Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 664: Master Suo is leaving
"Grandpa, how are you doing lately?"

Yang Xiaole came to the sofa next to the old man and asked with a smile.

Seeing this, Mr. Suo glared at him unhappily.

Then he asked, "You kid, when are you going to send someone to take over the museum? It's not going to be a problem if I keep doing it!"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole thought about it for a moment and smiled, "What's wrong?"

I don't understand why the old man suddenly asked such a question.

I probably understood what it meant.

When people get old, they always hope to have children to take care of them. Maybe this was something they had in mind during their last trip to Singapore.

really.

The old man sighed and said, "I am old now, and I don't know when I will pass away. Last time I went to Singapore, my second brother's family had a new grandson, and your second brother wanted me to live there."

After listening to this, Yang Xiaole was silent for a few seconds.

But he quickly regained his composure.

He smiled and said, "Okay! No problem!"

This reminded him of his former director, who had no children in his life and really hoped that these children in the orphanage could be with him.

Unfortunately, few people who leave the orphanage can return.

And when people reach a certain age, they are different from when they were young.

He had no right to keep the old man tied here.

The reason why he was asked to work on the museum was partly because he had too many things, and partly because it was to give the old man something to do.

Now that the old man wants to leave, it's difficult for him to stay.

After all, he couldn't always be with the other person.

After all, the Hua family just has a good relationship!
The old man raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and wanted to say something, but finally sighed.

He stood up from the sofa and muttered, "You guys chat, I'm going to take a walk. Xiaobao, come on, follow grandpa."

Seeing this, the little guy followed happily behind.

After everyone left, Su Ling looked at Yang Xiaole, sighed and said, "Xiaole, don't blame Mr. Suo, he's in a difficult situation too."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole withdrew his thoughts and said with a smile: "Auntie, what's the problem? The old man has been alone for too long. It's better for him to be with you in Hong Kong Island. It's not bad to go to my second brother now. A family reunion is more important than anything else."

What he said is also true.

This was after the last incident, and he was not very satisfied with the Cao family.

But he wouldn't make things difficult for the old man.

Anyway, as long as he is around, it would be difficult for the old man to die.

After the reform and opening up, there will be plenty of opportunities to get together in the mainland.

Su Ling nodded slightly when she heard this: "Xiao Le is still sensible!"

Yang Xiaole looked at Su Ling's expression and felt that something was wrong. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Auntie, are you hiding something from me? If there is anything, you must tell me!"

After all, I have been with the old man for so many years!

Su Ling looked at Hua Yourong, thought for a moment and said, "I told you, don't tell the old man! I promised him not to tell anyone else."

"Don't worry! I promise."

Yang Xiaole agreed. It seems that there is really something going on!
Su Ling looked at the door and whispered, "Tiantian doesn't know about this. This matter has to start from the last time we went to Singapore..."

Then he explained the whole process.

The last time the old man went to Singapore was with Huang Qiujing.

When we meet, we always have to eat there before leaving.

The problem lies in eating.

Huang Qiujing also inadvertently revealed the idea of ​​investing in Singapore. It just so happened that Cao Zhongxuan's family had been in Singapore for many years and were doing business.

Although she has her own information channels here, she doesn't know much about it after all and just listens to what others say.

Naturally, I also asked Cao Zhongxuan a little bit.

Cao Zhongxuan was also doing business there, but unfortunately his business has been neither good nor bad in recent years.

Because the previous economic depression in the United States also had some impact on Singapore. After all, they are a new member.

Another important reason is that the British withdrew their troops from Singapore last year, causing the GDP there to drop by 20%.

This is also a big blow.

I didn’t make much money, but I didn’t lose much either.

Overall it's okay.

Now they have switched to export trade and started a small refinery, importing materials from other places and then exporting them.

It's just cooking oil.

When I heard that Huang Qiujing came with investment, I naturally wanted to invest too!
Only with money can we expand production.

Unfortunately, Huang Qiujing didn't like the offer and declined it. After all, Singapore, like Hong Kong Island, had begun to undergo industrial transformation.

If it is an industrial and port business, Huang Qiujing might consider it.

Especially the docks and ports are her top priority.

Because she could feel that the port there had the potential to take off in the future.

