The Red Era: The Crowd in the Siheyuan

Chapter 509 Invitation from the Governor of Hong Kong

Hearing that He Xiao wanted to drink soda, He Yuzhu couldn't help but glared at him.
Then he nodded towards Lou Zhenhua.
"Okay, Dad, you haven't really explored Peking in the past two days since you came back, so why not go out for a walk?"

Not far from the courtyard, I saw a group of children singing and skipping rubber ropes in the alley.

[The little train is beeping, the amaranth flowers are blooming twenty-one, two-five-six, two-five-seven, two-eight-twenty-nine-thirty-one,

...]

Then He Xiao looked at Lou Zhenhua curiously and asked,
"Grandpa, are there any people jumping rubber bands or rolling iron rings in Hong Kong?

I have an iron ring that my second uncle made for me when I was a child. But the year before last, my eldest brother and second brother were admitted to university, so my mother stopped letting me play with it and told me to study hard.

"Of course there are. There are also many children from the mainland in Hong Kong Island who jump rope.
However, iron rings are rare.
The main reason is that Hong Kong Island is too small, there is no place for you young boys to run around."

"Ah~, I heard from Grandma Zhang and Grandpa Yan that Hong Kong Island is great, but it turns out there's not even a place to play with hoops. I'm going to die if I don't hold it in!"

Hearing He Xiao's complaints, Lou Zhenhua nodded.
"Hong Kong Island is not like Beijing. There are large courtyard houses everywhere, and the alleys are wide and long.
The urban area of ​​Hong Kong Island is very small, and it is full of high-rise buildings.

The place where the whole family lives is only about the size of the annex room where your sister lives. You will definitely not be used to it when you get there."

Thinking of the elderly people living in the side rooms in the courtyard, where several people from their families were all crammed together, with beds stacked on top of each other, tables, chairs, cabinets, and basins all squeezed together, and bicycles hung on the wall, He Xiao couldn't help but shake his head vigorously.

"Forget it then,

My sister lives alone in my aunt's side room and I feel it's too crowded. I decided not to go to Hong Kong Island to squeeze in with my grandma and uncle.

Home is still the best. If my second brother doesn't come back, Zhenxing and I will live in a big tiled house.

You can roll around on the kang every day."

Seeing his grandson shaking his head like a rattle, Lou Zhenhua naturally wouldn't tell He Xiao that the Lou family was different from ordinary residents in Hong Kong Island. They lived in a large villa located in the middle of the mountain. Their private space was much larger than that in Beijing.

If it arouses the interest of my little grandson, that would be a further complications.

If Lou Zhenhua didn't mention it, He Yuzhu would be even less likely to mention it. He Xiao is now 13 years old, and it is the time when his world views are taking shape. He cannot be influenced by the glamorous world of Hong Kong Island.

"What's the matter? Now you don't blame me and your mother for not taking you with you?"

"Hey, I know the situation. If I knew Hong Kong Island is so crowded, I wouldn't have insisted on going there."

After saying that, He Xiao immediately looked at him warily and said,
"But Dad, Grandpa has already promised to buy me soda, you can't stop him from buying it. I haven't had orange soda for a long time."

"Hey, you're talking as if your family has wronged you. Besides not giving you money to spend, tell me, what you eat and use that is worse than what your classmates have. It's just a bottle of soda, but you're talking as if you've never had it.

If you let your mother. "

He Yuzhu hadn't finished speaking when He Xiao was shocked to hear him mention his mother.
"Dad, I didn't mean that. I just said I haven't had soda in a long time. Why did you mention my mom?"

Seeing his son complaining, He Yuzhu asked with a smile,
"Why, are you scared?"

"What do you think? You know that when mom hits you, it's for real. I don't want her to hit me with a stick."

After saying that, He Xiao took Lou Zhenhua's hand and strode forward.
"Grandpa, let's go to the front and buy some soda." "Okay, then He Xiao, you lead the way, Grandpa can't find the place."

Looking at the grandparents and grandchildren striding forward, He Yuzhu smiled and then quickly caught up with them.

Apart from the construction of a subway and some messy temporary buildings built after the earthquake, Beijing has not changed much since Lou Zhenhua left more than 10 years ago.
He Yuzhu only took him around the steel mill outside Dongzhimen, the Lama Temple, and the Shichahai area.
The next day, I went to the cemetery to sweep the grave of the deaf old lady.

When the Hong Kong merchants had finalized the shipping order, a delegation was arranged to go to Hong Kong to finalize the investment.

He Yuzhu and his wife also followed the large group of people to Hong Kong Island.

As soon as the ferry entered Victoria Harbor, He Yuzhu and Lou Xiaoe went out with the gifts they had prepared to meet Lou Zhenhua.

As soon as I walked out of the room, I saw Lou Zhenhua also coming out of the room.

"dad!"

"I was just about to come over to call you. It's a good opportunity for us to go down together."

When the three of them arrived on the deck, the Hong Kong business representatives who had returned with them had already appeared on the deck.
"Lou Sheng, He Sheng, Mrs. He."

"Lou Sheng, He Sheng, Mrs. He."

……

When they had almost finished greeting each other, the Governor came over with a big laugh.

"Tycoon Lou, the economic development of Hong Kong Island depends entirely on the support of Daxia. The Governor's Office is planning to hold a welcome reception for the Peking delegation in two days. You must show up at that time.

Mr. He, I will welcome you and your wife to the Governor's House in two days."

The Governor said this because the Iron Lady had not yet fallen down in front of the City Hall, and nothing had been decided yet.
Hong Kong Island is still an important source of revenue and taxation for Saxon.

That is why the authorities attach importance to the economic development of Hong Kong Island and actively maintain the social order of Hong Kong Island.

If we wait a few years and everything becomes a foregone conclusion, the Governor's Office, which does not want to make wedding clothes for the Great Xia, will allow the energetic people in Hong Kong Island to become stronger, and create rhetoric to encourage the wealthy groups in Hong Kong Island to emigrate, so as to reap the leeks of those banana people.

Hearing the invitation from the Governor, Lou Zhenhua knew that the person being invited, or the focus, was actually his son-in-law.
Although his family was quite powerful in Hong Kong Island, it was not worth it for the Governor to hold a cocktail party just for him.

When He Yuzhu planned to come to Hong Kong Island, he knew that he would have to socialize. Besides, the comrades in the delegation had a mission and he couldn't mess it up.

I smiled and agreed to the Governor's request, and then we got off the ship together at his invitation.
As soon as he stepped onto the gangway, He Yuzhu saw a dense crowd of vehicles parked on the dock. They were all luxury cars of this era, and He Yuzhu couldn't name them.
Outside the gangway, near the shore, there was a large group of people gathered, apparently there to pick someone up. Then he saw someone waving at him vigorously.

"Uncle, uncle, here, here."

Looking at the two young men who were waving their hands excitedly, He Yuzhu recognized at a glance that they were his two nephews, so he also waved at them.

The Lou family was a well-known wealthy merchant family in Hong Kong Island, so the Governor of Hong Kong naturally knew Lou Kam-hung and Lou Kam-hu.
Seeing this, he smiled and said to He Yuzhu,

"Mr. He, your two nephews are extraordinary. They are famous young talents in Hong Kong Island. Many famous families in Hong Kong Island want to marry them."

(End of this chapter)