Chapter 339
"How about Second Brother, huh?" ZhiXia asked him.
"Still the same, studying during normal times, also took up some foreign language classes, nothing much going on, just going back home to play with the kids when free." An Zhiren's life didn't have many big ups and downs, it was rather stable.
"Didn't Second Brother fight for that chance to study abroad?"
"There's still your sister-in-law and the kids. Once gone, it would be for a few years, leaving them mother and child in the country wouldn't be good either, it's better to give the opportunity to someone more suitable." He felt he was not young anymore, no need to go through all that trouble.
"When Third Brother left, he said it was for a year of advanced studies, he should be able to come back this year right?"
An ZhiXian and An Zhiren were closest, and international calls were also relatively hard to make, so they didn't contact each other frequently.
"He hasn't said anything, but he should be able to come back." An Zhiren also wasn't very certain.
The siblings chatted idly like this, the three little ones gradually losing their initial enthusiasm, becoming drowsy.
ZhiXia and An Zhiren took turns sleeping, after all it was chaotic on the train, they were really afraid the kids would get taken away if the adults fell asleep.
They arrived in Shenzhen at noon, the train station was filled with people coming and going, at a glance it was all heads.
It took great effort just to tug the children out, then they heard Hu Zhou calling out, "Yue Ya...Sister An, over here..."
With his height in the packed crowd, he wasn't very tall, only able to jump up and down waving his hands this way.
Making use of his height advantage, An Zhiren stood tall in the flock of chickens, looking into the distance, asking ZhiXia, "Do you see the waving person up ahead, isn't that Hu Zhou?"
He had seen Hu Zhou once several years ago, at that time he was still a teenager, very different from how he looked now.
ZhiXia looked along where he was pointing, but her view was blocked by people in front, "I can't see either, let's go take a look."
Building the factory was originally Wu Lei's decision, although he had consulted with ZhiXia, now it was his turn to explain, "I was thinking, originally this plot of land wasn't small, and took quite a bit of money, at first I planned to sell half, but with no one here, inevitably it would get lowballed, so I thought, rather than selling cheap to others, why not go big, build the factory first, we use part of it, rent out what we can't use fully, some people already came asking the other day, just haven't settled on rent yet, based on current prices I calculated, land prices here are skyrocketing, renting is definitely stronger than selling."
It was just an empty lot, nothing much worth looking over in detail.
And after such a long time on the train, they were exhausted, now urgently wanting to find a place to rest.
Wu Lei had arranged everything long before ZhiXia decided to come.
Yue Ya and Little Sixth could stay here and sleep with them, with ZhiXia bringing Wanqing it wasn't appropriate for them to squeeze in with the men, and outsiders seeing wouldn't be proper either, but her going to the homestay inn, the lady owner there was acquainted with them, no need to worry about mistreatment.
But now there was the extra person An Zhiren, requiring rearrangement.
Luckily the homestay inn had a room, An Zhiren bringing Little Sixth could get a room.
Only when leaving, Yue Ya unexpectedly didn't want to stay with Hu Zhou, insisting on staring at Wanqing, making Hu Zhou both pained and gratified.
Pain that his daughter was no longer close with him, gratification that from Yue Ya clinging to ZhiXia and Wanqing, she clearly hadn't suffered these months, instead living very well.
The clothes she wore were also brand new, her braided hair though messed up on the train, still showed the intricacy, the fine wrists wearing a strand of pearls, the skin on her face no longer tanned, but fair and tender.
Clearly, much better than when he raised her himself.
"Yue Ya was separated from you for too long, some unfamiliarity is normal, she'll be familiar after a few days." ZhiXia could only comfort Hu Zhou this way.
"I know, thank you Sister An for taking care of Yue Ya this time." Hu Zhou of course understood, everything he did was for his daughter to have a good life, at minimum, the child was better off than staying by his side, nothing to complain about.
When he earned money, he could raise his daughter like a little princess, how great would that be.
The homestay inn wasn't far, nearby there was a hotel under construction, supposedly to be dozens of floors high, but for now only the foundation was laid, estimated that the fastest it could be built was next year.