Chapter 172: I have been wandering for half my life, and I only regret that I have never met a wise master Zeng Kun opened the security door of the small two-bedroom apartment and saw his wife Xia Huilan cooking in an apron. When she saw her husband come back, she put down the spatula in her hand, went out to take the briefcase, and then handed him the thermos. The thermos contained tea that had been brewed early when her husband got off work. Zeng Kun could drink it as soon as she got home. It was neither cold nor hot, except that the tea leaves had been brewed for a little too long and tasted a little bitter. But it's only bitter at first, and soon a sweet taste ferments in the throat. Zeng Kun prefers this taste of bitter first and sweet later. "Where's Zeng Yumin?" Zeng Kun put down the cup and asked. "Maybe he's listening to music in his room." Xia Huilan said. Zeng Kun glanced at his daughter's room, where he could faintly hear the sound of music. He couldn't help but ask, "She doesn't have classes this afternoon, and she's not studying at home?"

"No." Xia Huilan shook her head, complaining: "It's you who instilled in her that 'it doesn't matter if you can't find a job, your dad will support you forever'. She will be a senior next year and doesn't want to take the postgraduate entrance exam or do an internship." Zeng Kun was stunned for a moment, then muttered, "It's not like I can't afford it." Looking at her stubborn husband, Xia Huilan sighed inwardly. His daughter doesn’t know, his relatives don’t know, and his friends probably don’t know, but his wife knows it very well: Lao Zeng’s fixed monthly income is only 1 yuan. The family of three had enough food and drink, no problem. But it was not what his daughter thought. Her father was a great professor with research projects and bonuses in the school. Otherwise, Zeng Yumin would not have to go to Jinan University and could easily go to CUHK. It is not like what relatives and friends think, that Professor Zeng of CUHK has a deep network of contacts and a wide range of connections, and that there will be no problem asking him for help with any small matters. However, due to his male pride, Zeng Kun never denied these misunderstandings from beginning to end, and he was unable to tell everyone the real situation in the workplace. Relatives and friends are okay, but the image of me as a noble person in my daughter’s heart may be shattered. "I'll help you cook." Zeng Kun didn't want to talk about these annoying things at home, so he changed his shoes and walked towards the kitchen. Not long after, the couple simply fried three side dishes, and Mr. Zeng walked over and called his daughter to eat. There was a creaky sound of the door opening, and a girl about 166cm tall with a pretty face walked out of the room. Although Zeng Kun and Xia Huilan, one of them is full of complaints because of work problems, and the other one looks a little old because of doing housework, but judging from their bone structure, neither of them is actually ugly, and now all their advantages have been passed on to their daughter. Zeng Yumin, 21 years old this year, is a junior at Jinan University. Several boys are secretly pursuing her, but Zeng Yumin doesn't like any of them. "Dad, you're back." Zeng Yumin greeted her father happily, with a hint of pride between her brows. This kind of "arrogance" does not involve "coquettishness". It is just that the person simply thinks that his family is well-off and he is beautiful, so he has a kind of arrogance that comes with it. "Minmin, today daddy made your favorite Kung Pao Chicken."

Zeng Kun had a daughter in his old age, so he loved her especially. "Thank you dad!" Zeng Yumin took Zeng Kun's arm to the dining table. Old Zeng, who was not well-liked at school, smiled so much that his wrinkles faded a lot. The family ate a few bites of food. Xia Huilan was a mother who didn't spoil her daughter so much, so she said, "Zeng Yumin, you will be a senior next year. You are not preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination now, and you don't want to do an internship during the summer vacation. Have you ever thought about your future?" "I'm not in a hurry." Zeng Yumin, who was playing on her phone, rolled her eyes and said disapprovingly: "Anyway, I have my dad. He can arrange a job for me and the monthly salary should be at least over 10,000 yuan." "Monthly salary over 10,000 yuan?" Xia Huilan thought to herself, your father has been working for decades, and now he only makes 1 yuan a month. Aren’t you afraid of getting your tongue bitten by the wind when you say something like that? "Who else can get a monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan for fresh graduates now, except for a very small number of students from the top majors of Zhongda and Huagong?" Xia Huilan scolded. "That's why I said rely on my dad!" Zeng Yumin picked up a piece of chicken and gave it to Lao Zeng: "Dad, you will help me, right?" "Yes, yes." Zeng Kun couldn't stop smiling while eating the chicken his daughter brought him. "have a look!" Zeng Yumin glanced at her mother with a smug look, as if to say, "So what if I'm a loser, as long as my dad is awesome!" Xia Huilan looked at her naive and even silly daughter and was so speechless that she didn't know how to persuade her. Not only that, Zeng Yumin also pestered Lao Zeng and said that she wanted to buy a car after graduation so that she wouldn't have to squeeze into the subway to go to and from get off work. "Your dad is still squeezing into the subway on his way to work!" Xia Huilan couldn't bear it any longer and loudly educated her ignorant daughter. "My dad doesn't drive. He says walking to work is more environmentally friendly." Zeng Yumin argued back: "My father has the spirit of noble character to reduce emissions for the whole society, but I don't. Is that not okay?" When she was young, Zeng Yumin asked why other families had cars but hers didn't. Zeng Kun used the excuse that "air pollution is too serious, we insist on green and low-carbon travel" to evade the question. This not only perfectly explained why he didn't have money to buy a car, but also showed his social responsibility in front of his daughter, which raised his image. Xia Huilan knew very well that the reason for not buying a car was simply because of lack of money, and was trying to persuade her daughter to give up the idea of ​​buying a car. Then Zeng Kun suddenly said, "Why are you arguing while we're eating?" "What's the noise about?" Xia Huilan thought that her family couldn't afford to spend more than 100,000 yuan to buy a car, so she had to be the bad guy. Could you bear to do that? "It's just a car, if you want to buy it, just buy it!"

