Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 226: Wheat for Oil, High-Tech Weapons, Promotion and Salary Increase
At the end of October 1960, in the Boddington area of ​​Australia.

Song Yajun's family of five has settled down. They still can't believe what they see and touch, because they feel that this company called Nolinasun is like a charity enterprise.

why?
Because the company is so good to these miners, it's almost amazing.

Each miner has a fixed monthly salary, which is currently HK$2,500 per month, and also includes food and accommodation, well, only for the miners themselves.

There are also the miners' family members. If they want to find a job, they can work in canteens and other places. Of course, the salary will not be that high.

Accommodation is provided free of charge, but in a few months, if the workers who have not been rewarded want to live in the houses built on the construction site next door, there are two options.

One is for rent and the other is for purchase.

Renting is very simple. The monthly rent varies depending on the area.

It is not expensive to buy, basically it is about 10% higher than the cost price, which is not profitable for Nolinasun Company.

Take Song Yajun for example. He came to Hong Kong Island by smuggling and then started working in Hong Kong Island.

With only 300 Hong Kong dollars a month, Song Yajun can live a good life.

In less than three months, he successfully obtained a Hong Kong Island identity card, and then asked his two younger brothers to come over. The three brothers worked together and fought hard together.

In more than half a year, the highest salary Song Yajun had ever received was only 800 Hong Kong dollars, and even with this, he was already exhausted.

Even so, he was still very happy, because as long as he worked hard, he could make a lot of money, so of course he was happy.

Nine months later, he arranged for someone to bring his wife and children to live in Hong Kong Island.

Originally, he thought this was the beginning of a happy life, but he didn't expect that several companies including the Hong Kong Development Bank would jointly recruit workers, and he would need to go to Australia to work.

The salary is very high, two thousand five hundred yuan per month, and this alone makes Song Yajun and others very excited.

The three brothers decided to move their entire family to Australia.

Given the reputation of companies like the Hong Kong Development Bank in Hong Kong Island, they will definitely not break their promises. Now that they have come here, they have discovered that this is truly a paradise.

Although being a miner is dangerous and the work is hard, the salary is high.

Food is also provided, so you can save at least HK$2,000 a month.

After working for a year, you can save at least HK$24,000, which is enough to buy a house in Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Even if you don’t go back to Hong Kong and Kowloon to buy a house, it would be very nice to own a house of your own in Australia.

They also learned that there were many farms recruiting workers in the surrounding area. Of course, if the farms were opened by local foreigners, there might not be good people there.

But if the farm is acquired by a company related to the Hong Kong Development Bank, it would be different.

Anyway, it is said that in the future, the Island Development Bank will recruit more employees from Hong Kong and Kowloon to develop here.

The local people in Australia naturally welcome the fact that Nolinasun Company recruits a large number of workers from abroad.

Because this year, the entire population of Australia is only 10.2 million, which is too small.

However, the total population of Sydney alone is 1.6 million, accounting for 15% of the country's total population.

Horror!
Faced with such data, local Australians will naturally not reject more foreign workers, and will even take the initiative to help these workers with immigration procedures.

Just when everything was going smoothly in Australia, Zhao Mancang had already arrived in San Francisco, preparing to purchase more food and then go to Moscow to exchange it for oil.

Moscow has adjusted its strategy. Since they want to solve the food problem in their country by relying on exporting oil and importing grain, it doesn't matter. Zhao Mancang can just accelerate the transformation of their economic structure.

Zhao Mancang will certainly not let go of any means to displease Moscow.

Food in North America is very cheap. Zhao Mancang can transport 10 billion kilograms of food at a time, which is 500,000 tons. Although it is not a lot, it accounts for more than ten or even several tens of percent of Moscow's imported food at one time, which is not a small amount.

The price of grain in the previous two years was US$30 per ton, equivalent to US$0.015 per kilogram, which was very cheap.

This year, when Zhao Mancang came to inquire, the price was even cheaper, only US$27 per ton, and it seemed that he could further bargain.

After some understanding, Zhao Mancang realized that there was another bumper harvest in North America this year.

It is October now, which is their harvest season. The grain is piled up in the warehouse. The grain from last year and the previous quarter has not been completely sold out, and now there is another harvest.

So if the price doesn’t come down, they won’t be sold out.

