"Is Grandpa all right?" Xiao Zhen asked as he brought his grandfather some clean clothes.
"It's all good. I just want a professional trawler or fishing boat. Your yacht is big, but it consumes a lot of fuel. Every time you catch fish, it just pays for the fuel." Wen Dalu said depressedly.
"Ahem, ahem, grandpa, you don't have to worry about the gas money. Just be happy, okay, big brother?" Xiao Duo came in and said
"Yes, grandpa, as long as you are happy. Your grandson doesn't need this little bit of gas money. My yacht is very stable and resistant to wind and waves!" Xiao Zhen also said
"All I want is a fishing boat," Wen Dalu muttered in a childish tone.
"What a great start to the new year! I'll have my dad's Dali Shipyard ship a 120-meter professional fishing boat. A diesel-electric hybrid saves nearly half the fuel!" Xiao Zhen said helplessly...
The fishing boat that Xiao Zhen's grandfather had been thinking about so much had already been towed to Hainan by his son-in-law, and it happened to arrive at Sanya Port on the 29th day of the Lunar New Year.
Of course, the boat was registered under the name of Wen Dalu, and all the facilities and equipment were complete. But Wen Dalu was a child, and when he saw the new fishing boat, he couldn't walk anymore. He called his son-in-law, left Xiao Zhen and Xiao Duo behind, and set out to sea.
The same action as the previous day was repeated, and as expected, there was a harvest on the 29th. After deducting the cost of gas, Wen Dalu earned 20,000 yuan.
Tsk tsk, the whole family looked at Wen Dalu who was happily counting money. Xiao Zhen, Xiao Duo and Xiao Jin, the three siblings, could only scream along with him, what else could they do?
On New Year's Eve, Xiao Zhen and his father Xiao Zhengtang personally cooked a large table of hometown dishes and gout set meals.
The four little ones ate the braised pig tails until they were full. Later, when they were having the New Year’s Eve dinner, they saw four praying mantises sitting on the dining table.
In the evening, Xiao Zhen set off fireworks and various Spring Festival firecrackers on his private beach. He and Xiao Duo had pulled a whole carriage full of fireworks in the afternoon. The whole family, men and women, young and old, had a great time setting off firecrackers.
After dinner, Wen Dalu suddenly said that he had to go back to his hometown on the first day of the new year to hold a family memorial service for his grandmother in Xiao Zhen.
After dinner, the Xiao family enjoyed the foot-washing service provided by the four children who brought them water one after another. The four children collected the Spring Festival red envelopes and skipped to put the money upstairs.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2010, the lucky coin was eaten by Xiao Duo's wife Zhang Wen. Xiao Zhengtang still wrote a check for 1 million US dollars from Nanyang Commercial Bank. Zhang Wen looked at Xiao Duo and happily put away the check.
After the whole family packed their luggage, they drove to the airport to take a private plane back to their hometown in Yuzhou, and then drove directly back to Wenjia Bay.
When Xiao Zhen and Xiao Duo arrived at Lijiatuo, they asked the firecracker vendor to pull three carts of artillery directly to their grandmother's grave.
The whole family, including relatives and friends, arrived. The men started to dismantle the cannons, and the women went home after the sacrifices were completed to prepare lunch together.
During the first family memorial service for Xiao Zhen’s grandmother, the fireworks lasted for three hours without stopping.
After the cannons were fired, Xiao Zhen, Wenming, Xiao Duo, and Zhang Lu carefully checked the burned paper money to make sure it was completely burned out and stepped on all the sparks before returning to Wenjia Bay.
The banquet was already served, and we were just waiting for the guys who were finishing up to come back before we could start eating. Before the relatives and friends left, each family took away a small gadget from Wenming Electric, a humidifier, as a return gift.
At dinner, Wen Dalu was very happy as he bit into the soft and glutinous braised pork, and saw the family of nearly 200 people smiling all night.
After dinner, the whole family drank tea and chatted in the sun room. Wen Dalu caught up with the eldest son and said, "Old man, Xiao Duo is getting married on the 18th day of the first lunar month. As uncles, you should do your best to help him."
"Of course, where are you planning to hold Xiao Duo's wedding?" asked Xiao Zhen's uncle.
"Uncle, let's do it in Shanghai. Beijing is too cold. Zhang Wen's family in Hong Kong are all civil servants or soldiers. It's not convenient for them to go out. Let's do it at the Paradise Hotel in Xiao Town, Pudong!" Xiao Zhengtang lit a big cigar for his father-in-law and handed it to him.
"It's indeed more convenient, Zhengtang. The real estate market is booming right now!" said the uncle with emotion.
"If his uncle wants to come in and develop the business, that's a natural progression. However, you must control the scale of your loan financing and ensure the quality of the construction," Xiao Zhengtang said.
"I mainly work in construction and infrastructure, and I do some real estate as well. I use a 40% loan of my registered capital to finance this, and I sell it after I'm done. I can't just build a gate and start selling it like other people do. I can't cheat people," said his uncle.
"That's safe. If we can make better supporting facilities, there's still market capacity." Xiao Zhen suggested.
“I’d rather ask your high school classmate Fan Yue to design the building.
This kid has good skills and a good reputation, so I don't have to worry about the construction. I have only 7,000 to 8,000 mu of land in my hands. After the development, I won't be able to spend a lot of energy on this. "His uncle said
"If my uncle wants to raise funds and issue commercial bills, he should issue them through Nanyang, HSBC, and America to avoid being manipulated." Xiao Zhengtang suggested.
"I was just about to tell you about financing. Thank you, Zhengtang!"
"We're all family, why are you being so polite? By the way, wasn't Zhang Lu transferred to work at the Yubei Political and Legal Affairs Commission at the beginning of this spring? Xiao Zhen, why don't you ask Wang Chang?" Xiao Zhengtang asked.
"Wang Chang was transferred back to the main city from Xiushan a few years ago, not to mention he is the leader of Brother Zhang Lu. He is really fast with the right person!" Xiao Zhen said with a smile
"The 38-year-old Zhengtang does have a promising future! Dad, after the New Year, will you go back to Zhenyuan with Xiao Zhen or continue to live in Sanya? I think it's okay to wait until Xiao Duo's wedding is over before returning to Sanya?" Xiao Zhengtang nodded and asked again
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