The place where they eat is next to the five-star department store, called Sanhe Banquet, and they make authentic Lu cuisine.

It's not the first time Cao Fei has come here to eat, he came over and asked the waiter to ask for a menu, handed it to Cheng Xiaolin first, and asked her to watch and order a few dishes that children like to eat.

After Cheng Xiaolin was polite, she ordered a dish of fried shrimp and a dish of sweet and sour tenderloin, which are all edible by Meng Meng.

After ordering, she returned the menu to Cao Fei and said, "I'll just order these." ”

Cao Fei also wanted Cao Shujie to order a few dishes, but Cao Shujie said directly: "Let's not be so polite, you are familiar with this place and know what dishes are delicious, you can just order them." ”

Cao Fei didn't say anything else this time, he took the menu and ordered five dishes.

There's a stir-fried chicken, fish drizzled in oil, and a seafood gnocchi soup, a flavored eggplant, and a shredded sweet potato.

"Cao Fei, we can't eat if you order too much." Cao Shujie said.

Who knew that after Cao Fei listened, he followed and said: "Then order another fried bun, the winter melon meat filling is a must in their restaurant." Cao Fei said.

"Then try it." Cao Shujie said with a smile.

Waiting for the food to be served, the two chatted about Cao Zhen's marriage on the 30th of this month.

Cao Fei also said: "I have already asked my manager for leave in advance, and I will definitely go when the time comes." ”

"To be honest, I don't think there's a lot of time we can get together at any time in the future." Cao Shujie said.

Cao Fei also agrees with this, as time goes by, especially after starting a family, they suddenly find that there is less and less time for them to truly belong to themselves.

Cao Fei said: "Shujie, do you remember, when we just graduated and went to work, every time we came back, we could get together at any time to drink and go to KTV to sing and sing." ”

Cao Shujie also misses that time!

Free and uninhibited.

At that time, they didn't even have a partner, and they spent the money they earned, and they had more time to choose from, and they could play until twelve o'clock at night, or even until two or three o'clock in the morning.

If you want to sing, you can go to KTV to be a microphone ba, and it doesn't matter if you sing all night.

Cao Shujie suddenly said: "I haven't been to KTV for 5 years, and to be honest, I don't remember what it looks like now." ”

Cheng Xiaolin next to her suddenly said: "You can go if you want to, as if I won't let you go." ”

"Hey, hey." Cao Shujie grinned, waved his hand at his wife, and said: "I didn't mean that, mainly because now it's not like when I was young, and I'm no longer interested in KTV." ”

"Humph!" Cheng Xiaolin glanced at her husband obliquely.

After the few dishes they ordered came up, Cheng Xiaolin first served seafood gnocchi soup to Cao Fei and Cao Shujie, and then served a bowl of seafood gnocchi soup to her daughter.

"Shujie, do you drink beer or liquor?" Cao Fei asked him.

But Cao Shujie refused, he said: "Cao Fei, I have to drive back in the afternoon, so I won't drink, and when Cao Zhen gets married, let's drink a little more." ”

He knew that Cao Fei still had to go to work in the afternoon, and as a new leader who had just been transferred, there must be many people staring at him.

It's okay to come out for a meal at noon during the lunch break, but if you go back to work with a body of alcohol after drinking, it will definitely have a bad impact, and when the time comes, someone will talk behind your back.

Cao Shujie doesn't care, but it is not his wish to affect Cao Fei's future.

Before the meal was finished, Cao Fei's mobile phone rang, he looked at the phone number, and answered the phone casually: "Hey, Xiaoqiu, do you have something to do with me?" ”

"Cao Shujie, you said that the transfer of goods can be done, let the other party send it?" The person on the other side asked him.

"Then send it over, how much is it?" Cao Fei asked.

The person on the other side said to him: "It's still according to the original price of 8999 yuan, and the postage we pay will be gone." ”

"Okay, I know, let's do it first, just give it to me when the goods come over." Cao Fei said to the person on the phone.

After putting down the phone, he said to Cao Shujie: "Shujie, the Dajiang Elf 1st generation drone you asked for has arrived, and I asked them to send it to you as soon as possible." ”

When Cao Shujie heard Cao Fei call just now, he guessed that it was this matter, and when he heard Cao Fei tell him about it, Cao Shujie said: "Then I'll leave the money later." ”

"Okay, I'll call you if I get the goods." Cao Fei was not polite.

