Chapter 50 Hong Kong Relatives
"Okay, then I'll go back and look in the various teams below to see if they have the names of the relatives." Director Guo accepted the task resignedly.
The investigator found the documents and handed them to Director Guo. "The relatives in Hong Kong who are looking for their relatives only say their surname is Ye. The relatives in mainland China are named Ye Changnian and Liu Guohua. You can go look for them."
"Well, then you wait for my news at the guesthouse."
Director Guo returned to the commune office with a gloomy face. Seeing him like this, the deputy director asked curiously, "What's wrong, Lao Guo? What did the investigator ask?"
Director Guo took the enamel cup from his desk in his office, sat down, and sighed, "Someone in Hong Kong is looking for relatives and has come to our commune. You said our commune is connected to Hong Kong. I really don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse."
The deputy director heard the news about Xiangjiang for the first time and put down the newspaper to ask, "Xiangjiang? Will the higher-ups agree?"
Director Guo said, "If you don't agree, can we take this job? The wind has really relaxed in the past two years. Come on, notify the village leaders to come to the meeting."
Captain Qin is the captain of Xiahe Village. Today he came to the commune for a meeting and found a seat to sit down as usual. He heard everyone whispering.
The leader of Shanghe Village nearby said to him, "Lao Qin, do you know why we had a meeting today?"
Captain Qin said, "How should I know?"
The head of Shanghe Village told him mysteriously, "I heard someone from Hong Kong is coming to our commune to look for relatives."
"What? Doesn't this mean he has overseas connections? How can there be such a person in our commune?" Captain Qin couldn't believe that there was such a person in Hetougou Commune. Just as he was thinking about this, Director Guo of the commune came in.
Director Guo found a place to sit in the middle, said a few polite words and then got down to business.
"I believe you all know the reason why I called you here today. A fellow Hong Konger wants to come back to look for his relatives and recently found our Hetougou Commune. I have a few words to tell you." Director Guo took a sip of water to give the people below some buffer time.
"In the past, people always talked about overseas relations and capitalist society. Let me correct you here. First of all, Hong Kong has been a territory of our China since ancient times. Therefore, our compatriots in Hong Kong are not overseas relations. We are one family with blood thicker than water. We are all Chinese. As for the problems of Hong Kong's capitalist society, capitalists are only a small part. The majority are ordinary people. We can't take the mistakes of capitalists and put them on the heads of ordinary people in Hong Kong. Okay, now I will write the names of the relatives in mainland China on the blackboard behind. You can all identify which village they are from."
Captain Qin was discussing with others whose relative this person was and didn't notice the name written on it. He wondered how something like this in Xiangjiang could be related to their Xiahe Village.
Suddenly, the team leader of Shanghe Village next to him asked him to look at the blackboard.
"Old Qin, look, is there anyone with the surname Ye in your village?"
Captain Qin took a look and thought he looked familiar. Wait! Isn't Ye Changnian the old man Ye?
"This seems to be from our village."
Xiangjiang, Xiahe Village! Oh my god, this is their relative from Xiahe Village.
When Captain Qin came out of the commune, he was still unconscious. Director Guo asked him to wait for a while, as an investigator from the province would go back with him to verify the situation.
Director Guo and Captain Qin stood together. Seeing his shocked expression, they smiled and said, "That's enough. The situation isn't that tense right now. The higher-ups have told us to admit it. As long as the Ye family is a poor peasant family, there's no problem. What are you worried about?"
Captain Qin said, "Director Guo, I'm still in shock. Our village is so poor, who would have thought that relatives from Hong Kong would come to visit us?"
Director Guo thought to himself, that's right. Not to mention Xiahe Village, even the whole province is poor. "Xiao Qin, do you know who this relative of the Ye family is?"
Captain Qin thought for a moment and said, "Director Guo, I really don't know, but the Ye family has a second son who has been missing for over forty years. Maybe it's him?"
When the investigators arrived, the three of them rode the commune's tractor to Xiahe Village together.
Aunt Miao, who was chatting at the village entrance, spotted the team leader at a glance and said, "Hey, look! The team leader came back today on a tractor."
An auntie nearby said, "It really is Captain Qin. Who are those two people next to him?"
The investigator came from the provincial capital, which is generally more developed than Qing County. It was the first time for the investigator to see such a poor village. He wondered if the people in Hong Kong would regret coming to recognize these poor relatives.
Xiahe Village is too poor now, and no matter how rich our relatives in Hong Kong are, they can’t help it.
Ye Lin didn't know what the investigator was thinking. No matter how poor a relative was, as long as he had good intentions, he would be able to help him get out of poverty. However, he now owed the stingy system more than 2 billion yuan, and he was really short of money.
