Chapter 180 Chapter 180 Father who favors sons over daughters (End)…
The market economy has had a dramatic impact on people's lives. Some people are restless and go with the flow, while others ride the wind and waves and go against the current.
Just as in the plot, Zhao Hongwei seized this opportunity, but even better. In just four months, his assets doubled every few days, driving everyone else to a state of drowsiness. Even Ma Xia could calmly comment, "Brother, you're rich, but Zhuozhuo is even richer."
The next second, his scream was muffled by his mouth, "Ahhhh, I witnessed the birth of two millionaires!!!"
Zhuozhuo tilted his head and looked at Ma Xia, who was jumping up and down like a monkey, and said curiously: "Uncle Ma is rich, but also sick?"
Everyone: “…”
How can Zhuozhuo, who loves money the most, be so calm!
Even 9972 was a little moved. [Baby, Zhao Hongwei's assets are ten times what they were at the same time in the storyline. Yours are twice as much! You earned all of this bit by bit. I saw you earn it with my own eyes! Woohoo, baby, you're awesome. I'm so proud.]
"oh."
Zhuozhuo responded calmly. After saving enough to buy a bigger house, the extra money was just a number to him. He couldn't quite understand the increasingly frantic emotions beneath the adults' forced calm faces.
He yawned uncontrollably, his eyes were slightly dead, and his whole body exuded a strong desire to sleep.
For the past few months, everyone had been working around the clock, practically ripping themselves in half to catch up to favorable policies. Zhuozhuo had practically slept on Zhao Hongwei's lap, having almost forgotten what a bed felt like. Now that the market was stabilizing, she and Zhao Hongwei had given everyone two days off, hoping to rest and prevent anyone from working themselves to death.
Zhuozhuo just wants to lie down on his bed and sleep, flat on his back, all day! Zhao Hongwei, hurry up and finish the meeting and send everyone away!
Zhao Hongwei came over with a stack of red envelopes and gave one to each person. "Thank you for your hard work during this period. This is a bonus. It's a little gift from Zhuozhuo and me. Don't think it's too little."
He held Zhuozhuo in his arms, letting her doze off against his shoulder. He looked at Wanhai and Wanping, "You should have some savings now. Would you like to consider investing? Although joining now won't bring the huge profits we had a while ago, I promise I won't let you lose money."
Wan Hai and Wan Ping exchanged a glance, and Wan Hai said, "Hong Wei, I've told you before that when Xiao Ping and I save up enough money, we'll definitely pester you."
"Okay, Zhuozhuo Ma Xia and I will do some inventory in the next two days and then add you guys!" Zhao Hongwei said with a smile, "After you go back, get a good night's sleep. When you have some free time, think about your respective developments. I'm planning to register a logistics company, and you'll all be responsible for a department. If you don't have any other ideas, we'll stick with the current division."
Ma Xia jumped up and raised his hand, "Brother, I'm in charge of transportation, I want to be the team leader!"
Now they have two semi-trailers and four small trucks, and they have hired a few drivers to drive with Ma Xia and Guo Qingshui. If there is anything, everyone will discuss it together, and there is no obvious hierarchy. After Ma Xia finished speaking, he suddenly thought of Guo Qingshui. He scratched his head in embarrassment, then looked at Zhao Hongwei firmly.
Guo Qingshui smiled cheerfully, his inner thoughts unspoken. Although he had been with Zhao Hongwei and his team for the past four or five months, he had a clear understanding of their closeness and distance, and he was content with that. He wouldn't compete with Zhao Hongwei's team.
Zhao Hongwei looked at Ma Xia calmly and said, "You drive too aggressively. Only Brother Guo can control you. Brother Guo is the team leader and you are the deputy team leader. When you can control your temper, then we can talk about other things."
Ma Xia was struck by lightning. He squatted on the ground with his head down, clutching his hair and wailing, "Then I will never be a team leader in my life."
