Mu Chen

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When Mu Wen took his clothes and went home, Mu Chen was still sitting on the bed reading a book, not asleep, "Dad, have you made an agreement with Uncle Yu and the others?"

It is an interrogative sentence, but it is spoken in a declarative tone.

Mu Wen looked at the small bulge on the side of the quilt, and said softly, "It's okay, they are very grateful to you, but Chenchen, it's not good for you to pick up the child from the kindergarten like this. Sometimes although you have good intentions, but You also have to consider other people's feelings of acceptance, you will put a lot of pressure on others. Your Uncle Yu and the others said that they originally planned to send Xiaoyong to his aunt's house."

Before he finished speaking, Mu Chen hurriedly said, "I know, Aunt Lin told me the same thing, but I heard from Xiaoyong that his aunt's family now has two older brothers, and that elder brother is not his aunt's." Dear son, his aunt is not good to that elder brother, I am afraid that Xiaoyong will be beaten if he goes."

Mu Wen...what's the matter.

"Forget it, since you brought it back, you have to take responsibility. Dad still said that, or don't do it, and if you do it, it will start well and end well. I think your bed is too small, and you can only put a quilt. You have grown up in the past year, so you can't sleep like this, you two will sleep in the big bed from tomorrow. Each of you will sleep in your own bed, and I will sleep in your bed when I come back."

Muchen, "No need for dad, Xiaoyong doesn't kick the quilt, we are still warm like this. Besides, my mother will definitely not be happy when she comes back."

Mu Wen, it doesn't matter if your mother will come back or not.Muchen didn't know that since Yang Li left, the two of them hadn't contacted each other, so they were caught in an inexplicable cold war.

"Okay, I got it, go to bed quickly, it's almost eleven o'clock. What do you want to eat tomorrow morning, dad will make it for you."

Mu Chen smiled and got into the quilt carefully, "I want to eat small noodles."

Mu Wen, "Okay." Get up and help them tuck up the quilt, turn off the lamp, go into the kitchen and have a meal before going to sleep.

The next day, after Mu Wen got up early to cook for the children and send them off to school, he went to someone to borrow a bed board.

Mu Chen's original small bed was only 1 meter wide. After Mu Wen used a square stool and two wooden boxes to add a board on the side near the wall, the bed was expanded to nearly 1.3 meters wide.

As a result, the original mattress became narrower again, so Mu Wen took out the thinner summer mattress, folded it and patched it up, but it was still uneven, so he took a quilt and spread it on it.

The quilt is 1.5 meters wide, one side is erected ten centimeters against the wall, and the other side is folded ten centimeters to raise the edge of the bed.In this way, Xiaoyong who sleeps inside is not afraid of his legs being frozen against the wall at night, and Mu Chen who sleeps outside is not easy to get out of bed.

Of course, it seems that nothing like this has happened in recent years.Then I changed the sheets and pillow covers again, took out the quilt and put the quilt cover on the bed.

After tidying up the bed, Mu Wen went to the telecommunications bureau to pay for a phone, and when he heard that it would take two days to install it, he found an acquaintance and joined a team to arrange it until the afternoon.

Then he called Jiang Cheng at the telecommunications office and said that he would not be able to go back until later in the afternoon or tomorrow. Jiang Cheng replied that there was no need to worry, there were not many patients today, and they were not busy, so he asked him to take care of the child first.

After hanging up the phone, Mu Wen went to the market to buy a piece of pork belly.Come back and cut into pieces and put them in a pot of cold water, blanch the water to get rid of the blood foam, and then fry the sugar color in another oil pan.Mu Wen’s braised pork doesn’t like to be colored with soy sauce, it’s all the color of fried sugar. This way the meat is more red and bright instead of black. There is no rock sugar at home, so I have to put some white sugar.

When the sugar starts to bubble up, take the pan off the heat and continue to stir-fry until the sugar bubbles completely change color, then put it back on the stove, pour in the water-controlled meat pieces, and quickly stir-fry for color.

Then turn down the heat a bit, put ginger slices in, and add cooking wine, grass fruit, star anise, cinnamon and other seasonings until the water vapor is dry, stir fry for a while, add boiling water, add a green onion, and simmer over low heat .

Seeing that it was almost noon, he cooked rice and stuffed the changed sheets and pillow covers and the children's dirty clothes into the washing machine. The house was not messy, so he still wiped the dust and mopped the floor and cleaned it again.

Just packed up and finished laundry.The washing machine has a single cylinder. If there are many clothes, Muwen will change the water and use the washing machine to rinse them. But this time there is not much washing, so he uses a large basin to wash the water twice, wring it out and put it on.

There is no need to pick up the kindergarten at noon, and when Mu Chen came home, Mu Wen was serving dinner.

Braised pork in brown sauce, vinegared cabbage, fried carrots with vegetables, and the soup is simple seaweed and shrimp skin soup.

Muchen quickly washed his hands and picked up the chopsticks, tasted the meat, "Well, it smells so good, just thinking about this one, Dad, you are amazing!"

Mu Wen smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, "Eat more if you like it. I've made another serving of the dishes. You can eat them after reheating them at night. Besides the meat, there is also a whole bowl of rice for dinner."

Mu Chen took another piece of meat and put it in his mouth, and nodded "Mmmm".

Mu Wen smiled, "There's no need to put it in the refrigerator, it won't go bad if it's cold outside for a day or two now, Dad is busy these days and can't come back every day."

Muchen, "Well, it's okay, I can do it, Dad, are you going to leave after eating? Let's sleep for a while before leaving."

