I Got Rich in Period Fiction-Chapter 550 - 544: The Wealthy and Boisterous Great-Grandpa

Chapter 550: Chapter 544: The Wealthy and Boisterous Great-Grandpa

Xiao Wei boarded the train to Xichuan that very night.

However, she hadn’t expected to run into Secretary Chang on the train, who was also on his way to Xichuan.

Remembering what Secretary Chang had said to her before left Xiao Wei feeling somewhat embarrassed, so she took the initiative to greet him.

Secretary Chang’s eyes twinkled with amusement as he said, "I was going to go in a few days too, but Mr. Wu insisted that I come sooner."

"Haha, that’s my bad. I should have given you a heads-up. If there’s anything you need help with, just let me know," laughed Xiao Wei before realizing, "Look at me, saying all this doesn’t even make any sense."

Secretary Chang’s voice was gentle, "It means a lot, at least now I know you’re not opposed to being friends with me..."

Friends, I guess that’s about right.

After all, Secretary Chang had been a big help to her.

The two of them sat across from each other on the bunk beds, sharing a smile.

...

Qiao Qingyu never would have imagined that Secretary Chang would come to Tenghai Research Base along with Jiao Jiao’s biological mother.

She was stunned for a moment when she received the call.

Looking up at the sky, it was already evening, the sunset painting the western sky magnificently like a resplendent silk spread.

Her gaze then shifted to Jiao Jiao, who was having the time of her life playing with her son under the grape arbor, and Qiao Qingyu decided not to say anything.

She would play it by ear, and fortunately, Jiao Jiao had just finished her exams.

When Qiao Qingyu saw Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei radiated tremendous goodwill towards her.

Qiao Qingyu also had a good impression of Xiao Wei, who seemed to be a clear-eyed and well-intentioned person.

Perhaps, from a purely familial standpoint, she seemed to be an unqualified mother, as no reason justified her absence from her child’s life over the years.

After all, she was the one with legs. It wasn’t the ancient times; she had a job and was single, and even if Liu Ying were difficult or Zhou Hai unkind, no one would dare obstruct or criticize her for seeing her child.

Even visiting the school openly would have been fine.

Like Liu Ge, whose departure had led to little Rongrong developing autism, yet Liu Ge still didn’t feel any guilt and believed herself to be a wonderful mother, coming and going as she pleased with a carefree spirit.

Rongrong was powerless against her own mother, but Rongrong had never said she didn’t want her biological mother to visit.

The bond between mother and daughter, the ties of blood, were irrefutable and could not easily be ignored.

Yet judging Xiao Wei solely by her character and behavior, she was impeccable.

She praised Qiao Qingyu generously and straightforwardly.

And she even subtly revealed a few incidents she had learned about overseas.

These were things not even He Xiuyu was aware of.

Sometimes Qiao Qingyu felt that as long as she did her job well, whatever she received in return didn’t matter much; she never held out too much hope for what the higher-ups were thinking.

But to her surprise, there were people looking out for her without her knowledge, and this moved her.

By sharing such information with her, it was a sign of deep trust.

Qiao Qingyu accepted this kindness.

Xiao Wei and Secretary Chang were staying in the guesthouse at the base.

The guesthouse was often busy, sometimes without a single room available. The two arrived hastily, without making prior calls, so Qiao Qingyu contacted Old Xie. Even when the guesthouse was packed to the brim, there were always a few rooms reserved for emergency needs, just in case leaders conducted sudden inspections; after all, you can’t have officials sleeping out on the streets.

Not only was it the case here, but the guesthouses in other places were pretty much the same.

So, the two sets of suites on the top floor were just right for one family each.

Mr. Wu had Secretary Chang bring a few books and some materials to He Xiuyu, and then there was the gift for Little Chaoxuan.

The gift for Little Chaoxuan was specially packed in a beautifully crafted red sandalwood box, which was valuable even empty, let alone containing a kirin charm inside.

There were kirin charms made of jade, gold, silver, Tiny Leaf Rosewood, and yellow pear wood. In short, the red sandalwood square box symbolizing auspiciousness actually contained over a dozen different materials.

What was rare was their lifelike diverse forms.

These items were all prepared for Little Chaoxuan; the old man hadn’t made them specially. At the child’s hundred-day celebration, first birthday, and second birthday, Wu Xiucai, as great-grandpa, had always been generous with his gifts to the child.

When he visited an old friend and saw that person’s child wearing a kirin ring on their neck, he thought it looked good and that such a thing would bring great fortune if worn by his own great-grandson.

But he felt hanging something around the neck wasn’t convenient, so he simply made this charm out of various materials.

The cord was specially woven, looking like silk, but it was actually made of gold threads. The old craftsman who made them had passed away, and his skills hadn’t been handed down. Mr. Wu searched for over half a year before finding an old goldsmith, spending a fortune to make a number of such silk cords.

There weren’t just a few children in his family, so these items were not going to be left unused.

And now they had found their use.

They were all for Little Chaoxuan.

Children are just curious, playing with them for a while before losing interest.

Right now, the child was wearing a piece of jade pendant, not big, made of Warm Jade, with no particular significance, just worn like that since the child was still too young.

Qiao Qingyu packed all these items away, certain that Wu Xiucai wouldn’t play favorites, seeing Rongrong not as an outsider in his eyes but as a great-granddaughter.

He also brought a lot of things for girls.

Princess dresses, white leather shoes, pretty sun hats.

Then he gave her a set of natural pearl jewelry.

There were also necklaces and bracelets polished from colored stones.

Even Xiao Hu and Daji, who always played with Rongrong, had one or more gifts.

So Rongrong, patting her brother’s head, sighed and said, "Xiao Bao, our great-grandpa really is rich and imposing."

...

When the time was right, Xiao Wei found an opportunity to see her daughter.

She didn’t go to Zhou Hai’s house; currently, Zhou Hai and Liu Ying hadn’t returned, and they hadn’t even made a phone call back, so no one knew what was happening there.

Qiao Qingyu didn’t want the mother and daughter to go to the office area. Instead, she had Xiao Wei and Jiao Jiao go to the room where Wu Qianyun was staying to talk.

She cut a plate of watermelon and put it on the kang table, alongside a damp handkerchief, and steeped a large pot of water with dried golden lotus flowers.

A couple of clean cups were also placed next to it.

Then she closed the door, letting the mother and daughter talk things through properly.

Rongrong and Xiao Hu exchanged glances, and taking advantage of Chaoxuan’s distraction, they ran out. Little Chaoxuan’s joyful screams soon faded into the distance, and then the He Family’s place quieted down.

What Xiao Wei and Jiao Jiao talked about, Qiao Qingyu didn’t know, but the mother and daughter stayed together all morning. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

When they came out, both had red eyes.

Clearly, they had both cried, but Jiao Jiao was visibly much closer to Xiao Wei.