After the annual party of Xuemeng Food Factory, Cao Shujie thought he could just wait at home to celebrate the Spring Festival, but he didn't know that there was not much going on.
Although both the company and the village are stable, things outside seem to be getting more complicated.
Cao Shujie received calls one after another. He was going to Quancheng to attend the "Dongshan Province Agricultural Economic Benchmark Enterprise" award ceremony on January 5th, the day of Laba Festival. Xuemeng Food Factory is one of the award-winning units, and there will also be notification of corresponding policy support at that time.
Regarding specific policy support, Cao Shujie had heard Guan Guotai talk about it before.
Just one of the tax benefits makes him very envious. Coupled with the government subsidies, these two items can directly increase corporate profits in every aspect. No matter how busy the time comes, he will go there. This is a piece of cake.
If you put the meat to your mouth, you can eat it by opening your mouth.
In addition to this award, Xia Zonghai also contacted him with an invitation call from the "Meet the Celebrities" column of the central media.
According to the plan communicated on the phone, the "Meet the Celebrities" column team is planning to come to Qingshi Town Xuemeng Food Factory to record the live part on January 17th. After that, Cao Shujie works hard again and rushes to the Beijing recording studio before the 20th.
For this part, Cao Shujie also readily agreed.
It just so happens that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Mengmeng will also be on winter vacation. I will take her to play for two days and buy some New Year goods.
It's just that this column came a little late, but Xia Zonghai can't be blamed for this. The world doesn't revolve around him, and things weren't so perfect in the first place.
According to what the program team told Cao Shujie, his episode is scheduled for the second episode of the third season of Meet the Big Shots. The first episode is Liu Qiangdong, followed by Zhang Chaoyang, who are all famous figures.
If the recording goes well, it will be broadcast on CCTV2 on February 10, the day before the Lantern Festival.
In fact, from this personnel arrangement, we can also see that Xia Zonghai made great efforts in this matter. Without Xia Zonghai's relationship, would his influence and net worth be comparable to Liu Qiangdong and Zhang Chaoyang?
In any case, Cao Shujie owed Xia Zonghai a favor in this matter, and he was wondering how to repay it.
But before Cao Shujie's idea of returning the favor could be put into action, Lian Qijian drove his parents over in the new car he just got.
The car is Magotan's 2017 330TSI DSG luxury model, with a guide price of 490,000 yuan on the official website. Because Xuemeng Food Factory purchased 6 of them at one time, each car received a discount of more than 30,000 yuan, and the naked car price was 200,000 yuan.
The six of them were responsible for getting the car registered. Compared to a car that cost nothing, the insurance and purchase tax money was just a drop in the bucket, so they didn't care at all.
No matter how you say it, this is a serious B-class car.
Lian Qijian drove to the door of Cao Shujie's house, stopped the car, and when his parents got out of the car, he also went to the trunk to take out the things he brought.
This trip was not only to visit the old man Cao Zhenghu, but also to express his gratitude to Cao Shujie.
In the past few years, Cao Shujie would visit Lian Xuezhu and Dang Wanli during the holidays. Although their early love for helping Cao Shujie was involved, Cao Shujie's later training and care for their son Lian Qijian was not
It has already surpassed the original love.
Up to now, their son Lian Qijian has been independently responsible for the northwest region sales office and is also responsible for the procurement of apples from Xinjiang Changji. This is Cao Shujie's attention and trust in their son.
Therefore, when they came this time, the gifts they brought were also very precious. Lian Xuezhu and Dang Wanli spent a lot of thought on the selection of these gifts.
Cao Shujie also expressed a warm welcome to their arrival, and asked his wife and mother to bring out all the good ingredients at home to entertain Lian Xuezhu's family of three.
While drinking, Cao Shujie mentioned something. He asked Lian Qijian if he had a suitable partner.
After all, Lian Qijian is not too young.
This issue also made Lian Qijian quickly become the focus of the wine table.
Although he is neat and tidy at work, he is hesitant and indecisive when it comes to emotional issues.
The love affair Lian Qijian had while in college shattered his view of relationships to pieces.
Lian Qijian looked at the questioning eyes of the people at the table and quickly changed the topic.
He said he would go to the Xinjiang Wuqi office again before the end of the year.
Cao Shujie told him that it was not long before the New Year, so it would be better to take a good rest at home during this period.
But Lian Qijian disagreed and had to force him to return to the front line of work.
According to him, apples from Xinjiang Changji Apple Base have been taken off the market in large quantities again. This is the time for large-scale transactions, and he has to go back and keep an eye on it.
