That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1452 At worst, I'll just give them an empty shell (hospital companionship, might be very late).
Around nine o'clock, the eldest sister Li Yue, along with Pei Wencong, Li Dayong, Hao Jian, Jin Peng, and others, arrived one after another.

The Li family home, which had been relatively quiet, suddenly erupted into chaos and noise.

There's no way around it, there are just too many kids.

Apart from the eldest sister and Wang Jianqiang, all of these people are families with two children, and they are all at the age where even dogs would hate them. It's rare for them to get together, so it's no wonder that Li Ye's big yellow dog and husky suffered.
"Sister Dou'er, can you give me another husky this year? The one I took home last year has grown up and isn't fun anymore."

"I want one too, but I don't mind that one not being fun anymore. I want to pair it up and have a whole litter of husky puppies."

A group of children were chattering away in the yard, making a ruckus on Li Ye's cats and dogs, but Li Ye and the others, standing under the eaves, watched the children with great interest.

Actually, this situation is very common during the Chinese New Year. A group of grown men watch a bunch of silly little brats making a fool of themselves for a long time without getting annoyed.

Because what people are really looking at is not the children, but their own youth that is gone forever.

Pei Wencong sighed and said, "When I was their age, my father worked as a laborer, and my mother worked at a food stall."
Although my parents work very hard, our family is still very poor. My father does the accounts every night, and my mother suffers from back pain every night. Sometimes I go to help my mother, hoping she won't have to work so hard.

But my mother always told me to go play with other children, saying that making money was an adult's job, and children should have a happy childhood.

"But what she didn't know was that I didn't want to play with other children because they always liked to tease me. I didn't understand at the time, but I realized later that they weren't teasing me, but rather my poverty."

"Although I didn't get much joy from children my age, I am grateful to my mother. No matter how hard she worked, she wanted to give me a complete childhood. The maternal love I received was doubled."

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Li Ye, Hao Jian, and the others all looked at Pei Wencong.

Everyone knows that Pei Wencong had a tough childhood, but no one expected it to be this tough.

Compared to economic hardship, the psychological scars are even harder to erase.

Pei Wencong is now one of the most sought-after tycoons in Hong Kong, enjoying great economic success and leaving those who once called him a poor man behind. However, the joy of his childhood is permanently lost.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Ye jokingly teased Pei Wencong, "And then? Your mother gave you the best of everything, is this how you repay her?"

Pei Wencong was taken aback, then asked in confusion, "What did I do wrong? No matter how busy I am, I still go home every week to reunite with my mother, and I give her whatever she wants."

"Don't brag. Don't you know what your mother wants most?"

Li Ye pointed at the children running around in the yard and said, "Look, your mother is so desperate to have a grandson that she's gone crazy. Now your sister's two children can run around all by now. Where are your children?"

Hao Jian immediately said, "Hey, I know that. It seems that it's in the belly of that girl named Zhou Huimin. The Hong Kong newspapers have all published it, saying that Zhou Huimin is the female celebrity most likely to marry into the Pei family."

Jin Peng laughed and said, "Isn't that a bit much? I heard that socialite is Old Pei's favorite, but unfortunately she's divorced and has a son who's already taken care of."

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Li Dayong had his second child two years ago. His second daughter, Li Qi, is now old enough to run around. She follows her brother Li Zhi around like a little tail, giggling and laughing. She likes everything she sees and is happy doing everything, which makes everyone envious.

Of all the people present, Pei Wencong was the only bachelor without children, so everyone had been using this topic to "look down on" him for the past few years, and it had never failed.

But this time, Pei Wencong wasn't embarrassed at all. Instead, he raised his chin and said, "Don't worry, you can prepare a big red envelope for my child now. Remember, it has to be big enough!"

Everyone was stunned and caught off guard.

Pei Wencong has been a master of seduction in Hong Kong in recent years, single-handedly supporting most of the tabloid reporters on the island. He updates news every day with both true and false stories, but he has never revealed any news related to his offspring.

Given Pei Wencong's current wealth, anyone who gets pregnant with his child will become the target of attacks from the socialite circle.

Li Ye looked at Pei Wencong and asked seriously, "Old Pei, are you planning to marry him openly or keep him as a mistress?"

