Break out of the courtyard

Hearing that Zhang Heping's children could attend Yuying School, Chang Guoxing couldn't help but glance at his second son Chang Sheng. After hearing that his wife Zhang Zhaodi had bought a color TV, a refrigerator, and a washing machine, she struggled all afternoon, fearing that she would be implicated by the capitalists.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Heping’s children could attend the most rigorously audited Yuying School!

"Heping, are you still working in the street office?" Chang Guoxing, Zhang Zhaodi's father-in-law, asked meaningfully.

"Temporary position at the subdistrict office, now working in the south." Zhang Heping explained briefly and glanced at his eldest brother-in-law Chang Sheng as if nothing had happened.

The four fathers and sons of the Chang family are railway policemen and are quite sensitive to certain things, but the eldest brother-in-law is obviously the most sensitive.

On the other hand, Zhang Yong, the second brother-in-law who is a mechanic, and Zhou Chengwen, the first cousin-in-law who is a cotton mill clerk, don't have that much thought.

There were one table for men, two tables for women, and more than twenty children crowded into two tables. This was an ordinary dinner in Hong Kong, but it was considered a luxury in the first place.

If the Capital Hotel hadn't waived the tickets after accepting the magnesium yuan, Zhang Heping wouldn't have been able to afford the five tables of meals.

After a somewhat formal dinner, the Zhang family, Zhou family, and Chang family went back to their respective homes. Zhang Heping took his wife and children to watch them leave, and then turned back to the suite to rest.

When they went upstairs, the eldest wife Tang Xin finally couldn't help but asked: "Husband, why didn't you discuss it with me and just agreed to let the children come back to study? It's not like you don't know how backward education in the country is!"

Over the years, Tang Xin has been responsible for the children's education. This sudden change caught her off guard. She could bear to ask until now, which was considered very restrained and took care of Zhang Heping's face.

In addition, she was still very worried about the domestic situation. Even though her father repeatedly said that today was different from the past, it was still difficult to eliminate the fear hidden in her heart.

In addition, she was unsure about how to get along with Zhang Heping's parents for a long time.

Also, after she and the children return to the capital, where will Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting stay?

Zhang Heping returned to the suite in silence, and then stood by the living room window, looking at the dim street lights and looking for the few people on the street.

Compared with the bustling traffic during the day, the capital seems particularly deserted at night.

"This is a country that is not even open at night." Zhang Heping took the tea cup from his younger wife Chen Shuting, turned his back to his eldest wife Tang Xin and the children, and said calmly: "But this is my motherland!"

"Husband!" Young wife Chen Shuting was on the side to help Tang Xin smooth things over. "Sister Xin is just worried that the children will not adapt to domestic education and that their grades will decline."

"This world is a power game! Results are just the ticket for ordinary people, money is just a supplement to this game, and connections are the core competitiveness." Zhang Heping looked at the black sky in the distance and said calmly:

"You should know what Yuying School represents!"

"Sister Xin!" Chen Shuting saw that Zhang Heping had stopped talking, so she sat next to Tang Xin and asked in a low voice:

"While eating, I heard the eldest sister and the second sister say that the Yuying School is very good. How is it so good?"

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Early the next morning, Zhang Heping went to the Capital Airport to buy a ticket to Hong Kong Island in the afternoon.

Then, he took his wife, children, parents, and nephews to see the apartment assigned to his father-in-law Tang Ming, a three-in courtyard house located east of Di'anmen.

There's a lock on the door!

Just when everyone thought Zhang Heping had the key to the courtyard door and saw him stepping forward to open the lock, unexpectedly he took out a piece of iron wire, randomly poked the lock cylinder twice, and opened the iron lock!

"Wow!" Zhang Yi, the eldest nephew, picked up the piece of wire that Zhang Heping had thrown away and said in surprise: "Uncle, how did you do it? Can you teach me!"

"You are too stupid!" Zhang Heping mercilessly insulted his eldest nephew, "If you can't pass the exam with an average score of 70, you will definitely not be able to learn."

