Chapter 163 Grandpa, you are the old goblin and I am the little goblin
Wang Yuelan was very puzzled when she saw the pure milk, eight-treasure porridge and walnut powder brought in by her son, and asked him: "Shujie, you are going to visit, who are these for?"
Before Cao Shujie could say anything, Mengmeng rushed to say, "Grandma, grandma bought that."
Cao Shujie looked at his daughter calmly, thinking, let me see what new tricks you can come up with.
But after Mengmeng said that, she stopped talking.
Cao Shujie felt tired and said, "Mom, Mengmeng's grandma bought this for you and my grandpa."
Wang Yuelan touched her granddaughter's little head, and she liked it no matter how much she looked at it.
Then she looked at her daughter-in-law: "Linlin, why is your mother buying something again? We already have it at home. Why are you asking her to spend money on it? Tell your mother that she won't do this again next time."
"Mom, it's okay. It will be good for you, my dad, and my grandpa to drink more pure milk." Cheng Xiaolin said, she was actually quite embarrassed.
She knew very well that her husband bought these on the way to make her mother look good.
Cheng Xiaolin thought to herself: "Set up a suitable time and tell her mother sideways. At least she won't do this again next time."
When Wang Yuelan heard what her daughter-in-law said, she waved her hands and said, "Oh, at your father's age, drinking more or less makes no difference. Just leave it for your grandpa and Mengmeng to drink."
"Hehe!" Mengmeng's little head tilted back and her eyes narrowed into slits when she smiled.
Cheng Xiaolin looked at her daughter's proud look and felt strange in her heart. She always felt that Mengmeng was a little too smart.
She behaves so well at such a young age, will she be able to do it when she grows up?
Wouldn't it be possible to entertain the whole family?
"Okay, you go up and change clothes first, and come down for dinner later." Wang Yuelan said.
It was cold outside, so they wore thick clothes. But when they got home and turned on the heater, the temperature in the room was very high. After wearing these thick clothes, they started to sweat and felt uncomfortable all over.
Mengmeng ran faster than anyone else. She ran toward the stairs without forgetting to look back and say, "Grandma, I'm going to change clothes."
Cao Zhenghu, who had just come out of the room, couldn't help but laugh when he saw his great-granddaughter looking so lively: "Mengmeng, slow down a little."
But instead of stopping, Mengmeng went upstairs even faster.
"Grandpa, Mengmeng's grandma asked me to bring you a box of pure milk. You can drink a box when you have time." Cao Shujie told her.
Cao Zhenghu said: "Hey, why are you bringing me something?"
As he said this, the smile on his face became stronger and stronger.
The couple saw that Mengmeng had already climbed halfway up the stairs. They were afraid that she would roll down, so they followed behind and hurried upstairs to change clothes.
When the family of three finished changing their clothes and came down, Wang Yuelan just started taking out the food.
There is both chicken and fish, with both meat and vegetables, making it a hearty meal.
Cao Shujie also poured wine for his grandfather and father, held the wine glass and said a serious toast, and also gave them a toast.
"This year goes by so fast." Grandpa Cao Zhenghu sighed with emotion.
Father Cao Jianguo smiled and said: "Dad, don't think about this. Eat and drink whatever you want. Just tell me, let's live our own lives well. Let's live to be 100 years old first, and try to apply for a Guise record."
Having said this, Cao Jianguo looked at his son and asked, "Shujie, that's called Jishu."
Cao Shujie immediately knew what his father wanted to say, and said: "Dad, that's called the Guinness World Record."
"Oh, don't worry about his record. Your grandfather will try to break the record of longest living person." Cao Jianguo expressed his meaning in his simple words.
After Cao Shujie heard this, he gave his father a thumbs up.
Cao Zhenghu waved his hand: "That's no longer an old monster."
It was really hard to answer this, but Mengmeng suddenly said: "Grandpa, you are the old monster and I am the little monster, hehe!"
Looking at her bared teeth and innocent smile, if you don't know, you will definitely think that this child can really talk, or that she can actually learn and use what adults teach her.
But Cheng Xiaolin and Cao Shujie had suffered losses from Mengmeng, and they knew very well that despite her young age, this little girl was full of evil intentions.
Besides, except for Mengmeng, it doesn’t work for anyone else.
When Cao Zhenghu heard what Mengmeng said, he seemed to be a few years younger. He nodded and said: "Yes, yes, Mengmeng is so right. You are a little monster and I am an old monster."
