At the end of the year, it’s the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Xu Tongdao's family drove five cars and set off in a grand way back to Shazhou to celebrate the New Year.
This is what Xu Tongdao promised his mother a long time ago.
The house in my hometown has been rebuilt a long time ago, and the decoration has been completed for several months.
Her mother, Ge Xiaozhu, had long told Mr. Xu that she wanted to go back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year this year. She hoped that Mr. Xu could take the whole family back to celebrate the New Year.
In her words: "You and your brother are both married and have children. Your father is alone in the mountains with your grandfather and grandma. During the Chinese New Year this year, you brothers and your children will go up the mountain to celebrate the New Year with your father, your grandfather, and your grandma."
Please count the paper money! Let them see another generation of our family, and let them bless the three little guys below."
Tongdao Xu could tell that his mother was homesick.
Moreover, the reasons convinced him.
He agreed.
But he had a lot of things to do a year ago, such as various conferences and small meetings, going to various branches to express condolences to employees, participating in meetings organized by the government, etc., etc., which all involved a lot of his time and energy.
He was so busy that he finally had some free time here until yesterday, and finally had time to take his whole family back to Shazhou.
In other words, he now has the title of the richest man in the province, which is sometimes a good thing and sometimes not a good thing.
For example, in several official meetings related to major enterprises in the province, the leaders would usually ask him to attend by name.
It’s hard to say no.
Another time was a gathering of Huizhou merchants.
Senior Huizhou businessmen take the lead in inviting a group of the most powerful businessmen in the province to a gathering every year, which is defined as the "Huizhou Business Gathering." This year, because of his reputation as "the richest man in the province," Xu Tongdao also received an invitation letter.
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He called Luo Yong and Yan Shijin, and after learning more about the Huizhou Business Fair, he thought about it and went to attend.
Thinking of the Huizhou merchants gathering a few days ago, Tongdao Xu also had a smile on his face.
Interesting!
Several Huizhou businessmen who appeared on this year's "Forbes" domestic rich list all appeared at this Huizhou business gathering.
But most of them did not appear on this year's Forbes rich list.
It seems that some people are deliberately hiding their net worth to avoid being targeted by Forbes.
But more often than not, they really don’t have the ability to be on the Forbes rich list.
At the rally a few days ago, he met a group of top businessmen in the province, some of whom came with their wives, and some with their sons or daughters, as if they wanted to pave the way for their children.
Some people also came with female celebrities.
Only Comrade Xu went there with his secretary Tong Wen.
At the rally, he, the newly crowned richest man in the province, was toasted by almost everyone, many of whom wanted to attract an investment from him.
Of course, there are also companies who want to invest in his company, or seek cooperation with other companies.
We exchanged a lot of business cards, and some of them may be useful in the future.
In the Bentley, Comrade Xu, who was a little distracted, was brought back to his thoughts by his daughter's shouting.
Xu Anan was fighting for her cell phone with Wei Chunlan. She insisted on her mother Wei Chunlan playing cartoons on her cell phone. Wei Chunlan said that she couldn't watch her cell phone in the car because it was bad for her eyes.
But Xu Anan couldn't listen at all and insisted on pestering Wei Chunlan to grab the phone.
The safety seat could hardly restrain her, and half of her body had climbed out of the safety seat. In contrast, her son Xu Le was much better behaved. Not long after the little one got in the car, as the vehicle shook slightly, Xu Le
Le fell asleep not long after getting in the car.
At this time, I was sleeping in the safety seat and my mouth was drooling.
Xu Tongdao did not take care of his daughter. His wife Wei Chunlan would take care of her daughter. He adjusted his sitting posture, turned to look at the receding scenery outside the car window, and cleared his mind, not wanting to think about business anymore.
He already had a premonition that he would definitely not have any leisure time when he returned to his hometown for the New Year.
He has not returned to his hometown to celebrate the New Year for many years. Occasionally, he will accompany his brother and sister to send New Year greetings to relatives in his hometown.
But in recent years, due to his busy work schedule, he rarely went back to his hometown to pay New Year greetings in person.
But since he went back to celebrate the New Year this year, he would definitely go to the homes of his relatives in his hometown to pay New Year greetings.
In addition, there will definitely be many people coming to his home to pay New Year greetings.
I'll probably be even more tired than when I'm working.
But what can be done?
My mother wants to go back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year. As a son, he always tries his best to satisfy his mother's wishes. Besides, going back this year will also allow his daughter, son and nephew to experience the New Year atmosphere in the countryside.
Well, the main thing is to let his own children experience it.
My nephew Xu Jian was still too young and ignorant. He could not speak and could not remember anything he had seen.
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The road from Tianyun City to Shazhou County was either a highway or a provincial highway. Because it was already the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month and it was too close to the Chinese New Year, there were not many vehicles on the road.
The road was smooth and there was no traffic jam.
But after getting off the provincial road and entering the county road, the speed of the car slowed down significantly.
There are obviously a lot more vehicles on the road, and sometimes there are traffic jams.
When we got to the rural road, driving from Shazhou County to Xujia Village, Zhulin Township, the two-lane rural road was a bit confusing.
Cars, motorcycles, electric scooters, bicycles, pedestrians on the road...
Although there is no traffic jam, cars can only stop and go and have to give way to others from time to time.
Occasionally, there are sheep crossing the road, and the car can only stop until all the marching sheep cross the road before the car can continue on the road.
The two-lane rural road made Xu Tongdao frown. He pondered for a moment and told Tong Wen, who accompanied him back to his hometown for the New Year this time: "Please remember it for me. Remember to remind me after the new year. Let's allocate a sum of funds."
Sponsor this road and make it wider, the two-lane road is too narrow!"
Tong Wen responded, quickly took out her cell phone, and wrote down the incident in her phone notes.
This time Comrade Xu took her to Shazhou to celebrate the New Year and communicated with her in advance.
Tongdao Xu was worried that there would be any urgent matters within the group that he needed to deal with during the Chinese New Year, so he asked Tong Wen whether he could accompany him to Shazhou during the Chinese New Year?
Tong Wen did not hesitate and agreed.
Comrade Xu didn't do her any favors either.
He promised to triple her salary plus bonuses during the Chinese New Year, and to compensate her for a long vacation after the new year.
Just like that, Tong Wen came to Shazhou together.
In fact, not only Tong Wen, but also Xu Tongdao's two bodyguards, Zheng Meng and Sun Aizi, as well as Ran Jing and Wang Xiaomin, who were protecting Wei Chunlan and others, were also accompanying them.
Even the two nannies at home, Aunt Wang and Aunt Zhang, came to Shazhou with them this time.
Otherwise, even if the five cars brought a lot of New Year's goods, they would return to Xujia Village on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and their mother, Ge Xiaozhu, would not have time to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
Mainly because my old home was rebuilt. After the renovation, there were only pots and pans in the kitchen, and there were no seasonings, spices or anything like that.
There are so many people coming back this time, and they will definitely have to receive waves of guests after the new year. If they don't prepare more meals before the new year, they will definitely be too busy after the new year.