This made Cao Shujie have to wonder if he was scared by the pressure to get married and wanted to leave home quickly and hide far away.
Otherwise, how could Lian Qijian have such a big reaction?
Several elders actually saw some signs and could only sigh, hoping that Lian Qijian could figure it out on his own.
After all, Lian Qijian is not too young now, and his family background is not bad. He is also very impressive, and his monthly income is not low.
The family wanted to introduce him to a well-matched girl, but after being hurt once, Lian Qijian was very stubborn on emotional issues, so he wanted to find someone who was right for him.
But it's not that easy to meet the right person.
Both father and son, Lian Xuezhu and Lian Qijian, had been drinking, so Dang Wanli drove the car when they returned home.
After watching them go away, Cao Shujie and his father returned home.
On the last day of December, his cousin Wang Shouzhi also came over with his wife, uncle and aunt.
It was also at this time that Cao Shujie learned that his sister-in-law was pregnant.
Cao Shujie thought that now that everything was like this, his sister-in-law would be able to raise her baby at home with peace of mind.
Little did she know that Long Hongxia didn't think so herself. She was still thinking about going back to work. She felt that she was just pregnant and she wasn't so pretentious. She could still earn some money and pay for insurance. When she gave birth to the child, she would not only be reimbursed but also receive additional insurance.
Get a maternity benefit.
She also considered that if she really couldn't stand anymore in the future, she would discuss it with the supermarket and switch to other positions.
This also made Cao Shujie look at Long Hongxia with admiration. If nothing else, just what Long Hongxia said just now shows that she is a very pragmatic person.
Isn’t it that ordinary people’s wealth is accumulated penny by penny?
Cao Shujie felt that his cousin, who used to be a fool, was really lucky to have found such a good wife in his previous life.
Time has quickly turned over the old chapter of 2016 and ushered in a new year.
A heavy snowfall also came quietly at this time, and the sky and the earth were covered in silver.
This year's snowfall was also extremely heavy. It was reported on TV that in some places houses built illegally could not hold up and collapsed.
Also because of the heavy snow, the installation of roller coasters in children's theme parks and the reconstruction of barren mountains were forced to stop.
The construction work of the village committee office building in the Caojiazhuang Village Committee compound was also forced to stop. Instead, the three rooms leased to Yiling Rural Commercial Bank as bank branches have been completed because the project is small, and the remaining decoration will have to wait until
coming year.
No one went out on a snowy day, and Caojiazhuang suddenly seemed quieter.
At this time, there were still more than 20 days left before the Spring Festival. Due to the heavy snow, the roads were difficult to walk. Qingshi Town Central Primary School was closed, so Mengmeng did not go to school.
She would not be quiet at home, and wanted to go out to play for a while, but as soon as she came out, the snow outside could cover her knees.
This result made Mengmeng overjoyed, but made Cao Zhenghu and Wang Yuelan very worried.
They were afraid that Mengmeng would fall or bump into her.
Cao Shujie, on the other hand, didn't care. He thought it would be good for his daughter to get more exercise, but she couldn't really raise her like a treasure in the palm of her hand, as she would eventually turn out to be a waste.
"Dad, come and have a snowball fight too." Mengmeng rolled her eyes and shouted.
Cao Shujie really couldn't sit still in the room. When he heard his daughter calling him, he also came out.
Before he could react, Mengmeng threw a snowball at him, confusing him in the face.
The cold snow sprinkled down Cao Shujie's neck, causing goose bumps all over his body.
"Mengmeng." Cao Shujie bent down, grabbed a handful of snow from the ground, and threw it at his daughter with a trick called Rain of Flowers.
Mengmeng saw that the situation was not good and quickly ran away.
The father and daughter had a lot of fun playing in the yard.
After seeing Big Ha and Er Ha in the kennel, they kept barking. The ice and snow world is their favorite for Big Ha and Er Ha. They really want to come out and have fun.
When Mengmeng saw this scene, she thought of her sled again, and begged her father to take it out for her so that Daha and Erha could take her for a run around the village.
"Can you run in such heavy snow?" Cao Shujie was too lazy to tell her.
Seeing his daughter drooping her little head again, Cao Shujie added: "Wait until the snow compacts a little before going."
Only then did Mengmeng become happy again.
Cao Yirui, who was in the house, saw his father and sister playing so happily outside. He also wanted to come out to play, but he was too young, only one and a half years old, and Cheng Xiaolin wouldn't let him out no matter what.
Waiting for the snow to lighten up a little, Cao Shujie put on thick clothes and went out by himself.
