As soon as Catherine got home, she shouted into the house.
There is a baby at home, and usually it cannot be separated from others. In daily life, one of the couple must stay and take care of the baby.
Village Chief Fan didn't bother to put on his coat and pushed out the door anxiously: "What's wrong? What happened?"
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"Hurry in, don't catch a cold, it's a good thing."
Catherine pushed her husband into the room.
"What a good thing?"
"I just met Director Zhang. He asked us if we wanted to buy whale meat? He has it there."
"Whale meat?" Village Chief Fan was a little disappointed. "The quality of whale meat is not good. It tastes terrible. I haven't even finished what I bought at the beginning of the year. Let's forget it this time?"
After eating whale meat for more than half a year, he was really scared of eating it, and the smell made him want to vomit.
Catherine said in disbelief: "Old Fan, are you out of your mind? Meat is almost impossible to buy outside, but you still think it tastes bad?"
"Our family is not short of meat..."
Village Chief Fan retorted in a low voice.
"No, no matter how much meat you have, you will eventually run out of it. It's best to stock up on more if you have the chance. Besides, if we don't eat it, we can exchange it for other ingredients or simply sell it for money. It's better than doing nothing at all.
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"Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll go to Lao Zhang's house right away."
Village Chief Fan still loves his little wife very much.
Catherine was so happy that she stepped forward and hugged Village Chief Fan's neck, giving him a long French kiss.
"I heard people say that there will be a war soon. Now is not the time to worry about money. Buy as much as you have."
Village Chief Fan took a deep breath and nodded: "I understand, don't worry, as long as I'm here, you two will definitely have something to eat."
"Go quickly, don't keep Director Zhang waiting."
Catherine helped the other party get a thick coat.
Ten minutes later, Village Chief Fan drove a senior scooter to the manor.
The security guard at the door was an old acquaintance for a long time, so he simply said hello and let me go.
"Uncle Fan, are you in such a hurry? Are you short of meat at home?"
Zhang Hao welcomed Village Chief Fan into the living room.
Village Chief Fan shook his head and explained with a wry smile: "It was your aunt who urged me to come here. You should have heard that she was greatly stimulated on the way to Huicheng and developed a habit of hoarding food." "Tsk tsk, Uncle Fan, you are lucky. Hoarding food is a very good character. How can it be considered a fault?"
Zhang Hao corrected with a smile.
"Let's not talk about her." Village Chief Fan waved his hand, and then looked around: "Isn't there a guest in your house? Where is the person? Why didn't you see it?"
"The visitors are my third sister's future father-in-law and mother-in-law. My parents took them to visit the vegetable garden."
"Then should I go over and say hello?"
"No need, they will move here soon. We will have many opportunities to meet in the future. I'd better take you to see whale meat first!"
Village Chief Fan nodded: "That's fine."
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Hao took a shovel and led the other party to a corner of the yard. After a few shovels, the pieces of meat under the snow were exposed.
"The whale meat is all here, about five thousand kilograms. Tell me, how much do you want?"
"What's the price?" Village Chief Fan asked quickly.
"One hundred yuan per catty is cheap enough, right?"
Zhang Hao smiled.
Village Chief Fan remembered his wife's words, so he shamelessly tried:
"I still have almost 100,000 yuan in spare money. Can I give you a thousand jin?"
"One thousand kilograms is no problem." Zhang Hao took a deep look at the other party, and then changed the subject: "But Uncle Fan, I want to remind you that I have worked hard to get these whale meats, so don't sell them cheaply.
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"I don't sell it to anyone, I keep it for myself."
Village Chief Fan quickly assured.
"As long as you always understand, listen to my aunt's opinions on everything, and the future will be long!"
Zhang Hao replied.
Next, Village Chief Fan made more than a dozen trips and transported back a thousand kilograms of whale meat.
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Time flies to January 25th, only two days before New Year's Eve, and the old Zhang family is making final preparations for Zhang Jiaqi's wedding.
Zhang Hao just killed a pig and then received a call from his second sister Zhang Jiayi.
