The per capita monthly salary in the United States is $1,000 after tax, the per capita salary on Hong Kong Island is 1,200 Hong Kong dollars, and on the other side of the strait it is more than NT$6,000, while the per capita monthly income in China is less than 35 yuan.

According to the exchange rate converted into US dollars, it is 1000:240:1860:23.3, and the lowest Hong Kong Island is almost 10 times that of the mainland, which means that the money for 10 people on Hong Kong Island can be 100 people in China.

"Churro or bun?"

Entering the cafeteria one after the other, Zhao Liangliang had already reached out and took two dinner plates from the side, Zheng Jianguo looked at the various breakfasts on the dining table in front of him, and said: "Don't eat too much fried, one fritter and two buns, and then an egg - I don't want soy milk, I want tofu brain, salty." ”

"Isn't it sweet to be sweet?"

Next to the dining table, a man wearing a white chef's uniform and a mask asked, Zheng Jianguo shook his head at the glint in the other party's eyes and said: "Each has its own merits, this is a matter of hobbies, some people like to eat fried eggs, some people like to eat boiled, and some people like to eat tea eggs-"

"Wages are very low in China, especially when compared to abroad. ”

Zhao Liangliang smiled and didn't take the words of the tofu brain, but looked at Zheng Jianguo according to his idea and put a fried dough stick, two meat buns and boiled eggs on the dinner plate, and sat down at the table next to him, Zheng Jianguo put the tofu brain in his hand in front of him a bowl, sat down with his own butt and said: "So this is an advantage, you have to make good use of it." ”

"When are you going to start?"

Picked up the fritters with chopsticks and ate a bite, Zhao Liangliang pursed his mouth and chewed like a woman before asking, Zheng Jianguo directly picked up and bit it with his hand, and said: "After the New Year, let the people over there run away, the electric fan is not a problem, and there are channels, which are all handed over to the sellers as agents, I don't have much time to ask." ”

"There is a need for you to speak. ”

Zhao Liangliang ate and said, Zheng Jianguo nodded and began to eat, he was actually waiting for this words, and soon after eating, he was accompanied by Zhao Liangliang and the leaders for the New Year, even if the purpose of his coming was achieved, of course, in this process, because of the reason for taking medicine yesterday, he received a lot of advice.

After the New Year's task was completed, and at noon I had a meal at the embassy to clean up, Zheng Jianguo was also sent to the airport by Zhao Liangliang and Jiang Lu, I have to say that the branch lines of the United States are enough, there are four flights to Boston every day, as he entered the waiting hall to check the ticket, found a seat and sat down, he began to look at the big bags and small bags of the people next to him: "The bags that can be dragged and run have not appeared?"

Recalling the bits and pieces of the past in his mind, Zheng Jianguo really didn't find the picture of dragging the handle or pushing the handle of the lever, but found a lot of pictures of ordinary suitcases with wheels at the bottom, and he felt that his lamp was a little too dark, and he remembered that the bags were all over the world.

Electric fans need motors and shells to open the mold, and the most precise thing about bags is the push-pull rod that is pressed down and pulled up?

Zheng Jianguo had never been in contact with the manufacturing industry in his previous life, so even if he had already understood the manufacture of electric fans, he only stayed in the superficial realm, knowing that the motor was the core of the electric fan, and the plastic shell was made of molds.

Of course, this is enough as a boss, otherwise he is even responsible for the design of the product line or something, so what do you need so many subordinates to do?

And put it on the bag, Zheng Jianguo took it and compared it with the electric fan, I feel that this thing is not technical, the only thing to pay attention to is to pay attention to the patent issue, he didn't know that the original 1991 invention of the modern bag, because he forgot to pay the patent fee, the patent expired.

Vaguely, Zheng Jianguo only felt that there was still a difference between the electric fan and the bag, but at this time, the boarding prompt sounded in the waiting hall, and he dispelled his vague thoughts, and when he returned home with his bag and pressed the answering machine, he heard a familiar voice from inside: "Hi, Hani, Happy Chinese New Year's Eve, the fourth sister found someone to pull a phone to the family, the number is——"

"The fourth sister pulled a phone call home?"

