118: Go home and take a day off

The company provided her with a car and a driver, Da Liu, who picked her up and dropped her off for work every day.

"First, take me to the supermarket to buy some groceries, and then take me home," Hao Xiuhua said to Da Liu after getting in the car.

"Alright!" Da Liu readily agreed, and the car sped out.

When Hao Xiuhua returned home with a large pile of dishes her son loved to eat, it was only three thirty.

She rolled up her sleeves and started bustling, washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, and chopping ribs, having a great time.

When the aroma of pork trotters in the pressure cooker was puffing out, Liu Xiaolin arrived home.

As soon as he entered the door, he smelled the fragrant aroma of various foods and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"Mom, why are you home so early? Did you leave work early this afternoon?" Liu Xiaolin said jokingly.

"Yes, as soon as I received your call, I couldn't sit still. I even ran back halfway through the weekend meeting just so you could have a hot meal as soon as you got home," Hao Xiuhua said, looking at her son with a smile, her eyes full of love.

"Do you feel tired going to work every day now?" Liu Xiaolin's first concern was his Mom's physical condition.

"Not tired, I'm picked up and dropped off by car every day. I walk around the factory, look at reports, sign documents, and I can eat in the cafeteria at noon. After eating, I can even take a nap for a while. I have some things to keep me busy for a bit, and then the day is over. I quite like going to work," Hao Xiuhua said. After seeing her son, her chatterbox opened up, and she chatted incessantly with him about the big and small things that happened at the factory this month.

Liu Xiaolin listened quietly, feeling that his Mom was radiant and seemed to have become ten years younger. It seems that it's true that work can bring people confidence.

Hao Xiuhua opened the pressure cooker, picked up a piece of pork trotter with chopsticks, placed it on a plate, and handed it to her son: "Have a bite while it's hot now, and then wait for your younger sister to come back so we can eat together."

Liu Xiaolin unceremoniously took the plate and started eating. The taste was really good, stewed until it was tender and soft, melting in his mouth. After eating one piece of pork trotter, he still looked at his Mom with a lingering desire.

Seeing this, Hao Xiuhua couldn't help but pick up another piece for him: "Alright, you can't eat anymore after this piece, otherwise you won't be able to eat anything else during dinner."

"I have a big appetite, I could eat a whole pig, haha," Liu Xiaolin said playfully.

Around six o'clock, Liu Xiaoman arrived home. She saw her long-unseen older brother and happily hugged him tightly: "Big Brother, you're finally home, I missed you."

"Did you miss me or did you miss my drone?" Liu Xiaolin said with a smile, walked into the courtyard, and took out a packed box from the car trunk.

Liu Xiaoman had heard that her brother had developed a drone and had long been pestering him to buy her one. Liu Xiaolin naturally agreed, but because he had been too busy recently and hadn't been home for a month, this time he finally had time to come home, so he brought it back for her.

"I missed both Big Brother and the drone!" Liu Xiaoman said, hugging the box and smiling happily.

"Tomorrow I'll take you outside for a test flight, and we'll call Dong Yuhui and Zhao Rui to join us," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile.

The drone he developed in Huaao City hadn't been shown to his relatives and friends here yet. Tomorrow was the weekend, so when they went on an outing, he would show everyone the outstanding features of the Xiaohang Drones.

"Okay, okay, I think that's great," Liu Xiaoman said, very happy.

"Let's eat first, and play with that after dinner," Hao Xiuhua said. She had placed all the dishes on the table, and the family began a hearty dinner.

In the evening, when Liu Xiaolin returned to his room, it was already past eight o'clock. He had been constantly thinking about the matter of the new workshop and new equipment.

After hurriedly silently chanting "golden finger," he instructed the system to deliver immediately.

Then he looked at the scene of the new workshop remotely. There was no difference from the original workshop; it seemed like a copy-paste. Except for the different location, everything else was the same.

"That's good, this way I don't have to worry about the workers being overworked. They can rest when they should on the weekends," Liu Xiaolin said, very happy.

"I should call Dong Yuhui and Zhao Rui and ask if they have time to go on an outing," Liu Xiaolin thought while taking out his phone.

"Zhao Rui, what are you doing? Huh? In Senior Apprentice Sister's livestream? You're something else, now you're a full-time attendant! It's like this, tomorrow I'm off, planning to take my family on an outing, and also play with the Xiaohang Drones our company developed. Do you want to bring Senior Apprentice Sister and go on an outing with us for a day?" Liu Xiaolin said.

"Okay, I know there's a river embankment by the Jiangnan River. It's shaded by green trees, and the flowers are blooming profusely. Sitting on the embankment, watching the beach and the river, it's very pleasant and a great place for an outing. How about we go there?" Zhao Rui was also very excited.

"You can decide Senior Apprentice Sister's schedule now? Don't you need to discuss it with her?" Liu Xiaolin deliberately teased him.

"The two of us were originally planning to go on an outing as well. Since you're back, it's good for everyone to go together, so I can agree for her," Zhao Rui still explained seriously.

"Alright then, tomorrow morning at eight thirty, let's meet at the east end of the river embankment," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile.

Sunday morning at eight thirty, a gentle breeze blew on the river embankment in early summer. On both sides of the embankment were two rows of emerald green willow trees, their long branches swaying in the wind. The Jiangnan River in the distance was in its high water period, and the clear river water flowed continuously. From time to time, a school of silver-white fish, the size of willow leaves, swam by in the water. The pure white river beach was dried by the sun, and walking on it felt like walking on a wool blanket.

Liu Xiaolin looked at Liu Xiaoman running on the beach, cute and lively like an elf in the wind.

Hao Xiuhua sat on a mat spread under the shade of a tree and placed all the various foods and snacks she brought, covering the entire mat.

Not long after, Zhao Rui and Dong Yuhui also arrived. The two of them ran over, first greeted Hao Xiuhua, and then started getting ready to play with the drone.

Liu Xiaoman also couldn't wait any longer. She pulled Liu Xiaolin and ran onto the beach: "Let's launch it right here and film the entire scenery of our Jiangnan River."

Liu Xiaolin placed the drone on the beach, held the remote control, pressed the takeoff button, and the drone flew up into the sky.

The few of them looked up at the drone in the sky for a while, and then gathered around the remote control to look at the screen.

"Film the river water, and the willow-leaf fish in the river, they're so beautiful," Liu Xiaoman exclaimed, pointing at the screen.

"Let's fly around the embankment and film it, and then film the few of us as well to keep as a memento," Dong Yuhui also couldn't help but start directing.

Liu Xiaolin naturally wouldn't disappoint any of them. Holding the remote control, he sometimes filmed the river water and willow-leaf fish, sometimes gave Dong Yuhui a special photo shoot, and sometimes filmed the food on Mom's mat.

The few people had a great time playing.

Dong Yuhui looked at the Xiaohang Drones and liked it more the more she looked at it: "This drone is really good, I want to own one."

"In the future, we will develop a type of drone suitable for every household. When the time comes, you help me with livestreaming sales, and I'll give you one," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile.

"Really? You mean it!" Dong Yuhui was very surprised and happy.