Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 256, Spring Festival New Year Plan
January 18, 1963 was the Little New Year in the north.

Zhao Mancang's home on Zhongguancun South Street is particularly lively today.

Han Meimei was carrying Lin Zhaohui, who was just over one year old, and holding a newborn baby in her arms. This baby was her and Lin Kai's second child, a daughter named Lin Zhaoxi.

To be honest, Zhao Mancang was a little speechless when he heard this name for the first time.

But the names he gave his children were not very good either, so don't make fun of your second brother, the eldest brother.

Lin Shuxian, who is about to start the second semester of her sophomore year this spring, did not continue studying at the moment. Instead, she took Zhao Huijun and several other children to play. Today, she was the king of the children.

Lin Kai is still at work and won't be off work until later.

Zhao Mancang was busy in the kitchen. He had just returned yesterday and didn't go anywhere today. He just stayed at home with the children. In the afternoon, he started preparing dinner.

The reason why several people were needed to prepare dinner was because today was the Little New Year in the north, so Lin Kai and the others were invited to come and have dinner together.

Even though it is New Year’s Eve, we still get together for dinner, but it doesn’t affect the New Year’s Eve dinner today.

They had just returned from the south yesterday, bringing back eighty-nine tons of gold, which won praise from most of the leaders in the Lingjing Hutong office.

Although it is not as much as the more than 500 tons of gold that Zhao Mancang brought back before, 119 billion US dollars worth of gold is a lot, and the leaders are very satisfied.

At the same time, the leaders asked Zhao Mancang about the detailed situation in Mindanao.

Logically speaking, the gold treasures in Mindanao should have been mostly dug up, but every time Zhao Mancang went there, he always brought back a lot of gold.

How should I put it? He must have been possessed by the God of Wealth, otherwise it would not make sense.

Faced with the curiosity and confusion of the leaders, Zhao Mancang did not perfunctorily answer, but told the truth, which was nine-tenths true and one-tenth false.

There are indeed many Sam agents and KGB members throughout Mindanao. These people exist not only for the gold treasures hidden on the island, but also to supplement the battlefield on the Monkey Peninsula on the other side.

There is more than one battlefield opened up between Sam and Moscow around the world, from the previous Crocodile Country, Peshawar Airport, etc., to Monkey Peninsula, Mindanao Island and other places, as well as the arms race such as the atomic bomb and the aerospace race.

It can be said that the two superpowers are not only confronting each other in ordinary conventional military forces, but also in various black technologies.

Looking back at the history of the world, the period of the outbreak of black technology was the half century from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Moscow Alliance. However, after the collapse of the Moscow Alliance, Sam's technological strength has not improved but declined. This is definitely a very strange existence.

The leaders did not say much about Zhao Mancang's simple response, but only encouraged him to keep up the good work while ensuring his own safety and not to force himself.

In summary, the leaders were concerned about his own safety.

In addition to the concern of the leaders, Gu Haidong, Wei Huayong and others all knew the specific situation, but Zhao Mancang did not talk much because Lu Yaowei, Mi Shouyang, Yuan Zuliang and others did it for him.

"Dad, we want to play this game with you."

In the kitchen, Zhao Mancang was still busy preparing dinner. Xiao Taozi and Xiao Baozi suddenly came to the door and looked at him expectantly.

"I still have to make dinner. You guys go play first. I'll come and accompany you after dinner, okay?"

"it is good!"

The two of them didn't really come to play with their father, they just came to call him dad and show their presence.

Because Zhao Mancang had already played some games with them in the afternoon, such as hide-and-seek, catching the sheep's crook, etc., the little kids played too crazy.

During the time it took to cook dinner, Zhao Mancang had been called by them seven or eight times, and the words they said were different each time.

After dealing with the little brat, Zhao Mancang continued to prepare dinner.

When the mood strikes, Zhao Mancang really enjoys cooking dinner, especially since he has been relatively free in the past six months and has improved his cooking skills a lot. Occasionally, he especially wants to show off his cooking skills and feed his wife and children.

As time went by, Lin Wan, Lin Kai, Lin Guohua and others came back one after another, and the whole family was together.

