In the final exam that just passed, Xiaoxian and the others maintained perfect scores.
The two little guys, Liangwanzhu and Zhou Xiaobai, who were sitting in the audience, were a little delayed.
It’s not like last year’s score of 80 or 90, but barely over 70 and less than 80.
Probably too playful.
Despite this, Zhou Jimin still sent them to Enston Ranch for vacation.
It's summer there, and the beachside villas also hang up red lanterns, put up window grilles, couplets, etc., creating a very festive atmosphere for the Spring Festival.
He asked the children, but they were not very willing to spend the Spring Festival here at the ranch because there was no festive atmosphere here.
The entire ranch is almost isolated from the rest of the world, and there is no festive atmosphere, which is normal.
However, although they don't really want to spend the Spring Festival at the beach villa, they still like to spend their vacation here.
So, dress up and lighten the mood.
If it weren't for the general Spring Festival atmosphere in Chinatowns everywhere, Zhou Jimin would really take his children to go shopping.
"Well, after dinner, dad will take you to the island for a walk."
On the night of New Year's Eve, Zhou Jimin, who had just arrived home, said this to his children.
He had just returned from the small town of June 4th and was going to take the children back to the capital for the festival.
A few days ago, he spent a few nights with Xiaoyue and the others walking around the bustling streets such as Admiralty and Causeway Bay, and he had a deep impression of the New Year flavor on the island.
Although Cantonese was not very popular on the island at this time, the majority of people spoke Cantonese.
Therefore, Zhou Jimin helped arrange the songs and produced a Cantonese version of the New Year album. There were not many songs, but each one was very sophisticated.
Gong Xi Fa Cai, Spring Flowers, God of Wealth Arrives, Happy New Year, etc. are all super festive New Year songs.
The album went on sale at the end of December, and once it was released, it immediately became popular throughout Hong Kong.
In just half a month, 300,000 albums were sold in just one small island city, which was an explosion.
Moreover, with the arrival of the Spring Festival, album sales continue to rise and have not dropped.
Even Zhou Jimin himself was surprised. Are there already so many wealthy people on the island?
Needless to say, every song in the entire Spring Festival album is very good, very suitable for this festive festival, and therefore, the New Year flavor of the island is directly pushed to its peak.
Foreign media have reported on this phenomenon, and the title of Oriental Entertainment Capital appeared in newspapers for the first time.
However, because it is a Cantonese song, in overseas markets such as Southeast Asia, the album sales are not as high as in childhood, not even half.
Moreover, this album is time-sensitive. Once the Spring Festival passes, the sales of the album will definitely drop significantly.
In fact, at this time, this album has already made Zhou Jimin a lot of money.
"Dad, is it true? Great, Mom, we are going shopping."
After receiving their father's confirmation, the children immediately cheered and ran back to the bedroom to report the good news to their mother.
After a while, Ding Qiunan came out holding the little fat pig and asked why he suddenly went shopping there?
"The New Year's flavor is better over there. The New Year songs played at home these days are actually from the island. You will know when you go shopping later..."
"Okay, let's eat first and then set off later."
Here at the beach villa, Xu Yiming's family and the seven sisters of the Huang family are all here, as is Nanyi's family.
The total number of people is not small.
The Ding family didn't know the existence of the beach villa yet, so they didn't bring them here.
The main reason is that Ding Xiaochuan works in the special department, and Ding Rushan, the father-in-law, has somewhat complicated thoughts, so Zhou Jimin does not intend to let them know this.
On the contrary, Xu Yiming and Nan Yi are both honest people, and he trusts them more.
In addition, Xu Yiming was docile and docile by Zhou Shuqing and Huang Xiaohua, and they did not have complicated family backgrounds, making it difficult for them to leak secrets.
A group of people had dinner, then boarded the 65 supersonic plane and flew directly to the southern island.
In a manor villa located in Repulse Bay, the yacht slowly docked at the pier, and everyone got off the boat.
