Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Jinjiang Solo
"Our country is now equivalent to a gold mine buried underground. Sooner or later, gold will shine and attract everyone to grab it. Foreign countries will not give up such a large market in our country, and what I have to do is to grab the biggest piece before they come in, rather than letting those foreigners make most of the money from our people."
There was light in Zhang Mengzhi's eyes, and his choice of a university in this city was not an impulsive decision.
It was a decision he made after careful consideration, as he has the best connections here.
If one starts to develop from the place he is most familiar with, he will not be restricted, because here he will get the greatest support and will not be suppressed by the locals.
As a local industry, he believes that the local government will support him. When outsiders and locals open stores at the same time, it is clear who the local government will choose. After all, this is in line with China's national conditions.
"He's ambitious. Third brother, your son is incredible! He's better than my son."
Zhang Deshuang works in the capital, so he naturally knows more than the average person.
He actually heard a little about the country's next plan, so after listening to Zhang Mengzhi's plan, he couldn't help but praise it.
Not everyone has foresight. After all, his cousin does not have foresight.
"De Shuang, he's still young! Just listen to it, don't take it seriously."
Father Zhang does not have the ability of his cousin and just thinks his son is bragging. Since the country does not allow the emergence of individual businesses, he naturally would not take his son's words seriously.
How could business be so easy? His father-in-law was just a housekeeper for a big boss.
"Third brother, you don't understand."
Zhang Deshuang looked at his cousin and shook his head helplessly.
Sure enough, Meng Zhi’s success had little to do with his cousin, but rather with his nephew’s own abilities.
"Okay, okay, okay. I don't understand and I don't care about him. Is that okay?"
Mr. Zhang knew that he had no ability and did not understand his son's affairs, so he did not intend to interfere.
In this respect, he is better than most fathers.
"Third brother, you are right. Meng Zhi has a promising future, so don't worry about his affairs. Just wait for him to enjoy his life in his old age."
This is also the reason why Zhang Deshuang is satisfied with his third brother. He never interferes in matters he does not understand, and ends up hindering his son.
"Dad, second dad, eat some vegetables."
Zhang Mengzhi picked up some food for the two of them and let them continue talking. They didn't need to eat today.
The specific situation will have to wait until the country opens up to individual businesses. It will be useless to say more now.
"Okay, okay, eat."
Mr. Zhang invited everyone to eat and stopped talking about his son.
After dinner, Zhang Deshuang slept in Zhang Mengzhi's room.
Zhang Mengzhi moved to her parents' room and slept with her father, while Zhang's mother went to sleep in her daughter's room.
The two nephews, Xiaoyu, sleep with Dad Zhang and uncle, and Xiaoshuang sleeps with grandma and aunt.
As for Zhang Mengyao and Xia Dayong, after finishing their meal, they helped their mother and sister clean up the dishes and then returned to Xia's house.
"Hey, why don't you come back after dinner at Zhang's?"
Mrs. Xia looked at her eldest son and daughter-in-law and said with an unhappy look on her face.
"Mom, we are very tired and need to rest."
Xia Dayong put one hand on the door to stop Mrs. Xia from entering, and spoke to her calmly.
"How dare you talk to me like that? I'm your mother, what's wrong with me saying a few words to you?"
Hearing the impatience in her son's tone, Mrs. Xia became even angrier.
She is the only authority in the family, but she can't control her eldest son or her eldest daughter-in-law.
The mother-in-law is very powerful at home, but apart from getting some advantage when the family was divided, she didn't get any advantage at all from her eldest son and daughter-in-law.
Although the Zhang family is just an ordinary working-class family, the son of the Zhang family is not to be trifled with.
The Zhang family is a big family in their city. Many members of the Zhang family live in the city, and there are members of the Zhang family in every job position.
Even if they are not from the same clan, as long as they are connected as a clan, they are still members of the Zhang family.
As long as you have the surname Zhang, you are from the same clan.
Therefore, offending a person with the surname Zhang is equivalent to offending the Zhang family of the same clan in the city.
Zhang Mengzhi is the only college student in the Zhang family. They didn't dare to provoke him before, and now they dare not do anything that would make Zhang Mengzhi unhappy.
Therefore, Mrs. Xia only dared to talk about it but didn't dare to take any action.
"Mom, Dayong and I are going to take a nap. We still have to go to my parents' house to do some work in the afternoon! You can't just watch Dayong and I sleep, can you?"
Seeing that Mrs. Xia was using her status as a mother to pressure Xia Dayong, Zhang Mengyao left her husband behind and faced her mother-in-law in person.
"snort."
Seeing her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xia snorted coldly and left.
She didn't talk to Zhang Mengyao, and whenever she was unhappy, she would say she wanted to go back to her parents' home to see her brother.
She had personally experienced Zhang Mengzhi's bad mouth, and even now some people around their family still say that she is not a good mother-in-law and only bullies her daughter-in-law.
Although it is true, Mrs. Xia still has some dignity to save.
People still remember what happened a few years ago. How could Mrs. Xia dare to call Zhang Mengzhi over?
"You see, he is afraid of Meng Zhi."
Zhang Mengyao said to her husband after her mother-in-law left.
"Pfft, this little brother is really awesome."
Xia Dayong couldn't help laughing when he thought about the verbal battle between his brother-in-law and the Xia family after he got married.
