Chapter 1245: 1 Telegram Number
Dinner was ready at the Perry family's house, and several large dishes were placed on the long table in the dining room.
Old Perry was still sitting by the fireplace, but the children and young Mrs. Perry had already sat at the table, and young Mrs. Perry was helping old Mrs. Perry to serve the food.
The main course did not have toast, but was steaming mashed potatoes with prawns and a little broccoli. The dishes included stewed beef, fried steak and a sunny-side-up egg when the steak was fried.
There was also a thick soup, which was old Mrs. Perry's specialty.
"Honey, you should come over for dinner. You have to set a good example for the children." After serving the food, old Mrs. Perry called her husband and then turned around and said, "Jenny, your husband has been upstairs for a long time. Go check on him."
A few minutes later, the whole family was called to the dining table by old Mrs. Perry to eat.
Little Perry finally came down from upstairs, holding a small notebook in his hand, and shouted excitedly: "Dad, look what I found?"
"Stephen!" Old Mrs. Perry glared at her son in dissatisfaction. "It's family dinner time now. You shouldn't talk about business at this time. Put down your things, come and pray, and then enjoy dinner. After dinner, you can talk in front of the fireplace or in the study."
"Uh, ok mother."
This family seemed to have returned to a matriarchal society. After moving to this farm, old Mrs. Perry took control of the family's decision-making.
After the family finished their meal, they briefly chatted about some pleasant topics, but it was the two women who did all the talking, and neither Perry Sr. nor his son spoke.
"I'm done!" Old Perry and Little Perry stood up at the same time and wiped their mouths with napkins.
"Father, can we go to the study? I have something important to discuss with you."
"No, the study is too cold. I want to stay in front of the fireplace." Old Perry refused his son, glanced at the sofa in the direction of the fireplace and shouted angrily, "Sharon, if I were you, if you still want to be an elegant lady, you'd better leave the fireplace."
“Meow…”
A calico cat meowed twice, turned its head to look at Old Perry, and then obediently returned to the armrest of the recliner.
Old Perry returned to the recliner, took out an unfinished cigar and lit it, holding Miss Sharon with one hand and holding the cigar with the other: "Haizi, if you don't have a definite and feasible solution, our family may not be able to afford beef after Christmas. Prices are changing every day. Not only are the sea routes cut off, but land transportation has also been disrupted. The price of food has risen tenfold."
It was an exaggeration for Old Perry to say that his family couldn't afford beef, but his description of the current prices in the UK was definitely conservative.
It's not just the price of food, in fact the entire people's livelihood system has been almost destroyed by Zeng Wangcai, and the British government has basically lost its ability to control.
"Father, this method is definitely feasible." Little Perry held up the notebook, "Look at what this is?"
There is a string of numbers on it, the first three digits are 010......
"What is this? Is this your account password at the Swiss Bank?" Old Perry put on his glasses and laughed after seeing the number. "Funds are not something that can solve the family crisis now."
"This is not a password, this is a phone number!" Little Perry said excitedly, "I should add the country code in front of this number, then you should recognize it. This is the phone number of a department in Sijiu City. Do you remember the official I met when I went to Sijiu City that year? He is not in the Ministry of Commerce now. He went to..."
"Wait a minute, is this phone number the solution you thought of to the problem?" interrupted Old Perry.
"Yes father, I have connections."
"..."
A large part of the Perry family's business is related to us, and the relationship has been going on for a long time.
Among them, Perry Jr. visited the city of Sijiu many times and was warmly received by relevant departments. Once he met Wu Yao, the then minister, and they had dinner and chatted for more than ten minutes.
"Father, it is said that the invaders this time are from the University of the East, and our navy was also defeated by the University of the East. If we ask the University of the East for help, do you think it will be helpful?"
"I don't think it's possible. Although I have always advocated friendship and the people of the University of Tokyo have a good impression of me, this is a war. The University of Tokyo has never admitted that they are invaders. I don't think they will do anything for us."
"Uh...Father, I've always wanted to ask you, what do you think of the war launched by Dongda?"
"What do you think? Haha, these are all debts..."
Old Perry had a sad expression on his face as he talked about what he had heard from his parents and what he had seen later.
That is the old history from more than a hundred years ago.
Few young people nowadays like history, and even fewer acknowledge history.
But Old Perry is not like that. He has experienced history. He sighed, "The crimes committed by our ancestors were very serious. Our ancestors robbed the treasures of the ancestors of Dongda and killed many people on the land of Dongda. So... compared with our ancestors, what Dongda people are doing now is not excessive. They did not target civilians. As for the chaos in the city, most of it was caused by our own people. We used to be high and mighty, but when danger came, our quality was actually very poor. This is human nature..."
After listening to this, Perry was silent for a long time before speaking: "Do you think the Dongda government won't help us? But the Dongda people I met are very friendly. I know a lot about their culture. They are very generous. I think we should give it a try. After all, we chose to help them when they were in trouble."
"Listen, Stephen, if you use this mentality to deal with Dongda people... no, with everyone, you will never get real emotions." Perry Sr. corrected his son seriously, "Our dealings with Dongda are business, and business is mutual. There is no such thing as helping. If we are friends, we should not talk about helping each other, because helping each other is a matter of course."
"I'm sorry, Dad. I understand!" Perry Jr. took the advice seriously. "I will try to contact that official and ask for their help."
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On the outskirts of Nottingham, there is also a farm.
There was no heavy snow, but the weather was very cold. Zeng Wangcai had lived in the farm provided by Mason for three days.
He was exhausted from running around these past few months and planned to celebrate a Western festival with his wife.
The firewood in the fireplace was crackling. Zeng Wangcai set up a grill on the side. There was also a closed stove over there, which contained a whole roasted lamb.
Today is Christmas Eve. Zeng Wangcai is cooking while Zhang Xiuzhi is resting. Zeng Wangcai also gives Xiaobao and Yutie a day off. The two have been very tired in the past few months and have hardly stopped driving. The other brothers took care of themselves and enjoyed the food and drinks at the farm.
"Call the landlord, haha, sister-in-law, you are on the same team with the fool this time, be careful..."
Three people were playing cards over there. Zhang Xiuzhi had two pieces of paper stuck on her face. Looking at Xiaobao and Yutie, only their eyeballs were exposed.
Zeng Wangcai turned around and smiled, then took out his phone and saw that it was a call from Jiucheng.