Volume 3 Brothers Chapter 15 Parents (Part 2)
Zhang Liqiu's father is Zhang Daokun, an old businessman, but his business has never been big. The old man is about fifty years old, with a few wrinkles on his forehead, a straight nose, and a thin face. He looks like a person who doesn't like to smile. Zhang Liqiu's mother is very beautiful. She is middle-aged, but still has charm. She applies a little light makeup, has good skin care, and wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, which makes her look noble and elegant. Even the gun chief can't help but scan her again and again. Zhang Liqiu looks like her mother, which is good! If he is like his father, he will be finished. He looks like a debt collector. Zhang Liqiu's brother Zhang Lidong is the same as his father, but his chin is wider and longer, but he purses his lips tightly. The gun chief thought: You two father and son, one is a debt collector and the other is a beef seller. It's really like a dragon giving birth to a dragon, a phoenix giving birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son can dig holes! It's still the mother-in-law who is beautiful. My Liqiu is also good.
Zhang Daokun coughed twice, and glanced at the rifle commander intentionally or unintentionally: "Well, Liqiu has already said that we have long wanted to meet you. Are you from N Town?"
The spearman tried his best to smile gently so as not to be looked down upon: "Yes, I was a farmer before." Zhang Daokun curled his lips and said: "Counting three generations ago, who wasn't a farmer? There are some situations we don't understand very well, so today we are just gathering together to increase our understanding, this..."
The gun chief cursed in his heart: What this and that, if it weren't for Li Qiu, would I have to look at your face? Looking at Zhang Lidong again, the gun chief thought, why are you pretending to be cool, always showing a bad character. The gun chief was getting more and more angry, he didn't expect Zhang Liqiu's family to be like this, fortunately he still has some wealth now, otherwise he would definitely be sent to squat at the table to eat!
The gun captain smiled and said, "I opened a small company some time ago and barely made a living. I can't compare with business experts like my uncle and Brother Lidong. There is a father and a daughter in the family. That's the situation." Zhang Liqiu looked at the gun captain hatefully and quickly smiled and said, "Dad, don't let him talk nonsense. He is the boss of Tianyuan Company..."
Zhang Lidong's face changed drastically and he said, "Tianyuan! Didn't you ask him to come to work in our company a few months ago? Why is it Tianyuan Company again?"
Zhang Liqiu had no choice but to explain patiently: "He originally planned to work in a company, but later, a distant uncle of his left him a legacy, so he opened a company."
Zhang Daokun's face turned very ugly. Why didn't this damn girl tell you earlier? He laughed dryly and said, "Oh, so that's how it is. Liqiu has been hiding it from our family. She just said she wanted to move in with you a while ago, so we urged her to ask you out."
Zhang Lidong had already put on a smiling face: "I didn't expect you to be the boss of Tianyuan. My sister has a good eye. These days, the story of Tianyuan is everywhere..."
Zhang Liqiu smiled and said, "Brother, it's not as mysterious as you say. He just opened his business not long ago and is investing money everywhere. I also want to go to Tianyuan to learn. I'll take this opportunity to tell you about it."
Zhang Daokun nodded quickly and said, "Go, go, it's better to be the boss of your own business. Here, Siqing, you have invested more than 1 billion in Tianyuan, right?"
The spearman smiled and said, "The main thing is to buy an office building. The other investments are not a big deal. Now it is basically on the right track. Uncle, your business is booming."
Zhang Daokun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Computers are not easy to make. They were OK in the past few years, but they are everywhere in the past two years. Lidong and I are considering a transition. What suggestions do you have?"
The spearman thought, the fun is about to begin. I knew it wouldn't be that easy. "Tianyuan has three main businesses: mineral development, real estate, and hotels. Uncle, take a look at what you're interested in. I welcome you to invest."
Zhang Liqiu's eyes flickered, but then dimmed immediately. He looked at the gun captain and smiled bitterly, "All our assets added up to only a few million, and any of your projects are worth tens of millions. We can't do anything about it." Zhang Liqiu smiled and said, "Brother, a pile of sand can make a tower. He is lucky to have such a large inheritance. I told you guys to switch to the catering industry some time ago. Why don't you have the confidence?"
