Cao Shujie and Lian Xuezhu drank kiwi fruit wine, while Dang Wanli drank apple cider vinegar and ate chicken that had been stewed over low heat.
"Uncle, haven't my brother Qijian come back?" Cao Shujie was very confused. It was just a meal, and only Lian Xuezhu and Dang Wanli were at home.
Is it possible that their son Lian Qijian didn't come back?
"You said Qijian, he went to his brother Zhen's place in the city." Lian Xuezhu said.
Speaking of Cao Zhen's incident, Lian Xuezhu also found it incredible.
The restaurant opened by his nephew is now extremely popular, and the daily turnover is very high. I haven't asked how much it costs, but Lian Xuezhu thinks that the daily turnover is more than 10,000.
Looking at Cao Shujie in front of us, they can be regarded as the two most capable people among the younger generation.
But Lian Xuezhu knew very well that his nephew was far behind compared to the one in front of him, and he was not even on the same level at all.
It was precisely because of this that Lian Xuezhu still had a selfish intention in his heart. He thought that before he retired, he would help Cao Shujie in any way he could as a favor. If his nephew and son really encountered any difficulties in the future,
And since he is no longer in his position, he may still need Cao Shujie's help.
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It was almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon when Cao Shujie left Lian Xuezhu's house.
Although the alcohol content of kiwi fruit wine is not high, its stamina is not small. Cao Shujie will definitely not be able to drive to other places.
On the way back, Cao Shujie laughed at himself, not to mention that Lian Qijian didn't come back, nor did his sister Cao Huifang.
When I called her to come back, I told her that it was too troublesome to go back and forth. There were three days of vacation in total, and two and a half days were spent on the road.
The angry mother Wang Yuelan yelled at her directly on the phone: "You go learn to get a driver's license, and I will buy you a car. Why can't you come back home?"
This is why Wang Yuelan has the confidence, just like the old couple saved a down payment for their son to buy a house in Beijing in the past few years.
After finishing their son's affairs, the old couple also saved a sum of money for their daughter. It was originally planned to be used as her dowry, and it would be fine to buy her a car in advance.
But Cao Huifang did not agree because she was very busy with her studies and had no time to study for a driver's license.
She said so herself, Wang Yuelan really couldn't do anything to her daughter.
Fortunately, this year's Spring Festival and the Gregorian New Year fall within one month. After New Year's Day, it will be winter vacation in less than two weeks, and by then her daughter Cao Huifang will be back.
It was cold, and there were not many people on the road due to the New Year's Day holiday. We returned to Caojiazhuang in more than 40 minutes.
When the young man Lian Xuezhu arranged to take him back was about to take the bus, Cao Shujie stopped him and went home to get him two bottles of wine and a box of milk.
When the young man saw that the wine was not cheap, he said he didn't want it, but Cao Shujie was quite strong.
Although this young man was sent back according to Lian Xuezhu's arrangement, Cao Shujie still wanted to express his gratitude for one thing.
Then he personally took him to the bus stop and found out that his name was Liu Jie.
After returning home, Cheng Xiaolin muttered to him: "Didn't you say you wouldn't drink today? Why did you drink again?"
I drank three times in two days. Even the gods couldn't stop me from drinking so frequently.
Cao Shujie explained the reason and told his wife that the kiwi fruit wine he drank at noon was not high in alcohol content. Cheng Xiaolin stopped scolding him, but still told him to pay attention to his health.
"I know, how can I not know?" Cao Shujie said.
In his previous life, he died suddenly from exhaustion and was still very concerned about his health.
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After the three-day New Year's Day holiday, some people left Caojiazhuang in a hurry and went out to work, but some people stayed behind and were not ready to leave.
More and more people are returning to Caojiazhuang for development, which is a good phenomenon.
In addition, more and more people from the village come to report that they want to renovate their houses after the new year and spring. This means that everyone has money in their hands. Unlike before when they didn't dare to spend a little money, now they have the confidence to do so.
Is it just to build a new house? How much can it cost?
At worst, I'll earn it back later.
In the following days, Cao Shujie spent most of his time at home, and occasionally went to town to see the progress of equipment installation in the factory.
Over at the cold storage, more than 4,300 tons of apples were all loaded into the cold storage.
After shipping the apples, about 30 people were all arranged to go to the factory to clean up the factory inside and out and prepare in advance for the post-holiday factory trial production.
Immediately afterwards, the village committee began to provide benefits to the elderly again. This time, Cao Shujie did not participate. The whole process was done by Cao Jianlong and Lu Ping.
What Cao Shujie didn't expect was that this incident also attracted reporters from the county TV station to follow up and report on it.
Cao Jianlong also appeared on Pingyuan County TV Station.
Appeared on the county TV news.
Afterwards, Cao Jianlong called Cao Shujie and said that it was a pity that he didn't go with him to deliver benefits. This was a rare opportunity to show his face.
But Cao Shujie didn't care about this at all.