He wanted to go around the village to see if there was anything unusual.
After all, he is also the village party secretary of Caojiazhuang. At this time, he has to take responsibility.
He also called Cao Shuchao and asked him to arrange for people from the security brigade to go around the village to see who needed help.
The snow hasn't stopped completely yet, so it's very hard to clear the snow at this time.
Cao Shujie walked slowly from north to south.
The snow on the ground is very thick and complete, which means that no people or vehicles have passed through it in a short period of time.
With this terrible weather, most people in Caojiazhuang are keeping warm at home.
Who wants to suffer when you can enjoy it?
When they came to the south, Cao Shujie remembered something and turned back towards Cao Jianping's house.
Cao Jianping accidentally fell down and died without paying attention, but there were still orphans, young and old at home.
Such heavy snow must be very inconvenient for Grandma Zheng Qiu and her granddaughter Cao Shuangshuang. They should at least shovel the snow in their house first.
When he came over, Grandma Zheng Qiu was clearing the snow, and Cao Shufeng from the security brigade was helping here.
Seeing him coming, the old man seemed very happy: "Secretary Cao, why are you here?"
When Cao Shufeng saw Cao Shujie, he also called Secretary Cao.
"Grandma, Brother Feng, don't be so polite. If you call me secretary again, I'm not done with you." As Cao Shujie was talking, he saw a shovel standing against the wall. He walked over, took the shovel, and removed the white snow on the stick.
Put it off and start working.
Cao Shufeng still wanted to let Cao Shujie take a rest, but Cao Shujie refused: "We can work faster if we have more people."
As he spoke, Cao Shujie raised his head and looked at the sky. The snow was getting lighter and lighter. He breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise the snow would be in vain.
"Grandma, Shuangshuang hasn't come back?" Cao Shujie asked without seeing her.
Junior high schools are different from primary schools. All primary schools have to be brought back. Those in junior high schools who are far away from home can live on campus. In this kind of snowy weather, the school will not let students living on campus brave the danger of wind and snow to come home.
"Shuangshuang didn't come back. She kept worrying about me and called me to ask me to pay attention to my safety, but the teacher didn't allow him to come back." Zheng Qiu muttered, with a happy smile on his face.
Cao Shujie had forgotten about this incident. When Zheng Qiu mentioned it, he felt that the school was doing the right thing.
The three of them worked quickly, and Cao Shujie and Cao Shufeng were young and had a lot of energy. It didn't take long to clean the yard.
Zheng Qiu also thought about letting Cao Shujie and Cao Shufeng go inside to drink a glass of water, but Cao Shujie told her that she had to go to other parts of the village to see if anyone else needed help.
Cao Shufeng thought about taking a walk with Cao Shujie.
When they left, Zheng Qiu kept talking about why he didn't even drink a glass of water.
"Brother Feng, how are you doing lately?" Cao Shujie asked in a confused manner.
Cao Shufeng laughed: "It's good. Life is better now than before."
He can also look at the things his father did in the past calmly.
Regardless of whether he wants to admit it or not, he has benefited from the money his father embezzled in the past.
"Okay, Brother Feng, follow me to the southern breeding farm to see if there is anything going on there." Cao Shujie said.
There is certainly no need to worry about his own farms, but it is hard to say about the several farms of Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative.
With such heavy snow, those cows or calves will be a big problem.
As soon as I entered the farm, I saw several people busy working. One cow was sick, and the veterinarian at the farm was giving it an injection.
Cao Shujie went over and took a look. Seeing that there was no big problem, he didn't look any further and took Cao Shufeng to go to other places together.
At this time, what he was most concerned about was the cow farm.
Fortunately, Caojiazhuang's cow breeding farm also invested heavily in ensuring temperature regulation at critical moments, so that both cows and calves are not affected by the severe cold outside.
This is especially important for the growth of calves.
"This money is really not in vain." Cao Shufeng said.
Cao Shujie also nodded, and he recognized this.
After walking around several key places in the village, more than half a day had passed. Cao Shujie felt that his body was starting to sweat. He really wanted to take off his coat, but when he thought that he might catch a cold, Cao Shujie gave up the idea.
Back home, Cao Shujie was thinking about going to the province to receive awards on Laba Day on the 5th. Looking at the heavy snow outside, he was still wondering whether the snow would melt away in the past few days.
It's definitely not going to be easy on the road.
Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.
Three days later, the snow had almost melted, and Cao Shujie also started packing his things, preparing to go to Quancheng early tomorrow morning. (End of this chapter)
