Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 172: The Dragon is not seen from the head (asking for monthly votes)

March 29, 1959, 4:20 a.m., Xizhimen Pigeon Market.

"Comrade Li, you are truly incredibly powerful. I wonder where you've made your fortune lately?"

Yuan Yushan looked at Zhao Mancang with a smile, and was deeply shocked.

For more than a month, they wanted to find Zhao Mancang, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get any information.

The four million kilograms of grain that Zhao Mancang had sold them before seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

But they had never heard of so much food being transported from the south, northeast and other places. It is inevitable that the passing of geese will leave traces.

However, there was no movement or trace at all regarding these 4 million kilograms of grain. They really appeared out of thin air.

And there seems to be no trace of Zhao Mancang. We can only find that he appeared in Pigeon City, but no further information can be found.

With the power of Yuan Yushan and Ma Jiugong, as well as the power behind them, it is shocking that no information can be found.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang pretended to be friendly with the other party without any expression, but he was quite surprised in his heart.

He was shocked because Yuan Yushan and Ma Jiugong each contributed 99 experience points to him.

Could it be that these two people are also tools with almost the same experience value as Zhuang Xiaoting?

Logically speaking, Zhao Mancang has come into contact with quite a few people, but in terms of experience value tools, the top one at the moment is the mute girl Xu Wenluo.

The second one is Zhuang Xiaoting, and the others are very ordinary.

For example, his ex-wife's family had around 30 experience points a few times, but never so many again.

Later, I had less contact with it, and only had 1 experience point, or even none.

Especially after the news of his sacrifice came out, his ex-wife's family didn't get much experience points. Didn't they hate him very much?

It is probably closely related to the closeness of the relationship and the number of contacts.

Today, Yuan Yushan and Ma Jiugong are both top middlemen in the black market, and the energies they represent are very different.

"It seems that I need to interact with them a few more times before I can confirm whether they are tools like Zhuang Xiaoting, or just ordinary tools."

After making up his mind, Zhao Mancang had already communicated with the other party.

There is no food this time because there is not much food in his system space. The main reason is that after he brought back 41.5 million US dollars from Kimura Yamato and Koriyama City, he no longer looked down on the price difference of food.

However, since Yuan Yushan and Ma Jiugong wanted food, and he wanted to test whether they were worth the risk, Zhao Mancang promised them that he would bring them 10 million kilograms of food next time.

"I can promise you to bring food, five million kilograms of flour and rice each, but you must prepare enough gold, otherwise I will not trade with you."

Hearing Zhao Mancang's request, Yuan Yushan and Ma Jiugong nodded and agreed.

"Comrade Li, as long as you can provide more food, I promise to provide as much gold as you want."

Seeing Ma Jiugong boasting, Zhao Mancang couldn't help but laugh and raised his eyebrows and said:

"Comrade Ma, are you sure about what you just said? What if I could bring back 100 million, or even 1 billion kilograms of grain?"

hiss!
Ma Jiugong and Yuan Yushan gasped and looked at Zhao Mancang in horror. "Comrade Li, can you really do this? Are you sure you can transport so much grain to the capital?"

Wow, a billion grains of food!
The entire capital city consumed only 2.7 to 2.8 billion jin of grain last year. If Zhao Mancang could transport 1 billion jin of grain, it would mean that the food supply for one-third of all residents in the capital city would be covered throughout the year.

terrible!

This is absolutely incredible. Can Zhao Mancang really do it?
"I don't know. I'll see when the time comes."

Zhao Mancang responded with a smile. Ten billion jin of grain was not possible, and one hundred million jin was not likely either. However, he was confident that he could produce tens of millions of jin of grain.

Of course, if it is tens of millions of kilograms of grain, you will need to spend experience points to increase the space.

"Let's exchange gold first."

After hearing what Zhao Mancang said, Yuan Yushan and Ma Jiugong finally reacted, but even so, their faces were still filled with shock.