So Zhao Mancang waved his hand and directly asked for 500,000 tons of grain, with a price of US$25 per ton, for a total cost of US$12.5 million.

Faced with a big customer like Zhao Mancang, the grain companies in San Francisco were overjoyed. They could sell 500,000 tons of grain without leaving home or transporting it themselves. It was so cool.

After buying the food, Zhao Mancang went straight to Vladivostok and found Kolokoltsev, the head of a state-owned oil factory, and got straight to the point:
"Hello, Comrade Kolokoltsev. I have some grain and I'd like to exchange it for oil. How about that?"

The latter had never expected that the other party would talk to him about these things as soon as they met. He was not interested in it at first, after all, this matter would not benefit him in any way.

And even if they have food, how much can they have? Also, the price of food is probably not cheap, right?
This is Vladivostok, the Far East, and it is very difficult to bring food in.

There is very little food grown in their native land because it is not suitable for growing food.

Whether now or in the future, Moscow will always stick to Europe and does not want to manage the vast land of the Far East. It is not because they do not want to manage it, but because the land is too barren and the latitude is too high for farming.

Natural conditions such as cold climate, widespread permafrost, complex terrain and insufficient accumulated heat have all led to limited agricultural development in the Far East.

Although Kolokoltsev didn't want to pay attention to Zhao Mancang, he still asked, "How much food do you have?"

"I can deliver as much as you want. The key is whether you can eat it!"

Hearing Zhao Mancang's loud tone, Kolokoltsev immediately became interested:

"What about me needing 10,000 tons of wheat flour? Do you have that too?"

In Moscow's Far East, the main food for the people is still wheat flour, of course there are other foods such as coarse grains.

"No problem at all!"

"What's the price? How much per ton?"

"Not expensive, only fifty-two rubles per ton, how about that?"

hiss!
The price of grain imports in Moscow varies from year to year, but in the international market, the import price of one ton of wheat is more than 60 US dollars, and this is just the price of wheat, not wheat flour.

But the price offered by Zhao Mancang now is too attractive.

Kolokoltsev's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked urgently, "Can you really get 10,000 tons of wheat flour? High-quality wheat flour without any other additives? And the price is 52 rubles per ton?"

The exchange rate is one US dollar equals 0.9 rubles, so according to the international grain import price comparison, if you want to buy grain in Moscow, the price will be relatively more expensive.

After all, Moscow's agriculture feeds back into industrial development, and low prices are also subject to certain limitations. Besides, Moscow needs to import millions of tons of grain from abroad every year. In addition, since the beginning of this year, Khrushchev has begun to vigorously promote large-scale mechanized corn planting.

Corn is for livestock, not for humans.

So this has led to Moscow becoming more dependent on importing more wheat.

Regardless of other things, Zhao Mancang offered a price of 52 rubles per ton, and it was already processed wheat flour. Kolokoltsev was definitely willing to take the risk.

"That's right. And as I said just now, it's more than 10,000 tons. Even if you want more, I can supply you."

Zhao Mancang smiled slightly. As long as there is profit, no one would be a fool.

But why are they looking for the person in charge of the state-owned oil factory?

Because Zhao Mancang couldn't find a higher-level leader right away, it was already very good to be able to find such a person in charge.

take it easy!

Ten thousand tons of food is already a lot, and it is really amazing that Kolokoltsev can eat so much.

You should know that the capital has a total population of 6.6 million, and the annual grain consumption is about 2.7 to 2.8 billion jin.

Of course, this is due to the restrictions of the unified purchase and marketing policy, which has caused many people's food consumption to be within a certain limit.

But even so, 10 billion jin of grain is equivalent to the annual grain consumption of a city with a population of 2.2 million.

In Vladivostok today, due to Moscow's policies, the city's population now exceeds one million, which is much larger than the population of only more than 500,000 in later generations.

Even so, the annual grain consumption in Vladivostok is only about 600 to 700 million jin, or about 400,000 tons.

Therefore, Kolokoltsev was able to consume 10,000 tons of food, which was quite a lot.

Zhao Mancang was already quite satisfied, as all things are difficult at the beginning.

It’s your first transaction, so take it slow.

After selling 10,000 tons of grain, Zhao Mancang exchanged it for a lot of oil and made a lot of money.

