Yu Jing and Chen Chang returned to work at two o'clock in the afternoon, while Cao Mo accompanied Cheng Xi.
Various women's clothing stores have a dazzling array of new clothes. Cheng Xi only tries them on without buying them, and is very happy. Cao Mo is also very happy when he sees Cheng Xi trying on new clothes constantly.
As dusk approached, General Xiao Jun also made an appointment, and Yu Jing, Chen Chang, and Cao Mo, who had finished their day's work, were going to find a small restaurant for dinner. Cheng Xi's father called and asked them all to go back to Muxiang B&B to eat.
dinner.
Muxiang B&B does not provide formal meals. The hired chef is only responsible for breakfast. Simple tea drinks are only handled by waiters. However, in the sun room on the second floor of the front hall, the kitchen equipment for breakfast is fully equipped.
Cheng Zhengjie, Chen Rong and the others want to have a dinner party now, and they don’t look for any restaurants or hotels outside. They just buy ingredients and cook at Muxiang B&B. At this time, if there are guests who want to dine in the hotel, they will
Provided as appropriate, quite casual.
The group of people walked directly to Tianzifang. Before they reached Muxiang B&B, Cheng Xi pulled Cao to look at the bridge of his nose and said, "The bruise is still too obvious, so I won't bother them with asking questions. I'll get some foundation."
Let me help you cover it up!"
"Why should I, a grown man, wear makeup?" Cao Mo resisted.
"I'll put some foundation on you, you're so beautiful!" Cheng Xi grabbed Cao Mo's collar, pushed him to the wall, raised his feet and pressed his knees against his chest to prevent him from moving.
Cao Mo had no choice but to raise his hands and let Cheng Xi mess with his face.
Cheng Xi took out the makeup box from her bag, spread the foundation on Cao Mo's face, and carefully applied it evenly on both sides of the nose with her fingers.
Feeling Cheng Xi's slightly cold fingers, the setting sun fell on her flawless white face, so close and touching. If it weren't for Xiao Jun, Yu Jing, Chen Chang and others watching, Cao Mo felt that he might be able to control
I couldn't help hugging Cheng Xi.
"Don't stare at me, close your eyes!" Cheng Xi felt a little embarrassed for Cao Mo to stare at him from such a close distance, so he covered Cao Mo's eyes with one hand.
Cheng Xi was serious at first, but when Cheng Xi took his hand away, Cao Mo saw Xiao Jun, Yu Jing, and Chen Chang holding back laughter and asked Cheng Xi to borrow her makeup mirror: "Bring me the mirror and take a look.
I very much suspect that you have bad intentions towards me!"
"..." Cheng Xi smiled and slipped away without giving Cao Mo a chance. He, Yu Jing, Chen Chang, and Xiao Jun entered the Wood Elephant B&B first.
"Why do you have lipstick marks on your nose? What stupid girl would kiss the bridge of your nose?"
Cao Xiong was standing in the Ming kitchen stall busy with dinner. Cheng Zhengjie and Chen Rong were sitting at the dining table talking. When they saw Cao Mo walking in, they looked at him suspiciously.
Cao Mo took a stainless steel kitchen knife and saw a lip mark on the side of his nose where Cheng Xi covered his eyes.
"I'll just put a lipstick mark on you, so you won't chop me with a kitchen knife, right?" Cheng Xi huddled in the corner and burst out laughing, "I think you're quite beautiful like that!"
"Cheng Xi, what do you want to eat tonight?" Cao Xiongren asked in the kitchen.
"Cao Mo, when you went to Africa, did you learn any African dishes? Can you cook us an African dish today?" Cheng Xi asked, staring at Cao Mo.
"Then let me see if there are any ingredients in the kitchen," Cao Mo wiped off the lipstick marks with a towel, walked into the kitchen to look at the ingredients, and said, "I'm the best at grilling lobster in Kanem. It's probably too late to buy Aolong now.
Yes - but you can use peanut oil instead of palm oil to make an authentic cane.
I’ll give you a taste of the claypot..."
"Does it smell weird?" Cheng Xi asked, standing at the door of the kitchen.
"My food in Kanem was okay, maybe I'm adapted to the taste there - it's better to eat it with ginger beer and palm wine, but I don't think we can find ginger beer and palm wine in Xinhai. Next time I go back to China, I'll carry some
Come back with the box." Cao Mo took out the eggplant, onion, ham, and half of the cod. Seeing Cheng Xi squeeze in to help, he asked her to chop the onion into small cubes first.
"I'm most afraid of cutting onions. Everything will make me cry. You must want to take revenge on me - I will be the supervisor and watch you work." Cheng Xi refused to cut onions.
Cao Mo cut the eggplant into strips, sliced the ham, sliced the cod, and chopped the onion. Seeing that Cheng Xi was doing nothing, he used the onion-cutting hand to wipe her nose.
"If you have the heart to bully me, just do it." Cheng Xi stared at Cao Mo with a heroic look.
Looking at Cheng Xi's big eyes, Cao Mo was embarrassed to make a move, but when Cheng Xi wasn't paying attention, he took a chopped onion and wiped it on his nose.
Seeing Cao Mo choked with tears, Cheng Xi giggled and ran out.
After preparing all the ingredients for the eggplant stew and putting them into the pot to stew, Cao Mo took a bottle of beer and sat down with Cheng Xi and Yu Jing to drink first.
"What is Kanem really like? When we read the news, we know that it is poor and backward, with a chaotic society, a lot of infectious diseases, and a proliferation of guns. Did you learn how to shoot a gun in Africa?"
Although Cao Mo returned to China last time for more than a month, he actually had a lot to do. He didn't even have a few meals with Cheng Xi and Xiao Jun. Their chats were mostly about reminiscing about his past school days, and they didn't talk much about Africa.