Zhuozhuo was about to fall asleep when Ma Xia's howling woke her up. She puffed out her cheeks and sulked, but finally said in a baby voice, "Uncle Ma, after the New Year we are going to Beijing. You will be in charge of the Beijing team and you can be the team leader."
Ma Xia was ecstatic.
After the ecstasy, I felt a little uneasy. "Zhuozhuo, brother, can I do this? I'm afraid I'll mess it up."
If a new line is opened, Guo Qingshui definitely cannot go with them, so it will be only Ma Xia alone, and he is a little unconfident.
Zhao Hongwei was just thinking about how to encourage him when Zhuozhuo spoke in a baby voice, "If you can't do it, just practice. Uncle Ma, Zhuozhuo and Dad are ready and waiting for you."
With so much expected of him, Ma Xia suddenly felt the pressure. "Okay, I'll practice. Apart from eating and sleeping, I'll practice driving and studying routes. I'll also practice Tai Chi to calm my nerves. If I swear one more time, or get angry again, I'll watch a horror movie!"
Zhuozhu's eyes lit up, and he stood up and said, "Call me when you want to watch it!"
She went to see Ma Xia, who was so scared that he was screaming and howling, and crawling on the ground limply!
Ma Xia said stubbornly: "...There's no way I'll ever get the chance to watch a horror movie!"
“Yes.”
The devil Zhuo Zhuo said, "You were frightened and cried. Zhuo Zhuo took a picture of it with his camera."
Ma Xia gave in and admitted defeat, "Brother, take Zhuozhuo to bed quickly, his eyes are bloodshot."
This statement is completely groundless. Zhuozhuo can sleep for thirteen or fourteen hours a day in total, so where do the red bloodshot come from? At most there are some red marks on his face from being pressed.
Zhao Hongwei nodded and stood up, and the others also stood up and walked out. The first meeting of the makeshift team ended here.
After a long sleep, Zhuozhuo woke up to find Zhao Hongwei still asleep. She climbed out of bed, went to the bathroom, and read a storybook. Suddenly, the phone rang. Zhuozhuo stepped on a stool to answer it, whispering, "Hello, this is Zhao Hongwei's house. Who are you?"
"Is that Zhuozhuo? I'm your uncle. I'm looking for your father. Please let your father answer the phone."
Zhuozhuo said, "Dad is sleeping. Let your sister talk. Zhuozhuo will talk to your sister."
"What a waste of money! Zhuozhuo, go wake up your dad."
Zhuozhuo curled her lips and was about to hang up when Zhao Hongwei's voice rang out above her head, "Brother, this is Hongwei." He took the phone, lifted Zhuozhuo off the chair, patted her butt and told her to go play by herself.
Zhuozhuo ran to the bed, climbed into the car, pressed the start button, and drove around the house with a "beep beep" sound. He heard Zhao Hongwei refuse to return to the village, refuse to let someone from the fleet come to help, refuse to let them come to the county to take care of Zhuozhuo, and refuse to send Dabao to school in the big city.
"You can't do this or that. Do you really want me to kneel down and beg you? Zhao Hongwei! I'm your brother, Xiaoliang is your sister-in-law's younger brother, Dabao is your nephew, we're all your family! You pushed us all away. Do you expect your good brothers to spend their lives with you, or do you expect Zhuozhuo to wear mourning clothes and visit your grave to pay homage to you?"
Brother Zhao's roar came from the microphone, full of threats.
The sleepiness on Zhao Hongwei's face was replaced by icy anger, and there was even a hint of impatience between his brows. "Brother, I'm telling you this one last time. I won't consider getting married until Zhuozhuo reaches adulthood. If you send someone to my house again like last time, I'll call the police. Also, I work from dawn to dusk to make money, not to raise parasites. I don't want anyone who doesn't have the ability. I can take care of Zhuozhuo myself, so don't bother with her. I can't take care of Dabao. He's not my son, and I'm not a babysitter."
