Chapter 588 The icing on the cake (320.01 million)
In May, the normal temperature is above 30 degrees during the day, and it can reach 25 or 6 degrees at night. Even if you walk a few steps, you will be so hot that you will sweat all over.
In some homes, the air conditioner unit hung on the wall is already humming, so the electricity bill is not lost.
The LED street lights are always on, and under the lights on Caojiazhuang Street, there are old people holding cattail fans and moving a horse, and three or five people gather together to chat.
There are fewer cars at night and the temperature drops, so there are children running back and forth around their adults.
Or a game that a few friends can play together.
An old man saw Cao Zhenghu coming and shouted loudly. He had never heard such shouts as "Brother Tiger" and "Uncle Tiger".
When they saw Cao Shujie, these elders smiled and called him "Director Cao", which was obviously a joke. In fact, they also placed Cao Shujie in a very high position in their hearts. Taking away the factor of seniority, Cao Shujie was a leader.
People they respect.
"Grandpa Zheng Lin, if you shout like that again, I will be embarrassed to see anyone."
"Grandpa Zhenggang, you have been very busy recently. I leave all the house building work in our village to you. Wish you good fortune."
Just as they were talking, they walked to where Cao Shujie's parents lived.
Father Cao Jianguo, mother Wang Yuelan, and uncle Cao Jianlin were also enjoying the cool air on the roadside.
Cao Shuchao and his wife Ma Wenqian, who are not on night shift today, are also here chatting.
Cao Shuchao has been trained in the orchard in the past few years, and has made money in his hands. He has become more and more open-minded in speaking and doing things, and is no longer as boring as before.
Seeing his son supporting his old father and bringing his granddaughter over, Cao Jianguo first let his old father sit on his horse.
He went home and took out three matzas: "Mengmeng, come and sit here with grandpa."
"Grandpa, grandma, grandpa."
Mengmeng shouted sweetly and called Cao Shuchao and Cao Zhenggang again.
Cao Zhenggang always praised her as a sensible child.
Cao Zhenghu, Cao Jianguo and the others never stopped laughing.
Cao Shujie glanced at the opposite side of their house. The house that the uncle had built was basically finished. The roof was flat and the courtyard wall was covered with tiles. At this stage, the walls were being maintained over and over again. It would be ready to be decorated and moved in in a few months.
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At that time, the exterior walls will also be painted uniformly.
Cao Jianlin also told Cao Shujie that his eldest brother Cao Shubin and second brother Cao Shuxin would come back in a while to take a look at the house and discuss decoration matters.
The appearance of the house is built according to the design drawings made by Pingyuan County Construction Co., Ltd., but the decoration of the home can be done in various ways, and there is no hard requirement for this.
"Jianlin, don't you still have a house in the city?" Cao Zhenggang heard about this and asked one more question.
He couldn't do the decoration, so he didn't take the job.
Cao Jianlin said with a smile: "It has been put out. It will be sold after a while. I will go to Anyi in the future and live with the boss and the second child."
"I usually live in Caojiazhuang."
Speaking of this, Cao Jianlin remembered something and said with a smile: "Uncle Gang, don't tell me, I am doing some work at home and I feel that my legs and feet are getting lighter and lighter."
He is 66 years old. When he lived in Anyi City, he had no other activity except walking around and sitting in the park for half a day. When he came back, he helped move bricks and sweep the floor and supervised the building of houses.
After working a lot, he was really tired at first, and his whole body ached due to fatigue, but after a while, his body became more and more comfortable.
To sum up, Cao Jianlin felt that he still lacked exercise.
Cao Shujie didn't think much about it. Hearing the uncle said that the two cousins were coming over, Cao Shujie thought it would be okay: "In a while, the strawberry fruit wine will almost be fermented. When my eldest brother and second brother come back, it will be a good time to try the new wine."
"Shujie, what do you think?" Cao Zhenggang asked him.
"I heard that you use thousands of kilograms of strawberries to make wine. If you sell such expensive strawberries for money, how much wine can you buy?"
3,000 kilograms of strawberries. Based on this year’s picking price in the orchard, you can earn more than 110,000 yuan from selling these strawberries.
But the money can't buy so much fruit wine.
"Grandpa, I can't make enough money, but there is no other store that sells this wine. I can't buy it even with the money," Cao Shujie said.
"Haha, that's right, you have already earned so much money." Cao Zhenggang suddenly realized that Cao Shujie was different from them.
Most people in Caojiazhuang are still thinking about how much the kiwi fruit in the orchard will sell for next year when there is a good harvest.
When thinking about how many cents more the cattle could be sold for this year, little did they know that Cao Shujie’s investment was tens of millions.
The gap is too big, and their own way of looking at this issue is somewhat inappropriate.
Mengmeng stayed with her grandpa and grandma, making funny faces from time to time, which made Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan smile.
"Mengmeng, it's such a hot day, why don't you cool down at home?" Wang Yuelan asked her.
Mengmeng hesitated and couldn't tell the reason.
Wang Yuelan knew at a glance that her granddaughter must have provoked her daughter-in-law at home again.
She said: "Mengmeng, why don't you sleep with grandma tonight, and I will take you to kindergarten early tomorrow morning."
"I can't." Mengmeng immediately shook her head: "I want to sleep in a room by myself."
"Yes, Mengmeng has grown up and is a big child." Wang Yuelan touched her granddaughter's little head, her eyes full of doting.
Several old people were chatting, and Cao Shujie and Cao Shuchao were also chatting.
