Chapter 454: Godfather Zhang Ping'an

To say he was pure, he also had a bit of an addiction to being a Cadre, and this Chen Yanshi was a man who loved to be pedantic; Zhao Lichun was nagged by him for a lifetime just because he went to an air-conditioned room to handle official business in the summer.

Of course, later on, it was also thanks to his pedantry and persistent real-name reporting that the "father-pitting" brat Zhao Ruilong was discovered, who had been using his father's influence to amass wealth wantonly.

However, the current Zhao Ruilong had not yet entered high school, and Yueya Lake in Luzhou had already been contracted by the Oriental Group two years ago, used for farming freshwater fish and soft-shelled turtles.

After the contract, Zhang Ping'an cleared out most of the native fish at the first opportunity, then introduced space-grown fish fry and soft-shelled turtles, and finally used space-improved water plants to cover Yueya Lake.

Yueya Lake had now become an important aquatic product supplier for Oriental Supermarket, and the surrounding villagers who made a living by fishing were also taken under Zhang Ping'an's wing, becoming employees of the Yueya Lake Aquatic Products Company.

This was, on one hand, to compensate them for not being able to fish at will, and on the other, they were experienced hands who truly met the recruitment standards.

The island in the middle was also transformed by Zhang Ping'an into a private resort area; after all, Yueya Lake could be considered a rare beauty spot, and in the future, it could be used for company team-building or the like, which could also be considered digging up Zhao Ruilong's first pot of gold.

"Hello, hello."

The two men shook hands; while Zhang Ping'an was sizing up Chen Yanshi, Chen Yanshi was likewise sizing him up.

Hearing Qi Qinghai call Zhang Ping'an "Brother Zhang," he knew that Zhang Ping'an was older than Qi Qinghai, but looking at his face, it didn't look like it at all.

The current Zhang Ping'an looked at most forty years old, while Qi Qinghai looked to be in his late fifties.

Although he had caught a glimpse of Zhang Ping'an and Zhao Lichun talking from afar at the gate of Handong University before, he hadn't seen it clearly, and now that he saw the real person, he still felt a bit of emotion.

Qi Tongwei had also learned the truth about Chen Yanshi from back then from Chen Yang; the feelings were passed down in one line—his father-in-law made things difficult for him, and yet he came to make things difficult for himself.

However, although Qi Tongwei still held a grudge against Chen Yanshi's original actions, it was not as deeply engraved as before.

Qi Tongwei had also spoken to Zhang Ping'an about this matter, but since Qi Tongwei had already let it go a little, Zhang Ping'an naturally wouldn't take it to heart.

Chen Yanshi usually looked down on those who were sycophantic and was also very disgusted by the maneuvering and bribery of businessmen, but he really couldn't feel disgusted by Zhang Ping'an.

Regardless of Zhang Ping'an's attitude or his background, he couldn't find any fault.

"Sit, sit, everyone sit."

Perhaps seeing that the two were a bit awkward, Qi Qinghai hurriedly invited them to sit down.

"Right, Brother Chen, sit. I heard from Tongwei that you were born in the year thirty; looking at your physique, you are still very robust."

Chen Yanshi was already sixty-three years old this year; although he looked old in appearance and had some minor heart problems, he could be considered rare among the older generation of Cadres.

"Hahaha, I owe this to the blessing of the State. Our State is developing better and better, and we don't have to be hungry and cold like before, so our bodies are naturally very strong."

Chen Yanshi was the most unwilling to admit he was old; otherwise, he wouldn't have been unable to stay idle after retirement and even created a Second Court. Zhang Ping'an praising his good health naturally scratched his itch.

"However, we are indeed old; the future still belongs to you young people."

Zhang Ping'an's mouth twitched; this old guy wanted to take advantage of him. Calculating carefully, Chen Yanshi was only four years older than him.

"Yes, it all belongs to young people like Tongwei; we are all old."

Hearing this, Chen Yanshi's eyelids jumped; looking at Zhang Ping'an's face, which was only forty years old, he wondered how he had the nerve to say he was old.