It’s only the Little New Year, but the twelve dishes on the table feel more sumptuous than the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Everyone in the family was very happy, especially the children Zhao Huijun, Zhao Juntao, and Zhao Jingrou. They were particularly interested in every delicacy and ate a lot at this evening's meal.

"Oh, I'm full, I don't want to move anymore"

After eating and drinking their fill, the little kids touched their round bellies and lay on the kang, not wanting to move.

Seeing their appearance, Zhao Mancang smiled and pulled them all up, "You are not allowed to lie down after eating. Get up and walk around slowly to digest the food. Just walk around the house casually."

I just asked them to eat less and not eat so fast, but they were not happy about it. Now they must be suffering, right?
To be honest, the feeling of eating too much is not very good.

The day of Little New Year passed just like that, and the next day, in the early hours of the morning, Zhao Mancang slipped away.

It was freezing cold outside, but there were still people in the Pigeon Market, though not many.

Of course, the place Zhao Mancang was going to was not Pigeon Market, but Tong Debin’s home in No. 9 Courtyard, Youxiang, Ji’ansuo, to trade seafood with these old men and young people.

To be honest, Tong Debin, Zheng Yuewen, Guo Baochun, Wu Qiliang and other old-fashioned people really like seafood.

Although seafood is not so easy to obtain in this era, dried seafood should not be a big problem, as it will definitely be sold in department stores.

All I can say is that they are probably tired of the relatively easy-to-buy dried seafood. On the contrary, the fresh seafood provided by Zhao Mancang is not so easy to get, and the money required to pay for each transaction is not small.

There is no other way, because Zhao Mancang is the only family in the whole capital that can sell such seafood.
After trading seafood with Tong Debin and others, Zhao Mancang checked his experience points again and went home happily.

He had no plans to hang around outside. If he hadn't needed to find Tong Debin and the others to gain experience points, he wouldn't have thought about trading seafood with these people.

But today must be an unlucky day, as we encountered a gunfight.

In the pitch-black alley, a gunfight broke out, which made Zhao Mancang tense up instantly and he hid inside the wall immediately.

Then he quickly took out the thermal imaging device and hurriedly observed the situation ahead.

A few dozen meters away, there was indeed a person hiding in the wall, moving his position from time to time, obviously shooting at someone.

"It's none of your business, retreat!"

Zhao Mancang had no intention of interfering and was ready to retreat, but the man in front of him was approaching him quickly. He didn't know if he had noticed his presence.

At this time, it was difficult for Zhao Mancang to retreat, because once he evacuated, he would have to enter the main street, which had street lights, and he would become a target for others.

On the contrary, the place where he is hiding now is pitch black. If you are not careful, no one will notice him at all.

However, since the man was approaching him quickly, he had to intervene. After all, the other party had lured people here, forcing him to be involved in this matter, so he had to take action.

Bang!
Just as the man was running quickly and about to pass by Zhao Mancang, he quickly took action and knocked the man unconscious in an instant.

And immediately drag the person back to the shadow of the wall and keep him close to the wall.

"Hmm? Lesbian?"

When Zhao Mancang fixed the man to the wall, he quickly discovered something wrong, because there are differences between men and women. Men's height and weight are very different from women.

Even though this female comrade was a martial artist, Zhao Mancang noticed it the moment he touched her shoulder and arm.

"Good guy or bad guy?"

He couldn't draw a conclusion immediately and couldn't determine whether it was good or bad.

On the other side, the pursuers of this female comrade were approaching quickly. Zhao Mancang used a thermal imaging device to take a look through the small gap in the wall, and found that there was only one pursuer.

This is very interesting.

Is it a vendetta?

Zhao Mancang did not take any action, but let the man pass by him and then disappear on the street.

After everyone left, Zhao Mancang took the female comrade he had knocked unconscious to the other side of the alley. However, at this time, the patrol team had already caught up with them, and he had no choice but to leave this dangerous place first.

As for the dizzy female comrade, Zhao Mancang thought about it and decided to take her back to the door of the nearby police station. He then threw a few stones to the two soldiers on guard at the door, successfully attracting their attention.

