"Come, let's have a drink together. Last year was really difficult."
Zhang Chongxin raised his glass and suggested.
Zhang Jiayi felt deeply about this: "It is indeed not easy, but fortunately Xiaohao is here, otherwise it is unknown whether our family can celebrate the Spring Festival."
"Xiaohao, on behalf of our whole family, thank you."
Steven followed closely and echoed.
"Brother-in-law, we are all part of the same family, so you are welcome. Besides, you have helped me a lot."
Zhang Hao responded with a smile.
Zhang Chongming couldn't help but sigh: "Fourth brother, everyone in the family has misunderstood you. You have done a really good job this year. You are much better than your father and me."
"Dad, why are you talking about this!"
Zhang Hao couldn't help but feel a little proud.
Whether in reality or in a dream, this is the first time that his father has praised him in public and officially recognized his ability, which is worthy of his hard work throughout the year.
"My dear father-in-law, Xiao Hao is your biological son. This is called a tiger father without a dog son, and a young man is better than a young man."
Mother Zhou smiled and complimented.
"This year has been like a dream."
Li Dajuan couldn't help but sigh.
Zhang Chongxin waved his hand: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's raise a toast together. First of all, we welcome Paul and Anna to our home. Secondly, I hope everyone is safe. Finally, I wish you all the best."
"Cheers!"
"Happy New Year and good luck in the Year of the Dragon!"
"HappyNewYear..."
After the New Year's Eve dinner, the twins immediately held their own piggy banks and began to collect the New Year's money.
In a rare act of generosity, Zhang Hao gave each person 10,000 yuan. Others received ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Zhang Jiayi was the most generous, giving 6,666 yuan.
After putting away the piggy bank, the brothers Big Pudding and Little Pudding immediately pestered their dad, clamoring to go out and play.
Zhang Hao had no choice but to call Kevin and others, planning to go to the village together.
Compared to the liveliness of Lao Zhang's family, the village seemed very quiet. Maybe it was too cold outside, and there were not even a single person on the street. The group of people first came to the canteen, but got a rejection.
After asking, I found out that it was closed during the Chinese New Year.
After all, during the Chinese New Year, the villagers all want to open a small stove and eat something good to treat themselves and their families.
Everyone immediately diverted to the village chief’s house.
Village Chief Fan’s family has a large population, so he heard bursts of noise as soon as he arrived at the door.
"Dong dong dong..."
"Grandpa, Uncle Zhang and the others are here."
Village Chief Fan greeted him: "Old Zhang, have you finished eating?"
"I just finished eating, come out to eat."
Zhang Hao nodded and patted his sons.
The twins cupped their hands skillfully and said: "Happy New Year, Grandpa Fan. I wish you good health and all the best."
"Okay, you are such a good boy."
Village Chief Fan took out two thick red envelopes from his pocket and gave them to the two little guys respectively.
If Zhang Hao doesn't come, he is also preparing to go to the other party's house, and the two of them want to get together.
"Thank you, Grandpa Fan."
The twins immediately smiled and narrowed their eyes.
Village Chief Fan rubbed the heads of the two brothers, and then sent red envelopes to Kevin and others.
Zhang Hao also came prepared. He took out the red envelopes he had prepared in advance and handed them out in a circle. Each red envelope cost 2,000 yuan, which would take up space.
Letting the children play upstairs, Village Chief Fan took Zhang Hao and sat on the wine table.
Zhang Hao asked casually: "Uncle Fan, when did the call come from the village? Just now along the way, I noticed that many houses had their lights on."
"No." Village Chief Fan shook his head. "The electricity in the village was temporarily transferred from the subway station. It was a waste of my efforts. The electricity will only be available tonight and will be cut off at five o'clock tomorrow morning." p>
"So that's what happened!" After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he raised his wine glass and toasted Village Chief Jingfan and his son: "I can't drink well, so feel free to drink."
"Done!"
"Dr. Zhang has a good drinking capacity!"
Village Chief Fan put down his wine glass: "Old Zhang, I have some good news for you. I have found a wind turbine."
"Where did you find it?"
"Manager Niu from the supply and marketing cooperative introduced it to me as a second-hand piece of equipment, but the price is not cheap at all. How much do you think the other party will charge?"
"Ten million?"
Zhang Hao had asked for help before and probably knew some market conditions. Even a small wind turbine for home use costs hundreds of thousands per set.
Village Chief Fan definitely didn’t say it was for household use.
"Add a zero and multiply by two."
Village Chief Fan spit out a bone.
"Two hundred million? So expensive? How powerful is it?"
"The 80-kilowatt one can generate one thousand kilowatt-hours of electricity every day under normal circumstances. If you don't turn on high-power electrical appliances, it should be barely enough for the daily use of the whole village."
Village Chief Fan replied.
Zhang Hao nodded: "Is the village short of money? If it is short of money, I can help advance the payment first."
There are only 400 households in Shawei Village. If the two hundred million were divided equally, each household would have to pay almost half a million, which is indeed a heavy burden.
After all, not all the village is rich.
"Ahem, then I won't be polite to you. Two hundred million is not a small amount, it's too easy to argue with. This money cannot be collected in a short time, and Manager Niu is urging me..."
"It doesn't matter, just treat me as someone who can do more work!"
Zhang Hao smiled and waved his hand.
Shawei Village is a rich village, so we are not afraid of the other party defaulting on their debts.
Village Chief Fan quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, Lao Zhang, this is my plan. After the wind turbine is installed, the village will set the electricity bill higher and then use the electricity bill to offset the bill. What do you think?"
"What a great idea. I have no objection. I will ask the company's finance department to transfer 200 million to the village later."
Zhang Hao couldn't help but admire.
In this way, a lot of wrangling can be avoided and fairness can be ensured to the greatest extent, much like the policy of "loans for road construction and debt repayment with fees" that was introduced back then.
Village Chief Fan was immediately overjoyed: "Great, then I will contact Manager Niu early tomorrow morning and we will buy the wind power equipment as soon as possible."
"It's better to settle early to avoid being robbed." Zhang Hao nodded.
Fan Youzhi on the side couldn't help but interjected:
"Dad, you missed one point. When the power supply is restored to the village in the future, who will the wind power be sold to? Everyone will definitely prefer to use cheap electricity..."
He was mainly afraid that this incident would affect the relationship between the two families, which would result in more losses than gains.
"Don't worry about this." Zhang Hao immediately interrupted the other party, "The situation in the city is very pessimistic. I estimate that power outages will become the norm in the future. Our electricity will not be sold and no one will buy it."
Village Chief Fan then added: "In fact, it doesn't matter if there is no power outage. Isn't there a mushroom cultivation farm in the village? At worst, it can be directly connected to wind power and transfer the cost, and the effect will be the same."
Zhang Hao immediately gave a thumbs up. Village Chief Fan used this trick very cleverly!
"Okay, it seems I'm worrying too much."
Fan Youzhi had to admit that Jiang was still very old, and his father was worthy of being the village chief for so many years and had many clever ideas.