Chapter 241 Being a Lazy Person
Before the New Year, Li Yuan took his parents to get their hair done, and Jiang Yiling picked out a set of festive clothes for them.
A sense of ceremony is still necessary.
By the way, this matter was carried out over two days.
On New Year's Eve, Jiang Yiling was more active than anyone else.
She took photos of everyone at home wearing new clothes, and even asked Li Yuan to take a photo for her, which she sent to the group.
Then, that photo went viral.
After all, in a sense, Li Yuan has the same attributes as the God of Wealth.
In the past six months, he has helped more than 600,000 people make money, averaging 60,000 yuan per person.
Although there are several large funds, compared with the hundreds of thousands of people, the proportion is not very large.
Of the more than 30 billion in profits, Li Yuan took 3 billion, Zhou Ranran took 1 billion, and the Thirteen Guardians took 600 million.
Going from an unknown person to the richest man in the country in just half a year, this kind of experience would be envied by any normal person.
So, that photo became the avatar of countless young people, and after PS, the emoticon package of the God of Wealth also became popular.
Li Yuan doesn't mind others using his portrait rights for entertainment purposes, as long as they don't use them for fraud.
He said to Jiang Yiling: "Don't send out the photos of us together for now."
"Oh, I see."
"Thank you for your understanding, wife."
The atmosphere at home became much more lively because of Jiang Yiling's presence.
Both her parents and herself are willing to express more emotions because of her existence.
After all, in his previous life, he had more and more communication with his parents. Although there was such a thing as a generation gap, it was more because he was unhappy and did not have the energy or occasion to express himself.
What family members need most is communication and expression.
It’s similar to love, the more strongly it is expressed, the more happiness you can experience.
They ate snacks and chatted from 8pm onwards, and only after having a midnight snack at 12pm did Jiang Yiling prepare to rest.
Li Yuan asked his parents to go to bed as well, after all, they had to rush back to their hometown early in the morning.
Dad insisted on keeping watch, and finally Li Yuan took his place.
Traditional rules are indeed very rigid, but they are actually a kind of adherence to principles.
After midnight, he received a lot of messages.
Happy New Year from Shu Yanlin.
Photos sent by Cao Yuanyuan.
In the photo, she is wearing a red sleeveless cotton jacket, looking very festive. She is sitting on her bed, making a New Year greeting gesture with her hands.
There must be some from Yu Yue and Yao Yingsong as well.
Even Chen Jie sent a message.
Li Yuan chatted with Chen Jie for a while, and then brought her a plate of melon seeds from his home.
After all, Chen Jie couldn't sleep, and it would be a waste of time if she didn't eat some melon seeds.
He delivered the melon seeds and left. At three in the morning, when the vigil was over, he went back to sleep.
When I woke up again, it was already half past eight. After washing up and eating something, I rushed back to my hometown with my father.
There is still enough time, and my parents have already put other things in the car in advance.
After arriving at the garage, Li Wanhe gave the driver a red envelope, which was prepared by Jiang Yiling.
In the car, Li Wanhe said, "Let's go to your grandparents' house first, and then you can sleep there. I'll finish running around in the morning and come back for dinner."
"I'll just go home and sleep. I think there are a lot of people at my grandparents' place."
"That's fine."
A while later.
Li Yuan said, "Dad, Yi Ling will not be returning home this year, and Mom will stay here too. The villa is ready, and you can take care of the decoration according to Yi Ling's ideas. You know the materials and other things. Try to finish the decoration by June, otherwise you won't be able to come back during the Chinese New Year."
It will take at least half a year for a house to be renovated, as many materials are used and it is inevitable that some adhesives will be used.
That thing has the highest formaldehyde content, and Jiang Yiling had just given birth, so the impact was quite large.
The house is easy to build. It’s only been about two months, but we’ve already started laying the foundation and building the garage.
It can be completely built in April, and the surrounding environment can be repaired while decorating. It will not be difficult to complete it in June.
"Well, it's about time. I've looked at the drawings, and I'll go find someone to order the materials in a while."
The nature of Li Wanhe's work has changed.
In the past, it was to earn money to support the family, but now it is to make the family live comfortably.
"Then I will arrange a car and a driver for you..."
"Just give me a car. I'm tired of driving that tricycle every day. I want a sedan instead."