After separating from Cao Fei in the afternoon, Cao Shujie and his wife Cheng Xiaolin took Mengmeng, loaded the things they had just bought into the car, and drove towards Caojiazhuang.

On the way, Cheng Xiaolin was still looking forward to the fact that after the drone arrived, he would use the drone to take pictures.

Mengmeng doesn't sleep either, she sits honestly in the seat, and this time she knows how to pull the seat belt over and fasten herself, looking quite decent.

When they came back from Yiling City, just in time for the rush hour of vehicles, they took more time to return to Caojiazhuang than usual.

When she got out of the car, Meng Meng ran straight home and shouted into the house: "Grandma, I'm back." ”

Cao Shujie also said to her later: "Mengmeng, you run slower, don't fall." ”

"It's fine." Meng Meng shook her head and said a word, and then ran into the house.

Wang Yuelan was picking vegetables and preparing to make dinner.

Seeing that her son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter never came back, Wang Yuelan was also very anxious.

Suddenly seeing her granddaughter Mengmeng running in, Wang Yuelan stood up with a surprised face: "Mengmeng, are you back?" ”

"Grandma, we just got back." Meng Meng shouted.

"Ouch, why don't you come in quickly, what are you doing outside?" Wang Yuelan chattered, and the person had already walked to the door.

Looking at her son and daughter-in-law who came in with a large bag, Wang Yuelan also said: "There are all the things in the house, why do you buy so much?" ”

"Mom, I saw that the ones sold in the mall were quite cheap, so I bought some back, so that it would be expensive next time I bought them."

"How? Did you get what you bought? Wang Yuelan asked them, and she also wanted to see what could be used in the air to assist in shooting.

But his son Cao Shujie said: "Mom, the drone hasn't been bought yet, and there is no stock in the city, so I'll find someone to transfer the goods first." ”

"When are I going to get it?" Wang Yuelan asked.

Cao Shujie heard his mother ask, and took the initiative to say: "I won't take it, and when the things arrive in Yiling City, they will be sent to our house." ”

"Oh." Wang Yuelan nodded, answered twice, and thought that it would not be too late to wait for the things to come in a few days.

……

The next morning, Cao Shujie heard someone in the village talking that Cao Jianhua had bought another 300 piglets.

Compared with last year, the price of the piglets he sold this year has dropped to 24.5 yuan a kilogram.

This price is also the fundamental reason for Cao Jianhua to continue to raise pigs, he feels that such a low price, it is impossible to lose money.

The average weight of the piglets he bought was about 15 kilograms, and the price cost of each piglet was equivalent to 370 yuan, and the 300 piglets cost more than 110,000 yuan as a whole.

Far cheaper than the last piglet he bought.

Cao Jianhua also kept an eye on feeding, and he did not use full-price feed, but mixed it with other things, so as to reduce the cost of feeding.

……

When Cao Shujie heard this, Cao Jianhua's 300 little piglets had all been unloaded and put into the pigsty on the mountain, timidly adapting to the new environment.

He rode his bicycle over to take a look, and the piglets looked okay.

Cao Jianhua also smiled and said to Cao Shujie: "If nothing else, I should be able to make a lot of money this time." ”

Because the price of buying piglets is very low, coupled with the reduction of feeding costs, Cao Jianhua feels that after 3~4 months, when this batch of pigs is slaughtered, the price is similar to now, and he has a lot of profits.

Because of this, he is very motivated, and he expects to make more money by breeding and turning over.

When Cao Shujie said goodbye to Cao Jianhua and rode his bicycle home from the dam again, he didn't notice a construction truck whizzing past him and running south.

After the engineering truck ran over, it also brought up a lot of dust, and Cao Shujie, who was choking, coughed several times.

He looked at the construction truck that ran south, turned a corner, and disappeared, and felt a little annoyed.

He knew that the construction truck was coming from the pontoon bridge to the south to pull stones from the quarry on the other side of the Yellow River.

In the past, these engineering trucks all walked from the south, and when they didn't pass through their village, Cao Shujie didn't feel anything.

But I heard that the road was built in the south and a section of the road was closed, and the engineering vehicles could not pass, so they changed the route and walked from the north.

Cao Shujie still thought that when he went to the city yesterday, they walked north from the village, and before they could go out of the range of Taodong Village, they were blocked by two engineering vehicles that could drive.

