The Pentium Era - South to North

This year's Spring Festival is a little late. The 30th day of the Lunar New Year is already February 15, 1999 in the Gregorian calendar. The coldest part of winter has passed.

Xiao Zhao's uncle didn't arrive until noon in a farm truck. Along with him, there was Xiao Zhao's younger uncle. They loaded half a truck with fish, meat and fruits. Everyone saw them and hurried over. Unload the car and move things from the car outside the gate to the kitchen inside the villa.

The uncle stood at the door of the villa with his hands behind his back and a slumped belly. He watched everyone busy coming in and out. He couldn't find anyone to talk to, so he took a few steps back, stood in front of his mother, and said to Lao Liu who was sitting next to him. :

"Oh, brother, you don't know that the work in the countryside is very complicated and complicated now. I was busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and until last night, I just arranged the things at hand. I had time. Come to Chongqing."

Lao Liu smiled at him and kept nodding his head, saying, "Good job, good job."

Mayor Niu happened to be passing by, heard it, and shouted to his uncle: "Stop being official and go move things!"

The uncle immediately shrank his head, said what he wanted, and went to move things.

Old Liu laughed and said to his grandmother: "Haha, he is afraid of his wife. He is afraid of his wife."

Grandma seemed to understand this sentence suddenly and shouted: "You are bragging!"

Xiao Zhao's uncle is now the township chief, not the deputy township chief. However, as the township chief, he is still afraid of Mayor Niu.

The winter sun was warm, and before four o'clock, the three tables in the tent were filled with dishes. Xiao Zhao's mother was serving the dishes. When she saw Lao Liu sitting there, holding a wine bottle, she After drinking like this, she took a plate, put chicken legs, bacon, sausages and beef on it, and brought it to him. Old Liu quickly said thank you.

Lao Liu just ate food and drank wine like this. When it was almost five o'clock, the sunshine slowly disappeared from the yard little by little. When everyone was preparing to have the New Year's Eve dinner, Lao Liu could no longer even walk steadily. When his uncle and Meng Ping saw it, they quickly took him aside and arranged for him to sit on the chair.

Getting ready for the New Year's Eve dinner, my uncle, Meng Ping, Liu Ligan, and Father He went to the entrance of the hospital to set off firecrackers.

The weather was very warm today, so they hung up the canvas on three sides of the tent to block the night wind. One side was empty. On the empty lawn, Zhang Chen and He Dongmei's husband had already taken out the TV in the living room. Set it up there.

This year, they will not only have wine and food, but also a TV. They know that they will eat this meal until the Spring Festival Gala starts.

After eating, the three tables were all concentrated on the top table. The men at the table were drinking. Even Lao Liu still persisted. Zhang Chen's father had stopped drinking long ago, but he still couldn't bear to leave the table. He watched Meng Ping, Xiao Zhao's uncle, and He's father having a drinking fight. On the other side, Zhang Chen was fighting with Liu Ligan, his uncle, and He Dongmei's husband.

From time to time, Chief Niu would come over to see if any dishes were too cold, so she would warm them up and bring them back. Then she would sit back at the table at the other end of the tent, eat fruits, drink tea, and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Under the table, a large pot of charcoal fire was peeling off.

Whether it is Zhang Chen, Meng Ping, Liu Ligan, Xiao Zhao or Tan Shuzhen, they all have some emotions in their hearts. On last year's New Year's Eve, they had New Year's Eve dinner in Qu Tianlin's factory. There were so many people. This year's New Year's Eve dinner Ten, it’s the food here, and there are so many people.

Sometimes, it’s really good to have more people.

Lin Shuwan sat at the table over there, and then came to sit at the table here. Everyone asked her to drink, so she sat down to drink. While drinking, she suddenly felt a little sad, thinking about how long it had been since she had been with other people. It’s Chinese New Year.

