Volume 1 Chapter 0018 Temporary Transfer of Base
Nan Yi is not popular in the Nan family and his relationship with his parents is just average.
This did not cause trouble to Nan Yi, but made him feel relieved. If the relationship was not good, they could separate the family earlier. In the future, as long as he paid for the two elderly people's retirement, it would be considered as fulfilling his filial duty for the original Nan Yi.
Nan Yi had no appetite for the New Year's Eve dinner.
There are four people in the family, and all four of them work at the Second Chemical Plant. They talked about things related to the Plant. Nan Yi couldn't get involved and could only sit there and eat in silence.
From the leaders of the typesetting factory to the fact that the oranges distributed during the New Year were too small and too rotten, to what happened to someone's son, the family of four chatted with gusto and chatter.
Nan Huaiqiu is an engineer and an intellectual, so how can he be so enthusiastic in gossiping? However, it is not surprising. If it were not for this kind of personality, he and Yi Jinru would not be able to get along and become a couple.
"Nan Yi, when will school start?"
"Number 20."
"Where will you live when school starts?"
"Living on campus, sister-in-law, you can rest assured. I will live on campus for four years of college. When I graduate, the government will be responsible for the allocation. No matter where I am assigned, there will definitely be a dormitory for me to live in.
When I started working, no matter how much I earned a month, I would keep ten dollars for myself and give the rest to my mother to supplement the household expenses.
I am a son and the youngest among the elders, so it is my duty to respect the elders.
As for me, I probably won't be at home much in the future. These past few days, sister-in-law, you have mentioned it several times intentionally or unintentionally. I'll just say something today.
I don't miss this house, and I have no plans to come back to live here. If my dad hadn't insisted on me coming back, I wouldn't have planned to come back for the New Year. As for me, I've already moved my household registration, and I don't plan to move back.
So, you can rest assured that I will not argue with Big Brother about anything."
Nan Yi had been back for two or three days, and his sister-in-law Jin Yan had been probing him several times intentionally or unintentionally, so he simply put it on the table and made it clear.
"Nan Yi, how can you talk like that? When did I ever tell you whether to divide the family or not?" Jin Yan said angrily.
"Okay, since you didn't say anything, just take it as what I meant. Anyway, I'm leaving it here. I said this and I will do this. Mom, don't say anything first. I know what you want to say. It's nothing more than talking about grandma's courtyard house.
Don't think about that house. It's the Fang family, not the Nan family. Even if grandma dies, the Fang family still has descendants. They will come back sooner or later. Our Nan family has no right to occupy it."
"What are you talking about, you idiot? Did I mention the house?"
"On New Year's Eve, don't say bad words, it's not nice."
"You idiot &%￥&＊＊％￥￥￥! ~@#＊&…… (eight million words omitted)"
After Yi Jinru had finished scolding him, Nan Yi said indifferently, "I will go back to Baoan tomorrow and will not sleep here tonight."
"Okay, now that the wings are strong, you can fly, right?"
"Don't worry, no matter how powerful I am, you are still my mother. I won't let you go hungry. If I become rich, you can have a good life."
"Okay, okay, you're already able to set up a household at the age of sixteen. You're amazing. You're worthy of being raised by your grandmother."
"Dad, open the door and set off the firecrackers. We've finished eating."
"Um."
After walking out of the expert building, Nan Yi looked back again.
For Nan Yi, there are not many sweet memories here, but mostly a mess.
…
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Nan Yi had already accompanied Fang Mengyin to Wenchangwei.
Fang Mengyin walked around the entire South House and finally returned to the living room, looking up at the beams.
"Nan Yi, did you find out?"
"Well, when the time is right, I plan to dismantle them all and hide them."
"Keep it well, it's all good material. If you can avoid selling it, don't sell it. There aren't many of these materials left in the world."
"Grandma, if you like it, you can take it. I don't have the taste for it. In my eyes, this thing is mostly measured by money."
"vulgar."
"No, I am a peasant. I cannot be elegant."
"snort."
"Your hum is so pleasant to the ear, miss. How old are you?"
"Play is play, joke is joke, but don't make fun of your grandma."
"Well, I will follow the old Buddha's order."
"Don't compare me to that old gangster, it's a shame."
"Okay, okay, grandma, do you want to eat turtles tonight? There are a few in the tank in the yard."
"Old turtle?"
"At least several decades."
"Then make soup, simmer slowly, and nourish your body."
"Use a clay pot to slowly stew it for six hours, and it will definitely be fresh and nutritious."
"Nan Yi, this house is really nice. I will live here in my old age in the future."
"Grandma, do you really like it? Don't you like Li Bai's style and not Li Shangyin's?"
"I don't know how to take care of it, can't I ask someone else to take care of it?" Fang Mengyin rolled her eyes at Nan Yi, "So it is said: Some work with their minds, some work with their bodies; those who work with their minds rule others, those who work with their bodies are ruled by others; those who are ruled by others eat others, those who rule others eat others; this is the universal principle of the world."
"Grandma, you really have the air of a gentleman."
"What's the difference between superior and inferior? Everyone's personality is equal. The only difference is the division of labor."
"That's nonsense. If I were at the top of the pyramid, I would definitely not let my son work as a dung collector. The word equality is only mentioned by middle-class people. They want to climb up, so they strongly demand equality.
When they become upper-class people someday, they will definitely be the new force to protect their class, and they will show their teeth more fiercely than anyone else."
"When did you change your last name to Zhou?"
"Haha, I just read through his collection of essays some time ago."
"If you want to be pragmatic, you should read less of his writings and learn more from the Kong family's ability to know the current affairs. No matter what flag is hoisted on the city wall, the Kong family will still prosper."