This is the place Zhou Jimin purchased. He rarely comes here on weekdays, but he comes here every now and then to clean.
There are video surveillance inside and outside the villa, so there is no need to worry about bad guys breaking in.
Everyone rested in the villa for a few hours, then got up and went shopping.
Everyone has rested on the plane, so they are in good spirits.
It's the morning of New Year's Eve, and many people have gone to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha.
In the early morning of New Year's Eve every year, there will be a long queue at the entrance of Wong Tai Sin Temple, with many citizens holding incense and candles, ready to sprint.
Southerners all like to compete for first place, first in burning incense on New Year’s Eve and first in New Year’s Day.
Because the meaning is very good.
Driving past a nearby temple, Xiaoxian and the others expressed curiosity and confusion when they saw the huge crowds of people.
In the north, there is no such scene at all, only in the south.
To educate children on the differences in clan culture between the north and the south, Zhou Jimin misses his previous life more and more as he goes back to the past.
Ding Qiunan saw his expression, put her hand on his palm, and gave him a gentle smile.
Although she didn't know why he suddenly felt sad, she understood that at this time, he needed her.
Zhou Jimin calmed down and gave her a reassuring smile, feeling relaxed.
Entering the downtown area, the singing flew in through the windows and reached everyone's ears.
"In every street and alley, in everyone's mouth, the first words when meeting are congratulations..."
The catchy lyrics and melody made Xiaoxian and the others couldn't help but hum along.
"Dad, that little girl named Xingyue is so beautiful, and the songs she sings are also very nice."
Xiaobai's face is full of admiration. Xiaoxian and the others all admit that they are very envious of this.
"You are not bad, don't be depressed. When you become an astronaut, you will look at the earth from space, and they will also admire you..."
"Really?"
The children's attention was quickly diverted, and one by one they shouted that they would become astronauts in the future.
Arriving at the bustling streets of Admiralty, the little kids started to have fun.
At this time, the flow of people on the streets of Jinzhong is very dense. To describe it as a sea of people is an understatement.
Anyway, Zhou Jimin’s car waited in line for about half an hour before they arrived at the street, and they couldn’t park.
Because there are no parking spaces nearby, and the road is full of cars and people, it is difficult to move.
The roads on the island are already very narrow, and with millions of people, almost all of them are crowded on both sides of Victoria Harbor. The population density is extremely terrifying.
After all, there are not many high-rise buildings at this time, that is, there are more buildings with more than ten floors, so they will appear more crowded.
Therefore, we could only let Ding Qiunan and the others take the children to visit first, while Zhou Jimin and the others went to park the car.
By the time they met up with Ding Qiunan and the others, it was already an hour later.
Fortunately, there is a PHS right now, so you can contact me at any time, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to find someone.
Admiralty Street is one of the most prosperous neighborhoods on the island. The signal base stations are also the most densely populated here. There is a base station almost every 100 meters. The signal here is always full.
After reuniting, Ding Qiunan and the others had already bought a lot of things, carrying large and small bags, which were quickly transferred to Xu Yiming and Nan Yi.
Zhou Jimin did not relax for long. Soon, he was carrying a lot of loot in both hands.
They are all purchased by Ding Qiunan and the others, including clothes, shoes, food, etc. Some are for personal use and some are given as gifts.
Needless to say, the third and fourth sons have already followed Xu Yiming and the others and given away the spoils of war twice.
I walked around from morning to noon, and just found a restaurant nearby for lunch.
However, after lunch, the flow of people on the street dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Everyone has gone home to prepare New Year’s Eve dinner, so naturally not many people are hanging out.
Therefore, Zhou Jimin and the others were also preparing to return to the capital.
When they arrived home, it was already past three in the afternoon. At this time, there were very few people on the streets of Beijing.
Fortunately, there are many of them, and Huang Xiaohua and her sisters are all good at housework, so they can handle so many New Year's Eve dinners easily.
