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Chapter 457: Father and son turn against each other!!
"Thank you for what? Aunt Liu, look at you, there's nothing to show for it yet... Well, I don't have the wine with me, so ask my brother Liu to come to the courtyard to get it from me tomorrow."

Zhang Shenfei said a few more words, said goodbye to Aunt Liu and the mother-in-law, and turned to go to the main room.

This small courtyard in Dengzhan Hutong belongs to Wang Mantang's family, but because it has more than 15 rooms, part of it is rented out.

Aunt Liu lives in the front yard, and an old Chinese doctor, Doctor Zhou, lives in the back yard.

A few years ago, a family of Russians lived there, but after the two countries became strained, the Russians left.

Zhang Shenfei left Aunt Liu's house, and before he had time to walk into the main room, he was bumped into by a person walking quickly from the slope.

"Uncle Xiao, why are you in such a hurry?" Seeing that Old Xiao was about to fall, Zhang Shenfei hurriedly helped him up. Seeing that he was pale, he hurriedly asked, "Uncle Xiao? What happened to you?"

"Dongzhimen is going to be demolished? Why is Dongzhimen going to be demolished?" Old Xiao muttered to himself. He didn't see Zhang Shenfei at all, nor did he hear him talking to him.

He shook off Zhang Shenfei's hand and ran towards the main hall of his house.

Demolish Dongzhimen? Zhang Shenfei slapped his forehead. Isn't that right?

Although in the winter of 1952, when Wang Mantang's Longji was just incorporated into the ancient building team, they had restored Dongzhimen.

But only six years later, in 1958, in order to facilitate transportation, the city construction team dug a gap on the north side of the tower.

Now, the gap cannot meet the growing traffic demand, so there is a proposal to demolish Dongzhimen.

Come to think of it, my impression is that Dongzhimen was demolished in the past two years.

Zhang Shenfei knew that Dongzhimen was the result of the hard work of Lao Xiao and Wang Mantang. Now that it was being demolished, Wang Mantang would only be more sad than Lao Xiao.

Thinking of this, he took a few quick steps to catch up with Lao Xiao.

The two men walked into the room one after the other, and Zhang Shenfei saw Lao Xiao sitting down on the ground.

Aunt Da Niu was startled and quickly directed her second son Shuanzi and third son Mendun to help him onto the kang.

I poured a bowl of boiling water and sprinkled a handful of sugar into it.

Everyone in the room was busy because of Lao Xiao, but Zhang Shenfei noticed that Wang Mantang was lying on the kang, motionless.

"Uncle Wang, what are you doing?" Zhang Shenfei moved closer and thought for a moment before speaking.

"It's Dafei..." Wang Mantang slowly stood up, with a dark circle under his eyes.

Auntie Da Niu held the bowl and put it in Lao Xiao's hand: "Lao Xiao, drink something."

Lao Xiao unconsciously took a few sips of sugar water, and his lips turned a little red.

He turned his head to look at Wang Mantang who had just sat up, and said in a hoarse voice: "Mantang, have you known about the demolition of Dongzhimen?"

After retirement, he stopped working. Today he was strolling around the ancient building team and heard about it by chance.

But he knew that Wang Mantang was different from him. At least, Wang Zhuzi would go home for dinner every day.

Wang Mantang must have known that Dongzhimen was going to be demolished soon! But he didn’t tell me! Lao Xiao felt betrayed.

Wang Mantang didn't dare to look at him, but just looked at the corner of the wall: "Ah, I heard it from Zhuzi a few days ago... It's not that I don't want to tell you, I just don't know how to start..."

Since his retirement, Zhuzi has become the head of the ancient building team.

Zhuzi was the leader of the demolition of Dongzhimen this time. As Wang Zhuzi's biological father, he didn't dare to face Lao Xiao...

He even didn't dare to face his old neighbors and locked himself at home every day.

He seemed to feel that as soon as he went out, people would stab him in the back and say, "Look, it was his son who demolished Dongzhimen!!!"

Old Xiao got even angrier when he heard this, and said sternly: "Can Dongzhimen be demolished? It is the hard work of several generations of our country for five thousand years!!!
If it is demolished, will the city still have gate towers? Why has our country been able to stand for 5,000 years? It is because of these gates!!!
Dongzhimen Zhen is in the wood position, the five seasons represent spring, the five colors represent green, the five elements represent wind, and the five transformations represent life...

Among the several city gates, the most important one is Dongzhimen, where the sun rises in the east.

Every day when the sun rises in the east, the first thing it shines on is Dongzhimen. It is the luck and momentum of our country's architecture!!!
If Dongzhimen is demolished, the Feng Shui of the Eight-Armed Nezha in Sijiu City will be completely destroyed!!!"

Lao Xiao seemed to be in poor health. After he finished speaking, he kept gasping for breath.

Seeing this, Zhang Shenfei hurriedly picked up the bowl of water he had put down and motioned for him to drink a few more sips.

