Chapter 148
Since becoming a grandmother, Zhen Zhen has been busy taking care of the children every day, leaving all business matters to the people in the company.
She is now living a semi-retired life.
The baby is very cute, chubby, with big round eyes, and loves to laugh.
"This child is so cute!" Zhang Cuihua hugged the baby and coaxed him, "I have lived for so many years, but I have never seen such a cute child, and his hair is naturally curly. This little curly hair is really rare."
Zhen Zhen smiled and said, "Her mother calls her Juanjuan."
"Juanjuan? So cute! She looks exactly like the baby in the New Year pictures. Every time I think of her, all my worries disappear."
Gou Zi's mother and Zhang Cuihua particularly liked Juanjuan and often came to see the child. With them helping to take care of Juanjuan, life at home became much more relaxed.
Zhang Cuihua's youngest son registered an online store some time ago and sold things online, but the sales were not very good. Zhen Zhen suggested that he stick with it for a while. If the clothes don't sell well, he can sell something else and change his tracks more often. Who knows which track will become popular.
Zhang Cuihua believed her words. If Zhen Guizhi said online shopping would be popular, then online shopping would be popular.
"I heard that Zhen Dafu also opened an online store?"
"Not bad, sales are pretty good, higher than offline sales."
"What if someone swaps the goods?"
"It's not a problem. Now the goods are delivered to your home and you can sign for them in person. You can also take photos as evidence. If the buyer dares to switch the goods, it's illegal."
Zhang Cuihua admired her ability. Although Zhen Guizhi seemed to be doing nothing, the development of several brands under her was not delayed at all. Zhen Dafu had dozens of stores across the country. It was the most famous gold brand in the country and now also did online transactions.
Zhang Cuihua is proud to have a friend like Zhen Guizhi.
"Is the baby ready to eat complementary food?"
"My teeth have grown. I can eat noodles and meat fillings now."
"This child must be easy to raise. He is so cute, with white skin and big eyes. I really want to steal Juanjuan home to play with him for a few days."
Gouzi's mother thought it was funny, "He's almost 70 years old, and he's learning to steal children."
Zhang Cuihua laughed, "Guizhi, your third child is getting married this year, are you really not planning to hold a wedding banquet?"
"No, Meng Dong and Qiao Lu are both workaholics. They treat dating like a contract. They seal the deal by having a Western meal. They often make plans to eat together. I think they are more like colleagues, but they both think there is no problem. They feel at ease when they are on equal terms."
Qiao Lu felt that hosting a wedding banquet was too troublesome. Her career was at a critical stage. Around the millennium, the Internet bubble hit. The company had a lot of things to do and needed people to run the logistics.
She really has no time for a banquet.
Qiao Lu proposed to get married, Meng Dong prepared the wedding house, and she moved there, and they became husband and wife.
Zhen Zhen was afraid of letting Qiao Lu down, so he offered to give her a dowry. However, Qiao Lu said that there was no custom of asking for dowries in Beijing, so Zhen Zhen decided to give her ten kilograms of gold.
"Ten pounds?" Zhang Cuihua almost pinched her philtrum. "Oh my god, I don't even dare to think about it!"
Zhen Zhen directly sent over the gold bricks. When Qiao Lu saw the gold, she was stunned.
"Meng Dong, why did Grandma Zhen give us so much gold?"
Meng Dong smiled and said, "Take it. My grandma said that she will not only give us gold, but also 100 million yuan."
"How much?" Qiao Lu thought she had misheard. "One hundred million? I know grandma has money. I don't mean any other by saying this. Meng Dong, other people divide their property before they die. Grandma is still alive. How could she give us so much money?"
Meng Dong put the gold in the safe at home. He installed a bank safe at home with a secret door, and kept valuables in it.
He moved ten pounds of gold in and arranged them in rows.
"This is what makes my grandmother different from others. My grandmother said that if we divide the money after she dies, who will remember her kindness? When she is alive, she divides the money among us when we need it. Then we will all remember her kindness and be filial to her."
