I Got Rich in Period Fiction
Chapter 521: Offended Someone

Chapter 521: Chapter 521: Offended Someone

Zhou Hai proposed at the meeting that financial supervision should be given to the Agricultural Group, preferably by setting up a financial inspectorate.

This caught Old Wei and Old Xie by surprise.

Because Zhou Hai’s goal had always been to construct a good Cultural Palace and a TV tower, he rarely paid attention to Qiao Qingyu’s affairs.

Old Wei explained, "The Group’s accounts have always been handled by Fang Xiaomei. However, after every harvest, the people from the total finance office would come down to sort out the accounts together. Once verified, the accounts would be reported to me. Then, the administrative team would review them before reporting upwards...."

Suddenly, Zhou Hai asked, "Fang Xiaomei isn’t a formally trained finance person, is she?"

Old Xie paused for a moment, giving Old Wei a meaningful look. It was up to him to explain.

After all, this matter concerned him.

Old Xie paused, then explained, "It’s true Xiao Mei does not have a professional diploma. However, she has received training in the provincial city and has also passed her accountant certification. Moreover, this autumn, she got admitted to the proxy finance and accounting class at Imperial Capital Finance University. But, due to the busy harvest season and too many miscellaneous tasks, she applied for a one-year postponement. This matter has been reported to the higher-ups, and they agreed...."

Zhou Hai looked at Old Xie with surprise, then realized in his heart why people said Old Xie was so generous with Qiao Qingyu.

Even though Qiao Qingyu had not been involved in the happenings of the meeting room, she found out what she needed to by the afternoon. Yet, she did not take it to heart, which was normal.

Her marriage with He Xiuyu was different from that of other working couples.

He Xiuyu was the chief engineer, and she was the deputy general manager. Both of them were responsible persons.

Here at the Agricultural Group, even though they dealt with the land, the Seed Laboratory, which laid golden eggs, was a bit different.

Moreover, the farming of now was different from the farming of the past. Some people might not notice, but those who are smart and well-informed could tell at a glance.

The planting model promoted by Qiao Qingyu was at the forefront of the world.

In the plains, mechanization was used from planting to harvesting, freeing up a lot of labor. Aside from taking on manageable tasks, the liberated workforce could engage in other jobs.

This would result in additional income.

This was also why Xiaxi Town, relying on Tenghai Research Base, became affluent so rapidly.

The farmers here would no longer be unable to send their children to school because they lacked money or afford an egg when an elderly person got sick or maybe only eat meat during festivals.

Such days were gone forever.

The reason for the farmers to have such days mainly stemmed from Qiao Qingyu being the first to implement this pattern, and it was still ongoing.

Therefore, Qiao Qingyu always stood at the high ground under everyone’s gaze. Although He Xiuyu was somewhat low-key, those who truly understood the situation knew he was the center and soul of the Tenghai Research team and his scientific achievements were one after another.

With such a pair at the helm of Tenghai Research Base, it might be an exaggeration to say this, but still, many believed it to be true.

So, Qiao Qingyu also pondered about what kind of approach she should take to step aside.

Therefore, it didn’t matter to Qiao Qingyu about others’ supervision, investigation, or even auditing. Her pure-hearted generosity made the proverb "a clear conscience challenges wide horizons" most fitting for her, not to mention taking a single penny or a seed illicitly. She was already doing well not to contribute anything extra.

So, Qiao Qingyu brushed off this news with a laugh, openly indifferent, letting the scrutiny take its course as it may.

In the evening, when both had finished their busy work, He Xiuyu casually mentioned the upcoming community event happening in half a month, "...I have a performance then."

Qiao Qingyu was playing with her son on the kang when she heard this. She looked up at He Xiuyu in surprise and then realized that he hadn’t been studying documents that day but rather a music score.

"What kind of performance? Playing the harmonica?" Qiao Qingyu asked curiously.

"No, it’s playing the piano," He Xiuyu tried to keep his tone casual, not betraying any hint of showing off.

"How come I never knew you could play the piano?"

He Xiuyu cleared his throat, "Well, you never asked."

So now it’s my fault.

Qiao Qingyu cast a sideways glance at He Xiuyu.

He Xiuyu instantly got the message and hurriedly placed the music score on the kang table, explaining, "It’s not that I didn’t tell you; it’s just that we never touched on this topic. You know, a piano is a luxury item, and I only learned to play in the school’s music room when I was a student. After I left school, I never touched it again..."

There was really no need to explain so anxiously. She had many skills too, but she didn’t report every single one to He Xiuyu.

Like, she knew how to play online games, and she was wicked fast at typing on a computer!

"So this is a solo performance then?" Qiao Qingyu continued to inquire.

"It’s not a solo performance," He Xiuyu shook his head, "Director Liu said it’s accompaniment."

Qiao Qingyu was momentarily taken aback; who was this Director Liu? Then she realized, oh, this must be Liu Ying. Was Liu Ying asking He Xiuyu for help?

"Whose accompaniment will you be providing?"

"They said it was for the former deputy head of the cultural troupe, but the person hasn’t arrived yet."

Instinctively, Qiao Qingyu felt something was amiss.

She asked casually, "So you’ve agreed to accompany them, which means you’ll have to practice after they arrive."

He Xiuyu hummed softly and continued to look at the music score.

Qiao Qingyu wasn’t the type to control He Xiuyu to such an extent. Although she felt something might be wrong, she couldn’t pinpoint it and thus let it go.

Waving her son’s little hand and smiling, she said, "Son, daddy is going to perform on stage, and when the time comes, we’ll go cheer and applaud for him..."

Little Chaoxuan could already call out ’daddy’, ’mommy’, and ’grandma’.

But not coherently; it was always one word at a time, like now as he was climbing onto his dad, muttering, "Dad... dad... clap... oil..."

His words could be automatically interpreted as—Daddy, clapping for you, cheering you on.

Picking up his son who was lying on his stomach, He Xiuyu held him in his arms and, with the staff paper in his hand, pointed to the notes, "Chaoxuan, daddy will teach you to read music."

And so the kid learned ’do-re-mi’...

It was an unexpected surprise.

However, the child might not have much of a music gene; the next day he forgot it.

But when it came to memory, He Xiuyu and Qiao Qingyu had long discovered that their child had a strong memory.

As for how to develop the child’s intelligence, it was too early to think about such things at the moment, and Qiao Qingyu was not at all proactive about it.

She preferred to let things take their natural course.

With such a family atmosphere, the likelihood of the child being neglected was almost zero.

However, when Qiao Qingyu saw the newly arrived deputy head of the cultural troupe, her innate female intuition alerted her that something was off about this situation.

Had she offended Liu Ying? Just because she didn’t agree to let Xiao Hu carry the backpack for Ruoruo when she asked?