Old Xiao pushed the water bowl away and sneered at Wang Mantang: "Wang Mantang, you gave birth to a good son! Demolishing Dongzhimen? What's the difference between that and demolishing your family's ancestral tomb?"

Wang Mantang was shocked and finally turned to look at Lao Xiao: "Lao Xiao, I don't want to either... We have been brothers for so many years, don't you know me?
I am more upset than you about the demolition of Dongzhimen. To be honest, I have not gotten off the bed for several days and have not talked to that bastard..."

Zhao Danniu also agreed: "Zhu Zi really went too far this time. I will no longer let him take care of the child.

He even wrote a letter to his mother in the countryside, telling her that this child was simply the opposite of Tian Gang! ! "

Menduner, who was enjoying the fun, said, "Without Dongzhimen, where can we go to fight crickets and catch grasshoppers?"

Several other children also expressed their opinions. Just as everyone was condemning the demolition, Wang Zhuzi, the person in charge of the demolition of Dongzhimen, came back.

When Wang Zhuzi entered the room, he was not surprised to see Lao Xiao, but when he saw Zhang Shenfei, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes: "Da Fei, why are you free to come here today?"

"Ah, I came to see my aunt." He was not stupid. Seeing what happened to the Wang family, how could he not understand how the transportation company had offended Wang Mantang?

After all, it was all because of the demolition of Dongzhimen! !
Demolition of a large building like Dongzhimen would require the use of large forklifts and excavators, which are all owned by the transportation company.

The transportation company is also responsible for all kinds of construction waste generated during demolition.

It was not surprising that Wang Mantang hated the transportation company, so why would he go to show them the foundation?
Zhang Shenfei said directly that Brother Jian had given him a big problem this time.

Before he could come up with a plan to deal with the situation, Wang Mantang and his son had already started a quarrel.

Wang Zhuzi knew that his order to demolish Dongzhimen would touch the vital points of his father and Uncle Xiao.

At first, he said in a gentle voice: "Dad, Uncle Xiao, it's useless for you to vent your anger on me. I am just a small leader of the construction team. It is not up to me to decide whether to demolish or not.

Besides, the city of Sijiu was not big to begin with. The eight gate towers, Dongzhimen, Xizhimen, Deshengmen and Chongwenmen, made the city so watertight that the air could not even circulate, making it feel suffocating.

Now is the new era, not the old era. The city needs to take off and develop. There are so many cars and buses, and even subways will be built in the future! !

The city gate tower is blocking the road, so it must be demolished. Only by demolishing the city gate tower can the city have a better future! "

Zhao Danniu snorted coldly, "If you are so capable, why are you demolishing Dongzhimen? Go demolish the Forbidden City or the Great Wall!"

"Mom." Wang Zhuzi looked helpless, "Please don't make trouble for me."

"I'm not your mother. Your mother is Maizi, a member of the Dongshan Province. I'm just a daughter of a red-top worker with a bad C score. I'm not qualified to be your mother!!" After saying this, Zhao Danniu slapped her butt and left.

Zhang Shenfei kept exclaiming that it was great, and it was indeed great.

Zhao Danniu is not Zhuzi's biological mother. Seeing that the whole family is about to denounce Zhuzi, she said something too harsh here, and Zhuzi was unhappy.
To put it mildly, others will be unhappy.

By taking the initiative and running away, she avoided the mess that followed. Anyway, everyone's attention was on Dongzhimen now, so no one would pay attention to her.

really.

After Zhao Danniu left, no one said anything to her, and everyone was still staring at Zhuzi.

"Your mother is right. If you dare to demolish Dongzhimen today, you will dare to demolish the Forbidden City tomorrow!" Lao Xiao was the first to attack.

Zhuzi also got angry: "I am from the ancient building team. I follow the instructions from above. I will demolish whatever they tell me to demolish!!"

The implication was that if the higher-ups really ordered the Forbidden City to be demolished, he would do so.

Wang Mantang and Lao Xiao both understood what he said. They trembled with anger and began to mutter again: "Five seasons represent spring, and five colors represent green..."

He is about to hit someone as soon as he reaches out his hand.

Wang Zhuzi stood still and took a slap from his father. His voice was still hard: "Dad, you have hit me today, but I have to say this: Dongzhimen must be demolished. No one can delay the development of the times."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Lao Xiao: "Uncle Xiao, you and my father are old brothers, so I am telling you something from the bottom of my heart.

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Put away your talk about the five seasons of spring, feng shui and the like.

You should open your eyes and see that times have changed. You only said this in our house today, and I can pretend I didn't hear it.

If you were so outspoken in the ancient building team..."

"What happened outside? They dared to kidnap me?" Lao Xiao was so angry that his eyes turned red and veins popped out on his neck. "I ask you, Wang Zhuzi, if I said that in your ancient building team's office, would you have kidnapped me?"

Wang Zhuzi was silent for a while, then said in a muffled voice: "If you talk nonsense in the ancient building team, I can't protect you...

I can't protect you, but I can't lose the reputation of Long Kee... If you really... I can only remove you from Long Kee."

