A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1089: The Cheating Life of Qiao Zuwang! (Please order the whole thing!)

After completing the remittance process in Hong Kong Island and returning to the Qiao family's old house, Hua Twelve completely relaxed. Now he just had to wait for the remittance to arrive and he didn't have to go to work. During the day, he would sit in the yard with a big teacup, humming little tunes. With Sanli, Simei, and Qiqi around him and his children around him, his life was so carefree.

At dinner time, He Qing came over again to eat. This girl was very picky and didn't like the food cooked by Qiao Erqiang. Every time she came, she begged Hua Shier to cook for her.

In He Qing's words, Erqiang's cooking skills are pretty good, but they're not much different from those in restaurants outside. Only the food prepared by the teacher himself is so delicious that it's amazing.

Who could stand the praise and coquettishness of a little beauty? Hua Shier had no choice but to stand up and make two new dishes as a live teaching for Erqiang.

Just as the meal was ready, someone knocked on the door. Simei ran over to open the door, and it turned out to be Qi Zhiqiang and Wei Shufang.

Hua Twelve came out of the kitchen, wiping his hands with a towel while saying jokingly to his sister-in-law and her husband who had just entered the yard:

"Hey, you two came here just in time for dinner!"

Wei Shufang shouted angrily:

"Qiao Zuwang, you are amazing. You don't even want to work. How do you support your family? What are the five children going to eat?"

Obviously she heard the news and came here to demand accountability.

Qiao Yicheng looked at his father in doubt and surprise, and suddenly felt that his father had turned into the unreliable Qiao Zuwang again.

Hua Twelve looked nonchalant: "My Qiao family also had a shop in Jinling City. We were wealthy and powerful, and we only needed to go to work to make a living. It's no big deal, so why did you come here to make a scene and get drunk?"

Wei Shufang jumped up and down: "You are really mad!"

After saying that, he turned around and left. Qi Zhiqiang smiled awkwardly, said hello to Hua Twelve, and hurriedly chased after him.

Hua Twelve called out from behind: "You don't even want to eat!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Wei Shufang pulled Qi Zhiqiang back and said, "It would be a waste if you don't eat it!"

Hua Twelve was speechless: "I was just being polite, why did you really come back!"

During the meal, Wei Shufang kept chattering for a long time, but Hua Shier ignored her and asked He Qing and Qi Zhiqiang to eat.

Erqiang, Sanli and Simei were all attracted by the old man's cooking skills and ate with relish. Even Qiqi was enjoying the lean meat and egg porridge that Hua Twelve made specially for him.

Only Qiao Yicheng had a sad face and was full of worries.

Hua Twelve knew that his eldest son was in deep thought, so he plucked a melon from behind his head, patted him back to his senses, and smiled as he lectured him:

"You're still so young, take care of your own business. I don't need you to worry about me!"

He Qing ate with his big eyes darting around, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

Three days later, Hua Shier received a Hong Kong Island Chinese medicine practitioner license from Sir Run Run Shaw, which meant that he could practice medicine openly from then on. To his surprise, he also received a key to an apartment in Central.

Sir Shaw smiled and said, "Mr. Qiao has just arrived in Hong Kong Island and has no place to stay. This is the high-end apartment we prepared for the star actors in the station. If Mr. Qiao doesn't mind, you can use it as a temporary residence."

Hua Shier raised his eyebrows. The other party obviously knew his background when he said this. At least he should have obtained his information from the police and knew that he had just received his ID card not long ago.

But this is all normal. If he were in his place, he would also have to understand the situation if he went to see a health care doctor. However, he felt a little bit dissatisfied with the old man for being stingy. Preparing an apartment for him had two meanings. One was to tell him that I had checked on him, and the other was to do him a favor. But you gave him an apartment as a gift. From the word "temporary residence", I knew that the house was for him to live in temporarily.

Sir Run Run Shaw: Banana, you betel nut, you have taken five million from me and you still want to take advantage of me.

