Chapter 79

The next day, after arriving at the office, Song Shu first called Tian Tian. After the other party picked up the phone, she gritted her teeth and said, "Mr. Tian, ​​what gift did you give me?"

Tian Tian's laughter came from the other end of the phone. "How is my gift? Is it very much to your liking? Did Mr. Chen turn into a wolf?"

Song Shu had a wooden face and said, "No." Last night, she didn't dare to look up at his expression. When they met this morning, there was an inexplicable atmosphere of silence between them, as if it could be broken by a needle poking the ground.

"That shouldn't be the case. Ah Shu, you are so pretty and have such a great figure, how could Mr. Chen not react?" Tian Tian asked in confusion on the other end of the phone, "With such a beautiful woman like you right there, could Mr. Chen..."

"Stop." Song Shu interrupted her increasingly outrageous words, "I won't talk to you anymore. I have to start working. Goodbye."

"Hey, no, Ah Shu, there's something wrong...beep beep."

Song Shu hung up the phone and sighed. She shouldn't have called Tian Tian. As for what she said about Chen Zonghao having problems, Song Shu couldn't help but think of the man's restless body every time they kissed before... Stop, don't think about it anymore. Song Shu patted her flushed face and muttered, "He doesn't look like he has any problems."

After the sexy pajamas incident, Song Shu and Chen Zonghao seemed to have forgotten about it tacitly, but ripples appeared on the calm surface of the lake, and it only took a gust of wind to cause it to become turbulent.

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Time passed quickly after the move, and Song Shu and her family gradually adapted to life in their new home. Restaurants here are not as convenient as in Causeway Bay, where you can go out the door to find food. And to buy food you have to go downstairs, which is not as convenient as before.

Therefore, it was Chen Zonghao who prepared breakfast every morning, even after hiring a nanny. The man seemed addicted to warming her stomach with a breakfast at the beginning of the new day. Seeing that he seemed to enjoy it, Song Shu did not discourage him.

Therefore, Song Shu and Jiahui can have the breakfast he prepares after they get up and wash up every day.

After they finished breakfast, they sent Jiahui to a nearby international kindergarten. The fee of this kindergarten was higher than the previous one, but the infrastructure and teaching were much better than the previous kindergarten.

After sending Jiahui off, Song Shu went to work with Chen Zonghao. The company was very close to their residence, so sometimes they would drive there, and sometimes they would just take a leisurely walk there.

Because they might be too busy with work to take care of Jiahui at times, they hired a live-in nanny.

Nanny Zhang was originally responsible for three meals a day. After preparing breakfast for Chen Zonghao, Song Shu and the others would not come back for lunch most of the time, and would only come back occasionally, so she only needed to prepare dinner for them every day.

Then, when Song Shu and Chen Zonghao were not busy at night, they would go to pick up Jiahui from school. The job could be said to be very simple, and the nanny, Aunt Zhang, worked very hard.

Song Shu observed her for a week and then accepted the job, so that if she and Chen Zonghao didn't come back so soon at night, there would be someone to accompany Jiahui.

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Life after the move went on in an orderly manner. After turning a few pages of the calendar, it was less than a week until New Year's Eve. Before the holiday, Song Shu and Chen Zonghao's company were counting the year-end bonuses and New Year's goods for the employees.

Although Song Shu's studio has only been open for a few months, Song Shu still distributed bonuses to employees based on the year-end bonus. After all, everyone has done a lot of work in the past few months. The cheongsam show, the launch of the new season's clothing, the Hanfu Festival and other tasks were all successfully completed.

A few days before the Spring Festival, Song Shu and Chen Zonghao went to Shenzhen together, one to distribute New Year's goods to the employees in the factory, and the other to review the factory's work results for the year.

When the garment factory manager Hu Xiaoqin came to report her work to Song Shu, she discovered that Hu Xiaoqin had changed a lot in just a few months. She now had a powerful aura and her face was full of energy.