Qiao Lu really admired Grandma Zhen. She couldn't describe the feeling. Although the old lady was old, she respected their opinions very much.
Respect is a wonderful quality that Chinese elders lack.
Being with Grandma Zhen makes people feel comfortable even if they are just eating melon seeds and watching TV.
When Qiao Lu's family heard that the old lady had given them 100 million in cash and ten kilograms of gold, they also found it unbelievable.
They originally looked down on Meng Dong. Meng Dong had good abilities, and Meng Hua also had good conditions, but Meng Dong's father was not good enough after all.
It’s not like Qiao Lu doesn’t have a better choice.
But seeing the behavior of the old lady of the Meng family, they all felt that Qiao Lu would definitely suffer a loss if she married into such a family.
Qiao Lu's mother complained, "You said you wouldn't hold a wedding banquet, so his family didn't hold one. I'm afraid they won't take you seriously."
"If you don't take it seriously, would you give 100 million? Would you give 10 kilograms of gold?"
"Doesn't his family have a gold mine?"
"You also know that they have a gold mine? Mom, please don't make things difficult for the Meng family. They want to propose marriage and hold a wedding banquet, but I have to take care of it. I really don't have time. I don't even have time to kiss Meng Dong, so how can I have time for these things?"
Qiao Lu's mother joked:
"Well, then don't make reservations just for sex."
"Please don't tell me, I really don't have the time."
Qiao Lu's mother was very angry with her daughter.
Meng Dong was right. Zhen Zhen planned to divide all the money before he died.
As an elder, you need to leave some money for yourself, but there is no need to leave it all to your children after you die.
The children were just beginning to make trouble and needed money to do business. She had money on hand and was willing to help in any way she could.
At the beginning of the year, Zhen Zhen gave Juanjuan 100 million yuan in deposits and ten kilograms of gold in the name of doing business for her, and asked Meng Nan to help keep them.
Tao Aihong was frustrated again, and said to Meng Eryong, "Your mother is biased again."
Meng Eryong laughed out loud: "How is my mother biased?"
"Your eldest brother's family has three children, and we only have two. His family got 300 million in cash and 30 kilograms of gold, while we only got 200 million in cash and 20 kilograms of gold. Isn't this partiality?"
Tao Aihong is almost fifty years old, but she keeps an eye on her mother-in-law every day, fearing that she will give Meng Nan too much money.
Meng Eryong was too lazy to talk to her:
"You've been making trouble for your whole life, and you haven't made enough trouble yet? You keep saying that my mother is partial to me. If you have the ability, give me another child, then our family can also be divided into three parts!"
"Bah, it's me who doesn't want to have a baby, not that you can't stand up!"
Meng Eryong was too lazy to pay attention to her. He and Tao Aihong were an old couple and they no longer had any feelings for each other.
It's just like the left hand touching the right hand. It's normal that he can't stand up, right?
"I'm almost fifty years old, and I can't stand up. That means you're not attractive enough!"
"Bah! Meng Daguo is older than you, and he can use several boxes of condoms a year."
"If you think my brother is better than me, go find him if you have the guts!"
Meng Nan came back and heard the quarrel next door. He whispered to Zhen Zhen, "What are they quarreling about?"
"What are you talking about?"
Meng Nan's mind turned, he understood, and said with a smile:
"My aunt feels that she is being taken advantage of. She feels that you give us more money and give her less! Why doesn't she compare it with my uncle's family? My uncle's family only has one child, and they are not as good as hers!"
Zhen Zhen has gotten used to it. She has been very nice to Tao Aihong. If it weren't for her, Tao Aihong would still be farming in Batou Village.
"Ignore her."
Meng Nan played the ball throwing game with Juanjuan, while Cheng Su and Jiao Huilan went into the kitchen to cook. Halfway through, Cheng Su came out and told Zhen Zhen about the construction of the building of Zhenxin Department Store.