Pei Wencong said unhappily, "Mr. Li, don't be fooled by those gossip news stories. Most of them are just rumors. I am actually a gentleman."

Hao Jian: "Oh~, so Lao Pei is a true gentleman after all!" Jin Peng: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's really quite the gentleman, I'm very impressed."

Li Ye: "May I ask, sir, whose daughter did you marry?"

Jin Peng and the others made a few sarcastic remarks to Pei Wencong, and then solemnly asked him whose daughter he was planning to marry.

Pei Wencong smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you've met her before; she's a woman from the Huo family."

"The Huo family?"

After thinking carefully, Li Ye finally found the image of a girl in his mind.

Back then, Fu Guiyin offended Fu Guiru, and Pei Wencong clamored to kill Fu Guiyin. Helpless, Mr. Tong, who was related to Fu Guiyin, asked Mr. Huo to come and mediate with Pei Wencong. When Mr. Huo came that day, he brought a little girl named "Sisi".

However, Sisi was only seventeen or eighteen years old at the time, and in Mr. Huo's eyes, Pei Wencong could only be considered a "rising star," so neither side was in a hurry for the marriage.

Now, seven or eight years have passed, and Pei Wencong's wealth has increased many times over. In terms of sheer wealth, he is far beyond what the Huo family can match. This marriage makes it seem like the Huo family has gotten the better deal.

However, Li Ye slowly nodded: "If it's the Huo family, it would be suitable, but your future path would be much narrower."

Pei Wencong smiled and said, "It's alright. Now that I've decided on this path, I will definitely follow Mr. Li to the end."

Pei Wencong has invested heavily in mainland China over the years, making him a recognized "united target" among the mainland's top leaders, hence his prominent "red" affiliation.

This layer of red served as a protective shield for Pei Wencong's enormous wealth; otherwise, his foundation was too weak, and he might not have been able to gain a foothold in Hong Kong, a place teeming with powerful figures.

However, because Pei Wencong was too closely tied to the mainland, he was restricted in terms of marriage alliances. Many wealthy families in Hong Kong were unwilling to get too close to the "red" (mainland China), and the Huo family, which had a similar background to Pei Wencong, became a more suitable candidate.

However, from then on, Pei Wencong was completely tied to the mainland, and those big families in Hong Kong who made their fortunes through compradorism would most likely keep their distance from him.

At that time in 1993, this decision was not considered wise by most people.

"Alright, now that you've finished discussing your personal matters, let's talk about business!"

"Okay okay."

At Li Ye's call, everyone stopped reminiscing about their youth while looking at a group of children and went inside to discuss "matters between adults."

Li Ye said in a deep voice, "Hao Jian received a phone call yesterday. Someone is trying to sabotage the Fenghua Clothing project, so we need to prepare for the worst."

Jin Peng said nonchalantly, "When we were affiliated with Pengcheng No. 7 Factory, weren't we already prepared? At worst, we'll just give them an empty shell!"

Pei Wencong looked at Li Ye and said, "I have taken full precautions against all of Fenghua Clothing's trademarks and patents. If it really comes to the point of starting from scratch, you can leave the legal issues to me."

When Pengcheng Factory No. 7 was promoting Fenghua Clothing, it took into account the issue of unclear property rights in the future. Therefore, all trademarks and patents of the Fenghua brand were authorized to Pengcheng Factory No. 7 by Hong Kong Fenghua Company. So if things get really tough, they can just part ways.

"We can't just wait for others to make their moves."

Li Ye shook his head and said, "Old Pei, go and take a look around other special economic zones, start acquiring land and building factories, and tell them that the genuine Fenghua Clothing is preparing to settle in the mainland."

Since Liang Xiaomin claims she can influence the issue of Pengcheng Fenghua Garment's conversion from public to private ownership, she must have something to rely on and her own trump card.

If Li Ye says he wants to see her cards, then she'll probably have to make her own demands.

Therefore, Li Ye decided to use her strength against her and make her reveal her trump card.

Fenghua Garment is a leading enterprise in the mainland garment industry. Now it wants to start over in other special economic zones. Are you, Shenzhen, just going to stand by and watch?
　I'm staying at the hospital with my husband today. I don't know if I'll be able to finish writing Chapter Two. If I don't, I'll update tomorrow at noon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)