Zheng Jianguo was a little stunned and quickly took out a piece of paper to write down, and then felt that Yang Na's voice was still a little strange to the phone, and after pressing the next answering machine to leave a message, another familiar voice came: "Hi, Zheng Jianguo, I wish you a happy Christmas Eve." ”

"Huh-"

Yuna's cheeks flashed in his mind, Zheng Jianguo pressed the next note again, and Ulrika's voice came out: "Hi, Zheng, I wish you a happy new year." ”

With Ulrika's voice, there were seven or eight blessings from Charlie and Belinda of the Academy and Caphora in the Gastroenterology Society, Zheng Jianguo heard that there was nothing to go back, so he took out the textbook paper from his bag and went to the coffee machine, and the spirit of instant coffee that he had quit for a day yesterday had improved, and at this time he had confirmed that it was almost a problem with this coffee.

The reason why I didn't call home was because it was still around five o'clock in the morning on the first day of the first month of the Year of the Monkey, and at this time, in Zheng Jianguo's experience, Zheng Fugui and Du Xiaomei should have only slept for long, after all, as the first Spring Festival after moving to the city, the two old people are likely to keep the New Year.

In the past, during the Spring Festival when the Sanlipu Brigade lacked electricity and oil, the family members would rest after eating and staying up until more than ten o'clock, but now the house is powered and has a TV, plus Yang Na and Fan Dailin came to the house for the New Year, or accompanied by the fourth sister, how could they not rest too early.

Zheng Jianguo didn't know that his thoughts were infinitely close to the truth, until he had dinner in the evening and saw that the time had reached eight o'clock, and after picking up the phone and dialing, Du Xiaomei's voice came faintly: "Crooked, crooked, who are you?"

"Mother, why is your voice so small?"

I listened carefully with my ears sideways, and Zheng Jianguo finished asking with question marks in his eyes, and Zheng Donghua's voice faintly came from the microphone: "Mother, you took the earpiece backwards again——"

"Grasshopper—"

A slightly attenuated hoarse voice came, Zheng Jianguo's heart trembled slightly, and then he quickly spoke: "Mother, happy new year, I miss you and my father very much, but I am still a little busy with my studies now, and I will take you out to see in the second half of the year, how about it?"

"Oh, take it out, where?"

Du Xiaomei's sorrow was suddenly distorted by Zheng Jianguo's words, she had not spoken to Zheng Jianguo for many years, and she had held the microphone and listened vaguely to it, but the sound was small and the attenuation was somewhat distorted and could not be confirmed, until the clear words came, she confirmed that this was the voice of the grasshopper, and it was only when she caught up with the brewing that she was startled by the content inside: "Go abroad?"

"Yes, come to the United States, you and your father come together, I plan to wait until the fourth sister has summer vacation to bring you over, how about it?"

Hearing that the sadness in Du Xiaomei's voice disappeared, Zheng Jianguo knew that his plan had succeeded, the old lady was not a person who was good at showing feelings in front of him, of course, this did not mean that Du Xiaomei was not good at expressing feelings, but she knew the truth that a loving mother is a loser, which was also the reason why she wanted Zheng Donghua to beat herself, and sure enough, she heard a voice from the microphone: "That, if you go there, you have to tell your father." ”

Du Xiaomei is a woman, she doesn't understand the concept behind going abroad to the United States, after all, she has never even gone out to the territory of a good county in her life, and now she heard that she is going to the United States on the other side of the earth, although she will not ask how to live with her head down, but she feels a little uneasy in her heart, but the person who invited her is Zheng Jianguo, and she also threw this responsibility to Zheng Fugui: "Zheng Fugui, your son's phone." ”

"Mother, my father went to Sanlipu to pay New Year's greetings, what are you doing in Jianguo looking for your father?"

Zheng Donghua's voice came, Du Xiaomei didn't know what she muttered in her mouth, but she didn't hear it clearly, and continued: "Then I'll discuss it with your father, your fourth sister is here, and you talk to her." ”

As if seeing Zheng Donghua beside her, Du Xiaomei returned to her usual temperament and stuffed the phone into her hand: "The phone of the grasshopper." ”

"Hmm. ”

Zheng Donghua finished wiping the water stains on her hands and took it in front of the big table, and then heard Zheng Jianguo's voice from the microphone: "Fourth sister, is this phone number you are looking for?"

"No, it's the relationship between the third brother-in-law, I just paid for it. ”

Zheng Donghua said and glanced at Du Xiaomei next to her, and saved the amount of money spent, and Zheng Jianguo's voice on the phone came: "Then this favor is not small-"

In 1980, the telephone penetration rate of the republic was less than 0.4%, and the main reason was that the degree of automation of the switch was too low, and most of the counties were still using the crank of forty or fifty years ago.

