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Volume 3 The World They Live in Chapter 164 Lies

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    Chapter 164 Lies

    After returning to Tonghua County from Yulin City, Zhou Peng hurriedly returned home after finishing the conversation with Chen Pipi and Zhou He.

    In the evening, when the lights were on, people in Jinxiu Community began to wander around after dinner. When Zhou Peng returned home, he saw that the windows of his home were already lit.

    "Mom and dad are back."

    Thinking like this, Zhou Peng took out the key and was about to open the door, but suddenly he heard the conversation between his parents from inside the door.

    ¡°There¡¯s no way you can keep setting up a stall like this.¡±

    Father Zhou's voice was a little anxious, "I'm afraid the road occupation fee I have to pay to the urban management team every month is quite a lot, and I have to be angry with them"

    "What else? You haven't found a job yet. If I don't set up a stall, who will pay for Zhou Peng's tuition?" Zhou's mother said in a helpless tone, "Just make do with it! It's hard to find a job now."

    "How can I make do with it? Zhou Peng is now a sophomore in high school and his grades are pretty good. He will go to college in the future. The cost of college is not comparable to that of high school! Otherwise, I will go to Jianghai City to work? Jianghai is a big city in the coastal area.  After the reform and opening up, the country has been focusing on it. The wages in Jianghai are generally higher than the local level. Even if you don't go to Jianghai, some factories in other provinces will probably need some general workers."

    "How much money does the family have now?" Zhou's mother asked without answering.

    "I bought this house in the community for less than 20,000 yuan" Father Zhou sighed.

    "I heard that housing prices are lower in the west of the city. Otherwise, why don't you rent a house and do some small business in the west of the city?"

    "How can this work!" Zhou's father was a little frustrated. "The west of the city is basically a wasteland. It is not as prosperous and popular as the center of our county. I thought that it would be better to work outside. This way, I can make money quickly. In the future, Zhou Peng  Go to college, marry a wife after graduation, and have a future"

    Zhou Peng felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this. He had tens of millions of dollars, but he didn't expect that his parents would live like this.

    The pain came like a flood.

    Although in the past life, my parents were laid off during the wave of layoffs and both were laid off by Hongfeng Garment Factory, in the days that followed, in Zhou Peng¡¯s memory, they lived a fairly adequate life and had no worries about food and clothing.

    But in this life, in addition to being admitted to No. 1 Middle School, Zhou Peng also disappeared for a year. Most of the savings accumulated by his parents were spent on searching for Zhou Peng, investing in missing person notices, and the cost of TV advertisements was relatively high, like  It was a bottomless pit, and the savings that were originally small disappeared in an instant.

    So the family situation becomes even more embarrassing.

    Zhou Peng suddenly realized that he was a selfish person. When he was spending a lot of money shopping in Hong Kong, he never thought that his parents were still living a tight life.

    Feeling uncomfortable in his heart, Zhou Peng took a deep breath and quickly inserted the key into the keyhole. After opening the door, Zhou Peng's mood remained unchanged from usual, "Dad, Mom, I'm back!"

    "Well, you're back?" Mother Zhou stood up from the sofa, her expression a little surprised, but mostly still angry, "Yulin City is not far from Tonghua County, and it only takes a few hours to go back and forth. Why, in  Spend the night at Secretary Han¡¯s house?¡±

    In the eyes of Zhou¡¯s mother, Zhou Peng, a sophomore in high school, had no extra pocket money. He probably couldn¡¯t live in hotels or hotels. Since he didn¡¯t go home and was safe and sound, he naturally stayed at Secretary Han Sheng¡¯s house.

    When Zhou Peng thought about the acquaintance between the dignified secretary of the municipal party committee and her son, Zhou's mother's mind became active. This was a valuable relationship. In the future, after Zhou Peng graduated from university, Secretary Han could also help him find a job.  With his abilities as a dignified municipal party committee secretary, it is not likely to be a problem to take the civil service examination after college.

    Thinking of this, Zhou¡¯s mother became happy.

    Father Zhou frowned slightly and waved to Zhou Peng, "Zhou Peng, come here."

    "Huh?" Zhou Peng was a little confused and followed his father to his bedroom. Then he saw some sets of furniture he bought in Hong Kong a few days ago placed in the center of the bedroom, occupying two-thirds of the bedroom.  space.

    "What's going on?" Zhou's father's brows showed a hint of the majesty of a father, "Zhou Peng, you have to explain it to me."