In the international market, due to the control of the Seven Sisters of Oil, the international crude oil price is at a monopoly low level of 1.5-1.8 US dollars per barrel. In fact, the price of gasoline in Moscow is only a few cents per liter, which is very cheap.

要知道，莫斯科境内的九十三号汽油是95戈比/10升，98号汽油则是1卢布5戈比/10升。

1 ruble is equal to 100 kopecks, which means that ten liters of No. gasoline is only rubles, which is equivalent to one dollar per liter.

One barrel of crude oil costs $159, and one barrel of crude oil is equal to liters.

Influenced by refining processes and other technologies, one barrel of crude oil can produce approximately 79.5 liters of gasoline.

In other words, the total price of the 10,000 tons of wheat sold by Zhao Mancang was 520,000 rubles at the price of 52 rubles per ton.

Then, at the price of 1.4 rubles per barrel of crude oil, Zhao Mancang could exchange it for 371,429 barrels of crude oil.

Zhao Mancang did not directly exchange for gasoline, but for oil, which means he would need to process and refine it himself after returning.

However, Vladivostok is still too small, and Zhao Mancang can't sell much grain, so he can only go to Europe.

Zhao Mancang was very busy for the next period of time.

In the blink of an eye, it was already January of 1961.

Baiyun City, Pearl River Wharf, Zhao Mancang was once again warmly welcomed by everyone.

Although the amount of gold Zhao Mancang brought back from Mindanao this time was only 3 million ounces, which was far from the 20 million ounces he brought back last year, it was still a great surprise for the leaders.

Based on the current international gold price of US$38 per ounce, three million ounces of gold would be US$114 billion.

Who wouldn’t be envious of such a valuable gold harvest?
The leader was very happy, but he didn't have any ideas. After all, Zhao Mancang was from Beijing.
The higher-ups are paying close attention to Zhao Mancang, and Zhao Mancang himself is like a "God of Death". After all, if Zhao Mancang were an ordinary person, he would not be able to bring back so much gold.

On January 10th, Zhao Mancang returned to Beijing. As soon as the plane landed at Nanyuan Airport, he saw a group of leaders welcoming him.

This treatment is rare, but for Zhao Mancang, it is already commonplace.

"Comrade Zhao Mancang, welcome back safely!"

Zhao Mancang was also very happy after exchanging polite greetings with his leader.

When riding back to the city, his leader asked him if it was possible to find more treasures in Mindanao.

"Boss, I can't guarantee that, but I think even if we can't dig them up, keeping a close eye on those Kimura agents will definitely yield unexpected gains. Of course, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack; there's no guarantee you'll find anything."

"Really? Then we should be thankful to have a brave general like you. Without you, our country..."

The leader was filled with emotion, but didn't say anything. However, Zhao Mancang noticed the change in the leader's tone.

Although it was just a slight change, Zhao Mancang still noticed it.

The smart Zhao Mancang did not ask because it was not something he should care about.

Even if something bad really happened, Zhao Mancang believed that with his current achievements, the leaders would definitely stop it for him.

If this can't be stopped, haha, then Zhao Mancang will definitely be disheartened and may do something unpredictable.

"You are more familiar with Mindanao and are more aware of the situation there. In that case, you will be responsible for matters in this area from now on."

After a pause, the leader continued:

"Old Wei from your department will be transferred next month. You will be the one to take over his position then."

Zhao Mancang was greatly surprised when he heard this, then he humbly declined a few times before reluctantly agreeing.

Zhao Mancang had heard his leader mention Wei Huayong's retirement before, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time, or it was not his turn to say anything.

But he didn't expect that all this would happen so quickly.

And if we talk about qualifications, it would definitely not be Zhao Mancang's turn, but who can become the leader of the 108th department is not determined by qualifications, but more by ability.

It would be the biggest joke if people like Zhao Mancang could not be reused.

Zhao Mancang and Wei Huayong returned to No. 8 Guozi Lane. Since no one was there, they went straight back to the office.

The latter did not talk about work, but sincerely thanked Zhao Mancang.

Wei Shouchang's condition has been completely cured and he has been discharged from the hospital, but he still needs to return to the hospital for follow-up examinations every once in a while.

Because Wei Shouchang was the first patient to successfully undergo a bundled pancreaticojejunostomy, which has a very different significance for the development of medical technology, oncologists like Yan Shirong all hope that he can live well.