Hu Xiaoqin no longer looks the sad and thin person she did a few months ago. She is now a factory manager who manages hundreds of workers. She is no longer a divorced woman with a child who cannot find a job. Now her daughter can eat imported milk powder and will have a better future.

And these were all opportunities given to her by President Song. It is no exaggeration to say that President Song gave her a second way in life. Therefore, Hu Xiaoqin was extremely grateful to Song Shu. In her heart, the person she respected most was President Song, so Hu Xiaoqin completed all the work assigned by him without compromise.

After reading her work reports, Song Shu could see that Hu Xiaoqin managed the factory in an orderly manner and was becoming more and more proficient in the work of the garment factory. Even though Song Shu had only communicated with her through phone calls in the past few months, she was able to carry out the orders meticulously and conscientiously instead of disobeying them in public.

Song Shu covered the work report and looked up at her. "Director Hu has done an excellent job. The New Year is coming soon. You don't need to arrange any more work. Has the New Year's goods been distributed to every employee?"

Hu Xiaoqin nodded respectfully, "Boss Song, every employee has received their New Year's gifts. Everyone is very happy."

Hu Xiaoqin was telling the truth. Most employees had never received New Year's goods distributed by the factory before. Moreover, the New Year's goods that President Song had asked for were unusually rich, including a 30-kilogram bag of rice, a 20-kilogram bucket of peanut oil, 15 kilograms of sausage and meat, a box of fruit gift packs, and a large bag of snack gift packs. In addition to these, each person was given a New Year's red envelope of 100 yuan.

This New Year gift can be said to be very generous, and the prepared New Year gifts are very practical and can be used by employees.

The big gift package of snacks touched the hearts of the employees. There are left-behind children in the workers' families, and those children only see their parents a few times a year. The children must be very happy to take this big gift package of snacks home.

Therefore, after the New Year goods were distributed, the employees were extremely happy and kept praising the boss for his kindness, saying that they were very lucky to be able to work in such a good factory.

The wages are usually higher than those in other factories, the benefits are good, and the kindergarten has already been built and put into use, which greatly facilitates families with children.

I heard that this kindergarten was built jointly with the owner of the electronics factory next door, and it is located between the two factories, so it is convenient for children from either factory to send their children there.

The decision to jointly build the kindergarten was made after discussion between Song Shu and Chen Zonghao. They had previously thought about building a kindergarten and other infrastructure for the factory, so why not build both together so that there would be more space and more funds.

Therefore, in addition to the kindergarten, Song Shu and Chen Zonghao also planned to jointly build other infrastructure such as a small hospital and a small shopping mall. For these facilities, Song Shu and Chen Zonghao also each bought other land around their factory from the government.

The combined land owned by the two of them is now as large as a town. Fortunately, the land price in Shenzhen is cheap now, so it was effortless for Song Shu and Chen Zonghao to acquire it.

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A group of women got off the bus, carrying two large snakeskin bags of New Year's goods and walking happily towards Songjia Village. They had all returned from their holiday at the clothing factory.

When you walk to the entrance of the village, you will see many old men and women sitting under a big banyan tree. When they are free, the old men and women in the village like to sit under this tree and chat and gossip about the village.

At this time, a group of noisy women came along the road at the entrance of the village, and the uncles and aunts all looked at them with curious eyes.

Some of the women saw their parents-in-law under the big banyan tree and shouted, "Mom and Dad, I'm back."

The grandfather and the grandmother who were called to the ground heard a familiar voice, looked up, and saw that it was their daughter-in-law. They looked at the large and small bags of things in her hands, and hurriedly walked over to help take the things from her hands. While asking her why she was back, they said distressedly: "Why did you buy so many things? It cost so much money."

The woman waved her hands and said, "It's not a big deal. These are all New Year's gifts from the factory. Look, Aunt Li has them too. There's rice, meat, and oil..."

"Is that factory so good? They even give you stuff."