Despite his complaints, Hua Twelve still happily took the key and said with a smile:

"Then thank you, Sixth Brother!"

His address almost made Sir Shao, who was taking a sip of tea, spit out his tea. Even Ms. Fang next to him had a strange expression on her face.

Sir Shao put down his teacup and pointed at him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "At my age, you call me Sixth Brother?"

Hua Twelve smiled faintly: "With me here, you will naturally get younger and younger. If I call you Uncle Six like everyone else, how can I show my ability!"

These words were said beautifully. The man was so handsome and his words were so pleasant to the ear. Not only did Sir Run Run Shaw say "good" three times, but even Ms. Fang nodded with a smile.

Hua Twelve didn't live in someone else's house for nothing. He helped Ms. Fang to regulate her body. There was no need to prescribe any medicine. He used the Great Circulation Acupuncture Method, and after a few needles, he stimulated the acupuncture points and meridians, which improved the woman's immunity and made her feel more than ten years younger.

Ms. Fang was surprised, but she also joked:

"I don't have five million to give you as a consultation fee!"

Hua Twelve smiled and said:

"Sixth brother spent five million to buy ten years of health insurance, so he is considered my VIP customer. He was supposed to get a 20% discount, but I forgot about it when I signed the contract. I'll give this discount to Sixth sister-in-law, so that Sixth brother won't remember it one day and say that I took advantage of him. That would be bad."

Eighty percent off five million is exactly four million, and the remaining one million is just enough for him to guarantee the person's health for a year.

Sir Shao pointed at him and laughed, "You are smart. I even paid your taxes for you. In the end, I am the one who loses!"

Hua Twelve knew he was joking, and several people started laughing.

When saying goodbye, Sir Shao had someone send Hua Twelve a pager to facilitate contact and to avoid being unable to find him when something happened.

Hua Shier first went to Ming Pao and told the other party the phone number, asking them to call him when they had customers again.

Then I went to check out an apartment in Central. It was decorated in the 1970s style and had all the necessary daily necessities. Overall it was pretty good. I finally had a place where I could open the door at will.

He didn't plan to live here, he just wanted to put his pager here and come here every day to see if anyone wanted to call him.

The advertisement in Ming Pao was not in vain. Ten days after the advertisement was taken down, someone came to offer money.

This time it was a real estate tycoon who was seriously ill. After the doctor diagnosed that he had only two months to live, his children started quarreling over the family property.

When the rich man was lying on his sickbed and complaining about the misfortunes in his family, he saw the twelve-page advertisement of Hua in Ming Pao.

When the rich man saw the advertisement at that time, he was sure that Hua Twelve was a liar. But a few days later, he learned from an old friend who came to visit him that Sir Run Run Shaw had signed a ten-year contract with the other party. He was immediately tempted and came to the door with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

Hua Twelve went to the other party’s luxury house in Mid-Levels and successfully signed a ten-year, after-tax contract of HK$5 million.

That day, the wealthy man who was suffering from a terminal illness was reborn and stood up again.

Those rich kids who want to fight for the family property are probably going to cry now. With Hua Twelve around, being the crown prince for forty years is nothing. As long as the money is in place, they will definitely not be able to outlast their old dad.

Hong Kong Island is so small, and the circle of rich people is even smaller. Any disturbance can't be hidden from the eyes of those who are interested. The name "Qiao Zurong" has become very popular in the circle of wealthy people.

Hua Shier was content with having enough money to spend, and originally had no intention of taking on any more business. However, thanks to the intercession of Sir Shaw and Mr. Jin, he accepted annual contracts from several wealthy men and finally closed his business to the public.

But he makes this money easily. He can go there to regulate the other person's body and get rid of hidden diseases. Even for an elderly person, it is enough to ensure that he will be free of illness and worries for three to five years. It is estimated that he will not be needed for several years.

