Chapter 446: Chapter 439: Trouble Stirred Up by Showing Off
Sisi didn’t know that just treating the whole school to Qingtuan would bring trouble to Tian Xinhua. After returning, she told Tian Xinhua about it. Tian Xinhua thought about it but didn’t say much, just letting Sisi do whatever made her happy and asked her to come to him if she needed more money.
"My money is even more than yours!" Sisi teased Tian Xinhua with a sideways glance.
Her words weren’t wrong. Not to mention the dividends from the company and the dowry from Mu Xiulan, even the living expenses sent by He Xuewen and Tian Manjin every month were more than she could spend.
Although she called them each time telling both dads not to send money anymore, these two seemed to compete with each other, each sending more than the other, and over time, she simply stopped bothering as it was not a big deal for the family now.
He Xuewen: How can I, as her biological father, send less than you, her foster father?
Tian Manjin: I’m not lacking money now, I have to spoil Ah Nan and outdo He Xuewen.
"Yes, Ah Nan has the most money, Brother Xin Hua might have to depend on you in the future."
"Alright, as long as you take good care of me, I’ll support you for a lifetime." After saying this, Sisi couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Watching the proud demeanor of Sisi, Tian Xinhua was deeply in love, quickly finished his Qingtuan, and eagerly carried Sisi to the bed to tend to his wife. Soon, the sound of her moans could be heard from behind the curtain.
After a few days, Liu Shanxing and Liu Qingtao indeed brought Sisi the dough figurines made by their mother, these colorful and various dough figurines were an eye-opener for Sisi.
Both mothers were very skilled, Liu Shanxing’s mother mainly made figurines of flowers, while Liu Qingtao’s mother made ones of animals. Displayed on the table, they looked almost real.
"Liu Shanxing, Liu Qingtao, your mothers are truly great, these are all artworks!"
Sisi’s praise made these two simple girls blush, and they forgot about asking Mr. He to judge whose mother was more skilled.
Carefully putting these exquisite dough figurines into a basket, she didn’t plan on eating these beautiful items. She wanted to air dry them and use them as decorations at home, which would definitely look beautiful.
"Thank you, teacher really likes your gifts."
Sisi sincerely thanked the two students and found them before class the next day, presenting them with two fine floral fabrics as gifts for their mothers.
Initially, the two girls were shy and refused to accept the fabric though they liked the beautiful cloth. They thought they shouldn’t accept things from their teacher, and moreover, the dough figurines weren’t valuable, how could they be worth this fabric?
But students definitely couldn’t outstubborn their teacher, and finally, after Sisi mentioned inviting their mothers to make more dough figurines, they blushed and accepted the fabric.
Later, other students also knew Mr. He liked local dough figurines and paper-cuttings a lot. Whenever these students went home, they would bring some exquisite paper-cuttings and dough figurines back for Sisi, who welcomed them all.
Of course, she didn’t just accept these students’ gifts without reciprocating. She always secretly prepared return gifts for them, mostly fabrics or snacks.
Most of these students came from rural areas and did not have good family conditions, and rarely ate wheat flour daily. She could not take advantage of these kids.
She also sent some of these beautiful paper-cuttings and air-dried dough figurines to friends abroad, like Zhang Jie, Shangguan, Liu Qiqi and her husband who were stationed in England, Mo Liu and He Chunfeng in Hong Kong, and so on. Her friends spread all over the world, and these artistic items from S province were thus brought out of the country doors by Sisi in advance.
Sisi didn’t know the effect of sending these things out, but she continued to collect such artworks among the students, and even started to be interested in learning papercutting.
The main reason was that these papercuts were really exquisite, it was unimaginable how those complex and detailed patterns were created, able to depict even the finest hair strands with scissors, truly admirable.
Liu Shanxing’s mother was a papercutting master. When Liu Shanxing learned that her beloved Mr. He wanted to learn papercutting, this lovely girl eagerly invited Sisi to her house for a visit, where she could also learn papercutting.
Her home was in a village called Liu Village in Litu Town of Huangyuan County, only an hour’s drive away. Sisi was quite tempted by their description and planned to find time to visit and learn.
She had planned to visit Litu Town this weekend, but her plans were disrupted by two serious-looking men and women.
That day, after finishing her morning classes, Sisi went home to practice papercutting on a kang with red paper. Liu Shanxing had taught her some basic techniques, and she could now cut out a ’Fu’ character, feeling quite accomplished.
The sound of knocking came, and when Sisi opened the courtyard door, she saw a man and a woman standing at the door, the man in his thirties and the woman quite young, in her early twenties. Both of them had stern faces, not looking like they were there to visit.
Before Sisi could ask who they were, the man asked: "Is this the residence of Tian Xinhua’s wife, Comrade He Sisi?"
"Yes, may I ask who you are?" Sisi asked, suppressing the irritation in her heart.
"We are from the Disciplinary Committee of Huangyuan County. We need to understand a few things from Comrade He, please come with us," said the middle-aged man.
Disciplinary Committee?
Upon hearing it was the Disciplinary Committee, Sisi was not afraid, as the Disciplinary Committee deals with corruption, and neither she nor Tian Xinhua were involved in corruption, so there was nothing to worry about.
Feeling relieved, she said to them, "Please wait a moment, I’ll change my clothes."
"What is all this fuss? Do you think you are going to meet guests? Why change your clothes?" The woman said brusquely.
Sisi’s face fell, and she coldly looked at the woman and said: "Comrade, I am not your class enemy, speak to me with respect, otherwise I can directly complain to Mr. Li of the Disciplinary Committee about the extremely poor attitude of his subordinates, and their deliberate creation of class conflict."
The woman’s face turned red with anger. The wife of a corruption suspect dared to be so arrogant; she must have the gall of a leopard.
She opened her mouth to retort, but the man stopped her and said to Sisi, "Then please, Comrade He, be quick, our time is very precious."
"Is my time not precious?"
Sisi retorted and then slammed the door shut, leaving the two people outside with unpleasant expressions.
Sisi didn’t care much about that; these two people were too presumptive, daring to treat her rudely without even confirming whether her husband Xinhua was involved in corruption.
But that’s not how the people from the Disciplinary Committee saw it. In their view, Tian Xinhua earned a monthly salary of over eighty yuan, and He Sisi earned over fifty yuan a month, totaling barely over a hundred yuan together, yet Sisi’s monthly expenditures far exceeded their combined incomes.
Therefore, the Disciplinary Committee was eighty percent sure that Tian Xinhua was definitely involved in corruption, probably during his time as the town leader of Mijia Town, otherwise how could they sustain He Sisi’s high-consumption lifestyle?