"Brother, you might not know, but I was also born during the Republic of China period, only a few years younger than you."

"Oh?"

Chen Yanshi naturally knew Zhang Ping'an's age from Chen Yang, but seeing the real person, he couldn't quite believe it; after all, in those days, if you had some connections, you could change your age at will.

With a background like Zhang Ping'an's, changing an age wasn't just a matter of moving one's lips, so Chen Yanshi didn't really believe that Zhang Ping'an was about the same age as him.

Zhang Ping'an also roughly guessed what Chen Yanshi was thinking and smiled slightly without explaining further.

This old guy wore colored glasses to look at people; no matter what you said, it was useless, as he insisted on believing he was right.

Seeing that Zhang Ping'an had no intention of explaining, Chen Yanshi became even more convinced of his own guess.

"Brother, Sister-in-law, Chen Hai, you sit first; I see some acquaintances and will go say hello."

Qi Qinghai had already gone to greet others, and Zhang Ping'an didn't want to have awkward small talk with Chen Yanshi anymore, so he simply greeted Chen Yanshi's family and went to talk to the people from Qi Family Village.

"Good."

Chen Hai had also found it quite awkward watching from the side; he knew his father's stubbornness, and he could see that the sincerity in Zhang Ping'an's eyes was not fake;

Moreover, with the status of a big shot, there was no need to lie about his age, but his father Chen Yanshi didn't think so.

"Ahem, Dad, why are you being so pedantic? It's quite awkward."

"What's awkward? Don't tell me you think he looks like a person in his fifties or sixties?"

"Whether it looks like it or not, I remember my brother-in-law saying that his godfather is a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, so it's normal for him to look a bit younger."

In fact, Chen Hai was also quite suspicious in his heart; you could barely understand it if the age difference was eight or ten years due to being good at health preservation, but this was already two eights apart.

"You also said it was Traditional Chinese Medicine, not a Divine Doctor."

"..." Chen Hai was powerless to refute.

"Forget it, you don't go to Oriental Supermarket, so you don't know; they do have a Skin Cream that makes people look younger, but the price is very expensive."

"A small bottle costs as much as a month's salary for your mother. Xiao Wang in our unit bought it, and in just over a week, she looked like she was twenty-seven or twenty-eight, even though she's over thirty."

"How is this possible?"

"How is it impossible? Can what I saw with my own eyes be fake? If you don't have connections, you can't even grab this Skin Cream."

"Although the price isn't cheap, the effect is worth it, and maybe the ones they use themselves are even better."

Wang Fuzhen was also a woman; if she were in her thirties or forties, she would definitely have scrambled to buy it, but now that she was nearly sixty, she had long passed the age of caring about beauty.

Chen Yanshi stopped arguing; his wife wouldn't lie, so putting it that way, it was really possible that Zhang Ping'an was fifty or sixty years old.

"Ahem."

Chen Yanshi coughed dryly to cover his embarrassment. As for admitting he was wrong? That was impossible, not to mention that he and Zhang Ping'an hadn't explicitly said anything just now.

Soon, eight cold dishes were on the table, all the guests were seated, and as the hot dishes were halfway through, Qi Tongwei also brought Chen Yang out to toast.

"Dad, Mom, Godfather, Godmother, Chen Yang and I toast you."

"Hahaha, good, Tongwei will be an adult from now on." In the eyes of the elders, a man who is not married is always a child.

In the afternoon, Zhang Ping'an's family, except for himself who went to Yueya Lake in Luzhou, all returned to Sijiucheng.

It was the first time Zhang Ping'an had come here since contracting the place and stocking it with fish fry; the ecological environment had not only not been destroyed but had become even more harmonious.

"General Manager Zhang, our Yueya Lake area is nearly twelve square kilometers. According to their habits, we have roughly divided several fish species areas, while the soft-shelled turtles are kept near the island."

"Hmm... not bad."

Zhang Ping'an was very satisfied with this; although he provided the fish fry and aquatic plants, they still required daily maintenance by someone, and given the current environment, it was clear these people had put in the effort.