"Tell me, private matter or official matter?"
As the Spring Festival approaches, there are a lot of chores.
Zhang Jiayi said simply: "Business."
"You can make your own decisions on official matters without my consent." Zhang Hao shied away on the spot.
He also just came back from the group headquarters, and he didn't want to go out again for the past two days before the year.
"No, I need you to come forward in person this time."
Zhang Hao frowned: "What on earth is going on?"
"The above organized an annual meeting for entrepreneurs, and I just received the invitation letter."
"Can't you go on behalf of our company?"
"No, they invited us both."
Zhang Jiayi is not angry.
Zhang Hao couldn't help but be curious: "What do you want from above? So formal?"
"The standards of this annual meeting are very high. All high-level officials, including Archon Ji, will be present. It is said that important speeches will be delivered. It should not be a trivial matter."
Zhang Jiayi quickly reported the report.
"Consul Ji?" Zhang Hao pondered for a moment, then asked: "Second sister, is there any inside information coming out?"
"There is no inside information, but everyone is speculating that this year should be related to the war."
Zhang Jiayi told the information she had learned.
"War? Is there really going to be a war?"
Zhang Hao exclaimed.
Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, when the incident came, he still couldn't help but feel panic.
"Who knows? But all signs indicate that war may be inevitable."
Zhang Jiayi said in a low tone.
Although their generation has not experienced war, they have studied history and watched many related film and television works to understand the cruelty of war.
Zhang Hao quickly adjusted his mentality and then asked: "When is the annual meeting? Before or after the year?"
"Years ago, at 9:30 tomorrow morning."
"Okay, let's set off together tomorrow morning."
Zhang Hao nodded solemnly.
"Not only the two of us, but also Jiaqi, she just called me and will also attend this annual meeting."
Zhang Jiayi added.
"Third sister? What is she going to do?"
"It's not that she wants to go on her own, it's Governor Li who insists on taking her there, probably because he wants to look familiar!"
Zhang Hao worriedly said: "It won't delay the wedding, right?"
"I don't think so. After all, those who celebrate the New Year have only heard of New Year's Eve parties, but not of New Year's Eve meetings?" Zhang Jiayi said casually to reassure her.
"That's right, I guess tomorrow will be just a briefing, there won't be a too specific agenda."
Zhang Hao breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
"It's best this way!" Zhang Jiayi paused, then reminded: "If it's okay, I'll hang up first. Let's meet at the subway entrance at 7:30 tomorrow morning."
"No problem."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Hao handed the phone to his wife, then picked up the flame spray bottle and started burning pig hair. The outdoor temperature was too low, and boiling water would quickly freeze into ice cubes, so it didn't work at all.
After burning the pig hair, the whole family moved together, moved the whole black pig indoors, and then used steel wool to wipe the pig skin diligently.
When the golden color of the pig skin appeared, Yang Huaqing forced the twins to leave. After all, the next scene was more or less inappropriate for children.
Zhang Hao didn't think it was anything. In his opinion, killing pigs was a very happy thing and there was nothing to avoid. Even children would only drool and would not leave any psychological shadow at all.
Because he had practiced several times before, Zhang Hao's pig-killing skills have now greatly improved. It only took him two and a half hours to dismantle the whole pig one by one.
Zhang Chongxin pointed to a large piece of pork and said:
"Xiao Hao, please send this pig hind leg to your father-in-law's house later."
Yang Huaqing on the side declined on the spot: "Dad, no need, my parents still have a lot of leftover meat! Besides, the third sister needs to prepare a lot of meat for her wedding. This pig is a bit small, so it may not be enough?"
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This is a pig weighing less than a hundred pounds.
If Zhang Jiaqi hadn't gotten married, the family would have been reluctant to kill it. The last time Zhang Hao got married, they had already killed the family's only adult pig.
"It's okay." Zhang Hao smiled and waved his hand, "I have already found some connections and ordered eighty kilograms of frozen pork from the black market in advance. It is enough for the banquet. This is fresh pork, let's eat it ourselves."