Zhenxin Department Store plans to adopt a department store plus real estate model. Zhen Zhen is old and doesn't want to go out to work, so Cheng Su is in charge of all business matters.
"There's something strange going on at the construction site in the south lately."
"What is it?"
"Many employees suddenly fell ill and went to the hospital but were told they had a cold. They changed hospitals many times but none of them took it seriously. The strange thing is that after returning home, these people who had a cold suddenly became short of breath and died one after another."
After all, Cheng Su had been to the United States, and she felt that their symptoms were not as simple as a cold.
Besides, how can a cold kill people so easily?
She suspected some kind of infectious disease.
Zhen Zhen always felt that this symptom was very familiar. If it was the butterfly effect, then the terrible infectious disease might come early.
Zhen Zhen called Xu Wei. Of course, Xu Wei would not pay attention to such a small matter. He was busy attracting investment. When he received the call from Sister Zhen, Xu Wei was stunned:
"Infectious disease? Impossible?"
Zhen Zhen was afraid that he would not take it seriously, so she lied, "I received inside information saying that this infectious disease is likely to be very serious."
"Is it that exaggerated? I haven't heard of it."
"Droplet transmission, don't you think it's an exaggeration? It can be transmitted by just sneezing. Given the population density of our country, if we don't take it seriously, it may cause irreversible consequences."
Because of the tacit understanding over the years, Xu Wei listened to Sister Zhen's words especially. He did not dare to delay and immediately contacted the CDC and explained the matter to them.
People from the CDC went to the hospital to take samples for investigation.
Who would have thought that the so-called cold in Xinyao City this time was really a bit unusual.
When Xu Wei saw the data table, he was a little confused. The infection rate was too high, and the mortality rate among people with strange diseases was particularly high.
If this spreads in Xinyao City...
Xu Wei simply didn't dare to think about it, he immediately contacted Zhen Zhen and asked her if she had any good ideas.
Zhen Zhen told Xu Wei everything he knew:
"Meng Nan has a medical device license. I plan to bring in a batch of equipment to produce masks and protective clothing, which will be stored in the warehouse of Zhenxin Food Factory first."
"So what should we do with the people who are sick now?"
"Don't worry. I bought some old factories a few years ago. Some of them are in the suburbs. We can transform them into wards, move the sick people there, and mobilize medical staff to provide centralized care." Zhen Zhen thought for a moment and said, "You can contact relevant businesses as much as possible, stock up more medicines and masks, and ask TV stations to promote protective knowledge. The most important thing is, don't listen to rumors!"
"What rumor?" Xu Wei was a little confused. He had never encountered this kind of infectious disease during his term of office.
"For example, white vinegar can prevent strange diseases, and eating isatis root can prevent diseases. Some people will take the opportunity to hype masks, sell them at high prices, and drive up prices. We must crack down on such businesses! We cannot tolerate anyone who wants to make money from the national disaster!"
Xu Wei shuddered for no apparent reason. "National disaster wealth? Is it that serious?"
"Given the population density of Xinyao City, there are so many people in Xinyao, so you can imagine how many people in the country are suffering from the disease. At present, no one is taking it seriously. I hope you can report the condition to your superiors as soon as possible and report it truthfully. Don't hide the truth for the sake of so-called political achievements. The country will not take it seriously at all."
If someone else reminds Xu Wei, Xu Wei may not listen.
But Zhen Guizhi is his lucky star, and Xu Wei’s current success is inseparable from his elder sister Zhen.
Sister Zhen asked him to report truthfully, so he would definitely report truthfully.
"Don't worry, I understand this."
"Xu Wei, don't take it lightly. This is a tough battle. As the leader of Xinyao City, you can't leave the people behind! We have wholesale clothing markets, pepper markets, and medicinal materials markets in Xinyao. There are a lot of people from other places coming and going. The situation in Xinyao is definitely more serious than in other places."
