The leisurely life of a reborn dad

"Dad, you drank so much."

"Mom, it's already so late. Don't go back tonight. Stay here to rest for the night." Cao Shujie said to his parents.

Cheng Xiaolin was also there to persuade her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

When Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan heard what their son and daughter-in-law said, they followed the good advice and did not show much stubbornness in this matter.

It was already very late, and there was no lively nightlife in the countryside at night like in the city. There was nothing going on in the countryside, so we just followed the rule of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, so we all started to rest early.

Cao Shujie got up early the next day as usual.

He led Daha, Erha and five puppies to the orchard on the mountain to fetch Dahei and Xiaohei, and they went to the dam together for two hours.

After finishing his work, Cao Shujie returned home and tied the dog into the kennel.

At this time, Cao Shujie suddenly discovered something. The kennel his family had originally was quite spacious, but now it looks much smaller.

"Let Grandpa Zhenggang come over another day to help make a kennel." Cao Shujie was thinking about this in his mind.

That is to say, his yard is big enough and there are many free areas, otherwise it would be in vain.

But looking at the vacant area to the south, Cao Shujie was also thinking about planting some flower trees or fruit trees to make the yard look less desolate.

Because of running, Cao Shujie was covered in sweat. After saying hello to his grandfather who had gotten up early, he went to the second floor to pick up a bath towel and clothes, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

After changing into dry clothes, Cao Shujie came down from the second floor again, only to find that his daughter was holding a blue house-shaped box in her hands and was studying it over and over on the sofa downstairs.

Seeing Cao Shujie coming down, Mengmeng turned around and shouted, "Dad, what is this?"

Cao Shujie knew at a glance that it was a new picture book that the couple bought for Mengmeng yesterday. It was also an educational toy.

He walked to Mengmeng, squatted down, and took the "Crocodile's Three-dimensional Game House" from Mengmeng's hand.

Seeing two ropes tied into bows on the side, he untied the ropes in front of Mengmeng, and then unfolded the three-dimensional playhouse. The playhouse that was originally put together to form a house-like shape immediately split into three parts: " Mengmeng, have you seen how they play like this?"

After this thing is fully unfolded, the two outer surfaces can be unfolded into a 180-degree plane. Each surface is almost two centimeters thick and empty.

In addition, there is a two-centimeter-thick page at 90 degrees in the middle. This page is also hollow.

At the same time, as these three pages are opened, some of the connected pieces of paper between them also become three-dimensional, including a small bed, a dressing mirror, a small stool, a bathtub, a small toilet and other interesting things. .

Mengmeng scratched her head when she saw this thing. She asked Cao Shujie: "Dad, how do you play with this?"

Cao Shujie thought it was normal for his daughter to get this thing for the first time and not play with it.

Seeing a cover on the three-dimensional surface on the first page, Cao Shujie dug it open with his fingernails and took out a green velvet doll about 10 centimeters tall and human-shaped. However, this velvet doll was different from a normal doll. It holds a crocodile head.

When Mengmeng saw this little doll that suddenly appeared, she immediately beamed with joy: "Dad, give it to me quickly, I want to play with it."

As she spoke, Mengmeng stretched out her hands and jumped to snatch it from her father's hand.

Cao Sujie saw the anxious look on his daughter's face and quickly handed the little doll away: "It's not like I won't give it to you, so why are you grabbing it?"

"Hey, dad, this is fun." Mengmeng said.

But she looked over and over at the humanoid crocodile doll in her hand, and then at the three-dimensional playhouse unfolded on the sofa, and became confused again: "Dad, how can we play again?"

It was also the first time for Cao Shujie to play with this thing, but after reading it carefully, he understood how to play it.

To put it bluntly, this is a simulation game of playing house. Through this simulation, children can know what these different scenes are for.

Then he pointed to the small bed, dressing table and stool that can be pulled out between the unfolded first page and the middle page and said to his daughter: "Did you see it, Mengmeng? This is the crocodile's bed, dressing table and stool."

These small beds, dressing tables and stools were originally folded thick pieces of paper. After unfolding, they were also pulled out to various angles, suddenly changing from flat items to three-dimensional items.

After Cao Shujie said this, Mengmeng understood. She held the little crocodile in her hand, put it on the bed, and coaxed the crocodile like a child and said: "Little crocodile, you have to be good and go to bed quickly!" "

In a typical child's tone, Cao Shujie looked at his daughter and thought this was good.