In fact, he was talking about the pork in the underground cold storage. This batch of pork has been stored for more than a year and a half, and has long exceeded its normal shelf life.
Although in theory, if the freezing process and storage conditions of meat products can be strictly controlled, meat can be frozen and preserved for three to forty years.
But please note that this is just a theory, and theory does not mean that it can be done.
Even for federal reserve pork, the storage period generally does not exceed nine months.
There is no shortage of meat in their house, so there is no need.
Li Dajuan suddenly felt heartbroken and couldn't help complaining: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? If I had known you could buy pork, I wouldn't have killed this pig. Now is the time to grow meat. It would be a waste to kill it.
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Zhang Chongxin also had a bad look on his face.
"Mom, I just got the news. I really didn't mean it." Zhang Hao made a random excuse.
"Why are you in such a hurry to kill the pig? You can kill the pig in time tomorrow." Li Dajuan nagged.
"Isn't it you and my dad Cui De?"
Hearing this, Li Dajuan pinched her son's arm lightly: "I asked you not to tell the whole story. If you had spoken earlier, could we have urged you?"
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault."
After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he picked up the pig's hind legs and ran towards the gate. Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best option.
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The next day, the three siblings set out early in the morning.
Halfway through, Zhang Hao took the opportunity to ask Third Sister about the annual meeting. Anyway, she worked in the state capital and must have heard some rumors.
Zhang Jiaqi shook her head directly: "Xiaohao, actually I don't know more than you do."
"Did Governor Li disclose..."
"No, Uncle Li has been very busy recently. We haven't met for many days. He just made an impromptu call to me yesterday to inform me of a meeting. We only chatted for less than a minute in total and didn't say anything else." Zhang Jiaqi shook her head again.
"Lao San, you are so politically sensitive!" Zhang Jiayi couldn't help complaining, "You don't know anything about such an important matter. Is it possible that you, the deputy director, are just messing around?"
"Are you just messing around? I have only been in office as deputy director for less than half a year. I will not be promoted within five years. I just need to do my job well and don't have to worry about other things at all. Just let it happen." Zhang Jiaqi said tit for tat.
"No way, you are so Buddhist and you still want to be promoted? Do you really think that the state capital is owned by our family?"
"Hmph, you don't have to worry about my business!"
Seeing that the two people were arguing more and more fiercely, Zhang Hao quickly interrupted: "Third sister, did you send an invitation to Governor Li for your wedding this time?"
"Do you really think I'm stupid?"
"You invited?"
"Of course, I was promoted by Uncle Li. I forget that no one can forget him! But Uncle Li said that he didn't have time during the Chinese New Year, so he directly sent a picture of calligraphy as a congratulatory gift."
"Written by your own hand?"
Zhang Jiaqi nodded: "Yes, there are only four big characters written in total, "Hundred Years of Harmony."
"That's good, what about my colleagues?"
"Except for Uncle Li, no one else was invited. After all, I said I wanted it to be simple, not just casually."
Zhang Jiayi followed up and asked: "Where is Xiaotao's sister and her family? Will they come over?"
"No, it's not a coincidence. His sister happened to be pregnant. I was afraid of problems on the road, so I had to..."
"Which city did his sister marry to?"
"Yandu."
Zhang Jiayi nodded: "That's really hard. It takes five or six days by train!"
"His sister said that after the baby is born, the whole family will move here together. Although Yandu is also a first-tier city, the winter is too cold and I can't stand it."
Zhang Jiaqi mentioned it casually.
"What are his sister and brother-in-law doing?"
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Zhang Jiayi is usually too busy with work and doesn’t know much about her younger sister’s husband’s family.
Zhang Hao answered helpfully: "Xiao Tao's sister and brother-in-law opened a small company, mainly engaged in cross-border e-commerce. It is probably closed now."
"No wonder they want to move here. It turns out they can't survive." Zhang Jiayi suddenly realized.
"Second sister, why do you speak so harshly?"
Zhang Jiaqi smiled bitterly.
