Restarting life in Siheyuan

The spring of 1963 seemed to bring vitality to the capital. The goods in grocery stores and markets increased visibly, not only in quantity but also in variety. People seemed to have escaped from the hardship of several years and smiled more often.

The same goes for Zhu Xuefeng, who rarely travels between the campus and the steel mill. He is either working tirelessly to complete the fifth-grade curriculum at school, participating in new material research at the research institute, or perfecting his designs at the vehicle factory, all the while remotely controlling the development of Hong Kong and the autonomous region.

The second child was also preparing for the college entrance examination under the supervision of his two older sisters, and everything was going on in a tense and busy manner.

The autonomous region began its major development as planned. With domestic support, port construction was visibly being completed and expanded rapidly. Simple roads leading to the sea have all been opened, but more construction personnel, equipment and materials are being transported directly to the proposed port by sea.

After further survey, the railway construction has changed the early design plan and will advance along Mandele and directly to the port. The project has become larger, but with the available road, the difficulty has been reduced a lot.

The restless southern forces, after hitting a wall again in several small-intensity confrontations, have retracted their tentacles, cautiously withdrawn their strength, and began to defend themselves, and the offensive and defensive momentum has changed.

A large number of people poured into the autonomous region through various channels. The population of the autonomous region exceeded one million for the first time, and the formal armed force exceeded 40,000. They have firmly controlled this piece of mountains and fertile land. Li Xiaojun seemed unsatisfied. Zhu Xuefeng did not stop his little tricks. As long as the autonomous region was as stable as a rock, he could have more energy to plan for the future.

The influx of a large number of people has greatly alleviated the shortage of talent in the autonomous region. Various industries have developed rapidly. Stimulated by a large number of jobs, the Chinese in the south seem to have discovered this new opportunity and have continuously poured into the various major developments in the north.

The economy of the South deteriorated significantly. After losing its main grain-producing areas, it could only rely on the economic support of the port cities further south. It was obvious that if the economy could not be restored, it would no longer be able to organize a military campaign for the Northern Expedition.

After sending out representatives for negotiation, the defeated army voluntarily retreated nearly 50 kilometers, considering these 50 kilometers as a buffer zone. As expected, after the defeated army gave up its rule over this area, the population of this area migrated to the north in large numbers, and it soon became a de facto no-man's land and a real buffer zone.

The industrial park in Hong Kong is also developing in full swing. If nothing unexpected happens, the conditions for relocation will be met by the end of April. The Hong Kong government was surprised to see that Dongsheng Company had actually started large-scale construction in a short period of time, building industrial parks, residential areas, hotels and headquarters buildings.

It seemed that they also saw the opportunity for the development of Tsuen Wan. After allocating a large piece of land as industrial land for the subsequent expansion of Dongsheng Company, they also enthusiastically put the development of Tsuen Wan, which was still a desert, into the development plan of the Hong Kong government.

Many abandoned docks in Tsuen Wan have been reborn. These will be cargo docks for the new industrial zone. As for places further away, according to the plan, a yacht production base and a dedicated yacht port will be established there when conditions are met. This has been made clear in the follow-up matters of the plan handed over to Wu Qianqian, but it lacks too many things and has been put behind the construction of the industrial park.

After obtaining a large loan, China Eastern Airlines, with the strong cooperation of the two foreign companies, rapidly expanded its fleet. It now has 12 passenger aircraft and 4 cargo aircraft. Its passenger throughput quickly surpassed that of Cathay Pacific, and its profitability has also left its competitors far behind. Cathay Pacific, unwilling to fall behind, is also selling off its belongings in an attempt to open up golden routes to compete.

Unfortunately, Boeing's reply disappointed them. The earliest order would have to be placed in two years. China Eastern Airlines' surpassing was a foregone conclusion. Many people were surprised that an airline which had been established for less than a year and put into operation for half a year could easily trample on a decades-old airline. The Governor of Hong Kong had expressed his optimism about China Eastern Airlines more than once. Of course, this also showed that he had a unique vision.

Unexpectedly, a beverage factory was added to Rijing's business. Under the massive advertising strategy, all entertainment venues such as bars and discos in Rijing quickly fell. Entertainment venues without happy water became unpopular places, and this phenomenon was spreading to the entire Fuso like a plague.