Mainly, most of the ingredients have been prepared in detail a long time ago.
Compared with previous years, this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner was richer, but the portions were smaller.
Not to mention the sea, land and air, the key is that there are also a lot of snacks from the island.
Moreover, the little brats’ bellies were actually still bulging, and they barely ate much of the New Year’s Eve dinner.
That is to say, during the Chinese New Year, Zhou Jimin didn't care about them much. If it were normal times, he would definitely not let them do this.
After New Year’s Eve dinner, we just had fun.
Happy time always goes by quickly.
We still play on the first day of the new year, visit relatives on the second day of the new year, and it’s pretty much the same on the third and fourth days of the year.
Just after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, everything returned to normal.
There are morning classes to do, reading and studying to do, and the happy time of the past few days is as fleeting as a dream.
"This year has passed before I can fully feel it. Dad, can you turn back the time? I want to stay on the first day of junior high school..."
After two bowls of porridge, he closed the book and suggested to his father innocently.
"Then you won't grow up, how can you be an astronaut in the future?"
The little guy thought for a while and said: "Dad, I don't want to be an astronaut anymore. I want to continue celebrating the New Year."
"It's not night yet, so stop dreaming and read a book quickly. It keeps interrupting you."
After being educated by his father for a while, the little guy had no choice but to continue studying.
In the next few days, Zhou Jimin returned to the June Fourth town during the day and returned to the capital at night, returning to the same state as before.
In this way, until the tenth day of the lunar month, he came to the courtyard near Pigeon City again and met Wu Chengfeng.
A new round of cultural relic acquisitions has returned to normal again.
However, the place we are going to this time is a little bit special. It is a factory warehouse.
"Do you know how the things in the warehouse come from?"
Since it was something in the warehouse, Zhou Jimin had a rough guess as to its origin, so he asked this question.
Because I am afraid of stepping on a thunderbolt and accidentally hitting the road, that would be an injustice.
Although he is not afraid of stepping on thunder, after all, even if he is really hit by a thunder, he can basically exit with all his strength, but Wu Chengfeng is hard to say.
He quite recognized the latter's hard work and hard work without complaint.
Don't look at it. Wu Chengfeng seems to have done nothing. He just contacted where there are antiques, and he still does it every half a month. Although the commission is not high, the income is high.
But in fact, this job is really not something that ordinary people can do. First, you need to be familiar with the antique industry and know many collectors.
The second is that they have a high level of knowledge about antiques. Just these two points can stop many people.
Third, you have to be someone Zhou Jimin trusts, in other words, someone who is honest and obedient.
"I've heard that most of them were confiscated from previous factories, and a few were..."
Later, Wu Chengfeng’s voice became even softer.
Even though there were only the two of them and no one else around, those things were still taboo, so I didn’t elaborate on them in detail, but just lip-synched them.
"Well, if that's the case, then we have to be careful. To be on the safe side, you have to be smarter later and don't get caught."
"Hey, don't worry, the person who can catch me, Wu Chengfeng, hasn't been born yet."
Wu Chengfeng smiled proudly, while Zhou Jimin just looked at him deeply and did not continue to persuade.
As the saying goes, good words can never persuade a damn person to die.
If something happens later, he can only act according to the situation and save if he can.
After a while, the two of them left the courtyard one after another. After walking around for half an hour, they came to a warehouse wall near a factory.
Immediately, Wu Chengfeng blew a cuckoo call.
On the other side of the warehouse, a voice soon sounded.
At this moment, Zhou Jimin unexpectedly noticed that there were many people behind the wall. Their breathing was a bit noisy.
In January in Beijing, the temperature was very low late at night. Those people were still waiting in the warehouse in the middle of the night, probably setting up a dragnet, waiting for Zhou Jimin, or in other words, waiting for Wu Chengfeng and the seller he had negotiated to be arrested.