Xiao Jun is actually quite interested in this matter.
"When it comes to shooting, my shooting skills are definitely better than Cheng Xi's father!" Cao Mo stretched out his palms to show them the calluses on the tiger's mouth, and said, "The security in Kanem is a bit chaotic, and there are many infectious diseases. Chinese working in Africa
I don’t even dare to go out to play. The satellite TV can only receive two Chinese channels, but it’s very casual to play with guns. Look at the calluses I have here. They are from shooting at the shooting range during this period!”
"Are you bragging?" Cheng Xi grabbed Cao Mo's hand, touched the calluses, turned around and asked her father, "Dad, do you think Cao Mo's calluses look like they were ground from a gun?"
"I rarely hit the target once a month now. How can you tell? You think he is bragging!" Cheng Zhengjie said.
Cao Mo was so speechless that he rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't believe me, I won't tell you..."
"Okay, okay, just pretend that what you say is true, and go ahead and brag." Cheng Xi said, holding his chin.
"Why are you interested in Africa? Do you want to go to Africa?" Cao Mo asked Xiao Jun.
Xiao Jun smiled and said helplessly: "I would like to go out and explore, but my family won't let me..."
Of course Cao Mo would be happy if Xiao Jun could go to Africa, but he didn't want to make decisions for others.
"I heard Cheng Xi said that you changed jobs. Which company are you in now?" Cao Mo asked.
When he returned to Xinhai a few years ago, Xiao Jun gave up a contracted job in Dalian because of his father's illness, and rushed back to Xinhai to find a temporary job at a Hong Kong-owned glass curtain wall cleaning company. Xiao Jun mainly worked in Man Xinhai
I was running the office building sales company's curtain wall cleaning service. During lunch, I heard Cheng Xi say that Xiao Jun had changed jobs a few years ago, but Cheng Xi didn't know exactly what he was doing.
"When you came back a year ago, I submitted my resume to Huachen Group. I also had the mentality of giving it a try. I failed the college entrance examination. I thought that people would look down on me with my second degree, so I was too embarrassed to mention it.
Later, they really recruited me, and I have been interning in Jiangling Market for four months," Xiao Jun said, "Now that the company has opportunities for overseas assignment, I just want to ask about the situation in West Africa..."
Huachen Group is a long-established industrial group in Xinhai. The Huachen motorcycles produced in the 1990s were very popular. As an authentic Xinhai native, Cao Mo was of course very familiar with them.
At present, major domestic cities are banning motorcycles one after another, and Huachen Motorcycles are no longer popular. In 2000 or 2001, they added new production lines for cars, air conditioners, etc., and engaged in diversified operations. I heard that the benefits were not good, and they were far inferior to domestic joint ventures.
Brand competition.
Of course, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Huachen Group is no longer in glory and is also a long-established industrial enterprise in Xinhai.
Huachen is also a good choice for those who have just graduated or not long after graduation and lack work experience, and are unable to get into big-name foreign-funded companies and emerging private companies that are very popular.
"If Huachen Motorcycle wants to come back to life, Africa is a good market," Cao Mo said. "In Kanem, there are many Japanese brands, and there are also one or two motorcycle brands in China that are starting to make efforts, but it seems that there are no Huachen Motorcycles.
…”
"Well, the domestic market is completely dead. It is shrinking every year. Huachen Motorcycles has mainly been in Southeast Asia in the past two years, and there are still some benefits. Recently, it wants to open up the African market. Kanem is the most densely populated country in Africa, and our company plans to
Set up a base there directly - if you don't return to China this time, I plan to find out about the situation from you..." Xiao Jun said.
"You should get a job at Kanem!"
Cao Mo would not encourage Xiao Jun to go to Kanem for no reason, but since he had a current job, he would have the opportunity to work in Kanem, so he persuaded him excitedly,
"I have worked there for more than four years, and I still have some basic skills that can help you."
Kanem can even be said to be the largest single motorcycle market in Africa, with demand even stronger than in South Africa. However, in addition to being occupied by Japanese brands in the early years, several Indian brands have been catching up in the past year or two.
In Cao Mo's impression, two domestic motorcycle brands have started to make efforts in Dracula Motor, but the effect is not particularly obvious.
Cao Mo was somewhat looking forward to Xiao Jun going to Dracula Mo, not just because of their good relationship.
Xiao Jun is smart, resilient, courageous, and responsible. His personality is suitable for his career in Africa.
"Don't make random decisions for others!" Cao Xiong came over and hit Cao Mo on the back of the head.
Xinhai is already one of the most economically developed first-tier cities in China. It is not difficult for people like Xiao Jun to accumulate several years of work experience and get a job with an annual salary of more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.
Furthermore, housing prices in Xinhai have been rising year by year. As aboriginals, they have benefited from urban development. The fixed assets of their families are considerable due to demolition alone.
Working in Africa seems like you can earn an extra RMB 108,000 per year initially, but in addition to the harsh working environment and various unpredictable risks, it is not suitable for ordinary people in Xinhai to work hard in the long run.
Xiao Jun may have been encouraged by Cao Mo to go to Africa for development without any regrets, but his family clearly opposed it. If Cao Mo encouraged him again, wouldn't he be hated by others?
"Cao Mo brags that he is the mining king of West Africa. If you go to Kanem, you can see if he brags." Cheng Xi said.
"You decide for yourself. If you decide to go to Kanem, contact me in advance and I will arrange for 800 young African models to warmly welcome you." Cao Mo said.
"Forget it, you can keep it for yourself and enjoy it!" Xiao Jun smiled and punched Cao Mo.