This time, when exchanging US dollars for gold, Zhao Mancang did not sell much, simply because Yuan Yushan and his team did not need many US dollars.

Although they are the top-level second-hand dealers in the capital, they will not come into contact with many capitalists.

After completing this transaction, Zhao Mancang agreed on the time for the next transaction with the other party and withdrew.

In the next few days, Zhao Mancang spent a relatively leisurely time.

During the day he needs to train with Zuo Changsheng and the others, and at night he will eat alone, and then go to Denglai Hutong to accompany Lin Wan.

"The Qingming Festival is coming in two days. My mother said she wants to buy some paper money to worship the ancestors. Mancang, our family..."

"Well, sure, buy some paper money and offer it as a sacrifice."

Zhao Mancang nodded indifferently.

Their family situation is rather complicated. Zhao Mancang has never participated in the Qingming Festival since he was a child, and he doesn't even know which ancestor to worship.

Therefore, Lin Wan's question almost stumped him.

However, he soon thought of something and fell silent.

I don’t know whether his father in his previous life was born in this parallel world.

Compared with Zhao Zhensheng in this time and space, the father in the previous life was the real father and was very responsible.

After all, Zhao Zhensheng abandoned his wife and children and went to study abroad, and he was away for nearly twenty years.

After returning to China, Zhao Mancang also heard that the other party had actually brought back a wife and seemed to have a child.

How could Zhao Mancang recognize such a father?

Absolutely impossible!
Zhao Mancang's divergent thinking extended to No. 17 Caoyuan Hutong. He had returned to the capital for quite some time, but he had not found the time to visit it.

The next morning, Zhao Mancang appeared at the gate of No. 17 Caoyuan Hutong. Looking at the slightly opened gate, his expression changed.

He took over the house on the 22nd of last month. It happened to be the Lantern Festival, and he even set off firecrackers.

He also contacted masons and other workers to help renovate the house.

According to the rules he set with the craftsmen, the construction would be completed in about one to two months, but he could not be sure when he would come back for inspection.

Once the masters have completed the renovation work, they just need to lock the yard.

But the current situation is that the courtyard door is slightly opened. Could it be that there is someone else living inside?

Since the courtyard gate was not closed early in the morning, it must be because someone went out to the toilet.

Thinking of this, Zhao Mancang's expression became gloomy. Although he was in Caoyuan Hutong under the pseudonym of Li Changan, he was also greedy for this house at that time. After all, he had a lot of cellared wine in his system space and needed a place to store it.

But unexpectedly, accidents happened one after another. To be honest, Zhao Mancang was really angry.

When I walked into the yard, I found that it was still under construction and had not been completely completed. There were also signs of life, so there must be people living here.

"Who are you? Why are you coming to my house? Dad, Mom, someone is coming."

At this moment, a little kid appeared at the entrance of Chuihua Gate. When he saw Zhao Mancang, the little kid immediately shouted loudly.

A woman and a young man soon walked out from the Chuihua Gate. They stared at Zhao Mancang with unfriendly eyes, their expressions were alert, and their tone was fierce.

"What are you doing in my house? Get out now, this is not the place for you, or I'll hit you."

The young man Liang Shaoxian spoke to Zhao Mancang fiercely. Seeing that the latter was unmoved, he even picked up a wooden board from the side and walked towards Zhao Mancang angrily.

"Okay, okay, this is your home, right?"

Zhao Mancang laughed angrily. Liang Shaoxian frowned and said angrily, "Of course this is my home. Whose home do you think it is? Get out of here!"

"Alright, you're so confident in occupying my house and even want to drive me away. You're really capable!"

Zhao Mancang was shaking with anger, his face shrouded in murderous intent. He suddenly stepped forward coldly:
"roll!"

"This is Courtyard No. 17, Caoyuan Hutong, not a shantytown. This is my house. I bought this house with my own money. How dare you say it's yours?"