    "It's nothing. It's a gift from Secretary Han to our family. Dad, you know that I risked my life to save Secretary Han's daughter. It's only human nature for Secretary Han to repay his kindness." Zhou Peng  After saying that, he returned to his bedroom, and a moment later came to his parents again, with several gift bags in his hands, "This is what Secretary Han brought to you when I passed by Yulin City after returning from abroad.  one's gift."

    Father Zhou and Mother Zhou looked at each other, and then took the gift bag from Zhou Peng's hand.

    "My God, this bracelet must be worth a lot of money, right?"

    Mother Zhou held a red jade bracelet in her hand and exclaimed, "Zhou Peng, is this really a gift from Secretary Han?"

    Seeing the overjoyed look in his mother's eyes, Zhou Peng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the red jade bracelet worth ninety-five thousand was not in vain. He nodded immediately and continued to use Secretary Han as a shield, "That's right.  , Secretary Han asked me to bring it to you."

    "This watch is not cheap either" Father Zhou opened a black gift box. The Vacheron Constantin watch that Zhou Peng bought at Jinhua Department Store was lying lifelike in the groove of the gift box, looking like it exuded a luxurious brilliance.

    Zhou¡¯s father and Zhou¡¯s mother quickly opened the other gifts one by one to verify. Gujing health wine and autumn and summer clothes were all displayed in front of their eyes. Each of them looked valuable, which made Zhou¡¯s father and Zhou¡¯s mother amazed.

    "These things add up to tens of thousands, right?"

    "This Secretary Han is really rich!"

    "But" Father Zhou looked at the Vacheron Constantin watch in his hand, and his face gradually became a little serious, "Zhou Peng, if something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Secretary Han gave us such a gift. Logically speaking, he  The dignified Party Secretary of Yulin City, even if he wants to repay you because you saved his daughter, he shouldn¡¯t directly give you a material reward like this, right?¡±

    Zhou Peng secretly smiled bitterly in his heart. His father's thinking is faster and his logic is clearer. He is a little sensitive to "Secretary Han's repayment". After all, in the officialdom, such things as "courtesy exchanges" are endless, but  Those were all communications conducted in secret.  It was just a gift from Secretary Han, and it was a gift to a bunch of ordinary people in a small county. Even if someone wanted to pursue it, they would not use chicken feathers as arrows for this reason.

    Besides, no one in Yulin City can afford to offend the Han family in the capital.

    Zhou Peng is not worried about this aspect, because as long as his parents do not meet Secretary Han and he keeps silent, I am afraid that only he will know the secret.

    "Dad, you have underestimated Han Yuqiao's importance in Secretary Han's heart!" Zhou Peng said with a righteous attitude, "Secretary Han has only one daughter in his forties, but she has to support her as a precious daughter.  The total gifts are probably only a few thousand yuan, and to Secretary Han, they are nothing more than small change."

    Father Zhou and Mother Zhou knew that Han Yuqiao was Secretary Han's daughter, but Father Zhou seemed a little hesitant and uneasy about Secretary Han's approach to the people, always feeling that something was wrong.

    "What Zhou Peng said is right. No official has money. How can Secretary Han care about this little money? Guoyong, don't care about this" Mother Zhou couldn't help but be happy while wearing the red jade bracelet.  He said, "But we have to thank people properly in the future. No matter how many gifts Secretary Han gave us, we will have to give back to others in the future. This is a gift and cannot be wasted!"

    Zhou Peng nodded fiercely, as long as the current matter was revealed, Zhou Peng had no control over the future. Naturally, we will talk about the future matters later.  Maybe it won't be long before my parents forget about it.

    Father Zhou no longer thought about it at the moment.

    ¡°Then the family of three chatted for a while, and Zhou¡¯s mother began to put the prepared dinner on the table.

    "Dad, Mom, when I come back this time, I will also bring good news from Secretary Han!"

    After dinner, while his parents were taking a rest, Zhou Peng suddenly spoke.

    "What's the good news?" Zhou's mother cheered up. Now she was very focused on any news from Secretary Han.  However, seeing Zhou Peng acting serious like a young adult, Zhou's mother was stunned, then stepped forward and gave Zhou Peng a slap in the face, laughing and scolding, "Why are you pretending to be an adult? You are so young, but you look so old.  If you have anything to say, just say it, I am your mother, he is your father, we are a family, there is no need to talk like this, your expression looks like a pre-war meeting before the United States attacked Iraq"

    Father Zhou shook his head and smiled. He had a much deeper opinion of Zhou Peng than Zhou's mother. The last time he was working in the east of the city, Zhou Peng and the director of the County Public Security Bureau walked together, but Father Zhou really remembered it in his heart.  .

