Break out of the courtyard

Zhang Heping was holding a video conference in his car. Before he even left the underground base, the head of the satellite monitoring center sent him the latest news: Japan, Europe, and the United States' three lunar probes had changed their orbits on their own and were heading to Mars!

"Could the real purpose of these three satellites be Mars?"

"They probably didn't want to use a satellite to crash into the moon, so they changed it to Mars."

"I think it's possible that our space-based weapons have entered a defensive posture, which has aroused suspicion from foreigners!"

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Unlike Zhang Heping's busy schedule, his eldest sister, Zhang Zhaodi, spent her days in meetings and social engagements after returning to the capital.

In order to secure the second batch of decentralized pilot quotas for Shouyuan 120 drug for their subordinate hospitals, the provincial offices in Beijing have recently been pulling strings and seeking help from Zhang Zhaodi.

As a result, Chang Sheng, the eldest sister's husband, got to know many people.

It is worth mentioning that when Chang Sheng returned home with his children after the Spring Festival, he also secretly took away a Longevity 120 potion.

Although the old man with cancer in central Taiwan couldn't help Zhang Pandi get the director-level position, he later promised to help Chang Sheng advance. In addition, Chang Sheng had already been transferred to the central Taiwan archives, so they had no choice but to continue this cooperation, otherwise what if they were given a hard time?
Therefore, the task of injecting the old man with cancer with the Longevity 120 drug was directly handed over to Chang Sheng.

After this incident, Chang Wen, Chang Xing, Chang Qing, and Zhang Ting were all promoted.

Chang Xing was transferred to the Ministry of Machinery Industry, and Zhang Ting was transferred to CCTV.

Even so, the favor shown by the Lifespan 120 potion remained strong.

In particular, after that old man in the middle recovered, he would often talk to Chang Sheng, trying to win him over in a subtle way.

On the way home late at night, Zhang Zhaodi leaned back in the back seat and asked her husband Chang Sheng, who was sitting next to her, "Brother Sheng, have you noticed something?"

"Hmm?" Chang Sheng had drunk a bit too much tonight, but his mind was still clear.

"We've worked for so many years, and we don't even have a single confidant, let alone promote any!" Zhang Zhaodi recalled the people at the dinner party. "Without any confidants to show gratitude, after we retire, it will truly be a case of 'out of sight, out of mind'!"

"No...it's not that bad!" Chang Sheng slurred a bit. "With peace...there won't be, at least not most of the time!"

Zhang Zhaodi was silent for a while, then sighed, "In the end, our family's foundation is too weak, and we don't have the ability to cultivate trusted confidants!"

"Hiccup!" Chang Sheng let out a loud burp, which released a sour smell.

Zhang Zhaodi did not hear her husband's reply, so she stopped talking and turned to look out the car window.

The female bodyguard drove the car back to the north bank of Houhai. Zhang Zhaodi had just gotten out of the car and was about to go to the other side of the car to help her husband when Qin Huairu and her children emerged from the public toilet next to the car.

"Zhao Di!" Qin Huairu ran over with her son and two daughters, and before she could stop shouting, she knelt down. "Please, for the sake of our many years as neighbors, save my mother-in-law!"

"Xiaolin, call someone to chase them away!" Zhang Zhaodi frowned and shook her husband Chang Sheng awake, without even glancing at Qin Huairu and the others.

The female bodyguard, Xiaolin, touched her right earlobe, briefly said "There's trouble at the door" through her internal communicator, and then stood in front of Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu turned her head to look at Zhang Zhaodi and said urgently, "Zhaodi, my mother-in-law has been paralyzed in bed for more than two years and fully meets the application requirements for the Lifespan 120 Potion. I just ask that you be lenient and let my mother-in-law apply normally!"

No sooner had these words been spoken than two male bodyguards rushed out of the Zhang family's courtyard. They only needed one glance to understand what was going on.

