I don't know where Ye Jiqing got such high interest. She couldn't stop since the beginning of the card game. Seeing that her interest was so high, the other people didn't want to dampen her interest, so they stayed with her for a long time.

After playing all night, it was already the next morning when I got home.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the house, he saw Haitang and Matsuoka Yui sitting face to face in the living room. It was obvious that both of them had not slept all night. Axiang on the side kept winking at him, and Li immediately felt

Wall couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart.

"came back?"

"Well, I'm back." For some reason, the calmer Haitang's tone became, the less at ease Li Qiang felt.

However, before he finished speaking, Matsuoka Yui came over, raised his nose and started to smell.

"What are you doing?"

Just as he was talking, Matsuoka Yui frowned, "Huh? Why do you smell like a woman?"

"How fresh! I played cards all night with Mrs. Li, how could I not get some smell on my body?"

"No!" Matsuoka Yui obviously didn't believe Li Qiang's explanation. After smelling it again, he said with determination, "Unless there has been close contact, how could there be such a strong smell? Why don't you explain it honestly?

"

"Explain... what do you want to explain?" Li Qiang lowered his head and smelled hard, "What's the smell? Why can't I smell it at all?"

"I still want to quibble!"

"Okay!" Matsuoka Yui wanted to continue asking, but was interrupted by Haitang directly, "It's good when you come back. Your face looks oily. Hot water has been poured for you. Go and wash it first.

Clean up your face!"

Li Qiang responded quickly and ran out as if he had been granted amnesty.

However, just as he was cleaning up, the doorbell rang quickly.

Not long after, I heard Ah Xiang shouting excitedly: "Oh my God! Brother Acheng! You...why are you back? I thought...wuwuwu..."

Immediately afterwards, Acheng said dotingly: "Silly girl, why are you crying? Aren't I doing well?"

Hearing this, Li Qiang didn't care about anything else. He wiped a couple of brushes and walked over, "A Cheng is back?!"

"Yes, Master Aqiang, I'm back! In fact, I came back last night. It's really hard to find your place! So I had to stay in the old house for one night." Having said this, Ah Cheng said

He noticed the unfamiliar face in the living room, "Who is this?"

Matsuoka Yui introduced herself simply and clearly: "Du Wangshu."

"It turns out to be Miss Du. Hello, this is the first time we meet. My name is Mingcheng, and I am the housekeeper of the Ming family."

"Then can I call you Mr. Acheng?"

"sure!"

After the two briefly exchanged greetings, Li Qiang took him to the study.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them entered the study, before Li Qiang could speak, Acheng couldn't help but ask, "What's going on with Miss Du outside?"

"I know I can't hide anything from you. Let me tell you the truth! She is not Chinese, but Japanese."

"What did you say? Japanese? You let a Japanese woman live in your home? You..."

Li Qiang waved his hand quickly, "Oh, why are you so anxious? Just listen to what I have to say first!"

"Then tell me, I'm listening!" Ah Cheng replied, folding his arms.

"Let me tell you, her real name is Matsuoka Yui."

"Matsuoka Yui? Matsuoka..." Acheng pondered for a moment, and then his eyes widened in disbelief, "Could she be..."

Li Qiang did not hide anything, nodded and admitted: "Yes, she is the granddaughter of Matsuoka Yoyo."

"Then...then you can't..."

"Hey! It's a long story when it comes to this matter. I'll tell you slowly when I have time. Anyway, it's good that you know that she is Japanese, but you should still treat her as Chinese on weekdays.

Just let people deal with it."

"Since you said so... then okay!"

"Put her affairs aside for now, let's talk about you! Why did you come back suddenly? Sister's side..."

"Don't worry, eldest sister is very good, and she asked me to take care of you!"

"That's good." After hearing what Acheng said, Li Qiang breathed a long sigh of relief, "Then are you coming back this time?"

"The organization gave me two tasks. One is to examine the possibility of re-establishing a transportation line, and the other is to find a way to get a piece of equipment back."

As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang's expression immediately became solemn, "Why does the organization want to re-establish a transportation line? Is there something wrong with the original line?"

"Although the large-scale countryside clearing movement of the Japanese and puppets did not cause a big real blow to us, it made the transportation between the base area and big cities like Shanghai and Nanjing extremely difficult. If nothing else, even in the past

The document delivery task, which is almost guaranteed, has failed three times during this period. That’s why the organization sent me back for a closer inspection.”

Hearing this, Li Qiang nodded slowly, and then continued to ask: "How is the mission going?"

