Chapter 7 What He Is Looking For
"I knew... I would never be able to complete this mission."
Xiang Qianjin curled his lips, "Guess what my second mission is?"
"Let me turn off 'Monica'?" Gu Feihan said with a smile.
Xiang Qianjin was completely speechless.
"Well, stop talking. There's no hope! It's tragic. The gods are fighting and the little devil is suffering. If Uncle Gu scolds me when I get back, you have to bear the consequences for me."
He had been following Gu Feihan since he was a child, so naturally he knew Gu Feihan's temperament and character very well.
I just don't understand why this buddy didn't listen to the elders of the Gu family, but I was the one who got scolded! It has been like this since I was a child, and I still can't figure it out.
There is only one silver lining:
Although Second Uncle Gu and his father were of the same generation and rank...but! The little devil of the Gu family - Second Uncle Gu's younger brother Gu Feihan, was his good buddy! With Gu Feihan as a life-saving talisman, he should be able to escape the "group criticism" of the elders again.
Gu Feihan snorted, which was considered as his agreement.
When Xiang Qianjin mentioned the conflicts between him and his family, Gu Feihan couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.
He is a late-born son. Mr. Gu gave birth to him at the age of 48. The whole family dotes on him and has cultivated his character of being decisive in what he says and does.
Once he makes up his mind, eight horses cannot pull him back.
Fortunately, although he has a wild temper, he knows what is right and what is wrong.
He started his education at the age of four. When it was time for him to go to primary school, he had no proper education, so his mother, who had studied abroad, secretly taught him at home. Ten years later, he was admitted to the best high school in Beijing with the highest grade in the class. After graduation, he went to study in the United States.
After more than three years of stock trading in the United States, his careful analysis, decisive actions, and luck as a koi fish made him a member of the millionaire club.
After returning to China after completing his studies, everyone thought he would go into politics, but he yearned for the excitement of business activities.
He ignored his family's arrangements and opened the first large-scale disco "Monica" in Beijing.
It would have been fine if he had just stopped working in the government office, but as soon as "Monica" was turned on, the whole family was in an uproar.
His old father angrily denounced his decadent capitalist style and kicked him out of the house.
The two elder brothers also took a clear stand and resolutely drew a line in the sand, demanding that he close "Monica" within a certain period of time.
Only his mother and sister were left, and they could only contact him secretly through Xiang Qianjin.
Now he still has more than 2 million US dollars in his hands, and the cash flow brought by the popularity of "Monica". His stubbornness with his family is one thing, but it does not mean that he is obsessed with money.
It is true that stocks and discos can make money quickly, but there is no sense of accomplishment that comes from working hard for them.
This time I thought of going to the south, finding an industrial project to invest in, and working on it in a down-to-earth manner.
Gu Feihan looked out the window at the endless darkness and couldn't help but think of the poem that has been popular in recent years: "The night gave me black eyes, but I use them to look for light."
Having lived for more than twenty years, he had fought in many fights and read many books, but at this moment, there was a hint of confusion in his expectation. What was he looking for?... - No matter what Gu Feihan was looking for, Su Xiaoli was definitely looking for a fat and big wild duck.
The next day before dawn, she and Grandma Su went to the reed marsh beside the canal.
After Su Xiaoli's sweep yesterday, the wild ducks seemed to have become alert. They flapped their wings and flew away without waiting for anyone to approach.
Fortunately, Grandma Su was experienced and Su Xiaoli was agile. In half a morning, the two of them caught three ducks and picked up more than 40 wild duck eggs.
The grandparents and grandchildren discussed it and decided to leave some life for the remaining wild ducks. If they really killed them all, there would probably be no duck eggs to collect in the future.
The wild ducks that had been caught were stewed and sold as usual. Grandma Su bought strong liquor and salt from the supply and marketing cooperative and pickled all the duck eggs into salted duck eggs.
Su Xiaoli suddenly decided to buy some matches, sugar and other things, and cut a pound of fatty pork belly, intending to go to the countryside to exchange them for some agricultural products that could be processed.
She rode a borrowed bicycle, wobbling along the dirt road towards the countryside.
After riding for more than twenty miles, Su Xiaoli found the home of Su Yuhe, the former captain of the second team of Zhule Commune and now the village chief of Nanzhule Village.
In the early 1980s, the state implemented a policy of gradual transition from communes to township governments, and at the same time clearly pointed out that the "household contract responsibility system" should be implemented in rural areas.
Zhule Commune was originally formed by the union of six natural villages: East, South, West, North, Zhen, and Gao.
The second team is Nanzhule Village, and now it has been changed back. Su Yuhe has been the captain of the second team for many years and has a high prestige in Nanzhule Village. Now he continues to serve as the village chief.
Unfortunately, Su Yuhe was not at home today, nor did she go to work in the fields. Instead, she went to the only welfare home in the township.
Su Xiaoli handed the pork belly to Su Yuhe's wife, Aunt Wu, exchanged a few words of greeting, asked for the location, and went straight to the welfare home.
At this time, Su Yuhe was sitting in the gatehouse of the welfare home smoking silently.
The township set up this welfare home two years ago and appointed him to manage it. It's full of elderly people who are mentally retarded, blind, deaf, dumb, and widowed, and the county has not yet allocated funds.
The entire orphanage is so poor that it seems to be on the verge of falling apart.
Su Yuhe is worried here.
"Grandpa Su, you're here." Su Xiaoli parked his bicycle and greeted him.
"You are..." Su Yuhe looked up when she heard the voice and saw a pretty and well-behaved little girl standing in front of her. She didn't recognize who she was.
Su Xiaoli smiled and said, "Grandpa Su, I am Su Jianguo's daughter, Su Xiaoli. I went to your house to look for you, but Auntie said you were busy here."
"Oh, you are the girl who built the country. You have grown up so much. How is your grandma?" Su Yuhe suddenly became enthusiastic.
Speaking of Su Jianguo, he is very familiar with him.
The first college student in Nanzhule Village, after returning to the county, led his fellow villagers to build the Zhule Reservoir, which solved the major problem of spring drought and summer floods in this area that had existed for decades.
When Su Jianguo was admitted to university, it was Su Yuhe who organized the entire village, and each family contributed 30 or 50 cents to pool more than 30 yuan and a bag of sweet potato flour steamed bread to send him on the train.
Every time Su Jianguo returns to his hometown, he will visit Su Yuhe's house. The relationship between the two families is really good.
Four years ago, Su Jianguo passed away young. Later, Su Xiaoli's mother Zhang Yun remarried and moved to a neighboring county, and the interactions between the two families temporarily stopped.
Su Yuhe was as happy to see Su Xiaoli as if she were seeing her own grandson.
"Girl, why did you think of returning to the village today?"
He asked Su Xiaoli to sit down.
"Grandpa Su, I'm thinking of going to the village to collect some agricultural products, and I'd like to ask you to help promote it."
Su Xiaoli stated her purpose straight away.
Su Yuhe was surprised: "What's the matter, girl, you don't want to go to school?"
"No, no, I have to go to school. I can't bring shame to our village and my father. I'm working part-time to save some money for tuition."
Su Yuhe then nodded.
I told you, she is a college student's child, how can she not go to school?
(End of this chapter)
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