The leisurely life of a reborn dad

Cao Huifang was still a little nervous and looking forward to it.

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Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo, an old couple, went out together to welcome him.

Cao Shujie followed beside him.

His uncles Cao Jianlin and Cao Jianlong followed him out.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Tong Jiayi standing in front. The two old people behind him, Cao Shujie guessed, were his parents, and there were two middle-aged men and women beside him who looked older than him.

Cao Shujie thought about what his sister had said about Tong Jiayi's family in the past, and thought to himself: "Could they be Tong Jiayi's sister and brother-in-law?"

He really guessed correctly. When Tong Jiayi saw his prospective father-in-law, mother-in-law and uncle coming out, he introduced his family first.

Cao Shujie remembered his father Tong Zhanxin, mother Zheng Suying, brother-in-law Du Xuexing and sister Tong Qingmei. He really didn't remember the rest, not even Tong Jiayi's nephews and nieces, Cao Shujie didn't remember them either.

In addition, four of Tong Jiayi's uncles and relatives came with him this time.

Cao Shujie didn't remember any of the names, but that didn't stop him from calling his uncle and his aunt.

After waiting for Tong Jiayi to finish his introduction, Cao Shujie then introduced his parents and the uncle who came out from behind.

"Uncle, aunt, you guys have had a hard journey. Let's go inside first and take a rest, drink some tea and talk. Later we'll go to a hotel in town to have some food." Cao Shujie stood up and said.

If he didn't express his position, the elderly people on both sides would probably have to continue talking at the door.

"That's right, let's go home and have a cup of tea first. We'll talk about anything later." Cao Jianguo also said.

At this time, Tong Zhanxin had already asked his son and son-in-law to carry the things in the car.

They chartered a minibus and the driver looked to be in his 40s, with a full beard.

He also got out of the car and opened the bottom compartment doors on both sides of the car. Tong Jiayi and his brother-in-law Du Xuexing took out a lot of things from both sides.

Looking at the packaging box, there are cigarettes, wine, fruits, chickens, a fan of pork, and several cartons of milk. It looks quite comprehensive.

Cao Shujie thought about what to do with this.

He thought that when he and his wife were engaged and married, they didn't have so much trouble, and they didn't get so many things. If compared with Tong Jiayi and the others, Cao Shujie always felt that he owed his wife.

At this moment, Wang Yueqiang and Cao Shuchao came over to help pick up the things.

Suddenly, things started to get busy in front of Cao Shujie's house.

Some people in the village heard the commotion here and came to watch the fun.

Besides, it's no secret that Tong Jiayi often comes to Cao Shujie's house for dinner recently.

But in the eyes of Tong Zhanxin, Zheng Suying, Tong Qingmei, Du Xuexing and others, Cao Shujie's house is too beautiful.

However, when they remembered that Tong Jiayi said that Cao Shujie had hundreds of acres of orchards, thousands of cows, and a factory in the town, they felt relieved that Cao Shujie had such a beautiful house, and even felt that Cao Shujie was already very low-key.

But it was precisely because of this idea that they were cautious in every aspect after coming over.

Cao Shujie didn't think much about it. His parents were also very generous.

When he saw his grandfather Cao Zhenghu sitting in the main room, Cao Shujie introduced his grandfather again. Tong Zhanxin and Zheng Suying did not dare to hold it, so they greeted Cao Zhenghu one after another.

After everyone sat down, Cao Jianguo and his eldest brother Cao Jianlin chatted with these people. Wang Yuelan had already gone to make tea.

Cao Shujie used his humorous words to make both parties laugh non-stop. Especially when it came to things about Tong Jiayi and Cao Huifang, everyone was very optimistic about them.

When things have reached this point, no one will turn their backs and say something discouraging at this time.

Especially the parents, relatives and friends of the man who came over always felt that they were short and lacked confidence after seeing the situation at Cao Shujie's home.

There was no way, the economic conditions of the two parties were very different, and Tong Zhanxin also knew that his son worked in the factory of the prospective daughter-in-law's brother. Speaking of this relationship, they always felt that they couldn't get along.

Fortunately, no one from the prospective daughter-in-law's family was criticizing or making comments, which made them relieved.

When talking about the marriage between Tong Jiayi and Cao Huifang, Cheng Xiaolin also went upstairs to call her sister-in-law down.

In the warm and hearty laughter of the two families, they talked about the subsequent events of Tong Jiayi and Cao Huifang. For example, what are the customs of getting engaged? How much dowry is needed, etc.