The Yakawa sisters' disco and real estate businesses are also expanding rapidly. With the technical support of the Yakawa family, the two shipyards in Hong Kong are undergoing intensive technical upgrades, and a simple shipyard has been completed at the new port in the autonomous region. Several warships are being renovated and modified in an orderly manner under simple construction conditions.

The Guano Company in Nauru, a guano island, is shipping guano to Fukuoka. The fertilizer plant here will produce it day and night and then ship it to the autonomous region. The autonomous region needs to complete the $4 million order in a year and a half, which is quite stressful. Zhu Xuefeng is considering the possibility of shipping it directly to the peninsula and completing the final production on the peninsula.

Everything seemed to be developing in an orderly manner, and there was joy and excitement everywhere, including in the compound. Xie Minghui and Zhou Xiaoyu were successfully transferred to the district criminal investigation brigade, temporarily bid farewell to the compound, and were required to squeeze into the dormitory.

The courtyard was completely empty. It became the main place for the three to discuss and live. Zhu Xuefeng was lying on the big bed with a lingering look on his face, gently stroking Xia Yuhong's smooth back. Two huge red candles were lit in the room. They were bought by Qian Chuanzi according to Lin Na's request, just to make Xia Yuhong feel less regretful.

That's right, with the help of his best friend, Xia Yuhong closed his eyes and devoted himself to it. After feeling the drizzle, the downpour and the violent storm, Xia Yuhong collapsed as expected.

While playing with the small jade pendant on Xia Yuhong's chest with one hand, he asked, "Didn't I give you more beautiful ones one by one? Why are you still wearing this?"

This was made by Zhu Xuefeng at the request of Master Wang on Xia Yuhong's eighteenth birthday. On the front is a lifelike galloping horse representing Xia Yuhong's zodiac sign. Zhu Xuefeng smiled bitterly and thought, why not carve something else but a horse? This girl was like a galloping horse just now. She's really hard to please.

"I don't want what they all have, I'm keeping it, but this is what they don't have, this is the most precious."

Seeing Xia Yuhong taking back the small jade pendant, Zhu Xuefeng was somewhat moved and gently touched her with his forehead.

"Silly girl, you are the most precious. With you here, all these efforts and dedications are meaningful. You have been wronged these days."

It was the first time that Xia Yuhong heard such explicit love words. She suddenly felt that all the grievances she had suffered were worth it. She opened her blurry eyes, turned over and wanted to hug the man tightly. Her movements were a little too big, and she felt a tearing pain in her lower body. She couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Damn it, it's all your fault. Sister Na is going to make a fool of herself now. It hurts every time I move."

Zhu Xuefeng wanted to laugh when he saw her scolding look. He was apologizing, but she was paying attention to this. She turned sideways, seemed to fumble for the clothes beside the bed, took out a pill and handed it to him.

"Eat this later, take a rest, and you'll be fine tomorrow."

Xia Yuhong looked at the pill in the man's hand and recognized that it was for healing and was very valuable.

"This thing can be used like this. Tell me the truth, how many girls have you used this way?"

Zhu Xuefeng slapped Xia Yuhong's bare butt in annoyance, and then pulled the quilt that Xia Yuhong had kicked away to cover her.

"Eat it if you want. If you don't, you'll have to limp home tomorrow and see how you're going to explain it to your parents."

"What do you want to explain? My parents have long treated me as an outsider, even though we are both in school. If we were working, they would have urged us to get the marriage certificate and do the work. You don't know that my dad is so proud of you when he talks about you at home. Even if you are my man now, I can't stand it. I am his biological child, okay?"

The truck project of the steel rolling mill was a success, and now the car project is being carried out in full swing. Zhu Xuefeng could not influence it, but he still showed his engineering vehicle design to Lao Xia. Lao Xia also agreed with Zhu Xuefeng's point of view and said that he would find a chance to talk to Lao Yang. Since the car project has been started, it will definitely not be stopped, and the possibility of launching the engineering vehicle will be discussed later.

