Chapter 49: Married Life
Returning to Tieshu Township Government, Hu Jiao looked at the former courtyard with white walls and green tiles, which had now been completely demolished and rebuilt.
The new acting township head Tie Shengli came out of the provisional government office and happened to meet Hu Jiao.
"The county magistrate is back so soon?"
Hu Jiao nodded, "We need to hurry up and finish the construction so that it can be put into use before the National People's Congress next year." He turned to look at the big black man, Tie Shengli, who was wearing a double-breasted suit that covered his sturdy body. "Shengli, after I leave, if you have any questions, just go to Secretary Jiang directly."
Tie Shengli nodded and followed Hu Jiao silently.
"Don't be so obsessed with money. Protect the environment here. It's best not to bring in any polluting industries. If you create a mess, you'll have to spend money to clean it up. I won't say more. If you come to Nanhu, come find me."
Tie Shengli stepped forward and helped Hu Jiao open the car door. After letting Hu Jiao get in, he hesitated for a moment and did not close the door immediately.
Hu Jiao looked at him. The two looked at each other for a few seconds. Hu Jiao shook his head and said, "It's good enough that Uncle Tie stepped down."
After saying that, he reached out and closed the car door.
Tie Shengli stood on the road in a daze. Liu Shiqun heard that Hu Jiao had returned, so he ran to Tie Shengli, but could only look at the back of the car from a distance.
It was already evening when Hu Jiao returned to the county party committee compound. After sending the driver away, Chen Tingyong remained in the office.
Before leaving, Hu Jiao had already arranged his destination, Deputy Minister of the Organization Department.
The new county chief will not arrive for half a month. Hu Jiao looked at the things he had to bring and sighed softly, "You can go back."
"The secretary said that we will have dinner together when you come back."
Hu Jiao shook his head. "Forget it. Give him a call. I'll go back to Nanhu directly."
Chen Tingyong was a little surprised. He looked at Hu Jiao and asked tentatively, "Is there something wrong?"
Hu Jiao thought about it and decided it would be better to call in person.
Jiang Kaigui put down the phone and looked at the banquet set up in the hotel. He could understand why Hu Jiao was in a bad mood.
He waved his hand sadly and called Liu Tieshu over, "Let's have dinner. The county magistrate is busy and can't come."
Liu Tieshu moved his mouth but didn't dare to ask in the end.
When Hu Jiao passed by Fenghuang , he went to Tian Fumin's house and made an appointment with him before leaving.
Tian Fumin waited until Hu Jiao arrived before eating. The two drank a bottle of Moutai at the table and did not talk about work.
While drinking tea, Hu Jiao repeated what he had said to Tie Shengli at Tieshu, and advised Tian Fumin to pay attention to pollution.
It's a very simple calculation. A heavily polluting enterprise brings in millions of dollars in taxes every year, and may have to return tens of millions of dollars for governance in the future.
Tian Fumin listened very carefully.
After Hu Jiao finished talking, he laughed at himself and said, "It's just that Uncle Tian will suffer a loss. I'm afraid he won't be able to win over others in a short time."
Tian Fumin waved his hands. This was his habitual action. Whenever he spoke, he would wave his hands to attract other people's attention and speed up his thinking.
"I'm already fifty-one years old. After this term, I'll serve another one. If I do well, I can be a vice-provincial governor at best. If I don't do well, as long as I don't make mistakes of principle, I can still be a vice-provincial governor. I understand this... Hu Jiao, I've tried to win you over with Secretary Chang."
Hu Jiao thanked him sincerely, "This is what grandpa wanted. I also want to take this opportunity to enrich myself and strive to get a doctorate degree within three years."
Tian Fumin nodded and didn't mention the matter again. After all, every family has its own problems, and among the county-level leaders in Fenghuang, Hu Jiao was the one who worked most hard to implement his policy intentions.
After the enterprise restructuring, Tong County has become the fastest growing economic area in Fenghuang City in just one year. Tian Fumin is trying to make this a model to drive enterprise reform throughout the city.
It’s a pity that Hu Jiao is leaving.
"Wait a minute, I have something for you."
Tian Fumin went upstairs, brought down a small brocade box, and handed it to Hu Jiao. "When your son was one month old, Mayor Hu didn't allow you to accept any gifts, so he kept it."
When Hu Jiao's son was one month old, Hu Jianguo resolutely refused to allow any gifts. At that time, Tian Fumin had prepared a gift and wanted to come back and find an opportunity to give it to Hu Jiao. However, he soon received a transfer order from Hu Jiao, and his mind turned to the selection of county magistrate.
