All round car designer

Chapter 26 The Current Situation at Home

Now that he has met his mother, Zhou Fei decided to stay and help her sell fruit together. Although he was tired after a day and night train ride, compared with his mother, Zhou Fei felt that this was nothing.

Or else it’s a skill to rely on face to eat, Zhou Fei just sat at the fruit stand, and the number of people who came to ask the price and buy fruit suddenly increased, especially those aunts, who were scrambling to say they wanted it. Introduce someone to Zhou Fei, and praised Zhou Fei as a good boy, which made Lin Hong smile.

Before five o'clock, the remaining fruits were robbed.

On the way home, Lin Hong deliberately went to the vegetable market to buy a lot of delicious food, saying that she wanted to clean up Zhou Fei at night.

Zhou Fei's home is in an old-fashioned community in the county seat. The moment he opened the door, the unique atmosphere of the home came over his face, which made Zhou Fei feel energetic all at once.

It is true that a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as one's own grass nest.

"Mom, where's my dad?" Zhou Fei looked around but couldn't find his dad Zhou Dehai, so he asked curiously.

"He has something to do when he's out, take a shower first, and the meal will be ready soon." As soon as Lin Hong got home, she started to work in the kitchen.

Zhou Fei said "Oh" without asking any further questions. He put the backpack in the bedroom, took a change of clothes and walked into the bathroom.

After taking a comfortable bath, Zhou Dehai hadn't come back yet. Zhou Fei estimated that there was still some time before eating, so he yelled to the kitchen, "Mom, I'm going out for a while, and I'll be right back."

"It's time to eat, why are you going out?" Lin Hong hurried out of the kitchen when she heard the words, but at this time Zhou Fei had already run out, Lin Hong had no choice but to shout to the door, "Come back early !"

After going downstairs, Zhou Fei quickly found his garage by relying on his memory, and then rode his electric bike towards his small factory.

The evening breeze is blowing, and Zhou Fei used to love to ride an electric scooter around the streets and alleys at this time.

The machining factory run by my parents is located in the county economic development zone not far away, and it takes only 10 minutes to get there by bicycle.

The prefecture-level city where my hometown is located is a relatively poor place in Jiangsu Province, so the development zone is basically dominated by labor-intensive enterprises such as garment factories and shoe factories, and there are basically no high-tech industries.

The guard at the development zone knew Zhou Fei, and after greeting him, Zhou Fei saw his own factory in the southwest corner of the development zone: Dehong Machinery Processing Factory.

Looking from the gate of the factory area, you can vaguely see several workers busy inside. In its heyday, the total number of workers in the processing plant was about 50, and more than a dozen machine tools in the workshop were also operating at full capacity.

But now, there are only three machine tools working, and there are not even ten workers at work. It is conceivable how depressed the family's economic situation is.

"Xiao Fei, why are you here?" Zhou Fei was watching outside when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"It's Uncle Wu, let me see if my dad is here." Zhou Fei turned his head and immediately recognized who the person in front of him was. Wu Youliang, the workshop director of the factory, played with Wu Dehai since childhood good friend.

"Your father is not here, have you eaten yet? If not, Uncle Wu will take you out to eat later." Wu Youliang asked with a smile.

"No, my mother is cooking at home." Zhou Fei smiled and waved his hands, then looked at Wu Youliang with some hesitation, "Uncle Wu, what's the matter with the factory, why are there only these few people?"

Wu Youliang sighed, "The upstream companies don't place orders with us anymore, and the factory hasn't sold for almost a month. Even the current output is obtained by your father begging your grandpa to sue your grandma. According to the current situation, it has already been supported. In a few days, if you can’t negotiate with the upstream company, you can only sell it at a low price.”

"What about my dad? What does he think? Is he willing to sell the factory?"

"Where is he willing to sell it? This factory was established when your father and your mother first got married, and it has finally grown to its current scale. Asking him to sell it is the same as cutting his flesh." Wu Youliang replied.

Zhou Fei pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then I know, thank you Uncle Wu, I will go home first, my mother is still waiting for me, come to visit me when I have time."

Originally, Zhou Fei thought that he would take advantage of this opportunity to let his parents enjoy themselves at home, and he would be responsible for making money, but since his father didn't want to sell the factory, Zhou Fei would help him keep it!

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After locking the garage, Zhou Fei was about to go home when he saw his father Zhou Dehai sitting there by a small flower bed around the corner, smoking a dull cigarette by himself.

Zhou Dehai ran around all day today, and asked all his former business partners, but none of them was willing to lend him money.

Basically all the savings in the family have been invested, but the sales of the factory are still not settled. If this continues, Zhou Dehai will be 1 unwilling, so he can only reluctantly sell the factory. After all, Zhou Fei is about to graduate soon. The garage and the subsequent marriage all cost money.

No matter how reluctant Zhou Dehai was, he couldn't make the child miserable.

Lin Hong had already sent him a message, saying that his son had come home, and told him to be careful in what he said, not to bring negative emotions to his son. Zhou Dehai thought, after smoking this cigarette, he should adjust his mood immediately and celebrate well Son comes home.

Zhou Fei stood there watching for about a minute, but he still didn't go over. Any father probably doesn't want his son to see such a downcast side of himself.

"Where did you go so late?" Lin Hong couldn't help asking as soon as Zhou Fei entered the door.

"Walking around casually, where is my dad, hasn't he come back yet?" Zhou Fei smiled, and didn't tell his mother about going to the factory.

"It's probably coming soon. Your dad is too. He said that his son will go home today, so why are you still dawdling?"

"Didn't I come back? I think you're in a hurry." Before Lin Hong finished speaking, Zhou Dehai opened the door and walked in with a smile on his face.

"My son is back, why don't you drink with me tonight?"

"No problem, I'm afraid you can't drink me, Dad." Zhou Fei smiled and nodded.

"Okay, okay, I'm proud of drinking, wash my hands and eat." Lin Hong said angrily.

A table was full of Zhou Fei's favorite dishes. From the beginning to the end, neither his parents mentioned anything about the factory to Zhou Fei, and Zhou Fei was sensible enough not to ask.

After dinner, Zhou Fei was really sleepy. He lay down on the bed and fell asleep before eight o’clock. Zhou Fei felt thirsty, so he fumbled to go to the living room to pour some water, but the door hadn’t been opened yet. I heard my parents talking in the living room.

Zhou Fei slowly retracted his right hand that was placed on the doorknob, leaned sideways, and put his ear close to the crack of the door, trying to hear what the two of them were talking about.

"Old Zhou, why don't we sell the factory? Xiao Fei is so old, and it's time for him to start a family and start a business. He is still clinging to the factory. Do you want your son to suffer with us?"

"I'm also thinking about this, but the problem is that no one is willing to take over now, unless those machine tools are sold as junk." Zhou Dehai sighed, looking very helpless.

"My brother called me today, and he said he found a buyer for us, and he will come to our house to talk about it tomorrow..."

"You don't know what kind of virtue your brother is? How can he be so kind!" Before Lin Hong finished speaking, Zhou Dehai became anxious.

"Keep your voice down, don't wake up your son." Lin Hong glared at Zhou Dehai, "I can't help it, when they come tomorrow, talk to him first, it's better than waiting. "

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(End of this chapter)