"What kind of look? Just the look of a village simpleton!" Qi Xiaofang said carelessly.
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but recall Qi Xiaofang's appearance when she first arrived in the dormitory, and they all burst into laughter.
"Speaking of which, it's only because you guys don't dislike me. I feel embarrassed just thinking about what I did back then!"
Qi Xiaofang's tone became much more serious as she said these words.
"It's all in the past, it's hard for you to still remember," Su Xiaotian said quickly.
Some things, once they pass, are gone. There's no need to dwell on them.
Not to mention Qi Xiaofang, who hadn't really done much, even Yin Ruyun had been let go by Su Xiaotian.
Oh, right. After Yin Ruyun took the college entrance examination, she was admitted to a university in the south. Having left her family, Yin Ruyun went south to study.
Later, there was no more news. However, Su Xiaotian believed that those who had suffered setbacks would learn from their mistakes and live their lives well.
This holiday, Su Xiaotian had planned to visit Licheng, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, she couldn't make the trip.
Su Changjiu, as an outstanding village head, had come to Beijing.
This time, Su Changjiu was not coming privately to visit relatives.
He was here as an advanced worker, honored and celebrated. Accompanying him were elite talents from various industries across the province.
Of course, such opportunities were very limited, with only a handful of spots for the entire province.
And the leader leading the provincial delegation this time had an important task: to visit the Su family.
Originally, for the provincial leaders, a family doing business in Beijing was not worth their visit.
However, they learned through unofficial channels that the Su family had a powerful backer.
Especially after verifying the information, they confirmed that the Su family indeed had a prominent figure supporting them, and this figure was also from the province. This made them even more eager to connect with the Su family to establish a connection with this influential person.
After all, Nanling Village had become the leading village in the province precisely because of this advantage. In a short period, two enterprises had flourished.
This time, Nanling Village received further key support, and these two township enterprises were set for expansion.
The provincial leaders privately thought it would be great if other villages could develop like Nanling Village.
Even if they couldn't reach the same level as Nanling Village, any development was better than no development.
Furthermore, the provincial leaders had specifically arranged to meet the capable young daughter of the Su family, Su Xiaotian.
It had to be said that these leaders were as shrewd as they come.
They had managed to find out, through some means, that the Su family's current success was largely due to their clever and capable young daughter.
Not to mention anything else, the recipe for Luxiangxiang was the young lady's.
Seeing the development prospects of Luxiangxiang, they naturally harbored thoughts of cooperating with Su Xiaotian.
If Luxiangxiang could cooperate with large provincial enterprises, it would be incomparable to Nanling Village's village-run enterprises.
Consequently, Su Xiaotian had to stay behind to await the care and greetings from the province.
Upon hearing that her husband was coming to Beijing to receive an award, Li Yuling, who had planned to return home, decided not to.
Her daughter was in Beijing, and as for her son and daughter-in-law, Li Yuling didn't have much affection for them, so whether she met them or not made no difference.
She only returned home twice a year, and that was for her husband.
After the couple reunited, they discussed it and decided to buy a house in Beijing.
Li Yuling's business was doing well, with substantial income throughout the year. Coupled with the money Su Changjiu earned from selling flowers, it was enough to buy a house in Beijing.
Upon hearing the news that her parents were going to live in Beijing, Su Xiaocao was overjoyed and busied herself with finding a house for them.
At this time, housing prices in Beijing were continuously rising, and the prices were vastly different from when the old Su family had first arrived in Beijing.
The money Li Yuling and Su Changjiu had was not enough to buy a good siheyuan.
Fortunately, the couple had no intention of buying a siheyuan. Instead, they purchased a small courtyard near a school.
For them, a place to live was sufficient, as they didn't plan for their descendants to all come to Beijing in the future.
Even a small courtyard with five rooms cost the couple most of their savings.
Su Changjiu lamented, "Housing in Beijing is expensive; it's not easy to live here!"
Li Yuling glared at him and said, "You just won an award, and now you're being all literary!"
Su Changjiu chuckled, "This award isn't really due to my own ability. If it weren't for the guidance and help from the old Su family, our village's factory definitely wouldn't be doing this well."
"Little Four came over a few days ago and said he wanted to discuss sales issues with you when you arrived. Are there any problems with your sales?"
Li Yuling was very worried, fearing that any problems with the factory would implicate her husband.
It was not easy to work for the government. If you did well, it was expected; if you didn't, you would be held accountable.
"There are no problems. It seems Little Four has connected with some foreign company and plans to export our Luxiangxiang abroad," Su Changjiu said casually, leaning against the head of the bed.
He spoke with ease, but in reality, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, marveling at how capable the Su family's children were, each one more impressive than the last.
He had initially thought Xiaotian was the most capable, but it turned out that Xiao Si was no less so.
Even Xiao Ba and Xiao Jiu, who hadn't graduated from university yet, now owned their own houses in Beijing.
How could anyone not be envious?
"That's good. Husband, when will you resign and come work with me? My mala tang business is doing really well. I plan to hire one more person next year, or I won't be able to keep up."
Su Changjiu also wanted to develop his business in Beijing with his wife.
After all, living alone in a cold, empty house was not easy.
However, the factory had just been established and was on the verge of growing even better, so he couldn't bear to abandon it just like that.
"Wait a little longer. You hold on by yourself for now. Once everything is stable, I'll come to Beijing to be with you!"
As Su Changjiu spoke, his gaze towards Li Yuling held a hint of warmth.
Although the couple were no longer young, enduring separations of half a year was truly difficult.
"If everything at home could be less troublesome, I would go back!" Li Yuling sighed.
It was one thing with the Chang'an couple, but the Ping'an couple did nothing but find fault and cause trouble all day.
Even after completely cutting ties, these two hadn't changed at all, always showing up to cause a scene.
Su Changjiu was also extremely annoyed by this.
It was for this reason that Su Changjiu had decided to buy a house in Beijing.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Let's hurry up and go. Xiaocao and the others must be waiting anxiously. Today is Little New Year's Eve, let's celebrate it properly."
The thought of this made Su Changjiu's mood sour.
Fortunately, this time he could stay in Beijing for ten days to half a month and have a leisurely New Year.
The next day, which was the twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month, was the day the provincial delegation was scheduled to visit the Su family.