"Okay, just tell me which hospital he's in and what his name is, and I'll go find him myself!" Shen Mingzhi said with a smile.
Li An wrote it on the delivery slip, tore it off and handed it to her, looking embarrassed. "Comrade Shen, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that Xiu Zhu's matter... really made him very angry. I couldn't do anything about it. During the Spring Festival, I went to wish them a Happy New Year, but they didn't say a word to me. They were so cold. My wife went to Xiu Zhu's hospital during the Spring Festival, but she wasn't there either. She was angry too."
"To be honest, this is still my fault. If I hadn't suggested going to another place to get the medicine, this wouldn't have happened," Shen Mingzhi said apologetically.
Although she returned to this era, she remembered the major events, but how could she remember such small things so clearly... and she didn't understand them well either.
“It’s not your fault… We didn’t tell him. He’s used to having a good time in Beijing and doesn’t know there are gangsters out there.” Li An didn’t dare say more at the end.
"Are they really that amazing?" Shen Mingzhi couldn't help but ask.
Ang Lee leaned closer to her and whispered, “I come from a poor background, and this kind of thing happens a lot where I’m from. Even if your family is rich, you can’t talk about it, or the whole family will suffer. Take a few years ago, for example. Before I got married, my neighbor’s daughter got engaged, and the groom’s family gave her a bicycle as a gift. That very night, the whole family was killed, and the bicycle was taken away.”
Shen Mingzhi took a deep breath, cold sweat breaking out on her back.
"The marriage didn't happen, and the man was filled with extreme remorse. In some cases, crimes are committed across villages, and it's unclear who is responsible. However, this kind of situation is very common. People kill for pork, people kill for a television, and some even return home from working in other places for the New Year, only to find their entire families murdered and their money stolen, the amount of which is uncountable, making it impossible to solve the case." After saying this, Li An couldn't help but feel sorry for the deceased.
Shen Mingzhi didn't understand at first why there was a crackdown.
Now I understand.
However, if they wait another year, none of these people will be able to escape.
After a busy day, Shen Mingzhi returned home as it was getting dark.
Jiang Shaochen came home early today and was wearing a cotton-padded coat in the yard, holding Niannian's hand as they walked.
Meanwhile, Zhouzhou was crying loudly in the stroller.
Shen Mingzhi walked in, looking surprised. "This is the first time this kid has cried. What happened?"
“I tried to teach him to walk, but he absolutely refused, clinging to the stroller. So I picked him up, put him on the ground, and carried him a couple of steps. He got upset and started crying,” Jiang Shaozhen said helplessly.
"Then why didn't you try to comfort him?" Shen Mingzhi put her purse on the table, walked to Zhouzhou's side, and picked him up from the stroller.
“This kid holds a grudge. He’s so young and doesn’t even know any better. I tried to coax him, but he hit me…” Jiang Shaozhen said with a hint of grievance, lifting his face up to show Shen Mingzhi, “Look, my face is all red from being hit.”
"You can't see it. How much strength can a child have? Stop talking nonsense." Shen Mingzhi hugged Zhouzhou and shook him, then kissed his cheek.
Zhouzhou gradually stopped crying.
As Jiang Shaozhen led Niannian closer, he started yelling again, about to cry.
“Look… now whenever I get close, he cries and protests…” Jiang Shaochen was quite helpless with his son.
From birth until now, all I've ever done is lie down. I wonder what kind of personality I'll have when I grow up... so lazy.
Shen Mingzhi hugged Zhouzhou and moved away from him a little, saying, "Don't cry, don't cry, bad daddy!"
Zhouzhou opened his mouth, then pouted and said, "Bad...bad!"
He spoke unclearly and vaguely.
Shen Mingzhi was overjoyed and continued, "Dad... Dad!"
Zhouzhou is not going to say anything more.
Shen Mingzhi had no choice but to change the word to "Mom".
Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou looked up at her, his eyes sparkling. He reached out and touched her cheek, and said, "Mmm...mmm..."
The two children are almost a year old.
Upon hearing this, Shen Mingzhi immediately pressed her cheek against his and whispered, "Yes, I am your mother."
Zhouzhou, nestled in her arms, kept repeating, "Ma! Ma!" happily.
Jiang Shao-chen said sourly from the side, "He just doesn't like me."
"Who told you to force our little guy to walk? He just doesn't want to walk, he prefers to lie down. What can we do?" Shen Mingzhi said with a smile.
Tired of holding him, she put Zhouzhou in the crib.
Zhouzhou lay down and started playing with bubbles.
He kept blowing bubbles, even though they all popped, but he never tired of it.
Shen Mingzhi sat at the table, gently rocking the stroller, and said to Jiang Shaozhen, "I'm going to the south in a few days. Shen Xiuzhu was out of town buying medicine when he was targeted and hospitalized. He didn't come back for the New Year."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shaochen looked up at her and said, "Then I have to go with you. Speaking of which, he has been to Guangzhou before. I told him to be careful about the environment there, but I guess he didn't listen."
"He's a very easygoing person, and he was well protected by his parents since he was a child. He's a young master from Beijing, so he has no idea how dangerous the outside world is." Shen Mingzhi herself hadn't expected this.
She only knew that crimes might occur, but she didn't know that a whole family could be killed over a bicycle and a watch.
“Beijing, Haicheng, and Guangzhou are relatively well-developed. In more remote areas, poverty breeds malice. They are rampant. In the past, when our troops went on missions, we offended local gangs. They came to smash our lodgings at night, armed with knives,” Jiang Shaozhen told Shen Mingzhi.
Shen Mingzhi unconsciously stood up, walked to his side, and lifted his sleeve to check, "Are you hurt?"
“We had this back then, and in the end, it escalated to the point of violence.” Jiang Shaozhen gestured.
Shen Mingzhi frowned and said to him, "I also asked the distributors to develop in other places. This is very easy to cause trouble."
“Let the distributors develop people from other places. Locals know more and will learn to avoid it,” Jiang Shaozhen told her. “I heard that Jiang Huanyu went to Germany during the Spring Festival. He even had his boss apply for the plane ticket. That guy is cunning. While you were having a lively Spring Festival, he went abroad to learn from others.”
“Yes, he wants to wage a price war with me, so I have to take measures quickly,” Shen Mingzhi said.
Price wars can easily kill off some businesses, including factories.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shaochen's expression turned serious. "Your products are made of high-quality materials. Some sets cost half a month's salary for others. If he engages in a price war, your products will likely pile up in inventory and remain unsold."
“Yes, so we sell to other places. It would be best to sell to Haicheng,” Shen Mingzhi said.
Haicheng has a very developed economy. Most importantly, Haicheng is a rather special city. From the Republic of China era to the present, there is a group of sophisticated locals who, although they are hostile to outsiders, are good at spending money.
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