Chapter 2 Decline
Cai Zhiliang's family lives in Repulse Bay. The house was the wedding house when Zhao Baoxiu and Cai Mingchao got married. At that time, the land price was relatively cheap, and the cost of building the house was only a few hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars. Now, like his home, it is self-built
The price of villas has increased to several million.
"Mom, Mom..." Cai Zhiliang patted his mother beside him and called softly.
Zhao Baoxiu stood in front of the tomb for several hours and was a little tired, so she closed her eyes and rested in the car. Unexpectedly, she fell asleep. When she heard Cai Zhiliang's call, Zhao Baoxiu opened her eyes and found that she had arrived home. She opened the car door and walked out.
, and Cai Zhiliang went straight to the car.
When Cai Zhiliang pushed the door open, he saw his grandfather and grandmother sitting on the sofa watching TV. Zhao Baoxiu was no longer in the living room and had probably gone to the bedroom.
"Grandpa, grandma..." Cai Zhiliang greeted.
Cai Zhiliang's grandfather is Cai Xun and his grandmother is He Baozhen. They have been working hand in hand for half a century and have been running a clothing business in the port city. Cai Zhiliang's father, Cai Mingchao, is the eldest son of the family. He has excelled in studies since childhood. He is 17 years old.
Cai Xun and his wife had high hopes for studying in the United States. In recent years, they have begun to fully accept the family's clothing business, but they did not want to get into a car accident. Cai Xun, who was already semi-retired, began to take over the company again to ensure the family business.
Smooth and excessive.
Cai Xun glanced at Cai Zhiliang, nodded, said "Yeah" and continued watching TV. The TV was playing a financial commentary program.
"Your grandpa and I went to the hospital to visit your dad today. It's the same as usual. When we pass by, we come over and have a look." Cai Zhiliang walked closer and was pulled by He Baozhen to sit next to him. The eldest son, who had high hopes since childhood, has now become a vegetative state.
As a mother, He Baozhen was very sad.
"I'll go to the hospital for a check-up later. Now that medicine is advanced, dad will get better. When did you come?" Cai Zhiliang comforted his grandmother and changed the subject.
He Baozhen said: "I arrived after ten o'clock. Where have you and your mother been?"
Cai Zhiliang said: "I went to visit the grave. Today is my grandma's death anniversary."
"Your grandmother? Oh..." He Baozhen was stunned for a moment, then remembered that the grandmother Cai Zhiliang mentioned was not Zhao Hongde's current wife. After all, the two parties were in-laws, so they knew the situation to some extent.
Cai Xun said at this time: "How is the newspaper business? How about working in a clothing company?"
Cai Zhiliang also has two uncles, Cai Mingbo and Cai Minlang, who both manage business in the clothing company. When Cai Mingchao was in charge of the company, the two uncles were a big hindrance. Now that Cai Mingchao has a car accident, the position of the heir is vacant.
The two uncles were fighting fiercely in the company, and Cai Zhiliang didn't want to go into that muddy water. After all, his grandfather was still here, and it would be ugly if they broke up with each other.
Mingxiu Daily was founded by Cai Mingchao in 1976. It was named after Cai Mingchao and Zhao Baoxiu. After ten years of development, it has been half-dead, with sales of each issue hovering around 10,000 copies, but
This now belongs to Cai Zhiliang's private property and he can make his own decisions.
Naturally, Cai Zhiliang didn't want to go to the clothing company and relied on his two uncles, but he couldn't refuse his grandfather's kindness. He could only say: "The newspaper was founded by my father with hard work. Now that something happened to him, I want to inherit him."
If you want to expand your business and make the newspaper bigger, please let me try."
Seeing his eldest grandson's resolute attitude, Cai Xun sighed, then pointed at Cai Zhiliang and said, "I wish your father had thought like you."
What Cai Xun was referring to was naturally not Cai Mingchao's opening of a newspaper.
