Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1749 Before Leaving the Capital (Part 2)

Han Li was focused on spending time with his family, wife, and children in Beijing. He had no idea that so many people in Hong Kong were waiting for him to return.

Even if Han Li knew, he wouldn't care too much. He couldn't do anything about Chung Chu-hung's family situation. At most, he could just spend more money to help find foreign experts when he returned to Hong Kong.

The financial threshold and investment restrictions that the company imposed on Ji Zehao for the facilities are things that every boss would do. It has nothing to do with trust, but rather a means of control.

For many business owners, it's acceptable to delegate more authority to professional managers in company management.

If the company is doing well, you'll receive more bonuses; if the company is doing poorly, you may lose your job, and if serious losses are caused, you will be held accountable.

However, financial rights, the right to know, the right to guide, and the right to supervise are areas that the other party cannot touch or cross; you can only act within the scope I have defined.

Otherwise, it means not hiring a professional manager to help manage the business.

As for Anita Koch of the High T Brothers law firm, Han Li didn't care much. The transactions he was involved with her were nothing more than the same few things, and delaying the process might save him some money.

The only person Han Li was somewhat concerned about was Hao Hongmin. Although he knew her due date, it was quite normal for childbirth to be ten days or half a month earlier or later.

The year of Guihai, the month of Yimao, and the day of Wushen, March 21, 1983 in the Gregorian calendar, was the seventh day of the second month in the lunar calendar.

After the second day of the second lunar month, Han Li spent most of the day at Old Liu's place, chatting with Li Xiaoyuan for half a day, and spending the rest of the time with his family.

Yesterday was Sunday, and the entire Han family, along with Han's eldest sister and her family of three, had a blast all day.

This morning, Han Li personally took Da Ming and Xiao Ming to kindergarten, chatted with the teacher for a while, and finally, after watching them go in with the teacher for a long time, he calmed down and went home.

Meanwhile, Han's father, Han's mother, the three Han sisters, the Yun sisters, He Mi, Hou Yuhua, Qi Xiaomei, and Hou Yuhua checked the things they were supposed to bring several times before Han Li took the children away, making sure they hadn't forgotten anything before zipping up the travel bags and suitcases.

Besides Han Li's clothes and the latest photos of everyone in his family, the most numerous items in the travel bag were stewing ingredients that Qi Xiaomei had prepared in advance.

These stewing ingredients are specifically for beef, mutton, pork, chicken, duck, and fish, and are packaged in individual packets according to the type and weight of the meat to be stewed.

Han Li had already said that this was unnecessary. He told his family that he could provide it whenever needed, but no one paid attention to his statement.

In Han's mother's words, even if I prepare a stewing spice packet for you, you might not know how to stew meat yourself. Expecting you to prepare the stewing spice packet yourself is no different from the sun rising in the west.

When Han Li brought the child back, the smiles on the faces of the whole family seemed a bit forced.

Although we experience parting every year, we still feel uncomfortable at this time of year.

Han Li had already given his family the instructions he needed to give, said the things he needed to say, and done the things he needed to do two days ago.

Even so, Han Li didn't rush to leave after returning. Instead, he sat down and chatted with his family for a while, telling many jokes. After the atmosphere eased a lot, Han's mother spoke up.

"Let's go, it's getting late. Don't miss your boarding time. Remember to call home after you arrive in Hong Kong to let us know you've arrived safely and put our minds at ease."

Boarding the plane? Not taking the train anymore?
More and more people are finding out that Han Li is teaching at Hong Kong University. With his salary as an associate professor at Hong Kong University, buying a plane ticket to travel between the two places is a piece of cake.

Moreover, sometimes being too secretive or overly low-key is also not good, as it may attract gossip.

Therefore, Han Li didn't plan to endure any hardship this year, choosing instead to take several days of train travel for such a long journey. Accompanied by his family, Han Li chatted and laughed all the way to the bus stop at the intersection of Xinjiekou and Deshengmen.

Han Li talked with his family for a while longer. When the bus arrived, he reached out and hugged his sons. Amidst his family's words of advice and reluctant gazes, he boarded the bus.

Han Li got off at Dongzhimen and transferred to bus route 359, which heads towards the Capital Airport.

(This is a long-distance bus route that opened after the Capital International Airport was put into use in 58. It was renamed Route 59 in 65, and then changed to Route 359 in 72, which it remains to this day.)
It took less than two hours to get from Dongzhimen to the Capital Airport. Then I just waited in the waiting room for the boarding announcement.

At that time, traveling by plane within China was still a rare occurrence, especially in the international departure lounge where the crowds were particularly noticeable.

During Han Li's time waiting for his flight, many people approached him, trying to strike up a conversation and see if they could exchange some foreign currency, foreign exchange certificates, or other items they couldn't take with them.

Han Li doesn't have foreign exchange certificates, but he has a lot of room to maneuver in the foreign exchange markets of Britain and Phuket.

However, the money Han Li spent during this period was used to take his family and children to the Friendship Store and to give New Year's money to his nephew and the children of his close friends.

This is already the limit of foreign currency that Han Li can afford this year; any more would be too ostentatious.

All of the above are out in the open, because this year Friendship Store has opened up to Chinese citizens.

When Han Li privately communicated and exchanged ideas with Li Xiaoyuan, and when he went to Harbin to meet Gu Xuehong, Zhang Chaomei, and Fu Weihong, he gave each of them a little bit of foreign exchange so that they could buy something they liked at the Friendship Store when they had time.

(The Friendship Store in Harbin was established in October 1959, and its address is now the Daoli Dabailou.)

It ceased operations on March 15, 1962, and its business of supplying foreign guests was merged into the unified operation of Qiulin Company's Nangang Department Store.

On May 1, 1975, the Friendship Store was reinstated in Harbin. In December 1982, it moved to the side of Fendou Road after the expansion of Qiulin Company. It was a four-story building with a direct elevator.

At that time, the business sold various handicrafts with ethnic characteristics, precious Chinese medicines such as ginseng and deer antler, high-end fur coats, high-end wool and silk fabrics, and daily necessities.

Foreign goods include imported spirits, cigarettes, coffee, famous French wines, as well as televisions, tape recorders, washing machines, cameras, film, etc.
In January 83, the Friendship Store in Harbin, following the example of the Friendship Store in Beijing, changed its business model from only serving foreign guests to allowing both domestic and foreign customers to shop in the store.

The items at the Ice City Friendship Store have been expanded to include blackcurrant wine, chocolate liqueur candies, and various other candies produced by Qiulin Company.

Therefore, if any of you big shots were to travel to this era, remember that you can only freely enter and exit the Friendship Store after 83, otherwise you will be driven away by the security personnel.

Of course, not every place can follow the policies of Beijing as closely as Harbin.

Therefore, the opening hours of Friendship Stores in different regions vary, but this minor policy change will not result in significant differences in opening hours.
After dealing with seven or eight groups of people like this in the waiting room, Han Li finally heard the announcement that he was boarding his flight.

Han Li's security check and boarding went very smoothly. However, because he didn't want to stand out, he didn't choose first class when buying his ticket and now he had to squeeze into economy class.

This was Han Li's first time taking a flight from Beijing to Hong Kong. After he sat down, he called the flight attendant over and asked her a question.

"Miss."

(End of this chapter)