Because of the Lifespan 120 potion, arrogant people would often come to the Zhang family's courtyard asking for the medicine, which annoyed Ma Lili and Chang Wen to no end.

After hearing about this, Zhang Heping sent several bodyguards to guard the gate and, incidentally, to chase the people away.

Seeing the electric arcs crackling from the stun guns in the hands of the two male bodyguards, Qin Huairu hurriedly got up, pulling her children back while trying to appear calm, and said:
“Zhao Di, you are all people of status now, why make things difficult for us ordinary folks? It will sound bad if word gets out, don’t you think?”

“Your family can try what happens when you gossip behind people’s backs.” Zhang Zhaodi helped her husband, who was walking unsteadily, and walked towards the courtyard gate without looking back.

Seeing that her threats were ineffective, Qin Huairu hurriedly asked, "Zhaodi, my mother-in-law may have offended you, but Banggeng and Xiaodang didn't!"

"Can you tell me if Bang Geng and Xiao Dang Dang will be able to apply for the Longevity Potion in the future?"

The Jia, Yan, Liu, and Xu families from No. 95 Nanluoguxiang have all been blacklisted, so Banggeng, Xiaodang, and Huaihua naturally cannot apply for the Lifespan 120 potion.

Zhang Zhaodi's silence already spoke volumes.

Driven away by stun guns, and with the arrival of a nearby patrol, Qin Huairu and her three children had no choice but to leave.

After returning to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, the four went straight to a back room in the backyard.

This house was previously inhabited by a deaf old woman, then Sha Zhu lived there for several years, and later Jia Zhangshi, who was paralyzed in bed after breaking her knee, now lies inside.

On the wall opposite, there is a black and white photo of Jia Dongxu.

Madam Jia lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), tilting her head to look at her son's portrait on the wall. The room reeked of excrement and urine; even with Xiao Dang opening the window and Huaihua turning on the fan, the stench persisted!
After Qin Huairu came in, she went to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) without saying a word, lifted the quilt to check Jia Zhangshi's diapers.

The year Jia Zhangshi broke her knee, at least she still knew to ask someone to help her to relieve herself.

However, as time went on, and given that Jia Zhangshi was not good at speaking, she naturally became disliked.

The following year, in particular, Jia Zhangshi developed a high fever after spending the night on a cold kang (heated brick bed), and subsequently became paralyzed on the kang.

It is said that Jia Zhangshi was also very lucky. Qin Huairu did not heat the kang (a heated brick bed) for Jia Zhangshi for two consecutive winters, but Jia Zhangshi did not die. This forced Qin Huairu to continue playing the role of a good daughter-in-law, so as not to let her children follow suit.

After wiping Jia Zhangshi's bottom with cold water and changing her diaper, Qin Huairu covered her with a blanket before taking the basin of dirty diapers out.

Huaihua walked behind, silently turning off the lights and closing the door. Like her mother, brother, and sister, she didn't say a word to Jia Zhangshi, nor did she care about the bedsores on Jia Zhangshi's body.

It's understandable that Xiao Dang and Huaihua ignore Jia Zhangshi because she favors sons over daughters, but the fact that Bang Geng ignores her as well shows just how ungrateful he is.

Qin Huairu actually thought she could fool her eldest son into taking care of her in her old age and seeing her off in death by using this kind of filial piety behavior of cleaning up after her excrement. I really don't know where she got her confidence!
"Judging from the current situation, we and the Yan family should all be on that longevity potion blacklist!" Qin Huairu returned to the dining table in the main room and sat down, looking at her daughter-in-law who was pretending to sleep on the wooden bed in the corner with a gloomy expression.

She naturally invited her daughter-in-law and son-in-law to tonight's operation, but none of these outsiders dared to go with her!
Banggeng refused to believe it, "But our names aren't on the blacklist on the Peace Hospital's official website!"

Huaihua frowned and said, "Just because it's not online doesn't mean it's not on paper! The fact that we can't apply for the longevity potion for Grandma, and that the Yan family can't apply for the longevity potion for Second Uncle, is the best proof!"