Other uncles and aunts who did not work outside also came up to listen to their conversation. They looked at the various New Year goods in the hands of those people and were envious. They could not help asking, "Ah Hong, are these really the New Year goods distributed by your factory?"

"Yes, they are all issued by the factory."

"Wow, this looks like there are hundreds of these things. I heard that your factory pays very high wages?"

"Oh, if I had known earlier, I would have let my wife and her friends work in the factory..."

"Didn't you say before that you were a liar..."

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The women and their families returned home happily carrying their belongings. Those families who did not have such a family said enviously that they would let everyone in their family go out to work after the New Year and see that they could earn more in one year than they would have earned by staying at home and doing farm work for two years.

When some women passed by Uncle Song's house, they found that the house was dilapidated and overgrown with grass, as if no one lived there. They couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's going on with this wealthy Song family?"

The villagers nearby were gossiping with them with great interest, "Song Facai and his family of three ran away from the village three or four months ago. You don't know that before, debt collectors came to their house from time to time to ask them to pay back their debts. They said that Song Facai had not given up after his investment failed, and he went out to borrow high-interest loans to start a business. But the business didn't work out, and he was left with a lot of debts. Even if Old Man Song sold land and houses, he couldn't pay it back, so they all ran away and it seems they won't come back."

"I heard that Song Facai's family was arrested for loan sharking and sold to a black mine to pay off their debts..."

"Who knows? Anyway, I haven't seen Old Man Song and his family since then."

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Liu Tiezhu got off the bus and walked towards the village. He had not been home since he went out to look for a job.

At this time, several people were walking towards him. When they saw him, they couldn't help but look at him several times, wondering in their hearts which big boss this was. They saw that Liu Tiezhu was wearing an overcoat and a pair of leather shoes, and looked different from the people in the village.

Liu Tiezhu also saw those people and was the first to say hello, "Master Li, Master Yu, Uncle Qiangzi."

When the three heard the big boss in front of them actually called them, they couldn't help but take a closer look. The more they looked, the more familiar he looked. Uncle Qiangzi slapped his head and shouted, "Isn't this Tiezhu! Oh, who did I think it was? Tiezhu, you're really unrecognizable in this outfit."

After hearing what Qiangzi said, Master Li and Master Yu took a closer look and found that it was indeed the iron pillar of the Liu family.

Liu Tiezhu walked forward, took out cigarettes and handed them to them one by one, saying politely: "It's me, Tiezhu."

Uncle Qiangzi took the cigarette and saw that the good guys were still from China. He couldn't help but smoke it. He held it in his hand and couldn't help but smell it cherishingly. Then he looked at Liu Tiezhu and couldn't help but say, "Tiezhu, you are rich now."

Liu Tiezhu waved his hands humbly, "How can I get rich? I work for others outside. Look, these are just for the New Year to show off."

Uncle Qiangzi and the others didn't believe it in their hearts. They heard that the Liu family received money sent back by Liu Tiezhu every month in recent months, and they had meat three days a week. They also heard that they would demolish the house and rebuild a new big house after the Chinese New Year. Who would believe that Liu Tiezhu had not become rich? They didn't expect that the thin and weak Liu Tiezhu, who was considered a loser by the villagers, had actually become rich and successful.

Liu Tiezhu didn't know what they were thinking, and even if he knew, he didn't care much. After talking to them for a few more words, he went home.

When he returned home, he received a warm welcome. Seeing his parents' rosy faces and the clean clothes of his other nephews and nieces, Liu Tiezhu immediately felt that his money was worth it.

Within a day the villagers knew that Liu Tiezhu had returned, and suddenly there were enthusiastic villagers visiting the Liu family every day. Now when the villagers saw Liu Tiezhu they praised him highly. Liu Tiezhu, who had been ridiculed in the village before, suddenly became the most popular and promising person in the village.