"Fuck you! I want to see who you are and how dare you occupy my house?"

The personality and work assigned to Li Changan by Zhao Mancang are actually similar to those of Chen Zhijian.

Anyway, he knew the situation of the two major departments, Department 108 and the Special Operations Department, and he also knew that there were many secret departments.

So after he spent money to buy the house, he mentioned this matter to Xu Pingxiu, the director of the street office.

Just a simple mention of this matter, coupled with the forged documents by Zhao Mancang, is enough to make the fake look real. Moreover, with Xu Pingxiu's knowledge, he naturally would not make things difficult for Zhao Mancang anymore.

But no matter what, Zhao Mancang never thought that someone would be so bold as to occupy his house?
"Who are you telling to get out? This is clearly our house."

Liang Shaoxian was also very angry. After all, he woke up early in the morning and something like this happened. Anyone would be angry.

"Your house? Come on, take out your house deed so I can see whose name is on it."

Zhao Mancang said something and suddenly turned and left.

He was also irritated by the other party. How could he actually think of confronting such a person?

These people in front of him obviously occupied his house. They were typical hooligans. It would be a waste of time to try to reason with them.

So Zhao Mancang left first and prepared to find someone to handle the matter.

At the street office, the director Xu Pingxiu had not yet arrived for work, but several aunties from the street office had already arrived.

"Auntie Han, I'd like to ask you about the situation with the family living in Courtyard 17 of Caoyuan Hutong. Has the owner changed? Who let them move in?"

Since Xu Pingxiu had not arrived yet, Zhao Mancang had no choice but to ask the aunts about the situation to see if there was any possibility of preventing similar incidents from happening again.

After all, it is impossible for him to live in Caoyuan Hutong permanently. After a long time, it is very likely that it will be occupied by others.

He has always said that he wants to buy a dog, but how can it be done so quickly?

What's more, even if you buy a dog, it won't work if no one feeds it regularly.

Unless you give up this house, you can just find a place to store the wine in the system space.

But this is impossible!
The environment for storing wine in cellars is very strict, not to mention that if you just bury it somewhere randomly, it is likely to be discovered. After all, what if that place is developed into a residential area?
Or was it chosen as a cemetery by someone?
No matter what, this is not the right approach.

It is still very necessary to keep No. 17 Caoyuan Hutong.

"Courtyard No. 17, oh, this house originally belonged to Xie Zhenfa, right? He seemed to have moved, and then someone bought it. After that, it seems that person hired people to renovate it. It seems that they also want to dig a septic tank and build a toilet. What about the neighbors nearby?"

Aunt Han remembered it all at once and started talking about it non-stop.

This incident happened after the Lantern Festival and caused quite a stir at the time.

The main reason was that after Zhao Mancang called a few masters to renovate the other party's house, he no longer cared about this matter, and a few days later he left the capital to carry out the mission.

However, they did not expect that the neighbors living near No. 17 Courtyard would be very upset when they heard that No. 17 Courtyard was going to dig a septic tank and build a toilet.

So many neighbors took advantage of the time when the workers were renovating to run into the yard and look around.

why?
Because this house originally belonged to Xie Zhenfa, and Xie Zhenfa is a capitalist, and his family is very rich.

Everyone wants to see how rich the capitalists’ homes are.

It is even more outrageous that the wealthy capitalist who took over actually wanted to rebuild it.

People are very curious.

So for several days in a row, the neighbors nearby came to see the house and everyone satisfied their curiosity.

Until one day at the end of February, a family claiming to be Li Changan's relatives came in and occupied the house, saying that they were watching the house for Li Changan, the owner.

The neighbors can no longer visit the yard.

I don’t know if the family ate coriander, but their mouths smelled particularly bad, and they successfully annoyed the neighbors nearby.

Now that's bad, someone came to the street office to report No. 17 Courtyard and banned them from continuing to dig the septic tank.