Zeng Kun suddenly stood up, and in front of Xia Huilan's surprised gaze, he took out a thick envelope from his briefcase and handed it to her. "This is……" Xia Huilan knew it was a lot after just one consideration. But this isn’t the time to pay salaries, could it be a bonus? Stop joking, Xia Huilan shook her head, her husband was insulated from this kind of thing. "A tech company hired me as a manager." Zeng Kun tried to make his tone seem nonchalant: "I haven't agreed yet, and haven't done anything, but their boss gave me the first month's salary first." "what?" Xia Huilan and Zeng Yumin both expressed surprise. Xia Huilan was surprised at what a short-sighted boss this was! The company was lucky enough to survive two months without going bankrupt after inviting Lao Zeng, who had no resources, to be the manager. Zeng Yumin was surprised that her father often said that today's bosses were too selfish and not as simple as the entrepreneurs of the past, so she didn't want to work for them. "Dad, don't you dislike the current private enterprises?" Zeng Yumin asked the questions that were in her mind. “This boss is different.” Zeng Kun wanted to make his lie consistent and to further convince himself, so he explained to Zeng Yumin: "This boss has a gentle and generous personality and I get along well with him, so I'll help him." "Mom, my dad is finally out!" Zeng Yumin smiled and said, "Can I say from now on that I have a father who is a manager?" "Uh-huh……" Xia Huilan was full of doubts, thinking that your father had not only finally come out of the mountain, he had been wandering around the foot of the mountain for decades, and now someone was finally willing to open a door for him. …… After finishing her meal, Zeng Yumin continued to go back to her room to listen to music without a care in the world. After washing the dishes, Xia Huilan returned to the bedroom and saw her husband holding a business card, looking at it over and over again. She leaned over to take a look and saw the words "Zeng Kun, General Manager of Guangzhou Suhui Information Technology Co., Ltd." printed on it. "Backtracking?" Xia Huilan frowned: "What a strange name, is this the company that invited you?" "Ah." Zeng Kun made a response in his throat. "Does this boss know your current situation? Lao Zeng, if you can't do it, just quit and don't hurt others." Xia Huilan was a kind person and thought that the other party was just like her own daughter, deceived by Zeng Kun's apparent identity.

"What do you mean?" Zeng Kun raised his head. Not only did his colleagues and leaders look down on him, but even his wife, who had shared his joys and sorrows, didn't believe in him. "I just feel that although life is a little harder now, it is not impossible to live through." Xia Huilan put down her sleeves stained with water and said frankly, "A monthly salary of 10,000 yuan is so high. If I can't meet the other party's requirements, not only will the money be hot to hold, but I will also be terrified for fear of offending them." When Zeng Kun heard his wife say this, and then looked at his wife, who was only in her early fifties but already had white hair on her temples, his eyes suddenly turned red. "Just take the money safely." Zeng Kun's eyes were firm, as if a drowning man had suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw, and he said with almost gritted teeth: "No matter what happens to the company in the future, Chen Zhe will never have any complaints against me!" At this moment, Lao Zeng was like a spring that had been compressed for many years. Suddenly, the burden and entanglement on his body were taken away. He decided to use all his strength to bounce out and burn all the remaining energy in his cowardly life. Xia Huilan hadn't seen her husband in this state for a long time, so she asked hesitantly, "Chen Zhe... is he the boss of that company?" "That's right!" Zeng Kun picked up his cell phone and walked to the balcony. He was going to accept Chen Zhuo's invitation. Chen was not surprised at all by the call. It was just that Professor Zeng was very enthusiastic. He not only asked about the business scope of Suhui Technology, but also what he could do now. To sum it up in one sentence: I have been wandering for half my life, and I only regret that I have not met a wise leader. If you don't abandon me, I am willing to sacrifice my life and shed my blood, and work hard for the company until my death. ······ (End of this chapter)