Having worked in the workplace for several months and seen all kinds of faces, Liu Tiezhu was not at all indifferent to the flattery from the villagers.

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On the Spring Festival, the streets are filled with a festive atmosphere. Everyone wears new clothes and has a beaming smile on their faces. When they see someone familiar, they will say, "Happy New Year and best wishes for prosperity."

This was Song Shu's first New Year in this era, and she got up early.

Nanny Zhang Ma also went home on holiday today, so Song Shu, Chen Zonghao and others prepared dinner themselves. They originally wanted to book a New Year's Eve dinner at a hotel, but thinking that there were only three of them, they decided not to go out and join in the fun, and it would be better for them to prepare it themselves at home.

After washing up, Song Shu walked into the restaurant. Chen Zonghao had already prepared breakfast. Today's breakfast consisted of boiled raw ingredient porridge. The porridge was delicious and Song Shu ate two bowls in a row.

After they finished breakfast, Chen Zonghao said, "I'm going to the market to buy some food. What do you want to eat tonight?"

Song Shu thought that there was nothing to do at home, so she said, "Let's go with you, and buy some couplets and some New Year's goods."

Although they had prepared some New Year's goods at home, Song Shu still wanted to experience the excitement of buying New Year's goods.

Chen Zonghao nodded and said, "Okay, let's go out together."

Not long after breakfast, Song Shu and Chen Zonghao went out together holding Jiahui's hands.

Because of the festive atmosphere during the New Year, Song Shu bought Jiahui a winter outfit with red as the main color, including a cotton-padded jacket on top and a horse-faced skirt on the bottom.

The horse-faced skirt is also the most recent Hanfu launched by her studio. This is because it is more suitable for daily wear than other Hanfu and is easier to match with other clothes. People who may like Hanfu but find it not very everyday are more willing to buy it when they see this horse-faced skirt. Therefore, sales have skyrocketed once it was launched.

When Song Shu launched the horse-faced skirt at this time, she also wanted to let others realize from the beginning that the horse-faced skirt originated from their Chinese culture and was created by their ancestors and passed down, rather than being plagiarized by other clothing brands as happened in later generations.

Song Shu also wore a horse-faced skirt today, the same style as Jiahui's, and paired it with a coat, looking extremely elegant.

Because he had a lot of things to buy, Chen Zonghao drove over.

On the road, you can see the word "Fu" pasted on the doors of small shops on the street, or two red lanterns hanging on them, and even the billboards have blessings such as "Happy New Year" written on them.

Some shops have couplets hung in front of their doors for sale, and there are a few tables at the door with some blessing characters, red envelopes and other things placed on them.

Many customers passing by would stop to buy some red paper or blessing characters, and occasionally bargain with the shop owner. The shouting and bargaining sounds were very lively.

When Song Shu and her friends arrived at the vegetable market, there were even more people there. Even though it was early in the morning, everyone rushed over to buy some fresh vegetables to prepare a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.

The main person who bought food for Song Shu and her friends was Chen Zonghao. She followed him holding Jiahui's hand, looking at the people around her who were busy buying food, and answered his question about what she wanted to eat tonight. "Well, sweet and sour spare ribs must be there, and your salted pig's trotters are also delicious..."

Finally, the two of them bought a bunch of vegetables before leaving the market. Even Jiahui helped to carry a small bag of vegetables.

After buying the vegetables, they put them all in the trunk. Song Shu and the others went to the mall. There were a lot of people in the mall today. After working for a whole year, it was rare for everyone to come out together as a family to buy New Year gifts.

Before they started shopping, Song Shu said to Jia Hui in a generous manner: "Jia Hui, buy whatever you want today. Sister Shu will pay for you."

The little guy was also very happy today. He clapped his hands and said, "Wow, thank you Sister Shu."

Song Shu asked Chen Zonghao and she to push a cart each and went shopping in the mall. They bought a lot of food and daily necessities. Even those snack gift packs that looked festive but did not taste very satisfactory, Song Shu also bought a few packs because the packaging was really beautiful.