"Mengzhi has been able to talk and put things on people since he was little."
Zhang Mengyao thought of those people who went to their house to take advantage but were scared away by Zhang Mengzhi's few words. She will never forget how Mengzhi, who was only a few years old, protected the whole family.
The family had no shortage of food and drink during those years, thanks to Meng Zhi who drove away all the people who came to the house to ask for money.
Originally, the Zhang family only had the salary of Zhang's father. He not only had to support his wife and two children, but also the daughter left by his eldest brother-in-law, and even his parents-in-law.
So many mouths to feed depend on Zhang's father's salary. If Zhang Mengzhi hadn't been managing the finances carefully behind the scenes, they might not all be able to survive and live well.
The children are not sick and the elderly parents are safe and sound. How wonderful it is!
It can be said that all of this is inseparable from Zhang Mengzhi. Therefore, everyone who has dealt with the Zhang family knows that the most difficult person to deal with in the Zhang family is not the elders, but the young Zhang Mengzhi.
"No more talking, let's get some sleep first, we still have to go to my parents' house to help when we get up."
Xia Dayong made the bed and said to his wife.
"Um."
Zhang Mengyao lay on the bed and fell asleep soon.
Xia Dayong didn't sleep, but packed some food at home and planned to take it to his parents-in-law.
If you keep it at home, people will always be thinking about it, so you might as well take it to your parents-in-law's house and eat it together!
After Xia Dayong and Zhang Mengyao left, Mrs. Xia quietly climbed in through the window with the help of her youngest son, but did not find anything to eat at home.
She didn't dare touch other things because Zhang Mengyao would get angry if she did, and then it would be she and her little son who would be embarrassed.
"Mengzhi, here."
Zhang Deshuang took out a notebook and a pen and handed them to him.
"Second dad?"
Zhang Mengzhi looked at the word "hero" written on the pen and knew that the pen was not cheap.
"This is what I gave you. This is what your eldest father gave you."
Zhang Deshuang took out another box, opened it and saw a watch inside.
"You are an adult now. This watch is a gift from your great father to you."
"Thank you, Daddy, Daddy."
Zhang Mengzhi took the watch and pen, and the brand new notebook was just right for him to use to write down recipes.
"Work hard, and come to me and your dad if you need anything."
Zhang Deshuang really thinks highly of this cousin, so he is willing to help him.
"good."
Zhang Mengzhi did not refuse. He knew that if he really wanted to develop a business empire, he would definitely need the support of his elders, so he had no intention of separating from the Zhang family from the beginning.
The next morning, after Zhang Mengzhi and Zhang Deshuang had breakfast, they took a car to the countryside.
"Is this Lijia Town?"
Zhang Deshuang walked on the street of Lijia Town, frowning at the dilapidated streets. Unlike the brick and tile houses in the city, most of the houses here are thatched houses, and there are few brick and tile houses.
"Well, this place is too far from the city, even farther than our hometown."
It took them a whole day's bus ride to reach Lijia Town.
“Everyone is having a hard time right now.”
Even in the capital, not everyone has enough to eat.
"Dad, I asked, Xiangyang Village is still ten miles away from Lijia Town. It's already past four in the afternoon. By the time we find someone to take us to Xiangyang Village, it will be evening."
Zhang Mengzhi took the note to ask the residents in the town, and came back after getting the news.
"Then we'll stay in town for one night and go again tomorrow."
Zhang Deshuang made the decision immediately.
"good."
The two went to the guesthouse in the town, which was old and dilapidated like the other buildings in the town. At best, it was better than an ordinary house - it didn't leak.
"Second Dad, you take a rest. I'll go buy food."
There was a state-owned restaurant in the town, and the two of them brought lunch boxes with them, so they just went there to buy food.
"good."
Zhang Deshuang sat on the bed. The dirt road was too steep, and sitting in the car for a whole day almost broke him apart. He was indeed tired.
"Please order two meals."
After arriving at the state-owned restaurant, Zhang Mengzhi handed the food coupons and money to the waiter.
"What do you want?"
the waiter asked.
"One is twice-cooked pork, and the other is stir-fried vegetables."
One meat and one vegetable are just right with rice.
"Give."
The waiter handed back the change and two lunch boxes.
"Thanks."
Zhang Mengzhi took the lunch boxes and walked out of the state-owned restaurant with them.
"Isn't this kid from Lijia Town?"
When people who came to the state-owned restaurant to eat saw Zhang Mengzhi, they couldn't help but speak curiously.
"No, there are no such pretty kids in our town. You can tell at a glance that they are from the city."
The waiter shook his head. Their town was not big and almost everyone knew everyone in the town.
Zhang Mengzhi looked unfamiliar, and his clothes were better than everyone else's, so it was immediately apparent that he was not from Lijia Town.
"I heard that two strangers came to the guesthouse in town. It should be him."
An informed source said.
"It seems so."
Both the diners and the employees of the state-owned restaurant agreed unanimously.
Zhang Mengzhi walked on the street, and more and more people looked at him. Although he looked calm, he couldn't help but grumble in his heart.
Are the people in Lijia Town too gossipy? Why are they always staring at me?
Fortunately, the guesthouse was not far from the state-owned hotel, and Zhang Mengzhi quickly returned to the room where he and Zhang Deshuang were temporarily staying.
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