What Liu Fusheng learned in his previous life was, in addition to the worldly wisdom, another saying: you must fight for what you want, and what you get from others' charity will always be leftovers.
After the car drove into the urban area of Liaonan, he and Bai Ruochu separated. Bai Ruochu had her work to do, and so did Liu Fusheng.
His first stop was Zhang Maocai's home.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the families in the village were happy and lively.
Although Zhang Maocai's mother also posted festive couplets in front of her door, cleaned the yard, and prepared sweets and snacks in the house, no one came to her door, let alone paid her New Year's greetings.
Her son is a criminal, and he is also a habitual criminal who has entered the palace for the second time. People in the village avoid her like a snake and a scorpion. Relatives and friends are not willing to visit during the Chinese New Year. No one wants to be tainted by the bad luck of the criminal's family.
Liu Fusheng parked the car outside the courtyard gate, carrying New Year's goods and gifts, and knocked on the Zhang family's door.
A moment later, Zhang's mother opened the door and walked out. The moment she saw Liu Fusheng, an indescribable complexity flashed in her eyes, either excitement, gratitude, or surprise and relief.
"Xiao Liu, you...you are celebrating the New Year..." Mother Zhang let Liu Fusheng into the room, her tone trembling slightly.
It is natural for people to miss their loved ones more during the festive season. Maybe Zhang's mother has cried secretly. After all, no one wants to be so lonely and desolate.
Liu Fusheng saw everything, but he didn't say anything. He put the things under the table in the main room and said with a smile: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. I'm here to see you! I'm here at the Xiushan New Year's Fair to buy you some." New Year’s goods! There are also some mountain goods brought from home! I know you don’t lack these, but it’s my little thought at last.”
While talking, Liu Fusheng also noticed that Zhang's mother was wearing new festive clothes and the house was kept spotless. That's the kind of person she is. No matter when, no matter if someone comes to the door or not, she has to clean up decently.
"That's not what I'm talking about! I'm already very grateful that you can come! However, your home is not in Liaonan City. Do you think your parents will have any objections if you come here to pay New Year greetings to me, a lonely old lady, on the first day of the new year? Huh?" Mother Zhang poured a glass of water for Liu Fusheng and asked as if sighing.
Liu Fusheng smiled and said: "Auntie, you are overthinking. I spent the New Year's Eve with my family. It was you who persuaded Zhang Maocai to surrender. Later he helped me a lot, and I also promised him , I will take good care of you, both in public and private matters, I should come and take a look!"
"Officer Xiao Liu is interested... Oh no, I should call you County Magistrate Liu now, right?" Mother Zhang nodded happily and smiled.
Although she rarely goes out, her sensitivity to current events is much higher than ordinary people. Even though Liu Fusheng didn't talk about his appointment as county magistrate, she still saw news about Xiushan County on TV and newspapers.
Liu Fusheng shook his head and smiled: "Whether it is the county magistrate or the police, these are not important. In front of the aunt, I am Xiao Liu."
"This is very important." Zhang's mother smiled and said: "Being a public servant is to maintain the peace of a place, but being a county magistrate is to benefit the people under your rule. One is responsible for small things, and the other is responsible for big things. When you are promoted, this responsibility will naturally increase. It's serious. I won't tell you to be polite. I know you have other things to do here besides seeing me, so I'll just talk about it first... My younger brother from abroad came to Xiushan to invest. , 80% of the time it won’t work.”
"Oh?" Liu Fusheng raised his eyebrows.
This matter was indeed one of the reasons why he came to Zhang's mother to pay New Year's greetings.
He has many plans for the development of Xiushan County. If he wants to lift Xiushan County out of poverty, he must introduce foreign investment and build Xiushan County.
Although the Bao family, the merchants on the inspection team, and even the Xiushan New Year Goods Fair have had a considerable influence, they are far from achieving the goal of poverty alleviation or even revitalization.
Zhang's mother's overseas brother, Mr. Lu, known as the "Emerald King", is the main force in revitalizing Xiushan County! In addition to his strong financial resources, Mr. Lu’s prestige and influence at home and abroad, as well as his various channels, are definitely a God-given opportunity for Xiushan County.
But now, Zhang's mother said that it is probably impossible?
Mother Zhang sighed: "Do you remember what I told you before, what are the conditions for my brother to come to Xiushan to invest?"
Liu Fusheng said: "He wants to adopt Zhang Maocai to his knees and inherit his mantle."
Zhang's mother nodded: "I went to the prison specifically to ask Maocai, and he only said one thing: Although he is a miserable person, he will never forget his biological parents."
Never forget your biological parents!
This is a criminal, a dull middle-aged man who sat in the fields and focused on studying locks, doing only one thing for more than ten years, and his final stubbornness.
Liu Fusheng admired Zhang Maocai's decision. There were absolutely few people in the world who could refuse the huge wealth that could not be squandered in dozens of lifetimes.
But in this case, the matter fell into a dead end.
If Zhang Maocai is unwilling to adopt the family, then Mr. Lu will not return to Liaonan, and Xiushan County will miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
"I'm not utilitarian, but I still want to fight for this matter." Liu Fusheng said thoughtfully.
Zhang's mother smiled and said: "If you don't fight for yourself, it's not wrong to fight for your own official career or fight for the people of the country. I support you. My days may not be long. I only hope that in my lifetime, I can be a talented person." He has a good home...I have always felt that my son is not bad at heart, and he still has most of his life to go."
"Auntie, your body?" Liu Fusheng keenly noticed something and asked hurriedly.
Mother Zhang shook her head and smiled: "I'm fine. Didn't even Dean Zhao say that my operation was successful?"
Liu Fusheng frowned and said, "After the New Year, I will take you personally and go to the hospital for a review!"
"It's not necessary. I don't want to owe you too much. The more I owe you, the more my son will have to pay back."
Zhang's mother rejected Liu Fusheng's proposal and said with a smile: "Let's talk about this matter! After returning from the prison visit, I also thought a lot. I think this matter is not completely impossible. Maocai refused to adopt and become the Lu family's son Son, this actually shows that he is extremely filial."
Hearing Zhang Mu's words, Liu Fusheng's heart moved slightly!
There are many things that will become completely different if you look at them from another angle.
For example, Mr. Lu wants to adopt Zhang Maocai. Why he wants to adopt Zhang Maocai? On the one hand, it is because the two parties have an inseparable blood relationship. On the other hand, it is also because Mr. Lu is not satisfied with the juniors around him now!
Mr. Lu is in his twilight years and has become famous. He doesn't want much anymore. All he wants is family happiness or the care of his relatives.
He had no heirs in his life, and everything he had worked hard for would eventually be distributed to his relatives. What is a relative? Apart from blood, the one who cares about him the most is his relatives!
After all, what Mr. Lu values is that Zhang Maocai has never been exposed to real wealth and will not be like other juniors who scheming and fighting for money. What he needs is a relative who takes care of him wholeheartedly!
After thinking about this, Liu Fusheng smiled: "Thank you, aunt, for reminding me. I probably know what I should do."
Zhang's mother also smiled and nodded: "I'm just an old lady in her dying years. There are many things that I have a lot of ambition but not enough energy to do. You are a capable young man, and the rest is all up to you."