Because the port business here has always been good.

How could the Cao family have that kind of capital?

After the initial rejection, he naturally looked for a breakthrough from the old man.

Naturally, the old man would not agree. He just said that he was in charge of the museum temporarily and did not know anything else and had no power.

Cao Zhongxuan didn't say anything.

But the daughter-in-law was very dissatisfied.

It is said that the old man would rather work for an outsider for free than help his family, and he doesn't care about his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

"..., the old man felt that it was not good for him to stay with you any longer, so he thought about going to Singapore. That's about it. I didn't tell Tiantian."

Su Ling gave a general account of the situation.

After saying that, just looked at him.

Yang Xiaole listened calmly.

When she finished speaking, she took a sip of the tea in her hand, put it down, and said with a smile: "It's just this matter! I thought it was a big deal!"

Hua Yourong, who was standing next to her, said in dissatisfaction: "Second Aunt is really thick-skinned! Here, there are people to take care of her every day. When we go to the museum, there are many old men from the mainland to chat with. If we go to her place, can she take care of Grandpa Suo?"

Su Ling glared at her when she heard this: "Don't say that in front of the old man!"

"Mom, I'm not stupid!"

Hua Yourong muttered something and said nothing more.

Looked at the man next to him.

Yang Xiaole pondered for a while and said, "Okay, Auntie, I understand. I'll ask the old man later."

Then he looked at Hua Yourong: "Is it possible to call Singapore from here?"

Hua Yourong hummed: "It works."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaole stood up and said, "Call Cao Zhongxuan for me. I want to talk to him."

This made Hua Yourong hesitate for a moment: "Xiao Le, if you go directly to them like this, will it embarrass Grandpa Suo?"

Yang Xiaole smiled: "Don't worry, do you think I'm that kind of person? How could I possibly make things difficult for Master Suo? Let's fight!"

Seeing this, Hua Yourong hesitated for a moment before walking towards the phone. Yang Xiaole looked at Su Ling and asked, "Auntie, can the two sides get through on the phone? Do they call the old man often?"

Su Ling heard this and said, "They call occasionally, but it's usually Brother Cao and his son who call from the company. Others have basically never called."

"okay!"

Yang Xiaole nodded and watched quietly.

Hua Yourong took the notebook and started making international long-distance calls.

Hong Kong Island launched telegraph services to Southeast Asia decades ago, and international long-distance services a few days ago.

It’s just that the price doesn’t seem to be very cheap.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Tiantian, how much is a taxi from here to Singapore per minute?"

Hua Yourong was listening on the phone, and said softly, "It's still quite expensive in Singapore, one minute is 2.14 US dollars, which is about 12 Hong Kong dollars."

“That’s pretty expensive.”

The current salary in Hong Kong Island has increased compared to before, but it is only more than 300 Hong Kong dollars a month.

A month's salary can be spent in just over 20 minutes.

"Shhh~ It's connected~"

A few minutes later, Hua Yourong whispered to him.

Then he picked up the phone and said, "Hello, I'm looking for Mr. Cao Zhongxuan. Please inform him that it's his father's phone call."

After saying that, silence fell again.

After a long while, Hua Yourong finally smiled and said, "Second Uncle, it's me, Tiantian! Well, it's not Grandpa Suo who's looking for you, it's Xiaole! Yes, it's him! Okay. I'll give it to him."

After saying that, he took the phone down and handed it to him.

Yang Xiaole took it.

He asked with a smile: "Is it the second brother?"

Cao Zhongxuan's hearty smile came from the other side: "Hey, Xiaole! You're back to Hong Kong Island! What are you busy with recently! I thought my dad had something urgent to do!"

Yang Xiaole sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and said with a smile: "Second brother, the old man is fine! Don't worry."

"Hey, that's good, that's good!"

There came a relaxing sound.

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "But the old man said he missed his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and he was going to Singapore. He's old, so he wanted to reunite with his family. Did you know about this?"

"what?"

There came a surprised voice from over there.

Then he smiled and said, "I really don't know about this, but it's okay. I also thought that my dad would be lonely over there. Coming here, he can spend time with his great-grandson. Don't worry, although my second brother is not rich now, he still has no problem with daily expenses. I'll ask Tianliang to pick him up there some other day."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaole took the water handed to him by Hua Yourong and took a sip.