After Hu Jiao took it and opened it, he was a little surprised, "Is this white jade? Uncle Tian, it's too precious!"
Tian Fumin teased, "Do you think I'm bribing you? Take . Xuemei bought the raw stone when she went to the southwest for an inspection. She's an expert and she was lucky, so she didn't spend much money."
Qian Xuemei is Tian Fumin's lover, a cadre of the Provincial Department of Geology and Mineral Resources, and a jade identification expert.
When leaving, Tian Fumin stood up to see him off for the first time. Hu Jiao was a little nervous, so Tian Fumin smiled and said, "I will see you off on behalf of the people of Tong County."
When we returned to Nanhu, it was already two o'clock in the morning. The driver helped Hu Jiao move his luggage and left.
Li Aiju couldn't stand any noise, and as the child needed to be fed at night, Li Juan also got up, coaxed the child back to sleep, and then talked to Hu Jiao.
"Mom is awake and can't fall asleep. You should go take a shower quickly. It's not good to take too long." After giving birth, Li Juan's figure was a little out of shape. There was an obvious circle of fat on her waist, her hair looked sparse and dull, and her already fat face was dotted with spots.
As the child was born and he spent more time with Li Aiju, the way she addressed him became more and more natural and intimate.
The bathroom was on the first floor. Hu Jiao nodded, took his clothes, and went downstairs quickly.
Li Aiju sat quietly in the living room, leaning on the corner of the sofa, with a large book on her legs and wearing pince-nez.
Seeing Hu Jiao coming down, he waved, "Is Beibei asleep?"
Hu Jiao nodded and grinned, "He's snoring."
Li Aiju smiled gently, "Are you tired? Go take a shower and don't disturb them."
Hu Jiao finished his personal hygiene in a few minutes. When he came out, the lights in the living room had been turned off, but there was a faint light in the study.
He quietly pushed the door open and saw his mother leaning on the bed. Hu Jiao picked up the blanket next to her and covered her with it. "If you can't sleep, close your eyes and rest. Don't read anymore." He then took the book away.
Li Aiju pushed her son's arm and said, "Go to sleep."
Li Juan dimmed the lights in the room. Her son's crib was right next to her so she could react immediately if the child cried at night.
Hu Jiao gently opened the door. Li Juan squinted her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Before going to bed, he rubbed his hands and feet vigorously, fearing that he would freeze his wife. He would lift the corner of the quilt, sneak in, and wait until his body felt warm before getting close to her...
Li Juan couldn't hold back any longer, but Hu Jiao didn't move for a long time after getting on the bed, and she was too embarrassed to take the initiative. When Hu Jiao came closer, she understood what her husband meant and was afraid of freezing her.
I felt touched and the tiredness of taking care of the child finally dissipated a little.
The child is almost two months old, and I haven’t had sex with Hu Jiao for a long time. Sometimes when I breastfeed the child, I can’t help it and some part of my body becomes wet and slippery.
Hu Jiao didn't expect that Li Juan was already naked!
The two of them caressed and teased each other, their breathing became heavier. Hu Jiao bit Li Juan's earlobe and said, "I like your thick flesh. It feels so good to touch it."
"Stop touching me... I'm cushioned underneath, come on up!"
I didn't dare to move too big, but kept the amplitude very small, for fear of waking the child.
Li Juan bit the pillowcase and twitched and spasmed like she was dead. Sounds burst out from her nose, and she moaned in a suppressed manner, "It's coming... it's coming..."
Hu Jiao was surprised again, "So fast?"
It lasted less than a minute and was quite intense. If he hadn't grabbed Li Juan's wrist, he would have been scratched.
Hu Jiao was a little bit skeptical and still didn't dare to make too big movements, but he didn't stop and continued to attack in short and powerful strokes.
Unexpectedly, within half a minute, I felt Li Juan ascend again...
Hu Jiao panted and asked, "Is it the second time?"
Li Juan didn't have time to reply. She wrapped her legs around Hu Jiao tightly and gritted her teeth, "Don't move, don't move, please..."
Hu Jiao straightened his waist firmly, but he didn't expect that his wife's legs were too tightly hooked, and this straightening actually lifted her whole body up.
After another impact, Li Juan loosened the pillowcase in her mouth, gasping for breath as if she had just survived drowning.
She murmured, "Hubby, hubby, please...don't do it..."
Hu Jiao let go of her hand, held her face and kissed her gently.
More than ten minutes later, Hu Jiao finally finished. Li Juan was already limp and powerless. Hu Jiao had no choice but to clean up the battlefield and pull out the thing under Li Juan's butt - the diaper was already soaked.
