Chapter 194 Cao Shujie said: I want to block the road! Good night
The place they eat is next to the five-star department store, called Sanheyan, and they cook authentic Shandong cuisine.
This was not the first time that Cao Fei came here to eat. When he came over, he asked the waiter for a menu. He handed it to Cheng Xiaolin and asked her to order some dishes that the children liked.
After being polite, Cheng Xiaolin ordered a fried shrimp dish and a sweet and sour pork loin dish, both of which Mengmeng could eat.
After ordering, she returned the menu to Cao Fei and said, "I'll just order these."
Cao Fei also wanted Cao Shujie to order some dishes, but Cao Shujie said directly: "Let's not be so polite. You are familiar with this place and know what dishes are delicious, so just order it."
Cao Fei didn't say anything else this time. He took the menu and ordered five dishes.
There is fried chicken, fish in oil, a seafood pimple soup, a flavored eggplant, and a shredded sweet potato.
"Cao Fei, you ordered too much, we can't eat it," Cao Shujie said.
Who would have thought that after hearing this, Cao Fei said, "Then order another pan-fried bun with winter melon and meat stuffing, which is a specialty of their restaurant." Cao Fei said.
"Then give it a try." Cao Shujie said with a smile.
While waiting for the food to be served, the two of them chatted about Cao Zhen's wedding on the 30th of this month.
Cao Fei also said: "I have asked my manager for leave in advance, and I will definitely go there then."
"To be honest, I feel like there won't be much time for us to get together anytime in the future," Cao Shujie said.
Cao Fei also agrees with this. As time goes by, especially after starting a family, he suddenly finds that the time that truly belongs to them becomes less and less.
Cao Fei said: "Shujie, do you remember, when we just graduated and went to work, every time you came back, we could always get together to drink and go to KTV to sing songs."
Cao Shujie also misses that time very much!
Free and unrestrained.
At that time, they didn't even have a partner. They spent the money they earned on themselves, and they had a lot of time at their disposal. They could play until twelve o'clock at night, or even until two or three in the morning.
If you want to sing, just go to KTV and become a barista. It doesn't matter if you sing all night long.
Cao Shujie suddenly said: "I haven't been to a KTV for five years. To be honest, I don't even remember what it's like inside."
Cheng Xiaolin next to her suddenly said: "You can go if you want, as if I don't let you go."
"Hehe." Cao Shujie grinned, waved to his wife, and said, "I don't mean that. The main reason is that now is not like when I was young, and I have no interest in KTV anymore."
"Humph!" Cheng Xiaolin glanced sideways at her husband.
After the dishes they ordered were served, Cheng Xiaolin first served Cao Fei and Cao Shujie seafood pimple soup, and then served her daughter a bowl of seafood pimple soup to cool down.
"Shujie, do you drink beer or liquor?" Cao Fei asked him.
But he was rejected by Cao Shujie. He said: "Cao Fei, I have to drive back in the afternoon, so I won't drink. When Cao Zhen gets married, let's have a good drink."
He knew that Cao Fei had to go to work in the afternoon. As a new leader who had just been transferred, there must be many people watching him.
It's okay to go out for a meal during the lunch break, but if you go back to work smelling of alcohol after drinking, it will definitely have a bad impact. If you don't have enough safety, someone will make irresponsible remarks behind your back.
Cao Shujie didn't care, but he didn't want it to affect Cao Fei's future.
Before the meal was finished, Cao Fei's cell phone rang. He looked at the phone number and answered the call: "Hey, Xiaoqiu, do you have anything to do with me?"
"Cao Shujie, you said it's possible to transfer the goods. Can you ask the other party to send it over?" the person opposite asked him.
"Then send it over. How much is the total?" Cao Fei asked.
The person opposite told him: "It's still the original price of 8,999 yuan. We'll pay for the postage, and the rest will be gone."
"Okay, I understand, let's do this for now. When the goods arrive, just bring them to me directly." Cao Fei said to the person on the phone.
After putting down the phone, he said to Cao Shujie: "Shujie, the Dajiang Elf 1 generation drone you wanted has been delivered. I will ask them to send it to you as soon as possible."
When Cao Shujie heard Cao Fei calling him just now, he guessed that this was the matter. Now when he heard Cao Fei tell him about this matter, Cao Shujie said, "Then I will keep the money later."
"Okay, I'll call you when I get the goods." Cao Fei was not polite.