"Oh, being discharged from the hospital is a good thing, but has he adhered to the living habits I advised him to follow?"

Zhao Mancang asked a question of concern, and Wei Huayong nodded with a smile on his face.

It is a good thing that no one is buried alive by the young.

After talking about this topic for a while, Wei Huayong shifted the focus to his retirement.

After a moment's silence, Wei Huayong carefully considered his tone and said:

"Mancang, this position isn't easy to hold. Although the status of our department has risen dramatically over the past year or two thanks to the large amount of gold you've brought back from Mindanao, I believe you're well aware that the gold treasures in Mindanao will eventually run out."

"I don't know if it's good or bad for you to retire at this time and let you take over this leadership position. Logically, I'm retired now and shouldn't be worrying about so much, but I can't bear to see others bullying you."

The reason why Wei Huayong said this was naturally because the 108 departments were too eye-catching.

In May of the previous year, not long after Shen Anrong and Li Zhenzu retired, the second-generation Mu Liuqing, who came from nowhere, was stuffed in.

It was because of Mu Liuqing, the second generation, that Mo Changzhi and the others almost couldn't come back.

Mu Liuqing alone has caused a lot of trouble. If Zhao Mancang takes over the 108th Department and is dealt with in this way, and if the gold treasures on Mindanao Island are dug away one after another, the 108th Department will probably be abolished.

Zhao Mancang is only 27 years old this year. He is indeed very young. There is no need for him to waste time and energy on these intrigues, or even ruin his future.

This is what Wei Huayong is worried about.

"Old Wei, I'm very grateful that you told me this. You're going to retire, which is a good thing. You're so old, you really need a good rest. But Old Wei, I still hope you don't move out. Just live here, how about that?"

Zhao Mancang smiled and spoke, and before Wei Huayong could refuse, he continued:

"As the saying goes, an old man in the family is like a treasure. What's more, you've gotten used to living here, and staying here can help us deter rogues. It's a win-win situation, right?"

The latter burst into laughter immediately. This was a good thing.

Of course it would be great for him if he didn't have to move out of No. 8 Guozi Lane.

After all, he is familiar with every tree and blade of grass here. If he moves to a new environment, he may not be able to adapt.

He was very pleased that Zhao Mancang had been able to keep him, which showed that he had done a good job before. However, his son still hoped that he would go, after all, it was best for the family to stay together.

After Zhao Mancang learned about the other party's contradiction, he said directly:

"It's okay. If you want to go to your son's place, just go ahead. This will always be your home. You don't need to move your luggage or anything. When you get tired of living with your son, you can move back here!"

"This matter is settled!"

After this matter was settled, Zhao Mancang changed the subject and asked whether the 108th Department could recruit new members or expand.

After all, Wei Huayong has been in the capital for many years and his network of relationships is far superior to Zhao Mancang's.

Although Zhao Mancang has direct connections to the higher-ups, it's hard to say about the recruitment of new members for the 108th department.

Because who knows if it will be like the previous year and they will directly recruit a second-generation person.

"You want to expand enrollment? Do you have any plans?"

Wei Huayong was stunned when he heard this. Zhao Mancang nodded and said:

"I do have some thoughts. Every time I go out on a mission and deal with agents like Sam, Kimura, and Moscow, I always find that their equipment is far superior to ours."

"I've noticed they all seem to have their own safe houses. I wonder if the reason we're not as good as them is largely due to funding, management systems, and other factors."

"Of course, I'm not saying that simply asking for funding from above will make the missions we carry out ineffective."

Ever since joining Department 108, Zhao Mancang has had some ideas about this department.

Especially after he brought back gold from Mindanao, he has been planning for this matter.

It is said that rules are made by people. Since they are made by people, there is room for negotiation if you want to change them.

They are all agents, but look at those agents like Moscow and Sam, they are all very fierce and have strong firepower.

Zhao Mancang’s idea was whether the higher-ups could support them with some high-tech weapons and equipment so that when their 108 departments were on missions outside, everyone could return safely and successfully complete their tasks.

"Mancang, I'm not trying to hit you, but you think too simply!"

When Wei Huayong heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then he said with a wry smile.

Young people just like to have wild ideas and high-tech weapons and equipment. Can this matter be that simple?