Inadvertently seeing Cao Shuchao's mother Zheng Huajuan coming out of the house, Cao Shujie quickly called out to her.
"Auntie, your body is getting stronger and stronger." Cao Shujie said, standing up and giving up his seat.
Zheng Huajuan said with a smile: "Shujie, it's all thanks to you. Your brother Chao has made money working for you. Your sister-in-law just needs to go to the county and show me three times."
Since the National Day in 2011, Cao Shuchao has been working with Cao Shujie. In the past three years, Cao Shuchao has worked for him and earned some money. His wife Ma Wenqian has also earned some money by planting fruit trees and raising cattle.
My hands are getting looser and looser, so I don’t have to wait for the medical treatment I need to see.
Hearing what Zheng Huajuan said, several old people sitting here also sighed.
In the past, they suffered from minor illnesses and could not treat serious illnesses. To put it bluntly, it was all because of money.
But now I no longer have this worry.
The village committee is now promoting serious illness medical insurance to the village, and it is said that this is what Cao Shujie meant.
Some people buy critical illness medical insurance, but some people don't. No one urges you to do so. It all depends on your own situation.
While we were chatting here, it was almost 9 o'clock before we knew it, and Mengmeng began to feel sleepy. Cao Shujie then supported his grandfather and took Mengmeng home.
Cao Jianguo was still shouting from behind, asking Cao Shujie to take his grandfather and Mengmeng back on an electric tricycle, saying it would be faster.
"That's okay." Cao Shujie saw that his daughter had turned into a kowtow-worm and slept on the road before she got home.
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One night passed.
When the sun rises in the sky and then jumps over the horizon, people start new work.
When Cao Shujie was about to go to town, a phone call made him change his mind.
"Uncle, are you retiring soon?" Cao Shujie was in a daze.
The person who called him was Lian Xuezhu.
According to what Lian Xuezhu said on the phone, he was going through the retirement procedures and would not go to any second-line jobs to make use of his spare time. He would go home directly to retire.
At this time, Lian Xuezhu and a group of close friends wanted to sit down and have dinner together, so they called Cao Shujie over and asked him to bring some fruit wine.
"When you reach your age, why are you still occupying your seat? The world will be your young people's in the future, and we old guys should also want to enjoy a happy life." Lian Xuezhu said.
"Shujie, don't forget to come over tonight and I'll introduce you to a few more people." Lian Xuezhu said this.
After he retires, his previous influence will become very small.
But there are also some who are better at playing, and he wants to introduce them to Cao Shujie at this time.
Favors can survive and relationships can be inherited, but only if there are people who can support these relationships.
Cao Shujie himself is not bad, he is also very hard-working, and his relationship with the city and county is also very good. Lian Xuezhu introducing him at this time is the final icing on the cake.
After hanging up the phone, Cao Shujie was thinking about what gift to prepare.
He also has some kiwi fruit wine there, so I plan to take it all with me this time.
You can also bring preserved fruits produced in the factory.
Unfortunately, we were short on time and the strawberry fruit wine hadn't fermented yet. Otherwise, I would have brought some over for a change.
"Strawberry fruit wine will be delivered later." Cao Shujie muttered.
Unknowingly, she drove back home. When Cheng Xiaolin saw him coming back, she was a little puzzled: "Did you leave something behind?"
"Bring some fruit wine, and I'll bring some gifts." Cao Shujie told his wife about Lian Xuezhu's retirement.
Cheng Xiaolin was surprised: "It's so fast. I remember that my uncle is quite strong."
"This has nothing to do with that. I'm almost old enough. There are still people waiting for promotion. He has to make room for him."
When Cao Shujie said this, Cheng Xiaolin understood.
"You should drink less at night and take the driver there." Cheng Xiaolin told him.
Cao Shujie nodded: "I know."
There are 8 bottles of kiwi fruit wine left, and Cao Shujie brought them all.
After searching the house, there was really nothing except snacks. Cao Shujie drove up the mountain first and asked Cao Shuchao to pick more strawberries for him to take with him.
Then he drove to the factory in the town, picked up Song Baoming and asked him to drive, and then went to the county supermarket to buy some nutritional supplements.
There was really nothing else to buy, so Cao Shujie went to Lian Xuezhu's house in Mingshi Mingyuan Community.
What Cao Shujie didn't expect was that it was Lian Xuezhu's son Lian Qijian who opened the door for him.
When this kid saw Cao Shujie, he shouted: "Brother Jie."
"Brother, when did you come back?" Cao Shujie asked him.
Lian Qijian chuckled and said, "Brother Jie, I just came back. I didn't want to come back. My dad said he would break one of my legs if I didn't come back."
While the two were talking, Lian Xuezhu's voice came from the room: "Is it Shujie? Come in quickly."
His tone was 70% friendly and 30% polite.
"Uncle, I'll come over in advance to have a meal." Cao Shujie said this.
"You only have so much potential, come in quickly." Lian Xuezhu felt very comfortable when he heard what Cao Shujie said.
Cao Shujie went in carrying the wine, and the driver Song Baoming was behind carrying him strawberries and the nutritional supplements he bought.
When Lian Xuezhu saw it, his face was filled with joy, but he still said, "Why do you bring so many things?"
"Uncle, these are two different things."
Cao Shujie pointed to himself, then to Lian Xuezhu: "Did I call you uncle?"
"Ah, this can be false. Your father and I have been in a relationship for many years." Lian Xuezhu said.
He suddenly missed his youth.
Cao Shujie said: "Look, you have admitted it. How can I, a nephew, be honest if I come here empty-handed?"
