Before entering the old lady's room, Leslie Cheung couldn't wait to shout loudly:
"Grandma, my eldest brother and I are back to see you."
Li Dajuan heard her grandson's voice and immediately stood up excitedly: "Big Pudding, little Pudding, grandma is in the house, you two brothers come in quickly."
Since getting older, the old lady's memory has declined a lot. She often cannot remember the names of her grandchildren. Instead, she often talks about her nicknames.
Zhang Guoji took the lead, quickly came to grandma, and took the place of the younger sister and held grandma's arm.
"Grandma, how are you doing?"
"It's fine!" Li Dajuan looked her eldest grandson up and down, and suddenly said with a distressed face: "You have lost weight. You must stay at home for a while this time, and let grandma kill a few old hens to make up for you."
"Grandma, where has my eldest brother lost weight? He has obviously gained some weight, okay?"
Zhang Guoxin couldn't help but complain.
"Ahem... Recently, your second brother has been dragging me to eat and drink all day long, and he has indeed gained a lot of weight."
Zhang Guoji touched his big belly awkwardly.
It is inevitable for a person to gain weight when he reaches middle age, unless he runs outside every day like his second brother.
Although the area of Xinfeng Island is not small, the main population is concentrated in the industrial zone of Puerto Galera. In addition, the industrial zone has become increasingly mature, so it has become quiet in recent years.
Zhang Guoxuan followed and walked over, held grandma's other arm, and smiled: "Brother, you can't control yourself, don't push it on me. Besides, you sit in the office every day and don't like to exercise. You need to not gain weight."
Strange."
"Don't talk nonsense. Grandma wants you all to gain weight. Little Pudding, look at yourself. You are as thin as a bamboo pole. You should learn more from your elder brother and stop thinking about losing weight all day long."
Li Dajuan gently patted the back of her second grandson's hand.
Upon hearing this, Leslie Cheung showed off his biceps femoris on the spot: "Grandma, do you believe that I can knock my eldest brother to the ground with just one hand?"
"You are so brazen, who gave you the courage? How about we go to the gym to practice now?"
Zhang Guoji pretended to be angry.
"Just go, no one is afraid of whom!"
Zhang Guoxuan waved his fist in response.
"There will be a fight as soon as we come back." Li Dajuan patted the two grandsons one by one, and then scolded: "You two are no longer children, can you save some people's worries?"
Leslie Cheung smiled, with a rare childlike innocence: "In front of you, the elder brother, my eldest brother and I will always be children."
"Okay, stop playing tricks. We've made peanut and pig's trotter soup in the kitchen. Grandma will take you to drink the soup."
Since meeting her grandchildren, Li Dajuan's smile has never stopped.
When the little guys heard that there were delicious pig's feet to eat, their mouths immediately watered:
"Grandma, I want some soup too."
"Yes, both."
Li Dajuan said with a kind face.
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At nearly ten o'clock in the evening, Zhang Hao and Yang Huaqing finally returned, exhausted.
After receiving the news, the Zhang Guoji brothers immediately took their wives over to say hello.
"Dad, Mom, where were you today? Why did you come back so late?"
"Didn't you watch today's live news?"
Zhang Hao asked casually.
Zhang Guoji spread his hands and explained helplessly: "I played with a few children all afternoon, and chatted with grandma for more than two hours in the evening. I didn't even bother to watch TV."
"I went to Yandu with your dad today and stayed there all day." After Yang Huaqing answered, he then asked with concern: "By the way, are Tinker Bell and the others asleep?"
"Mom, they have gone to bed long ago."
Guan Tong replied immediately.
Yang Huaqing nodded: "Tongtong, Meihui, you two accompany me to the kitchen to make a bowl of noodles. Your dad didn't eat much on the plane just now, so he must be hungry now."
"Okay, Mom!"
Guan Tong and Mei Hui quickly agreed.
Soon, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left the room.
Zhang Guoji took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for his father and couldn't help but curiously said:
"Dad, did something happen over there in Yandu?"
"Nothing serious happened. Today is the official relocation day of Yandu City Hall. I went there mainly to see him off. The symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning."
Zhang Hao replied.
Zhang Guoxuan couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that this is what Yan Du has been doing for so long, but he still couldn't persevere in the end."
In the past ten years, as the climate has become colder and colder, the whole north has really been in decline. It is getting worse year by year, and millions of people are being lost every year, which is very worrying.
"If you ask me, I should have moved a few years ago. Coal production in the entire north is getting lower year by year, and transportation is also a big problem. It's better to move to Lijiapo and start over!" Zhang Guodong suddenly appeared at the door.
Lijiapo is the reserved area of Yandu.
One is the administrative center in the north, and the other is the administrative center in Southeast Asia, which is not a disadvantage.
Zhang Guoji immediately agreed: "The third child is right. Even if the coal supply is sufficient, the poor place in Yandu, with minus 30 to 40 degrees Celsius all year round, is not a place for people to stay. In recent years, almost all the people have left.
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Zhang Hao sighed deeply: "The situation is not as simple as you think. Yandu is the center of the entire north. Moving south means completely abandoning the north. This is no joke. Of course, we must be cautious."
The main reason why Yandu has remained an empty structure all these years is to appease people's hearts and prevent northerners from going south en masse, thus exceeding the capacity of Southeast Asia.
Fortunately, the ending was not bad. After more than ten years of buffering period, the goal was finally achieved.
To this day, Yan's move to the south has become a matter of course.
"Dad, does the central government really want to completely abandon the north?"
Zhang Guoxuan said solemnly.
You know, the entire north covers an area of about two million square kilometers, and it is an area with complete infrastructure. It would be a pity to give up like this.
Zhang Hao smiled bitterly: "The central government doesn't want to give up, but if it can't retain people, everything will be in vain. As we all know, 'people' are the core element of social development."
Zhang Guodong is obviously on the side of approval. After all, Lijiapo is his second hometown.
"Dad, as Yandu moves south, will Lijiapo usher in a period of rapid development?"
"This is inevitable. In fact, not only Lijiapo, but also the entire Southeast Asia is expected to usher in a new round of development boom." Zhang Hao nodded solemnly.
Zhang Guoxuan couldn't help but sigh:
"What a pity."
"What's a pity?" Zhang Hao asked subconsciously.
"It's a pity that Laoshizi will be transformed into public ownership next year, otherwise I will definitely increase investment and take the opportunity to do something big." Zhang Guoxuan explained.
Zhang Hao waved his hand: "What you said is only possible, not necessarily 100% accurate."
"Dad, didn't you say this would happen sooner or later?"
Leslie Cheung couldn't help but retorted.
"Well... maybe the atmosphere will slowly return to normal in a few years. As long as the situation improves, such extreme measures will naturally not be necessary."
Zhang Hao said casually.
"It is very unlikely that the atmosphere will return to normal in the short term." Zhang Guoxuan shook his head, and then changed the topic: "Dad, I have always had a question in my mind, can you help me clarify it?"