The Soul of an Old House 203

Chapter 203? There are more important things in this world than money.

Meng Meng stared at the handsome freshman in front of him with mixed feelings. In this real society, money has long been ranked first, and the ultimate goal of many people's life struggle is to have huge wealth. The younger brother with higher education is so utilitarian and secular, willing to be a slave to money?

The thick trunk of Huangguoshu stands like a hard wall at the mouth of the cave. The lush canopy is like a roof that grows out of thin air, sticking out to connect with another Huangguoshu, which is also like a huge umbrella, covering the pass between Yanzi Mountain and another mountain, leaving only one road to pass between these two Huangguoshu trees. This road, which is said to be often taken by Leizu mulberry sericulture, winds eastward along Yanzi Mountain to Wanquan Village and westward along the gutter to Longtai Temple. Wanquanzhai and Longtai Temple, once temples with strong incense, are now deserted, leaving only faint ruins that can be seen only after careful identification.

There is a gap between two Huangguoshu trees, which supports the sky and lets people pass by, hence the name Cave Cliff. The old house is at the foot of Huangguoshu in Yanzi Mountain. It has been silent for many years, like an old man who has experienced vicissitudes of life, looking at pedestrians coming and going on this road through the gap of Huangguoshu.

"In the cellar of the old house, there used to be gold and silver brought back by my grandfather, as well as dollar bills." MengMeng stood up, his eyes turned away from the new student, and his deep voice was like thunder from the distant horizon.

Unable to restrain his inner excitement, the freshman said in surprise, "Is there really a treasure hidden in the cellar of the old house?" Eldest brother, you are the eldest son of the family and have the right to dispose of the ancestral inheritance. You need money to start a company and divorce, but you shouldn't give Yang Meihong so much, two million! Fourth brother's company needs money, third brother also needs to open a shop, and parents also need money. Please give them some! "

Meng Meng didn't seem to listen to the chatter of the freshmen. She went over, pointed to the red land in front of Huangguoshu, and said sadly to the freshmen, "You left the Gong family when you were young, and you don't know what kind of life a poor family really leads. Your third brother went home to study and herded cattle up the mountain. The cow ate the sweet potato in this field and was beaten by his father. A few kilograms of sweet potato powder may kill them. Your fourth brother went to a big town to learn Guo Kui, and made friends with Zhao Xiaoxiang. Because his family was poor, he almost lost his life in Jinji River. I went out from here, became an official in the county and saw a little of the world, but I finally came back here. Our desire for money is even more than yours ... "

"Fortunately, eldest brother, you finally found a huge treasure hidden in the cellar. This is the wealth left by my grandfather! " The freshmen almost cheered.

MengMeng look dignified, put his hand into his clothes and take it out for a while. He is holding a white handkerchief wrapped in a square, which seems to weigh 10 thousand kilograms.

The two brothers were silent for a while, as if a devout believer appeared, and then slowly said to the new student, "Yes, the treasure left by grandpa is here, and I have always taken it with me."

The handkerchief was opened layer by layer, and the new heart was lifted inch by inch: "Is this great wealth wrapped in the handkerchief?" Perhaps, this is the key to open a local organ in the cellar? "

A golden square appears in the budding hand, surrounded by a circle of green osmanthus, and the golden five stars are dotted on a person's profile head. The top of each corner of the five-star is decorated with clover and each corner is decorated with oak leaves. The five stars are set off by an ornament that says brave, like the head of a person who wants to fly over the side. There is a lightning pattern on the ornament worn by this person.

"Presidential Medal of Honor." Freshman carefully received the medal from his eldest brother and translated it into English: "Presidential Medal of Honor?"

There is also a row of English on the back of the medal. The freshmen read: "Every American citizen must pay the highest respect to this gentleman. Every American citizen must pay the highest respect to this gentleman. "

Although freshmen have long heard of a medal left by grandpa, now this medal is really lying in their own hands, just like dreaming. Trying to keep their eyes open, the freshmen read out the English inscribed under the medal: "To the respected director Gong Boshen. This sentence means, to the respected manager Gong Boshen. Brother, is it really our grandfather's medal? ! "

"The Medal of Honor was awarded by the President of the United States to members of the armed forces in the name of Congress. This above-average medal is awarded in recognition of the outstanding courage of soldiers and the heroic behavior of helping others and completing tasks beyond their duties in the struggle against the enemies of the United States; In the military action against foreign military forces, with the support of the American government, he helped the troops of friendly countries to fight against reactionary forces, and his courage and self-sacrifice spirit in risking his life in carrying out the task were obviously higher than those of his peers. Later, this highest honor was awarded by officials selected by the President to those who made outstanding contributions to the Allies in friendly countries. " Meng Meng explained: "The shape of the medal of honor awarded to non-domestic personnel is obviously different from that of domestic personnel, so Grandpa's medal was specially made into a rectangle."

