"I heard that the First Department Store has set up a separate counter for gold jewelry. Uncle Dayi even went to queue up when he heard the news."
Zhang Guoqing looked at his youngest son speechlessly. "Do I need your reminder?" Dayi, that kid, always comes home to show off whenever something happens. Look how he's corrupted his son!
He knew even more. On the opening day, the crowds were packed, mostly for fun, with few actually spending any money.
This also shows that after the end of the Great Revolution, people's pursuit of life has changed a lot. It is no longer limited to food, clothing and daily necessities, but has begun to pursue spiritual goals.
But it's still too early, we have to wait a little longer. But he can buy his wife some beautiful coats first, so that she can wear them beautifully later.
"Let's go first. You can go watch a movie when you have time." After saying this, Miao Lishan asked everyone to leave. Her daughter Jiaojiao would be shy if she said too much.
So the group hurriedly got on the car and drove away, leaving Zhang Guoqing, who was laughing secretly, and pulled Zhou Jiao into the car.
This car was given to him by his superiors, but he is not used to being picked up by a driver and prefers to drive himself. Although he has not bought any gold jewelry for his wife before, he has not forgotten to give her a little surprise.
Occasionally, I would take my wife home from get off work, and occasionally take her to pick some flowers...
Can a little kid understand the fun of this?
Looking out the window, Wuyi stopped smiling and fell into deep thought. His right hand subconsciously patted his knees, once, twice...
Zhou Xiaozheng couldn't ignore this rhythm even if he wanted to. It seemed that he was going to cause trouble again.
He glanced at Liuyi out of the corner of his eye again.
—He echoed his grandmother absentmindedly. If you looked closely, you could hear the fingers of his left hand tapping against his leg from time to time.
A gleam of light flashed in Zhou Xiaozheng's eyes, and he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
It was just as he expected!
When he got home, he went straight into the study first. Looking at the three little tails following closely behind him, he calmly took off his military cap and put it on the desk, loosening the discipline button.
The four generations of grandparents and grandchildren took their seats silently as if they were in a battle. They watched Aunt Chen, who brought the tea, leave through the door and close it, and they glanced at each other.
Ping An raised his chin towards Wuyi.
Wuyi's lazy body immediately tensed up when he saw this. He sat up straight and looked at Zhou Xiaozheng. He smiled before saying anything: "Grandpa, there's something I need your advice on."
Zhou Xiaozheng calmly picked up the tea, without looking up, and asked casually, "Didn't we discuss it last night?"
"Hey, Grandpa, you're not being honest."
Zhou Xiaozheng laughed when he heard this. With this naughty boy around, he knew he couldn't drink a single sip, or he would be embarrassed. "Go ahead, your grandpa is all ears."
"Look, besides my eldest brother having to take the college entrance exam, my younger brother and I have plenty of time, don't we?"
Well, that's right. He's always the younger brother when it comes to serious matters. He usually calls him "idiot, idiot". But Zhou Xiaozheng doesn't want to take the bait at this moment. He wants to see what the three brothers have planned.
"Bored? Okay, I'll arrange for you to go to the military camp."
Wuyi looked at his expression and chuckled again, "Grandpa, can we have a discussion? Let's get straight to the point."
Zhou Xiaozheng looked at him with interest, then looked at the other two children, and nodded slightly with reserve.
Seeing his action, the three brothers smiled at each other and immediately sat up straight. It was Wuyi who spoke first: "We want to do a big business."
As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and said, "We have the initial funding. Now I just want to confirm with you whether it will have any impact on our family."
Zhou Xiaozheng put down his teacup and tapped the table with his right fingers. "Speak!"
“Purchase antiques and cultural relics!”
Zhou Xiaozheng pondered for a moment, then asked, "Who proposed first?"
The three brothers were not going to hide anything from him, so Wuyi replied, "Me! Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times. Even the country has opened a gold jewelry counter, and now they are discussing wrongful convictions."
Zhou Xiaozheng understood the hidden meaning of his grandson's words. As someone in his position, he had a very clear understanding of the country's current situation.
Just like the resumption of the college entrance examination this time, why did he vote in favor?
During these ten years, many genuine enemies were apprehended, but there were also deliberate frame-ups. Was this right or wrong? That is for future generations to judge.
But one thing cannot be denied.
During this decade, not only did a large number of talents and experts from various industries fall through the cracks, but the ten-year suspension of the college entrance examination also delayed the cultivation and continuation of talents, leading to the current talent gap and lack of successors.
And the issue of wrongful convictions mentioned by my grandson.
With the rehabilitation of some people, discussions have begun at the meeting. Although there are still different opinions, the public opinion is in favor of the minority, and the outcome will be the majority.
Thinking of the performance of several colleagues at the meeting, Zhou Xiaozheng frowned, then unfolded it and looked at Wuyi with satisfaction, "Apart from not being able to let the precious cultural relics flow overseas from your hands, there is no impact."
"We all understand this."
"Grandpa, we're not just doing this for the money. If we really wanted to make money, with our family's status, we could just raise our hands a little bit and there would be people eager to show their respect."
Ping'an and Liuyi nodded in agreement.
"Before, the three of us traveled a lot across China and discovered that many places and people simply didn't recognize treasures. We saw Ming and Qing dynasty official kilns used as pickle jars, precious copper coins punched with holes to make shuttlecocks, and there were also many scrap recycling stations... How shameful it is to see these things go to waste like this!"
Zhou Xiaozheng laughed and shook his hand to stop him. If he let this kid keep talking, there would be no end to it. Couldn't he have known that all this was just foreshadowing?
"Did you look at the big yard today and want to decide on the venue?"
Wuyi rubbed his head, showing his eight white teeth, and smiled ingratiatingly, "Did you guess it?"
Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at him. If he couldn't even see through this, then he was really wasting his time. The next question was whether he could choose a few more retired military dogs.
If he guessed correctly, the so-called funds were there, and there was also a small business that was not mentioned. He was ambitious, but he didn't want to ask for help from adults.
"Grandpa, when we go to adopt a military dog, can we go with you? These animals are just like people; they need to be together and have a sense of fate, right?"
Zhou Xiaozheng looked at Wuyi's cunning eyes, suppressed his smile, and did not let him down. He decisively agreed and then asked, "Is the funding sufficient?"
"Enough..." Before he could finish his sentence, Wuyi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Grandpa, we didn't do anything illegal. We just took advantage of the price gap between the north and the south to make a little money."
After hearing what he said, what else did Zhou Xiaozheng not understand?
He was about the same age back then, carrying wild ginseng with him to the sea market to earn a fortune. If he hadn't chosen to join the army, he would have no problem getting rich.
He is indeed worthy of being his grandson!
"Since last year, the seven of us, my uncle from the Northeast, Wang Qingjin from the Northwest, Yi Xiaowei from the South, Gong Bo from Hai City, and my three brothers, have been tinkering with it a few times..."
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