Zhang Daokun glanced at the gun chief and saw that he didn't move. He thought, my daughter has already asked, I don't believe you won't help. "We are doing market research now. We can't expand too much at once. Funding is also a problem..."
The gun leader quickly calculated in his mind and sighed secretly. If I don't go to hell, who will? "I will invest 5 million, Brother Lidong will be the legal representative, Tianyuan will be the name, and the accounting will be separate. The finances will be managed by Tianyuan headquarters, and the operations will be managed by you. I only own 40% of the shares, but there is one condition, we must open a hot pot chain and invite a few skilled chefs from Sichuan to take charge. How about this?"
Zhang Daokun and his son's eyes lit up. Five million is enough to open two or three restaurants. Zhang Liqiu looked at the gun chief and was very happy that his wife could help the family in this way: "Why do we have to make hot pot?" The gun chief counted on his fingers and said: "First, it is convenient and fast. As long as the hot pot soup tastes good, everything will be settled. Second, it is flexible. You don't have to worry about debts and don't have to make any difficult dishes. Third, it is profitable. Three or five people can eat, or dozens of people can eat. The price can be set by head, or by soup base plus side dishes. With these three points, making hot pot is definitely a good way!"
Zhang Daokun nodded repeatedly. He was indeed a big businessman. He was so good at calculating these little things. I never expected that. Zhang Liqiu exclaimed, "When did you start planning the food?" Zhang Liqiu's mother smiled and said, "Okay, let's eat. Everything is ready."
The gun captain thought to himself that I spent five million on this meal. Damn, it's unfair, it's really too unfair! After the meal, Zhang Liqiu enthusiastically took his family to the villa. Seeing such a luxurious house, Zhang Lidong was amazed. He was not unsophisticated. Looking at the location, shape and decoration of this house, he knew that the value was not less than 10 million. The gun captain accompanied Zhang Daokun to chat, while Zhang Liqiu and her daughter looked around, sometimes upstairs, sometimes downstairs. Seeing this, Zhang's mother was overjoyed. It was more important than anything else for her daughter to have a good home.
Zhang Daokun was really impressed by the knowledge of the gun chief. You never knew that this young man was rich, smart, and knowledgeable. They were chatting happily when Zhang Liqiu and her daughter joined in. Zhang's mother asked the question that the gun chief feared the most, "Siqing, when are you going to get married? Now that you are living together, I, as a mother, can't just ignore it."
Seeing this beautiful mother-in-law speak, the gun captain didn't dare to act rashly: "I haven't discussed it with Li Qiu yet. I'm very busy with various things right now. My father is also in the hospital. For the time being..." Zhang Li Qiu also said: "Mom! What are you talking about? Isn't everything fine now? Uncle Chen just finished the operation and is still in the hospital."
Mother Zhang said with an apology, looked at the gun captain and said, "Look, we are almost a family, but you still don't know about this. I'm really sorry. Which hospital is your father-in-law in? Let's go check it out tomorrow."
The spear leader smiled and said, "It's okay. How about this? My dad needs to rest now. Li Qiu and I only go there once every three days. He is doing well now. I estimate that he will recover in two or three months. Then I will invite you two to be my guests. What do you think?"
Zhang Daokun smiled and said, "That's great, but what's your father's illness?"
Zhang Liqiu said uncomfortably, "Liver cancer... Fortunately, it was discovered early..." No one spoke. The gun leader said in his heart: Fortunately, my father helped me to take the blame, otherwise I really don't know what to say. Damn it, don't let them come here in the future, especially my mother-in-law, she is beautiful... If my father sees her, he will definitely like her. Haha, I will definitely meet her when he is discharged from the hospital. If she is not Zhang Liqiu's mother, it would be great! Then she will be my stepmother, hehe. Some dirty scenes appeared involuntarily in his mind, and he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Liqiu's mother frequently.