The family who looked after Li Changan's house were also very aggressive. They defended the house to the death and even accused the neighbors of stealing bricks and wood from the yard.

Because of this incident, everyone quarreled for a long time. Even though the street office handled the matter, they continued to quarrel afterwards.

After hearing this, Zhao Mancang was speechless.

Could the family who was looking for a house for him be from Nanmazhuang Village?

Just at this time, Xu Pingxiu came to work. Zhao Mancang was overjoyed and started talking to him about this matter.

Upon hearing this, Xu Pingxiu said:
"Comrade Li, you're such an elusive person! It's been over a month. I thought you didn't want your house anymore. But aren't the Liang family members who are guarding your house your relatives?"

"No, I don't have such relatives. Isn't this just slandering me?" Zhao Mancang almost rolled his eyes and said angrily:
"Director Xu, you don't know, I just went to Courtyard 17, and the family there told me to get out. Hey, what the hell, I own my own house, and they actually told me to get out?"

His words successfully aroused the curiosity of Xu Pingxiu, Aunt Han and others, so a group of people set out to Courtyard No. 17 to deal with the matter.

The aunts were all a group of extremely curious people, and since Xu Pingxiu had invited them to come along, they naturally wouldn't refuse.

Aunt Han and the others had just seen very clearly the respectful tone that Xu Pingxiu, the director of the street office, used towards Zhao Mancang, which showed that the latter's identity was not simple.

In Courtyard No. 17, when Zhao Mancang and his friends arrived here, the neighbors also cast curious glances at them.

Why are all the street office directors out so early in the morning?
Could it be that something happened in Courtyard No. 17 again?

When Liang Shaoxian's family saw Zhao Mancang bringing a group of people from the street office, they wanted to drive them away with a sense of righteousness.

As a result, they were suppressed by the aunts.

"You are relatives of the owner of this house, right?"

Xu Pingxiu didn't make any move. Aunt Han glared at them angrily, and Liang Shaoxian's family suddenly became like quails.

But when they heard Aunt Han's words, they immediately recovered and said, "Yes, we are relatives of the owner of this house. We are guarding the house for him. Why do you say that this house is not ours?"

Aunt Han was so angry that she laughed. Even if they were really Li Changan's relatives, the house still belonged to Li Changan. They were so shameless!
Besides, Li Changan was standing right in front of them, but they didn’t even recognize him. This relative was really fake.

"Look carefully, he is Comrade Li Changan."

Liang Shaoxian and his family were all confused. Who is Li Changan and does it have anything to do with them?

At this point, Xu Pingxiu couldn't stand it anymore and snorted coldly:
"Comrade Li Changan is the owner of Courtyard No. 70. How dare you call yourselves his relatives? Pack up your things and get out of here!"

If Li Changan was not in a special department, Xu Pingxiu would naturally not try to please him so much.

In fact, a house like the one in Courtyard No. 17 can be regarded as a large courtyard with four entrances, which can accommodate 20 to 30 families.

It's a pity that Li Changan has taken a fancy to this house and must have other arrangements. Otherwise, Xu Pingxiu would have disposed of Courtyard No. 17 according to the "rent instead of sell" plan.

Since August last year, many empty houses in the capital have been fully occupied through the "rent-to-sell" method, and there is almost no empty house left.

Even so, there are still many people looking for houses in Beijing every month.

If it's difficult to relocate people inside the city, then relocate them outside. There's no talk of a third or fourth ring road yet, but the area within the second ring road, that is, the city itself, is already full, and many people live outside the third ring road as well.

If new residential communities were not still being built, there would definitely not be enough houses in the city of Beijing to accommodate its growing population.

"How is that possible? How could he be the owner?"

Liang Shaoxian's family was immediately defeated and looked at Zhao Mancang with disbelief.

But Xu Pingxiu didn't care about that. He immediately arranged for Aunt Han and the others to start chasing people away. The other neighbors who came to watch immediately burst into laughter.