After they shone the flashlight over and saw the fainted female comrade, Zhao Mancang, who was hiding in the shadows, turned around and left.

Regardless of whether this female comrade is a spy or a soldier, her identity can be confirmed after being handed over to the police station.

Anyway, Zhao Mancang was too lazy to take care of this matter. He just happened to encounter it and took action.

During the day, Zhao Mancang still did not go to Guozi Lane to work, but continued to stay at home with his children.

It's winter vacation now, and the little kids only need to spend three hours a day studying. The rest of the time is for fun.

There will definitely be winter vacation homework. The school may not care much about it, but Zhao Mancang has certain requirements for the children.

Zhao Mancang did not have high expectations for Zhao Huijun and his other children, such as requiring them to become scientists or some kind of family.

But he still requires children to study hard, exercise self-discipline and habits, improve their learning efficiency, and teach them various basic skills.

During childhood, children don’t necessarily have to have fun all the time and ignore everything else.

As children, they can have a happy childhood, but they still have to study when it is time to study.

Practice writing, learn foreign languages, exercise their storytelling skills and so on.

For example, when playing games today, Zhao Mancang gathered the little kids together to play the idiom chain game.

Hu Xiaocao's four siblings and several children from Yu Yuanxu's family were all there. A group of children gathered together to play a high-end game.

The idiom chain game tests their daily idiom vocabulary. If they play well this time, they will definitely continue to play it next time.

This is to use the joy of learning to inspire them to learn actively. Although it is highly purposeful, there is definitely a lot of joy.

"No looking in the dictionary! Anyone who looks in the dictionary is a pig."

In this way, they played with this for the whole afternoon. In the evening, Zhao Huijun took the initiative to study and asked Zhao Mancang if there were any books related to idioms and vocabulary. She didn't want to look for them all the time.

Zhao Mancang, who was well prepared, immediately handed the book to the little guy.

Zhao Huijun got the book and ran away happily.

The next morning, Zhao Mancang did not stay at home, but went to the Guozi Lane office.

Because Wei Huayong had called him in the morning and asked him to come to Guozi Lane.

Only after arriving at the place did I realize that this time I was there to receive an award.

This is a collective award, mainly for the 89 tons of gold, two helicopters and some cars that Zhao Mancang and his team brought back from Mindanao.

The helicopter and car were placed directly at Jiaolong School. After all, the school is so big that they will be useful in the future.

For Lu Yaowei and others, this reward is perfect. They have personal rewards, and Zhao Mancang has applied for them.

As for Zhao Mancang himself, he was too lazy to want it and didn't like it.

After receiving the rewards, a morning had passed.

When they got home and had lunch, Zhao Mancang said to Zhao Huijun and the other kids:

"Have you all finished your homework for today?"

"finished!"

Except for Zhao Juntao, Zhao Huijun, Zhao Jingrou and Xiao Shitou all said they had completed it.

"And you, Xiao Taozi, haven't finished your homework yet? Then you have to hurry up, because after dinner, I will take you somewhere and take you on a plane. Anyone who hasn't finished their homework won't be able to go."

what! ! !
As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Juntao screamed, and without saying a word, she immediately put down her bowl and chopsticks and hurried to do her homework.

While running, he did not forget to look back and said, "You must wait for me, I will finish it soon."

In the morning, Zhao Mancang was not at home, so Zhao Juntao was lazy and had not finished her homework by lunch time.

Now that she knew she could take the plane, she began to rush to finish her homework.

Zhao Mancang was too lazy to say anything to her. He just wanted her to learn a lesson this time.

"Next time, if any of you fail to complete your homework on time and to the highest quality, the rewards I give you will be cancelled. I will only reward those who complete their homework."

"Little greedy cat, have you really finished your homework? How's the quality? You're not just doing it to please me, are you?"

The little kids immediately became worried and didn't even bother to eat, and hurried to check.

If they hadn't almost finished their meal, Zhao Mancang would definitely have called the children back.

Of course he did it on purpose.

There was no way to punish these little brats before, but now it’s different. I finally have a way to control them.

More than half an hour later, Zhao Juntao finally finished her homework. She quickly handed it to her father for inspection in a flattering manner.