Then he saw his daughter Mengmeng holding the little crocodile, placing it on a stool, and forcing the crocodile to sit down: "Little crocodile, you have to be obedient and sit down to eat."

Mengmeng entertained herself there and imitated her mother's instructions. After scolding the little crocodile, she placed the crocodile in front of the dressing table. She even found a comb and used it to tie the three threads on the crocodile's head. After combing her hair, she turned to ask Cao Shujie: "Dad, do you think it will look good if I put makeup on the crocodile?"

What else could Cao Shujie say? He nodded repeatedly and praised Mengmeng: "It's beautiful. Mengmeng's paintings are so beautiful."

"Hehe, dad, what is this?" Mengmeng pointed to the English written on the page and asked her dad.

There are pictures of bananas, apples, and oranges and English words here. Cao Shujie taught his daughter one by one.

"This is an apple, its English name is apple."

When Mengmeng heard what her father said, she stood there with her eyes wide open, and then asked Cao Shujie: "Dad, where are the apples going?"

Cao Shujie: "..."

This is truly a divine interpretation, even Cao Shujie had never thought of it!

But when she thought about her daughter, she was new to him and it was normal for her not to understand.

In the following time, Cao Shujie had nothing else to do. He took the trouble to teach his daughter how to read Chinese words over and over again.

Who knew that after Mengmeng learned the pronunciation of apple, she actually used her fingers to pick out the apple picture drawn on the page of the picture book, and said to Cao Shujie: "Dad, I want to eat apple."

Not to mention, her pronunciation is somewhat interesting.

But the question is how to eat the apple drawn on the page?

By coincidence, there were no apples at home. Cao Shujie thought of some snacks and bananas that the couple had just bought yesterday, and asked his daughter: "Mengmeng, do you eat bananas? We have no apples at home."

"Dad, isn't there one on the mountain?" Mengmeng's face was full of confusion. She was referring to the apple trees planted in the orchard on the mountain.

Cao Shujie quickly explained to her: "Apples haven't grown on the apple tree yet, you have to wait a little longer."

"Oh, Dad, how long will it take to wait?" Mengmeng habitually held her belly and pretended to be pitiful: "I want to eat it now."

"You eat everything, and the crocodile hasn't eaten it yet." Cao Shujie complained.

Listening to her father talking about this, Mengmeng suddenly opened her mouth and put her hands on her mouth to make a strange mouth: "Dad, look, I want to eat crocodile."

"Ah!" Mengmeng shouted.

Seeing his daughter's innocence, Cao Shujie couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Shujie, why are you laughing!" Cheng Xiaolin came out of the kitchen with breakfast and asked him.

"Mengmeng, this little fool, is so funny!" Cao Shujie said whatever he thought in his heart.

But he forgot that Mengmeng was playing beside him.

Mengmeng was unhappy when her father called her a little fool. She raised her little hand and patted her father's leg: "Dad, you are a big fool."

"Pfft!" Cheng Xiaolin couldn't help it and laughed.

Mother Wang Yuelan came in from behind. She also heard the conversation between her son and her granddaughter. When she saw her granddaughter beating her son, Wang Yuelan cheered her granddaughter on: "Mengmeng, hit hard, grandma will support you."

"Hmph!" Mengmeng hummed twice, feeling that her waist was getting straighter, but she didn't really make a move.

She went to her grandma to complain: "Grandma, dad said I was a fool."

Wang Yuelan said: "I'll slap your father for you and make him talk nonsense again."

Only then did Mengmeng become happy. She ran around her grandma twice, pointed at the three-dimensional crocodile playhouse and shouted, "Grandma, look, mom and dad just bought it. It's so fun."

"The little crocodile can still sleep, and I even braided his hair." Mengmeng said with a bit of showoff and surprise.

Wang Yuelan also cooperated with her granddaughter and asked: "How to play this? Mengmeng, can you teach me?"

"Okay, grandma, look..." Mengmeng started to be a good teacher again.

While eating, Mengmeng's energy was still focused on the three-dimensional crocodile playhouse, and she didn't want to eat.

It was Cheng Xiaolin who said to her: "Mengmeng, if you don't eat well, I will throw that toy out."