Therefore, Zhou Jimin confirmed again and again before holding Wu Chengfeng down as he was about to leave.
"It's a scam. Go call that friend of yours out and ask what's going on?"
The latter was immediately startled. He had no doubts about Zhou Jimin's judgment.
After all, I had encountered different situations in my previous transactions, and Zhou Jimin had warned me about them in advance, and I had narrowly avoided trouble.
Therefore, Wu Chengfeng did not hesitate to follow Zhou Jimin's words and call out his seller.
What came out was a little old man with a mustache. People with beards were actually very normal in this era, and many people still had such beards.
Just like Qi Baishi before.
As soon as the little old man came over, he couldn't help complaining in a low voice, "Why don't you go in? You let me come out, it's so cold..."
"Will you go in and let you commit meritorious deeds and arrest people?" Zhou Jimin suddenly became happy. The little old man's eyes were a little dodgey. It was obvious that he knew that he was in the wrong and his acting skills were not up to par.
After saying that, Zhou Jimin said to Wu Chengfeng:
"Okay, let's leave quickly, we're wasting time."
The latter was so ashamed that he obviously understood that he had been deceived by the little old man.
Immediately, he glared at the little old man fiercely, and then quickly followed Zhou Jimin's pace.
At this moment, the little old man rushed forward, hugged Zhou Jimin, and shouted loudly, come out and catch the thief.
It was originally a good opportunity to cooperate inside and outside and make meritorious deeds, but unexpectedly Zhou Jimin saw through it.
Therefore, the little old man suddenly stopped caring and opened his mouth quickly.
Zhou Jimin also didn't expect that this little old man would be so brave and strong, but everything was in vain.
After using a little force to break free from the little old man's restraints, Zhou Jimin didn't care so much and shouted at Wu Chengfeng, and the two of them ran away.
There was movement from the warehouse, and many young people wearing armbands rushed out.
It's a pity that they only saw the little old man lying on the ground wailing, but there was no one else.
Yes, it’s all in vain!
Of course, there were many young people who still followed the direction pointed by the little old man.
But after chasing for a long time, I couldn't catch anything, so I gave up.
Many young people secretly said that it was unlucky that such a good opportunity and such a perfect plan actually let the duck fly!
This is simply unforgivable!
They still felt that it was unlucky, and Zhou Jimin was the one who felt aggrieved.
Damn it, this is the first time I bought antiques at the beginning of the new year, and I was treated like this. It’s really unlucky to open the door for unlucky people. It’s extremely unlucky.
After escaping, he came to a secluded place. Wu Chengfeng was panting and full of guilt.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I really don't know..."
"Just this once, never again."
Zhou Jimin said coldly, Wu Chengfeng nodded repeatedly and turned pale.
Seeing that the latter kept repenting, Zhou Jimin couldn't bear it and said:
"Okay, don't cry and look sad. The New Year is not over yet, bad luck! Pay more attention next time, investigate clearly, don't let this happen again, go back first."
"I'm sorry, I..."
"Get out of here and stop talking nonsense!"
Seeing Zhou Jimin frowning and speaking indifferently, Wu Chengfeng immediately shut up, then bowed respectfully, turned around and left.
The servility of the previous government still had a strong influence in the 1960s.
In fact, in the future year of 2022, the slavish culture has not completely died.
Even extremely active!
After Wu Chengfeng left, Zhou Jimin looked in the direction of the factory warehouse and his eyes became cold.
"Nima, if you let me suffer, I will let you walk around without food today!"
To be honest, he doesn't have a good impression of these people.
It's okay to make meritorious deeds, but using such despicable means is a bit excessive.
It was obvious that he was doing a normal transaction, and he didn't want to make a fool of himself.
But I was still targeted by these people.
Maybe Wu Chengfeng is too high-profile, or maybe he has been distracted recently and thinks he can cover the sky with one hand and save all cultural relics.
But he ignored the fact that after all, he was just a mortal.
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