"If you don't want to teach, don't teach. I will learn on my own!" Zhang Yi said, locked the iron lock on the door, and then stopped at the door.

This yard is a bit small, with a total of 16 rooms in the front yard, a side room, a wing room, a main room in the middle yard, a back room and a kitchen in the back yard.

Compared with the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluogu Lane, this courtyard is only as big as the front courtyard and middle courtyard there.

"It can be lived in." His father, Zhang Bing, made a comment after looking around.

"It's just a bit far from Houhai." Mother Ma Xiuzhen agreed, "But it's much closer than staying in a hotel."

Chen Shuting asked in confusion: "Why is there no bathroom in this yard?"

"Most courtyard houses in the capital don't have bathrooms unless they renovate them themselves." Tang Xin explained, then called the children out, "Don't run around in the house, be careful of tiles falling off the roof."

"There are cracks in the wall, probably caused by the earthquake." Zhang Heping didn't like this yard. "Let's go, this location is too remote, hidden deep in an alley, and it's inconvenient to travel."

Ma Xiuzhen and Zhang Bing looked at each other and followed helplessly.

In their eyes... It should be said that in the eyes of 80% of the people in the capital, this courtyard is considered excellent; Zhang Heping and his wife are not attracted to it. I really don't know what to say to them.

"Husband, Yuying School is in Xicheng. Can we buy a house in Xicheng?" Tang Xin, who had already figured it out, now considered the actual needs.

"There are all apartments over there, and buying and selling is not allowed yet." Zhang Heping walked to the door, took the wire from his nephew Zhang Yi, and opened the iron lock in a few clicks.

"This area is good, but the location is not good. It is close to the road in the east and north, but it is a dead end." After everyone came out, Zhang Heping locked the door and said casually:

"When things are finished on Hong Kong Island, I will come back and ask Director Wang to see if she can get a house. If it doesn't work, then we can only let Xiaobei and the others continue to study on Hong Kong Island."

Zhang Heping deliberately told his mother, Ma Xiuzhen, to tell Director Wang and the people above him what to do.

When we were having lunch in Courtyard No. 7, the long dining table made up of a dining table and two desks was occupied by the children. Only Ma Xiuzhen and Zhang Bing sat at the top, and the other adults stood behind the children. food.

"Brother-in-law, has your leader asked your family about color TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines?" Zhang Heping asked casually.

"No!" Chang Sheng shook his head, looking a little embarrassed.

By the way, he wanted Tang Xin and the others to withdraw yesterday, but his wife Zhang Zhaodi did not agree.

Zhang Zhaodi only said to him, "Come wash your winter clothes," and Chang Sheng shut up.

When asked by Zhang Heping, he thought it was Zhang Heping who was teasing him.

Little did he know that Zhang Heping was just collecting reactions from all parties.

After the meal, he went next door to ask his eldest cousin, but nothing happened.

Zhang Heping estimated that this matter may still ferment for a few days, and he can only find out more about it when he comes back next time.

When he went to the airport in the afternoon, there was no special car to see him off. Zhang Heping squeezed into the bus with his wife and children, and then took a bus to the airport.

For this reason, in addition to buying a house or building a hotel, there is another task, buying a car!

"Zhang Heping?" Lou Xiao'e, who was dressed a little too bulky in the airport waiting room, stood up hurriedly.

"Lou Xiao'e!" Zhang Heping took off his sunglasses as if surprised, thinking that I was already wearing a hat, scarf, and sunglasses, how did I get recognized?

Little did he know that it was his seven men in red clothes who exposed him.

The plane hadn't arrived yet, and the waiting room was only so big. After Zhang Heping, his wife, and children found seats to sit down, Lou Xiao'e shamelessly pulled her son Lou Xiao over.

"When I came back this time, I originally wanted to give you a set after I returned to my villa. As a result, this matter didn't go smoothly at all!"

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