He has experienced all the big scenes in the city. The top leader of Yiling City, Xiang Yuheng, personally presented him with an award. As far as Yiling City is concerned, what else can compare to this?
In time for the winter vacation in mid-January, Cao Huifang came back from the city.
When I first returned to Caojiazhuang and saw my mother Wang Yuelan, Wang Yuelan slapped her on the back last time and complained about why she didn't come back during the New Year's Day holiday.
Cao Huifang did not resist or refute the whole process. She knew that she was in the wrong.
When the Spring Festival was approaching, Cao Shujie went to buy 80 Spring Festival benefits.
58 of them were issued to people who worked for him in factories, farms, orchards.
The remaining 16 copies were sent to the person who installed the equipment at Dikang Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.
At Dikang Equipment Automation Co., Ltd., except for engineer Xue Jianwei, the chubby Wang Xing and others really didn't expect that Cao Shujie would keep his word and really give them benefits.
And looking at the standard of this benefit, it should be at least 300 yuan, no matter how high it is.
The things given out were very affordable, and they just took them back as new year's shopping.
At this time, there are only a few days until the Chinese New Year.
Mengmeng, who doesn't have to go to school and doesn't have homework yet, started to be naughty again.
The little one and her friends were running around excitedly in Caojiazhuang.
Even in the snow after a heavy snowfall, Mengmeng asked her father to hold Daha and Erha in her little cart and take her out for skiing.
The other children were envious when they saw it.
Everyone shouted that they wanted to sit on it and try it.
Mengmeng was very generous at this time. She did not protect the cart, but let the children sit in her cart and play as much as they wanted.
The two dogs, Daha and Erha, have not exercised so much for a long time. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, they pulled a small cart and took the children back and forth. They seemed to be more happy than the children.
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Cao Shujie was watching from the side. He was mainly afraid that Daha and Erha would go wild and hurt the child again.
Fortunately, Cao Shujie put a cage on them and was not afraid of them biting.
Cao Jianlong came to Cao Shujie's side as silently as if he were treading on snow.
Seeing the carefree children, Cao Jianlong felt happy from the bottom of his heart.
This is the next generation of their Caojiazhuang and the future of Caojiazhuang.
Cao Jianlong has reason to believe that these children will grow up on a better basis and their future will be better.
"Uncle Long, why don't you rest at home in such a cold weather?" Cao Shujie asked him.
If Cao Jianlong came to see him specially, he must have something serious to do.
"Shujie, I want to discuss something with you." Cao Jianlong said proactively.
"Uncle Long, tell me." Cao Shujie didn't know what was going on.
Then I heard Cao Jianlong say: "There are a lot of people in our village who have applied to rebuild their houses this year. I'm thinking of letting them build them in a unified style after next year. What do you think?"
"Uncle Long, this is a good suggestion. Just tell them in advance and ask them to build according to a template. In this way, our village can also be unified. In the future, when other people come to our village to travel and play, they will not feel the same after seeing it.
Same."
"You're right, I feel the same way." Cao Jianlong said.
"One more thing, I'm thinking that our village committee will also buy some firecrackers and fireworks this year to let the villagers have fun together." Cao Jianlong said.
It’s still a project that costs money.
Cao Shujie pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "It's okay to buy less, but you can't buy too much. It's really not cheap, and it doesn't last long. It can cost hundreds of thousands or millions in one night."
"Well, I definitely can't buy too much. I'm thinking about buying it for 50,000 yuan. The main reason is that our village has made money this year and everyone wants to be happy." Cao Jianlong said this.
The Caojiazhuang Village Committee did make money this year, but it also spent a lot of money.
Cao Shujie thought about the village's welfare, the expenditures one after another, and the need to buy fireworks. He did not directly refute Cao Jianlong and agreed.
After talking about this, Cao Shujie mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally: "Uncle Long, our village committee has spent a lot of money this year."
"Yes, there are quite a lot of expenses, but it's mainly because of you, Shujie, that I can earn it back."
"It's easy to make money now, but if it's hard to make money in a few years, we still have to save some money," Cao Shujie said.
"Well, Shujie, what you said makes sense." Cao Jianlong nodded heavily.
One good thing about him is that he can listen to what he says.
When Cao Shujie said this, does it mean that it will be difficult to do things in the coming year?
Cao Jianlong wanted to ask him, but in the end he thought that the Spring Festival was coming soon, so it was better not to talk about this unlucky topic.
As the last few days of the Spring Festival approach, Caojiazhuang becomes more and more lively.
People who work outside have come back, and people who go to school outside have also come back.
Three or five of us, or two families together, drove toward Qingshi Town in a car, preparing to go to the town for the last New Year's Eve fair of the year.
Cao Shujie also drove his GL8 and took his parents, wife, children and sister to the town's New Year's Eve fair to join in the fun.
Before she even got there, Mengmeng was already yelling in the car, wanting to go to the market, and yelling that she wanted to buy firecrackers and fireworks. She also said that if her parents didn't buy them for her, she would have the money to buy them herself...