Mu Wen, "Well, I will go to sleep after dinner. I made a phone call in the morning, and someone will come to install it in the afternoon. I will leave after it is installed. You know the phone numbers of the hospital and pharmacy. If you have anything, call Dad , Tell Dad what you want to eat."

Muchen hesitated, "Dad, let's not install the phone for now, don't you just need a lot of money to open the factory?"

Mu Wen smiled, "Don't worry about the money. Uncle Cheng has a lot of friends. He brought back several orders yesterday, as well as prepayments. You can transfer them easily. You can study with peace of mind, and let the adults do their own things." Find a way, just keep busy with children's affairs."

Muchen, "Dad, isn't my mother rich? Didn't she use it for you?"

Mu Wen laughed, "Brat, where are you thinking? Your mother's money is also earned by her hard work, and it's not easy for her to be outside alone. Although she thinks I'm incompetent, I'm not going to use her money .”

Muchen, "Anyway, she only knows how to take care of herself."

Mu Wen... said she still has you in her heart, or does she have her own difficulties?I don't want to talk about it, my son is not only not stupid, but also very precocious. Whitewashing peace is just a deception, and no one wants to listen to him, and he is tired of talking.

And he felt that Yang Li would only go further and further away and would not come back.The last time he came back, he could see very clearly that there was nothing but firm paranoia and ambition in those two once beautiful eyes.

The person who installed the phone came after two o'clock, and soon after the wiring was installed and debugged, the work was completed.Mu Wen was worried about the new order, so he left a note for Mu Chen and left.

Arriving at the hospital just after three o'clock, Jiang Cheng didn't lie, there were indeed not many patients today, and there was no one in the consultation room now, only a few patients in the infusion room receiving infusion bottles.Mu Wen said hello to Jiang Cheng, and went to the bungalow behind with the braised pork.

The days passed by in such a busy way. In half a month, Mu Wen's small workshop was registered and turned into a company, and three little girls were brought out. At least he didn't have to follow along.

The registered capital of the company is 50, and the two shareholders are him and Grandpa Mu, each accounting for 50%. fee.

With the promotion of products, the biggest problem now is the lack of production capacity.

Jiang Cheng suggested that Mu Wen rent a formal factory building, purchase a batch of equipment, and recruit people... In short, do it seriously and make it bigger.

Mu Wen looked at Jiang Cheng who was excited and more confident than him and smiled, "Ah Cheng, you don't know that I have a big pot and a small bowl? My salary has never been high, so I can live without problems, but I can't save anything. Buy My dad added money to the equipment, and it hasn’t paid back yet, so why expand it? You can’t ask the old man to extend your hand.”

Jiang Cheng, "I have, um, not many. I still have a few good things. Someone asked me to buy them for a big price. I'll contact you tomorrow."

Mu Wen, "Didn't those treasures of yours say that they would wait until they reached millions before making a move?"

Jiang Cheng, "The market is very concerned about opportunities. You only have good things and no stamina. Someone will overtake you soon. In fact, you can ask Uncle Mu for a loan. I really don't know what you are so fussy about. Uncle Mu will just let you With such a son, those things will all be yours sooner or later."

Mu Wen, "My family used to be poor, and Yang Li's schooling was basically paid for by my dad. The old man opened this clinic to subsidize me...I am almost 40 years old now, and I still talk to him Even if the old man stretches out his hand, he must reach out.

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes, "According to what you're saying, when Chenchen is almost 40 years old and encounters difficulties, you won't help if you have the energy?"

Mu Wen, "How is that possible?"

After I finished speaking, I came back to my senses, and smiled, "Okay, I know what you mean."

Jiang Cheng, "You, you are just too polite to everyone. It's too embarrassing to spend the money she earns for a college student wife, too embarrassing to get paid for daily work in Dad's hospital, and too embarrassing to take in a friend to accept his help." , can you still do it? Boss Mu, you are a person who wants to do a big business, can you stop being so cautious?"

Muwen...

Jiang Cheng, "You can only give to others like this, and you can't accept what others give in return. It is also very stressful for others."

Mu Wen laughed, "Okay, how much cash do you have? It's cash, and none of those darlings can be touched. Hear it, right now, there is almost 4 yuan in the factory. Let's make a budget and borrow the difference from the rich man." .”

Jiang Cheng jumped up and went to the table to get a pen and paper, "That's right, Uncle Mu is also a newly built hospital, I'm afraid he doesn't have many, I went to the credit union yesterday to inquire about the loan, and the interest is not high ..."

The two discussed in the middle of the night and came up with a preliminary plan.

In the next few days, Mu Wen was looking for vacant venues around, while Jiang Cheng was recruiting new employees.

In [-], the wave of migrant workers had already begun, but in Shicheng, there were not many children who really dared to leave the province.

Except for those who have good academic performance or good personal qualities to go to college or serve in the army, many children who graduated from high school or even junior high school did not enter the school, some of them reached the age and entered the factory instead of their parents.Most of them will choose to go to a factory with good profits and work as a temporary worker waiting to become a regular worker.

The other part who have no connections in this area, or those who are really brave, secretly set up a small car to sell food and set up a small stall to sell small general merchandise.

At that time, there was no urban management, and business was easy to do. However, due to the simplicity of procedures and cost considerations, not many stores actually rented stores.

In the end, all that is left is a group of people who have nothing to do.It’s just because there are not so many job opportunities. Many of this group are confined at home by timid parents and are not allowed to travel far to work. What Jiang Cheng wants is the capable part of it.