After more than two months of working day and night, the vehicle factory has now produced the first batch of fifty trucks and is being tested. They will all be shipped to the Canton Fair in the near future. Secretary Liu is determined to make a big hit, so he has long since formed a special team to welcome the fair and organized people to go out and learn from others, but he forgot that the most successful company in the Beijing area at the fair is the steel rolling mill.

"Since we don't need you two to be interpreters this time, let's take a leave together and go to Hong Kong."

Zhu Xuefeng's current design includes a large number of weapons, including several types of missiles. This should not be too difficult for him. In his memory, it only requires the warhead, the on-board control system, the gyroscope, the signal receiving and transmitting, and the propulsion system to perfectly restore the little cutie from his previous life.

After dismantling several missiles I found, I realized that my previous knowledge was temporarily useless and my knowledge was still at a gap. A not-so-complex missile in the future would require more than 30,000 components, and those things are simply not available now.

He could only rely on the existing electronic technology and imitate the gadgets he got, which made him feel helpless. This was not as simple as making a radio. He only needed a few transistors. So he thought of going out for a walk to broaden his thinking. He stayed in seclusion for several months and it was boring.

"Didn't your brother Zhuzi say that he would be doing something during the May Day holiday? Aren't you planning to attend?"

It's true. If I make this trip, I will probably miss Sha Zhu's wedding. Zhu Xuefeng was a little hesitant. Given his relationship with Sha Zhu and Lou Xiao'e, it would be inappropriate not to attend. "Yes, time is a bit tight. I was planning to take you to see the opening ceremony of Xiangjiang Industrial Park. This is our family's cash cow."

"What cash cow?"

With a chuckle, the bedroom door was gently pushed open. Needless to say, Lin Na could no longer wait and came to watch the fun. Although she was very close to Lin Na, Xia Yuhong still subconsciously wrapped her exposed shoulders with a quilt and hid her head behind the man.

Zhu Xuefeng didn't care. "You came just in time. Pour me a glass of water. I'll feed Xiaohong her medicine."

Lin Na fetched some water, leaned over, glanced at the quail-like Xia Yuhong through the man, and said with a smile.

"Haven't we agreed on this long ago? Now we are real sisters. Why are you still embarrassed? Come on, take the medicine."

Xia Yuhong was embarrassed, but she still reached out and took the pill. With the help of the man, she swallowed the pill and quickly retreated back into the quilt.

"Xiao Feng, what money tree were you two talking about just now?"

"Speaking of the industrial park in Xiangjiang, we will be able to move to the simple factory building by the end of this month. We will move again when the formal factory building is completed. By then, the industrial park will be our cash cow."

Lin Na smiled. She had known about this for a long time, but she had never understood why he was so anxious, so she took the opportunity to ask.

"Since you have to move again, why don't you wait until the official factory building is built? Wouldn't it be better to move just once? Wouldn't it be better to do it all at once? Besides, it's still early for your dormitory and residential areas over there. If you move there in a hurry, it will be inconvenient for the workers to go to work."

"We have considered your question a long time ago. Qianqian also thought so at the beginning. She was worried that it would be inconvenient to go to work and that workers would leave. In fact, there is nothing we can do about it, but there is nothing to worry about."

The man supported himself on the bed and sat up, as if he wanted to find clothes to get out of bed, but he was held tightly by a hand under the quilt. He had no choice but to pretend nothing had happened and took out a cigarette from his clothes. Lin Na glared at him, but still helped him light it and exhaled a puff of smoke.

"The new factory building will be twelve stories high, six in total. All the factories except the motorcycle factory will move in. Of course, the steel factory will not. It will be located outside the industrial zone near the sea."

"I know all this. What does this have to do with moving the factory?"

"The six buildings are not like the simple factory buildings we have now, which can be used in a few months. From construction to decoration, it will take at least a year and a half to complete the production conditions of the electronics factory. We can't wait, so we must move to the simple factory buildings first. The conditions are slightly worse, but they can guarantee normal production."

"Are you planning to rent out the existing factory building over there?"

"There is no possibility of expansion over there. Leave the current radio production line here and move it after the next step is completed here."

The new radios account for a large proportion of the company's sales and will not be moved for the time being. The biological research, vegetable supply, garment factories and so on will be moved out directly, leaving space for other small companies to move in and integrate. This has already been explained to Hu Yuhang, but it will be hard for him to run back and forth in the next two years. The first batch of projects such as refrigerators, televisions and air conditioners have all been started in the simple factory buildings in the Tsuen Wan New Industrial Zone.