Mengmeng was definitely not happy when her mother said this, so she hurried to the dining table to eat.

And in order to play with the crocodile's three-dimensional playhouse, she ate faster than usual today.

When Cheng Xiaolin and Cao Shujie saw this scene, they both sighed: "Mengmeng usually eats slowly, so she doesn't have enough motivation!"

But the two of them know Mengmeng’s virtues better. A new toy or picture book cannot be given to Mengmeng for more than a week at most before it loses its novelty.

"Mom, where is my dad?" Cao Shujie hasn't seen his father since he came back from walking the dog.

Wang Yuelan said: "Your father has already gone to work in the orchard."

"Shujie, one more thing. After harvesting the wheat in the field, do you want to plant pasture?"

"Well, the grass in the orchard is not enough for the cows to eat. If they are simply fed with feed, the quality of the meat will be poor and the cost of raising them will be high." Cao Shujie told his mother what he was thinking.

Wang Yuelan nodded and said: "The wheat harvest is about to begin, so you should be ready to plant grass by then."

"Okay!" Cao Shujie agreed.

This has been planned since last winter, and now it is finally being implemented.

Cao Shujie thought about going to the town to buy forage seeds later. If there were no seeds in the town, he would go to the county.

But before Cao Shujie went out, his cell phone rang.

Looking at the words Wang Leigang marked on the phone, Cao Shujie thought of the owner of Fuxing Hotel.

The person who said he was looking for cooperation yesterday didn't know how he wanted to make him a shareholder.

Cao Shujie agreed in principle to Wang Leigang's idea of ​​opening a farmhouse restaurant in their village.

There is a saying that planting a plane tree will attract the phoenix.

In comparison, Wang Leigang is professional.

The current immature mobile fast food spots in Caojiazhuang are simply not enough to satisfy the dining needs of thousands of people.

And just like the guests who came last time, many people gave him suggestions. They came to pick strawberries, and finally got hungry. They couldn't just eat a meat bun or some frozen dumplings.

Many tourists still hope to have a formal place to eat, or to eat something special.

"Hey, Boss Wang, good morning!" Cao Shujie said to Wang Leigang on the other side of the phone.

"Boss Cao, are you at home?" Wang Leigang asked.

Hearing that Cao Shujie said he was at home, Wang Leigang felt happy and quickly asked: "Boss Cao, is it convenient for me to come see you now?"

"Come on, I happen to have nothing to do." Cao Shujie said, "I'll wait for you at home."

"Boss Wang, do you know where my home is?" Cao Shujie asked as if he was joking.

Wang Leigang also laughed.

In Caojiazhuang, Cao Shujie’s house is definitely the best one to find!

Not to mention anything else, it’s the only one in the 2-story building!

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Xiaolin asked her husband: "Shujie, who is calling?"

"The call came from Wang Leigang, the owner of the Fuxing Hotel in town. He should be talking to me about building a farmhouse restaurant in our village and inviting me to become a shareholder." Cao Shujie said this.

Cheng Xiaolin also knew about this. She asked her husband: "Is it okay to build a restaurant in our village?"

"Why not? I think it's good." Cao Shujie said.

"Then why don't we build it ourselves? Or find someone from the village to build it?" Cheng Xiaolin was a little confused.

Cao Shujie shook his head: "I'd like to, but there's not even anyone who can cook. What do you think we can do?"

"As for the folks in the village, not to mention that most of the folks in our village are older, and the investment in this restaurant is certainly not small. Do you think they are willing to invest?" Cao Shujie asked.

This is the truth. Whether it can be profitable or not is a different matter. There are really not many people who are willing to invest heavily.

Don't look at Cao Shujie's orchard, which is extremely hot during the Qingming Festival.

But after that storm in the past, there weren't usually that many people there at all.

Otherwise, Cao Shujie would not have sold the strawberries grown in the strawberry garden to Nie Bin and Zuo Le twice.

After all, there are not that many customers in normal times.

If Cao Shujie didn't sell the strawberries to Zuo Le and Nie Bin quickly, most of them would probably rot in the ground.

As for picking these strawberries and taking them to the Magic City or the capital to sell them himself, Cao Shujie doesn't have the energy.

Cheng Xiaolin thought carefully and realized immediately that this was really what happened.