When I was in Taipei, on this day, even the little girls in the store went home to celebrate the New Year. Lin Shuwan closed the store door below, turned off the lights, walked upstairs, and found an electric stove, a pot of water, and a person. Eating seafood and vegetables and drinking wine.

There is also a TV, and Zhu Geliang is playing tricks on the TV, but there is no Spring Festival Gala.

Thinking about it, I have never spent the Chinese New Year with so many people. At most, it was just my brother, grandma and her.

New Year's Eve was always a lonely time in her memory. She never expected that it could be so noisy.

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Zhang Chen and the others stayed in Chongqing for more than a week. It was rare to bring out all the elderly people, and there was also a Taiwanese compatriot. They treated it as a tour. He Hongmei led them to not only Jiefangbei, Hongya Cave, and Ciqikou in the city We went to all of them, including nearby Wulong. We also drove to Chengdu and Dujiangyan and stayed in Chengdu for one night.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the large army returned to Hangzhou, and He Hongmei also went with them to Hangzhou, preparing to meet Wenwen and Qianqian in Hangzhou.

Xiao Zhao is anxious to go to Shanghai and Beijing. Xiaomi and Xiaoli have already called her several times to be coquettish.

Meng Ping didn't seem to have enough fun. When he heard that Xiao Zhao was going to Shanghai, he shouted, "Let's go, let's go together. Let's drive to Shanghai and walk on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway."

The Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway from Hangzhou to Shanghai was completed just over a month ago, on December 29, 1998.

After hearing what Meng Ping said, Zhang Chen also wanted to go for a walk. Liu Ligan was going to attend the first Shanghai state-owned land auction in March. He and Tan Shuzhen said that we should also go and get familiar with Shanghai first, otherwise, by then, We don’t know what land is where.

Several people immediately agreed that the company would start work tomorrow and everyone would arrange things in the company. The day after tomorrow, which is the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, they would go to Shanghai together.

The elderly will definitely not be able to bear the continuous travel. This time, several elderly people will not take them with them. Xiangnan and Xiangbei have not started school yet, so they will be taken with them. Lin Shuwan, like Xiao Zhao, also wants to go to her wedding photo studio in Shanghai. Look, just go with them.

He Hongmei called Wenwen and Qianqian and asked them to go directly to Beijing. She also went to Shanghai with them first, and then took a plane from Shanghai to Beijing with Xiao Zhao.

Meng Ping is going to spend a few days in Shanghai. When Zhang Chen and the others are ready to return to Hangzhou, he will go back to Nanjing directly from Shanghai. The Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway from Shanghai to Nanjing was two years earlier than the Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, and was opened in 1996. It was officially opened to traffic in November.

On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, they set off together in Liu Ligan's Saobao Ben, Xiao Zhao's BMW, and Meng Ping's Cadillac.

The road from Hangzhou to Shanghai originally seemed very long, but after driving on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway for more than an hour, they saw the Xinzhuang exit. Liu Ligan said it was so enjoyable, and loudly shouted to Tan Shuzhen in the passenger seat, this is It is more convenient to go to Shanghai than to Yongcheng. Tan Shuzhen, it seems that our decision to expand to Shanghai is right. This expressway was built for us.

Tan Shuzhen smiled without saying anything.

Xiao Zhao drove the car and shouted when he arrived at the Xinzhuang exit, "Honey, it's so fast. Then when I come to Shanghai in the future, I can go back and forth on the same day."

Zhang Chen said yes, just let the second goods be delivered to you. It is very convenient.

After entering Shanghai, this time they did not stay at the Portman Hotel on Nanjing West Road where Zhang Chen often stayed, nor at the Jinjiang Hotel where Xiao Zhao often stayed. The Jinjiang Hotel is on Huaihai Middle Road, just a stone's throw away from their specialty store. dozens of meters away.

This time they chose to stay at the Peace Hotel on Nanjing East Road for the convenience of taking their children to visit Nanjing Road and the Bund.