In Jinling, a week after Wei Shufang's visit, He Qing brought Zhang, the head of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang delegation, to visit and presented Hua Twelve with a gift. It turned out that He Qing heard about Hua Twelve's resignation, and he called Zhang, the deputy head of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang delegation, when he returned.

Deputy Captain Zhang, who had been thinking about Hua Twelve for a long time, was overjoyed. He used his connections to transfer Hua Twelve's file directly from the Jinling Labor Protection and Welfare Factory and helped him get the job.

Now Hua Shier is already a formal actor of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe. He still does not have to go to work but still gets paid.

Of course, the job and the money were not given for free. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang troupe asked him to help teach two more students and occasionally participate in the troupe's performances.

Since the other party could do this, Hua Shier was not an ungrateful person. Moreover, he had to herd one sheep or let two sheep go. In fact, his workload had hardly increased. As for occasional performances, he just regarded it as satisfying his acting addiction, so he simply agreed.

What surprised Hua Shier was that more than a month had passed and the remittance of two million Hong Kong dollars was still nowhere to be seen. He could not "foresee the future" and go to the post office to inquire, so he had to use the identity of "Qiao Zurong" from Hong Kong Island and called the mainland post office several times to inquire.

Finally, when autumn came, the neighborhood committee brought a few people to find Hua Twelve to verify the information.

The main questions were whether Hua-12 had any overseas connections and whether they still had any contacts now.

When Hua Twelve knew that such a large amount of foreign exchange had come in, it would definitely alert some departments, and asking questions should be a normal procedure.

He first said no, then pretended to think about it and suddenly realized:

"Now that you mention it, I actually remember one. I have an uncle who settled in Southeast Asia. We lost contact after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Oh, and my old father said that my uncle's family has another cousin who was born in the same year as me. They are both from the Zu generation, and his name is Qiao Zurong!"

The other party nodded: "That's right!"

After verifying the situation, this person told Hua Twelve about the remittance. He also said that the remittance had arrived a month ago, but because it was an overseas remittance and the amount was huge, the organization investigated the source of the funds and confirmed that there was no problem before contacting him.

Hua Shier showed an "ecstasy" like Fan Jin who passed the imperial examination, and then expressed his understanding.

The other party discussed with Hua Twelve again, saying that the Guo family was still in the start-up stage and lacked foreign exchange, and asked him if he could exchange the Hong Kong dollars into soft girls and then give them to him.

Hua Twelve said excitedly: "That's awesome, redeem it quickly, I can't wait!"

The exchange rate will drop in two days, so we will lose money!

After agreeing to the visitor's conditions, Hua Shier also made a request, that is, whether he could keep his wealth a secret. After all, wealth should not be shown to the public. The other party said that there was no problem.

After Hua Shier got the money, he started buying houses in Jinling City, mainly shops, followed by well-preserved old houses, mansions, and small Western-style buildings, all of which were his targets.

The Guo family did not allow the sale of houses until after 1980. Although there is still some time left, the transaction can be completed in disguised form, such as if the other party gives the house as a gift, he will provide certain financial compensation.

This kind of thing is very common, and the government won't investigate unless the people report it.

So in the next two years, Hua Shier had dozens of house deeds in his hands, and this was only possible because he was restrained.

In the blink of an eye, it was 1981. Although Hua Shier had been slacking off in his career, he had unexpected gains. Several students he trained all became mainstays of the Kunqu Opera Troupe.

Hua Shier himself also gained a very high reputation, not entirely because of his training of students. It started when he once went with a troupe to the Great Hall of Beijing to perform. He did not sing Kunqu Opera, but performed the Peking Opera "Farewell My Concubine" with He Qing.

After he finished singing, the whole room applauded. Several old opera artists who are still alive, with tears in their eyes, held his hand and said that this was how the "Farewell My Concubine" that Boss Yang and Boss Mei collaborated on ended.

With the endorsement of the older generation of opera masters, Hua Shier and He Qing became overnight stars. As partners and mainstays, they began performing all over the country.

