Break out of the courtyard

Director Wang saw Zhang Heping talking about the sensitive topic in the past, and quickly interrupted, "I heard that your cooperation with Forever Bicycle Factory on battery bike production has ended?"

Zhang Heping put down the unfinished melon seeds and said casually: "Last year, we ordered 10 vehicles, but only sold 1 vehicles as of last month. There is not much profit."

"You actually look down on a business worth tens of millions of magnesium yuan a month!" Director Wang shook his head and said helplessly, "Do you know how many factories in China are fighting for foreign exchange orders worth tens of thousands of magnesium yuan, and how many factories have even lost their orders?"

"Don't meddle in other people's business!" Zhang Heping picked up the kettle, poured himself a glass of water, and said with a smile: "Besides, aren't the Forever brand electric bicycles selling well? They also want to produce battery-powered vehicles for sale, and I agree."

“But if I want to make electric cars next, there’s nothing they can do.”

"Several domestic automakers are unable to do processing for me, so I am considering looking for Japanese automakers to do it for me, or building a car factory in Shenzhen. However, the shell stamping lathe and multi-axis robotic arm are a bit troublesome, and the relevant chips need to be specially designed."

Director Wang said angrily, "You little bastard, if you ask a Japanese automaker to produce electric cars for you, do you believe that I will cut off the electricity to the Tingmei Health Care Factory?"

"Then my loss will be huge!" Zhang Heping stood up and said with a smile: "Auntie Wang, take a good vacation and see you after the New Year."

"Are you preparing to return to Hong Kong Island?" Director Wang stood up, took out two boxes of Tieguanyin tea from the cabinet, and sent Zhang Heping out.

"I have a flight tomorrow morning and I have to rush back to set up the electronic stock trading system in Hong Kong. Then I have to connect to the Internet in Japan, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. I also have to reorganize the company, build buildings, factories, and hospitals. I suddenly realized that there are still a lot of things to do this year."

Zhang Heping took the tea leaves, then went to Uncle Zhuang's house next door and picked up a net bag of pears that he had agreed to take away, and then returned home.

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"Brother Peace!"

"Biaozi?"

As soon as Zhang Heping returned to No. 7 Courtyard on the north bank of Houhai Lake, he saw a strong man in a fur coat in the house.

Zhang Heping glanced at the dried shrimps, salted fish, and preserved vegetables on the table and said with a smile, "It seems you are doing well in the South!"

"Without the capital given by Brother Heping, my brothers and I wouldn't even have enough money for the trip south." Biaozi replied while standing at the table, and then hurriedly said, "I came back by train today and heard that your house was robbed the night before yesterday!"

Biaozi said indignantly: "When my brothers and I left the capital, we specifically told the surrounding street thugs not to come here, but we didn't expect four thieves from other places to jump in!"

"Once I find out their background, I will go to their house and teach them a lesson!"

After Zhang Heping put down the tea leaves and pears, he took out two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes from the cabinet under the west wall.

"We are all businessmen. Don't keep talking about fighting and killing. It will easily bring disaster to yourself." Zhang Heping said, handing two packs of cigarettes to Biaozi and reminding him:

"Don't worry about those four thieves for now. Go back and tell your people to keep their mouths shut and not to brag about what happened in the south. Be careful or we'll catch you and interrogate you one by one."

"No way!" Biaozi took the cigarette and asked doubtfully, "Aren't some people allowed to get rich first?"

"It is allowed to get rich through hard work, do you count it?" Zhang Heping said unhappily, "Before, I asked you to get a self-employed business license in the south as a cover, did you do it?"

"I got it! I got it!" Biaozi took out a piece of paper from the pocket of his fur coat and opened it. "I waited for half a year before I got it. Brother Heping, do you think it's okay?"

"Shoes?" Zhang Heping glanced at the business scope on the paper.

Biaozi looked at Zhang Bing who was sitting next to him and said with a smile: "When I applied for the license, the staff asked me about the scope of business. I remembered the scene of Uncle Zhang repairing shoes at the door, so I applied for shoe repair."

