After the banquet, the entire Sun family stood at the door to see the guests off.
"We apologize for the poor hospitality... Thank you for coming..."
"Take care on your journey... Welcome back next time..."
"Director Sun, you're too kind. Please wait a moment..."
...
At the main gate, such words continued to rise and fall, until finally, only Secretary Hu from the Ministry of Metallurgy remained.
Sun Zhengguo was a little curious; Secretary Hu must have something waiting for him.
"Secretary Hu, what's going on...?"
"Director Sun, I have a personal matter to discuss regarding your research and development of the rolling mill. Vice Minister Bai has already followed the proper procedures to recommend you for commendation, but the higher authorities...?"
Upon hearing Secretary Hu mention this, Sun Zhengguo instantly understood his intention.
"It's alright, Secretary Hu. As expected, it's probably just two more certificates of honor."
"Hehehe!" Secretary Hu laughed awkwardly. "Director Sun, we did try to get you commended, but since the higher-ups didn't respond, there's nothing we can do."
But please rest assured, Vice Minister Bai specifically asked me to bring you some things as compensation.
As he spoke, Secretary Hu took an envelope out of his bag and handed it to Sun Zhengguo.
“Alright! Then thank Vice Minister Bai for me.” Sun Zhengguo accepted the gift without even thinking.
After all, he knows his own situation best. It's not that Vice Minister Bai didn't try his best, but rather that he was held back by his age.
Seeing that Sun Zhengguo was not angry, Secretary Hu was relieved and then took his leave.
After seeing all the guests off, Sun Zhengguo rubbed his cheeks and returned to the courtyard.
Lin Wencui, the mother, has already arranged for someone to clean up the table, and the backyard has been given to the neighbors to clean up.
As for the middle and front yards? Those were cleaned up by family relatives and Aunt Chen.
After all, there are a lot of leftovers, and our own family needs them too, so we definitely can't let outsiders have them.
Seeing her son return to the hospital, Lin Wencui walked over and said with concern.
"Zhengguo, you didn't drink too much, did you? Come inside and have a cup of strong tea, Xiaowei and the others just brewed it."
"It's alright, Mom, this little bit of wine is nothing."
"Go on, go on! There's nothing for you to do here, Mom's fine here."
"Oh well!"
Sun Zhengguo nodded and went inside.
Inside the main room of the Sun family, things had been quickly cleared out. The gentlemen who had been drinking at the table were now sitting there drinking tea, trying to sober up.
After all, some of them have to go to work later.
When Sun Dajiang saw his son walk in, he quickly moved aside to make room for him.
"Zhengguo is here. Please sit down. I have something to tell you."
"What is it, Dad? Why do you have to tell me now?"
Sun Zhengguo didn't stand on ceremony. He sat down, picked up an untouched teacup, and started drinking.
“Zhengguo, what I want to say is about the distribution of the money given as gifts today. After all, we will have to repay favors in the future. Whoever has a relationship with us in our family should take the money.”
Hearing his father say that, Sun Zhengguo just smiled.
"We'll talk about this when we get back tonight, but I'm quite curious, how much money did you collect in total?"
“Uh…?” Sun Dajiang was taken aback. He hadn’t expected his son to have this side to him, but he still told the truth.
"Zheng Hong has done the math. Leaving aside the gifts, the monetary gifts alone amount to 2,685 yuan."
"Wow, so much! If I did this all the time, wouldn't I be rich by now? Hahaha!"
Sun Zhengguo rarely made a joke, but he knew that the favors involved would need to be repaid, and it wasn't that simple.
The people inside chatted for a while, then Sun Zhengguo finished his cup of tea, glanced at his watch, and prepared to go to work.
Since Grandpa and Grandma aren't leaving today, and my brother and his wife are in the house, they can keep them company.
"Zhengnan, let's go to work."
"Okay, bro!"
Seeing that Sun Zhengguo was about to leave, Zhou Weimin and his wife, as well as Sun Dahe, followed him.
