Chapter 8: The Boss Behind the Scenes

On the tractor that came back, Father Zhong wanted to say something to Zhong Shi several times, but every time the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them alive.

Zhong Shi's performance in that master's house made him look at this little son with admiration, and while he was very proud, this little son made him feel very strange. Since Zhong Shi had a serious illness, it seems that he has changed as a person, although Zhong's father has already noticed it, but after listening to Zhong Yi's explanation, he didn't pay much attention to it. But now it seems that I was still a little too careless.

Father Zhong wanted to know what his son said to that master later. He only knew that the cold-faced master, after a secret conversation with Zhong Shi, became full of smiles, and his attitude towards himself was obviously better, and even in the stiff smile, there was still a bit of stuttering.

What kind of ability does this son have to make that master's attitude towards him change so much? On the swaying tractor, Father Zhong thought hard all the way, until he arrived at the head of the village, and he didn't come up with a clue.

Father Zhong's performance was naturally seen by Zhong Shi, but Zhong Shi himself didn't know how to explain it, could he tell Father Zhong that your son had become an idiot, and now what was in his body was a soul from the future?

In this way, the father and son returned to the village in silence.

Seeing that the two of them only went out for half a day and came back, although Liu Lan had doubts, she didn't ask when she saw her husband's sad face.

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A week later, the Zhong family was having breakfast, and there was nothing particular about it in the countryside, and the summer morning was the coolest time of the day, Liu Lan brought breakfast to the courtyard, and the family gathered around the table, drinking corn porridge.

Zhong Shi's father is called Zhong Jianjun, and his uncle is called Zhong Jianguo, when they were born, New China had not been established for a long time, and at that time, it was popular to name children for the founding of the country, patriotism, army building, and aid to Korea. Zhong Shi's grandfather was called Zhong Fangzhuo, and he used to be a famous private school teacher, but after the establishment of New China, old-school intellectuals like him were useless.

The Zhong family used to be a scholarly family, but a family like theirs disappeared without a trace after several movements after the establishment of New China. When Zhong Fangzhuo was young, he traveled all over the country and had a deep understanding of various political parties, and later survived several movements and purges, and raised three children.

In addition to an uncle, Zhong Shi also has an aunt, but this aunt has long been married to other places, and it is difficult to come back during the New Year's holidays, even if it is the previous Zhong Shi, he has little impression of this aunt.

Just as the family was enjoying themselves, there was a noise outside the courtyard wall, followed by a rough voice from outside the wall.

"Jianjun, are you at home? Hurry up and come out, someone is looking for you! ”

Immediately after that, there was a sharp knock on the door.

Zhong Jianjun hurriedly put down his job and opened the door, and a tall middle-aged man with a panicked face appeared in front of Zhong Shi's eyes, it was Zhong Jianguo, Zhong Shi's uncle, and he was followed by a large group of people watching the excitement.

"Big brother, what's the matter? Who's looking for me? Zhong Jianjun saw that the eldest brother was in a hurry, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead, so he couldn't help but ask strangely.

He knew that this eldest brother was most like his father, and he was not in a hurry when he encountered anything, but now he was in a hurry like this, something must have happened.

"Just now, a car stopped at the entrance of the village, and the cadres from a few counties came down, saying what kind of United Front Work Department it was, and asked Zhong Jianjun everywhere where his family was, didn't you go to the county seat recently, did you offend someone?" Zhong Jianguo nodded to Zhong Shi's mother and son, who put down the dishes and chopsticks, and hurriedly said to Zhong Jianjun.

"Huh? Cadres in the county? Zhong Jianjun couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart and became uneasy.

In recent years, government cadres have undoubtedly been very deterrent to ordinary people. Since ancient times, China has had the tradition of "the people do not fight with the officials", and the common people who have just experienced several purge campaigns and have just lived a good life in the last few years will naturally panic when they hear that a cadre is coming.

As the two were talking, they heard the people watching outside the door get out of the way, and the old man Zhong walked out with a cane in his hand, trembling and swaying, and when the Zhong brothers saw it, they hurriedly greeted him, helping Zhong Fangzhuo left and right, and asked in unison:

"Dad, why are you here?"

"Second son, what the hell is going on? Did you offend the people of the government? Zhong Fangzhuo slammed his crutches twice and asked anxiously.

Zhong Fangzhuo is in his sixties, and his legs and feet are a little weak, so he carries a cane with him, but he is still quite strong and has no problem taking care of himself, so he lives with his wife and does not live with his two sons.

"Nope!" Zhong Jianjun also doubted himself a little now, whether he had done something in the county, and he had forgotten it.

Seeing that her uncle and father-in-law came one after another, Liu Lan hurriedly packed up, welcomed the two to the hall, and brought two bowls of boiling water, and then pulled Zhong Shi out. There is a habit in the countryside that women and children should not stay on the scene while men are talking.