After the group settled in, the two children were impatient on the road. Tan Shuzhen and Liu Ligan took them to Nanjing Road in front of the hotel. Meng Ping drove Lin Shuwan to her photo studio. Zhang Chen went to the store with Xiao Zhao and He Hongmei. .

Early the next morning, Xiao Zhao and He Hongmei flew to Beijing. Zhang Chen and Lin Shuwan took Xiang Nan to North, going to Jinjiang Paradise in the morning and Shanghai Zoo in the afternoon.

Liu Ligan, Meng Ping, and Tan Shuzhen drove around Shanghai. They were familiar with the topography of Shanghai. They had traveled all over Puxi. They then went to Pudong through the tunnel of Yan'an East Road.

They stayed in Shanghai for four nights. Meng Ping drove back to Nanjing. Zhang Chen and the others were also preparing to check out and return to Hangzhou. Zhang Chen's cell phone rang and he picked it up. To his surprise, the voice on the phone This person is Cao, the director of Shanghai Chaoyang Underwear Factory and the landlord of their Shanghai store. When we first met, he was the guy who said, "Isn't he crazy?"

Zhang Chen and the others would still give him gifts every year during the holidays, but this kind of thing was all done by Xiaomi. Zhang Chen and Director Cao had not seen each other since they signed the rental agreement a few years ago. , let alone contact him. If anything happens, Xiaomi will contact him directly.

Although Zhang Chen was confused, he quickly said, "Hello, Director Cao."

Director Cao asked Zhang Chen, do you have time to come to Shanghai during this period.

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "Director Cao, I am in Shanghai now."

"Are you in Shanghai? Hello."

Director Cao said that he asked Zhang Chen where he was in Shanghai. Zhang Chen told him that he was at the Peace Hotel and was about to check out and return to Hangzhou. Director Cao quickly shouted, "Wait a minute, Mr. Zhang, can you stay one more night?" I'll come over in the afternoon and I have something to ask you about. It's very important.

Zhang Chen said yes, if Director Cao wants to find me, I will definitely stay.

The two made an appointment on the phone to meet at the coffee shop of the Peace Hotel at two o'clock in the afternoon.

After answering the phone, Zhang Chen called Liu Ligan and Tan Shuzhen, who were waiting in front of the reception desk, and told them not to check out yet. Seeing Zhang Chen worried, the two asked him curiously what was wrong.

Zhang Chen told them Factory Director Cao’s phone number. Zhang Chen said, I was worried that he was here to discuss the store’s house.

"Is it due?" Liu Ligan asked.

Zhang Chen shook his head, not yet.

"No, what are you worried about?"

Zhang Chen scolded: "This is all caused by your real estate developers. Don't you see that demolitions are happening everywhere now?"

Liu Ligan and Tan Shuzhen laughed. Tan Shuzhen thought for a while and said, it's okay, Zhang Chen, it will definitely not be related to the demolition.

"Why?" Zhang Chen asked.

Tan Shuzhen said: "This demolition is a government action. There is no need for him to talk to you. The district government will directly send the things to your company or hand them over to your store. Usually at this time, the landlord will hide and let the government Come forward first, so that the issue of his breach of contract will not be involved, and it will be easier to talk about compensation."

"That's right, that's it. People nowadays are very smart, and they won't rush to the front by themselves." Liu Ligan also said.

Zhang Chen thought about it and realized that what Tan Shuzhen said made sense. If it was demolition, Xiaomi would definitely get the news first, and she would call him right away.

"What's going to happen?" Zhang Chen was surprised, "I don't usually interact with him."

"It's okay, we'll see what happens soon. I estimate that most of the time, we're here to discuss the rent issue. We can talk about it now. I'll accompany you in the afternoon." Liu Ligan said.

Zhang Chen thought about it and realized that Liu Ligan's words made sense. The factory director Cao came to talk to him was probably about the rent. If so, it was true that it was not a big deal.

The four adults and two children carried their luggage and went upstairs again to their rooms.

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