Cao Shujie praised his daughter's wit.
Accompanying the family to eat, drink and chat leisurely is exactly the life Cao Shujie wants.
He felt that every day he lived like this was fulfilling.
After having a full meal, grandpa felt a little sleepy, so he went to rest early.
Cao Shujie poured another glass of wine with his father and drank it slowly.
It wasn't until Wang Yuelan told the two of them to drink less that Cao Shujie gave up the idea of pouring wine for his father and instead asked his wife to make a pot of tea. The two of them drank slowly and ate dried fruits and snacks.
There is a feeling of leisure and contentment in my heart.
"I heard that you are recruiting a new person." Cao Jianguo spit out the peel and asked him.
Cao Shujie nodded: "Dad, if we don't recruit people, we won't be able to do it after the year."
He stretched out a finger and said seriously: "I will buy at least 100 cows after the new year, probably more."
"There are also kiwis, apples, strawberries, and grass. What will the three of us do then?" Cao Shujie shook his head.
He said: "Finding people now is not a long-term solution. I still have to train my own skilled workers."
Cao Jianguo nodded, his son was right, and it was true in the long run.
"Is recruiting just one person enough?" Cao Jianguo asked.
When Cao Shujie heard his father ask this, he shook his head directly: "Dad, recruiting two more is not enough, let alone one more. But we have to eat the food one bite at a time, so we have to take our time."
"Besides, whether you are engaged in breeding or planting, you have to find people you can trust. Those who have problems with their own quality cannot be considered." Cao Shujie felt the same as Ming Jing.
Cao Jianguo nodded: "You are right to consider it this way."
"Shu Chao introduced you to someone, right?" Cao Jianguo asked casually.
Cao Shujie nodded: "Dad, you also know that he is from Taodong Village. His name is Zhu Shengliang. I asked someone privately and found out that this person has a good reputation in their village."
"Okay, you should do this." Cao Jianguo said: "We are worthy of being villains, but we must be careful and we must not let others fool us."
Cao Shujie nodded, he understood this very well.
In the evening, Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan returned to their place.
There are exactly 20 days left before the Chinese New Year. Excluding the time to visit relatives and friends in advance and maintain relationships, there is really not much free time left.
After New Year's Day, Cao Shujie started to get busy.
He has to go around the county forestry bureau and the agricultural bureau. People may not know him, but he has to know them.
They also went to check out the factories and specialty stores that he had cooperative relationships with in the county. Chen Xingquan, Xia Changhong, Chen Lei and others were very happy about Cao Shujie's arrival. They all wanted to stay with him for dinner, but Cao Shujie still had many places to go.
Run away and make an appointment with them to get together after the new year when they are not busy.
All his friends and relationships are gone, and the elders in the family also have to go.
When buying cigarette and wine gift boxes, Cao Shujie realized that he returned to Caojiazhuang from the capital in March last year. In the past six months, he had made many connections in various aspects through various means.
And quite a few of them were introduced by him through Xiao Cao Zhen.
The rest are the connections his father has accumulated over the years, as well as the upstream and downstream relationships he has gradually gotten to know and accumulated while working hard for more than half a year.
During this trip a year ago, Cao Shujie realized the deeper meaning of a sentence.
Relationships are meant to be maintained.
"I don't know how Cao Zhen is doing now. When will he come back?" After Cao Shujie delivered a bunch of things, he sat in the car and looked at the flow of people coming and going outside the car window. He knew every one of them.
Cao Zhen, who was missed by Cao Shujie, was also very busy during this time.
During the day, I was busy running relationships, contracting more land, and preparing to cultivate the land and grow cotton at any time.
On the other hand, Cao Zhen has also been trying to find ways to familiarize himself with the relationships between various departments in the place where he settled.
He was even busier in the evenings. Sometimes he was busy entertaining guests and socializing. Most of the time, he went to the "Xinjiang Dapan Chicken" shop to report.
After eating the large plate of chicken for more than a month, Cao Zhen started to change dishes.
Grape fish, Xinjiang naan meat buns, cumin mutton, AKS grilled buns, Xinjiang pancake mutton, hand-shredded roast lamb legs, etc.
There were dishes with names in the store, and Cao Zhen tasted them one after another during this period.
The meal allowance given to him by the company was really quite high, and he spent it all on the 'Xinjiang Big Pan Chicken' restaurant.
Sometimes the subsidy is not even enough, and Cao Zhen needs to pour money in.
