In early May, the New York and Hudson River Railroad acquisitions finally came to an end, and the Union Pacific Railroad and the North Pacific Railroad failed to do so, and Grace Vanderbilt managed to keep the family's core business, but at a cost of more than $20 million, and the Vanderbilt family was devastated by the battle, and the glory of Kneelliers Vanderbilt's life was lost.

It's lucky to be able to keep the family's core business, at least in this way, the Vanderbilt family has the possibility of a comeback, and Grace Vanderbilt has shown himself to be very different from Paul Vanderbilt's toughness through this incident, although the Vanderbilt family has become the talk of New Yorkers during this time, but at least it has not become a joke, and from this point, Grace Vanderbilt is indeed remarkable.

Even more remarkably, in mid-April, Grace succeeded in ousting her two sisters from the board of directors of the New York and Hudson River Railroad Companies, thus becoming the de facto voice of the Vanderbilt family, which was a shocking sensation, and people had never thought that a woman could be so strong, and Grace became Gloria's idol because of it.

In fact, Gloria is not worse than Grace, when she founded the "Urban Beauty" newspaper, Gloria also made a big splash, but in a habitual sense, people are more willing to attribute the success of "Urban Beauty" to Li Mu's behind-the-scenes support, Gloria is just a mascot in front of the stage, and is not taken seriously.

Grace is different, the Vanderbilt family has been decimated, Grace has lost his father and two brothers in a row in just a few weeks, Grace can be regarded as in danger, turning the tide and helping the building to fall, even if it is replaced by others, it is impossible to do better than Grace.

Li Mu didn't have time to pay attention to the changing stock market, although Henry still organized a team and made a lot of money with the help of the dividends of the stock market, but this had nothing to do with Li Mu, Li Mu stayed on Governors Island since the beginning of April and never left, wholeheartedly waiting for his first child to be born.

As expected, the due date of the first snow was at the end of April, and as early as March, the medical team prepared a delivery room on Governors Island, with two doctors and four nurses on standby 24 hours a day to prevent any accidents.

There were still accidents, from the end of April to the beginning of May, Li Mu's long-awaited due date never came.

"There is nothing wrong with Chu Xue's body, and the child's state is normal, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow, anyway, just in these days, from now on, you have to learn to be patient." Dr. Betty checked Hatsuyuki again in early May and everything was fine and there were no problems.

Raising children does require patience, and Li Mu has always thought that he is not lacking in patience, but in Dr. Betty's opinion, it is obvious that Li Mu is not mature enough, which can be seen from Li Mu's request that Dr. Betty check Chu Xue's body every day.

"Don't worry, Betty, I'm ready for everything, I'll be a good father." Li Mu vowed never to let his tragedy repeat itself in his children.

"I'm sure you will." The pot-bellied Chu Xue still trusts Li Mu, and in Chu Xue's eyes, Li Mu is an omnipotent superman, although there may not be this concept yet.

"Let's go, I'll go for a walk with you-" Li Mu was very considerate to help Chuxue downstairs, in order to ensure good health, Chuxue insisted on activities every day, and at this time, Li Mu would usually accompany Chuxue by his side.

"Hmm-" Chu Xue smiled sweetly, since she was pregnant, Chu Xue seemed to have changed her person, in the past, sometimes she could occasionally find that being a maid was a reserved habit from Chu Xue, and now Chu Xue has completely entered the new role of mother, more confident, more focused, Li Mu called this change as: the brilliance of maternal love.

Walking on the path in the garden, you can vaguely hear the sound of wooden fish coming from the backyard Buddhist hall, this is Yan's mother is praying for the child again, since the first snow is pregnant, Yan's mother has to recite the "Great Pessimistic Guanyin Bodhisattva Mantra" many times a day, every morning, noon and evening never stopping.

As long as it is related to the child, Li Mu strongly supports it, for which Li Mu even built a small Buddhist hall in the backyard, and as a result, this small Buddhist hall has become the spiritual sustenance of Yan's mother, and the incense offerings are endless, and even Li Mu has now become half a Buddhist believer.