After seeing his family off, Zhang Liqiu was like a lark, jumping for joy. The gunman kept staring at Zhang Liqiu with his eyes rolling. He couldn't stand it anymore: "Can you stop? Aren't you tired of jumping around all by yourself ?"
Zhang Liqiu snorted, with a rather innocent attitude of a child: "What do you care! Humph, you are still ungrateful after getting an advantage!" The gun captain snorted in his heart, how could I get an advantage? Five million, it would take a day to count it slowly with fingers! Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zhang Liqiu continued: "My mother and the others mean to acquiesce to our relationship. Humph, you haven't gotten an advantage yet, but I warn you, after Uncle Chen is discharged from the hospital, we will consider getting married."
The gun captain felt that his head was full of stars. Can he not get married? He began to miss Dalin. He wondered if Dalin had gone to work today. "Let's talk about it later."
Zhang Liqiu rushed into the arms of the gun captain with a smile, her voice so charming that it made people's bones soften: "Husband, hug me ..." She stretched out her tongue and licked the gun captain's face, her eyes were as charming as silk, and her two small hands were touching him up and down. After a while, she made the gun captain's pants look like a yurt and laughed: "Husband, look at you, so dishonest, so dishonest..." The gun captain roared strangely. Zhang Liqiu was wearing a skirt. The gun captain took off his equipment in two or three moves and stuffed his body into the other person without mercy. Zhang Liqiu cheered: "Husband, I like you like this, be more fierce, ah! Good..."
After arriving at the hospital, the commander thought of the visa issue, so he called Wu Wenbing and asked her to find a way to help him apply for it. He then went to the police station to get his ID card, thinking that with the original document in hand, this should not be a difficult matter.
The gun chief's father was able to get up and walk, and the former chief's asthma was completely cured. Seeing the gun chief coming, he was in a very happy mood: "Aren't you busy today?"
The spear leader smiled and said, "No matter how busy I am, I have to come to see you. How have you been these past two days?"
"Much better, but I feel bored and uncomfortable. All I think about all day is feeding the pigs and going up the mountain to visit our orange grove. I want to go back..."
The gun captain laughed in his heart and said, "Dad, you really don't know how to appreciate the good things you have. I plan to wait until you are well and have someone take you around to see the world. Haven't you always been talking about the place where Chairman Mao stood? The People's Republic of China and the Central People's Government were established there. Don't you want to go and see it? There are also the sea, the grassland, and foreigners. Take good care of yourself. I have handed over the land and forests at home to my uncle's family for management. When you are tired of playing, you can go back and take a look. Don't think about anything now."
The old man smiled calmly and said, "I do want to go and have a look. It would be a pity if I could not visit the capital and Tiananmen Square in my lifetime. However, I am not used to the food here. Can you give me some cornmeal and pickled cabbage soup?"
The spear captain felt a pang of pain in his heart. The old man continued, "Is Juhua doing well in school? The poor girl has never studied well. You should make her study hard. You have money now, but it is your money. Your daughter will get married sooner or later. You should make her capable so that she won't be bullied in the future. You should also plan to marry another one. You are the only child. Can you have more children?"
The gun captain's eyes were a little sore, and he said in a hoarse voice: "I will. Juhua misses you too. I bought her a phone. Call her when you are free. Now is a critical period. When you recover, I will go and bring her back, and we can be together as a family."
The old man shook his head when he heard the phone call: "I really don't know how to use the phone you bought for me. I always ask the nurse to help me make calls. I'm sorry to bother her."
The gun commander suddenly remembered that the old man's house also had a telephone installed. He entered the phone number into the old man's mobile phone and patiently taught him how to dial and how to fire. The father and son stayed in the hospital for two hours until the nurse came to drive them away. The gun commander left. Walking on the road, his mind was blank. Suddenly, he didn't know where to go. The father talked about the orange grove and feeding pigs. These things seemed to have happened in the previous life. They floated so far away and came so close. The gun commander was a little confused. Eight years ago, I was a farmer, a thief, and a rapist. Half a year ago, I was a released prisoner from a labor reform. What about now? Now I am a rich man, an entrepreneur, and a wealthy man, but why am I not happy at all? My dream back then was to own a big truck with a small bed in the back. When I was tired of driving, I would hug a woman and have sex on the small bed.