Freshmen understand why this medal is obviously different from the American Medal of Honor.

"But what does this medal have to do with treasure?" Freshmen are even more puzzled.

"My grandfather accepted David's entrustment at Xinjin Airport, and Dr. Lin was responsible for the funds for the Allied expansion of the airport. Later, because of the interests of all parties, David asked Dr. Lin to try his best to transfer a huge sum of money. According to the plan discussed with Dr. Lin, my grandfather went back to northern Sichuan to collect herbs for the airport site and transported them back to his hometown to hide in the cellar of the old house. " The tone of the voice was heavy: "Later, because it was difficult to tell the whereabouts of this wealth, my grandfather was finally tortured to death."

"That the wealth finally went to where? Still hiding in the cellar of the old house? " Freshmen are a little anxious.

Bud slumped back to the thick roots of Huangguoshu and told the new student about his meeting with Zhang Xiaohui in Shenzhen.

Guo Lin, a camp instructor who was born in the army, moved to Shenzhen and often got together with Yifeng Li, a former military schoolmate. In addition to drinking and chatting, the two also kept close contact with their former comrades. I went to Shenzhen and learned about the relationship between Bangladesh and China. He wants to see Meng again as soon as possible.

Several people hit it off at first sight and soon became good friends who talked about everything. Of course, Liao's possession of the medal handed down by Gong Jiazu was soon known to everyone. Originally, I wanted to cut to the chase and let Liao return the medal to MengMeng, but suddenly I said that I would set up a company for MengMeng and let Liao be the general manager of the new company. Moreover, I promised to give Liao some performance shares.

Liao took the initiative to return Gong Jiaxun to Meng.

It turned out that Liao saw this seemingly insignificant company. As long as it was established, its profits and impact on the world were beyond the reach of current property management companies. What benefits will he get in the future? So he took advantage of the trend, chatted with his "friends" and soon returned the medal to the bud.

This is because Zhang Xiaohui met two foreigners by chance.

Yes, these two foreigners are Roberts and Marshall.

Zhang Xiaohui took advantage of the convenience of setting up a property management company to gather the vacant rooms in some residential areas and set up a Lvyou hotel similar to a homestay later. Marshall and Roberts stay here.

Marshall and Roberts are both American pharmacologists, especially Marshall, who is an expert on China and speaks Chinese fluently. Unexpectedly, Marshall's grandfather was an old Marshall who personally decorated Guo Lin's grandfather Dr. Lin Fuzhong and his grandfather Gong Bosheng.

When Machel was very young, he listened to the story of Prometheus in the East told by his grandfather Marshall Sr. Machel came to China and always wanted to visit his personal hero.

Seeing that this beautiful young proprietress is actually a Sichuanese whom she admires in her heart, Roberts explained that she wanted to go to northern Sichuan to look for "Oriental God Grass". Zhang Xiaohui was surprised: Aren't these two foreigners looking for Gong Mengsheng's family in northern Sichuan? Zhang Xiaohui invited Meng Sheng, Guo Lin and Yifeng Li to meet Marshall and Roberts.

"Your nose, eyes and figure are very similar to those of General Gong!" As soon as they met, Marshall took MengMeng's hand and said enthusiastically, "My family still keeps photos of Zunzu."

Looking at this enthusiastic foreigner, Meng Meng has a kind of intimacy in his heart.

"My grandfather said that China is a state of etiquette, and China people pay attention to honesty, faithfulness, benevolence, propriety and wisdom. Your ancestors were all good and stood the test in the face of wealth. " Marshall stared at Meng Sheng and Guo Lin and revealed a secret for them.