Hu Yuhang saw that the company's big move was far beyond his imagination, so he immediately led a group of people to Shanghai to investigate cooperation without saying a word. A large amount of materials needed this time had to be purchased from Shanghai, Tianjin, and the Northeast.

Dongsheng Company's purchasing intention shocked the mainland electronics industry. The Ministry of Electronics Industry received instructions and fully cooperated. Hu Yuhang was deeply shocked by the close relationship between Dongsheng Company and the mainland. There were departments to coordinate whatever was needed, and if there was anything that was not available, they also said they would develop it as soon as possible.

Dongsheng Company visited the Jinhai TV Factory and, after purchasing 4,000 sets of cathode ray tubes, put forward higher requirements for the electronic cathode ray tubes of the Jinhai TV Factory. Without saying a word, Jinhai City followed the instructions of the Ministry of Electronics and went directly to Beijing to reach a joint development agreement with the Beijing Electronic Tube Factory (the predecessor of BOE).

After supporting one million US dollars in research funds, Dongsheng Company staged related scenarios in many places such as Northeast China and Shanghai, and spent more than three million US dollars in scientific research support funds. Together with the funding support for several schools in Hong Kong, the total amount was close to five million US dollars. Dongsheng Company's generosity deeply shocked everyone except Assistant Chen who led the team.

"Since you already have a complete plan, I have nothing to worry about. Neither of us can go to the Canton Fair this time. Did the steel mill let you go?"

"I mentioned it once after the New Year, and I said I didn't have time. Do you want to go for a walk too?" The man asked, holding Lin Na's hand with one hand in the quilt to resist the sneak attack.

"I don't have any idea. It's too much trouble to go back and forth. I was thinking, since no one is going this time, how will Qianqian's news get through?"

"That's why I suggest that we all take a collective leave and go to Hong Kong."

We are all in the third and fourth grades now, and there are fewer courses, so it is not difficult to ask for leave, the man said as he held down the little hands that were playing tricks in the quilt. Lin Na also noticed the movement of the quilt and looked at the man with a smirk on her face.

"Time is indeed a problem. I will contact Xiang Jiang and ask them to ask Senior Inspector Liang for help to see if they can get a few certificates for visiting relatives and returning home. With these, you two can board the plane using Xiang Jiang's identities."

"That's good."

A head suddenly popped up from behind the man. It was none other than Xia Yuhong. She had heard that she could take a plane and the round trip would only take a few days, so she came out excitedly. When she saw Lin Na’s smirk, she realized that she wanted to pull back, but Lin Na gently held her hand and said sincerely.

"Xiaohong, we are a real family now. There is no need to escape. Aren't you always brave? I have a suggestion here. I thought of it during the Spring Festival. Do you want to hear it?"

Since there was no way to avoid it, Xia Yuhong had to walk with a red face, still covering her body tightly with only her flushed face showing. She was also puzzled. She had been honest with Lin Na many times, but why could she not show her face when there was a man around?

"Sister Na, please tell me."

Lin Na glanced at the man and said, "Since before the Spring Festival, this damned guy has not said a word or shown up. He found an excuse to leave us in Hong Kong. When I saw Qianqian's lonely look, I had this idea."

After saying this, she glared at the man again with resentment. The man quickly threw away the cigarette butt and almost burned his hand.

"Qianqian couldn't even go home for the Spring Festival. To her family, she was already married, but there wasn't even a man at home during the Spring Festival, and no son-in-law came to visit her parents during the Spring Festival. I just thought..."

The man had already guessed Lin Na's thoughts. To be more specific, this matter was indeed a bit unfair to Wu Qianqian. Now Wu Qianqian was following him without any status or position, and his family did indeed owe him an explanation.

"I was thinking, when we have time, let them register in Hong Kong, so that Qianqian can be admitted legitimately, and it will also give an explanation to her parents. Xiaohong, what do you think?"

"Of course I agree. Qianqian is the biggest help to him now. Neither of us can compare to her. Why don't we take it together? We don't have to wait until graduation. Now that it's like this, I..."

(End of this chapter)