Spring Thunder Chapter 0268 1983, Incomplete
After the establishment of Tota Construction, Nan Yi immediately established Chunshen Construction in Shanghai, with Huang Xie as the general manager.
Then they called Wenchangwei and established Wenchang Construction based in Shenzhen, with Xian Yaoguo, the former militia company commander, as its general manager. There was also Nanchen Construction based in Guangzhou, with Chen Ruiwu, the head of the third branch, as its general manager.
January 1, 1983, the 18th day of the 12th month in the lunar calendar, is a good day to make an alliance.
It was still very early in the morning when Liu Zhen sat up from the bed and retched twice. Nan Yi opened his eyes and reached out to stroke her back.
"What did you have for lunch yesterday?"
"Ugh... I didn't eat anything, just a work meal." Liu Zhen recalled and said, "Nan Yi, tell me, am I pregnant?"
"It's unlikely. Morning sickness usually occurs after 40 days of pregnancy." Nan Yi said after calculating the days.
"You also said it's normal, what if I'm here earlier?"
"Then the plan is a mess. Okay, stop imagining. I'll go get you a glass of water. Call your company later to ask for leave. I'll go to the hospital with you in the morning."
As Nan Yi spoke, he got up from the bed, put his coat on, walked to the living room, opened the lid of a thermos, put his hand on the bottle mouth to test the heat, and found it was just right. He then turned over the inverted enamel pot from the tray, poured some water into it to rinse it, then poured half a cup of water, and walked back to the room in his cotton slippers.
Liu Zhen took the enamel pot, held it with both hands and shrunk it to her chest, "It's too cold. It's really uncomfortable without heating."
Liu Zhen's workplace has heating, and she would sweat even if she wore a cashmere top at work during the day.
"Just bear with it for a while. Next year, I'll see how things go. I'll go to Miyun or somewhere else and get a piece of land to build you a cold-proof villa. I'll install all the necessary heating for you."
Nan Yi said as he turned on the heater beside the bed and adjusted the power down. He couldn't adjust it up, or the fuse would burn out and the voltage wouldn't be enough. In the past two days, Nan Yi changed the fuse three or four times a day, and he wanted to change to copper wire.
There's nothing we can do. There are so many electrical gadgets like heaters, electric blankets, refrigerators, and televisions, and they basically all have to be turned on at night. It would be a wonder if there is enough electricity.
"Nan Yi, am I too delicate? I didn't have thick clothes to wear in winter before, but I didn't feel that cold."
"How can it be the same? In the past, we didn't have the conditions. In the alleys, everyone was the same and there was no comparison. Now that we have the conditions, people naturally become more delicate. Isn't eating the same? Do you remember that you could finish two packets of egg noodles on the train?"
"I was hungry that day. I hadn't eaten anything before getting on the train." Liu Zhen said shyly.
"I'm not saying you can eat, I'm saying you weren't picky about food then. Look at you now, you don't eat this or that, and you're still talking about calories. You're such a picky person."
"Bah, I won't talk to you anymore." Liu Zhen lay back and covered himself with the quilt.
"You can sleep a little longer. I'll call you when breakfast is ready."
"Well, I want to eat two eggs today, poached eggs, runny."
"oh."
Nan Yi agreed and quickly took off his clothes, leaving only a pair of boxer briefs. He patted his chest until it crackled, then gritted his teeth, walked out of the room, opened the door and went to the yard.
The wind outside blew towards Nan Yi's body like a knife. He shivered and a trace of clear snot came out of his nose.
"It's damn cold."
Nan Yi shivered, endured the cold, scooped up a handful of snow from the ground and rubbed it all over his face, arms, and torso. When his whole body turned red and bursts of hot air came out, he fell to the ground with a plop, turned into a snake, and swam back and forth in the yard.
After tossing and turning in the snow for an hour, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Nan Yi finally stopped his self-torture, put on his clothes, and rested in the living room for a while. He waited until the sweat on his body dried before going upstairs to take a hot bath.
Then, he transformed himself into a cook and went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
In the morning, I accompanied Liu Zhen to the hospital for a check-up and the conclusion was that she had too much stomach acid.
When she came out of the hospital, Liu Zhen's little face drooped and she looked weak.
Nan Yi could only comfort her, "Okay, don't be so grim. Winter is not a suitable season for breeding. Let's work harder when spring comes."
"That's all we can do." Liu Zhen said dejectedly, "I'm going to work."
"Send it to you?"
"No, didn't you tell me to keep a low profile? I'll take the bus myself."
"Zhiling, be careful." Nan Yi worriedly advised Ruan Zhiling who was following Liu Zhen.
"clear."