Zhao Hongwei hung up the phone with a grim expression.
A few months ago, Zhao Hongwei returned to the village and gave his eldest brother some money to buy a birth permit. Zhao's wife then began introducing him to girls from her family, but he always refused. But Zhao Hongwei hadn't expected them to find a small courtyard in the county town and hide a girl under the covers. That day, while he was in the main room, giving Wanhai some instructions, Zhuozhuo went back to sleep. When he lifted the covers, he saw a naked woman.
Zhao Hongwei was nearly mad with rage. After driving the men away, he took Zhuozhuo to a hotel that night and quickly bought a new yard as far away as possible the next day. Childhood experiences can affect a person forever. If Zhuozhuo developed a subconscious belief that women only slept with him for money, Zhao Hongwei wasn't sure if he would go crazy and kill everyone.
Just like how Zhao Hongwei killed all relevant characters in the storyline after his bottom line was crossed in the Small World Evolution, Zhao's brother and sister-in-law's actions also successfully touched his inner circle. Zhao Hongwei had originally planned to gradually distance himself from them, keeping his distance, but they kept plotting how to drain his blood and use Zhuo Zhuo.
People die for money. Zhao Hongwei had witnessed countless tragic incidents over the past few months, with brothers turning against each other and couples estranged because of money. He never underestimated the impact of greed. Instead of worrying about when they would come up with a plan to harm Zhuozhuo, it was better to strike first and prevent them from posing any further threat.
Zhuozhuo looked at Zhao Hongwei, who was lost in thought, and chuckled mischievously. He turned the steering wheel and the car "beeped" and bumped into Zhao Hongwei's legs. "Hahaha!"
She turned the steering wheel frantically, twisting her body and driving the car away.
"Zhuozhuo, you little rascal, you bumped into me again! Don't run!" Zhao Hongwei's dark thoughts were knocked out of his head. He shouted exaggeratedly, taking small steps to chase after him, and stretched out his arms to grab Zhuozhuo's hair and clothes. "I caught you, I caught you right away!"
“Ahhh!”
Zhuozhuo screamed and laughed, expertly dodging various obstacles like tables and chairs as he circled the room. He arrogantly turned around to look at Zhao Hongwei, who was "losing energy the more he chased me," and raised his chin provocatively, "You admit defeat, I won't chase you anymore."
The next second, the car's red lights flashed and it stopped, announcing, "Please charge in time, please charge in time, the phone is turned off."
shining:"……"
Zhao Hongwei laughed heartily, pounced forward with his hands raised, and dragged Zhuozhuo out of the car with a whine. "Little rascal, I finally caught you. What's the good punishment for you?... Make you carry the luggage when we go to Beijing!"
The capital city and the sea city are very different. The sea city is like a vibrant sapling, constantly changing with each passing day. The capital city is a strong and robust tree, encompassing everything.
Zhuozhuo, carrying a small green turtle-shaped backpack, sat in a breakfast shop, slowly sipping soy milk. Then, imitating the aunt at the next table, she dipped fried dough sticks in the soy milk. She took another sip of the soy milk; hmm, it tasted a little weird. She bit into the dough stick; it still tasted a little weird. But after swallowing it, she smacked her lips and found the aftertaste was rich and mellow, ready for another bite.
Bite after bite, he finished all the soy milk and fried dough sticks.
Zhao Hongwei took a piece of paper from the blazing green turtle bag and wiped her mouth. He carried her away and told her about the day's plans. "Let's find a place to stay first, and then go out and have fun."
Zhuozhuo nodded her head, looking around, too busy to stop. Suddenly, she pointed at a candy figurine stand on the side of the road and said, "Zhuozhuo wants that!"
Zhao Hongwei walked over immediately.
When he got there, he realized he had to spin the wheel after paying, choosing the pattern he wanted. Zhuozhuo took a look at the beautiful twelve zodiac animals, his eyes flicking past the largest and most majestic dragon without hesitation. He then murmured to the old man selling candy figurines, "Grandpa, can I have a five-pointed star?"