"What I say is unpleasant, but it is also true. This matter can be big or small. You have to think it over for yourself. Don't blindly show your heart to others. You must grasp the scale." Zhang Jiayi reminded softly.
"They are biological siblings, not cousins."
Zhang Jiaqi is a little hard to understand.
Zhang Jiayi couldn't help but sigh: "No matter how close brothers and sisters are, as long as they get married, they are two families. Two families speak two different languages, don't mix them up."
Seeing the confused look on Third Sister's face, Zhang Hao immediately explained: "Third Sister, the meaning of Second Sister can actually be summed up in one sentence, that is, brothers and sisters settle accounts clearly."
"Then why didn't our family count? Our three villas and shares were all given by you, weren't they?"
"That's because our father worked hard and built a large family fortune. You deserve that." Zhang Hao replied.
"So, your sister-in-law, you said before that you would give away a house, so what do you say about this?"
Zhang Jiaqi immediately caught the loophole.
Zhang Hao touched his nose: "I did it out of compensation. After all, Xiaolin is no longer here. I also did this to appease my mother-in-law.
Besides, neither my mother-in-law nor Xiaofu accepted it in the end. Have you ever heard of raising a favor and fighting a feud? This is the way relatives should get along with each other."
"You two, stop beating around the bush and say it directly." Zhang Jiaqi said impatiently.
"Then remember, if Xiaotao and his sister's family choose to move here, the first thing they will have to do is buy a house. The most you can do is lend them money. Don't do it all and give them a house for free."
Zhang Jiayi paused and continued:
"There are still work issues. Don't go around looking for connections to help them get into the system. This is a taboo.
If they ask you for help, just give it to me. Haotian Group has plenty of job opportunities, and if something happens, you won’t be affected."
"Is it too much? We have many related households in our unit, and we haven't heard of any problems?"
Zhang Jiaqi looked puzzled.
Zhang Hao quickly interjected: "Third sister, if you want to go far, you must pay attention to this aspect. After all, you are the only official employee in our family. In addition, you have been employed for a short time and have a shallow foundation. You are incomparable with others.
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"That's it!"
Zhang Jiaqi is not stupid, and she quickly figured out the reason.
"When Third Sister, you take the position of governor, you won't have to be so cautious. Maybe you can cultivate big pudding and little pudding."
Zhang Hao seemed to have no intention of saying.
"I remember you said before that you planned to let the two brothers take over the company. Why, you changed your mind? You have no confidence in them?" Zhang Jiaqi joked.
Zhang Hao had mixed feelings in his heart: "If it were last month, I would still have kept my original idea. Now that the situation has changed, I have to make two preparations."
"You mean war?"
Zhang Jiayi almost blurted it out.
"That's right." Zhang Hao nodded, "No one knows how this war will end yet. Once the war becomes protracted, entering politics is the best choice."
"What should the company do?"
"What should we do? Salad! We have all studied history. Once we enter the wartime economy, it is open to question whether Big Pudding and the others can take over the company.
In addition, even if the two of them succeed in taking over, they will be restricted everywhere. It is better to be an official employee and be stable, at least for the rest of their lives."
Zhang Hao spoke with sincerity and sincerity.
"Xiaohao, are you too pessimistic?"
Zhang Jiaqi frowned unconsciously.
Zhang Hao picked up the water glass and took a sip of water: "Third Sister, I'm not being alarmist. Once a war breaks out, the difficulties that Da Pudding and his generation will have to face are definitely beyond everyone's imagination."
War is destructive, especially at present, and does far more harm than good.
"Don't scare me?"
Zhang Jiaqi swallowed her saliva subconsciously.
"Third sister, don't be too nervous. Based on the foundation I have laid, no matter how bad the situation is in the future, they will not be left hungry."
Zhang Hao has a great deal of success.
Zhang Jiayi looked hesitant: "Xiao Hao, Kevin and the other three will graduate from college soon. Do you think we should let them take the official employee exam?"
"You can get the best exam, but don't force it. As I said just now, with my uncle here, they won't let them go hungry."