Xu Wei nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, I will definitely be a good official."
Zhen Zhen nodded, and she contacted the relevant equipment to start producing masks and protective clothing.
She also distributed the protective clothing she had stockpiled to medical staff, reminding everyone to pay attention to prevention.
Thanks to the joint efforts of Xu Wei and Zhen Zhen, all the citizens of Xinyao learned about the infectious disease.
But everyone was waiting and watching, thinking that the disease couldn't be that serious.
But that afternoon, a group of people were taken to a converted ward by car and completely isolated from the crowd. Some villages were completely isolated and no one was allowed to travel in or out.
Everyone then realized something was wrong.
Zhen Zhen has been doing business for many years and has both resources and connections.
Zhen Zhen will provide free supplies to any family or village that is quarantined, including vegetables, meat, snacks, medicine, and masks, so that everyone has nothing to worry about.
This is bound to be a tough battle.
Fortunately, thanks to Zhen Zhen's timely reminder and Xu Wei's attention, the situation in Xinyao City, although serious, was effectively prevented.
"Sister Zhen, your prediction was spot on! Someone really did spread the rumor that white vinegar is poisonous, and I asked an expert to refute it on TV. Even so, they still bought up all of our Xin Yao white vinegar!"
Zhen Zhen sighed, "The people are panicking, and we can't blame them."
"I still haven't done my job well. I have already closed all the businesses! The government will also contact vegetable and meat suppliers, and the community will distribute supplies to everyone, so that we can overcome the difficulties as soon as possible."
Meng Daguo took off his mask and stood at the door, refusing to come in.
"Mom, I just finished taking inventory of the warehouse. You don't know, the price of white vinegar outside has been raised to 100 yuan a bottle. It's crazy!"
Zhen Zhen expected this, "How much white vinegar do we have in our warehouse?"
"You asked us to stock up. If not millions of bottles, then at least hundreds of thousands!"
"Okay, spread the word that we're giving away free white vinegar. If anyone needs it, we'll deliver it to their doorstep. I want to make the merchants who are raising prices have to wait for their goods to rot in their warehouses."
"The prices of rice, flour and isatis root have also been raised."
"We should give all the goods we have to the people. We must not let them panic over supplies." Zhen Zhen reminded Meng Daguo and Meng Eryong, "We need to make money, but we cannot make money in such a way that goes against our conscience."
Meng Eryong is also in his fifties. Over the years, with the help of his mother, he has grown into a mature and stable man.
Meng Eryong volunteered to do volunteer work.
"Mom, the epidemic outside is serious. Let my eldest brother take charge of the factory. I will be in charge of delivering supplies."
Zhen Zhen's eyes were filled with warmth, and she felt that her son had really grown up.
"My son Eryong has taken on responsibilities now. He is a man who can take on responsibilities."
Meng Eryong felt warm in his heart, "Mom, I said I would take care of you, so I will definitely do it! You are old now, and you still have to take care of Meng Nan and Juan Juan. Leave the household affairs to me. I will never let you down, and I will never let people say that 'Zhen Guizhi's second son is a coward'!"
Zhen Zhen touched Meng Eryong's head through the door frame.
"Eryong, you don't need to prove anything. Mother knows you. You have never been a coward."
Meng Eryong chuckled, not used to such sentimentality, "Mom, I'm leaving now!"
Zhen Zhen reminded: "Put on your protective clothing and don't take it off."
"Got it, Mom."
Meng Daguo also felt a little emotional. He suddenly felt that he was wrong. He had always been prejudiced against Meng Eryong, thinking that his second brother was cunning, lazy and sly, and not as capable as his third brother.
But Meng Eryong also has another side. He loves his country and his family, and his feelings for him are genuine.
Meng Daguo patted Meng Eryong on the shoulder and said, "Old Er, you go to the factory to take charge, and I'll go to the street to distribute supplies!"
"Brother, stop kidding. I agreed to go."
