Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

On the first day of the new year, Xu Damao, Bang Geng, Liu Guangtian and others came to visit him.

In the middle of the first lunar month, Huaihua's baby was one month old, so Zhao Shanhe and Qin Jingru were invited to attend.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for students to go back to school. Schools started opening one after another, and the eldest son left again with his daughter-in-law.

Spring went and autumn came, and in the blink of an eye it was summer 1987.

"Dad, I'm back," the eldest son An Tong came back with his daughter-in-law Yiyun.

"Dad, I graduated. Look, this is my graduation certificate, and this is my degree certificate." An Tong excitedly placed the certificates in front of Zhao Shanhe.

In the past year and a half, my country's economy has developed rapidly, and the Zhao Group has also taken off and launched several mobile phones.

"You've graduated, so what? Do I have to set up two tables to congratulate you?"

"Dad, no, I have some good news to tell you."

Zhao Shanhe looked at the newspaper and said, "What good news can you have?"

Zhao Antong held Yiyun's hand and said, "Dad, Mom, I want to officially announce to you that not only have I graduated, but I will soon be a father, and you will also be grandparents."

Zhao Shanhe stopped reading the newspaper and became dazed. Qin Jingru said excitedly, "An Tong, is what you said true? Is Yiyun really pregnant?"

"Well, Mom, I was vomiting a lot the past two days. I thought I had a stomachache. I went to the hospital for a checkup and found out that I was pregnant. It's been two months. You're going to be a grandmother soon."

"Dad, please say something. Yiyun is pregnant, you are going to be a grandfather, and I have graduated. Is this a double happiness?"

Compared to An Tong's excitement, Zhao Shanhe seemed a little at a loss. He still couldn't accept for a moment that he was going to be a grandfather so soon.

Zhao Shanhe thought that he had traveled through time in 1958, and now it had been exactly 29 years. He was going to be a grandfather soon. Time passed so quickly, and everything seemed so unreal.

Zhao Shanhe deliberately said, "You are going to be a father, can you be more stable?"

"Dad, I'm so excited. You don't know how excited I was when I got the news. I couldn't sleep. After I got my diploma, I rushed back to tell you the good news. I didn't even go to the class reunion. I'm going to be a father."

"Daughter-in-law, come and sit down. You must be careful in the next two months and take good care of yourself."

"Mom, I'm fine."

Zhao Shanhe still didn't know what to say and was still shocked by this sudden news.

Just when he was about to smoke a cigarette, he saw his daughter-in-law next to him, so he put the cigarette away, feeling even more at a loss.

When An Rong and An Feng came back, they were overjoyed to hear that their eldest sister-in-law was pregnant and that they were going to be uncle and aunt.

Zhao Shanhe was silent the whole afternoon, hiding in the study, smoking many cigarettes in a row. It was just like when he gave birth to An Tong. Everything felt so unreal.

The main reason is that he had a miserable life in his previous life, and the children were not his own. Now he not only has a son, but also the continuation of the next generation. Who can understand his feelings at this moment.

When they were sleeping, Qin Jingru asked, "What's wrong? Your daughter-in-law is pregnant, and you seem a little unhappy. You locked yourself in the study room for the whole afternoon, and An Tong and Yi Yun thought you didn't like this grandson."

"I don't know how to put it. I don't know how I feel right now. I feel the same way as when An Tong was about to be born. I feel excited, but also a little bit unbelievable. It's an indescribable feeling."

"You've made it too complicated. I can't understand you. But I'm going to be a grandmother soon. I'm really happy. I want to stop working and stay at home to take care of Evian. What do you think?"

"Okay, anyway, the class you're in is just for you to kill time, so if you don't want to go, then don't go. It's good to take care of Yiyun, and it also shows that we value him."

"Time flies by so fast. The time I met you is still fresh in my mind, and now I'm going to be a grandfather. To be honest, I'm not ready to be a grandfather. I'm only in my early 40s."

"What's the big deal? Uncle San is already a grandfather before he's forty. There are many people who became grandfathers before they were forty."

"You don't understand. My situation is a little special."

"If you explain it to me, I will understand."

"I can't explain it clearly." Zhao Shanhe couldn't say that he had traveled through time. This sentence could scare people to death. He got married when he was in his thirties in his previous life, and he was also that age when he died. His son was not his own.

"Brother, now that An Tong has graduated and is about to go to the company, how do you plan to arrange for An Tong? Is what you said before true?"

"Just follow the second and third brothers to exercise first. What are the arrangements? What did you talk about before?"

"So the company's successor will be chosen from among all the sons and nephews? It doesn't necessarily mean that An Tong will take over?"

"Well, I'm not kidding about this. You've seen how big the company is now. It will definitely become bigger and bigger in the future. If there is no suitable successor, such a big company will collapse sooner or later.

The whole family will have to starve to death. If you are capable, you can go for it. If you are not capable, you can just take a sinecure or wait for dividends."

"But you founded the company, and you couldn't come out because of work, so you asked your second and third sons to come out. But your son is different, he can take over. Why do you have to choose?"

"That's easy for you to say. What about your three sons? Which son will the company be given to?"

"It doesn't matter which son he is. They are all our sons anyway. A son is always closer to us than a nephew, right?"

"Qin Jingru, I advise you to stay out of this matter. If your words are spread out, what will the second and third brothers think? These are secondary. As I said before, you have to choose someone who is capable."

"Whether it's a son or a nephew, they are all members of the Zhao family. Choose someone who is capable. The meat is still in our own pot. Anyway, the bulk of the profits are in our hands.

If you choose someone who is incompetent, even the pot will be taken away by others. Do you think running a business is just like playing house?

Even though the company is doing so well now, it’s because I’m still here and I’m backing it up. If I’m gone and you find someone incompetent to take over the company, believe it or not, it will be taken over by someone else in no time.

I have the ability to convince the second and third sons. If our son is not capable and cannot control the others, there will be chaos inside. This is the beginning of a disaster. We must find someone who is capable and can control it.

Regardless of whether it is An Tong, An Huan, or An Feng, as long as they have the ability, they will definitely be able to go up. If not, they can just do whatever they want. First of all, I will not agree to it."

"And as I said before, there must be someone in the family who is in politics. It's not enough to have someone in business alone. They can't keep the wealth. Why is it called the Zhao Group? It must rely on the power of a family. What do you know?"