With Qiao Shuhui personally intervening, Immigration Bureau Chief Han Peiying, just like when Shen Yu applied for her ID card last time, warmly accompanied her personally.
The process of obtaining the Hong Kong ID cards for the three children went very smoothly, which put Shen Yu at ease.
Although the children's ID cards have been processed, Shen Yu has no intention of sending her three children to school in Gangcheng right away.
The port city has many prestigious schools, all of which teach in English.
If a child doesn't understand English, it will be difficult for them to adapt to life here and keep up with their studies.
They are very likely to fall behind their classmates in terms of grades from the very beginning, which can easily destroy their self-confidence.
Children like Shi Zichen, who grew up in Shenzhen, wouldn't have started learning English until they entered junior high school in 1980.
Shen Yu's three children: the eldest son, Shi Zichen, is only nine years old and in the second grade. He has never learned English, and the younger one is even less likely to learn it.
Before sending her children to study in the port city, she first had to hire a professional English teacher to teach her three children to speak and read English.
Only after they have learned to speak fluent English will Shen Yu send them to study in the port city.
Shen Yu had also considered that she could follow the example of the conglomerates of later generations and open a high-end bilingual international school in Nanshan Bay.
This way, she can send her children to a bilingual international school in Shenzhen, and they won't have to live apart from her and only see each other on weekends.
She wonders if private schools are allowed in this day and age? She'll ask around then.
After completing their ID card applications, Qiao Shuhui and Shen Yu politely said goodbye to Commander Han Peiying and arranged to have dinner with him that evening.
He had already helped Shen Yu get her ID card last time, but Qiao Shuhui and Shen Yu were both very busy afterward and hadn't had time to invite him to dinner.
They had to show their appreciation for Han Peiying's help again, otherwise, would they have the nerve to ask him for help again?
In Hong Kong, when it comes to doing things, money is often the best policy, and if you don't have money, there's no point in talking.
Han Peiying would help again and again, of course, because she valued Qiao Shuhui's abilities and knew that Qiao Shuhui was very generous in her dealings with people, and that anyone who was willing to help her would receive a good reward afterward.
Qiao Shuhui invited him to dinner last time, but he was too embarrassed to go.
This was the second time Qiao Shuhui had invited him, and Han Peiying readily accepted.
It's still early, a little after 3 p.m., two or three hours before their agreed dinner time.
After discussing it, Qiao Shuhui and Shen Yu decided to take their three children to Central for a shopping trip.
Having seen so many drab, low-rise buildings in Shenzhen, the three children were amazed by the towering skyscrapers in Hong Kong. They pressed their faces against the car window and exclaimed in amazement.
Pointing to a fifty-story building not far away, Xiao Kang exclaimed, "Wow, Mommy, look, look! That building is so tall! I can't even see the top..."
The eldest son, Chenchen, looked outside and asked Chenyu, "Hong Kong has so many tall buildings, Mommy, when will our Pengcheng have so many tall buildings?"
Although they have moved their household registration to the port city, they still consider themselves to be from Pengcheng (Shenzhen) in their hearts.
Shen Yu moved her family's household registration to Gangcheng mainly for the convenience of doing business and going to school; otherwise, there would have been no need for them to move their household registration.
Decades later, Shenzhen is in no way inferior to Hong Kong. Not only is its infrastructure in all aspects excellent, but its cost of living is also more affordable than that of Hong Kong.
Many residents of Shenzhen have bought homes and settled down in Shenzhen, living in areas near the port city, and then drive, take a bus, or take a boat to work in the port city.
In the past few decades, mainlanders liked to shop and spend money in Hong Kong. In later generations, it will be Hong Kongers who prefer to go north to Shenzhen and other parts of the mainland to shop and spend money.
Shen Yu sometimes couldn't help but sigh, "What goes around comes around!"
After they parked their car in the underground parking lot, they took the elevator directly into the mall.
It was the three children's first time riding an elevator, and they were incredibly curious, chattering away and asking Shenyu all sorts of questions.
"Mommy, what is this?"
Shen Yu patiently answered the children: "This is an elevator, a lifting device that can take us directly upstairs."
Inside the elevator, there were two girls wearing sundresses and heavy makeup, who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old.
They heard Shen Yu's conversation with the children, and both of them curled their lips, their eyes showing disdain.
One of the women was complaining, "Where did this country bumpkin come from? He doesn't even know what an elevator is, haha..."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yu and Qiao Shuhui both raised their cold eyes and swept them over.
The bodyguards and driver accompanying Shen Yu and her daughter also glared at her angrily.
The girl met the mother and daughter's cold gaze and instantly felt the murderous aura emanating from them. She felt a chill run down her spine and was startled.
Then, she glared angrily at Shen Yu and the others, "Did I say something wrong? You don't even know what an elevator is, aren't you just a country bumpkin?"
Even at this point, she still hadn't realized that the men accompanying Qiao Shuhui and Shen Yu were their family's bodyguards.
Qiao Shuhui suddenly smiled and asked her, "Miss, do you know about the Qiao Group?"
The woman retorted arrogantly, "Of course I know about the Qiao Group, so what?"
Qiao Shuhui then asked her with a smile, "Have you ever been to the Qiao Group Building?"
The woman was taken aback, then scoffed dismissively, "So what if I haven't been?"
Qiao Shuhui smiled faintly, "According to your logic, a child who doesn't know about elevators is a country bumpkin; then, since you're a grown adult and have never been to the Qiao Group Building, can I also consider you a country bumpkin who has never even been to the Qiao Group Building?"
The Qiao Group is a well-known large company in the port city.
Some of their relatives and friends also work for the Qiao Group.
No matter how stupid this woman is, she wouldn't dare to say anything bad about the Qiao Group. Even though she was gritting her teeth in anger, she still had to think about how to organize her words to retaliate against Qiao Shuhui's words.
Just then, the elevator doors opened with a "ding".
Her companion reached out and tugged at her sleeve, "Ah Jiao, we're here, let's go..."
Gillian glared at Qiao Shuhui resentfully, grabbed her companion's hand, and rushed out quickly, relieving her from her extremely embarrassing and ashamed situation.
Qiao Shuhui and Shen Yu also held the hands of the three children and slowly walked out of the elevator, introducing the children to this brand new world.
They didn't take what just happened to heart at all.
During this period, many people in Hong Kong did indeed have a strong sense of superiority, looked down on mainlanders, and felt that they were a cut above the rest.
But there are also many people in the port city who are very warm-hearted.
People from all places have both good and bad sides.
Qiao Shuhui and Shen Yu would not condemn the entire city because of a few people with low moral character.
Regional discrimination is unacceptable!
Qiao Shuhui, who recently became a grandmother, loves to buy all sorts of things for her children when she goes shopping.
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