    Although Zhou Peng's ability is not very clear to Zhou's father, he also has a feeling that since Zhou Peng disappeared for a year and returned home, his identity seems to be different from what it used to be. Even the director of the County Public Security Bureau personally accompanied him.  .

    Thinking about it more carefully, it seems that since Zhou Peng graduated from the high school entrance examination, his whole person has transformed like a butterfly out of his cocoon. Not only was he specially recruited into the county No. 1 Middle School, but he was also able to dub the films of the domestic first-line animation film production team.  All things, before this, were almost facts that Father Zhou could not imagine.

    "I told Secretary Han about your situation"?Zhou Peng paused, looked at the surprised faces of his parents, and smiled slightly, "Secretary Han said, we don't need to worry about this matter. Everything will be settled by him. When the time comes, parents only need to receive Hongfeng  It¡¯s enough that the garment factories have been owed wages for several months.¡±

    "Seriously?" Zhou's father and Zhou's mother's eyes suddenly lit up, and they were slightly excited.

    The wages owed by Hongfeng Garment Factory are not small. The combined salaries of Zhou¡¯s father and Zhou¡¯s mother are nearly 30,000 yuan.

    In today¡¯s society of 1999, 30,000 yuan is a lot of money.

    With these 30,000 yuan, Zhou Peng¡¯s family¡¯s current predicament can be slightly improved.

    "Then Father Zhou realized from his thoughts, "The mountains are high and the Emperor is far away, Secretary Han is in Yulin, and Hongfeng is in Tonghua, how can we help?"

    "This is a trivial matter, just give me an order from Secretary Han. Moreover, Secretary Han also gave me a sum of funds in advance"

    Zhou Peng didn¡¯t blush and was out of breath. He lied without drafting, ¡°Let me represent Secretary Han to acquire Hongfeng Garment Factory!¡±

    "What?" Zhou's father suddenly stood up from the sofa and asked in disbelief, "Acquiring Hongfeng Garment Factory?"

    Zhou¡¯s mother also looked excited, ¡°Zhou Peng, this is related to the issue of dozens of workers who are owed wages. This issue has been in a stalemate for a whole year. You must not joke.¡±

    "Of course it's not a joke!" Zhou Peng continued to tease, "I told Secretary Han about the various shortcomings of Hongfeng Garment Factory and the current difficult situation. Secretary Han didn't say anything at the time and made a decision on the spot.  , saying that such small businesses are the worms of society, even if I don¡¯t say it, Secretary Han will investigate and arrest them as a typical example!¡±

    Father Zhou and Mother Zhou looked at each other, their eyes still a little unbelievable.

    "Wait a minute" Father Zhou glared at Zhou Peng, "You said Secretary Han gave you a sum of funds?"

    Zhou Peng nodded.

    "How much?" Father Zhou asked immediately.

    "It's only a few million" Zhou Peng said casually, with a calm look.

    But Zhou¡¯s mother exclaimed, ¡°How many millions?¡±

    The heart began to beat involuntarily, and Zhou's mother felt that her breathing became a little short.

    millions?  After living for such a long time, Zhou's mother has never seen even one million. "Where is it? Why haven't you brought it back?"

    "How can I bring back so much money?" Zhou Peng said with a bitter smile, "It's all in the bank."

    ¡°Concern leads to chaos, and common sense issues are ignored.  Zhou's mother also had a look of embarrassment on her face.

    "How can Secretary Han trust you with millions?" Father Zhou couldn't believe it, "You kid, you're not even an adult yet."

    "Of course I don't worry!" Zhou Peng was relieved when he saw his parents looking like this, "I can't touch these millions. Only on the day of acquiring Hongfeng Garment Factory can I contact the bank to withdraw them.  During this period, the director of our county public security bureau has to act as a buffer in the middle."

    "That is to say, if I want to withdraw money, I must contact our county's public security director Fu Junhua" Zhou Peng felt that his lie was too far-fetched, "and the acquisition of Hongfeng Garment Factory,  We will not be asked to do the acquisitions in person. These will be handed over to the people arranged by Secretary Han, and we only need to complete the handover ceremony on the same day. Secretary Han also said that he is busy with work, so in the future, Hongfeng  In a garment factory, let dad, who is familiar with the factory environment and operations, be the general manager, and mom, you will be the general manager¡¯s wife!¡±

    The last sentence made Zhou¡¯s father and Zhou¡¯s mother look a little shocked.

    "General manager? Can I be the general manager?" Although he was already over middle age, Zhou's father still had the passion of his youth in his heart, and his whole forehead instantly became filled with blood. "This this Secretary Han, too, too  It¡¯s chaos!¡±

    Although he said this, Zhou's father's face couldn't help but bloom with joy.

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