"Little Haohao, where is our hometown?"
Laughter from an elder and two youngsters echoed in the courtyard countless times.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, I know."
"I'm from Jiangsu Province, from Pengcheng."
"Yan Yan is so smart, Grandpa only taught you once and you remembered."
"Grandpa, Grandpa, I know too, our family is from Chenjiaji, Huangcheng, Pengcheng."
The baby girl answered quickly, and Chen Hao was not to be outdone.
Grandpa held the "Lüdǎgǔn" brought from Beijing. This was a delicacy they had never tasted before. Su Dan Novel Network.
"That's right, come, each of you gets a piece of Lüdǎgǔn."
Seeing his elder brother playing with his grandchildren like his own, Chen Liming felt a little jealous.
He arrived first, and he was the real grandfather.
Brother, you are the elder brother, but you shouldn't snatch grandchildren to play with.
If you have the ability, have your own son, what's the point of snatching other people's grandchildren to play with?
However, Chen Liming only grumbled in his heart. His elder brother only came back twice a year, and his nephew Chen Hui was in the army. His elder brother might not even have grandchildren anytime soon.
Let alone grandchildren, looking at Chen Yue, even a grandson-in-law seemed unlikely. Chen Liming decided to let him have his fun here.
Chen Yang had already driven Chen Juan's cat off the lounge chair and was practically leaning all his bones on it.
After riding a bicycle for almost an hour with such heavy luggage, she was exhausted.
Even though she was usually quite tough, riding a bicycle for so long wasn't a woman's job. It was tiring to ride for so long, and her buttocks were sore from the broken bicycle seat.
No one deliberately provoked this girl, but as she lay there, she fell asleep.
It was Qin Lifen who saw it and got a quilt from the house to cover her. It was cold, and even indoors, the temperature wasn't very high. Sleeping like this would definitely catch a cold.
Chen Liqi played with the children all afternoon, while Chen Yang and Li Zhengpeng busied themselves with cooking all afternoon.
To be honest, Li Zhengpeng's cooking skills were much better than Chen Yang's. No wonder his elder sister always liked to eat at home in his previous life and rarely went to restaurants.
As it got dark, Chen Liqi, urged by Qin Lifen, reluctantly took the two little ones back to their room for dinner.
"Brother, I originally had a few jars of good wine brewed by my in-laws, but we have to rush home tomorrow. It's meaningless to not drink to our heart's content, and it's also problematic if we get drunk."
"How about this, we'll take two jars home tomorrow and drink them with the old and young together. What do you think?"
Chen Liming pointed at the wine given by Chen Yang's father-in-law and praised it profusely. He had to support his in-laws' reputation.
"Okay, drinking is not a matter of urgency. We'll have fun together tomorrow when we get home."
Chen Liqi was not a heavy drinker, and his younger brother and two younger sisters were waiting for them at home, so he couldn't delay.
Although they didn't drink at this meal, everyone ate happily. Even Chen Yue, who was a little arrogant at first, said a few nice words at the table.
Of course, the happiest was Chen Liqi. He picked up a chopstick of food, and the two little ones sweetly said, "Thank you, Grandpa." He listened with great satisfaction.
If it weren't for the fact that the animated series "Calabash Brothers" didn't exist yet, he would have turned on the TV and listened to seven children call him grandpa every day.
After dinner, Chen Yang led his uncle and Chen Yue to the courtyard by Xuanwu Lake to stay. The house here was too small to accommodate so many people.
The place by Xuanwu Lake was at least larger and the environment was much better than Chen Yang's old house.
"Yang Yang, you've built such a big house. My leaders in Beijing don't have such a luxurious one as you. You must keep a close eye on yourself. If anything happens, we won't be able to escape."
Chen Liqi looked at the three-courtyard mansion. He didn't believe Chen Yang was doing big business before. After all, his nephew had gone to the countryside, so how could he suddenly start doing business and even appear in the newspaper?
A sent-down youth doing business and appearing in the provincial newspaper, was that possible?
But now, he believed it.
"Uncle, you are in Beijing, you should have heard some news about the policies from above."
"Our country has been poor for too long. We used to tighten our belts and compete with others. Although we won, the people suffered too much."
"We have stood up. It is time to help the people fill their stomachs and live happy lives."
Chen Yang could see that his uncle genuinely cared about him.
"I've heard some rumors about what you said, Uncle."
"But after all, everyone has been following the rules for so many years. If you suddenly become the leader, it's fine if this reform yields quick results, and no one will dare to touch you as a trendsetter."
"But if the reform fails, you, the trendsetter, will be the best target. You'll be killed to warn others, to serve as a lesson."
Chen Liqi's perspective was quite far-reaching, and what he said was undoubtedly profound for the people of that era.
After all, no one could have predicted that China would develop at an unprecedented speed with reforms.
Historically, reformers often paved their way with blood, and failures were common. Even if they succeeded, the risks involved were unimaginable.
"Uncle, I know all that."
"Poverty breeds a desire for change. Our country has reached a point where it must change."
"Look at the surrounding countries, a few small islands, their area is smaller than one of our provinces, yet their economies are tens or even hundreds of times higher than the economic output created by our country's 980 million people."
"Backwardness leads to humiliation. This is a bloody lesson taught to us by history."
"Development is an inevitable trend. To develop, we must reform and open up. This is the general trend."
"Uncle, you don't need to worry about me. I am following the general trend."
Chen Yang comforted his uncle. Not everyone had his foresight from the future.
In this era, there were many people who were indecisive because the higher authorities had not yet come to a definitive conclusion, and they just wanted everyone to try reforms themselves.
Whether the cat is black or white, it's a good cat if it can catch mice!
Now, it's a competition to see who can catch mice, and who can catch more mice.
Chen Yang believed that he was the cat that could catch the most mice.
"Alright, Uncle sees that you are very confident. Since you are prepared, I am relieved."
Chen Liqi didn't say much more; Chen Yang had almost convinced him.
In the past, when the country was poor, they had to fight to the death. On the battlefield, the enemy ate turkey and canned luncheon meat, while they ate snow with fried noodles.
They won, but the price they paid was too great.
If they had had such good supplies and such good weapons, they would have driven those invaders back to the West Pacific long ago.
Only when the country is strong and the economy is developed can our army have more military expenditure to develop weapons and ensure the logistics of the soldiers.
The country should prosper!