Of course, this is also relatively speaking, long-distance transmission mainly relies on open lines and analog signals, not to mention the signal attenuation rate, of which 15% of the phone dials, it is necessary to wait for an hour or even two hours to get through.

As for Zheng Jianguo's international long-distance communication, it is also because the country has made great efforts to ensure international communications, so in this case, he makes more calls to China, and it is more troublesome to dial from home to abroad.

Based on the above reasons, Zheng Jianguo, who has money in his hands, didn't think about calling the home decoration department, this indicator is afraid that he has to find Luo Shuqiang to solve it, plus Du Xiaomei and Zheng Fugui can't call, so he didn't arrange someone to run this matter.

"The uncle of the third brother-in-law is leaving. ”

Zheng Donghua's voice came, and Zheng Jianguo paused in his mind to understand who he was talking about: "Luo Shuqiang, he's going to be promoted?"

Luo Shuqiang is the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee of Shanxian County, and in Zheng Jianguo's mind, he is the director if he is promoted, but he clearly remembers that in his previous life, he was about to retire before he went to the National People's Congress to support the rectification, and finally enjoyed the 12-level treatment of retirement, so he thought that the wings of his butterfly were too powerful, but he didn't think that Zheng Donghua said: "It was said that he raised level 1 to support the construction of Shencheng——"

I just heard about the real estate project in Shencheng before, and Zheng Jianguo also remembered the current situation over there, of course, this deputy director can go south, needless to say, it is also the relationship between the wings of his butterfly: "That's good, it's the time when there is a shortage of people over there——"

"Well, Roland will also go to Hong Kong Island with Kou Yang to study in the New Year-"

Zheng Donghua only thought that Zheng Jianguo knew about Shencheng from anyone, and she didn't accidentally talk about Roland: "When she goes to see her parents, it will be closer, I think there may be a reason for this." ”

"That is, the right not to expire and be invalidated—"

Thinking that Luo Shuqiang is leaving, then it is easy to be accepted by the other directors and deputy directors if they have any more ways to cross the line, after all, this person can come out with an empty position when he leaves, and it is a relatively good result for the director and deputy director and Kou Qingkai: "The TV has been sent out, right?"

"No, the eldest sister and the second sister will come back tomorrow, Li Tie paid for four bicycles, but the third sister's yesterday when Luo just came to call someone, they were all taken away. ”

Yesterday was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the customs of Shanxian County, the man who has set a kiss has to ask the woman to come to the door for the New Year, which belongs to the category of the family that is the mother-in-law's family, and in terms of meaning, it is the embodiment of the man's family's recognition of this daughter-in-law.

However, some women's families will have greater initiative at this time, and some people who think that after the New Year, they will let the woman continue to stay at home for the last year, but most of the women's families will not do this, after all, the young couple is hot before marriage: "But there are a lot of things to give——"

"Don't talk about this, the eldest sister and the second sister didn't have these things at the time, and it was all a matter when it reached their ears, you will go out to give gifts to the family in the future, how much is a heart, but you can't twist your strength to compete on this, can our father and mother dislike which of you gives less?"

When Zheng Donghua said it, Zheng Jianguo forgot about it, first remembered the situation when the eldest sister and the second sister went out back then, these two sisters were out of the house when they were married, but the third sister Zheng Qiuhua This is the first time, thinking about it like this, it is natural to think of the one who is talking on the phone now: "Our sisters and brothers usually talk the most, I think you can also understand what I said, I don't want our father and mother to feel a headache for your four sisters in this regard——"

Thinking of what Zheng Donghua said when she escorted herself home, Zheng Jianguo also knew that this sister's mind was the most of the four sisters, the old lady wanted her to use force to convince herself, but she didn't think that she would persuade her, and now she was about to study abroad, and she probably didn't look down on the three sisters now, but if she got married and went to the Huahua world, Zheng Jianguo didn't know.

In fact, Zheng Jianguo was still thinking of the relationship between her and Kou Bin at this time, but he remembered that the sister and brother had never said each other in communication, and he also had a sense of crisis for Kou Bin in his heart.

"I don't need you to say much about this, I naturally have a number in my heart-"

Zheng Donghua glanced at Du Xiaomei next to her and went out, and then lowered her voice and said, "Let me tell you the news, our mother is pregnant." ”