While Cao Zhen was eating, most of his thoughts were on Patiguli, the owner of the restaurant, chatting with her and watching her busy figure.
Cao Zhen felt that this was really a kind of enjoyment.
As the Spring Festival approached, Cao Zhen received calls from his company and his home. After the company asked him to arrange his time and things here, he returned to Pingyuan County to report on the results of the three months here.
His mother Lian Fengying called him and said something that he didn't like to hear.
In the words of his mother, she would go back and arrange a blind date for him during the Chinese New Year.
Cao Zhen felt a little uneasy thinking about his mother's tone of voice in which she said, "You must find me a daughter-in-law this year."
When he thought about this, he was a little distracted and didn't notice that Patiguli came over and sat across from him after finishing her work.
"Zhen, what are you thinking about?" Patiguli waved her hand in front of Cao Zhen.
Cao Zhen felt a dark shadow moving back and forth in front of his eyes. When he came back to his senses, he saw Patiguli's cute appearance.
"What's wrong?"
"Zhen, what are you thinking about? I called you just now, but you didn't respond." Patiguli was very curious.
She could tell from the troubled expression on Cao Zhen's face that he did have something going on, and it was not a trivial matter.
But Cao Zhen didn't say anything. He tried his best to put on a smile: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. I will go back to my hometown in a while. Although I haven't been here for a long time, I still feel a little reluctant to leave here."
"Ah, you want to go back?" Patiguli also didn't expect Cao Zhen to leave.
She asked: "Where is your hometown? Is it far from us?"
"Very far, far away!" Cao Zhen pointed in a direction, stretched out three fingers, and said, "If you keep going that way, you have to walk more than three thousand kilometers."
"I took the train for two days," Cao Zhen said.
Patiguli had never left her hometown in her life. When she heard Cao Zhen say that it would take so long to take the train, she was at a loss: "It's really far."
"Yeah, it's just far away." Cao Zhen sighed.
Once upon a time, he thought about sneaking back quickly, but now he doesn't want to leave.
He also thought that before he came, Cao Shujie sent him to the Yiling City Railway Station to take the bus, and told him not to look for a wife here...
He wants to break the contract now, what should he do?
"Then when you go back, will you come back?" Patiguli asked him.
Cao Zhen was stunned for a moment after hearing this question, and then said: "She should be back."
"You don't want to come back?" Patiguli also heard another meaning.
After Cao Zhen hesitated for a moment, he said: "I have to listen to the company's arrangements. If after I go back this time, the company will arrange for someone else to come over to manage the cotton planting, I will have nothing to do then."
Cao Zhen recalled what his mother said when she called him: "I'll go find your uncle and ask him to go to Xinjiang with someone else. You're almost thirty and you don't have a partner yet. What are you doing there?"
Cao Zhen felt that if his mother really got angry and went to see his uncle, his uncle wouldn't dare not listen, and someone would definitely have to be replaced by then.
Patiguli did not expect that Cao Zhen would be so troublesome after returning. When she wanted to say something, someone called her to pay.
Patiguli said: "Zhen, you eat first, I will come back later."
"Go and get busy." Cao Zhen put a piece of cumin mutton into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and found it very fragrant.
When Patiguli came to see him again after finishing her work, Cao Zhen had almost eaten.
Thinking that Cao Zhen had just said that he was going back to his hometown and might not come back after the New Year, Patiguli felt a little reluctant.
"Zhen, when are you leaving?" Patiguli asked him.
At this time, there were still two weeks before the Spring Festival. Cao Zhen thought about it and said, "I'll go back next week."
"Oh, that's great!" Patiguli smiled and left: "You don't have to leave tomorrow. I'll prepare some of our local specialties for you. You can take them back and share them with your family and friends."
Cao Zhen stared at Patiguli for a while and asked her: "Why are you preparing specialties for me?"
"What's the point? You've been eating dinner at my place most of the time in the past three months. Just think of it as a small token of my gratitude to you, a long-term customer." Patiguli said with a smile.
She has the beauty of an ethnic minority, and her skin is very white. This smile even made Cao Zhen crazy.
After coming back to his senses, he said subconsciously: "Patiguli, you are so beautiful!"
"Nonsense, I'm beautiful, why hasn't anyone married me yet?" Patiguli is not coy, she is very good at telling jokes.
Cao Zhen was a little overwhelmed and embarrassed to answer the conversation.
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