"Then come up with a story about repairing shoes, making shoes, and opening a shoe factory to make a fortune, and cover up your business." Zhang Heping patted Biaozi on the shoulder and said, "Be careful outside, and buy a house when you make money."

"Buy a house?" Biaozi kept repeating Zhang Heping's suggestion. After being sent out of the yard by Zhang Heping with two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes, he thanked Zhang Heping and left.

When Zhang Heping returned to the main house, his mother Ma Xiuzhen gossiped, "Xiao San, what business are Biaozi and his friends doing in the south?"

"You were all standing by just now. I didn't ask what kind of business it was. It was nothing more than buying low and selling high. It doesn't matter if the quantity is small, but it's hard to say if the quantity is large." Zhang Heping replied and took the dry goods on the table to the kitchen.

Mother Ma Xiuzhen's gossip infected her second sister Zhang Pandi, and the mother and daughter followed her into the kitchen and talked about the gossip they had heard recently.

For example, an unemployed homeless person nearby becomes rich and buys a TV for his home.

Also, on trains, passengers are often caught carrying large bags of goods.

For dinner, I heated up the leftovers that I packed up for lunch, and invited my eldest sister and her family to come over to eat.

That night, the family watched the rebroadcast of the Spring Festival Gala on TV while chatting about interesting things happening on the street and their future plans.

The next day, the morning of the third day of the Chinese New Year.

Zhang Heping got into the Hongqi sedan that was parked outside the door early in the morning, said goodbye to his family, and went to the airport.

Director Wang notified No. 5 Courtyard last night to arrange the Hongqi sedan, and Villa No. 5, Building No. 11, Courtyard No. 1 was reserved for Zhang Heping.

However, Zhang Heping had no plans to live there. However, his mother Ma Xiuzhen was taken there several times by Director Wang and she even left the key there, thinking that if her grandchildren came back to attend Yuying School, they would be able to live there.

When leaving the airport the day before yesterday, Zhang Heping, his parents and nephew were in a hurry and did not notice the changes in the airport.

Today, he discovered that the canvas that had covered the mural of a Banna girl bathing that he had mentioned on New Year's Eve for several years had been removed, and there were several foreigners pointing and talking in front of the mural.

"My love, my beautiful dream, will always stay in your arms..."

When Zhang Heping walked towards the waiting hall, the song "Homesickness" was playing on the loudspeaker on the wall.

You know, the songs played here in the past were all very distinctive old songs.

Unconsciously, the domestic atmosphere has changed again.

……

After Zhang Heping returned to Hong Kong Island, he briefly told his gossipy mother-in-law Xu Jiefeng and his two wives about the burglary at his eldest sister's house.

Then, he asked about Tang Yi's Villa No. 119 next door, "Have my second uncle and his family returned to Xindao? I saw that the doors and windows over there were all closed."

The concubine Chen Shuting's eyes sparkled, but after looking at the first wife Tang Xin, she held back and said nothing.

Tang Xin glanced at her mother Xu Jiefeng and explained simply, "Something happened in their family, so they all went back to Xindao."

Seeing that neither of the two wives had any intention of explaining in detail, Zhang Heping stopped asking for the time being. He got up and went to the second floor, where he found his children playing computer games in the study.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Heping was taken to the bedroom upstairs by his two wives, one on each side. They said they were going to change clothes, but those who had experienced it would understand.

It is said that a woman is like a wolf at thirty and a tiger at forty.

Zhang Heping's two wives are exactly 40 and 30 years old this year...

Three hours later, Zhang Heping was lying on the bed, listening to the gossip of the two women.

Only then did I know that my second uncle Tang Yi brought home last year's most photogenic Miss Hong Kong Island on New Year's Day, intending to take her as his sixth concubine, but was strongly opposed by the first wife and the other four concubines.

To show their determination, the five wives took their children back to the new island, leaving the villa for Tang Yi and the Hong Kong Island girl to live together.

Finally, the concubine Chen Shuting said with a smile: "Husband, Sister Xin and I have discussed it. If you bring a little girl back someday, we will let you sleep in the master bedroom, and Sister Xin and I will live together!"

Snapped!

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