Then he said again: "Second brother, is my sister-in-law here?"

"Huh? Oh, she's not here, what's wrong?"

Cao Zhongxuan hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

Although this hesitation was very brief, it was still captured by Yang Xiaole.

Then he said, "Second brother, actually... I was worried about my sister-in-law, so I didn't tell the truth. The old man is not in good health. He is over here. You must ask my sister-in-law to take good care of him!"

"Ah? What's going on?!"

There came a worried voice from the other side.

"I don't know either. The old man has been acting weird lately. After all, he's old! He's already in his eighties, so I'm telling you about this."

After waiting for a while and seeing no sound from the other end, he asked a few more times.

"Brother, brother, can you hear me?"

……

In an office in Singapore, Cao Zhongxuan covered the phone, looking helplessly at the woman in front of him.

"Hey! What are you doing? Didn't you hear that you're not feeling well?"

Zhao Jingwan felt dissatisfied when she saw this.

He grumbled in a low voice: "I thought he called to invest! I didn't expect he was trying to get rid of the burden!"

I just heard that it was my father-in-law calling, and I thought the old man had changed his mind.

I didn't expect that he was not feeling well and asked her to take care of him.

how is this possible.

Cao Zhongxuan listened to the phone and said, "Shut up! What do you mean by burden?"

Then he quickly said to the phone: "Ah, I can hear you, I can hear you, a guest just came over, I see, I'll hang up first, I'll ask when the earliest flight is tomorrow, and book the ticket now. Oh, okay, that's it."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

After the call ended, Cao Zhongxuan angrily asked, "What did you say just now? He's my dad, what do you mean by burden?"

Seeing this, Zhao Jingwan realized that she had said the wrong thing.

I quickly explained: "That's not what I meant. I meant that the old man's poor health is a burden to them, isn't it? I'm not talking about us."

After saying that, I felt like I had found a reason.

Holding his waist, he said, "Cao Zhongxuan, am I wrong? Dad worked for free before, and now he's not feeling well so he's being sent here. Does that make sense?"

Cao Zhongxuan's chest rose and fell when he heard this: "Why can't you understand? The old man is so old, what can he do? He manages a museum, but other people are doing all the work. He just looks at the antiques. Can this be called work?
To put it bluntly, find something for the old man to do, otherwise he will be so bored.

Besides, at least Dad's daily life is well arranged by others. Where are you?"

"Where am I? Can't you see what I'm doing? Getting up early and working late, how can it be easy for me? Cao Zhongxuan, how can you be so heartless!"

Hearing this, Zhao Jingwan wiped her tears and complained.

After hearing what the other party said, Cao Zhongxuan also felt a headache.

Are you saying that the other person didn’t suffer with you?
That's not right either.

After I got out, my life in Singapore has been relatively stable only in the past few years. The rest of the time, my life has not been very good.

Cao Zhongxuan was helpless when he saw this, but he calmed down and said, "Okay, I'll call and ask if there are any tickets. If there are, I'll go to Hong Kong Island tomorrow."

"no!"

Zhao Jingwan hurriedly shouted.

Seeing her husband's puzzled look, she hurriedly said, "They just said that the old man is not in good health. You asked, and he was just talking nonsense. Isn't it like this when people get old? Ask again. If there is nothing wrong, you don't have to go. The company is not doing well now. This flight is free!
If there is something wrong, then we must go! Just ask again!
Let’s go again after some time!”

These words made Cao Zhongxuan hesitate for a moment.

The company's business situation is not very good now, so we should save as much as we can. If father is really just talking nonsense, then we can slow down a bit.

Don't be in such a hurry to get there.

……

"Xiao Le, why are you doing this?"

Hua Yourong saw the phone was hung up and asked curiously.

Yang Xiaole put down the phone and said softly, "The old man is a man who values ​​his reputation. It's better to let his family pick him up than for him to go alone."

"Huh? You didn't say how heavy it was? What if they don't come to pick it up?"

"Not coming to pick you up?"

Yang Xiaole asked back, then smiled and said nothing.

He picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, waiting for the call.

(End of this chapter)