Chapter 683 Destiny (8500) is a bit janky and poorly written.
"Brother Xu, you are too humble. You and I are far behind." Cao Shujie was not deferring to Cao Shuxu against his will.
Cao Shuxu is very capable, otherwise he would not follow Zhang Xiaolong’s team to build QQ mailbox.
It was his fault that he did not follow Zhang Xiaolong to continue developing WeChat.
In other words, he lacked enterprising spirit at that time.
Cao Shujie has reason to believe that if Cao Shuxu had followed the past, he would probably be able to achieve financial freedom without starting his own business.
But then again, who can say for sure when it comes to fate.
Cao Shujie originally wanted Cao Shuxu to stay and have dinner at his house, but Cao Shuxu said that he would visit some relatives' houses today and come to see Cao Shujie for a drink another day.
"Brother Xu, don't forget, call me when you're done, I'll be available at any time." Cao Shujie said.
"Okay!" Cao Shuxu left.
After he went out for the Chinese New Year, he rarely came back.
It was a rare trip back this time, and Cao Shuxu also wanted to take this opportunity to wander around.
Cheng Xiaolin came down from upstairs and saw her husband alone in the living room. She wondered: "Shujie, where is Brother Xu?"
"He's leaving first. He wants to visit a few doors while he's back and come back when he's done." Cao Shujie said.
"I thought you were going to have two drinks at noon today."
Cheng Xiaolin walked to the sofa and sat down, raising her hands and beating her legs lightly and heavily.
After Cao Shujie saw this, he walked over to his wife and took over the job.
When the couple talked about the 'big banquet', many people in the village came back early.
Cheng Xiaolin took advantage of the warm weather in the morning to go out for exercise and walked along the central street of Caojiazhuang.
She discovered that there were some faces in the village that were rarely seen in daily life. Sometimes she would go up and say hello when she met someone familiar.
She understood that those people had just come back from outside, and some came back specifically to attend the 'big banquet', but some of them took this opportunity to come back and had no intention of going out.
There are currently 1,396 people in Caojiazhuang, and more than 900 people are at home all year round. There are still more than 400 people who are still working hard outside for various reasons, or studying in other places.
Even if those students are removed, the remaining group of people cannot see signs of development outside. After hearing on the phone that their hometown is developing better and better, these last group of "die-hards" also have the idea of going home to develop.
Cheng Xiaolin told her husband what she saw and heard when she went for a walk: "Shujie, I think there will be fewer people going out in our village next year."
Cao Shujie nodded, he believed it.
Just as he was thinking about discussing this issue in depth with his wife, his mother, Wang Yuelan, came in from outside, carrying a red plastic bag in her hand.
Seeing that her son had come back, she waved to him: "Shujie, come here."
"Mom, what are you carrying?" Cao Shujie went out to help.
Wang Yuelan pointed to the red plastic bag and said it was the mutton given by Cao Jiankun, who raised sheep in the south.
"They killed two sheep and sold the mutton. I happened to be walking that way, and they had to give me this bag, so I couldn't take it anymore."
Wang Yuelan said: "I might as well give him 100 yuan, who would have known that your uncle Kun would cut me another 2 pounds of meat."
"He's losing money today anyway."
Cao Shujie took the plastic bag from his mother's hand and said, "I'm going to wash it and mince it into minced meat later. I'll make mutton dumplings to eat tonight."
"Can Linlin eat it too?" Wang Yuelan immediately looked at her daughter-in-law.
When she saw Cheng Xiaolin nodding, she breathed a sigh of relief: "I was worried that Linlin would be nauseous if she smelled the mutton smell. It's okay."
"Mom, my morning sickness has already passed. I can eat whatever I want." Cheng Xiaolin was very touched by her mother-in-law's careful attention.
After mixing the mutton stuffing and before starting to wrap it, Wang Yuelan said to her son: "Shujie, go and ask your uncle to come over and eat dumplings together."
"Okay!" Cao Shujie came out of the house, drove south, came to the door of the uncle's house, stopped the car, and went over to knock on the door.
"Uncle, are you at home?"
Cao Jianlin heard the sound and came out to open the door for him: "Shujie, why are you here?"
"Uncle, we are making mutton dumplings at home. Come over and have some together." Cao Shujie explained his intention.
Seeing that the uncle wanted to refuse, Cao Shujie couldn't help but said, pulling him to the car.
"The door isn't closed yet."
"Uncle, I will close the door for you." Cao Shujie closed the door again, locked the three-ring lock, and drove his uncle towards the north.
The round trip is only 2 kilometers, and Cao Jianlin said that just give him a call.
"Uncle, I'm calling, but you may not go." Cao Shujie said.
Cao Jianlin smiled, his nephew was right, if nothing happened, Cao Jianlin didn't want to go to his nephew's place to eat.
When they were about to get home, Cao Jianlin told his nephew that both his brothers would be back from Anyi City when the village held a big banquet.
"That's very good."
In the evening, Cao Shujie took out the fruit wine and poured it on his grandfather. The uncle and his father drank and chatted.
Cao Jianlin was very emotional.
I remember coming back from Anyi City at the beginning of the year, building a house in my hometown, decorating it, and moving in. This year has slipped away quietly.
But given another chance to choose, Cao Jianlin would still choose to come back from Anyi City.
He understood why he insisted on returning to Caojiazhuang.
It’s so lonely in Anyi City.
The two sons each have their own families, have children who need education, and have their own careers to be busy with.
He thought about living with his two sons, either for two months, half a year or a year, back and forth.
But it's easier said than done. But when we actually moved there, it was okay at first. But as time went on, the habits of the three generations were different, and he was very uncomfortable with it.
In the end, I thought, it would be better to go back to my hometown and stay with my old father more often.
Besides, he has known these people in his hometown since he was a child. Even if he has been away for decades, he can still talk to them when he comes back.
There was nothing to do, so a few people gathered together to talk, chat, play chess, and kill time.
Otherwise, he would cook two dishes at home, drink a glass of white wine, watch TV and listen to Peking opera, and no one would nag him, and his life would be very comfortable.
Now, looking back, his two sons come back occasionally to spend time together, and he feels that this is much better than before.
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In the days approaching the end of the month, Cao Shujie had been traveling back and forth between Caojiazhuang and Qingshi Town. Other than that, he had not gone further.
In the past few days, more people in the village have returned from outside.
Cao Jianlong, Gao Changyin and others also began to arrange people to purchase various ingredients, preparing to make them more abundant.
During this period, Cao Shujie told Wang Leigang that the farmers' restaurant would be requisitioned on New Year's Day. Wang Leigang didn't say a word to refute it and just let Cao Shujie take care of the arrangements.
He also said that the chefs in the farmhouse restaurants were arranged at will and all were at Cao Shujie's call.
