"Don't spread word of this yet. I'll use the opportunity of visiting people during the Spring Festival to sound out opinions from all sides first, then we'll hold a meeting to discuss it."
Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang had reported upward that Zhucheng Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Plant was preparing to marry in with a dowry. Ma Zhaoxian was both astonished and deeply concerned, but with the New Year just around the corner, he decided not to make it public yet, lest they startle the snake in the grass.
As for which snake exactly he was guarding against, that was hard to say.
At his position, he would never assume his opponents were merciful.
But Li Ye had no need to worry about such matters. It was already the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Tomorrow, he would drive Wu Juying and his three younger sisters back to their hometown to visit the graves. No matter how big the matter was, it could not outweigh Grandma's sincerity in honoring the ancestors.
The moment Li Ye got home, Wu Juying said, "Xiao Ye, go to bed early tonight. We're leaving at three tomorrow morning!"
Li Ye froze for a moment. "Three? Isn't that a little too early?"
Wu Juying narrowed her eyes at him. "What? Are you planning to work overtime tonight?"
What the hell am I working overtime for?
Li Ye watched as Wen Leyu blushed and hurried back into the room, and he instantly understood what Wu Juying meant.
I've already been very restrained, okay? Only once a week. What more do you want, Grandma?
But Grandma's authority was not to be violated, so Li Ye took out his frustration on his three younger sisters.
"You three, get to bed early tonight. Tomorrow morning, you're getting up at two."