Chapter 237 Radiance
Ying Caixia actually also has a good impression of Qin Zhengguo, otherwise she would not agree to date him.
These two young people who missed each other in their previous lives completely changed their life trajectories because of Song Yuanchao and came together at this time.
Faced with Qin Zhengguo's proposal, Ying Caixia finally agreed. The two agreed to wait for Qin Zhengguo to return to Hong Kong this time to deal with the company's affairs and then prepare for marriage. They set the wedding date on New Year's Day in 1981. After the marriage, Ying Caixia might follow Qin Zhengguo to Hong Kong, or she might settle down in Shenzhen. The specific arrangements are just an idea for now.
"That's great! Why didn't you tell me earlier!" When Lin Yan heard this, she was surprised and happy for them at the same time. This was a great event!
Recalling the day when she came back from Pengcheng, Lin Yan found that Ying Caixia seemed a little abnormal. However, at that time she was too tired from the trip to Pengcheng, so she returned to the room, took a shower and went to bed early without thinking much about it. Who would have thought that this would be the case.
Ying Caixia blushed and was a little shy but didn't say anything. Song Yuanchao, who was talking to Li Daqi and others not far away, noticed the movement from Lin Yan's side, walked over and couldn't help asking what happened.
When Lin Yan excitedly told Song Yuanchao about this, Song Yuanchao was surprised and also sincerely happy for them.
"You guy, you still want to hide this kind of thing from us. Don't you treat me as a brother?" Song Yuanchao slapped Qin Zhengguo on the back without any hesitation and scolded with a smile.
Qin Zhengguo, who was usually carefree, actually felt a little embarrassed at this time. His old face turned slightly red, and then he hurriedly explained: "This... It's not that I don't want to tell you, I was planning to tell you later, hehe..."
"Okay, stop explaining. The more you explain, the more guilty you feel." Song Yuanchao said so. Li Daqi and Gu Jie laughed on the side. They stepped forward to congratulate Qin Zhengguo and said that no matter whether they lived in Hong Kong or Shenzhen in the future, this wedding must be held in the mainland and it must be a lively one, otherwise no one would forgive him.
Qin Zhengguo hurriedly agreed, and at the same time looked towards Ying Caixia, whose face was still flushed with shame, with love, excitement, and satisfaction of getting what he wanted.
The staff blew their whistles on the platform, and the train was about to leave.
Song Yuanchao hugged and said goodbye to his friends one by one. Finally, it was Ying Caixia's turn. He reached out and shook Ying Caixia's hand, but said nothing and gave her an encouraging smile.
At the second whistle, Song Yuanchao and Lin Yan boarded the train with their luggage. Qin Zhengguo couldn't help humming a song as he watched their figures disappear through the train door.
"Ah, goodbye, my friend... Ah, goodbye, my friend... Ah, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye..."
Before he finished singing, Ying Caixia, who was so angry, reached out and pinched Qin Zhengguo hard on the waist. Qin Zhengguo screamed and almost jumped up.
"What the hell are you singing about! Do you have any brains?"
Ying Caixia glared and started cursing. Qin Zhengguo was puzzled at first, but he understood after thinking about it. The lyrics of the song were really not that good, and he deserved to be beaten for singing this song in this occasion.
Thinking of this, Qin Zhengguo quickly raised his hand and slapped his mouth a few times, then jumped up and down on the spot making a lot of noises. This made Li Daqi and Gu Jie next to him laugh so hard that they couldn't even straighten their backs.
Time flies and it’s already October.
The golden autumn season is the most beautiful time in Shanghai. At this time, the leaves of the sycamore trees on the streets and alleys begin to turn yellow, the afternoon sun is bright but not hot, and the old houses hidden behind the high walls are as beautiful as those in fairy tales, which makes people intoxicated.
Today is Sunday, but Zhang Jianguo still went to work early in the morning. As the team leader and actual manager, Zhang Jianguo has not had a day off since the team was established.
With the support of Song Yuanchao and Tengfei Factory, the establishment of the fleet went smoothly.
In just half a month , Zhang Jianguo had set up a fleet of cars. Although the scale of the fleet could not be compared with that of the previous unit, there were only five cars, one of which was a van driven by Li Daqi in the past and now also belonged to the fleet. As for the other four, they were brand new large trucks. It was not easy to buy these four large trucks. Fortunately, Zhang Jianguo had many friends and used some connections, and he was able to buy them at a high price that was 10% higher than the original selling price.
Although the car is a bit expensive, it is worth the money.
After the fleet was established, the daily business was fully scheduled. The vehicles were almost busy all the time except for the normal inspection and maintenance time. In just one month, nearly a quarter of the initial investment was earned back.
Zhang Jianguo had calculated in his mind that by the end of the year, not only would all the investment in the team be earned back, but he would also be able to give everyone a generous year-end bonus. When he thought of this, Zhang Jianguo was very excited, and at the same time, he was proud of his wise decision.
"Is Jianguo back?"
"I'm back, I'm back!"
"Is this the big pig's trotter that we just bought? Is this the meat for dinner tonight?"