The gun chief smiled, and began to imagine himself driving a big truck, carrying his three wives, Zhang Liqiu, Wang Dafang, and Dalin, on the road together. Shitou drove a truck behind, and Hutou and others also drove a truck each. The long convoy sped on the road, without worrying about being framed or having no place to live. He could build a two-story bungalow in the countryside, build a temple, guest rooms, and wing rooms, and then have a vegetable garden and raise a few fat pigs, just like the one in the old man's house. During the New Year, he would invite relatives and friends to have a good time, drink a lot of wine, eat a lot of meat, and get some chickens and ducks. Oh, and build a fish pond and get a few giant salamanders...
I didn't drive anymore, I just walked around, my mind full of beautiful pastoral dreams, Wang Dafang gave birth to two sons, Zhang Liqiu gave birth to two, Dalin gave birth to two more, Juhua and his brothers ran around the yard, there were children's laughter everywhere, I just hugged my three wives and watched a bunch of children playing around, what a beautiful life! Unknowingly, I walked to Dongzheng Lane, looked up, hesitated for a while, and walked upstairs, knocked gently on the door, and it took a long time for the door to open. Dalin appeared in front of the gun captain with a pale face, looking at the gun captain as if he were a stranger.
The two of them just sat there, and the beautiful dream in the gun captain's heart had already flown away to the sky. He glanced at Dalin secretly, unable to figure out what this woman was thinking, and did not speak. Dalin said in an extremely indifferent tone: " How long are you going to keep it from me?"
The gun commander's heart thumped. Something bad had happened. Women's intuition was really scary. It seemed that the truth must have been revealed last night. The gun commander was a delicate person, so he smiled bitterly and said, "I am Long Chengfei..."
Dalin's tears fell silently, "My enemy! You have caused me so much pain!" The gun chief quietly approached, gently hugged Dalin, and said softly in English: "Darling, I'm sorry, but I love you as much as you do..." Dalin also said in English: "Why did you do this? You have Zhang Liqiu, why do you treat me like this?" The gun chief smiled bitterly and said: "I also know that this is not right, but I really love you. I don't think love is dedication and tolerance. I love to possess. No matter what the result is, I must fight for what belongs to me. I am not that photographer, and you are not that married woman."
Dalin looked at the gun leader infatuatedly: "You want me to be your lover? You want me to be so humiliated that I can never see anyone, right? Is this the love you want to give me?"
The spearman shook his head and said, "I won't wrong you that much. You are the wife in my mind, and so is Zhang Liqiu. There is another one, but she will not be my wife. I don't know why it is like this. If the law allows, I will marry you all. I can do it, but you won't allow it, right?"
Dalin's tears were like pearls falling from a broken string, making the gun captain feel cold: "Love is loyalty and uniqueness, but you are indecisive and don't deserve to be called love. Love has become a dirty desire in your mouth..." The gun captain held Dalin's mouth: "Please, stop talking. I have nothing worth your effort. Maybe I am a beast, but I love you... I love you, I love you, Darling!" Dalin fell weakly in the gun captain's arms. This man was a devil and a snake, but she loved this man.
His fingers gently stroked Dalin's body. The passion just now was different from the previous two times. Both of them opened their eyes and looked at each other's expressions and eyes. Every movement and look conveyed each other's feelings. A silent joy excited them.
"Da Lin, I want to tell Li Qiu about our situation. I can't let you suffer any more injustice. Give me a chance and let me try, okay? If you still can't stand it, then I respect your decision. Even if you and Li Qiu leave me, I won't dare to have any resentment! Okay?"
Dalin sighed deeply and hugged the gun captain's neck tightly: "Let's not do this for now, we all need time. What's going on with Longcheng Group? Is there any hidden reason behind Long Bo's death?"
The gun captain thought about it and decided to bring out the same excuse, but with its authenticity greatly increased.