The reason why it is said to be "half" is because the other "half" Li Mu belongs to Catholicism, and if necessary, Li Mu can also split himself into more, anyway - the heart knows God.

"The day before yesterday, Indiana sent a few bags of mushrooms, all of which were picked by the farmers over there, saying that they would make you replenish your body, but they didn't keep them well, and some of the mushrooms were rotten when they were delivered, so I might as well send some potatoes grown on the farm, at least the potatoes won't be bad when they are sent from Indiana." Li Mu picked some light things to chat with Chu Xue, and for pregnant women, a healthy psychological condition is also very important.

"Indiana — ah, you mean, what are the farmers who bought land from our group?" Chu Xue was very curious, those farmers were all Chinese, and Li Mu had emphasized the importance of farms more than once.

"It's not bad, they have passed more than two years at the earliest, of course they will suffer a little at the beginning, after all, those lands need to be reclaimed, this stage is estimated to last for a long time, but when a part of the land is reclaimed, their good days will come, you must know that each of their families has an average of 600 acres of land, which can also be regarded as a landlord class in the Qing Kingdom, right?" Li Mu didn't know much about the situation of the Qing Dynasty, but compared with the 21st century, he held 600 acres of land in his hands and was definitely worthy of the title of "landlord".

"600 acres! It's a lot, but are they finished? "Although the first snow has not been planted, but there is still a bit of an idea of how big 600 acres are, the alcohol palace of the Qing Kingdom is about 60 acres, that is to say, ten alcohol palaces are so big, in the Qing Kingdom, planting 600 acres of land, at least 30 people.

"We have a bank that can provide low-interest or interest-free loans to farmers, and farmers can use loans to buy livestock, and it is said that every family there now has at least two cows, a horse, and a herd of sheep, and to be honest, that's my ideal life." Li Muyan was insincere, it should be said that it was not Li Mu's ideal, but the ideal of Chu Xue, but unfortunately, it is estimated that this ideal will not be realized in this life.

The thirst for land of the Chinese is surprising, perhaps because they were poor and afraid during the Qing Dynasty, those farmers came to Illinois and Indiana, put down their luggage, turned around and began to open up the wasteland, the highest record was that one person worked tirelessly for three days and three nights to reclaim 12 acres of wasteland, and finally the guy who was almost exhausted to death was directly sent to the hospital.

The Kufma Group initially published this incident in the supplement of Time Magazine, which is not a common occurrence of such a representative event.

Since then, the Junma Group has printed many pamphlets, listing the precautions in the reclamation, and overtime work is prohibited, and then distributing the pamphlets to the farmers who are about to go to Illinois and Indiana, and that's all Li Muneng has done for them.

Enough is enough, and now Governors Island receives small gifts from Indiana and Illinois almost every month, sometimes a piece of beef with a rich sauce, sometimes freshly picked mushrooms, and even once, an Indiana farmer sent Li Mu a live chicken, and noted that this was the first batch of chicks produced by Marcus Chicken Farm, and Marcus hoped to give this chicken to Li Mu.

In fact, if it weren't for the long distance and the delay in clearing the wasteland, Marcus would have liked to express his gratitude to Li Mu in person.

Before coming to the United States, Marcus was a descendant of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who were sold as piglets to South America, Marcus's ancestors lived a precarious life on the plantation, it was Li Mu and the emergence of the Horse Group that changed all this, the Horse Group brought Marcus and his family to the United States, and after two years of working in the Horse Group, Marcus bought 150 acres of land in Indiana, and now Marcus is running a chicken farm.

In a simple contrast to life in South America, Marcus now feels like he is living in paradise.

And all this comes from Li Mu's generosity, so Marcus hopes that Li Mu can share the happiness of the harvest.

It is indeed quite joyful, good people have good rewards, the price of a chicken does not exceed 1.2 US dollars, but Li Mu's return gift is not only a set of silver tableware, but also a latest model of shotgun produced by the Springfield Arsenal, begging for a living in the central region, if you don't have a gun, it is equivalent to looking for death.

The value of the cutlery and shotgun has exceeded $100, but Li Mu believes that he is not losing money, and it is more important to gain respect than anything else.