At this point, Liang Shaoxian and his family began to get scared, but what was the use?
At this time, several bricklayers hiding in the crowd did not dare to come out.

Zhao Mancang was sharp-eyed and saw them, so he called them out.

Seeing the bricklayers walking out of the crowd, Liang Shaoxian's family was overjoyed and rushed over to hug them. But needless to say, those bricklayers dared not help them.
It was not until this moment that everyone realized that the incident was caused by a foreman among the bricklayers.

Wow, it’s really awesome that this cuckoo has taken over the magpie’s nest to such an extent.

The bricklayer foreman took the money, but Liang Shaoxian and his friends were kicked out after only living there for less than a month. They must have been unwilling to accept this.

This matter needs to be discussed.

However, this has little to do with Zhao Mancang, so just leave it to the police station to handle.

Naturally, these bricklayers in front of him were severely scolded by Zhao Mancang and then fired.

He didn't dare to use these people again, otherwise, who knew if they would cause trouble during the subsequent construction process?
After finishing the current matters, Zhao Mancang locked the door directly and waited until the afternoon to deal with the final decoration work of the bathroom.

At No. 8 Guozi Lane, Zhao Mancang just came in and saw Zuo Changsheng and others gathered in front of the Jinggangshan car.

You don't need to ask to know that there must have been an accident.

"Brother Changsheng, Lao Wei's car broke down again?"

Zuo Changsheng and the others looked up and smiled. "Yes, Lao Wei is regretting this to death now. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have bought this car. It breaks down every few days and it's impossible to drive. By the way, is your car okay?"

Zhao Mancang nodded and said it was okay.

"Our domestic industrial technology is really not very good. If we have the chance, we need to learn some foreign automotive technology."

Pan Chengdong sighed and said to Zhao Mancang:
"Mancang, how about we team up and complete the Lone Wolf mission together? We can also see if we can get a car or two back while we're at it, how about that?"

Liu Sanshui and Mo Changzhi also echoed the sentiment, expressing their hope to act together with Zhao Mancang.

Although Zhao Mancang only carried out two missions, and the first mission was even a test to join the 108th department, Zhao Mancang's impressive achievements are really enviable.

The first time was two and a half tons of gold and 780,000 US dollars in cash, and the second time was ten tons of gold.

Liu Sanshui and others even privately suspected that it was possible that Zhao Mancang had hidden one or two tons of gold?
"Sure, you can just go talk to Lao Wei about this. I have no objection." Zhao Mancang smiled and said disapprovingly.

Perhaps Pan Chengdong really didn't have any ideas, he just simply wanted to get a car to return to the capital.

However, Liu Sanshui and the others were very likely to have doubts about Zhao Mancang. First, they doubted his ability, and second, they doubted his loyalty.

After all, it was Furukawa, the Kimura man mentioned by Zhao Mancang, who reported the news. How could it be such a coincidence that Zhao Mancang only dug up ten tons of gold?
Why kill people?

As for the ambush that Zhao Mancang encountered on Kimura's side, who knows if it is true?
Anyway, all of this was said by Zhao Mancang himself, and no one knows whether it is true or not.

"Old Pan, how about you team up with Mancang?"

Zuo Changsheng, who was standing aside, said something in a low voice. Pan Chengdong was about to respond, but luckily he reacted in time, otherwise, he would have been beaten up by Zuo Changsheng.

Zhao Mancang, Liu Sanshui and Mo Changzhi burst into laughter.

Wei Huayong was not in the yard. Zuo Changsheng and others said that he had gone outside, but they didn't know what he was doing.

In addition to training in the morning, Pan Chengdong and his friends learned the art of disguise from Zhao Mancang. This was the first day they had started learning.

Anyway, after Zhao Mancang came back this time, they wanted to learn the art of disguise even more, because it was really useful.