Old Marshall was one of the people who knew that Dr. David Tolin and Director Gong kept secrets about the funds raised by the Allied Forces to expand the airport. The complicated and changeable situation at home and abroad requires not only clever use of all forces to speed up the expansion of the airport to crack down on intruders as soon as possible, but also a very loyal and intelligent person or institution to ensure the safety of raising funds and let this huge sum of money be used in the right place. The chaos of the wartime situation and the involvement of many interests make money the most critical factor to control the change of the situation.

The temptation of people in front of huge interests makes greed a fatal component that hinders the progress of the project.

The headquarters of the Allied Forces knew all about the changeable parties, and instructed General David, who was in command at the scene, to balance the forces of all parties and protect the security of airport expansion funds. After David's repeated investigation, I deeply felt that Lin and Gong's seemingly simple but very strict management methods effectively put an end to all kinds of disadvantages in project management. Most importantly, Gong Lin is a typical loyal person, so David suggested to his superiors that Gong Lin should manage the airport expansion funds.

After Dr. Lin and Mr. Gong managed it with the seal of Prometheus, there was basically no corruption and waste in the funds authorized by General David.

With the fierce fighting ahead, the whole situation is getting more and more tense, and the situation in the rear is also in chaos. Thanks to Gree's efforts, glory has become a direct plunder of the funds managed by Gong Lin.

General Manager Gong, who is resourceful and experienced in struggle, proposed to Dr. Lin that a large number of gold and silver banknotes be secretly transported back to his hometown for preservation. With the consent of David and allied headquarters, under the cover of sending herbs to the airport to treat dysentery, carefully selected soldiers pretended to be migrant workers and took on this important task.

Later, the expansion of the airport was gradually completed, and a large sum of money was hidden in the cellar of Gong Laozhai, waiting to be distributed to all parties involved in the construction. The authorities asked Gong Lin to hand over this wealth in order to control and eliminate the forces against him. However, David has never received any opinions from his superiors about the specific allocation of this fund, and other forces have gradually learned that General Manager Gong holds this wealth. In particular, Angkor and Liu Ge, who appointed Manager Gong to supervise the construction at the airport, have very different opinions on the disposal of this balance: Angkor ordered "Brother Boshen to remit this money back to Tianyi as soon as possible for other purposes", but Liu Ge asked Manager Gong to "distribute this money as promised and never cause new turmoil because of unfair distribution".

Dr. Lin is naturally inclined to Liu Lao Liu's opinion, but he also knows that the money is reserved for allies and he has no right to dispose of it. Besides, both Mr. Gong and the Liu brothers are lucky, and they must be in a dilemma and difficult to choose.

Facing the treacherous war situation, the increasingly urgent and complicated situation, and the innate gratitude, Manager Gong can't sleep at night.

In fact, the allied headquarters is indecisive, and it is difficult to make a decision on keeping the promise of distribution according to work and looting in troubled waters. On the contrary, it will cause new chaos, so it has not issued an order for this fund.

The airport project has been completed, and the institutions responsible for various affairs have begun to evacuate. All eyes are on the general manager Gong, who is actually in charge of huge wealth. David doesn't know much about the complex forces of all parties. He doesn't want to get caught up in the whirlpool of right and wrong. He tends to transfer this paragraph back to his own country. Although Gong Lin has no right to interfere, he can refuse to implement it.

Seeing that things were imminent, General Marshall persuaded the Allied Commander to transfer the money to Mao, and General Gong finally agreed with Dr. Lin to secretly transport all the gold, silver and dollars to the liberated areas. Thus, the contribution of the Anti-Japanese War changed the tendency of public opinion, and huge amounts of money changed the destiny of the nation.

After learning the truth, Jiang flew into a rage and wanted to send someone to deal with the relevant personnel. But at that time, Sichuan Province was also his last retreat, and there was Xikang Wang Huwei behind Gong, so Jiang had to knock out his teeth and spit blood. On the surface, he quietly waited until one day to settle accounts.

At the inauguration ceremony of the airport, Director Gong hypocritically sent the commander of the 24 th Army 17 Division stationed at Xinjin Airport to take charge of the airport security area and gave him a symbolic verbal praise, but it didn't matter. Brother Wu's indifference made him feel bitter. After the construction of Xinjin Airport was completed, Dr. Lin witnessed the airport built with his own nausea and tears, and gradually became the focus of power struggle. Manager Gong was disgusted and angry. When he returned to China, he ignored Dr. Lin's advice and went to Tianzi to offer a humble apology to Brother Liu.