After watching Liu Zhen get on the tram dragging a rope, Nan Yi returned to the car. Tiger cub drove the car towards the old villa with a clanging sound.
"Tiger cub, change the snow chain to a better one. This broken chain is shaking so much that it hurts."
"You can't buy good ones in the mainland. By the time they're shipped from abroad, the snow has already stopped."
"Yeah, I didn't think about it. I'll buy it and keep it for later use."
"clear."
The car slowly drove for more than half an hour before arriving at the door of the old house. The school beauty who got off the car first whispered, "Something's going on."
When the tiger cub heard this, he immediately lifted up his clothes, reached under his armpit, and took out a baton, while looking in the direction the school beauty was looking.
Nan Yiren lay down, with only one eye exposed, peeking outside. He looked up first, then straight ahead, but didn't see anything. Then he looked down and finally saw a short cylindrical object on the ground at the gate of the courtyard. It was white, but it didn't match the snow on the ground.
After identifying it for a while, Nan Yi finally realized that it was a swaddling cloth.
"Damn it!" Nan Yi spat, and said to the tiger cub, "Don't worry about the things for now, look to the right, and let the school beauty look to the left to see if anyone is watching. This son of a bitch is really a piece of shit ."
"yes."
The tiger cub got out of the car and closed the door. Nan Yi reached down and found a gun with three Emei arrows. He pulled the bolt, loaded the bullet, and pressed the gas rod. He placed the air gun on his legs and checked the situation in front and behind through the windshield and rearview mirror.
The child was not abandoned at the doorstep of the police station, the hospital, or the welfare home, but was abandoned at the doorstep of his home. It is obvious that the father knew that his life was easier and chose to abandon the child at that place.
If I get caught, I'll definitely teach this grandson a lesson.
One grandson or two?
Through observation, it was hard to see that the tiger cub and the school beauty had already explored about 300 meters, but it seemed that they had not found anything and were already turning back.
After a while, the tiger cub walked to the front of the car and waved at Nan Yi.
Nan Yi stretched out two fingers, pointed at his eyes, and then pointed at the swaddling clothes at the gate of the yard. The tiger cub nodded and walked over there. After a while, he walked to the side of the swaddling clothes, checked it inside and out, then patted his left shoulder with his right hand twice towards the car.
This is a set of tactical hand gestures developed by Nan's bodyguards themselves. Tiger Cub's hand gesture represents safety.
Nan Yi pushed open the car door and walked over closely. The tiger cub lifted the corner of the quilt covering the child's face, revealing a wrinkled and dark "little old man's face" like that of a man in his sixties or seventies.
"Fuck!" Nan Yi couldn't help but spit.
What a bastard, this kid can't be more than a week old.
Nan Yi took a whole look at the child's face and soon discovered the reason why the child was abandoned - cleft lip and palate, and the cleft was quite severe. The middle of the upper lip was tangled together, and a large crack extended directly to the nose.
Nan Yi tucked the quilt in and said, "Open the door and go in first. Don't let the child get cold."
After entering the living room, the school beauty went to the room to get a heater and turned it on. Nan Yi handed the child to her first, then went to the room to find two pure cotton clothes and a thin silk quilt.
I returned to the living room and ripped off the baby's swaddling clothes. I shook the baby carefully to see if there was any note or anything.
One layer, two layers, the second layer was shaken open, and a handkerchief wrapped with something fell out.
Nan Yi ignored the things and continued to tear off the child's outer wrapping...
After wiping the child's entire body with hot water, wrapping him in a silk quilt, and fooling him with clean fingers, Nan Yi finally had the mind to pick up the handkerchief bag on the ground.
When he opened it, he found a wad of money inside, about six or seven yuan, and a few food coupons, a total of seven pounds and six ounces, and a very small jade pendant. Nan Yi picked it up and took a look. It was not a precious jade, and there was no engraving on it. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
Nan Yi did not give up. He shook off his handkerchief to see if there were any words on it. Obviously, he was disappointed again.
There was money and food coupons, but no words were left. Nan Yi understood immediately that this child was abandoned on purpose. He knew who lived in this house and who would pick up the child. He also knew who to ask for the child back in the future.
The calculation was quite clever. If the child's cleft lip and palate was to be repaired, several operations would be required, which would take a long time. The cost would probably be enough to cure a patient with advanced cancer.
Send to an orphanage?
He can survive, but his lips will definitely not be repaired.
Send to the police station?
He took off his pants to fart and ended up going to the welfare home.
Nan Yi asked himself the questions and answered them in his mind, but in the end he just couldn't make up his mind. This child's life would be completely different if his cleft lip and palate were repaired or not.
After picking up the handkerchief to confirm it one last time, Nan Yi pointed at the child's nose and said, "Your mother is sharp-eyed enough to know that I am a good person. I'm telling you, you have to grow up well and be smart. You have to earn back the money I spent on you... and you have to double it."
