Zhu Fanfan saw her maternal grandfather and waved. Fu Minghao and his wife came over, and Zhu Fanfan introduced them: "Grandpa and Grandma, this is Dai Xinghuo, whom I met on the train. This is my maternal grandfather, Fu Minghao, and this is my maternal grandmother."
Kid, the person is right in front of you, watch your words. Zhu Fanfan gave him a warning look.
Dai Xinghuo suddenly fell silent. How much of what he said just now did Grandpa Fu hear? What if the person involved overheard him talking badly about someone? I need help urgently.
Fu Minghao was very approachable and greeted him, "Hello, I'm Fanfan's maternal grandfather. I live in the Fu Mansion on John Road. Feel free to contact me if you need anything."
Dai Xinghuo hurriedly replied, "It's a pleasure to meet you. I've heard so much about you. I'll be going now."
Watching Dai Xinghuo slink away, Fu Minghao looked at Fanfan with amusement and asked, "Did you tease her?"
Holding her maternal grandfather's hand in one hand and her maternal grandmother's hand in the other, Zhu Fanfan said nonchalantly, "No, he was just babbling away, talking about how the young bastards were going to show off at the Fu mansion and were dealt with by Uncle Qi. He even reminded me that the Fu family has connections."
Fu Minghao really couldn't do anything with Fanfan, so he said gently, "You're a bit confused right now, so don't say anything out of line."
Tan Fuya also gave a few words of advice: "Your grandfather is in a difficult situation right now, so try to control your temper."
Zhu Fanfan nodded: "I know, I only told you this in front of my grandparents. Did you drive here?"
Fu Minghao replied, "Of course, we need a car to pick up our little darling. I'm driving today; Lao Yu has already been fired."
The previous deputy factory director had retired due to old age, and the new one was making a big deal out of it, saying that hiring a driver was capitalist hedonism, and that the big leader advocated self-reliance and had a lot of authority. He found it annoying, so he fired Lao Yu and found him a job with a transport team so he could drive himself and avoid the deputy factory director's constant nagging.
Zhu Fanfan asked, "Should I find out more about him and teach him a lesson?"
Although the Fu family has handed the factory over to the state, the state has granted my maternal grandfather the special permission to be the factory director, overseeing the entire factory. The state has recognized this, so what is a deputy factory director so smug about?
Fu Minghao hurriedly said, "Don't do anything rash. I can handle it. I've wanted to fire Lao Yu for a long time, but I didn't have a reason. Now, Deputy Factory Director Fu is taking the blame."
The situation has been getting worse in recent years, so he doesn't dare to be too high-profile anymore. He had gone to great lengths to buy this model of car, and he was reluctant to give it up. So he had to make things difficult for Lao Yu. However, Lao Yu is a native of the area and has a certain influence. The deputy factory director immediately started to label him, forcing him to resign. This made him an enemy of the Yu family, and there were quite a few people from the Yu family in the factory.
He's not exactly a magnanimous person. As a businessman, how could he not have some tricks up his sleeve? He just doesn't bother to use them. Now, his attempt to shift the blame is working quite well. The deputy factory director will have a tough time in the factory from now on.
Zhu Fanfan, who was already seated in the car, praised, "Well done!"
I have to say this car is really good quality. The seats are all genuine leather, which is very comfortable to sit in, and there is no gasoline smell. She heard from others that when private cars were popular in the 1980s, the smell of gasoline in cars was particularly strong.
Tan Fuya chimed in, "Your grandfather even renovated the house and fired Sister Xu."
Zhu Fanfan worried: "What will you do if we fire Sister Xu? The house is so big, just cleaning it is a huge task, and you are all getting old."
Tan Fuya didn't care: "So what? We're not immobile. It's not like we can't do housework. Before liberation, having servants was a way to show off. The more servants a family had, the more wealthy they seemed, and the more respect they would receive from outsiders. I don't like having too many people in my house. Who knows if they've been bribed?"
Before liberation, things were very chaotic. Many servants were bought off by foreigners and betrayed their masters and their families so they could leave the country. For a while, she was very worried because she was not smart and was afraid of being plotted against.
Zhu Fanfan was still concerned about Sister Xu: "Where is Sister Xu now? Does she still have any family?"
Tan Fuya sighed: "She was a pitiful person. She was a refugee who came here. Her husband and children died when she first arrived. She had no choice but to sell herself to bury her husband and children. She was still young then. Later, we tried to persuade her to remarry, but she said she had a good relationship with her deceased husband and did not want to remarry, so we let her be."
Before liberation, the Fu family were all servants born into the family. It was rare for someone like Sister Xu to come from another family. Servants worked for the Fu family their whole lives. As long as they were conscientious and did not betray the Fu family, the Fu family was very wealthy and even built a place for the servants to live out their old age. After liberation, the old-age home was disbanded, and the property deeds were given to them as a reward for their hard work for the Fu family for a lifetime.
However, Sister Xu and the others couldn't support her in her old age, so they gave her a sum of money, enough for her to live comfortably for the rest of her life.
Fu Minghao continued, "How about we move into the small house and rent this mansion to the housing management bureau?"
He felt increasingly insecure. These things were now like hot potatoes, but he didn't want to go abroad. He was old and wanted to die on his own country's soil. The Fu family owned many properties before liberation, but they were all donated after liberation. Only the Fu Mansion and a small building remained, not far from Xue Chenxi's house. It was Fu Ya's dowry and they couldn't bear to donate it.
Zhu Fanfan didn't offer any opinion. Her grandfather, an old revolutionary, had almost been imprisoned. She didn't want to say anything, since she lived in her own home and didn't care what others thought. But when she was forced to say something against her will, she did.
Fu Minghao saw Zhu Fanfan's dissatisfaction: "I don't have any objections yet! Why are you making a face? I just think that the house where your grandma and I live is too big and inconvenient to clean, so I want to move to a different place."
Tan Fuya also said, "Actually, I also wanted to say that it's quite nice to stay there. I've carefully decorated everything inside. Most of the buildings around this mansion are offices, so it would be quite awkward if we met."
The main problem was that they couldn't find anyone to talk to, so there was an awkward feeling of each of them talking to themselves. It wouldn't be good not to greet each other, so they felt very uncomfortable.
Originally, they were supposed to pick up the car, but once they got home, they started packing and moving. Zhu Fanfan was like: ...
Tan Fuya urged, "Fanfan, hurry up and tidy up your room except for the bed. I'll go to the courtyard tomorrow to tidy it up again. We'll find a truck in the afternoon, and we can move into our new home tonight."
Zhu Fanfan: "...Don't you want to check the date or something?"
This was all too fast, making her wonder if her grandparents had been preparing for this all along, intending for her to do all the hard labor. After a while, her grandfather became increasingly capricious, acting on a whim and moving whenever he felt like it, without any planning whatsoever. Was she just out of touch with the times?
Fu Minghao replied, "What do you mean by 'what day'? This is a new society now, every day is a good day. You'd better hurry up and get ready."
Zhu Fanfan looked at the decorations all over the room and fell silent. What was there to tidy up?
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