The Guan family enjoyed another extremely lavish dinner.
Compared to their warm and happy life, the Zhang family's situation was much worse.
Zhang Dakai brought his family back to the guesthouse, and they had to book several more rooms before they could find enough room.
After a long day of work, they were exhausted and hungry.
Zhang Zhibo kept insisting on having dinner.
Zhang Jiajun and Ye Xiangying then led their group to the state-run hotel.
But by this time, the state-run hotel had already closed.
Left with no other choice, Zhang Jiajun had to take his entire family to a colleague's house for a meal.
However, in this planned economy era, everyone's food rations were fixed.
He suddenly brought so many people to the door, without carrying any food, and his colleague's wife immediately became unhappy.
They didn't give us any face at all, and just waved their hands, saying they had no food at home.
At this time, supply and marketing cooperatives, grocery stores, grain stores, and other shops are all closed.
The Zhang family really didn't know where to get dinner.
So they had no choice but to return to the guesthouse hungry.
The family began to complain that the Guan family members were cold-blooded and ruthless.
Zhang Dakai was smoking inside the room, one cigarette after another, his face full of melancholy.
After a while, Zhang Jiajun came over.
After exchanging a glance, the father and son went to another room together.
When there were only the two of them in the room, Zhang Jiajun said, "Dad, the Guan family refuses to give us the gold, so we have no way to charter a plane. We're running out of time. If we don't get out of here soon, I don't know what we'll face."
As he spoke, he lit a cigarette for himself.
Zhang Dakai exhaled a puff of smoke before sighing, "I thought we were all in the same boat as the Guan family, but who knew that Guan Wanxin was such a ruthless woman!"
At this critical moment, she actually tried to shake us off. Did she think she would be safe by doing so? If my information is accurate, once the higher-ups make a decision, the Guan family will definitely suffer.
Zhang Jiajun didn't want to hear these words.
He now wanted to know if Zhang Dakai had any other channels to obtain gold and silver!
He and his partner both have jobs, and over the years they have saved several thousand yuan.
But this amount of money is far from enough.
They want to charter a plane, and they need at least a box of gold and a box of silver.
Once they arrive abroad, they still need money to "grease palms" in order to survive.
The few thousand yuan they have in their pockets can't even leave the country, let alone be used to bribe those people abroad!
Gold is a hard currency.
If his father can't get it done, their whole family's hopes of going abroad will be dashed.
So he was very anxious at the moment. "Dad, you have to think of a way quickly. If the Guan family wants to stay here and wait to die, then let them stay here. We have to leave."
At this point, he suddenly thought of something, and hope rose in his eyes. "Dad, since Guan Wanxin won't hand over the gold willingly, why don't we take a risk?"
Zhang Dakai paused, then turned to look at him. "You mean...steal?"
Zhang Jiajun's eyes were sinister. "Besides this method, do you have any other methods, Dad? I don't believe what she just said. Dad, you know better than anyone how much wealth the Guan family has."
Guan Wanxin must have hidden those gold and silver treasures somewhere; we must find them!
Only with those things can our family go abroad and live there.
Zhang Dakai gritted his teeth and remained silent for a long while.
Just as Zhang Jiajun was about to continue persuading him, he put out his cigarette and made up his mind:
"Alright, I'll listen to you! If she doesn't give it to me willingly, then I'll have to take it myself. During the war years, I did so much for the Guan family, so it's only right that I take two chests of gold and two chests of silver."
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The next day, after Guan Wenru woke up, she took out a lot of breakfast from her space.
The family was very satisfied with their meal.
After Guan Yuanxiu and Qin Yue went to the school, Guan Wanxin and Guan Wenru took Guan Hongqi to the recruitment office.
Grandpa He has already spoken to the people at the recruitment office.
Upon Guan Hongqi's arrival, the person in charge took Guan Hongqi to undergo a physical fitness test.
After confirming that Guan Hongqi's physical fitness was up to standard, they had him fill out various enlistment forms.
Before they arrived, Grandpa He had already delivered Guan Hongqi's political and vetting documents.
So after Guan Hongqi filled out the form, the procedures were completed very quickly.
He is now a complete greenhorn in the army.
I will set off with the main group in 5 days.
The person in charge did not specify which direction they were going, presumably to prevent Guan Hongqi from leaking the information.
After informing Guan Hongqi of the meeting point, the person in charge told Guan Hongqi to go home first and spend these five days with his family.
After leaving the recruitment office, the Guan family went straight to the army family compound where the He family lived.
Grandpa He and Grandma He were already waiting.
Upon seeing the three of them arrive, the two immediately greeted them with smiles and invited them into their home.
Grandma He took Guan Wanxin's arm and said, "My dear sister, we're finally in-laws! Thank you for raising Wenru so well. It's truly a blessing for the He family that my son was able to marry her."
Guan Wanxin smiled and said, "Yanzhi is a good kid. He became a regimental commander at such a young age. He is capable and responsible. I feel at ease entrusting Wenru to him."
The two elderly people exchanged compliments and a few words. After that, Guan Wanxin asked Guan Hongqi to pour tea for Grandpa He.
Guan Hongqi immediately understood. He poured himself a cup of tea and handed it to Grandpa He, saying, "Grandpa He, thank you for giving me the opportunity to join the army."
Grandpa He smiled and took the teacup. "Alright, alright, Grandpa just told someone that you met all the requirements to join the army. You don't need to say such polite things to Grandpa in the future. But Grandpa still wants to tell you that since you've joined the army, you must act like a soldier and obey the organization's arrangements!"
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