After separating from Cao Fei in the afternoon, Cao Shujie and his wife Cheng Xiaolin took Mengmeng, loaded the things they just bought into the car, and drove towards Caojiazhuang.
On the way, Cheng Xiaolin was still looking forward to using the drone to take pictures after it arrived.
Mengmeng didn't sleep either. She sat in her seat obediently. She even knew how to pull the seat belt over and fasten it on herself this time. She looked quite presentable.
When they came back from Yiling City, they happened to catch up with the peak traffic period, and it took them longer than usual to get back to Caojiazhuang.
When she got off the car, Mengmeng ran straight home and shouted into the house: "Grandma, I'm back."
Cao Shujie said to her later: "Mengmeng, run slower, don't fall."
"It's okay." Mengmeng said without looking back, and then ran into the house.
Wang Yuelan is picking vegetables and preparing to cook dinner.
Seeing her son and daughter-in-law, and her granddaughter never coming back, Wang Yuelan was also very anxious.
Suddenly seeing her granddaughter Mengmeng running in, Wang Yuelan stood up with a look of surprise: "Mengmeng, are you back?"
"Grandma, we just came back." Mengmeng shouted.
"Oh, why don't you come in quickly? What are you doing outside?" Wang Yuelan muttered, and she had already reached the door.
Looking at her son and daughter-in-law who came in with large and small bags, Wang Yuelan also said: "We have things at home, why do you buy so much?"
"Mom, I saw that the ones sold in the mall were quite cheap, so I bought some to avoid them being expensive the next time I buy them."
"How's it going? Have you got what you bought?" Wang Yuelan asked them. She also wanted to see what kind of gadgets could be used to assist shooting in the air.
But his son Cao Shujie said: "Mom, I haven't bought that drone yet. There is no stock here in the city. I'll find someone to arrange the goods first."
"Then when should we get it?" Wang Yuelan asked.
When Cao Shujie heard his mother's question, he took the initiative and said, "I won't go get it. I'll send it to our house after it arrives in Yiling City."
"Oh." Wang Yuelan nodded and responded twice, thinking that it wouldn't be too late to wait until the things arrive in a few days to take a look.
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The next morning, Cao Shujie heard someone in the village talking about Cao Jianhua buying another 300 piglets.
Compared with last year, the price of piglets he sold this year has dropped to 24.5 yuan per kilogram.
This price is also the fundamental reason why Cao Jianhua continues to raise pigs. He feels that with such a low price, it is impossible to lose money again.
The average weight of the batch of piglets he bought was about 15 kilograms, and the price of each piglet was equivalent to 370 yuan. The total cost of these 300 piglets was more than 110,000 yuan.
It was much cheaper than the price of the piglets he bought last time.
Cao Jianhua has also been careful about feeding. He no longer uses full-price feed, but mixes it with other things to reduce the cost of feeding.
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When Cao Shujie heard about this, Cao Jianhua's 300 piglets had all been unloaded and put into the pig pen on the mountain, and they were timidly adapting to the new environment.
He rode his bicycle over and took a look. These piglets looked okay.
Cao Jianhua also smiled and said to Cao Shujie: "If nothing else happens, I should be able to make a lot of money this time."
Because the price he paid for the piglets is very low, coupled with the reduction in feeding costs, Cao Jianhua feels that if the price of these piglets is similar to the current price when the pigs are released in 3 to 4 months, he will make a big profit.
Because of this, he is very motivated and hopes to make more money through breeding.
When Cao Shujie said goodbye to Cao Jianhua and rode his bicycle home from the dam, he didn't notice a construction vehicle roaring past him and running south.
After the construction truck ran over, it brought up a lot of dust, which made Cao Shujie choke and cough several times.
He felt a little annoyed as he looked at the engineering vehicle that ran towards the south and disappeared after turning a corner.
He knew that the engineering vehicle was going from the pontoon in the south to the quarry on the other side of the Yellow River to pull gravel.
In the past, these construction vehicles used to go from the south, and Cao Shujie didn't think anything of it when they didn't pass by their village.
But I heard that the road construction in the south had closed a section of the road, and the construction vehicles couldn't pass it, so they changed the route from the north. This change didn't matter, but it brought a lot of trouble to Cao Shujie and the others.
Cao Shujie still thought about when he went to the city yesterday, they were walking north from the village. Before they could get out of Taodong Village, they were blocked by two construction trucks that were meeting each other.