Cai Mingchao studied finance in the United States. After returning to China, he naturally disdained the clothing manufacturing industry at home. He first started a securities company and then invested in a newspaper. It was not until five years ago that the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong plummeted that he returned to work in his family's clothing company.
What Cai Xun meant was that it would be great if Cai Mingchao inherited his family's clothing company as soon as he graduated.
Cai Zhiliang didn't have much to say about this matter. Looking at the time, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, he asked: "Have you had lunch?"
"You've already eaten, haven't you? I'll let Xiao Liu cook you a bowl of noodles first." He Baozhen said and stood up.
"No, no, you can sit down, I'll go." After Cai Zhiliang finished speaking, he got up and walked to the kitchen.
Aunt Liu is the maid at home and is still busy in the kitchen at the moment.
"Aunt Liu, cook some noodles first, I haven't eaten yet." Cai Zhiliang called out as soon as he saw Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu said: "My wife gave the order just now and it is already cooking."
Cai Zhiliang sniffed it with his nose and asked, "What kind of soup are you making? Chicken soup?"
Aunt Liu opened the ceramic lid, stirred it with chopsticks, and said, "Yes."
Cai Zhiliang said "Oh" and returned to the living room.
As soon as I sat down, I heard my grandmother ask: "Did your mother and your grandpa quarrel?"
I think Zhao Baoxiu had a drooped face when she came home, and He Baozhen saw it. Cai Zhiliang hurriedly explained: "No, where did you want to go?"
He Baozhen didn't ask any more questions, and just said: "A-Liang, how was your conversation with Jiajia?"
Jiajia's surname was Zheng and her first name was Weijia. She was one year older than Cai Zhiliang and was a relative of Cai Zhiliang's second aunt. He Baozhen had met her several times and was interested in bringing them together.
Cai Zhiliang and Zheng Weijia met several times, and they liked him very much and were willing to pursue him. However, the latest meeting made Cai Zhiliang feel crisis.
At this moment, looking at his grandmother's earnest eyes, Cai Zhiliang said vaguely: "We had dinner together twice and watched a movie. I feel pretty good."
When He Baozhen heard this, she thought it was funny and said: "That's good. I've met that girl too. She has a good personality. You are a boy. You have to be more proactive. You can send flowers..."
He Baozhen was talking and introducing his experience, which made Cai Zhiliang feel dizzy. Fortunately, Aunt Liu brought the noodles over.
Cai Zhiliang was hungry, so he picked up the noodles and wolfed them down.
Cai Xun and He Baozhen left not long after, which made Cai Zhiliang breathe a sigh of relief.
Cai Zhiliang didn't have to go to work today and wanted to take a rest. Remembering Ding Kang's words, he called his grandfather.
"Hello..." a voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Aqiang, it's me, your cousin." Cai Zhiliang sounded like his cousin Zhao Zhiqiang. There was no caller ID these days, so we had to guess.
"Cousin, what's the matter?" Zhao Zhiqiang asked.
Cai Zhiliang breathed a sigh of relief. Among several cousins, he had a good relationship with Zhao Zhiqiang. After all, they were similar in age. He said, "I heard from Uncle Kang that grandpa is sick. Is it serious?"
Zhao Zhiqiang said: "I took the medicine at noon and am sleeping now. It's not serious."
Cai Zhiliang chatted with Zhao Zhiqiang for a while, hung up the phone, and found his mother standing next to him.
"How is your grandpa's illness?" Zhao Baoxiu asked.
Cai Zhiliang said: "I heard from Aqiang that it's nothing serious. It's just that he's old, so he caught a cold at night and has some fever."
"Oh..." Zhao Baoxiu sighed, thinking that his father was already in his late seventies, and said, "I'm going to visit your grandpa tomorrow. You can come with me."
Cai Zhiliang was also troubled by the cold war between his mother and his grandfather from time to time. Seeing that his mother's attitude had softened, he hurriedly agreed: "Well, I haven't seen my grandpa for a long time. I will call him later."
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Chapter completed!