"Then don't drink and drive. It will be recorded in your file, and your grandchildren will not be able to pass the political review in the future."
Li Wanhe: “…”
What you said makes a lot of sense.
If nothing happens to Li Yuan, the family will not be short of money, and the goals of future generations will definitely have to change.
The car took a detour and arrived at where Li Guofu and Luo Changrong currently lived.
The location is a bit remote and it's an old house.
There are a bunch of chickens and ducks in the yard, and there is a faint smell in the air.
When Li Yuan came over, he saw Cao Ping chatting with two old men.
Seeing Li Yuan getting off the car, Cao Ping walked over and shouted, "Mr. Li, Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year to you too. My grandparents live in such a remote place. How did you find this place?"
Cao Ping smiled and said, "If you ask around, you'll find out what's going on in the county."
"Are you representing an individual?"
"No, no, no, I was entrusted by everyone to come here as a representative. There are major entrepreneurs and relevant leaders. Thank you, Mr. Li, for bringing fame and jobs to Qinghe County."
"Then come in and sit for a while."
Li Yuan wasn't particularly sleepy. He wasn't going home today anyway, so it would be fine if he slept in the afternoon.
Li Wanhe did not stay here for long. He was very busy in the morning. He had to return all the gifts that had been sent to him before the New Year.
I'm not going to eat at their place, I just have to go through the motions.
Li Yuan chatted with Cao Ping for almost half an hour. They didn't talk about work, but only some local customs and gossip.
At half past ten, people started to come over one after another , and Cao Ping found an excuse to leave.
Li Yuan accompanied them for a while and was forced to take photos for a long time.
Anyway, there were always phones around me, and people were always filming videos here.
It will be fine next year.
After the village is planned, there will be a gate extending more than 100 meters outward from the residential area, and ordinary people will have no chance to enter.
After lunch, he returned to the house his family currently rented, where no one was around to disturb him.
Even in the afternoon, Li Wanhe was very busy.
Anyway, it's either a drinking table or a card table.
When it was about six o'clock in the afternoon, he found that his father had not come back yet.
I called and heard a lot of noise over there.
"I'm at your grandparents' place. Come over for dinner later..."
Li Yuan: “…”
Only his grandparents can tolerate this son. I guess they are watching him happily from the side.
He was indeed a little hungry, but he didn't want to go over.
There are too many people, most likely they are elders, and I don’t know what to do if I go there.
After washing up and preparing to go out to buy some food, I saw Zhou Ranran at the door.
"Why is Sister Ran here?"
Zhou Ranran smiled and said, "When I called my dad, I heard that you woke up. Do you want to come to my house for dinner?"
"Huh? No one's home?"
"I'm asking you to eat, not to eat me. Besides, I'm not very good at cooking. If no one is here, what are we going to eat?"
"Forget it, forget it. I've been gossiped about too much today. I don't know how your parents will gossip about me later. I'll go buy some myself."
Zhou Ranran: "My dad is not here. He is at the card table with your dad. My mom just made me some food and will be leaving soon..."
"Well, I guess there won't be many people selling food outside on New Year's Day."
After Li Yuan followed Zhou Ranran to her home, he found that there was indeed no one at home.
Moreover, Zhou Ranran seemed to have planned it in advance and prepared meals for three people.
Wang Qi just buried his head in eating, and when he finished he went downstairs and stared at her.
After all, she knew what she should know by now.
She really didn't know that Li Yuan was so rich before, and she actually believed the story they made up.
Now even Zhou Ranran's parents have begun to doubt, so one can imagine what her personal assistant is thinking.
While eating, Zhou Ranran said, "The day before yesterday, He Jianchuan and Gao Ming came back, but there was no place to stay here, so they left after staying for half a day."
"What do you mean?"
He Jianchuan is a very capable attending physician in the village. He bought a house outside and moved all the elderly people in his family there. He seldom comes back.
Gao Ming is even more powerful. Li Yuan only knows that he is a senior executive in a large company with an annual salary of tens of millions, and is one of the most powerful people in the village.
He was just a technical secondary school student back then, and now he is in his forties, and he has fought for every step he has taken.
"He didn't say much. He just wanted to thank me. He also said that the elderly in his family were not used to living in the city. He also said that they would pay for the renovation and construction of the house themselves, and asked my dad to take care of them here."