In the evening, Zhao Mancang drove out of Guozi Lane and returned to Dongguanying Hutong. He changed his clothes and walked out of the city.

Half an hour later, Zhao Mancang drove a broken car without license plates and appeared in the alley where Xu Pingxiu's home was. After parking the car, he appeared at the latter's gate with gifts.

Xu Pingxiu was not a native of Beijing. He only came to Beijing with the large army after the peaceful liberation of Beijing.

"Director Xu, I'm sorry to bother you by visiting me without your permission."

When Xu Pingxiu saw Zhao Mancang holding gifts in both hands, he was very surprised. He quickly invited him in to sit down and asked if he had eaten.

Zhao Mancang chose a very good time to visit. At this time, most people should have had dinner.

He placed the gift on the table, exchanged a few brief pleasantries with Xu Pingxiu, and chatted a bit about the latter's family before getting down to business.

"Director Xu, you saw what happened in my house today. I'm convinced by those people."

"Because of confidentiality, I'm really busy and can't tell you the details. If I hadn't come back today, I wouldn't have known about this incident in my family."

"You don't know, Director Xu, I don't even have a place to stay right now, alas."

"So I came to visit you today to ask you to help me find some trustworthy bricklayers to finish the renovation of my house. Otherwise, I don't know when I can move in."

Xu Pingxiu was moved when he heard this, and asked tentatively:
"So where are you staying tonight?"

"My company has arranged a place for me, but that would just take up my quota, and that place is just a place to sleep, not a home at all."

"Comrade Li, I'm sorry to ask you a question, but I don't know your family."

Zhao Mancang was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and said:
"I don't have any family, my parents. Director Xu, you know this, right? My parents actually died a long time ago."

The events of Nanmazhuang Village could definitely not be hidden from Xu Pingxiu.

With Xu Pingxiu's caution, he should have checked the background of Li Changan's pseudonym long ago, but with Zhao Mancang's rigor, how could he reveal any flaws?

In fact, the most important thing is that in this era, many things have big flaws.

For example, Andy was able to crawl out of Shawshank Prison in the 1960s, and Frank Abagnale, a teenager under the age of 18, was able to deceive the bank and cash out four million US dollars by forging fake checks in just a few years.

These things happened in the 1960s.

If Frank Abagnale hadn't been so greedy, he might not have been caught.

Of course, The Shawshank Redemption is just a novel, but in the real world, people have definitely escaped from prison.

There is a saying that reality is far more absurd and fantastic than fiction. Zhao Mancang's experience after coming to this world tells him that this saying is correct.

Zhao Mancang is a time traveler and has the support of the system, so Xu Pingxiu and the others naturally cannot see through all these disguises.

"sorry!"

Xu Pingxiu apologized and continued:
"Comrade Li, I see you're not young anymore. Have you ever thought about getting married?"

"Director Xu, do you think that a job like mine is suitable for me to start a family?" Zhao Mancang asked with a smile, but Xu Pingxiu disagreed. What's wrong with that?
"If you don't mind, I'll ask my wife to find one for you. I'm just wondering what your requirements are for your significant other, Comrade Li?"

Hearing the other party's words, Zhao Mancang was speechless, but he still refused.

He didn't want to put too many restrictions on this vest of his, otherwise, something bad would definitely happen.

But now it seems to have gradually slipped out of his control, and he hasn't noticed it yet.

Regarding the renovation of the house in Courtyard No. 17 of Caoyuan Hutong, Zhao Mancang asked Xu Pingxiu, the director of the street office, to help.

After sitting at Xu Pingxiu's house for more than half an hour, Zhao Mancang got up and left.

The former did not want to keep the two bottles of Bamboo Leaf Green Wine, a five-jin piece of bacon and ten-jin flour given by Zhao Mancang, which were extremely valuable gifts in that era.

The other party couldn't refuse and had to accept it.

When Xu Pingxiu sent Zhao Mancang to the gate of the courtyard, several neighbors were already standing there. They were all gathered around the car parked at the gate and marveled at it.