As a result, when talking about the betrothal gift, Cao Jianguo stood up and said to Tong Zhanxin: "Brother Tong, we both have the same goal. We want the two young people to have a better life in the future, so we have no intention of asking for the betrothal gift. You don’t have to think too much.”

"If it's like what's happening outside, we'll need too much, and let them go into debt at such a young age, or you'll have to scrape together everything and live in poverty in the future. That's not what we want to see."

"As for the house and the car, the two of us and her brother have all been bought for Fangfang in the city. How far they two young people will develop in the future is up to them. We can help if we can. Really If we can’t help, we won’t cause trouble.”

When Cao Shujie heard his father's mild words, he wanted to praise him.

Everything that needed to be said and emphasized was said in one breath, and there was a meaning in the words. We don't want betrothal gifts. The purpose is to make the two young people live a better life.

Hearing what Cao Jianguo said, Tong Zhanxin breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little ashamed.

Before they came here, he and his wife Zheng Suying had discussed it again and again. They also thought that if the other party wanted a dowry, and it was quite high, they would find a way to borrow money, and at worst they would pay it back slowly in the future.

But things were different from what they thought. The prospective in-laws did not mention the dowry at all, and also clearly said that they did not want this thing.

This made them feel that they had a narrow vision.

When discussing the rest of the things, they were all the old people's affairs. Cao Shujie felt that it was too cumbersome, but this was his sister's engagement and marriage. No matter how cumbersome it was, Cao Shujie did not say anything else.

When discussing the business, time passed quickly, and it was noon before they knew it.

When Cao Shujie looked at the time, he called Wang Leigang in the town and asked Wang Leigang to arrange a bus to take people to Fuxing Hotel.

When they learned that they were going to the town for dinner, the people from Tong Jiayi's family got on the minibus again. When they arrived at Fuxing Hotel, they saw the luxury of the hotel in front of them. Tong Zhanxin and his family also thought that this town was really rich.

However, they did not know other things. When Cao Shujie saw Wang Leigang, he asked him how he was preparing.

"Secretary Cao, don't worry. The hotel is empty. We will only receive you at noon today." Wang Leigang said so.

But Cao Shujie said he was messing around after hearing it.

"I asked you to leave me 4 rooms, why did you close the business?" Cao Shujie said.

But Wang Leigang didn't care. He felt that it was worth it to help Cao Shujie, no matter how much money he lost.

And in Wang Leigang's view, the more losses in this situation, the better.

"We will open normally in the evening. Secretary Cao, don't worry. It won't delay making money. In fact, we mainly want to take advantage of this great day today to let the employees in the store have a good rest." Wang Leigang can speak.

Tong Zhanxin and others also found something unusual after entering the hotel.

There were two rows of people wearing red cheongsams standing on both sides of the door. When they saw them coming in, they shouted "Welcome".

The old man was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say, so they all responded with a smile.

Cao Shujie was still chatting with Wang Leigang outside at this time. Hearing the noise inside, he said to Wang Leigang again: "Boss Wang, don't do this again next time."

"Okay, I will do whatever Secretary Cao says, and I will definitely not do it next time." Wang Leigang said so.

Cao Shujie was too lazy to talk to him, but he was indeed grateful to Wang Leigang.

For lunch, Wang Leigang asked the chef to show his strongest cooking skills. The four tables of dishes were cooked very carefully, and even Cao Shujie could not find any faults.

The people who came to Tong Jiayi's house saw the exquisite dishes on the table and wondered how much this lunch would cost today.

Tong Zhanxin and Zheng Suying, the old couple, came out together in the middle of the meal and discussed to settle the bill first.

But when they took the card to pay the bill, the cashier told them that this lunch was paid by the hotel owner today, and they didn't need to pay anymore.

After Tong Zhanxin and Zheng Suying came back, they thought about what happened just now, and they were more and more dumbfounded.

Unexpectedly, the situation of the future daughter-in-law's family was far more complicated than they imagined, and it seemed to be more powerful.

But the problem was that they did not embarrass them and acted very sincerely from beginning to end.

Cao Shujie also specially asked someone to call the driver to come in for dinner.

Cao Shujie's original intention was to let them stay here for a day, arrange a hotel for them, and go back tomorrow.

But Tong Jiayi's family insisted on going back this afternoon, and said that they would find someone to calculate the date of engagement and wedding when they went back, and emphasized that it would be bad to delay the date.

Cao Shujie did not say that he believed in such traditional things, but he respected the other party's customs.

