After traveling through the book, I realized my wish in my previous life

After listening to what Shen Xiaoxia said, Jiang Yan and Lin Gong's eyes lit up. This plan not only increased the floor area ratio, but also enhanced the selling point.

The two discussed Shen Xiaoxia's proposal for a while. At the end of the discussion, Jiang Yan looked at Engineer Lin and said, "Engineer Lin, I would like to invite you to come out and be the chief engineer of this project!"

Engineer Lin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, "I'm retired now, and these old bones..."

"Some of your ideas just now are more insightful than many young people," Jiang Yan said sincerely, "This project means a lot to me. Without an old veteran like you to review it, I would be unsure."

Engineer Lin drank his tea in silence, his eyes fixed on an old photo on the wall. It was the first high-rise building in Beijing that he had helped design when he was young. After a long pause, he sighed, "Okay, but I have a condition."

"You say!"

"I'm only responsible for technical guidance. You need to find someone young and strong to handle the actual construction," Engineer Lin said with a sly wink. "At my age, I can't withstand the rigors of a construction site."

Jiang Yan was overjoyed and agreed immediately. The two of them discussed project planning and staffing in detail until the sunset.

After leaving Lin Gong's house, Jiang Yan's steps were particularly brisk. Shen Xiaoxia looked at him circling around her like a child and was very amused. "Are you so happy?"

"Yes," Jiang Yan nodded heavily, "Xia Xia, I'm very happy, very, very happy!"

The core team had a technical soul, and the next step was to find a construction team. He remembered a fellow villager mentioned by a friend, who was said to have done many projects and had good skills.

When the two returned home, the sun had already set. The aroma of cooking wafted through the yard. Aunt Wang was busy in the kitchen, and the sound of iron spatulas colliding could be heard through the cotton door curtain.

"We're back..." Shen Xiaoxia shouted into the house while taking off her coat. Before she finished her voice, she heard a burst of hurried crawling sounds and babbling shouts coming from the room.

"Ouch, little ancestor, slow down!" Aunt Li's voice rang out, followed by a dull "bang" sound, as if something hit the ground.

The couple looked at each other, hurried into the room, pushed open the door, and saw little Mu Sheng being held by Aunt Li. There was a small red spot on his forehead, obviously because he had climbed too fast just now and bumped into something.

When he saw his parents come in, the little guy was stunned at first. His big eyes like black grapes blinked, and suddenly his little mouth pouted, and he cried "wow". He tried to reach towards Shen Xiaoxia, and Aunt Li almost couldn't hold him.

"Mommy..." These two clear syllables were mixed in little Mu Sheng's crying, which made Shen Xiaoxia stunned for a moment. But seeing her son crying so hard, she didn't care about being happy for a moment, and ran to her son in two steps and picked him up.

"Okay, okay, Xiao Sheng, stop crying, mommy is back!"

I touched my son's forehead and fortunately the bump was not serious. It was probably because the baby's skin is tender and his skin is white, so the bump was particularly obvious.

"Ma~Ma, wow, wow~," little Mu Sheng hugged Shen Xiaoxia's neck with his two little arms and refused to let go.

"Jiang Yan, did you hear that? Is he calling me mommy?" Shen Xiaoxia's voice was a little excited.

Before, when he was asked to call out, his voice was always very unclear. Daddy called out very fluently, which made her feel jealous for several days. This was the first time that he called out Mommy very clearly.

Jiang Yan squatted down and gently wiped the tears from his son's face with a tissue, "Our little Mu Sheng is awesome!"

His voice was much softer than usual. He took the child from Shen Xiaoxia's arms, lifted him up high and then put him down, making little Mu Sheng burst into laughter, and his giggles sounded like a string of silver bells.

"I missed the little guy so much today," Aunt Li said, standing by, holding the shoes she hadn't had time to put on little Mu Sheng. "He was fine this morning, but he started making a fuss after his nap. He kept crawling towards the front door and I couldn't hold him."

Jiang Yan was walking around the room with his son in his arms. Little Mu Sheng stared at the colorful New Year pictures with wide eyes, temporarily forgetting his grievances. He stretched out his chubby little hands to grab the gold ingots in the pictures.

Aunt Wang lifted the door curtain and poked her head in. "The meal is ready. Let's eat it while it's hot. I made the braised beef with soybean sauce that Xia Xia wanted, and the noodles with soybean sauce that Comrade Jiang likes."