When they saw the car, Xu Pingxiu and his family were shocked. In fact, his wife knew about the car at the door earlier, but he was chatting with Zhao Mancang at the time and couldn't inform him.

"Comrade Li, please drive slowly and be careful on the road."

As Zhao Mancang drove into the night, the hustle and bustle in the alley soon faded away.

The neighbors didn't dare ask Xu Pingxiu about Zhao Mancang and the car, but Xu Pingxiu's wife Yang Xiurong asked a few questions out of curiosity.

However, Xu Pingxiu refused on the grounds of confidentiality.

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiurong said dissatisfiedly, "Then you still want me to introduce him to a wife? I don't know anything, how can I introduce someone?"

Not to mention Xu Pingxiu's affairs, Zhao Mancang felt relieved after making all the arrangements.

The next day, Zhao Mancang came to Courtyard No. 17 and found that it was already busy.

With the help of Xu Pingxiu, the director of the street office, there will definitely be no more trouble this time, right?

Time flies, and a few days pass in the blink of an eye.

Qingming Festival also arrived as scheduled, but Zhao Mancang didn’t have any feelings about this day. He just wanted to pay his respects at home.

On the contrary, Lin Huijun, the little greedy cat, widened her eyes and almost drooled when she heard about the festival.

She is just greedy!
In fact, after Zhao Mancang came back, there was a lot more food and meat in the house, including bananas, pineapples and other tropical fruits. Although the quantity was not large, she could still eat a lot. At least she had a banana every two days.

She couldn't bear to throw away banana peels and wanted to give them to the chicks and ducklings to eat.

The yard at No. 7 Denglai Hutong is not big, so to raise chickens, ducks and geese, you have to place a cage in the yard.

Lin Huijun, who is already five years old, raises all the chickens, ducks, geese and even Xiao Hei at home by herself.

Dahei was left on Zhongguancun South Street. After all, only Lin Kai was helping to look after the house there, and he had to go back to the steel factory to work during the day, so he couldn't be left without someone watching him.

The old couple Lin Guohua and Zhang Dongyue couldn't understand why their daughter Lin Wan wanted to buy another house in Denglai Hutong. Wouldn't it be better to save the money?

As for the house on Zhongguancun South Street, it has many rooms, but Lin Guohua and his friends have never lived there. He has repeatedly ordered Lin Kai not to mess up his sister's home except to take care of it.

Although Zhao Mancang was "sacrificed", Lin Wan does not admit it for now. She will not remarry, and she has no intention of having an affair.

Moreover, since Lin Wan was transferred to the Grain Bureau, she has no longer been in contact with her old colleagues from the steel plant.

During the Spring Festival, Han Xiaochuan, Xiao Shutie, Li Baoguo and others came to visit Lin Wan, but they rarely interacted after that.

They were not neighbors to begin with, Lin Wan no longer worked at the steel plant, and Zhao Mancang had been "sacrificed", so it was normal that they had less contact.

On the day of Qingming Festival, in Courtyard No. 7, Denglai Hutong, Lin Wan prepared delicious food for Lin Huijun and then sent her back to Heizhima Hutong.

She came to Xidan alone to buy things, but in fact she was on a date with Zhao Mancang.

After confirming that there was no one behind him, Zhao Mancang took Lin Wan and left Xidan.

When the couple arrived at Wangfujing, Lin Wan had changed and was not as pretty as before, but it was estimated that even her mother Zhang Dongyue would not recognize her.

After strolling around Wangfujing for a morning, Zhao Mancang took her back to No. 35 Dongguanying Hutong.

When the neighbors saw Lin Wan, they were quite surprised. They didn't expect that Zhao Mancang, the lonely neighbor, actually had a wife?
No one has ever seen his wife, so everyone is quite curious.