"Can."
The five-pointed star was super simple. The old man made a super large one, bigger than Zhuozhuo's face. The old man inserted a stick and handed it to Zhuozhuo, "Here you go."
The movements were so smooth that Zhuozhuo didn't even have time to utter a second sentence.
Zhuozhuo exclaimed, "Ah!" and took the five-pointed star. He stretched out his hand and gestured, "Grandpa, here is a small five-pointed star. Two stars together, Dad and Zhuozhuo."
As she spoke, she searched her pockets, ready to pay again.
The old man cheerfully said that it was not necessary, so he made some syrup and added a small star in the lower right corner of the big star.
"Thank you, Grandpa!" Zhuozhuo held up the star and licked it. It was so sweet! Resisting the urge to take a big bite, Zhuozhuo reached out to Zhao Hongwei, "Let's go, let's find a place to sleep. Zhuozhuo wants to take a picture of the star!"
In Zhao Hongwei's large backpack was the camera he had bought for Zhuozhuo. The little one was fascinated by photography, and he would carry the camera wherever she went.
They called a taxi and soon arrived at a quiet and beautiful neighborhood. Zhuozhuo looked around and said curiously, "This time the hotel is in someone else's house?"
Zhao Hongwei glanced at the map, then walked to a villa with Zhuozhu in his arms and said with a smile, "Does it look familiar?"
Zhuozhuo looked around the small building, the yard, and the fence in confusion. The more he looked, the more familiar it seemed. When he noticed a lush green tree in the yard, an idea suddenly struck him, and he exclaimed, "This is the house in the picture album!"
About a month ago, Zhao Hongwei suddenly brought a thick album and asked Zhuozhuo to pick his favorite house. Every house in the album was beautiful, with different decoration styles, and the pictures were clear and detailed, with details of almost every corner of the house.
Zhuozhuo was dazzled by the selection. After carefully choosing for several days, he finally chose this villa. The reason for this was because there was a flowering tree in the yard, the same tree that Zhao Hongwei had been fined ten yuan for picking flowers from. It was just that the flowers had fallen now, so Zhuozhuo hadn't recognized it at first.
Zhuozhuo didn't react yet and just said happily, "Zhao Hongwei, you found the house in the book! Zhuozhuo wants to take a picture of the house!"
"Don't worry, you can not only take pictures, but you can also live in it."
Zhao Hongwei took out a bunch of keys, opened the iron gate and walked in.
"Hey, we rented this house." Zhuozhuo asked curiously, "Is this a high-end hotel?"
"This is our home." Zhao Hongwei walked across the yard, climbed the steps, opened the door, put Zhuozhuo on the ground, and said with a smile, "Dad bought this place. We'll transfer the ownership later, and the property certificate will be in your name. Zhuozhuo, go take a look at your new house. If you're not satisfied, we can make some changes."
Zhuozhuo jumped for joy and cheered, "Dad bought a beautiful big house, the big house that Zhuozhu likes. This is Zhuozhuo and Dad's home!"
She couldn't help but share her joy with 9972, "Tongdong, this is Zhuozhuo and Daddy's home!"
9972 did not respond. Zhuozhuo only heard a rapid and nervous breathing. She was confused for a moment, but her attention was quickly diverted.
"The stars fell."
Because of Zhuozhuo's jumping, the little star sitting on the big star frame fell to the ground. She bent down to pick it up, but somehow she lost her balance and fell down.
The small body rolled down the steps and lay on the lawn.
"Zhuozhuo," Zhao Hongwei chased after her, about to pick her up, but froze mid-bend. His gaze fixed on her hair. A long wooden stick pierced her temples, blood flowing silently.
Zhao Hongwei's hands trembled, and he turned and rushed into the house, muttering, "Be careful..."
He rushed over to the table, grabbed the phone, and called the emergency number.
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