In this way, Cao Shujie considered their safety issues. After the driver had dinner, Cao Shujie asked Wang Leigang to arrange a room for the driver to have a good rest.

On the four tables in the room, Cao Shujie arranged people from Caojiazhuang to accompany the wine. Even if there were people who did not drink, Cao Shujie opened the fruit wine and juice he brought and let them drink as they pleased.

After hearing Cao Shujie's introduction that the fruit wine was produced by his factory, all of which were automatically brewed to ensure the taste and quality of the wine, Tong Jiayi's family felt even more complicated.

He made his own wine, what a great ability!

It was not until after 4 pm that the chat ended. Considering that it would be dark soon and it would be difficult to go back too late, Cao Shujie arranged for someone to call the driver who was resting over. After watching them all get on the minibus, Cao Shujie told Tong Jiayi next to him to call the people on the bus frequently and keep in touch.

Fortunately, at almost 8 o'clock in the evening, the other party's car returned to Hejian safely. At this time, Wang Yuelan called Tong Jiayi to Caojiazhuang for dinner.

Wang Yuelan liked this son-in-law more and more.

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"Shujie, what's the matter? Fangfang is about to get engaged, and you didn't tell me about such a big thing." The eldest brother Cao Shubin was calling Cao Shujie.

He scolded him right away.

Cao Shubin knew about it from his father Cao Jianlin.

Then he told his brother Cao Shuxin.

And among all the cousins, they only have this one sister, and she is the youngest, so naturally they are closer.

Cao Shujie smiled and apologized, and explained the reason to him.

"Brother, it's not an engagement. I will definitely call you back when we are engaged or married." Cao Shujie said.

"Even if you don't come back at that time, I will arrange someone to tie you back." He said.

After hearing what his cousin said, Cao Shubin felt better.

Cao Shujie also asked him how the first-generation nutrient solution was sprayed on the fruit trees in the field.

"The effect is not bad, and it looks very prosperous." Cao Shubin really likes the first-generation nutrient solution.

He didn't expect the effect to be so good. This product really surprised him.

However, even the ordinary version of the first-generation nutrient solution costs 30 yuan per portion, and this portion is only enough for half an acre of land. Strictly speaking, the overall usage of this thing is not low.

From this point of view, it is a bit disadvantageous to use it to grow crops.

If you buy a nutrient solution with better effects, the price will definitely be high.

So this thing will be considered in terms of overall use value.

Ordinary people will also think that although it is effective for general crops, the profit may not be much more. On the contrary, some high-value-added crops will see more effects when using this product.

There is another more expensive first-generation nutrient solution, which is estimated to be profitable only for crops with higher economic value.

In this way, the people themselves have shown different usage scenarios for this product, and they don't worry about mixing it.

As for which product the people want to buy, it depends on the crops they grow.

For Xuemeng Food Factory, this is a product that will see more benefits over time.

Cao Shujie laughed when he heard his cousin's evaluation of the first-generation nutrient solution.

As the trade war intensified, the preserved fruits and fruit wines of Xuemeng Food Factory were affected, and the market shrank to varying degrees.

However, with the launch of the first-generation nutrient solution, this product has made up for the gap in the shrinking market of preserved fruits and fruit wine in a large way, and also prevented Xuemeng Food Factory from having a huge difference in monthly revenue in a short period of time.

"Do you have any new products?" Cao Shubin asked his cousin curiously.

But Cao Shujie told his cousin that this time there was really no new product.

As of today, even if Cao Shujie launches new products in the future, it will only be the second-generation nutrient solution derived from the first-generation nutrient solution, and the subsequent third-generation nutrient solution, but at present, even the second-generation nutrient solution has not been completed, let alone longer-term things.

It can even be said that it belongs to the future 5-year plan, or even the 10-year plan.

For Xuemeng Food Factory, it belongs to the medium and long term.

In the current environment, we still have to find a way to keep the company alive.

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On March 15, Mengmeng Orchard and Children's Theme Park opened as scheduled, and many people excitedly brought their things to set up stalls.

The newly opened Children's Theme Park and Mengmeng Orchard did welcome a wave of children who were crazy or people who went out to play, but the number of people present on that day was significantly lower than before.

It can be seen that consumption downgrade has begun to show in various industries.

And it has affected everyone unconsciously.

Even the price of houses has begun to fluctuate.

But the fluctuation is not obvious.

Coupled with a large wave of so-called "favorable policies", this area has been ups and downs, making it unpredictable. (End of this chapter)