Taking advantage of this convenience, Hua Shier also started buying houses in first-tier cities across the country.

At this time, the Guo family had already opened up the house buying and selling business. Hua Shier bought courtyard houses in the capital, small Western-style houses in Tianjin and Shanghai, and of course, he also bought many storefronts, all of which were rented out.

After a few years, Hua Shier could no longer remember how many property deeds he had in his hands. Of the six million he had remitted from Hong Kong Island, he still had more than three million left.

Well, houses are so cheap these days. Can you believe that a courtyard house with two entrances costs only ten thousand yuan? And it has to be close to the imperial city, within the second ring road. A courtyard house within the third ring road costs only more than two thousand yuan.

In 1983, the "Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Actors Award for Drama Stage" was established. Hua Shier and He Qing won the first and second place honors for their Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera performances "Farewell My Concubine" and "Dream in the Garden".

This award sounds very ordinary, but in the second year it will be changed to a famous name "Meihua Award", which is the highest award in the opera world. Hua Shier and He Qing won this award, which means they have reached the pinnacle of the opera world.

Hua Twelve thought that this was the era, with new people, new things and new atmosphere. If it were in the future, where seniority was the key factor in determining the position, it would be a waste for him and He Qing, at their age, to want to win the highest award.

On the day they won the award, the group leader Zhang hosted a banquet for them to celebrate.

Well, this Captain Zhang was the original deputy captain. Now, because of the talents Hua Shier and He Qing he recruited, his status has risen rapidly and he has become the head of the Kunqu Opera Troupe.

After drinking the celebratory wine, Captain Zhang went to visit an old comrade in Beijing, while Hua Shier took the drunk He Qing to the guesthouse arranged for them by the regiment.

When I got there, I found out who arranged this guesthouse, but it only had four people in a room. The environment was extremely poor, and there was even a smell of stinky feet in the room.

Hua Shier simply took He Qing back to his courtyard house in the capital.

Just as he arranged for He Qing to sleep in the side room and turned to leave, the person behind him suddenly sat up and hugged him tightly.

Hua Twelve was both angry and amused: "If you're drunk, go to bed and stop messing around!"

The person behind him did not let go, but hugged him even tighter. Hua Twelve could even feel the heat and the rapid heartbeat behind him.

In the past few years, He Qing was still young and Hua Shier didn't pay much attention to her. But in the past two years, she has grown into a big girl. The two of them have been partners, and they have been close to each other during rehearsals and performances. He can also feel that she has different feelings for him.

He Qing was drinking behind him and said in a trembling voice, "Teacher, I am twenty years old."

Hua Twelve gently shook her away and scolded with a smile:

"Nonsense, I don't even know how old you are. You're only nineteen this year, okay? Go to sleep quickly and don't think about anything else!"

He walked out of the room after he finished speaking, leaving He Qing with a blushing face. The latter was stunned for a long while, then rubbed his face vigorously:

"It's over, it's over. I've lost face this time. How can I face the teacher in the future?"

The next day, He Qing saw Hua Twelve with a nervous heart, only to find that he was as normal as ever. She felt unbalanced again. "I'm in that situation, how come you're as normal as ever, you piece of wood!"

The next day he returned to Jinling. As soon as he arrived at Shamao Lane, many old neighbors greeted him:

"Teacher Qiao, you're back! Oh, the TV station has broadcasted it. You won that award. You brought honor to our Shamao Lane!"

Hua Shier has been called a teacher since he became famous. He got used to it and greeted the neighbors with a smile. When he got home, Qiao Yicheng took his luggage. Qiao Erqiang came over with a guilty look on his face:

"Dad, our teacher said that when you come back, he will ask you to go to school." The boy's parents were called.

Thanks to: 08a, Xiao Xiaohu from the Demon World, and Chu Ritian, the Happy Daluo Immortal, for their rewards. Thanks to the brothers who voted for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets. Thank you very much.