The higher-ups do hope to provide some high-tech equipment to the 108 departments, but the question is, can they get it just because they want it?

It is impossible to give it at all. Nowadays, almost all our domestic scientific researchers are working on the atomic bomb project. Even if they are not, they are definitely related to this.

Even if the atomic bomb was detonated, there would still be nuclear submarines, hydrogen bombs, aerospace and other aspects. How could there be scientific researchers developing other high-tech weapons?
In addition, what kind of weapons are high-tech weapons?
This is too broad a concept to discuss.

Zhao Mancang heard this and said with a smile:

"Old Wei, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but when it comes to high-tech, you might not know as much as I do. Hehe, I'm not lying to you. Everything else is fine, but I'm worried that someone else might want to take advantage of it. So when it comes to recruiting new students and expanding enrollment, I still hope you can help me keep an eye on things."

To put it bluntly, Zhao Mancang doesn't want the 108th Department to recruit a bunch of idiots, which will seriously affect the 108th Department's ability to perform its tasks.

As long as Zhao Mancang becomes the leader of the 108th department, the first thing he will do is to eliminate those second-generations.

At the same time, in order to ensure the purity and status of the 108th Department, Zhao Mancang could only accept that the entire department was led by the higher-ups and did not want to be interfered with by other leaders.

Especially those annoying buzzing guys, Zhao Mancang doesn't want to see these people at all.

As for high technology, Zhao Mancang does have some ideas.

Department 108 can completely set up its own high-tech R&D department, or even its own production unit, because this department needs to perform tasks outside frequently. Whether it is the subordinate production departments or scientific research departments, the production and R&D equipment and even the technology they need can be brought back from abroad by Department 108.

In this way, the 108 departments will enter a positive cycle.

Moreover, the entire department can get rid of its complete dependence on people like Zhao Mancang and can gain the trust of the leaders from other aspects.

Secondly, Zhao Mancang was very clear that the atomic bomb project was probably about to be detonated, because it had been held back for so long, and the time was definitely almost right.

After all, Zhao Mancang knew very well that the Northwest had already possessed enough atomic bomb materials such as uranium 235.

Even though the technology for the entire process of building an atomic bomb from scratch was extremely difficult, Zhao Mancang alone provided so much equipment. I believe that Deng Jiaxian, Qian Sanqiang and others will be able to solve these problems quickly.

Finally, the main reason why Zhao Mancang wants to recruit new people and expand recruitment is to screen out more tools through this method.

As long as there are more tools, the speed at which he earns experience points will be faster in the future.

Once it is accelerated, his system space will be able to improve faster, and he will also be able to exchange more high-tech weapons and even technologies from the system!
This is the courage and confidence that gives him the courage to put forward conditions to his superiors.

Otherwise, he would have done such a thankless task out of boredom.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Zhao Mancang's idea is not unfeasible.

Upon hearing this, Wei Huayong was silent for a while, then said:
"Are you really so confident? Are you sure you can really get better high-tech weapons?"

"Old Wei, no one can say for sure, but when you faced so many American soldiers on the peninsula, they were armed with so many high-tech weapons, but you didn't frown? And didn't you win?"

After a pause, Zhao Mancang continued:

"You guys dared to fight them with your Xiaomi rifles back then. I'm in such good condition now. I have all the advantages. I'm not afraid of anything."

"I just don't want to deal with those troubles, so I hope you can come forward to help me solve them."

The fact is so simple. Zhao Mancang has no intention of being false to Lao Wei.

Seeing that Zhao Mancang was so confident and had said so much, what else could Wei Huayong do?

Wei Huayong patted his chest and said that he would do his best to ensure that the recruitment work would not be disrupted by those scoundrels. Even if there were people who really wanted to take advantage of the situation, he would definitely pick them out.

Zhao Mancang was very satisfied. The matter was finally over. After he applied to his superiors and got approval, things would be easier in the future.

After the meeting, Zhao Mancang drove his car back to Zhongguancun South Street.

At home, Zhao Huijun hadn't finished her classes yet. Since the Spring Festival this year was on February 14th, her elementary school final exams were not coming up so soon.

In the yard, Zhang Dongyue and Mei Chunyan were looking after Xiao Taozi and her two siblings, while Hu Xiaoming was playing alone on the side.