But Lin Wan was wearing a mask and very loose clothes, so the neighbors only took a quick glance at her from the time she got off the car to the time she entered the courtyard gate and couldn't see anything clearly.

Anyway, the person we can see should be a woman. After all, her hair is so long, it can't be a man, right?
"Wow, your house is almost as big as our No. 7 Courtyard. It's such a waste for you to live there alone."

After Lin Wan came in, her eyes lit up, because although this courtyard was not as lively as the courtyard at No. 7 Denglai Hutong, it was very clean and tidy, and there were flowers and plants planted in the yard, as well as red and white roses, which were blooming brightly.

"You want these flowers and plants? No problem, I'll transplant them for you someday. Let me tell you, these flowers and plants are from before, they look really nice."

In fact, the flowers and plants in the yard were arranged by Zhao Mancang himself. There was nothing he could do about it, because he was bored.

The couple discussed flowers and plants in the yard for a while, and then talked about other things.

Especially regarding the issue of naming the child, Lin Wan has already picked out several names as alternatives.

Zhao Mancang already knew that the baby in her belly was a girl, so the couple named the baby after a girl.

However, when Lin Wan heard that it was a daughter, she was a little depressed.

It's not that she favors boys over girls, but she wants a son.

why?
Because Zhao Mancang's current job is very dangerous, and you never know when an accident might happen. If she had given birth to a son, Zhao Mancang probably wouldn't have worked so hard.

In short, this is what Lin Wan thought in her heart. Even though Zhao Mancang had promised her many times, she was still very worried.

The happy time passed quickly, and it was already around five o'clock in the afternoon. Zhao Mancang had no choice but to send her to Xidan.

After watching her ride her bicycle back to Heizhima Hutong and successfully taking Lin Huijun back to Denglai Hutong, Zhao Mancang left with peace of mind.

After all, she was his daughter-in-law, so Zhao Mancang was of course very cautious.

Although Luo Yinshui and others no longer monitor and follow Lin Wan, who knows when they will go crazy?
Those KGB people will not give up so quickly. After all, it has only been less than four months since what Zhao Mancang did in the Bolshelicinsky camp.

After the Qingming Festival, on April 9th, when Zhao Mancang came to No. 17 Caoyuan Hutong, the yard had been completely completed, and Xu Pingxiu returned the key to him and also returned the extra money to him.

Zhao Mancang didn't want to accept the money, but Xu Pingxiu said that things should be handled separately.

After talking about the house, Xu Pingxiu suddenly said with a smile:

"Comrade Changan, you're free today, and the house has been renovated. How about going out for a meal to celebrate?"

"No problem, I would have treated you to a meal even if you hadn't told me." Zhao Mancang was indeed sincerely grateful to the other party. After all, after the house was renovated, he could safely put all the stored wine in the system space back into the previous basement.

Zhao Mancang did not leak the information about this basement, so the outside world did not know about it.

At that time, Zhao Mancang will change the entrance, so that even if Xie Zhenfa and his family come in the future, they will not be able to find the entrance to the basement.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you an address later. If you eat here, I guarantee you'll never want to leave."

Xu Pingxiu was overjoyed. After agreeing on the specific location with Zhao Mancang, he went back to the street office to work.

Watching the other party leave, Zhao Mancang shook his head and laughed.

After closing the courtyard gate, Zhao Mancang began to personally renovate the basement entrance. The original basement entrance was on the small courtyard side, which was indeed very hidden.

Now Zhao Mancang has moved the entrance of the basement to a room on the west wing. He plans to transform this room into a study.

The basement covers an area of ​​two to three hundred square meters. It is a very spacious underground space that is connected to the west wing.

So Zhao Mancang made a simple modification to open it up. After all, the basement was located three meters underground, not very deep underground.

After working hard for half the morning, Zhao Mancang finally completed the renovation.

Seeing that it was getting late for the agreed dinner time, he quickly packed up and rushed to the destination restaurant.

But when he got there, he was dumbfounded.

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