"Does this mean we have no choice but to take Grandma to make a scene?" Xiao Dang thought of the bodyguards in front of the Zhang family's door and the large entourage that Zhang Heping's family had when they returned, and her heart couldn't help but pound with anxiety.

Qin Huairu said seriously, "Just like Xu Damao said to Second Uncle, if we don't make a big fuss, the Zhang family won't give us an explanation!"

“You all saw how Zhang Zhaodi treated us when we went to the Zhang family just now!”

"I'm not worried about whether your grandmother and I can use the longevity potion, but I'm worried about whether you can apply for it in the future!"

Qin Huairu, who is already over sixty years old, really doesn't want to use the longevity potion?

How can it be!

If such a selfish woman is truly unafraid of death, why would she care about applying for a longevity potion?

Even if we take a step back and say it's for the sake of Banggeng, Xiaodang, and Huaihua, that's more than forty years from now!
“Mom!” Huaihua walked to Qin Huairu’s side and said solemnly, “I think we can agree to join Xu Damao’s protest team first.”

"If Xu Damao recruits a lot of people, we'll follow behind and cheer him on; if he recruits few, we can simply back out and not go!"

……

Zhang Heping was unaware of, and did not want to know, the sordid dealings of Qin Huairu, Xu Damao, and Yan Bugui.

The next morning, after receiving news that the three satellites from Japan, Europe, and the United States had already flown far away and could no longer enter lunar orbit, Zhang Heping immediately launched the next phase of the Guanghan Palace project, expanding and accelerating its construction!
On this day, the security level of the underground base of the Shenzhen World Advanced Technology Research Institute was lowered by three levels.

After Xie Wan, Xie Ting, and other young assistants were allowed to re-enter the underground base, Zhang Heping also had his niece Zhou Xiaochun call in a CCTV interview team to prepare to show the public the underground fortifications of the Guanghan Palace base that had already been completed.

In addition to CCTV, there were also interviewers from Peace Media.

Zhang Heping's words were very simple: They must create a strong momentum and inspire national pride and self-confidence among the Chinese people!
After making the decision, Zhang Heping assigned the publicity task to Zhou Xirou, with his eldest son Zhang Bei assisting him.

The reason it was Zhou Xirou is because of her interactions with Zhang Bei over the past few days, as well as the help from Xie Wan, Xie Ting, Zhang Long, and Zhang Hu.

Of course, most importantly, Tang Xin gave Zhang Bei an ultimatum: either he chooses a partner to marry, or his parents arrange a girl for him to marry.

Because of these words, Zhang Nan and Zhang Nian didn't dare to return to Shenzhen for many days, and stayed on Hong Kong Island to observe what was happening here.

CCTV and Peace Media were very efficient, completing the interview in just two days; the main material was video footage of the Moon Palace base, most of which was readily available material provided by Zhang Bei and his team.

Although the interview ended quickly, the press releases had to be sent to the capital for editing and review, and Peace Media was no exception.

With Zhang Heping taking over as head of the space force, effectively relinquishing control of the space-based early warning system, space-based weapon system, and space-based computing center, the Heping Group is undergoing a massive asset restructuring.

If Peace Group's previous business was somewhat targeted, that has disappeared after this restructuring!
The 100 billion yuan compensation promised by Elder Yang and the others is not in cash or gold; Zhang Heping doesn't need those.

Therefore, what moved Zhang Heping, besides the title of head of the space force, was the substantial exchange of benefits.

It can be said that after this asset restructuring, the Peace Group will be involved in any well-known industry, both domestically and internationally, with the only difference being whether or not it holds a controlling stake!

Wednesday, September 18th.

On the 65th anniversary of the September 18 Incident, CCTV and Peace Media simultaneously released footage of the Guanghan Palace base construction progress and underground fortifications, which was widely reprinted by domestic and international media… (End of Chapter)