"You've done a good thing." Chu Xue is very satisfied with Li Mu's arrangement, there is a house and a field, and the wife and children are hot on the kang, this is the ideal of the Chinese.

"Haven't I done anything good before?" Li Mu's black face, of course, this is pretended, and there is no deterrent effect for Chu Xue.

"Yes, you have done a lot of good things, but none of them are as great as this one." First snow has its own measure.

"Sister Chuxue, do you want to come over and rest for a while?" Sandy led Pan to the next level, and in the distance Gloria was feeding the fish with breadcrumbs in the Lake Pavilion.

Unlike Chu Xue, who insisted on working after pregnancy, Gloria after pregnancy simply treated herself like porcelain from the Qing Kingdom, and ate every day except for sleeping, and the whole person gained weight at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This shows that Gloria has a good body, Chu Xue vomited in the dark when she was just pregnant, and Gloria was like no one all day long, and the morning sickness god did not exist at all.

"Pan, stay away from me." Although Li Mu kept reminding Pan that his health condition was fine, Chu Xue still felt fear in his heart, knowing that Pan was fed by Chu Xue at the beginning.

"Don't worry, it's okay, it's okay." Gloria also beckoned Hatsuyuki to come over and sit down.

"Let's go, you can just exchange your pregnancy experience-" Li Mu helped Chuxue to walk in the direction of Huxin Pavilion, and Sandy followed behind Li Mu, her big eyes flickering and sparkling amazingly.

"I'm going to put some tropical fish in another day, and the gray carp is ugly and dead." Gloria casually kneaded the bread, crumbs falling from between her fingers to the water, each one attracting several fish to scramble.

"It's delicious, haven't you ever eaten sweet and sour carp, how do you feel?" Li Mu doesn't want to put tropical fish in, how good the carp is, it can be eaten, and it can also change the ecological environment, in the last life, the American carp was a disaster, and in this life, because there are so many Chinese, it is estimated that it is difficult for the little carp to turn over, and it is already very face-saving if you don't eat the extinction.

"It's delicious, well, let's eat fish at noon, shall we?" Chu Xue immediately began to drool, after all, it was consumed by two people, and it was normal to be hungry easily.

"No problem." Li Mu agreed quickly, anyway, there are chefs on Governor's Island, and they are Chinese chefs, so Li Mu doesn't need to cook himself.

"Lily, you've got to keep in shape, you look fatter than me right now." The relationship between Chu Xue and Sister Gloria is good, and they usually get along like a family, and the similar mocking tone can only be regarded as ridicule.

"Fatter than you? Hahahaha - are you trying to laugh at me? Gloria glanced at the first snow, and the envy in her eyes flashed.

Although the children in Gloria and Chu Xue's wombs are Li Mu's, the first child will definitely be pampered more, which is very obvious in Will's family.

Speaking of which, in fact, Gloria has regrets in her heart, of course, if Gloria is pregnant first, it will be perfect.

"Am I fat?" Hatsuyuki couldn't help but laugh as she looked at Gloria, who was almost rolling on the ground, looking down at her belly - well, it was indeed a little fat, and she couldn't see her toes anymore.

"Okay, you can't laugh right now." Li Mu reminded Chu Xue that pregnant women should avoid being emotional, and it is not good to be too happy or too sad.

Chu Xue still lowered her head and did not respond to Li Mu.

Li Mu felt that something was wrong, and when he looked at the first snow, sweat was already oozing out of his forehead.

"Sister Chuxue, what's wrong with you?" Sandy also noticed that Hatsuyuki was abnormal, and came over to hold Hatsuyuki's other arm.

"Doctor—" Li Mu immediately called for help.

In a few moments, doctors and nurses in white coats roared in with a flatbed cart, and they had been staying nearby and ready at all times, this was their only job.

"Sister, what's wrong with Sister Chuxue?" Sandy looked at the first snow that was pushed away, and her voice trembled a little.

Gloria didn't answer, pursed her lips, there was a hint of envy and gloom in her eyes, but in an instant Gloria came back to her senses, and pulled Sandy with her skirt and followed, her movements were very vigorous: "We have to hurry, the first snow is about to give birth-"

These words—

It's also a pun.