It was already past one o'clock in the afternoon when they returned home after shopping. Song Shu and her friends only had dumplings for lunch to make do with their meal, saving their stomachs for a big dinner tonight.

After lunch, the three of them played Landlord in the living room to take a break. Song Shu learned the painful lesson from playing cards with Chen Zonghao in the hotel before, and this time she refused to bet with him no matter what.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, they began to prepare for tonight's New Year's Eve dinner. The head chef was Chen Zonghao, Song Shu assisted him, and Jiahui was in charge of the atmosphere.

Song Shu was wearing an apron she had just bought while shopping. After putting it on, she turned around and picked up another apron that was two sizes larger, shook it, and spread it out. She looked at Chen Zonghao and said, "Come on, our Chef Chen, I'll take care of all your chores today."

Chen Zonghao curled the corners of his lips and lowered his head to let her help him put on the apron.

Song Shu tied an apron for him and stood beside him, ready to be ordered around by him. She blinked and looked at him, "So what should I do next?"

"Let's wash these mushrooms first." Chen Zonghao handed her a bag of mushrooms. Seeing her obedient appearance, he couldn't help but pinch her nose with his hand, "Do it well."

"Got it, sir."

One of them was washing vegetables while the other was cooking, and they worked in perfect harmony.

"Do you want to wash the potatoes now?"

"Here, take a bite of the ribs. Do they taste good?"

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By the time all the dishes were served, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Zonghao prepared a total of ten dishes, which symbolized perfection, including white-chopped chicken, lemon duck, halved pig's trotters, fried crab in typhoon shelter, fried meatballs, etc., filling up the table.

Song Shu looked at the table of food and thought that if she had a smartphone now, she would definitely take pictures from various angles and post them on her Moments to show off.

After the dishes were laid out, the three of them sat down. Chen Zonghao poured Jiahui a drink, took out a bottle of red wine and looked at her. "This is the red wine sent by our partner. Would you like a glass?"

Song Shu also wanted to have a drink, so she nodded, "Okay."

Chen Zonghao poured her a glass. Song Shu took the glass and took a sip. The red wine tasted sweet and mellow. It seemed that the price of the red wine given by his partner should not be low.

Before the meal started, Song Shu and the other two took the lead in raising their glasses to toast, "Happy New Year's Eve!"

Since they were all familiar with each other, there was no need for polite conversation. Song Shu and the other two had a very satisfying dinner and finished most of the dishes.

After finishing dinner and cleaning up, Song Shu and the other two sat on the sofa and were about to turn on the TV when Chen Zonghao said, "Do you want to watch the Spring Festival Gala broadcast in mainland China?"

Song Shu was stunned when she heard this, and then she remembered that this year, 1984, was the second year of the Spring Festival Gala. And because this year was the time when the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed, the Spring Festival Gala director also invited Hong Kong artists to record the Spring Festival Gala programs, so there were also TV stations in Hong Kong broadcasting the Spring Festival Gala.

Song Shu nodded, "Okay." She hasn't watched the Spring Festival Gala for many years. When she was a child, she would watch it with her mom and grandma, but she rarely watched it after she grew up.

Chen Zonghao turned to the TVB channel, which was currently playing commercials. The Spring Festival Gala was still a few minutes away, but Song Shu was watching the commercial that was saying "Congratulations on your prosperity" with great interest.

Jiahui sat between Song Shu and Chen Zonghao. Song Shu leaned against the back of the sofa, held her in her arms, and moved to a comfortable position. While the commercials were playing, she looked up at Chen Zonghao eagerly, "Didn't you buy a lot of snacks today? Can you bring them to me?"

After she sat down, she didn't want to get up. The man stood up without saying anything and quickly took some snacks and put them on the table. Then he said, "Do you want some fruit? I'll go wash it."