"Look at it yourself. It's all crooked. Look here. Is it the same word? Didn't I tell you to complete your homework on time and with quality? I just didn't watch you all morning and told you to do your homework on your own initiative. Is this how you treat me?"

The little guy immediately pursed his lips and started to shy away.

"You don't meet the requirements. Don't take the plane today."

Swish!
The next moment, the little guy burst into tears and cried loudly.

But Zhao Mancang was too lazy to care about her and continued to check the homework of other children.

However, whether it was Zhao Huijun or Zhao Jingrou, the two older sisters also failed to complete their homework on time and did it perfunctorily.

So they both couldn't take the plane.

"Alright, since you all didn't complete your homework on time and to the highest quality, don't blame me. Today's flight is cancelled. From now on, you must complete the homework you didn't complete today, and you must do it on time and to the highest quality."

"If you can't finish it on time but the quality is guaranteed, then you can only sacrifice your own entertainment time to do your homework."

"This is a lesson for you, remember it well. I can tell you that flying is a very fun and exciting thing. You haven't experienced it, but I believe that once you do it, you will never forget it."

Even at this time, Zhao Mancang did not forget to give chicken soup to the little kids.

The little kids’ enthusiasm for learning really can’t be maintained for long, so Zhao Mancang can only try every possible way to help them develop such learning habits as much as possible.

It may take a year, or even three or five years, to cultivate such self-discipline habits in them.

No matter how long it takes, Zhao Mancang will continue to keep an eye on the little brats.

This afternoon was supposed to be a happy time flying in a helicopter with the little kids, but they didn't complete the task and ended up staying at home crying while doing their homework.

When Lin Wan got home from get off work, she didn't see the children playing happily. Instead, she saw them sitting at their desks, diligently doing their homework. It was already night, and Zhao Mancang had equipped each of the children's desks with a light bulb hanging above their heads so they could see more clearly while doing their homework.

"Okay, that's all good. You've finally finished it. Keep up the good work tomorrow. If you still can't finish your homework tomorrow, forget about flying."

Before dinner, Zhao Mancang checked their homework, which allowed them to pass this "assessment".

The little kids cheered immediately, then rushed to the dining table, picked up their bowls and chopsticks and started eating with big mouthfuls. They were so hungry.

"Only you can control them, very good!" Lin Wan gave Zhao Mancang a thumbs up, praised him a few words, and then asked curiously about the plane ride.

"It's not a passenger plane, it's a helicopter. There's a new school near the Summer Palace, and they've recently added two helicopters. I'm planning to borrow one and fly it, so I can take the kids up into the sky and experience it."

Zhao Mancang spoke frankly and explained the matter simply and clearly, and also invited her to sit down with him and experience it.

Lin Wan shook her head when she heard that. She still had to go to work.

She is not a child, so of course she knows what she should and should not do.

Helicopters were nice, but they weren't something she should be exposed to.

It’s better to be low-key.

Early the next morning, after washing up, Zhao Huijun and her children took the initiative to move out their small desks, straightened their postures, and started doing their homework seriously.

The homework assigned to them every day is almost fixed, and under normal circumstances, it can be completed in three hours.

Read a story, practice writing, complete math problems, memorize new vocabulary, learn foreign languages, etc., take turns among these tasks every day, and choose three of them to complete every day. Each task takes about an hour.

Zhao Mancang's requirements for them are neither high nor low. In short, they have to complete their homework.

Today, there is no need for Zhao Mancang to supervise or remind them at all, as they are all very self-conscious.

“It would be great if I could be this self-aware every day.”

The mother-in-law couldn't help but say something with a smile. Zhao Mancang chuckled and thought, how could that little brat be so self-aware?

If it weren't for the temptation of taking a helicopter ride today, how could these kids be so self-conscious?

A morning passed, the homework was finished, and they could take a plane today. The little kids cheered and were extremely happy.

They didn't even want to have lunch and were about to catch a plane.

But Zhao Mancang taught them another lesson: impatience is not the way to go, they must remain calm and composed.

To be honest, when Zhao Mancang saw that the little kids hadn't finished their homework yesterday, he didn't get anxious. He just told them the results calmly, that's all.