"Nansheng, do you want to leave the child here?" asked the school beauty.
"What else can we do if we don't keep him here? If we send him to an orphanage, his life will be ruined. The orphanage doesn't have the budget to treat him. His disease isn't life-threatening."
As Nan Yi spoke, he started to think again. He was single, and Liu Zhen's identity was not convenient, so he couldn't go through the adoption procedures. But it wouldn't be difficult to register the child at this time. He also had to go find Li Lamei. She should still have milk, right?
After handing the child to the school belle, Nan Yi walked to the long table and called Men Saner.
"I just found a child. Is there a suitable family to register him?"
"Yes, there is, but, Master Nan, why don't you send the child to the police station?"
"The child is special. If I don't keep him here, he will be ruined. I can't explain it in a short time. Please help me with this matter. I will take the child to feed him first."
"Okay, wait for me to believe it."
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yi went to the room and found a yellow leather coat, wrapped the baby in the swaddling clothes, and then went out to Li Lamei.
We spent the whole day following this child, going to Li Lamei's home and the police station to register.
By the time everything calmed down, it was already night.
"Nan Yi, do you want to keep this child by your side?" Liu Zhen nestled in Nan Yi's arms and asked while looking at "Yuan Dan" lying beside him.
Nan Yi picked up the baby on Yuandan’s day, so he nicknamed the child Yuandan.
As for the name, that will have to be discussed later. It is impossible to choose one now. Nan Yi still doesn’t know whether the child is qualified to have the surname Nan.
"No, we will send him to New York after we complete the paperwork. I have an orphanage there. It is run by a nun named Therese. She is very responsible and loves children. She will be able to take good care of Yuandan."
" It's such . If his lips... Oh, I originally wanted to take him with me."
"Why, do you still discriminate against Yuan Dan?"
"That's not the case, but who doesn't want to have a healthy baby, preferably a girl?"
"Come on, I haven't seen you and Ruo Yin that close."
"Humph, why do you get close to her? She only has eyes for you. She follows you like a tail."
"Forget about mentioning it to me. Don't mention the word tail in front of Ruoyin, she will be unhappy. The little girl had nightmares at first, and she was afraid that I would not want her. It has only been these past two years that she got better. She knows that I can't bear to part with her and treat her as my own child. She is a little crazy."
"Isn't that what children are like? I think Ruoyin is a good kid, very smart, and doesn't look like Zhou Maode's child."
"Haha, according to you, Lamei is cheating on you?"
"Tsk, you're deliberately distorting my meaning, is that cool?"
"Yes, I feel full of energy when I see your two fried eggs."
"Hmph, I'll let you laugh at me."
Liu Zhen rolled over and pressed on Nan Yi, and pinched his neck with her two little hands.
"Alright, alright, let go, stop making trouble, and go to sleep. You don't know how many times you will wake up during the night." Nan Yi pushed Liu Zhen away, glanced at the child, and seeing that the child was not woken up, he said softly.
"Tell me, how do you know the child's habits so well?"
"I started working in the baby-sitting room of the Second Chemical Plant when I was eight years old, and I earned 9.5 yuan a month."
Nan Yi was not kidding, he did have an experience of looking after a child in a factory nursery.
State-owned factories have good welfare benefits. There is usually a nursery in the factory. Every once in a while, female workers with children can go to the nursery to see their children, feed them, and take care of their diapers.
Nan Yi was just a little kid at that time. He would read picture books in the nursery during the summer vacation. If a baby cried, he would go over to take a look to see if the baby wanted to eat or pee. No matter what, he would just go to the workshop to call for help.
This job did not interfere with his reading of comic books, he could eat as much ice cream as he wanted from the factory's cold drink department, he didn't need a ticket, and he got paid, so of course he was happy to do it.
"No wonder. I thought you were so friendly to children. You must have grown up with children."
"It's not because of this. It's mainly because I'm a good person. Children have innate true energy and can see the good and evil in this world. They are naturally willing to get close to me."
"I told you you were fat and you gasped. I'm going to ignore you and go to sleep."
"Go to sleep. I don't think I can sleep today. I have to check on the coal stove later."
The milk brought back from Li Lamei was still warming on the coal stove in the living room. Nan Yi had to keep an eye on the fire, otherwise the water would be too hot, or the fire would go out and the milk would become cold, and he would not be able to feed the baby in time. That would be a real hassle.
It's easy for a little kid to howl at 60 or 70 decibels. I'll wait for the neighbors to complain tomorrow. I don't think he'll curse, because except for Nan Yi and his friends, all the other people living here are university teachers' families.