The three big men were discussing in the house, and the people gathered outside the Zhong family were also pointing fingers and talking about it, but before the men in the hall could discuss something, the car drove to the door of Zhong's house "Didi".

This is a white Volkswagen Santana, which at that time only the rich or the official could afford to sit on, and the average person could not afford it at all. When the people gathered at the door of Zhong's house saw the car coming, they all ducked to the side and made a big circle. Families with children even hold on to their children tightly, for fear that they will run around and accidentally damage the car.

Three people got out of the car, one was a 30-year-old driver, with a half-inch head, and as soon as he got out of the car, he quickly ran to the other side, opened the door, and took the bag of another leader-like person.

The leader was about forty years old, wearing a pair of large black-rimmed glasses and a leather jacket, despite the fact that it was a summer that could die of heat.

The man who came out of Zuihou couldn't tell his age, but he wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a slim-fitting suit, and his hair combed back reflected a dazzling light, as shiny as the leather shoes on his feet.

"Hey, is this Zhong Jianjun's house? Tell him to come out quickly, and a foreign guest will come to your house! As soon as the leader got out of the car, he shouted at the crowd of onlookers.

The people watching the excitement burst into laughter, and after laughing, they all took two steps back, but no one replied to his words.

Giving such ridicule to these countrymen, the leader couldn't hold back his face, and he shouted loudly viciously:

"Who is Zhong Jianjun, come out quickly!"

"I'm Zhong Jianjun's family, do you have anything to do with him?" Liu Lan pulled Zhong Shi to greet him, and said to the man who asked him resignedly.

"You're his family?" The leader looked at Liu Lan, pursed his lips, and then pointed to the man in the suit behind him, "This is Mr. Liao from Hong Kong, Zhong Jianjun is looking for your family has something to do, you hurry up and call him out!" ”

There was no way to avoid it when it came to the end, and Liu Lan could only bring a few people to her home.

"It's good to have such a big move, it's good to have the identity of a foreign guest this year, even a little Hong Kong Can can command an official!" Zhong Shi, who was following closely behind his mother, thought maliciously.

However, he was wrong, this Mr. Liao is also a small net worth, with the resale of antiques between Hong Kong and the mainland in the past few years, he has accumulated a lot of wealth, which can set up factories everywhere in two provinces and one city, and be courteous to the local government.

From the 50s to the 80s, due to the continuous turmoil in China's domestic environment, many people fled from the mainland to Hong Kong, and many of them later became famous figures, such as Liu Mengxiong, Jin Yong, Ni Kuang, etc. Among them, in 1957, 1962, 1972 and 1979, there were four large-scale waves of fleeing from Hong Kong, with as many as 500,000 people, which is also considered to be the longest and largest group escape since the Second Shijie War, known as the "Great Escape".

Liao Chengde fled from Shenzhen and Hong Kong to Hong Kong in 62 years, and he saw with his own eyes a fellow villager being hit by border guards in front of him, and his head suddenly burst open like a watermelon, and a living person died in front of him. He was trembling with fear, and when he arrived in Hong Kong, he vowed never to return to the mainland in his life. However, the world has changed, and 20 years later, he has become a foreign entrepreneur who is very popular with local governments.

At this time, he looked at the crowd around him, and sighed with great emotion in his heart, if he hadn't risked his life to flee to Hong Kong back then, he would probably be like them now, just running around all day long just to be able to eat enough.

"What do you want to do?? You don't know that reselling antiques is a big sin! Just when Liao Chengde was thinking about it, Zhong Shi, who was following him, suddenly spoke.

His words were spoken in Cantonese, which means, "What do you think, don't you know that reselling cultural relics is a great sin?" Zhong Shi has lived in Hong Kong for many years and speaks Cantonese very fluently.

"You talk about the wilderness? Reselling? I only like the gel, buy it myself and play it! (What do you say?) What scalping? I just like antiques, I just collect them myself) Liao Chengde was shocked, and his feet were a meal.

"Don't you be so surprised, I'm going to sell you!" (You don't have to be so afraid, I still have something to sell you) Zhong Shi smiled slightly, walked past Liao Chengde, who was stunned, and walked into the hall by himself.

"Mr. Liao, what's wrong? Don't you think it's too shabby? The middle-aged man who looked like a leader saw that Mr. Liao stopped and said a few words of Cantonese that he didn't understand, and he immediately became curious. What he said was exactly what he was thinking at this time, but he would never have thought that the rich Hong Kong businessman in front of him used to live in the mainland in a situation that was a hundred times more dilapidated than the house in front of him.

"Of course not, I'm just thinking about something else, let's see if there are any opportunities to invest here! Excuse me, let's go inside! Liao Chengde was slightly apologetic and explained in broken Mandarin.