Of course, talking to little kids about topics like being calm is like talking to a cow.

What they want to do most now is to reach their destination immediately and take a plane.

After lunch, Zhao Mancang took the kids into the car and set off for Jiaolong School together.

Jiaolong School is very large and was expanded some time ago. Its actual area now exceeds that of the Summer Palace next door.

However, the number of students in Jiaolong School will increase, so it is inevitable that the school will become larger, and in the future several nearby villages may be gradually incorporated into this school.

Zhao Mancang drove the car directly to the helipad where the helicopter was located. Li Zhenzu, Chen Jichang, Shen Anrong and others were maintaining the helicopter and wiping the dust off the outside.

Li Zhenzu and the others were quite surprised to see Zhao Mancang suddenly appear, and then surrounded him to ask a lot of details.

In the playground not far away, Lu Yaowei and his team were training. When they saw Zhao Mancang, they hurried over.

"You guys go do what you need to do. Leave this plane to me. I'll check it out first, and then I'll show these kids around."

In fact, these two helicopters are public equipment and should not be used by private individuals at will, but Li Zhenzu and others did not say anything, and it was impossible for them to say anything.

The plane was brought back by Zhao Mancang. If he had not prepared the cargo ship in advance, it would have been impossible to bring these two helicopters back to Jiaolong School.

Besides, these two helicopters are not used to carry out missions, but are given to the Jiaolong School to train the next generation of pilots.

Since it is for training and teaching purposes, there is nothing wrong with Zhao Mancang borrowing it for his own children to experience, and no one else can say anything.

While Zhao Mancang was busy, Xiao Chanmao and the other children were under the care of Li Zhenzu and others, looking here and there, asking questions from time to time. They were full of curiosity about this place and were not at all stage fright.

"Okay, everyone, come here. I'll take you to experience it in the air first."

After checking the helicopter, Zhao Mancang waved to the little ones and said with a smile:

"Which of you comes first?"

The helicopter seat is very large and can accommodate five people at a time, but for safety reasons, Zhao Mancang will not bring all the children on board at once.

He was afraid that something unexpected would happen and he would not be able to save people in time, which would be a big trouble.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhenzu immediately expressed that he could be the driver, but was rejected by Zhao Mancang.

The order was decided by rock-paper-scissors. Little Stone and Little Greedy Cat, one small and one big, went first, followed by Little Baozi and Little Peach. After the decision was made, Zhao Mancang carried them onto the helicopter, fastened their seat belts, and then started today's helicopter trip.

Little Greedy Cat and Little Stone were very excited at first when they took a helicopter for the first time, but after a while, they were no longer so excited and could only scream.

If Zhao Mancang had not looked back from time to time to make sure they were not afraid or frightened, he would have already returned.

After flying around in the helicopter, he did not go to the city because that was an airspace controlled area and going there would only cause trouble for himself.

I visited the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, Badaling, and many other scenic spots. I saw them all.

For Little Greedy Cat and Little Stone, today's helicopter ride was a wonderful and exciting experience.

After returning, they still wanted to continue riding, but Zhao Mancang would of course not allow them to do so. He had to keep his word.

When it was the turn of Xiao Baozi and Xiao Taozi, the two sisters became even more excited, their anticipation was simply overwhelming.

Zhao Mancang did not perform any exciting moves, he was just flying the helicopter, without even making a slight side movement, let alone a rapid ascent or descent.

Because little kids don't need such exciting and dangerous actions to please them. They are already very happy to be able to ride on a plane.

The four children had similar experiences and the time they spent flying in the air was almost the same. In any case, they did not exceed the time limit.

After more than an hour, Zhao Mancang ended his flight experience.

Although it could be longer, it’s almost okay. I’ll try it again next time.

"Old Li, we only have two helicopters here, and there are so many students in the school. I'm afraid it will be difficult for every student to experience it, right?"

After getting off the plane, Zhao Mancang talked with Li Zhenzu and others about helicopter teaching.

In order to cultivate students' interests and hobbies, Jiaolong School will let students experience car driving, airplane driving, etc. from time to time. However, with more than 3,000 students, the school will continue to recruit more students, especially in September next year, and the competition will be greater at that time.