"It's so annoying, I shouldn't let them go this way." Cao Shujie thought to himself.

After coming down from the dam, Cao Shujie did not go home directly, but rode a bicycle to Cao Jiangang's house.

After coming over, Cao Jiangang was pouring himself a drink at home, and when he saw him coming, Cao Jiangang was quite puzzled and asked him, "Shujie, why are you free to come over today?" ”

The implication is that Cao Shujie won't come to him when he's fine.

Cao Shujie was a little embarrassed, he said: "Uncle Jiangang, I came to you today, it's really a bit urgent." ”

"What's the matter, tell me?" Cao Jiangang was puzzled.

Then I heard Cao Shujie tell me about the engineering truck passing by their village.

After finishing speaking, Cao Shujie emphasized: "Uncle, I think it's okay for them to go once or twice once in a while, but now they have been walking from us for a long time, and it is very unsafe, and they may bump into someone one day." ”

"Really? But I heard that it was a car from the Yellow River section, so I'll talk to them again. Cao Jiangang put down his chopsticks and said a secret that Cao Shujie didn't know.

But Cao Shujie doesn't care where it is, as long as there are hidden dangers, it can't work.

He said very resolutely: "Uncle doesn't care where it is, we shouldn't tolerate him." ”

As soon as he said this, Cao Jiangang couldn't speak, and he asked, "Then what do you think should be done?" ”

"Uncle Jiankang, do you think this will work? Let's make two cement piers at the entrance of the village, and don't let them enter the village first, and also make two cement piers at the intersection of the Yellow River barrage dam in the north, so that they don't let them walk on our section of the dam. ”

"Build a cement pier?" Cao Jiangang frowned, and he said: "This fee approval is not just about giving it. ”

"Even if you go through the process, you have to wait for a while."

Hearing him say this, Cao Shujie nodded: "Uncle Jiangang, do you think this will work?" I paid all the money for the construction of the cement piers. ”

Cao Jiangang didn't expect Cao Shujie to be so neat.

And the reason why he looked very embarrassed was because he had received a benefit fee for the Yellow River section, which to put it bluntly was to buy road money.

The engineering vehicles of the Yellow River section received the passing from their village, took the pontoon bridge in the south, and went to the opposite side to pull stones.

As the saying goes, take people's money to eliminate disasters for others.

Originally, no one mentioned this matter, but Cao Shujie took the initiative to mention the matter of setting up cement pier obstacles at the entrance of the village today, and Cao Jiangang was indeed a little embarrassed.

But Cao Shujie was determined to block the road, and he was willing to pay out of his own pocket.

Seeing Cao Jiangang's embarrassment, Cao Shujie also understood something in his heart, he did not force Cao Jiangang to express his position, but said: "Uncle Jiangang, do you think this will work?" I'll get this thing out, and I'll find someone to get the cement pier. ”

"In the middle, leave the width that the passenger car can pass." Cao Shujie said.

Cao Jiangang picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all, until Cao Shujie left his house, he didn't speak.

After Cao Shujie left, Cao Jiangang looked at the gate where there was no one anymore, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really hard to make some money." ”

Cao Shujie is very neat.

He did not insist on going his own way, but also knew that he summoned some villagers of Caojiazhuang to the compound of the village committee, told them that he was going to build a cement pier at the entrance of the village, and also explained the reason to them clearly.

After hearing this, the people present basically agreed that the purpose of building the cement pier was the same as Cao Shujie, and they also felt that the engineering truck was always running back and forth in their village, which was too dangerous, and maybe one day it would be pressed against their own children, and it would be too late to regret it.

Besides, these engineering trucks borrowed roads from their village, and these villagers did not get a penny of benefits, but they supported Cao Shujie's decision more.

Most of the people present agreed with Cao Shujie's plan.

Cao Shujie immediately called Cao Zhenggang, told him about it, and asked him to help build the cement pier.

"Shujie, let me ask you something." Cao Zhenggang asked him.

"Grandpa, you say." Said with a smile.

Cao Zhenggang hesitated, and asked after a while: "Secretary Cao knows about this, right?" ”

"Grandpa, don't worry, I have greeted Uncle Jiangang, otherwise I will not be able to do the road closure alone!" Cao Shujie said

(End of chapter)