"Haha, the children are growing up, and they are eating me up. It doesn't matter to us adults, the main thing is the children..." Zhang Jianguo was riding a bicycle with a basket hanging on the handlebars, which contained a pig's trotter and some other vegetables.
After working in the team for most of the day, Zhang Jianguo left at 3 pm. After all, today was a day off and the children were at home. He had been busy with the team for the past two months and had no time to take the children to the park. As a father, Zhang Jianguo couldn't help but feel guilty towards his children.
He brought back the pig's trotter and vegetables. It is still not easy for ordinary people to buy vegetables nowadays. The vegetable market is crowded everywhere in the early morning every day. If you go too late, the good vegetables will be gone. Besides, things like pig's trotter require meat coupons. Ordinary people have so many meat coupons per month, and the opportunities to eat meat are very few. Besides, few families have high-end things like refrigerators nowadays. Even if you buy meat, you can only cut a piece at most. Except for festivals, who would be willing to buy such a big pig's trotter and take it home?
But for Zhang Jianguo, just because it's difficult for others doesn't mean it's the same for him. When he was in the small car team, he knew a lot of people and often brought some rare things home. Now that he has set up his own team and become the team leader, it's even more amazing.
Just like the pig trotters and vegetables he brought back today, they were specially sent to him by the director of a meat processing plant. Since this meat processing plant is a small state-owned enterprise and does not have its own fleet, it usually has to ask higher authorities to arrange vehicles for transporting pigs and delivering goods. Not to mention the lack of transportation capacity, the time is often uncertain, which has greatly affected their production.
Now, after Zhang Jianguo's fleet was established, he reached an agreement with the other party through his previous relationship. Many of the transportation for the meat processing plant were directly handed over to Zhang Jianguo. Zhang Jianguo's vehicles were dispatched on time, the service was good, and the freight was not expensive. As a result, the other party was very satisfied.
Although the items were given to him reluctantly, Zhang Jianguo still paid for them with his own money.
Things are different now than before. In the past, I drove for the government, and it was common to take some things when I went out. But now it is my own business, and this kind of atmosphere cannot continue. Zhang Jianguo has been a driver for so many years and he is very clear about the bad things in the driver circle. He set the rules when the fleet was first established, and as the team leader, he must set an example himself.
As for the money, Zhang Jianguo is not short of it now. After becoming the team leader, Zhang Jianguo can get more than 200 yuan a month, which is several times his previous salary.
In addition, there are bonuses, travel expenses, and year-end dividends. In his eyes, a few yuan for a pig's trotter is no longer as cost-effective as it used to be.
He rode his bike directly into the alley, and when he arrived at the door of his house, Zhang Hao heard the noise and ran out. When he saw the big hoof hanging on Zhang Jianguo's handlebars, he cheered immediately.
"Grandma! Mom! Dad is back with some pig's trotters! Big pig's trotters! We'll have pig's trotters to eat today! Let's eat pig's trotters!"
Cheers rang out, and Zhang's mother and Sun Xia came out of the house with Xiao Pingping. It happened that Zhang Jianguo had already parked the car and walked into the yard carrying a basket full of pig's trotters.
"Oh, where did such a big pig's trotter come from?" Sun Xia asked in surprise when she saw the basket in Zhang Jianguo's hand.
"Where is it from? I stole it!" Zhang Jianguo said with a smile.
"You're going to die! If it's bought, it's bought. Why do you say it's stolen? If people misunderstand and report it to the police, won't that cause trouble?" Sun Xia took the basket and cursed.
"You already know it was bought, why are you asking me?" Zhang Jianguo said with a smile, squatting down and picking up little Pingping who was blinking her big eyes at the basket, and stroking her braided head and asked: "Pingping, are you happy that we are having pig's trotters at home today?"
"Happy. I'm going to eat a big bowl of meat today." Little Pingping said with a giggle, and even gestured a little, but soon she felt that the gesture seemed a little small, so she quickly made her little hand bigger.
"Hahaha, okay, okay, I'll ask grandma to cook it for you and give you a big bowl of it. It's all meat, so Pingping can eat it happily."
"And me, and me! I want a big bowl too, full of meat!" Zhang Hao on the side couldn't wait to shout and imitate his sister's gestures. However, this boy was greedy and the bowl he gestured was bigger than a vegetable basket.
Mother Zhang looked at her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren with a smile. If it were a few years ago, she would not have dared to imagine such a life. But now, life is getting better and better, especially when Zhang Jianguo lost his job as a driver a while ago but did not tell his family. It was not until Zhang Jianguo's former colleagues heard about it that the matter could no longer be concealed.
At that time, Zhang's mother was really worried, worried that the family would return to the hard times after just a few days of good life. Even the daughter-in-law Sun Xia was worried, especially when she learned that Zhang Jianguo decided to take a long sick leave from his original unit and go out to do transportation, the two women were even more worried.
In this day and age, if you have a company, you have security. Without a company, how can you have these? They could understand that Zhang Jianguo didn't want to go to the workshop, and they were also very angry about the new company leader's behavior of making things difficult for Zhang Jianguo. But then again, the arm can't twist the thigh, who makes me a commoner? I can only accept the arrangement of the company leader, even if I know it's wrong.