But just two helicopters are definitely not enough.

Li Zhenzu's answer surprised Zhao Mancang a little. There were indeed not enough helicopters, but fuel was even more scarce. On the other hand, the school was currently spending too much. School leaders such as Feng Zuzheng and Tian Dewang said that costs still needed to be controlled.

Although the purpose of setting up a school is to train students, Feng Zuzheng and others are very anxious because of the huge investment and almost no output.

What if the students they train are not satisfactory after a few years?
You have to know that although these students are top students in various primary schools, they are indeed children of farming families, and their learning talents and knowledge are really not that strong.

In the view of Feng Zuzheng, Tian Dewang and others, since so many high-quality teaching resources are provided, students should choose the best.

But now a semester has passed, the results don't seem so perfect.

Feng Zuzheng and Tian Dewang both graduated from Peking University. Pursuing perfection is their destiny and a gene engraved in their bones that is difficult to get rid of.

Zhao Mancang understood their concerns, but he had no better solution at the moment and could only rely on Feng Zuzheng and others to handle it.

However, he does not require the school to have any output, only that the students be educated well.

In fact, this is not the future. These students from rural areas are all in the sixth grade and can already wash their own clothes and cook. They can be treated as adults.

In his previous life, the township where Zhao Mancang lived also underwent a reform. Students in grades five and six had to go to another village primary school seven or eight kilometers away and study in a boarding school.

Students in grades five and six were only twelve or thirteen years old, but all students were the same at the time. Every Sunday afternoon, students would tie rice, oil, dried radishes, clothes, books and other tools on the back of their bicycles, and then ride their bicycles to another village seven or eight kilometers away to go to school.

Although I was traveling with other friends along the way and not alone, and it was around the turn of the millennium, there weren't so many cars on the road, and car accidents were relatively rare on country roads like that.

But even so, Zhao Mancang and his friends were only twelve or thirteen years old at the time, really young, but they had already lived independently from their parents.

It's completely different from those students who still go to school as day students.

Now in the 1960s, Zhao Mancang believes that sixth-grade students can manage themselves well, and they will cherish such opportunities, study hard, and strive for a good future.

Not to mention that the competition in Jiaolong School is very fierce. Even during the winter vacation, those students did not return to their hometowns, but stayed in school to continue their studies.

Of course, it is vacation time after all, and whether they study or have fun is entirely up to them.

Zhao Mancang did not immediately go to Feng Zuzheng and others to discuss this matter, but came to the school in person the next day to talk to Tian Dewang and others.

"I agree that the school needs to control costs, but you don't need to change the standards I have already planned. If there is any waste, you need to make exceptions and focus on ideological education."

In the office, Zhao Mancang went straight to the point and talked about the issue of cost.

Several months have passed from September last year to January now, and we have a general understanding of the situation of more than 3,000 students.

The school provides students with a lot of good resources. For example, every student gets almost the same amount of food, but not everyone can finish it.

So some people had a lot of money and food coupons left over, and some even used the saved money and food coupons to buy other food outside, and some even sent them directly back to their hometowns.

The land and water shape the people. No matter whether they are from the countryside or the city, it is impossible for all of them to be thrifty students.

Zhao Mancang’s meaning is very simple: ideological education comes first, criticism and reprimand come second, and punishment comes last.

Anyway, these parts will be included in the selection three years later. If someone thinks this part is not important and is assigned to a place they don’t want to go, it will be too late to regret it.

Although the school is just a start-up, most of the systems have already been determined and will not be changed so easily.

"The Spring Festival is coming soon. We should be nice to the students. During the winter break, I see that there are not many buses that take students to the city from the school gate every day. We can't force them to stay in school all the time. If they want to climb the Great Wall or visit the Forbidden City, let them choose."

"And let me emphasize again: the primary purpose of a school is to cultivate talent. Cost control, or other considerations, are acceptable within an appropriate range, but they must not exceed it. Putting the cart before the horse is unacceptable."

"Our Jiaolong Organization consists of the Jiaolong Army, the Longxing Research Institute, and the Tenglong Factory. The Jiaolong Army is currently the most important because it can bring more benefits to our organization and is the one our superiors value the most."

