper? At that time, the probation period was 180 yuan. I went out early and came back late every day to make money. At first I couldn't even afford a bicycle.
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"I remember." Lao Liu recalled: "Everyone had a very difficult time at that time. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years, and the changes have been so great in recent years! Not only the big cities are changing, but even our small towns are also changing. In recent years,
People's lives are getting better and better. Now almost every household can afford to eat meat."
Xue Ling asked funnyly: "So, you have become fat too?"
Lao Liu laughed, maybe thinking of his daughter, and his smile gradually faded.
"In the past few years, that girl has sent a lot of money to home, more than ten or two hundred thousand. I haven't spent any of her money. My pension has been increased several times, each time by one or two hundred, and now I live a comfortable life.
Very good. I also told her to think more about herself and not to worry about her family all the time. If she doesn't get married, her mother and I will worry every day. Who knows now... ugh!"
Xue Ling also sighed and whispered: "Old Liu, you and Xiao Liu can rest assured. You have to persuade her in the past few days. Taking the initiative to confess and plead guilty can avoid some punishments. She is still so young, and her life has just blossomed. She cannot just
It’s so withered.”
Old Liu nodded heavily.
"I will find a way to persuade her."
Xiao Liu put down his chopsticks and said with a fat mouth, "I will definitely persuade her every day."
He Miaomiao rolled her eyes lightly and whispered: "If she is willing to take the initiative to explain and cooperate, I will also be happy to take this case."
"Thank you!" Old Liu smiled and said, "You should eat more. I will have to trouble you in the next two days."
He Miaomiao nodded.
After eating, Xue Ling sent He Miaomiao downstairs, and the driver took her back.
Afterwards, she arranged for Lao Liu and Xiao Liu to stay, and then took the elevator upstairs to go home.
The weather was cold and several children went to bed early.
Xue's father and Xue Zhilan were playing chess, and Xue's mother and Liu Ying were knitting sweaters in the house, chatting in low voices.
Cheng Tianyuan was boiling water in the kitchen.
Xue Ling was a little tired, so he said hello to them and went back to the opposite side.
Cheng Tianyuan turned on the hot water bottle and went back.
"Daughter-in-law, do you want to take a bath? The children have finished washing the water heater. I'll boil two pots of hot water for you."
Xue Ling shook his head: "I feel a little cold..."
Cheng Tianyuan heard her nasal voice and immediately guessed that she might have caught a cold.
"I'll make some ginger water for you."
Xue Ling lazily nestled in his arms and whispered: "I just finished eating and can't drink the ginger water."
Cheng Tianyuan chuckled: "The ginger water has to boil for more than half an hour." He pushed her away and turned to the kitchen to wash the ginger and boil it.
He turned around and came back and found Xue Ling slumped on the sofa, seemingly in a daze.
"Daughter-in-law, what's wrong?"
Xue Ling smiled bitterly and lamented: "Liu Xincheng may have been excessively injured. I don't know what happened. She refused to say anything when asked. The police said that she would not cooperate with anything. Lawyer He asked her quietly, but she did not answer. He only told Lao Liu
She said hello to her brother and told her to leave her alone, and then she shed tears and said nothing. When I saw her, it looked like she was... frustrated, even wanting to die."
Cheng Tianyuan raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Don't she know that the crime she committed is very serious?"
"Lawyer He told her and analyzed it carefully with her." Xue Ling shook her head: "How could she not know! I guess she might have suffered some kind of blow, so she just broke the pot and threw it."
Cheng Tianyuan couldn't help but ask: "What should we do?"
"I don't know either." Xue Ling whispered: "Let Lao Liu and the others persuade them every day, and Lawyer He will take them there and make the handover. Lawyer He is very famous in the judicial circles of the imperial capital, so there is nothing wrong with entrusting her to her.
"
Cheng Tianyuan stepped forward and patted her back.
"That's all. After all, this is the path she chose. It has nothing to do with you. You don't have to feel guilty or sad."
Xue Ling smiled bitterly: "I won't feel guilty, but I will still feel sad. After all, she is still so young and has many opportunities. She is not married yet, has not had children yet, and her life has just begun."
Cheng Tianyuan stood up and pulled her up too.
"Go wash your face and soak your feet, drink some ginger water later, and rest early."
Xue Ling narrowed his eyes and smiled lowly: "In weather like this, it's best to lie down on the quilt. By the way, the children are all wrapped in big quilts, right? Don't turn on the heating too high. If it's too hot, you'll have to kick the quilt."
Cheng Tianyuan explained: "Yangyang went to sleep with his brother. Xiaoxin and Xiao Chong sleep together, it will be much warmer."
"Haha!"
Cheng Tianyuan was amused by her and teased: "Are you calling yourself a sow?"
Xue Ling pinched the soft flesh on his waist.
He couldn't hold back his laughter and turned around to help her pour hot water.
Xue Ling looked at his busy back and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
It feels good to have someone to accompany you, especially the one you love. Your emotions can always be transferred quickly. When you are happy, you have someone to share with you, when you are unhappy, you have someone to comfort you, and when you are sad, you have someone to hold you and cry.
As we get older, there is less enthusiasm and passion, and more tacit understanding and deep affection for getting along day and night.
Maybe in another ten or twenty years, only family ties will be left.
But such companionship is indispensable.
For example, father and mother, or father-in-law and mother-in-law, they all need to keep each other company, otherwise a person will be alone and his life will be boring!
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something!
Cheng Tianyuan shouted in the bathroom: "Daughter-in-law, the hot water is ready, come and wash your face!"
"Wait!" Xue Ling responded perfunctorily, waiting for the other end of the phone to connect.
Soon, Lawyer He answered the call.
Xue Ling apologized: "I'm sorry to bother you so late."
"It's not too late." Lawyer He explained: "I just got home for a while. Mr. Xue, do you have anything to explain?"
Xue Ling lowered her voice: "Lawyer He, I guess - it's my personal guess. Is Liu Xincheng breaking up with her boyfriend, that's why she's so frustrated - she's from some gang-related organization?"
The leader is Gao Yang."
Lawyer He thought for a while and asked, "What do you mean?"
Xue Ling whispered: "Xiao Liu is very confident and flamboyant. He must be very proud of having made so much money at such a young age. Being so discouraged is probably caused by feelings. You might as well check the news about this man and get a little stimulation
Give her a look and see how she reacts. Maybe this can be a breakthrough."