Hu Jiao shook the diaper in his hand and laughed, "The quality is too poor."
By the time Hu Jiao finished cleaning up the two of them, Li Juan had already fallen into a deep sleep.
The next morning, after Beibei woke up, he did not cry as usual. Instead, he played with his eyes open.
Li Juan woke up as usual, and the first thing she did after opening her eyes was to turn her head to look at her son.
The mother and son stared at each other, Beibei drooling as he looked at Li Juan.
Li Juan winked at her son and wrinkled her nose. Beibei gurgled and probably choked on his saliva, and he cried out.
Li Juan quickly put on her clothes. There were disinfectants beside the bed. After she was done, she hurriedly fed her son breakfast.
Hu Jiao didn't wake up, but was sleeping soundly, with his long eyelashes quietly covering his eyelids. Li Juan was breastfeeding her son, looking at her husband, and thinking of last night. A blush rose on her face.
It was not four times as Hu Jiao counted, but five times!
You stinky guy, he didn't let me go even after I begged for mercy. Thinking of this, Li Juan bit her lips shyly until Beibei finished feeding.
In the past, Li Aiju would come to help early in the morning, but she didn't come today. Li Juan suddenly realized this, and hurriedly put on her clothes and went downstairs carrying the child.
Sure enough, Li Aiju was sitting at the dining table reading a newspaper. When she heard the noise, she looked up and smiled gently, "Come and eat something."
Li Juan didn't dare to look into her mother-in-law's eyes. Like a stealthful child, she let Li Aiju take over and hold Beibei, keeping her head down the whole time.
Li Aiju asked, "Is today's breakfast delicious?"
Li Juan nodded.
"Then eat more."
Li Juan nodded again, and Li Aiju stopped eating, fearing that if she made a joke, her wife, who was obsessed with losing weight and keeping fit, would stop eating.
How can that be possible? This is the granary of the north.
Li Juan unknowingly finished two bowls of chicken, a glass of milk, and half a bowl of rice before she realized, "Oh, I ate too much! I ate too much!"
Meeting Li Aiju's teasing gaze, Li Juan quickly looked away, "Mom, you haven't yet, have you?"
Li Aiju couldn't help herself. It was rare to see children in such an embarrassing state. "You just remembered mom now? As long as you are full, it's fine. Haha, Jiaojiao doesn't think you are ugly, right?"
Li Juan was so embarrassed that she resorted to coquettish tactics without realizing it, "Mom...you're laughing at me..."
Li Aiju handed the child to her and said, "Hold the child first. I'll clean up. Jiaojiao might not get up until noon."
Li Juan did not pick up the child. "Let me do it. Mom, you take a rest first, and then wash up when Xiaoju comes back. By the way, my mom will bring Nannan over at noon. Xiaoju doesn't have classes in the afternoon, right?" Li Juan is no longer the eldest lady she was before she got married.
Under the guidance of Li Aiju, Li Xiaoju was admitted to Nanhu Finance School when she took the high school entrance examination in July. She went out early and came back late every day. Most of the housework during the day was done by Li Juan, and Li Aiju helped take care of the children.
He Banghui was also cruel and refused to find a nanny for her daughter. Li Aiju was helpless as she could not go against her mother-in-law's intentions.
However, she also understood He Banghui's idea. Now that Li Juan didn't have to go to work every day, she could take care of the children and do housework herself and truly experience the life of a housewife, which would be good for her in the future.
So no matter how hard and tired her daughter was, she always endured it.
Li Aiju has recovered well in the past two years, but is still afraid of noise. Fortunately, Xiao Beibei is usually very well behaved and easy to coax, otherwise Li Aiju would have to move to Hongjiang.
But Li Juan didn't dare let her do most of the housework for fear of accidents, so Li Aiju's only task at home was to hold the child.
Li Juan cleaned up the table and mopped the floor. She looked at the weather outside and found it was a bit cold. She was afraid that her son would catch a cold if she took him outside, so she put Beibei on the carpet in the middle of the living room. Li Aiju put a disc of a child reciting the Three Character Classic.
Listening to the rhythmic children's voice on TV, Xiao Beibei's eyes kept turning, as if looking for the source of the sound.
Li Juan took the opportunity to go to the kitchen and prepare lunch in advance.
Hu Jiao woke up and heard the faint sound of reading coming from the living room downstairs. He thought that his mother's parenting plan had begun.
I really can’t imagine what my son looked like when he was three or four years old, shaking his little head and reciting "The Analects of Confucius"?