"The second is the Longxing Research Institute, and then the Tenglong Factory. Therefore, the students that you need to train at Jiaolong School must be mainly for the Jiaolong Army. However, the selection requirements for the Jiaolong Army are very high, and we don't need that many talents."

"Then the main purpose of Jiaolong School is still to serve the Longxing Research Institute. Students who cannot meet the Longxing Research Institute's student standards will be sent to the Tenglong Factory. Only those who are truly unsuccessful will be absorbed by external institutions."

"But, you two, please understand that this world is constantly changing. Whether it's the Jiaolong Army, the Longxing Research Institute, or the Tenglong Factory, their status can't remain static. It's very likely that in a few years, the Tenglong Factory will be the most powerful."

What Zhao Mancang described is not impossible.

Because the Tamron factory in the future will definitely be able to produce more products, and these products may be sold to other places abroad.

Then its status and importance will soar.

Moreover, the Jiaolong Army is very powerful now, but it may not be the same in the future, because the gold treasures on Mindanao Island will be easily dug up, and it will be impossible to dig them up in the future.

Once the Jiaolong Army finds it difficult to produce anything, its status will naturally decline.

However, it is New Year now, and Zhao Mancang will definitely talk to his leaders after the Spring Festival to discuss matters such as building a hospital, setting up a foreign trade company, and expanding the Tenglong factory.

Feng Zuzheng and Tian Dewang nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

They are not fools, and of course they know very well what to do about this matter.

After talking with them, Zhao Mancang finally felt relieved.

A few more days have passed, the Spring Festival is approaching, and the festive atmosphere is becoming more and more intense. The streets and alleys are already hung with red lanterns, and the festive atmosphere is almost at its peak.

Little Greedy Cat and his other little kids now do their homework on time every morning and play wildly in the afternoon.

Since the Chinese New Year is approaching, they thought about going out shopping, to streets like Xidan, Wangfujing, and places like Liyuan, or to take a look at the zoo.

For children like these, there are many fun activities to do, especially now they have an additional activity of riding a helicopter, and they want to experience it every now and then.

He even took the initiative to ask Zhao Mancang to issue the task, as long as the reward was to take a helicopter ride.

Although the children are young, they have all learned to bargain.

"Okay, since you all want to go so badly, cancel all your afternoon breaks. All of you should participate in the house cleaning activity. I'll check your hygiene. If anyone's hygiene is not good, then forget about flying tomorrow."

Zhao Mancang finally assigned them a task. When the little kids heard it, they all rubbed their hands and were eager to try.

The children are all of different ages, so the requirements for them are also different.

The courtyards on Zhongguancun South Street are cleaned every day. It’s either adults like Zhao Mancang, or Mei Chunyan, Zhang Dongyue and others, or Lin Wan who occasionally cleans up.

But now, the little greedy cats have to take on this responsibility.

You know what, they really tried hard, which shows that they were all looking forward to riding a helicopter and enjoyed the feeling of looking down from the air.

By the evening, the little kids had completed the task. After checking, Zhao Mancang nodded with satisfaction and praised them.

Although they were doing paid labor, it must be said that Zhao Mancang fully mobilized their enthusiasm and let them experience the difficulties of working people.

The next afternoon, Zhao Mancang took them to experience flying again, and then it was the Spring Festival.

The 24th is New Year's Eve. Time flies very fast and another year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Children don’t need to do homework in the morning. They can have three days of rest and play to their heart’s content.

So in the morning, Zhao Mancang took them shopping, not to buy New Year's goods, but simply to join in the fun.

Come back in the afternoon to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Lin Wan also had a day off today. She did not continue to work but helped take care of the children.

Usually, Zhang Dongyue helps take care of the little baby Xiao Pangdun. Xiao Shitou can walk and jump now and no longer needs anyone to watch over him.

However, during the New Year's Eve dinner, Little Shitou must have been too naughty and accidentally burned his hand, causing him to cry loudly in pain.

If Zhao Mancang had not treated him in time, the little guy would have cried for a longer time.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner was more sumptuous and lively than previous years, and the little kid's crying never stopped.

(End of this chapter)