"Grandma, I can't learn this. I can only blame the Nan family for not having a Nan Zi. Otherwise, I could be Nan Zi today."
"You seem to be smooth, but you are actually very polite. Well, there is nothing wrong with being a gentleman. Let me ask you, do you want to keep that girl outside as your wife?"
"It's hard to say. I don't have an accurate picture of my relationship with her. Grandma, I'm still young. We can consider this issue two years later."
"I think this girl is pretty good."
"Um."
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Fang Mengyin set out for Xiangkeng.
She took away Nan Yi's 70,000 Hong Kong dollars, 3,700 US dollars, 32 small yellow croakers, and some jade jewelry.
The next day, Nan Yi took Liu Zhen and Xian Zilin to Bao'an City, met Lai Biao, and rushed to Yangcheng. The four of them boarded a plane to Beijing together.
"Lai Biao, you are really amazing. You can even handle a plane that only county-level officials can board."
"Come on, it's not as strict as it was a few years ago. As long as you have a letter of introduction, you can buy a plane ticket. Don't think of this thing as too sacred."
"Bullshit, I don't believe I can buy a plane ticket with the letter of introduction from Wenchangwei."
"Hey, you're just being argumentative."
"Comrade, do you want a cigarette?"
The two were joking around when the flight attendant walked over to Nan Yi and asked.
"Yes, pour me another glass of Moutai and a glass of champagne, thank you."
"You're welcome."
The flight attendant poured wine for Nan Yi and gave him a pack of three cigarettes.
Nan Yi put the cigarette in his pocket, took out a Guangxi from his pocket, threw one to Lai Biao, clicked it, lit it with his lighter, and took a puff with satisfaction.
Take a few sips, pick up the glass and drink some champagne, it feels great.
If you can smoke now, try it now. In a few years, smoking will . If you want to smoke again in the future, you must have your own private plane.
There were only about twenty passengers on the plane, and most of them were smoking. The cabin was filled with smoke, as if it was flying in the clouds.
"Nan Yi, I also bought the Wharf shares you mentioned, but not as much as you did. I bought one million Hong Kong dollars. I also read the newspaper. Are you betting on the charter king to attack Jardine Matheson?"
"It's not just him. Chinese-owned groups will collectively challenge British-owned companies. They all have money, but the good resources are occupied by the two foreign companies. No one would be willing to do this. Wharf Holdings is a test for them."
“Why Wharf?”
"I don't want to answer this question. You should study the economic structure of Hong Kong and analyze it from a global perspective. You should be able to figure it out with your brain."
"Give me a hint."
“The Middle East, the oil crisis.”
"Okay, I'll study it carefully when I'm free in the capital."
"Then you have to be prepared to study late into the night. Our curriculum is very tight, and school studies will take up most of your time."
"It's okay. I've always been interested in economics, so it's okay to study late into the night."
"If I had a son, I'd want him to be like Lai Biao."
"Fuck, you're taking advantage of me."
"Don't get angry, stay calm, look out the window and see how fresh the air is and how wonderful life is."
"Go away."
After playing and laughing all the way, the plane landed at the Beijing airport a few hours later.
"Nan Yi, do you live on campus?"
"No, I go to school as a commuter. I bought a house near Gongzhufen."
"Are there any rooms left?"
"have."
"Then I'll stay at your place."
"That depends on whether the school agrees. Liu Zhen and I are both from Beijing, so it's reasonable for us to be a day student. But for you who are from Bao'an, the school may not agree."
"Bullshit, it doesn't matter where we are from, we all have to become a collective household of the school."
"Haha, then you try it."
The four of them took the bus, then the subway, and then another bus, and finally arrived at Gongzhufen. They carried their luggage on their shoulders and hands and came to the side of an old villa. Men Saner was already squatting there waiting.
"Master Nan, I've already asked someone to clean up the house and bought everything that needed buying. See if there's anything missing and I'll go buy it for you."
"No, you still have to go to work. If you really need something, we can just go buy it ourselves."
"It's okay, I'm on vacation these days."
"Lai Biao, how about this house?"
"Are these the buildings that National Tsing Hua University built in the 16th year of the Republic of China?"
"Well, when Tsinghua University moved south, one of the teachers sold this house, and I bought it from the new landlord."
"I found it. These houses have cultural heritage. Please ask around for me to see if anyone else wants to sell one."
"Maybe I'll try my luck. I asked around here and this is the only one for sale."
"Help me get on with it."
"Don't just count on me. You're here too, so you can go and ask around yourself."
"Will do."
The five people entered the house, and Men Saner introduced them: "There are three rooms on the second floor, two on the first floor, and one in the attic on the third floor. The bedding rolls have been prepared for each room, and you can move in right away.
Nan Ye, I also asked someone to fix the drainage in this house, and I also replaced the toilets in both bathrooms. You can't use a coal stove in the kitchen, so I bought you a kerosene stove. The flame is a little low, so it's fine for cooking, but not for stewing soup.
But you can light a fire in the yard. There's a coal stove in that corner, and I've bought you a cart of coal cakes. It'll be enough to burn for two months."
"Well, thank you for your hard work. Did you buy any grain, oil, rice or flour?"
"Not yet. Didn't you ask me to stop the business? I haven't been to the black market or the grocery store for a long time. I can't buy much with my copy."
"Here, this is my grandma's book. Buy this month's copy before it's cancelled."
Men Saner took it and looked at it. "This is not enough. You four people will not be able to eat until the end of the month with just a few kilograms of food."
"It's not like they'll be cooking all the time, so the four of us can eat in the cafeteria."
"Oh, I forgot about that. Okay, I'll go buy it now. By the way, Master Nan, where are we going for dinner tonight?"
"Lao Mo, these three have never been there, take them to try it out."
