Chapter 44: Departure
With the approval slip, he picked up eleven 2.2L high-end Audi 100s from the Yanjing FAW office in one go, and it was just a matter of a few phone calls in the middle, plus a few bottles of wine were sent to the director of the office. China's national conditions are like this, and no one can do anything about it. But in the final analysis, if there is no approval from a few units to find a relationship to come, and the Wanjia family will buy it themselves, and whether they can buy it or not, the price will definitely not be so cheap, and this is what makes it easy for someone in the DPRK and China to do things.
In all fairness, there is a gap between the Audi 100 and the Toyota Crown, even though it was the last batch of FAW to install airbags and ABS, but the shortcomings of the old interior decoration and few electric equipment still failed to save the car, and finally withdrew from the historical stage in March 94.
The reason why he bought so many eleven cars is not only because of cheapness, of course, Li Ran does not deny that he has the idea of being cheap and not taking advantage of the bastard. One for each of the six vice presidents, one for the Shangjin branch, two for the Yanjing branch, and the remaining two were reserved for the establishment of the Songjiang branch after the year.
After the eleven cars were allocated, Li Ran, the boss of the company, was left without a car. Li Ran naturally can't be so hypocritical as to give his subordinates a car to carry forward his own style and squeeze the bus, in fact, as the president, Li Ran's own car is undoubtedly no worse than his subordinates'. spent 1.6 million to buy the Mercedes-Benz S600, which is often referred to as the tiger head Ben. A top four taels, this is the weight of the world's top luxury car Mercedes-Benz.
The new car drove back after two days of licensing and maintenance, and on November 26, Li Ran really got into this 1.6 million luxury car. This day is a memorable day for Li Ran, not only for the two children to celebrate a hundred days, but also for him to move to a new house.
It's really convenient to have a car in life, especially when there is not too much traffic congestion on the road. Early in the morning, Li Ran asked Chen Hu to go to the restaurant to order two tables of meals, after all, there are a lot of people, and the family will definitely not be able to cook so many people's dishes. Because I greeted the neighbors in advance, someone came to help at eight o'clock, and Aunt Zhao was the first to get close, so she came over to help Li Ran set up the table.
Two eight-immortal tables borrowed in advance are supported in the courtyard, on which are placed dried fruits, sugar, melon seeds or something, according to the rules, there must be eight cold, eight hot and sixteen dishes, chicken, duck and fish. Ordinary people will recruit people to help in advance if they are in their own homes, and ask the cook to cook the good food, but Li Ran bought it in a restaurant, which seems a little nondescript.
Speaking of which, the customs of the whole north are basically the same in the general direction, but there are many different particulars derived from the subdivision. Customs such as casting lots and padlocks are found everywhere, but some small details are different. For example, in the way of padlocks, some places buy silver locks at home and ask long-lived elders to give padlocks, and in some places, children's grandfathers or uncles buy padlocks.
These customs and habits are handed down by the ancestors, and Li Ran believes that they should indeed be respected and inherited. But it's too troublesome, you must know that from the bottom of his heart, he really wants to hold a big banquet, and it's good to take a few photos with the child to commemorate it, why bother with such a big deal. But when the child was full moon, there was no full moon wine, there was a special situation at that time, there was really no way, but if this hundred days were not enough, after the child grew up and asked, do you want to say to them, "Your father and I were afraid of trouble, too lazy to live" The child is so sad.
Therefore, in order to fill the regret, Li Ran decided to hold a 100-day banquet, but even so, he didn't plan to hold it on a large scale. Otherwise, if you really want to hold a 100-day banquet at home according to Yanjing's customs, you have to prepare at least a few days in advance, and you have to work for another day to finish it. If you have been in a restaurant, not counting the neighbors, just a few main subordinates of the company, plus the heads of manufacturers who have more business dealings, it will take at least four or five tables to finish. So Li Ran decisively passed the lot, and everything was simple after that, except for the old neighbors in the alley, neither his subordinates nor his friends in the business field were notified.
It turns out that Li Ran's thinking is still a bit simple, although he deliberately avoided weekends, just hoping that there would be fewer people. He originally intended to invite a dozen or twenty people to be enough, but he didn't expect that at least thirty or forty people came, and there were several people from each family, like Aunt Zhao's family, including the children, there were five people.
Calculated and calculated, but the number of people was wrong, and Li Ran had no choice but to let Chen Hu drive the car and go grocery shopping. After that, I borrowed tables and chairs from various houses, and finally arranged all the guests.
The courtyard was noisy, and the two children in the house naturally couldn't sleep. Seeing so many people in their house for the first time, the two little ones were also curious, and they didn't feel sleepy at all. The tiger head hat and lotus hat made by the tailor master Zhou for the two children were put on the heads of the two children by vanilla, which was already very cute, and the two children wore beautiful hats and were even more cute, and many people crowded into the room to watch the children. It is easy for bacteria to breed bacteria and infect children when they are crowded together, so I found Aunt Zhao to take everyone out to the table.
When the dishes were served, Li Ran asked the old man in the alley to padlock the two children. The silver lock used is naturally made by Master Yan with old silver that Li Ran specially found, in order to hit this pair of silver locks, Master Yan is very attentive, it can be regarded as meticulously crafted, Li Ran went several times but it was not good, and it was not completed until yesterday. The red rope was tied to the delicate silver lock and hung on the child, even if the main purpose of today was achieved, he quickly carried the child back to the house, and Li Ran began to toast from table to table.
After some tossing, the banquet did not end until 12 o'clock at noon. The neighbors were full of food and drink, and they said goodbye to their families and went home almost gone, and in the end, only Master Zhou and Aunt Zhao were left with their families to help. Thanks to the help of these two families, otherwise he would have had to work a lot on the garbage in the yard. But now it is much easier to have someone to help, several people worked together to clean up the garbage in the yard in a few minutes, the dishes because they are all from the hotel, so they don't need to be washed and sent back, and the remaining tables, chairs and benches are borrowed and returned, and the yard is finally clean.
After cleaning up, Li Ran told Master Zhou and Aunt Zhao about the things he was going to move out, and took away the old furniture left in the house for them to use. Before leaving, I left them a phone so that they could ask him for help. Being a man pays attention to gratitude and gratitude, Aunt Zhao and Master Zhou both helped him solve a lot of troubles at the beginning, so if there is anything, Li Ran doesn't mind helping him.
In the past few days, the things in the small courtyard have been moved to the new home in advance, clothes, bedding and some books have been moved, the old furniture has just been sent out, and the house is empty except for the things given to the children today. Although Li Ran didn't plan to accept gift money from the beginning, he also agreed with the neighbors in the alley in advance. However, everyone still gave gifts, and many children's clothes, shoes, hats, etc., were basically made by the elderly themselves. Although it is not as high as Master Zhou's craftsmanship, it is not bad and very attractive.
Putting things into the spacious trunk of the Mercedes-Benz, Li Ran locked the courtyard door, and took one last look at the alley before getting into the car, feeling a little emotional. Since I traveled to this time and space, I have been spending two months in this small courtyard, but now I think about it, it feels like a world away. But he sighed and felt how much nostalgia he had in his heart, perhaps because he had never regarded this place as his home in his heart.