Seeing this, Sun Dajiang also prepared to go to work, leaving the house entirely in the care of his youngest son.
Upon arriving at the research institute, Sun Zhengguo first toured the premises. Only after confirming that everything was normal did he return to his office with peace of mind.
Then he suddenly remembered the envelope that Secretary Hu had given him, which he hadn't read yet!
So he took the envelope out of his pocket and poured its contents onto the table.
"So it was an industrial ticket."
Sun Zhengguo didn't pay any attention to the thick stack of industrial invoices on the table.
He can issue a dozen or so of these tickets a month, which isn't particularly valuable, just not as many as the ones on the table.
"Huh! What's this?"
Sun Zhengguo quickly pulled out one of the tickets because it looked different from the others and seemed vaguely familiar.
"TV ticket! I see."
"Well! I knew Vice Minister Bai wouldn't be so stingy as to only compensate me with some industrial vouchers. Turns out the real prize was in there!"
Looking at the TV ticket in his hand, Sun Zhengguo couldn't help but sigh.
You should know that these TV tickets are not only expensive, but also extremely rare, at least for now. Most people have never even seen one.
This proves that Vice Minister Bai genuinely wanted to make amends to himself this time.
After glancing at them a few more times, Sun Zhengguo carefully put the receipts back into the envelope, placed them in his bag, and decided to deal with them when he got home.
Then he made himself another cup of tea before he officially started working.
...
In the evening, when Sun Zhengguo returned to the courtyard, a number of people had already gathered there, including relatives from his hometown and his cousins who were working in the city.
"My cousin is back."
...
"I'm back."
Seeing his younger cousins greeting him, Sun Zhengguo smiled and nodded, then walked into the house.
The children who were watching TV inside all shouted when they saw Sun Zhengguo come in.
"dad.…"
"uncle.…"
"Hey! You're all good kids, keep watching!" Sun Zhengguo smiled, put down his briefcase, and decided to sit down and watch TV with the children.
After a while, Lin Wencui saw that everyone had returned, so she called the family to have dinner.
So, three small tables were filled up, and everyone enjoyed their dinner together.
After finishing dinner, we quickly tidied up the housework, and the rest of us went to watch TV.
Meanwhile, the Sun family went to the next room to settle their gift money.
Whoever has the relationship with you takes the money so they can repay the favor later.
Finally, after a statistical analysis, it was found that more than half of the relationships were related to Sun Zhengguo.
Sun Dajiang and his wife were next, and Sun Zheng'an was last, almost none of them.
Sun Zhengguo had expected this distribution.
However, to avoid upsetting everyone, he didn't plan to distribute it that way.
"Mom and Dad, I have a suggestion. What do you think?"
"Then tell me what you think." Sun Dajiang looked at his son, puzzled, wondering what he was thinking.
Upon hearing this, Sun Zhengguo didn't stand on ceremony and said directly, "I'll take all the money, but I'll cover all the expenses for my brother's banquet this time. Zheng'an, you don't have any objections, do you?"
“This…?” Sun Zheng’an hesitated greatly. It wasn’t that this distribution was bad, but rather that he had gained an advantage, and a huge one at that.
“What, you disagree?” Sun Zhengguo asked in return.
"No, no, no, brother, why would I disagree? It's just that you'll be at a great disadvantage this way."
"Just tell me if you agree or disagree? Stop with all this nonsense."
Seeing that his older brother was serious, Sun Zheng'an immediately nodded, "Thank you, brother. I agree to this distribution plan."
Yu Li, fearing that Ning Xiaowei might object, quickly stepped forward as well.
"Brother, sister-in-law, let us give you some more money! Otherwise, we'll be taking advantage of you too much."
Upon hearing this, Sun Dajiang and his wife nodded in unison, indicating their agreement with the suggestion. They couldn't let their eldest son suffer a loss.
As for themselves, they didn't care.
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