Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 33 Welcoming

After a sumptuous dinner on New Year's Eve in 1986, when Lu Shaohua opened his eyes, it was already the morning of the next day. He couldn't help but say with some emotion: "Wow! A year has passed just like that."

After washing up, Lu Shaohua looked around the room and found that Lu Jiahui and Chen Guobang were still sleeping soundly. He did not disturb them. He quietly found a chair and sat down, clasping his hands behind his head, raising his legs, and closing his eyes to rest. Memories kept circling in his mind like a tide, from shipping lychees to Shenzhen in May to sell, the booming business, exporting lychees, then making money out of nothing, and then exporting a large amount of fruit. All of this seemed to have happened just yesterday, clearly visible...

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After the Spring Festival, the shop resumed normal business, but the business was not as hot as when selling lychees, because there were fewer rare fruits in this season, and it was also the "off-season" for fruits. Due to the "off-season", the business of the shop was not very good, so after the Spring Festival, Lu Jiahui went home to help build the house. In fact, before the Spring Festival, Lu Jiayao had sent someone to tell his family that they were going to rebuild the house and asked them to go back to help. One more person means one more pair of hands, and it will be faster to build it.

When Lu Shaohua heard that his family was going to rebuild their house, he agreed with both hands and feet, and the reason for his approval was: "He didn't want to sleep on the floor anymore." Thinking about this reason, it was really ridiculous. But then again, a person who is used to living in a high-rise building would definitely be very uncomfortable to suddenly move into a small house of less than 80 square meters. (Note: Haha, nowadays, people who come to Shenzhen to work don't live in high-rise buildings. Haha)

Fruits were in the "off-season", so exports to Hong Kong were of course stopped. Yang Jianlong had nothing to do, so he stayed in Lu Shaohua's shop all day chatting, which was also to get closer to Lu Shaohua. Yang Jianlong had been doing business with Lu Shaohua for almost 7 months, and he made no less than a million, and his assets exceeded the 300 million mark. As for Lu Shaohua, the "God of Wealth", he tried his best to please him, fearing that he would offend him and end his business.

"Brother Shaohua, why didn't you tell me earlier that your father was coming to Shenzhen so that I could buy some gifts for him?" Yang Jianlong said, walking towards the door anxiously.

"Oh! That's not a big deal!" Lu Shaohua looked at Yang Jianlong's anxious look, shook his head and smiled bitterly. In fact, he only learned last night that Lu Jiayao was coming to Shenzhen. So, when he was chatting with Yang Jianlong, he mentioned it by accident, and Yang Jianlong hurried to the door, apparently to buy gifts.

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At around nine o'clock in the evening, four or five people were standing on the side of the road where the bus got off. Some were wearing suits and ties, while others were dressed casually and looked out of place. Passersby didn't know what was going on, so they watched from afar and pointed in their direction from time to time.

Seeing people pointing and talking over here, Lu Shaohua felt helpless. He had told Weng Wende and the others that they didn't need to come out to pick him up, but Weng Wende stopped him with one sentence. "He is my uncle. As a junior, it is his duty to come out to pick him up." And Yang Jianlong's request was even more reasonable. "He is my partner. He must come out to pick him up."

That's right, the people standing on the side of the road were Lu Shaohua, Weng Wende, Yang Jianlong and Chen Guobang. Of course, they were standing on the side of the road so late at night to pick up Lu Jiayao, otherwise they would not be standing there in the cold wind in the middle of the night.

"Here it comes, here it comes." Chen Guobang suddenly shouted.

After Chen Guobang shouted, Lu Shaohua came back to his senses. He took a closer look and saw that it was indeed a bus from his hometown to Shenzhen. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "I don't need to be pointed at by others anymore."

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"dad!"

As soon as Lu Jiayao stepped out of the bus, he heard a familiar voice. He looked up and realized it was Lu Shaohua. He said cheerfully, "You little brat, why are you running out in such a cold weather instead of staying at home? It's not like I can't find a place to stay by myself."

After saying this, Lu Shaohua first rolled his eyes at Lu Jiayao, secretly despised him in his heart, and muttered: "If I didn't come out to pick you up, would you be able to find the place?"

Lu Shaohua's muttering did not reach Lu Jiayao's ears, because Weng Wende was afraid that Lu Jiayao didn't know that he was here, so he shouted loudly, "Uncle!"

"Oh! Wende is here too!" Lu Jiayao looked carefully and found four or five people standing there. Weng Wende and Chen Guobang were also there, and there was another person he didn't recognize. He couldn't help but look at him a few more times and thought to himself, "Who is this person?"

Seeing Lu Jiayao staring at him, Yang Jianlong stretched out his left hand and said in not very fluent Mandarin: "Hello, hello."

Looking at Yang Jianlong's expression, Lu Jiayao knew that he was going to shake hands with him. Although he had lived in the countryside for a long time, he could often see handshakes on TV dramas. So Lu Jiayao also stretched out his hand to shake, but did not speak. It was not that he did not know how to speak, but that he did not know who the other person was and did not know what to say.

Seeing that Lu Jiayao didn't speak, Lu Shaohua quickly introduced: "Dad! This is our Hong Kong businessman who exports fruits - Yang Jianlong."

"Oh! Hello! Hello!" Lu Jiayao reacted quickly. When he heard that it was a partner, he said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, okay, stop being polite. It's so cold." Chen Guobang, who was standing aside, took the gift bag from Lu Jiayao and said a little impatiently.

After hearing what Chen Guobang said, Yang Jianlong also agreed, "Yes, yes, it's so cold, let's go back first."

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In the private room of Weng Wende's restaurant, the table was filled with dishes. Lu Jiayao sat in the main seat, and the others sat around him. This was also something Weng Wende had planned, and he specially asked the chef to prepare it. As the name suggests, it is called "welcoming guests", which is actually a way for the younger generation to show respect to the elders...

After eating this big meal that he didn't know whether to call it dinner or midnight snack, Yang Jianlong took out a beautifully wrapped box from his pocket and handed it to Lu Jiayao, saying, "Haha, if we count by age, I should be older than you, so I'll call you 'brother'." He paused for a moment before continuing, "This is the first time we meet, and time is a bit tight. I don't have anything good, so this small gift is not a sign of respect."

"Oh! Brother, this won't do. I'm already very happy to see you. No need for gifts." Lu Jiayao said quickly, waved his hand.

"Yes, yes." Yang Jianlong said as he put the package in front of Lu Jiayao.

"Oh!" Lu Jiayao picked up the box and was about to give it back to Yang Jianlong, but before he could give it to him, Lu Shaohua spoke up. "Dad! Just accept it. It's just a little gift from Mr. Yang." In fact, Lu Shaohua didn't know what was inside. To him, such a small box would not be worth much even if it was filled with gold. Lu Shaohua felt that it was boring to push it back and forth, so he spoke up.

"Yes, yes, it's just a token of my appreciation." Yang Jianlong also echoed.

"Okay, then I won't be so sentimental." Lu Jiayao also felt that it was boring to fight over it, so he took the box.

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