"One more thing, if Boss Wang is willing to come and open a restaurant, when the time comes to recruit people, he will definitely recruit from Caojiazhuang first. It will also create jobs for our Caojiazhuang folks. Isn't that good?"

Her mother, Wang Yuelan, heard from the side and nodded and said, "I think it's okay."

Grandpa Cao Zhenghu didn't express any opinion on this matter. He didn't know much about these things and didn't want to worry about it.

He felt that it was enough for him to live a good life, take good care of Mengmeng, and cause less trouble to his son and grandson.

Wang Leigang came very quickly. After he finished calling Cao Shujie just now, he came over on a 125 motorcycle in only about 10 minutes.

There were things tied up on the seats in the back, things hung on the handlebars in the front, and a lot of things were brought over.

"Boss Wang came so quickly." Cao Shujie was quite surprised, and he could feel the importance Wang Leigang attached to this matter.

"Aren't I afraid of wasting Boss Cao's time? After hanging up the phone just now, I rushed over." Wang Leigang said.

Cao Shujie waved his hand: "Don't worry, Boss Wang, come in and sit down."

"Honey, make a pot of tea." Cao Shujie said to his wife.

Cheng Xiaolin quickly went to make tea.

Wang Lei just unloaded the gift box, a box of wine, and the toys he bought for Mengmeng alone. He was very considerate.

Even Cao Shujie didn't expect this.

He suddenly had a better impression of Wang Leigang.

"Boss Cao, I'm going to open the skylight and speak frankly. I mainly want to talk to you about building a farmhouse restaurant in Caojiazhuang." Wang Leigang said directly.

To be honest, Cao Shujie likes such happy people.

He asked Wang Leigang what was his specific plan?

Wang Leigang had a comprehensive plan, and when Cao Shujie asked, he talked non-stop.

To put it bluntly, it mainly relies on the ability of Cao Shujie's orchard to attract traffic, but he can also see that this traffic is time-sensitive or seasonal.

Regarding this point, Wang Leigang wanted to talk to Cao Shujie about his thoughts on the usual personnel drainage.

In Wang Leigang's view, Cao Shujie has not fully developed the enthusiasm of foreign customers for Caojiazhuang.

But it’s understandable.

The attractions in Caojiazhuang are too single, and there is only one cute orchard. Unless Caojiazhuang builds other attractions, this is very unrealistic and requires a lot of investment.

Caojiazhuang cannot be said to be poor, but it is not considered a wealthy village either.

Cao Shujie also told Wang Leigang his plan with a serious and cooperative attitude.

Later, Cao Shujie felt that it would be better to go directly to the orchard to have a look at the orchard instead of just talking at home. The effect of on-site communication would be better.

"Let's go to the orchard." Cao Shujie said.

Wang Leigang was not polite and followed Cao Shujie out of the house, and the two of them walked up the mountain.

Coming up from the foot of the mountain, Wang Leigang smelled the fragrance of roses and roses. Looking at the rose trees, roses and other flowers planted on both sides of the road, Wang Leigang sighed in his heart, Cao Shujie is definitely a thoughtful person.

This kind of simple planting of flowers and trees on the mountain, and there are so many of them, does not produce any economic benefits at all, but Cao Shujie did it anyway.

This only shows that he has long-term ambitions.

Cao Shujie boasted that he was a good player. As the two of them walked up, Cao Shujie pointed at the entire mountain and said: "I plan to use 3 to 5 years to plant this mountain with flowers and fruit trees, but Boss Wang, you can't I know this requires money, and it’s a lot of money, so I’m now trying to figure out how to make money.”

This is a 'grand ambition'. Wang Leigang doesn't think Cao Shujie is talking nonsense. He knows that Cao Shujie has this ability, and as far as the current situation is concerned, Cao Shujie is also practicing this.

This gave Wang Leigang an impression: "Cao Shujie is a person who does big things!"

He feels that once Cao Shujie turns his plan into reality, Caojiazhuang's ability to attract traffic will greatly increase in the future, and by that time, the farm restaurants he opens will also usher in a qualitative change.

"So if you are currently making little money, it doesn't matter even if you lose some. You have to invest in everything in advance!" Wang Leigang thought in his heart.

When the two came to the turning platform on the mountain, their eyes suddenly opened up. Looking at the neatly tended orchard to the north, Wang Leigang's mood relaxed and he couldn't help but sigh. : "This is such a great place!"