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!"
"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!
The incident happened suddenly, and it was already too late to avoid it, so Li Qiang had no choice but to step forward and say hello, "Hey, Miss Guan, what a coincidence?"
Guan Lu obviously didn't expect that she would bump into Li Qiang here. A trace of panic suddenly flashed in her eyes, but she quickly calmed down and decided to take a preemptive strike, so she laughed twice and replied.
: "Yeah, what a coincidence. I never expected to meet such a big shot like Director Ming in such a small medical clinic!"
"Well, Ming is just a small director, what kind of big shot is he? To tell you the truth, when my sister was alive, this Dr. Su was the personal doctor of our Ming family. I heard that his medical clinic has reopened.
Just come here and take a look." Li Qiang smiled and said the words he had prepared. Then he glanced at the medicine bag Guan Lu was carrying and asked casually, "Miss Guan, last night
You're fine, why did you come to see the doctor today? Are you okay?"
"Thank you very much, Director Ming, for your concern. I'm fine. I just haven't stayed up late for a long time and my head hurts a little. That's why I came to Dr. Su and prescribed two soothing medicines."
Hearing this, Li Qiang suddenly nodded, and then said with some guilt: "It's my fault. If I had known this, I wouldn't have kept you up all night last night."
Guan Lu smiled and said, "Director Ming is serious. It's rare that Mrs. Li was in such a high mood last night. If she really ruined her mood, it would be more than worth the loss."
Speaking of this, Guan Lu couldn't help but frown slightly, and then she gently touched her forehead with her hand.
Upon seeing this, Li Qiang quickly asked with concern: "Miss Guan, are you okay?"
"It's nothing, I just feel a little dizzy. Go back and take some medicine and rest for a while. You should be fine."
"Then you'd better go back and rest quickly! I'll call a car for you!"
Guan Lu did not reject Li Qiang's kindness and nodded gently.
So Li Qiang turned around and called a rickshaw for her at the entrance of the alley, and carefully helped her up.
It wasn't until he watched the rickshaw disappear at the entrance of the alley that Li Qiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the medical center.
"Team leader, you're finally here." As soon as she saw Li Qiang, Mrs. Su immediately took him to the second floor and said with relief.
However, the word "team leader" made Li Qiang blush a little, "Speaking of which, I'm really not qualified as a team leader. I've been in Suzhou for so long and this is the first time I'm meeting you."
After hearing this, Mrs. Su smiled and shook her head, and said very considerately: "It's okay, we all know that you can't help yourself, team leader. It's just that Suzhou has been relatively calm during this period, not as turbulent as Shanghai."
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"That's good."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Su reported to Li Qianghui as if she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, team leader, I have something to report to you."
"What's up?"
"For safety reasons, we have moved the radio station from the boat to..."
However, before Mrs. Su could finish her words, she was interrupted by Li Qiang raising his hand, "Okay, Mrs. Su, it's enough that I know about this matter. As for the specific location of the radio station, there is no need to report it to me."
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"Okay!" Mrs. Su naturally understood Li Qiang's intention, so she no longer insisted and nodded in agreement.
Li Qiang then handed over the box in his hand, "Okay, let's get down to business. This is the cigarette rolling machine that Acheng asked for. You put it away and give it to him when he comes back. Also, tell Dr. Su that in the future
