Chapter 797

"This is his routine operation." Jian Qiu shook her head with a smile, then shouted, "Where are you going?"

Zhou Andong's voice came from the courtyard: "Going to the north end to take a look."

"Wait!" Yuan Hai, Yuan Tao, Chen Yuan, Liu Hao, and Xiaobei chased after him, "We'll go take a look too."

There were still many people in the courtyard. Zhou Andong entered, and everyone greeted him enthusiastically.

"Chairman Zhou!"

Liang Zhen didn't know where he popped out from, handed Zhou Andong a cigarette, and then sighed.

"I knew the news too late yesterday, and the mine was quite busy this morning, so I only came over in the afternoon."

Zhou Andong looked at the cigarette in his hand: "Are you very familiar with Su Yuling?"

Liang Zhen was stunned; he didn't know what Zhou Andong meant by saying this.

"Although I moved to town very early, I also grew up in Zhenxing Village, so how could I not be familiar with her?"

Zhou Andong nodded and said nothing more.

Like Liang Zhen, when Su Yuling was alive, because she was beautiful, he might have looked at her a few more times, even having some small thoughts.

But now that Su Yuling was dead, he would avoid her if he could, so how could he rush over here?

It was nothing more than coveting the little money in his pocket, taking this opportunity to show favor to himself, and playing the emotional card.

Liang Zhen took a lighter and lit the cigarette in his mouth: "Chairman Zhou, I heard that Zuo Xingqing from Hulunbuir and Meng Huaizhi and Zhao Jin from Qishi came today?"

Zhou Andong nodded: "They came, looking for me to invest."

Liang Zhen's eyes flashed, and he asked casually: "How did the talk go? Big leaders coming to visit in person, the sincerity is still very sufficient."

"Indeed!" Zhou Andong looked helpless, sighed, and said: "Leaders came in person, so I have to give them some face. Whether it's a lot or a little, if I can invest, I have to invest a bit. In business, making money is important, but relationships are even more important."

Zhou Andong put the cigarette he was holding into his mouth. Liang Zhen hurriedly held the lighter in front of Zhou Andong, and with a click, a flame shot up.

Zhou Andong lowered his head slightly to light the cigarette and exhaled a long puff of smoke.

"In our country, no matter what you do, you can't do without human feelings and relationships. If I reject their face today, who knows if I'll have to beg them tomorrow? You're right, aren't you?"

"Right, right, right!" Liang Zhen nodded vigorously, "No wonder Chairman Zhou's business is so big. The truth is very simple, but how many can see through it? For example, if I were in your position, I would definitely refuse if I encountered today's situation.

If there's a good project here, I'll invest; if there's no good project, what am I investing in? Anyway, my company isn't here, and they can't control me.

But after hearing your words, I feel that my vision is too short-sighted. No wonder I'm over thirty and can only be a station master of a mineral management station. Not knowing how to invest in advance and only thinking about hugging Buddha's feet temporarily—how can that work?"

Zhou Andong smiled, patted Liang Zhen on the shoulder: "Burning incense in advance within one's ability is always better than hugging Buddha's feet temporarily. After all, my grandparents and uncles are all here. If they encounter anything in the future, my hands won't be long enough to reach this far. But with this incense-burning relationship, the leaders will be embarrassed to stand by and watch."

"That's true!"

Liang Zhen had a smile on his face, but his heart sank. Could it be that Zhou Andong knew something? So this incense-burning in advance was actually to guard against them?

Zhou Andong took a puff of his cigarette: "Actually, I'm quite interested in the limestone mine, because I have a development company and a construction company. If I have my own limestone mine and then set up a cement factory, the funds saved every year by this entire industrial chain would definitely be an astronomical figure.

But I don't understand the mining industry; the water is too deep, and the interests involved are very complicated, so I gave up just thinking about it. Investing in unfamiliar fields, not to mention whether it makes money or not, it's just not worth it to offend people."

Hearing Zhou Andong's words, Liang Zhen's heart, which had sunk to the bottom, floated up again. He opened his mouth wanting to say something, but swallowed the words back to the corner of his mouth.

"Chairman Zhou, I suddenly remembered that there's something at the mine that needs to be handled. I'll come again tomorrow morning when the funeral procession leaves."

Zhou Andong waved his hand: "Go ahead, business is important."

Watching Liang Zhen's departing back on his motorcycle, Zhou Andong curled his mouth into a smile.

"Brother!" Xiaobei said softly from the side: "Your words will give them a wrong signal."

But Yuan Hai and the others didn't understand the deeper meaning of Zhou Andong's words, looking at Zhou Andong and then at Xiaobei with confusion.

Zhou Andong patted Xiaobei on the shoulder: "I released this signal specifically for him."

Xiaobei was stunned: "You mean..."

Zhou Andong smiled: "Watch slowly, and you'll understand."

The night passed without a word. Early the next morning, Zhou Andong got up, and Jian Qiu opened her eyes to check the time.

"It's only past five, going so early?"

Zhou Andong said: "Go over early to take a look; this is all we can do for Su Su."

Jian Qiu got up, looked at the little one sleeping soundly beside her, and lowered her head to kiss her.

"Two days, whether it's getting up in the middle of the night to mix milk for her, or getting up in the morning and seeing this little thing lying beside me, my heart always has a different feeling, but I can't say what it is; it's very wonderful."

Zhou Andong got off the kang and put on his shoes, leaning his hands on the edge of the kang, looking down at the little one, a smile appearing on his face.

"Actually, my feeling is very wonderful; I just suddenly became a father like this."

"Pop, pop, pop..."

The door was knocked, and Yuan Ying's voice came: "Brother, Sister-in-law, you're up, right?"

"Up!" Jian Qiu said: "Come in!"

With a creak, Yuan Ying pushed the door and entered; she had already washed up.

"Are we going now?"

Zhou Andong walked out of the room: "I'll wash my face."

Jian Qiu said: "I'll go too!"

Zhou Andong took a water scoop, scooped a ladle of water, and poured it into the washbasin.

"If you go, what about the child?"

"It's fine!" Yuan Ying said: "Send her to my mom, she brought her for a long time yesterday, and the child didn't cry."

Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu washed up and went to the old man's place with Yuan Ying and Chen Yuan.

After staying for a while, the uncles and cousins all came.

"Let's go!" Zhou Andong stood up and walked out, "Go over early to see if there's anything that needs help."

Yuan Mei also wanted to go, but was stopped by the old lady.

"You're pregnant, don't go join the fun, what if you get shocked?"

"You don't go!" Yuan Liying held her niece back, "Stay at home honestly."

When Zhou Andong and the others arrived, Yuan Hongbiao and his wife Niu Hongjuan had already arrived.

Zhou Andong really saw a paper-made heavy machine gun placed in front of the funeral tent. It looked quite realistic, and there was even an ammunition box beside it.

"Aunt-in-law, you really made this thing."

Zhou Andong walked over, opened the ammunition box, and inside was a whole box of bullets.

Picking it up to look, it was made of sorghum stalk pith, painted on the outside, and it really looked like it.

Niu Hongjuan said with a smile: "How about this, burn this for Yuling, and when that beast Meng Shulin goes down, he will definitely be blasted into soul-scattering, never to be reincarnated."