"I'm worried..."
"What's there to worry about? Someone has to do this."
Tao Aihong always said that he was not as good as his elder brother, so Meng Eryong wanted to prove himself.
Tan Wenyin called and said that the situation in Beijing was also very serious. Meng Hua had just returned from Hong Kong City and the whole family was quarantined at home.
Zhen Zhen reminded them to be careful.
Erya originally planned to bring her boyfriend home to meet her parents, but after this incident, she had to put it on hold.
Erya has been dating her boyfriend for several years, and it was Tan Wenyin who introduced him to her.
The relationship between the two is stable and they already live together, so marriage is just a formality.
Meng Nan was locked up at home every day and was getting sick.
"Grandma, when will this illness end?"
"What did you see on TV?"
"I don't know. The situation is quite serious everywhere, but Xin Yao has it under control. The higher-ups heard that Xin Yao is good at preventing the disease, so they asked Xin Yao to share its experience. Look, Xu Wei has been praised again! He is really capable! With your help, he has been promoted all the way. I think Xin Yao will not be able to keep him."
Zhen Zhen smiled and said, "Xu Wei is still capable. He is a fatherly official who is willing to do practical things for the people."
Meng Nan nodded, "Our Xinyao Road is well built, the airport is also under construction, the local pepper, medicinal materials and clothing wholesale are all flourishing, plus the support of Zhenxin Group, YOGO Internet Company and Logistics, Ren Dong, and my company, he really won without any effort!"
The development of Xinyao is inseparable from the Meng family, and similarly, the development of the Meng family is inseparable from Xinyao.
Zhen Zhen thought, this is both fate and bond.
"Let's go out less and don't let Juanjuan get infected."
Meng Nan nodded. She and Cheng Su stayed at home every day to take care of the children, and mushrooms were growing on their bodies. But there was nothing they could do. The disease outside was spreading rapidly, and they could not take any risks.
"Grandma, it's great to be healthy. I miss the days when I could go out."
Cheng Su also felt emotional, "I didn't realize it before, but after being locked up at home, I realized how wonderful it is to be able to go out."
Cheng Su missed the clay pot chicken, fried skewers and spicy hot pot.
Meng Nan's mouth was watering. "Stop talking. I can't hold it in any longer. When I'm done with this illness, the first thing I'm going to do is eat hot pot for three days and three nights!"
Meng Eryong worked outside for more than half a month and finally stabilized the prices of white vinegar, isatis root and masks.
His body was soaked white with sweat.
Zhen Zhen felt very distressed and wanted to help Meng Eryong apply some medicine, but Meng Eryong refused.
"Mom, please stay away from me. I will come to see you when I am sure I don't have a fever."
Zhen Zhen was very moved. As time went by, even someone as eccentric as Meng Eryong had developed a sense of social responsibility.
She was happy for her son from the bottom of her heart.
Tao Aihong looked at the marks on the man's body and unexpectedly said nothing.
This illness lasted for more than half a year and finally subsided in early 2003.
In the blink of an eye, Juanjuan has become a little girl who can run.
This year marks exactly thirty years since Zhen Zhen traveled through time. She is almost seventy years old, and her legs and feet are not as nimble as before. When she gets up in the morning, she dares not get up too quickly, for fear that she will go dark and fall to the ground.
As you get older, you become afraid of falling, so Zhen Zhen reminds herself to be careful all the time.
"It's time for Juanjuan to go to school."
Meng Nan is afraid that the education in Xinyao City is not very good, and wants to take Juanjuan to study in other cities, but Zhen Zhen disagrees.
"Don't roll the kid."
"I'm not biased towards my child, I just don't want her to lose at the starting line," Meng Nan felt that every mother would be biased. Other people's children all learn English and golf, but her child doesn't learn anything. How can her child be better than others when she grows up? "I only have this one child. If Juanjuan wants to inherit the family business, she must learn more knowledge from a young age!"