After getting dressed and washing up downstairs, Hu Jiao slipped into the kitchen. Li Juan was cutting meat. When she saw him come in, she rolled her eyes and said, "The county magistrate is willing to get up."
Hu Jiao laughed and went forward to hug Shui Tong's waist tightly, "From now on, I will help you with the work, so that you won't always complain about becoming a shrew."
Li Juan put down the kitchen knife and said, "I really look so ugly that I dare not go out on the street. Look at my arms and waist... Oh my god, this is not me, not me!" She said while waving the kitchen knife on her body.
Hu Jiao's eyebrows jumped, and he grabbed it, "Wife! You are holding a knife, be careful! Who said you are not beautiful? You are the most beautiful mother in the world! Besides..." Hu Jiao snatched the kitchen knife from Li Juan and smiled proudly, "I achieved an impressive record last night! Has there been such a record before? This fully proves that women who become mothers are the most beautiful."
Li Juan watched Hu Jiao cut the meat, which was half a finger thick, and she became anxious, "Stop, stop helping me! Are you cutting or chopping the meat? I want to stir-fry the meat slices, not meat sticks!"
Hu Jiao returned the kitchen knife to her, "The meat slices need to be fried, and the meat sticks need to be fried too, haha..."
As he spoke, he turned around and hugged Li Juan from the front. The young man in the morning was the most proud, and pushed forward, "Isn't your husband good? He's making progress every day!"
Li Juan bit her lip, her face flushed, "Go away, don't bother me here." She resisted with her mouth, but her body was burning.
Hu Jiao continued to tease, "Wife, come to the kitchen, do you want to fry a big meat stick?"
Li Juan bit Hu Jiao and said, "Mom is still outside."
Hu Jiao let go of her and tiptoed to close the kitchen door. He was seen by Li Aiju, who glared at her son.
Hu Jiao made a face, shrank his neck, turned around and said to Li Juan, "Maybe at night, in case my mom finds out..."
Li Juan covered her mouth and laughed, "You deserve it!"
Hu Jiao rolled his eyes and closed the kitchen door. Li Juan looked at him in surprise, "You..."
Hu Jiao smiled and slowly unzipped his pants...
Five minutes later, Li Juan was lying on the refrigerator, covering her mouth tightly with one hand, not daring to make a sound.
It lasted for nearly half an hour before Hu Jiao pulled up his pants.
Li Juan leaned against the refrigerator and gasped, "Sooner or later, you two will torture me to death..."
After he straightened his clothes weakly, Hu Jiao hugged her and rubbed her several times, "How is it? Not as good as last night? Only twice."
Li Juan rolled her eyes, what an idiot, he clearly came three times.
She didn't say anything, but Hu Jiao was laughing secretly, saying, "Tonight, I'll let you have enough fun tonight. Three meals a day, yes, you'll be full."
Li Juan thought to herself, if I let you do this anymore, I won’t be able to take care of the child.
"Go sleep next door tonight!"
"Why? Aren't you quite... that... something?"
Li Juan shook her head and said, "No, you make me feel listless all day. Mom's health is not good, and there is no one to take care of the child."
Hu Jiao said, "I'll take it!"
Li Juan laughed, "You? Okay, take the child out for an hour now, and then tell me!"
Hu Jiao saluted, "I promise to complete the mission!"
Li Aiju looked at her son with some surprise. He wanted to take Beibei out for a walk?
Looking at the kitchen, I understand a little bit. Okay, I'll cooperate with my wife.
She put another piece of clothing on the child and corrected some of his wrong movements in holding the child. She looked at Hu Jiao holding the child and calling out "Beibei, baby, baby, good Beibei..." and went out happily.
The two women in the house were mentally prepared to face the fleeing troops.
Li Juan estimated that it would take at most half an hour.
Li Aiju estimated it would take fifteen minutes at most.
But they were all wrong, five minutes!
Hu Jiao had already crossed his arms and legs, spread apart Beibei's legs, and returned home smelling bad and with a look of panic on his face.
Li Aiju put a diaper on the child, but Hu Jiao held the child and did not follow the instructions, resulting in the diaper falling off. Then tragedy happened. Beibei defecated and urinated all over the place while welcoming his young father home.
Is it also possible to avenge his mother?
Seeing the disheveled Hu Jiao enter the house, Li Aiju and her daughter-in-law laughed until tears streamed down their cheeks.
Beibei's excrement sprayed all the way along Hu Jiao's lower abdomen, so it looked like Hu Jiao accidentally got diarrhea.
After cleaning up, Hu Jiao yelled at his son, "You little bastard, are you so disrespectful? Do you believe I will beat you?"