In the dining room, the food was already laid out on the round table: braised pork ribs, braised beef in soy sauce, pickled cabbage, a bowl of steaming fried sauce, noodles that had just been rinsed and seven or eight kinds of toppings next to them, and in the middle was a casserole of cabbage, tofu and pork soup.

Shen Xiaoxia put a bib on little Mu Sheng and placed him on a specially made high-legged wooden chair. This chair was made by Jiang Yan according to the drawings in "Popular Life" magazine. It was also equipped with wheels so it could be pushed around.

Little Mu Sheng excitedly clapped the tray in front of him and kept shouting "Dad~, Mom~", as if showing off his new skills.

"Come, our Xiaosheng's favorite egg custard," Shen Xiaoxia scooped a small spoonful of golden egg custard and blew it gently to cool it down. Little Mu Sheng opened his little mouth and obediently accepted Shen Xiaoxia's feeding.

After dinner, the two of them played with little Mu Sheng for a while.

"Come, Mommy will give you a hot bath, and then we can go to bed, okay?" Shen Xiaoxia said softly, carrying her son to the bathroom. The bathtub was already filled with warm water, and there was talcum powder and a towel with a little duck printed on it next to it.

Little Mu Sheng sat in the warm water, playing with the plastic duck floating on the water, and calling out "Mommy" from time to time, as if to confirm that she was still around.

After giving little Mu Sheng a bath, Shen Xiaoxia asked Jiang Yan to play with him for a while while she went to wash up first. When she came out, it was time for little Mu Sheng to go to bed, and he stretched out his hands for his mother to hug him.

While Shen Xiaoxia was patting little Mu Sheng to coax him to sleep, she urged Jiang Yan to go wash up. "I'll coax him to sleep, you go wash up too. After washing up, go to bed early. You've been very tired recently. Don't worry about it tonight. Get a good sleep."

Looking at his wife and son, Jiang Yan's eyebrows were gentle and he responded in a gentle voice, "Okay."

When he came out after washing up, Xiao Musheng had already fallen asleep, and Shen Xiaoxia was drowsy. He moved quietly, turned off the lights, and went to bed.

Have a good night's sleep.

The next morning, Jiang Yan followed his friend Lu Zheng to a construction site in the suburbs and met his fellow villager Zhao Tiezhu. The man, who was in his early forties, had dark skin and a strong build. He was directing the workers to pour concrete.

"Old Zhao!" Lu Zheng shouted from afar, "I've brought the person to you!"

Zhao Tiezhu wiped his sweat and walked over, looking Jiang Yan up and down. "Are you the real estate developer that Old Lu mentioned?"

Jiang Yan nodded and briefly explained his project. To his surprise, Zhao Tiezhu didn't immediately express his opinion. Instead, he asked a series of professional questions: How do you plan to deal with the foundation? What kind of structure do you want to use? Have you found a material supplier?

"Is there an ancient river channel underground?" When Jiang Yan mentioned this, Zhao Tiezhu frowned. "That would require pile foundations, which would increase the cost by at least 20%."

Jiang Yan was secretly delighted, thinking that this was someone who knew what he was doing.

He said frankly, "The budget is indeed tight, but quality cannot be compromised. Captain Zhao, are you interested in collaborating?"

Zhao Tiezhu rubbed his rough hands and said hesitantly, "I have a project on hand that will be completed at the end of the month..."

"We can wait," Jiang Yan said decisively, "A good foreman is worth waiting for."

This remark seemed to move Zhao Tiezhu. He grinned, revealing two rows of neat white teeth. "Okay! Just for what you said, I'll bring my brothers over there at the end of the month!"

On the way back to the city, Lu Zheng asked Jiang Yan, "There are so many construction teams waiting for work, why do they have to wait for him?"

Jiang Yan looked at the scenery passing by outside the car window and said softly, "People who can take the initiative to consider the quality of the project are worthy of trust."

As the team was beginning to take shape, Jiang Yan began to run various procedures non-stop. The company had already been registered, and the remaining planning approvals, construction permits... every link required countless official seals and countless faces to be met.

He goes out early and comes back late every day, and Shen Xiaoxia would occasionally help share some of the burden. When Jiang Yan was busy enough, she would stay at home with Xiao Musheng, or go out to take care of her own "career".

Life is busy, but also happy.