His three older sisters all went to school. It was "Brother Li" who sponsored Hu Xiaocao and the other two sisters to go to school. However, Hu Xiaoming is only three years old this year and is not yet of school age.

Hu Xiaohua was six years old, the same age as Zhao Huijun, so she also went to school, but of course not to the same primary school as the latter.

After all, the four siblings of the Hu family all live in Caoyuan Hutong in the city, so they must go to school nearby.

The reason why Hu Xiaoming appeared on Zhongguancun South Street was naturally because he needed to follow Mei Chunyan. Otherwise, if he stayed alone in Caoyuan Hutong, who knows what might happen.

In order to make the most of the money, Zhao Mancang helped the four siblings of the Hu family to the end. In the hearts of the four siblings, he was a great philanthropist.

Lin Wan went to work at the Grain Bureau. Every day she was picked up and dropped off by a car. Someone from the Grain Bureau took her to and from get off work.

According to Zhang Dongyue, it was the leader of the Grain Bureau who took the initiative to request it, and Lin Wan couldn't refuse.

After listening to this, Zhao Mancang smiled.

You don't need to ask to know that it must be a small favor from the leaders above, because Zhao Mancang continued to bring back large amounts of gold.

Although the amount of gold brought back each time was not stable, sometimes it was a lot, and sometimes it was nothing.

But no matter how much, the 20 million ounces brought back last year alone are enough to make the leaders grateful for a lifetime.

Not long after arriving home, Xiao Taozi and her two siblings quickly became familiar with their father and no longer seemed so strange to him.

From the time I left the capital in September until now, January 10th, it has been nearly four months, which is quite a long time.

For Xiao Taozi and Xiao Baozi, two children who were only a little over one and a half years old, it was of course a very long time and they must have felt unfamiliar.

As for the half-year-old little Shitou, even though he felt unfamiliar, he stopped crying after Zhao Mancang held him a few times.

There was no use crying because he was too small to move.

Unlike Xiao Taozi and Xiao Baozi, the two sisters were already able to walk on their own. Although they were not very good at walking yet, they struggled and refused to be held by their father, and Zhao Mancang could do nothing about it.

Of course, Zhao Mancang was not completely helpless. He could just take out some nice-looking and delicious things, which was enough to make the two sisters "surrender" and let their father hold them in his arms as he pleased.

"By the way, mother, how is my brother-in-law's marriage going?"

After teasing Xiao Taozi and the others for a while, Zhao Mancang took the initiative to mention Lin Kai.

After all, the latter is his brother-in-law, so he must show some concern for him.

"We got married during National Day last year, and now I'm pregnant."

After hearing Zhang Dongyue's words, Zhao Mancang immediately started gossiping.

Wow, this is really fast. They got married in October and it’s only January and she’s already pregnant?

Very fast indeed!

Last year, Zhao Mancang mentioned this to the doctors at the PLA General Hospital and asked them to help introduce a partner to his brother-in-law Lin Kai.

At that time, Yan Shirong from the oncology department mentioned his sister's matter, but after his sister saw the photos, she refused to agree, so the matter naturally did not take place.

The twisted melon is not sweet!

This matter did not work out, but Lin Kai's romantic luck seemed to have arrived, and he met a pretty good girl.

The girl's name is Han Meimei. Although Lin Kai's name is not Li Lei, the two of them have indeed formed a family.

Han Meimei is an elementary school teacher. Her salary is not high, but her job is easy, even easier than that of Lin Kai's father, Lin Guohua.

Her family is considered a scholarly family. Her father is a middle school teacher and her mother is a university lecturer.

When Zhao Mancang heard this, although he still had a smile on his face, he didn't know how to complain in his heart.

Although this matter didn't seem to have much to do with him, Lin Kai married such a wife, and when the Siberian cold wind passed through, he was afraid that big problems would arise.

I hope Han Meimei's mother is just a university lecturer and doesn't get promoted to the rank of professor, then there won't be much of a problem.

Because not long after the Siberian cold wind passed through, although the college entrance examination was no longer held, there was still the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University.

Of course, even if Han Meimei's mother didn't have a job, her father, as a middle school teacher, could still support the family.

Well, this matter has little to do with Zhao Mancang. What happens in the future is a matter of the future. Now he should just take care of himself.

Time passed quickly while we were chatting, and before we knew it, Zhao Huijun had already gone home from school.

