Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 222, Zheng Lan wants to go abroad
It has been some time since Wang Li arranged the commercial sector. Wang Xiaohu and others have run the hotel very well. Business is booming and the profits are quite astonishing.

Even in modern times, the profits of hotels are already astonishing, not to mention that era when the private economy was just beginning to develop and there was not much competition among hotels, it was really easy to make money.

Now they have started to study about opening branches. Of course, Wang Li will not be involved in these matters. He has always adhered to the principle of not employing people if you doubt them, and trusting people if you employ them.

In a word, he is rather lazy and only wants to grasp the general direction, leaving other matters to others. He now has the ability to be lazy.

The Wang family lived a happy and fulfilling life, but something he could not have imagined happened.

That day, his wife Zheng Lan suddenly said to Wang Li: Wang Li, I want to live abroad for a while.

Wang Li was stunned and asked: Where are you going abroad? Why do you want to go abroad?

When Zheng Lan saw Wang Li, her slightly flustered expression turned into a happy smile. She leaned over and hugged her beloved husband, saying:
I am already 50 years old this year. Although I have been practicing Kung Fu and taking some nourishing herbs, I don’t look old now. And you are less than 40 years old this year, which is the best time for a man.

Wang Li immediately said: I already knew all this when I married you. You are ten years older than me. But I don't care. Besides, as you said, you don't look old. You are still so beautiful and I am obsessed with you.

When Zheng Lan heard what her husband said, the love on her face became more obvious, and she said with a smile: Yes, I know you put me first in your heart.

You didn't ignore me, the old one, just because you had someone new. This makes me very happy because I know that I am still the one you love the most.

But I can't be so selfish. After all, I'm getting old and I'm already a mother of four children.

When she saw Wang Li was about to speak, she quickly stopped her husband and said: In fact, this is not the only reason, there is another reason.

I raised Wang Jianye since he was a child. He is the closest to me in the family, just like Wang Yanran and Wang Anle are best to you, the eldest brother Wang Jianguo is best to his parents, and the third brother is also closest to you because he is obsessed with martial arts.

So I know the second brother Wang Jianye the best. Recently, he is at school and, perhaps influenced by something, he often asks me about the situation abroad. I know that he longs for life abroad but dares not say it out loud.

When Wang Li heard what his wife said, he remembered that now was the peak time for people in Longguo to go abroad.

In fact, the real craze for going abroad began in 1978, at the beginning of the reform and opening up, and reached its peak around 1993.

Before the reform and opening up, the number of Chinese students studying abroad at their own expense was almost zero. However, as the reform and opening up progressed and the policy was relaxed, more and more people chose to study or work abroad. In particular, after the official determination of the policy of "supporting study abroad, encouraging return home, and freedom of coming and going" in 1993, the enthusiasm for studying abroad has been further heated up. Historically, there have been three waves of going abroad: the first was in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China; the second was during the war; and the third was the wave of going abroad since the early days of the reform and opening up.

The enthusiasm for going abroad during this period is mainly driven by the domestic economic situation and people's yearning for living and education abroad.

Moreover, with the development of the country and the increase in international exchanges, the phenomenon of "going abroad fever" is also constantly changing and developing.

It should be that Wang Jianye was influenced by others at school and also yearned for life in developed Western countries. Fortunately, there was Zheng Lan at home who had actually lived abroad for many years and was able to give him some correct guidance so that he would not blindly yearn for the life in those developed capitalist countries.

But it cannot change the young people's curiosity about foreign countries, which also blames Wang Li for neglecting to pay attention to his son.

It should be emphasized here that at this time his eldest son, Wang Jianguo, was admitted to Kyoto University in 1978.

He was the second batch of college students after the big storm. Because of his family education, he had eaten a lot of precious elixirs such as the Giant Crocodile Pill, and he also had excellent genes from Wang Li and Zheng Lan.

The eldest son, Wang Jianguo, is very precocious and smart. As he is the eldest boy in the family, he is usually very steady, although he is often suppressed by his sister, Wang Yanran, in all aspects.

But in fact, he was the most independent-minded person in the family. Not long after the storm was over, he began to actively prepare for the college entrance examination.

It was because he was too young that he did not take part in the first college entrance examination. Otherwise, with his ability, he might have taken part in the first college entrance examination in 1977 and would be a junior now.

Wang Li is the least worried about Wang Jianguo. After all, as the eldest son and grandson in the family, Wang Li's parents, including Zheng Lan and Mr. Kong, will pay special attention to him and focus on cultivating his character and daily living habits.

Now that he has grown up, he doesn't need too much attention from his family. We will only help him when he faces problems that he can't solve, and let him develop naturally.

Xiao Huniu is even more reassuring because she is married and working, and has so many elders who are willing to take care of her, so Wang Li doesn't have to worry about her.

As for the younger children, they are still in school, and currently only the second son needs special attention.

(End of this chapter)