He came from Long Kee, an old construction company. They used to have a Feng Shui master there, and they would choose the right time and tell fortunes before doing any work.

But now?

No one understands the current situation better than Wang Zhuzi, and he has repeatedly warned Lao Xiao both openly and covertly.

But the other party always insisted on having his own way. He said this now because he was really annoyed and angry.

He couldn't let Longji's century-old foundation be destroyed in his hands. Although Longji's surname was Zhao, his father was married into the family.

He himself is just the son of his father's ex-wife. If you think about it carefully, he has nothing to do with the Longji Zhao family.

However, after learning the craft at Long Kee for so many years and taking on the heavy responsibility of being the new head of Long Kee Construction Factory, he has already engraved Long Kee in his bones and blood.

He will never allow anyone to do anything that is detrimental to Long Kee!!
Thinking of this, he looked at Lao Xiao again, his eyes firm: "Uncle Xiao, I'm not kidding you, I'm serious."

If Lao Xiao really dared to make trouble in the ancient building team because of Dongzhimen and said something nonsense, he would really remove the other party from Longji.

Old Xiao didn't expect that a young man he had watched grow up would dare to say that. He was stunned for a moment, and only came to his senses after a long time: "You!! Wang Zhuzi!! How dare you!! How dare you???"

"Just try to see if I dare!" Wang Zhuzi was not afraid of him at all and looked back.

Now Lao Xiao has retired from the ancient building team and receives a pension of 28 yuan per month.

Now they oppose FJMX and prohibit fortune-telling stalls.

Once Lao Xiao was removed from the ancient building team, he, who had been a Feng Shui master all his life, would no longer have any income every month.

"Okay, you're awesome, you're great! I can't control you anyway. I'm just a Feng Shui master. In this new society, after the FJMX is eradicated, who still needs me?" Lao Xiao smiled bitterly, then pointed at Wang Zhuzi and said sternly, "But don't forget that you still have a father! I want to see if Wang Mantang can control you!!!"

After saying that, he lifted his clothes and left.

As soon as he left, Mendun'er and Shuanzi began to criticize their eldest brother.

It's nothing more than how can you talk to your elders like that? You demolished Dongzhimen, and you still take those words seriously.

Wang Zhuzi ignored them, just looked at his angry father and sighed silently.

The father and son have been in a cold war for several days. Today, when Lao Xiao came over, the conflict was completely intensified.

The father and son were silent for a long time, and Wang Zhuzi finally spoke in a hoarse voice: "Dad, to tell you the truth, I am also reluctant to demolish Dongzhimen.

But I am just a worker, I can’t be in charge of this matter.”

"Then can't you report to the person who is in charge?" Wang Mantang also spoke.

Wang Zhuzi smiled bitterly: "Dad, when grandpa was building the Imperial Garden and the Iron Lion Marshal's Mansion, could he make the decision? Did the people above him listen to him?"

Wang Mantang was silent.

He has been a laborer all his life, how could he not understand this truth?
But he couldn't bear it. He couldn't bear Dongzhimen being destroyed by his son, his Longji.

Wang Zhuzi sighed: "Even if it's not Long Ji today, there will be Li Ji, Wang Ji, and Ma Ji.

The demolition of Dongzhimen is the tide of the times. The wheel of times rolls forward, and no one can stop it.

If you try to stop a chariot with your arms, you will only be trapped inside and your body will be gone..."

Longji is the most famous construction company in the old city. Among the dozen or so teams incorporated into the ancient building team, none can compare with Longji.

If he refuses, I'm afraid his superiors will have objections.

In the end, even if the leadership was changed, Dongzhimen still had to be demolished, and Longji would be marginalized in the ancient building team.

Wang Mantang’s tense shoulders relaxed: “Forget it, go ahead.

You have grown up, I am old, Longji is in your hands now, you are the head of the family, you decide what to do..."

After saying that, he waved his hand, signaling everyone to go out.

Wang Zhuzi, Mendun, Shuanzi, Zhang Shenfei and others left one after another.

Several people came to the wing room. Without the older generation, Mendun and Shuanzi no longer criticized their eldest brother and they could sit together and chat.

Zhang Shenfei asked when Dongzhimen would be demolished, and Zhuzi told him that it would be a matter of a few days.

"If you want to go and have another look, do it as soon as possible. If you're late, it may be too late..." After Wang Zhuzi finished speaking, he took the cigarette handed over by Zhang Shenfei, lit it, and took a deep breath.

"Brother, after the demolition of Dongzhimen, you can get a promotion, right?" Mendun'er suddenly asked.
Wang Zhuzi glanced at him and ignored him, then looked at Zhang Shenfei: "Da Fei, you are here to visit my dad for more than just a simple visit, right?"

Zhang Shenfei knocked off the ashes of his cigarette, and said vaguely, "Hey, isn't this the collective housing of the transportation company? As for the foundation... I don't know how their deputy director Jian knew about my relationship with Uncle Wang, and he insisted that I come here to lobby..."

(End of this chapter)