"It went quite smoothly. There were very few Japanese soldiers seen at the checkpoints along the way. Without their supervision, the puppet troops were nothing to worry about."

"That's good, so you came to me for another mission?"

"Um."

"what do you need?"

"Cigarette rolling machine."

"What do you want?" As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang couldn't help but be stunned. He even wondered if he had heard wrongly and hurriedly confirmed again.

Cheng shrugged and confirmed again: "Cigarette rolling machine!"

"What do you want with that thing? Are you really kidding me?"

Unexpectedly, Acheng looked solemn after hearing this and replied with a serious face: "This is a decision made by the organization after many discussions and studies. Of course it is not a joke. Huainan is a famous flue-cured tobacco production area. As a result,

As a result of the Japanese and puppet Qingxiang Movement, there was no market for tobacco leaves, and most of the comrades in the base area could only smoke cigarettes rolled by themselves, so the organization came up with the idea of ​​opening a tobacco factory, which could not only solve the demand for cigarettes in the base area, but also

It can help reduce the pressure on local tobacco-growing farmers, and maybe even generate some income. It’s like killing multiple birds with one stone!”

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "From what you said, that's exactly what happened."

Acheng continued: "It just so happens that not long ago, we discovered a small cigarette factory in a small town. According to local people, the factory was jointly founded by several country gentlemen. It was originally very profitable.

But later, due to the local government's excessive taxation, the profit margin of the factory became lower and lower, and it gradually became unsustainable. So after the organization learned of this situation, it tried to raise a sum of money to buy shares in the factory and dispatched

Some cadres went to work in the factory to learn the cigarette manufacturing process and factory management experience, and make preliminary preparations for the establishment of a new cigarette factory."

However, after listening to Cheng's story, Li Qiang was in a dilemma, "It's a good idea, but now the Japanese control of materials has reached a crazy level. Even cigarettes have been included in the control list, not to mention

It’s a cigarette rolling machine.”

"That's why I came to find you!"

After thinking again and again, Li Qiang said: "Cheng, it's not that I mean to shirk, but no matter how you think about it, the target of the cigarette making machine is really too big. Even if I can get it, you can't transport it. That's good.

, I will first find a way to get you a small hand-operated cigarette making machine, let the cigarette factory run first, and then find a suitable opportunity to transport the parts and drawings of the large power cigarette making machine back to the base in batches. How?

Sample?"

"It's a bit troublesome, but it's still a solution. Then I'll leave this matter to you!" After saying that, Cheng was about to turn around and leave.

Seeing that Acheng was about to leave, Li Qiang hurriedly stopped him and said, "Why, are you leaving now?"

"Yes, the sooner we find out the situation in Shanghai and re-establish communication lines, the smaller the organization's losses will be. There is no need to delay!"

"Then your next stop should be Shanghai?"

"Um."

"Then remember to go home and take a look. Big brother will definitely be angry if he knows you won't visit him when you come back."

"Know it!"

"Also, remember to take the time to find someone to design the packaging."

As soon as these words came out, Cheng couldn't help but be stunned, "Packaging? What packaging?"

"Of course it's the packaging of cigarettes! Didn't you just say that the cigarette factory can not only solve the demand for cigarettes in the base area, but also relieve the pressure on local tobacco farmers? Maybe it can also generate some income? Since we want to generate income,

Then you have to sell it in the market. How can you do it without your own brand packaging?"

"Well, that's true. You reminded me. Okay, I'll note it down." At this point, Acheng seemed to have suddenly remembered something and said, "Ah, by the way, I almost forgot to tell you, Su

The doctor's clinic has moved to Baijia Lane. Once the machine is obtained, he can just leave it at his place. I won't come over when he comes back to avoid any complications."

"Okay! Then be careful on the road."

Although it was just a quick visit, Li Qiang was in a good mood to see that Acheng was safe and sound. Although Matsuoka Yui showed full curiosity about Acheng, he did not ask too many questions.

After sending Ah Cheng away, Li Qiang immediately took action. In less than half a day, he found a 90% new hand-operated cigarette rolling machine on the second-hand market.

After buying it without saying a word, Li Qiang immediately drove to Baijia Lane. Not long ago, he stopped in front of the Su's Medical Clinic that had just opened.

However, he never expected that just when Li Qiang walked into the door of the medical clinic carrying the box containing the cigarette machine, he accidentally bumped into a familiar face. It was not someone else, but it was the same face he had just seen.

Guan Lu, deputy editor-in-chief of Qingxiang Daily, who played cards with me all night long!
To be continued...