Li Yuan sighed and thought of Liu Hao again.
Let’s not talk about the other few for now. After all, they are indeed a little young and I haven’t had much contact with them in recent years.
Liu Hao had no desire to move up at all.
He felt that everything was already satisfactory and he just wanted to get married and have children.
"If they are willing to pay, then they can pay. By the end of the year, they will have a place to live and they should be able to sit down and chat."
"Well, they did mean that, but you just happened to be away, and they didn't have a house here."
The main reason why the two families stayed was that they thought Zhou Ranran did a good job.
The village has slowly fallen into disrepair over the years. They still have feelings for the village, but feelings cannot be eaten.
Without the atmosphere of more than a decade ago, they would only bring trouble upon themselves if they came back.
Zhou Ranran did not show how valuable she was, and her excuse was that she had a boyfriend.
This kind of thing itself is not very tempting. They can refuse millions of cash purely based on emotion.
Now that Li Yuan's identity has been exposed, they are beginning to consider reality.
"Then let's see what they think. If they are willing to return to the village, I will arrange it for them."
There are three types of people around Li Yuan now.
The first type is represented by Zhou Ranran, who has feelings and foundation.
The second type is those represented by Jiang Yiling, who have background, strength and ability.
The last type is those who only care about beauty.
These three are relationships that can be maintained for a long time and complement each other.
Overall, the second force is the strongest and is the one Li Yuan is actively trying to win over.
The third type has the least presence. It does not exist now and most likely will not exist in the future.
What he needs to do is to balance and expand the power of the first type of people so that he can balance the second type of people in the future. Otherwise, when a monopoly appears around him, he will easily suffer backlash.
Personal energy is limited, so most things have to be done by others, so the information obtained is given by others.
In the next three to five years, or even ten years, he will be at his most powerful, and no one can make a difference. But what about ten years later, twenty years later? Or even thirty years later?
He didn't mean to be on guard against anyone, but to leave a way out for himself to avoid being deceived in the future.
After all, interests move people.
The chance of something going wrong with Jiang Yiling is small, but what about the people around Jiang Yiling?
But Li Yuan needs to rely on their abilities to do something, and he can't just throw the baby out with the bathwater.
So even though he knew that Liu Hao could not be helped, as long as Liu Hao's heart had not changed, he was willing to give him a chance.
There can't be just one voice around him.
There are two other types of relationships that are optional.
Classmates, friends.
Even though Li Yuan doesn't think he needs any friends, in fact Wen Yuxian and Song Jiajia can be considered friends.
These two types of relationships cannot be compared with the previous three until they explode in value.
"Little Four, Little Five, and the others, actually..."
Zhou Ranran wanted to say something, but she glanced at Li Yuan and didn't finish.
"You can help me if you want to, but I have to tell you in advance that if you help me, I won't help you anymore."
"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Zhou Ranran is very clear about her own strength. How can she help them?
It's nothing more than giving them some money.
But can you give money once, twice, three times, or even for a lifetime?
Only if Li Yuan takes action can he provide them with a platform to display their abilities, develop their own abilities, and live a life without worries about food and clothing.
She doesn't have that ability.
Anyway, Li Yuan hasn't said anything definite, so there is still a chance. Just wait patiently.
"Sister Ran, we are still young and have plenty of time."
Zhou Ranran said: "But I found that after having a child, I am less willing to use my brain. I used to be able to read books, but now I prefer to watch videos and follow TV series."
"Then wait until after you give birth. You may have to help your child with homework in the future. You can't forget what you learned before."
"But what if I want to have another child?"
"???, are you crazy? One is enough."
Li Yuan is very cautious now. Anyway, in the next few years, he only plans to have these two children, as a way to make up for a wish in his previous life.
Zhou Ranran lowered her head and whispered, "Maybe this is just an excuse for me to be lazy. Having a baby is much easier than studying, so I just want to be a lazy person."
This lazy person is not lazy in action.
After all, raising children is very torturous.
She wants to be a lazy person in thought.
“Why do you want to be lazy?”
"I am already satisfied. I don't lack anything."
"But if you become a lazy person, I can't guarantee that our children will have a good ending in the future."
"???"