It was not until Dr. Lin, who was a big shot in China at that time but was unable to protect "Liu Laowu's lackeys", wrote to Old Marshall asking him to prove that Manager Gong was not corrupt in those days through international influence. Old Marshall knew that Manager Gong had been identified as a "bad element" with gold, silver and dollar bills.

"Heroes who have contributed to the nation will be hit instead. There are people who know the truth, including Dr. Lin, and so many officials who know the details. Why didn't they come forward to prove it to General Gong? " Yifeng Li even some don't understand, looked at Guo Lin asked contemptuously.

"It was a very special period. Like this, it is related to other factions, especially foreign countries. It's too late to protect yourself. How can it have extra energy to protect others? " Meng Meng finally knew that the fund, which only had recipients at that time and didn't accept the certificate, finally became evidence that there was no evidence against death. In addition, the chairman left the airport expanded by General Gong, so it is not difficult to understand that his grandfather was tortured.

When Guo Lin explained to him about Manager Gong, he realized why his grandfather was always so guilty, and he never explained to him that Manager Gong transported the gold and silver bills back to his hometown for safekeeping and who gave them to later.

"Fortunately, there are medals awarded to them by former allied generals, so that some people in this world know their innocence. Therefore, Manager Gong regards medals and tiger's head seals as his own rewards and leaves them to future generations. " Zhang Xiaohui said: "This is a kind of spirit and a kind of inheritance."

"Yes, the best way for us to remember the hero is to pass on his selfless dedication." Marshall said: "This is also the biggest motivation for us to come to China to find the oriental sacred grass."

As it happens, he came to Shenzhen and didn't know what he was going to do for a while. Zhang Xiaohui intends to arrange for him to do some writing work in his own company, and then find opportunities to help him open his own company in the future. Since there is such a relationship, Zhang Xiaohui immediately made a decisive decision, and decided to give all his money to MengMeng Ge and Marshall Roberts to open a company, which specializes in manufacturing medicines for treating dysentery.

To tell the truth, I thought I would never meet this man again in my life, but suddenly, a haggard budding brother stood in front of me, dusty and startled himself.

After listening to Meng Dage telling his recent experience, I was very distressed.

Not to mention the disappointment in official career, it is the misfortune of family life, and it is enough to make this talented man miserable. Yang Meihong told such a big lie to himself, inflicted such mental violence on the man he had been reluctant to part with, and even forced him to emigrate.

If a woman is selfish enough to bet on her own man or even her children and do whatever it takes for vanity, then such a woman will become a demon. But this woman once loved her brother. When she never came into his life, it was this woman who did her duty as a woman instead of herself and gave birth to two daughters for him.

Meng Dage will live in that land in the future, and this woman and the family behind her still live in that land. The best way is for everyone to live in peace. Zhang Xiaohui knew that Yang Meihong was scheming, and the ultimate goal was to gain fame. Then, behind Yang Meihong's back, he gave him a house in Shenzhen, making Yang Meihong the deputy general manager of Liaoyuan Property Management Company and enjoying the company's dividends.

Zhang Xiaohui still loves, not only love, but also more than before. Willing to sacrifice everything for her dear brother Meng.

However, Meng Meng showed nothing but sisterly love for Zhang Xiaohui.

I came to Shenzhen this time just to find a chance to start over. Unexpectedly, I was retained as soon as I met Zhang Xiaohui. Meng Meng can see her feelings for Zhang Xiaohui from her eyes. However, times have changed. At the beginning, regardless of her vows with Zhang Xiaohui, she hastily married Yang Meihong. She failed Zhang Xiaohui. Who is qualified to get her love again?

Compared with Zhang Xiaohui, who is still totally honest, is he a selfish and treacherous villain? Even if there are 10 thousand reasons, they can't wash away their despicable and even criminal behavior in order to satisfy their lust for women and their desire for power.

This recovered medal filled Meng with gratitude for his selfless heart.

Meng Meng doesn't know how much money Zhang Xiaohui earned in Shenzhen, but she knows that this woman who still loves her deeply is not what she used to be. In the process of letting Liao hand over the ancestral medal and treat Liao, Meng suddenly felt that this beautiful woman had a broad mind. My best reward for this woman is to do a good job in this cause that is beneficial to mankind. There are more important things than money in this world.

In my budding heart, I regard Zhang Xiaohui as a sacred goddess, and I can't tolerate any blasphemy.