"It's so annoying, we shouldn't let them go this way." Cao Shujie thought to himself.
After getting off the dam, Cao Shujie did not go home directly, but rode his bicycle to Cao Jiangang's home.
After coming over, Cao Jiangang was pouring himself a drink at home. When he saw him coming, Cao Jiangang was quite puzzled and asked him: "Shujie, why are you free to come here today?"
The implication is that Cao Shujie will not come to him when he has nothing to do.
Cao Shujie was a little embarrassed to be told that. He said: "Uncle Jiangang, I came to see you today because it is really urgent."
"What's going on? Tell me?" Cao Jiangang was puzzled.
Then I heard Cao Shujie tell me about the construction truck passing by their village.
After finishing speaking, Cao Shujie emphasized: "Uncle, I think it's okay for them to walk once or twice occasionally, but now they walk from us for a long time, which is very unsafe. They might bump into someone one day."
"Really? But I heard that it was a vehicle from the Yellow River section. I'll talk to them again." Cao Jiangang put down his chopsticks and revealed a secret that Cao Shujie didn't know.
But Cao Shujie doesn't care where the car is, as long as there are hidden dangers.
He said firmly: "Master, it doesn't matter where the car is, we shouldn't tolerate him."
When he said this, Cao Jiangang found it difficult to speak. He asked, "Then what do you think we should do?"
"Uncle Jiankang, do you think this will work? Let's build two cement blocks at the entrance of the village to prevent them from entering the village. We will also build two cement blocks at the intersection of the Yellow River Barrage Dam in the north to prevent them from entering.
They came from our section of the dam."
"Building cement piers?" Cao Jiangang frowned and said, "The cost approval is not something you can just say."
"Even if you go through the process, you have to wait for a while."
Hearing what he said, Cao Shujie nodded: "Uncle Jiangang, do you think this is okay? I will pay for all the money to build the cement pier."
Cao Jiangang didn't expect Cao Shujie to be so straightforward.
The reason why he looked so embarrassed was because he had received benefits from the Yellow River section, which, to put it bluntly, was just money for the journey.
The construction vehicles in the Yellow River section are picked up from their village and pass by, taking the pontoon bridge in the south to pull gravel on the other side. If they take other roads, it is equivalent to taking a long way. From the perspective of transportation costs, it increases the transportation costs a lot.
Only then did the Yellow River Section proactively send money to Cao Jiangang.
As the saying goes, use people's money to eliminate disasters for others.
No one mentioned this matter originally, but today Cao Shujie took the initiative to bring up the matter of setting up concrete barriers at the entrance of the village. Cao Jiangang was indeed a little embarrassed.
But Cao Shujie was determined to block the road, and he was willing to pay for it himself.
Seeing Cao Jiangang's embarrassment, Cao Shujie also understood something in his heart. He did not force Cao Jiangang to express his position, but said: "Uncle Jiangang, do you think this is okay? I will take care of this matter, and I will find the cement blocks."
Someone get it."
"Just leave enough width in the middle for a small passenger car to pass through," Cao Shujie said.
Cao Jiangang picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all in one gulp. He didn't say anything until Cao Shujie left his house.
After Cao Shujie left, Cao Jiangang looked at the empty door and couldn't help but sigh: "It's so damn hard to make some money."
Cao Shujie is very efficient in his work.
He did not insist on having his own way. He also summoned some villagers from Caojiazhuang to the village committee compound and told them that he wanted to build a cement block at the entrance of the village, and explained the reasons clearly to them.
After hearing this, everyone present basically agreed that the purpose of building cement piers was the same as Cao Shujie's. They also felt that the construction truck running back and forth in their village was too dangerous and might one day crush their children.
, it will be too late to regret it by then.
Besides, these construction vehicles took the road from their village, and these villagers did not get a penny of benefit, but they supported Cao Shujie's decision even more.
Most people present agreed with Cao Shujie's plan.
Cao Shujie immediately called Cao Zhenggang, told him about the matter, and asked him to help build the cement block.
"Shujie, let me ask you something." Cao Zhenggang asked him.
"Grandpa, tell me." He said with a smile.
Cao Zhenggang hesitated, and then asked: "Does Secretary Cao know about this?"
"Grandpa, don't worry. I have already said hello to my uncle Jiangang. Otherwise, if you have a brave heart and a leopard's courage, you won't be able to block the road alone!" Cao Shujie said.