Since National Day, Zhao Huijun no longer needs her family to pick her up from school. She takes Dahei or Xiaohei to and from school by herself, without the adults having to worry about her at all.

After sending their little master to school, Dahei and the others will return to the yard. When she is almost done with school, they will wait at the school gate in advance.

Anyway, it's only about 500 meters away, very close, and there won't be any danger.

"father!"

When she walked into the house, Zhao Huijun's eyes suddenly widened, and the next moment her eyes turned red. She quickly rushed to her father, and then tears flowed like a kite with a broken string.

She cried out loudly and threw herself into her father's arms, bursting into tears.

Zhao Mancang smiled, hugged the little girl and comforted her softly.

After all, he had promised her before he left last September that he would come back early, but Zhao Mancang knew that some things could not be done earlier just because he wanted to.

"Okay, the Spring Festival is just one month away. You'll be one year older now. You can't cry like this anymore."

After comforting the little girl for a while, Zhao Mancang told her to stop crying.

You're one year older now, it's time for you to understand more.

Sure enough, the little guy stopped crying soon.

"Dad, why are you back so late? I've been waiting for you for a long time. I already know a thousand words, and I can recite the multiplication table a long time ago. I can also do it."

Even though there were still tears on his face and his eyes were red and swollen, he still proudly talked about how great he was.

"Yes, yes, our little greedy cat has finally grown up. He is no longer the little brat who knew nothing." Zhao Mancang gave a thumbs up and praised him enthusiastically.

The little guy was still shy, which made Zhao Mancang, Zhang Dongyue, Mei Chunyan and others couldn't help laughing.

At this time, Lin Wan also arrived home.

When she walked in and saw Zhao Mancang, she was also surprised, but her eyes soon turned red.

Because Lin Wan was worried that something had happened to him. After all, he hadn't been home for such a long time and hadn't brought back any news. Who knew what he had been through outside? Had something happened to him?

Seeing this scene, Zhao Mancang was overwhelmed. Lin Wan was already so old, and why was she still so excited?
It shouldn’t be!

At night, the couple lay together. Lin Wan hugged him tightly, trying desperately to tie her body to his.

Of course, she wouldn't say it was because it was winter and she was cold, she just missed him very much.

What can Zhao Mancang do?
I can only hold her tightly. Even if she is a piece of ice, it will probably melt after holding her for a while, right?

"Next time you're on a business trip, could you please send a telegram back to let us know you're safe? We're always so worried."

Zhao Mancang tried his best to meet Lin Wan's proposal, but he quickly changed the subject.

"Next month, my boss is retiring, and I'm likely going to be promoted. I should, perhaps, have more time to spend with you guys."

"Really?" Upon hearing this, Lin Wan sat up straight with excitement, staring at him with wide eyes, and asked expectantly.

As a result, Zhao Mancang's eyes moved downwards. Lin Wan was suddenly so embarrassed that she lay down in an instant, blocking the beautiful scenery.

In fact, the room was very dark, with only a faint light coming from a kerosene lamp in the distance.

Because the stone is still very small, it is very troublesome to get up in the middle of the night without light.

Since she was a little peach, Lin Wan has developed the habit of having to have a faint light at night. After all, if it is too dark, it is easy for something to go wrong.

Even so, Zhao Mancang actually saw it clearly in just a moment.

Well, very tempting.

"Haven't you seen enough every day?" Lin Wan punched him, and a shy pout came from the other side of the quilt.

Now she is no longer afraid of the cold.

Zhao Mancang laughed so hard that he hugged her into his arms again and whispered in her ear: "How can I ever get enough of this? It's so beautiful. I want to watch it for the rest of my life, and in my next life too."

"In my next life, I will be an ugly monster, like a little beggar, and I will stink all over. I guess you will turn away when you see me."

"Leave? Where to go? You will definitely be more beautiful in your next life and will only smell good. How could you possibly stink?"

The two chatted for a while, talking sweet nothings that made people blush and their hearts beat faster, before changing the subject.

If Zhao Mancang really gets a promotion and a raise, then it would naturally be a great thing for Lin Wan, but what makes her happier and what she wants to confirm is whether he can stay in Beijing longer and travel less.

If this were true, Lin Wan would be extremely happy.

(End of this chapter)