Chapter 48 New Year's Eve
On the morning of New Year's Eve, Gu Junhao took a taxi to Zhang Yiru's dormitory. Zhang Yiru had taken a day off early today, and the two agreed to go to her house together to celebrate the New Year.
"Why didn't you bring anything?" Seeing Gu Junhao coming empty-handed, Zhang Yiru asked in confusion. Although they were in the same city and didn't need to bring anything, Zhang Yiru herself only had a small box.
However, Gu Junhao bought a lot of gifts for the children in the welfare home, so it would be a bit strange for him to come empty-handed.
"Let's get in the car first. We'll go to the 4S shop first." Gu Junhao said after taking Zhang Yiru's luggage.
"Go to a 4S store? You want to buy a car?"
"Well, it should still be open now, let's go over and take a look."
"You want to buy a car at this time? Didn't you rent a car before?" Zhang Yiru said a little surprised.
"It's more convenient to buy one. It's too troublesome to go through the procedures every time you rent a car." As he spoke, Gu Junhao suddenly laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Gu Junhao's sudden laughter made Zhang Yiru very confused.
"Oh, nothing." Just now when we talked about renting a car, it was Chinese New Year again. Gu Junhao suddenly remembered a joke on the Internet in his previous life. In the black swan incident in 2019, some people rented a luxury car to go home for Chinese New Year to show off, but they ran into a lockdown, so they rented it for several months and could hardly afford the rent.
He couldn't say this to Zhang Yiru directly, so he could only answer it vaguely.
"It's incomprehensible." Seeing that Gu Junhao was unwilling to explain clearly, Zhang Yiru did not continue asking. She didn't know which of her words made him laugh.
As they were talking, the taxi driver took the two to Volkswagen's 4S store, and sure enough, it was still open, so the trip was not in vain.
When he arrived at the store, Gu Junhao looked at the salesperson who came towards him and didn't waste time talking to her. He got straight to the point. The conversation lasted less than ten minutes in total. In front of the salesperson's surprised gaze, he directly placed an order for a Volkswagen Magotan.
After completing the formalities and putting on the temporary license plate, Gu Junhao drove the car directly out of the 4S store. At this moment, the salesperson had not yet come to his senses. Was this the easiest car he had ever sold in his career?
"You were driving too fast. It took less than half an hour." Zhang Yiru, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was also dazed.
"What's wrong with being quick? As long as other things aren't rushed." It was just a means of transportation, there was no need to haggle with her about it. Besides, it was New Year's Day and she didn't have the time.
"Pooh!" Zhang Yiru seemed to have thought of something and said with a red face.
After driving to their residence, the two of them loaded some gifts they had bought in recent days into the trunk one by one, and drove to the JB area.
On New Year's Eve, there are not many vehicles on the road. Ningbo is a city with an influx of foreign population. When the New Year comes, most of the outsiders working here go back to their hometowns. There will be fewer pedestrians on the streets, on buses, and on the roads.
We arrived at the JB area smoothly all the way, and the first stop was still the welfare home. The welfare home was already in the atmosphere of the New Year, and the children were hanging lanterns and putting up Spring Festival couplets.
"Children, come out and get your gifts." As the car entered the yard, Zhang Yiru shouted loudly, looking very excited.
"Why did you buy so many things again?" Aunt Huang, who was directing the children, also saw the two of them.
"I bought some New Year clothes, snacks and other things for the children. I don't know if the clothes will fit them, but if not, let them change into them. They are all new anyway." Gu Junhao said with a smile, and handed a bag in his hand to Aunt Huang.
"What is this?" Aunt Huang took it.
"I bought it just for you. I don't know if you like it or not." As for the children's gifts, Zhang Yiru was currently loading them in the trunk with the children.
"And mine? Let me see what it is. Hey, it's a scarf." Aunt Huang said with difficulty.
"I hope you like it. Yiru and I picked it together."
"This child even bought me a gift. He is so thoughtful. Is this car new? It looks brand new to me, and it even has a temporary license plate." Aunt Huang noticed the car as soon as she entered the door, but she didn't find the opportunity to ask about it until now. No one knew what had happened to Xiao Gu in the past year. He seemed very different from before.
"Well, I just mentioned it today. It will be more convenient to come to see you in the future if I have a car."
"Come to my office." Seeing that the children were making a lot of noise and it was not appropriate to ask them questions, Aunt Huang called Gu Junhao to her office.
After saying hello to Zhang Yiru, the two went to the office.
After entering the room, Aunt Huang poured a glass of water for Gu Junhao, and after he sat down , she asked, "You said last time that you resigned, but you didn't say what you did after resigning. In the past year, I saw that you bought a car and bought gifts for the children several times. Where did all this money come from?"
If I don't understand these things clearly, I will always feel uneasy. Although Xiao Gu would buy some things for me from time to time, he had never been so generous.
Old Huang is not a man who has never seen the world. Xiao Gu's car doesn't look cheap either. The trunk full of new clothes, snacks, toys, etc. must have cost a lot of money.
"After I quit my job, I took a fund practitioner certificate exam and traded stocks. I made a lot of money this year, so I have determined my future direction, which is to work in financial investment."
Gu Junhao briefly introduced to Aunt Huang what he had done in the past year. He also explained in detail that all his money was earned through legal channels and that he had not done anything illegal.
"That's good. It seems my worries are unnecessary. As long as you understand the bottom line, you must abide by the law." Aunt Huang felt relieved after hearing what Gu Junhao said.
As for what Gu Junhao said about his talent in stock trading, he did not have doubts like others. This child has been smart since he was young. Although he did not get into college, his future is like a blank sheet of paper and he can draw on it however he wants.
It is not surprising to be able to work in finance and make money. After that, the two chatted for a while, and Gu Junhao also mentioned that starting from next year, he would choose to sponsor some children in the welfare home to study, ranging from elementary school to university.
Aunt Huang didn't object. Now that Xiao Gu has the ability and the desire to help his younger brothers and sisters, this is also a good thing.
It is a good thing in every way if a person has some abilities and ideas to give back to society. However, this kind of thing cannot be forced. Everyone should do good things to the best of their ability and on a voluntary basis.
The two chatted for a long time until Zhang Yiru, who was outside, finished distributing the gifts and knocked on the door. Afterwards, the two had lunch with everyone, which was regarded as the New Year's Eve dinner. In the past, Gu Junhao always spent the New Year in the welfare home, but he has not celebrated the New Year here since last year.
"The previous batch of children have grown up. I hope they will all get better and better." Watching Gu Junhao driving away, Aunt Huang made her own New Year wish in her heart.
