Break out of the courtyard

clap clap...

Teacher Wang, who served as a guide for Zhang Heping's family, applauded excitedly after the children finished singing.

"You sang really well!" Teacher Wang asked with a smile on her face: "Children, can you sing the other three songs?"

"meeting!"

A group of children responded in unison, and then, led by Teacher Wang, sang the other three songs as well.

Finally, Mr. Wang came up to Zhang Heping and asked, "Are you really Zhang Heping, the student who entered the class of 62?"

Zhang Heping, who was holding a Bank of China check, smiled and said, "I am Zhang Heping from Class 62, Grade 2."

"Hello, Zhang! I'm the school's music teacher." Teacher Wang asked excitedly, "Have you created any new songs to praise the motherland recently?"

"This..." Zhang Heping thought for a moment, and seeing that there was no paper or pen around, he said, "Why don't we go to another place and write a poem. I'll ask Teacher Wang to correct it."

"I don't deserve your correction. Please follow me to the music classroom, Zhang." Teacher Wang said while greeting the group of children.

Looking at the black upright piano in the classroom, Zhang Heping sighed: "It's still the same here."

"Student Zhang, you haven't been back for a long time!" After entering the classroom, Teacher Wang quickly found paper and pen.

"This is the first time I've come back since I went to the countryside in 68." Zhang Heping touched the piano, then took the paper and pen, glanced at the musical instruments in the classroom, and began to copy down the songs from his previous life.

A few minutes later, Zhang Heping brought three sheets of music and lyrics and named them: "Xiaofeng plays the piano, Xiaonan plays the cello, and Xiaonian plays the violin with her mother."

Teacher Wang had just been standing behind Zhang Heping and watching for a while. When he heard that Zhang Heping and the others were going to sing and play the guitar by themselves, he immediately ran over to help get the instruments and asked Ma Xiuzhen and the others to sit next to him.

As his fourth daughter Zhang Feng played the piano, Zhang Heping began to sing in a deep male voice:

Who am I in this vast sea of ​​people?

Among the surging waves, which one am I?

In the army conquering the universe, I am the one who silently contributes.

In the long river of glorious career, I am the one who is always galloping.

I don't need you to know me, nor do I desire you to know me.

I integrate my youth into the rivers of my motherland.

The mountains know me, the rivers know me.

The motherland will never forget, and will never forget me!

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"The motherland will never forget?" The principal of the 11th School took a copy of the lyrics handed over by Teacher Wang, looked at the neat regular script on it, and immediately believed that the lyrics were written by Zhang Heping, a former top student.

"You should organize the students to practice this song first and see if it can be performed in this year's National Day performance." Just as the principal put down the lyrics and was about to continue the approval work, a rectangular piece of paper was handed to him by Teacher Wang with both hands.

"Bank of China check, 300 million?" The principal stood up suddenly and asked in surprise, "Where did it come from?"

When the No. 300 School was first established, the amount of money approved by the government was only million yuan!

Therefore, Zhang Heping used the school construction funds to donate to his alma mater.

However, when the principal of the No. 3 School remembered to meet Zhang Heping, the wealthy alumnus, Zhang Heping was already at the school gate, sitting in a jeep, following three newly bought Hongqi cars, and driving to the north bank of Houhai.

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"These three cars will be used as the vehicles for our No. 3 Courtyard. You can use them as you like. I will notify you in advance when I need a car. It's getting late, so you should go back and eat first!"

Zhang Heping stood outside Courtyard No. 7 and said something simple to Li Su, which was considered as accepting Villa No. 11 in Building No. 1.

Servicewoman Li Su glanced at the bustling Yard No. 7, thought for a moment, and then went back, planning to discuss the car purchase expenses and other matters tomorrow.

While having dinner on the gatehouse of No. 7 Courtyard, a group of children chattered about what they had seen and heard that day.

Halfway through the meal, the little kids left the table. The eldest brother-in-law Chang Sheng sat next to Zhang Heping and poured him a glass of wine.

"Heping, I'll drink first to show my respect, you can do as you please!" said the eldest brother-in-law Chang Sheng, and he finished a glass of Moutai, and then poured himself another glass.

"Sister, don't you usually forbid your brother-in-law to drink? He wants to drink enough at once while I'm back." Zhang Heping said teasingly and finished the wine in the glass.

Chang Sheng, the eldest brother-in-law, held the bottle of Maotai and poured wine for Zhang Heping, saying self-deprecatingly: "My brother-in-law is incompetent. He only became a deputy section chief because of the color TV you gave him. I toast to you and your sister-in-law."

Tang Xin clinked her teacup with her brother-in-law Chang Sheng, but Chen Shuting ignored her and continued to play the role of secretary.

When the eldest brother-in-law Chang Sheng was about to pour Zhang Heping the third cup, Zhang Heping covered the cup with his left hand and said with a smile: "Tell me! What's the matter? Let me hear if you can do it or not."