The Li brothers were very efficient. They would go to the connection point for tea from time to time, forcing these good-for-nothings to urge the Luohu Port to look for someone. After a few days, they received a reply saying that the person had probably been found and the mainland was sending people to verify.
"Mr. Ye, this is really great news. Uncle Ye can rest in peace from now on." Li Tianqin congratulated Ye Lin sincerely.
"Thank you, Mr. Li. Otherwise, this matter wouldn't have been resolved so quickly."
"No, no, we didn't do much in this matter. It's all thanks to my dad's reputation. So, let's go to the mall together. I'll give my uncles a gift to show my appreciation." Li Tianqin picked up the briefcase and insisted on taking Ye Lin out shopping.
He received 1 million US dollars from Ye Sheng for this business. The money was too easy to make, and he felt uneasy about taking it. So he simply gave Ye Sheng a few more generous gifts while he found his family to appease his conscience.
"Mr. Li, you're too polite. How could I let you spend money?"
"It's just a small amount of money. I just want to show my appreciation. Mr. Ye has been very kind to my brother and me. This is nothing."
Ye Lin pretended to be unable to refuse and followed Li Tianqin. After all, he had no money at the moment, so it would be great if Boss Li paid for it.
Ye Lin was not sure about the character of the Ye family members over there, and showing off their wealth was not a good thing for the Ye family members in the mainland. His identity to the mainland was that of an ordinary Hong Kong citizen, so naturally he had to choose gifts of suitable prices.
Li Tianqin slapped his forehead and suddenly realized, "Yes, that's right, Ye Sheng is still thoughtful. Ye Sheng is an ordinary person now, so he has to buy ordinary goods."
The Li brothers put down the Tiffany high-end jewelry and the emerald pendant as big as an egg in their hands.
"Yes, this jade is not good, brother, let's go next door!"
The two of them turned around and ran to the counter next door selling gold jewelry and asked to buy twenty large gold bracelets.
Ye Lin, with Li Tianqin on his left hand and Li Gouqin on his right hand, dragged them to the second floor of the shopping mall, where there were finally no diamonds, jade, agate or gold.
He found that these two young men seemed to have a slightly distorted understanding of the prices of ordinary people.
Ye Lin earnestly educated the two, "Mr. Li, I know you two have good intentions, but we want to pick ordinary goods, that is, the kind of ordinary things that are not eye-catching."
"Are gold bracelets expensive?" Li Gouqin asked a silly question, and Li Tianqin also turned his head and looked at Ye Lin in confusion.
Ever since the two of them received this big business from Ye Lin, their lives have returned to the level they used to be as the sons of the Chief Inspector of Police, and they can spend 10,000 or 20,000 Hong Kong dollars without blinking an eye.
Aren’t gold bracelets expensive?
Ye Lin could only vividly explain to the two of them, "Normal means based on your previous living standards at the market. Think about what you bought back then."
Oh! Now they understand.
"Ye Sheng, we understand!" The two brothers began to sweep again.
Next, the two of them spent HK$800 to buy ten boxes of imported chocolates from a boutique as gifts for their children.
Not knowing the height and weight of the Ye family members, it was difficult to buy clothes for them, so Li Tianqin went to a Suzhou embroidery private shop and selected ten pieces of fabric, spending 20,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Then he went to the stationery store and picked out 10 Waterman pens, a niche luxury brand that Li Gouqin specially chose, and spent three thousand Hong Kong dollars.
When Ye Lin saw that it was Wei Diwen, he did not stop him. He thought that no one in the mainland knew him, and those who knew him were all in the cowshed.
Li Gouqin thought he was so smart. "This pen is so easy to use. I used it when I was in school."
Seeing the two people shopping lavishly, Ye Lin asked in confusion, "Do you also maintain this level of consumption in the market?"
When I first met the two brothers, they looked like starving ghosts in a French restaurant. Could it be that their private living standards are still so high?
Li Tianqin carefully selected imported ink and teased his brother, "That's right. He'd rather sleep on the street than eat. This guy has to save money and fly to the US to buy Haagen-Dazs."
"Don't talk about me! You eat less too, brother!" Li Gouqin was not convinced.
Ye Lin didn't expect that the two of them had to go abroad to eat ice cream even though they couldn't even afford to eat. No wonder their father kicked them out of the house, they were two spendthrifts.
Suddenly remembering the pork thighs these two had brought back the first time they went to his house, Ye Lin glanced at them appraisingly. "So, pork thighs are also what you usually consume?"
Damn it, it’s exposed!
"Ah, this, this, haha, wasn't it because we were poor back then? Let's settle the bill. Let's go and settle the bill." Li Tianqin tried to change the subject with a guilty look on his face.
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