Song Shu's eyes lit up and she nodded, "Yes." She looked at his back as he walked towards the kitchen and raised her voice, "Wash some grapes and kiwis."

"good."

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When Chen Zonghao came out with the fruit plate, the Spring Festival Gala had just started. Song Shu waved at him, "Hurry, sit down, the Spring Festival Gala is on."

I don’t know why she felt inexplicably excited. She had watched the Spring Festival Gala before, but tonight she felt the same anticipation she had when she watched it as a child.

In addition to the famous mainland hosts Zhao Zhongxiang and Lu Jing, this year's hosts also include Taiwanese host Huang Ayuan and Hong Kong host Chen Sisi.

The theme of this year's Spring Festival Gala is also to promote the cultural integration of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

The performers on the Spring Festival Gala all look vigorous and energetic, and they seem to represent the prosperity of the country.

The skits planned by the event made people laugh out loud, while the song "My Chinese Heart" sung by Hong Kong artist Zhang Mingmin made compatriots from all corners of the world feel a sense of belonging.

The last song "Unforgettable Tonight" not only became popular all over the country after tonight, but also became the fixed ending song of the Spring Festival Gala for many years thereafter.

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In the middle of the show, Jiahui couldn't resist the deep sleepiness and fell asleep. After the Spring Festival Gala was over, Chen Zonghao carried her back to the room. When he came out, he saw the woman sitting on the sofa, wiping her tears with a tissue.

Chen Zonghao walked over and sat beside her with a look of amusement and pity. He took a tissue and lifted her face to wipe her tears. "Why are you crying while watching the Spring Festival Gala?"

Song Shu felt a little embarrassed and lowered her head to wipe her tears herself, but the man held her face still and didn't let her move. Song Shu could only let him help wipe her tears and muttered, "I cried because I laughed at the skit."

Chen Zonghao curled the corners of his mouth and did not expose her. After wiping her tears, he looked into her eyes that looked somewhat pitiful after being washed by tears. His Adam's apple slid up and down, and the hand that was pinching her chin could not help but rub it.

Song Shuwei tilted her head and looked at him, "Are you done?"

"Okay." The man's voice was a little low, and his breath fanned over her face with a scorching temperature.

Song Shu met his eyes and felt that his eyes were so deep that they seemed to suck her in. Looking at his face lowering lower, Song Shu did not avoid him and immediately gave him a kiss on her lips.

The next late-night show had already begun on the TV in the living room, but no one was paying attention to it.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Song Shu felt as if her whole body was trapped in magma. She was shivering with heat and could not help but fall backwards.

But the man at this moment was like a hunting wolf, unwilling to let go of the delicious food in his mouth, and he pressed forward step by step.

Song Shu kept backing away until she had nowhere to retreat, with her back against the sofa. He held her tightly in his arms, and the hand on her waist was as hard and powerful as chrome.

Chen Zonghao straightened up with his great self-control, looked at the person in his arms who was more beautiful than a flower, took a breath, and was about to stand up and stay away from her, otherwise he couldn't guarantee that his willpower would not collapse.

But before he could stand up, the person in his arms put her arms around his neck to stop him. Chen Zonghao could only lower his head and said in a hoarse voice: "You..."

Although Song Shu's heart was beating hard, she was very clear-headed. Looking at the patient man, she swallowed and said, "Don't go."

Chen Zonghao's heart skipped a beat when he heard her trying to keep him. He turned his head away in a somewhat wolfish manner, not daring to look at her face any longer. "Do you know what you are saying now?"

Song Shu bit her lower lip, exerted force with her hands to make him lower his head, reached out to straighten his face, straightened up and raised his head, muttering, "I know..." The rest of the words were drowned out between her lips and teeth.

Chen Zonghao suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist tightly and never let go. He picked her up with both hands and kicked open the door of her room.

There was a bang, the sound of fireworks exploding over Victoria Harbour. The TV was playing in the empty living room, accusing its owner of forgetting to turn it off.