Chang Sheng put down the bottle of wine shyly, glanced at his introverted and talkative second brother-in-law Zhang Yong, and the sisters Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi, and then said:

"I just heard that you have been allocated a villa at Yuying School. Are you planning to let Xiaobei and the others come back to study at the middle school of Yuying School? Can Chang Wen, Zhang Yi and the others also be transferred to that school?"

"Xiaobei, come here." Zhang Heping leaned back in his chair, looked at his six children and six nephews, and asked, "Which one do you think is better, Yuying School or No. 6 School?"

"Eleven!" Chang Le, the 12-year-old nephew, said loudly, "The school over there is the biggest, and there is also a zoo."

The eldest son Zhang Bei asked, "Dad, do you want us to come back to study?"

"Yes!" Zhang Heping explained, "The security in Hong Kong Island is too bad. You go to school intermittently and can't make many friends. I plan to let you come back to school, and go to Hong Kong Island or Shenzhen to hire tutors for extra lessons during the winter and summer vacations."

"Oh..." Zhang Bei thought for a moment and said, "Then I want to go to the 11th School."

"I want to go to the 11th too!" said the second daughter Zhang Nan, "I want to leave my mark in that honor room too!"

The couple will be 7 years old in July and are currently in the first grade of junior high school in Hong Kong Island. If they return to study, Zhang Heping is worried that they will not be used to the teaching in China.

"This summer, you two should take Xiao Nian with you and study Chang Wen and Zhang Yi's first-grade textbooks on your own. If you find it difficult, you can study with Xiao Nian."

"Yeah! I'm going to be classmates with my eldest brother and second sister!" The third daughter Zhang Nian shouted excitedly.

Seeing that his fourth daughter Zhang Feng, who turned 12 in December this year, and 11-year-old twins Zhang Long and Zhang Hu did not say anything, Zhang Heping tacitly agreed that they should go to Yuying School for the third time.

Afterwards, Zhang Heping asked 13-year-old Chang Wen and Zhang Yi, and they also said that the No. School was good.

Then, he asked his eldest nephew Zhang Yi to go next door and call Ma Lili and her two children.

As a result, Zhou Xiaochun and Zhou Xiaopeng also thought that No. 11 School was good.

Under Chang Sheng's hopeful gaze, Zhang Heping smiled and said, "I will ask about the matter of transferring schools tomorrow. You can discuss it with the children later to see if they are willing to transfer schools."

dong dong!

"Is Heping at home?" Lou Xiao'e's voice came from downstairs.

Ma Xiuzhen, the mother, walked to the parapet beside the wall, looked down, and frowned, "Lou Xiao'e, didn't I tell you not to come over here?"

The second sister Zhang Pandi walked downstairs, opened the door, and said to Lou Xiaoe in a stern voice: "Lou Xiaoe, don't you know how many people you have offended in order to get the house?"

"Second sister, I just want to ask Heping if he wants to buy those houses and give them away as a favor." Lou Xiao'e smiled apologetically, "I am the one who offended him. He only needs to spend some money and... Heping will come back!"

Lou Xiao'e looked at Zhang Heping in the doorway with a fake smile on her face. In fact, she had promised the people nearby that whoever notified her first after Zhang Heping returned would be rewarded with 10 yuan.

Even though the money is small, 10 yuan is still very attractive nowadays when wages are still not high.

The key is, just give a notification, it’s very simple!

"Lou Xiao'e, I asked someone to check the situation of your Lou family in Xindao." Zhang Heping walked out the door, looked at Lou Xiao'e with a smile on her face at the bottom of the stairs, and shook his head secretly:

"Here's a piece of advice for you. If you want to make a comeback in your life, hold on to those houses and wait for them to appreciate in value in 20 years before selling them."

"Don't come again!" Zhang Heping waved his hand to drive him away. "Your so-called favors, relationships maintained by profit output, are not reliable at all in my opinion. Think about your father after he went to prison. Who would dare to save him with all the connections in your family?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Heping couldn't help but think of Uncle Liu and Liu Yuan, wondering where they had gone.

Zhang Heping suddenly lost interest in talking further and turned back to the gatehouse.

"Don't come again!" Zhang Pandi said, and closed the door.

However, not long after, someone downstairs shouted again.

However, he didn't call Zhang Heping, but Chang Sheng, and asked him whether he would watch TV tonight.

After Chang Sheng gave away the color TV at home, his mother Ma Xiuzhen gave the black-and-white TV to his eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi's family.

Therefore, the responsibility of broadcasting television to the outside world fell on the eldest sister's family.

After his brother-in-law Chang Sheng and a group of boys went downstairs to turn on the TV, Zhang Heping casually asked his cousin Ma Lili about Zhou Laoer's situation.

"After he was released last month, he lost his job, so he has been collecting eggs in the countryside and then selling them in the city," Ma Lili explained briefly.

The second sister Zhang Pandi complained: "That idiot always receives rotten eggs. We don't dare to buy his eggs anymore."

If Chou Dan shined a flashlight on it, he would be able to find it, but Zhang Heping did not say this. Instead, he asked, "Is he still gambling?"

Cousin Ma Lili shook her head, "Probably not. I heard that he gave all the money he earned to his wife."

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