"I think it's not good to start your child running too early, really."
Society develops too fast, and when children grow up, they face more pain and pressure. Childhood is the most carefree time. If they are not allowed to have fun in their childhood, then there will be almost no happy day in their life.
This is too cruel for children.
Meng Nan felt that what her grandmother said made sense, but when she saw Juanjuan playing in the mud and fighting everywhere every day, and not looking serious at all, she was afraid that the child would grow up to be a bad person!
"It won't grow crooked!"
Zhen Zhen waved his hands, "The genes are here, how can it go wrong? I say, Juanjuan doesn't need to learn anything, just let her have fun!"
Meng Daguo was a little worried that Juanjuan might not be able to study as well as others, so he smiled and sat on the edge of Zhen Zhen's bed.
"Mom, Juanjuan won't study like me, right? I'm just worried that she'll start too late and won't be able to catch up with others."
Zhen Zhen laughed: "Daguo, where do you think the starting line of life is?"
Meng Daguo was at a loss for words. "Since our family has the means to raise her, we should let her win at the starting line and start early. Let her learn foreign languages, painting, and piano, and let her be better than others!"
"And then?"
"Then, let her live a comfortable life!"
Zhen Zhen smiled and shook her head, "You don't even know where the starting line of life is, but you ask your child to start running. You can imagine how confused the child must be. She started running, running farther and earlier than others, but when she started running, she found that there were always people running ahead of her. Daguo, the meaning of life is not how much money you make or how successful your career is. It is more important than anything else to make your children healthy physically and mentally and able to feel happiness."
Meng Daguo hesitated to speak. He wanted to say that he had the ability to feel happiness, which was innate.
But he immediately remembered that he was not like this in his early years.
In his early years, Meng Daguo knew nothing and his life was chaotic and confused. It was his mother who taught him to move forward step by step.
It really doesn’t matter whether Juanjuan can study well or make a lot of money. What matters is that her family is always by her side and that she lives happily.
Meng Daguo smiled happily:
"It's great to have a mother."
"What's good about it?" Zhen Zhen asked deliberately.
"Everywhere is good. I am over 50 years old and I still have my mother to teach me how to be a good person. I am so lucky."
Zhen Zhen found it funny and stood up holding her waist. Meng Daguo came over to support her. He found that half of his mother's hair was white and not as thick as before.
"Mom, I wish time would go slower."
This infectious disease has led to the rapid development of online shopping. Meng Nan seized the opportunity and wanted to invest in a women's clothing and cosmetics brand.
Zhen Zhen supported her, "Don't put all the eggs in one basket."
Meng Nan also thought so. At this time, Song Xiaohong called her and said that Qian Ziyi had a friend's laboratory that had made a new product and wanted to use it in skin care products, but due to lack of funds, the research could not continue.
Mannon related the story to her grandmother.
"They said it was something called hyaluronic acid, which was developed in their lab and can be added to skin care products."
As soon as Zhen Zhen heard the word "hyaluronic acid", he suggested that Meng Nan go to Beijing to learn more about it.
"Skin care products need hard-core ingredients. If hyaluronic acid can really hydrate and moisturize, it is worth the investment."
Meng Nan left Juanjuan to the care of his grandmother and went to Beijing to discuss investment.
At the same time, Xu Wei sent a message saying that the new Yao City Airport had been built and they wanted to hold a simple launching ceremony.
Xinyao Airport is located in Gubei Ancient Town, also known as Xinyao Gubei International Airport. It has two terminals, T1 and T2, and two runways over 3,000 meters long.
Zhen Zhen looked at the airport that she had proposed and funded, and felt inexplicably moved:
"We won't have to build airports in other cities in the future."
"That's right," Xu Wei was very happy. It was his dream to let all the people in Xinyao take a plane. "Sister Zhen, thank you for your support. Now that we have an airport, it will be easier to attract investment!"
Zhen Zhen also feels that Xin Yao's development can still go up a level.
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