Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

Lou Xiao'e looked at the backs of the three people leaving.

He turned around and asked Cao Wei: "Why don't you explain it more clearly? Aren't you afraid of being blamed?"

"Clear?" Cao Wei was happy: "It's clear enough. The Third Uncle is not the Third Uncle in your mind. In the past, everyone just wanted to have a full meal, so naturally they didn't have the energy to stop and think about this or that. What do you think the old man will do now that he has no shortage of food and drink and is happy at home every day?"

"What? Killing time?"

"Yes and no. This old man likes nothing more than reminiscing about the past. There is a saying that goes 'Reviewing the past helps us learn new things'. If we take out the things that the old man has experienced in his life and think about them carefully, how much do you think he can gain?"

"Hiss, now that you mention it, it really is true." Lou Xiao'e gasped.

"Not every old man has this idea. Uncle Sanye considers himself a cultured man, so it's no big deal to think about it. In addition, Yan Jiecheng has done well over the years, and he knows better what it means to be cautious. The old man brought them here today because he knew what he was doing, and he didn't really want to ask for my opinion. It would be better for him to protect his own son himself."

"Why didn't he just say it?"

"It's not convincing to say it directly." Cao Wei shrugged.

"Tsk." Lou Xiao'e said, "Your twisted theories are really a bunch of nonsense."

"That's not a twisted logic. How's Nian Nian's situation?"

"It's not a big problem to set up a shell company, but it will take some time for them to come up with the samples. Those old men and women are too picky."

Cao Wei shrugged: "Take your time. There is no rush."

----

Zhao Boxue felt a little tingling as he looked at the almost abandoned factory in front of him.

He turned to look at Jing Yu. Actually, he was a little older than Jing Yu.

"Hey, Lao Jing, we are old friends. I have hosted you more than once or twice. Why are you going to such a place to cheat me?"

"Your master asked for it." Jing Yu shrugged. "He said he didn't want the equipment or the factory, just a piece of land."

"what?"

"Yes, those things have been moved away. Just consider it as salary payment."

"That person..."

"No one, you have to recruit it yourself."

"That's good." Zhao Boxue patted his chest.

"No, can you please have a little sense of responsibility?" Jing Yu rolled her eyes.

Zhao Boxue was speechless.

"I say, Lao Jing, which eye of yours has shown that I am irresponsible? You have no conscience when you say this about the treatment of people in Samadhi Tower."

"Okay, I was too talkative. I was wrong." Jing Yu slapped his lips lightly, with a smile in his eyes.

Zhao Boxue smacked his lips. "Or I should say that you guys are all dirty."

"Hey, what does the recruitment rules say?"

"No rush, I'll contact someone." Zhao Boxue took out his mobile phone.

Pull the antenna longer.

"Hello, Director Wei."

"Ah, yes, the construction team."

"Well, it's just a factory building. It's big. It's quite big."

"Equipment drawings? Ao, wait a minute..." Zhao Boxue gestured to Jing Yu to give him a notebook, took out a pen, and responded while writing.

"Okay, um, yes, fine, then I'll find you once I'm sure."

"What do you mean?" Jing Yu turned and asked Zhao Boxue.

"There are still a lot of troubles." Zhao Boxue scratched his head: "Wait a moment, I'll make another call."

"Hey, Master's Wife."

"Yes, that's right, it's about the factory. We need the specifications of the equipment here. If you have any, please get the drawings of the factory outside. Um... cans? Okay, I get it."

Zhao Boxue hung up the phone and sighed.

"Well, we are two people who are completely in the dark and don't know anything. To open a factory, we need to buy equipment and build a dust-proof workshop, especially food. We can't be careless. The master's wife said that it will take a few days for the experts to arrive. When the time comes, let the experts help take a look and then build it up."

"How long will this take?" Jing Yu frowned.

"Don't worry, the farm has actually been researching canned food for a long time, and they already have canned meat."

"Ah?" This time, it was Jing Yu's turn to be confused: "Such a big thing, and no one told us."

"Did you forget? Didn't you buy some luncheon meat from the Samadhi Building?"

“That one!” Jing Yu slapped her thigh, “That delicious luncheon meat! Yes! Why didn’t I think of that! Cao Wei is awesome! He’s ahead of all of us!”

"No, we don't sell our canned food out?"

"Why don't you sell it outside? If you can, you can sell more. Some state-owned enterprises in some places all use foreign exchange, but..."

Jing Yu stopped talking here.

Not worth the money...

The quality never improves.

It’s not that it doesn’t taste good, it’s just that there are problems with transportation and preservation.

"Okay, let's do this for now. I'll go to the farm and take a look..."

"Let's not do this for now, let's do it together."

"Go, go, go."

----

The lanterns are on.

At the Cao family, the family is eating around the dining table.

"Your eldest disciple called me today and said it was about the factory. Do you really plan to do it?" Lou Xiao'e picked up a piece of spicy cabbage and put it in her mouth. It was crispy and pickled by Cao Wei himself. It tasted pretty good and was very appetizing.

"Well, let's do it. It won't cost much."

"That won't cost much. You know those guys. When they know we want to buy it, they blow the price up to the sky."

Cao Wei rolled his eyes and said, "Why keep so much money? Isn't it enough to earn in the north?"

"Hey, do you have any inside information?" Lou Xiao'e became interested.

"What are you talking about?" Qin Jingru looked confused: "Oh, you are secretly making money outside without telling me."

"Yes, yes." Lou Xiao'e looked at Qin Jingru with a smile: "You guessed it right, your husband took me out to make money, but not you!"

Qin Jingru widened her eyes and stopped looking at Lou Xiaoe. She turned to look at Cao Wei, as if she would cry in the next second if he didn't give her an explanation.

"What's mine is yours. There's a passbook in the room. Go and have a look yourself."

Qin Jingru put down her bowl and chopsticks, ran in, and soon took out a bag of documents with a blank look on her face: "Is this it?"

"Yes." Cao Wei patiently explained everything to her one by one, and her heart beat fast. After hearing the numbers, she felt as if her heart had stopped beating.

She swallowed and said, "Is this true?"

"Really, I made a small fortune."

"Tsk, the Cao guy has a big appetite. He made a small fortune." Lou Xiao'e said sarcastically.

"No, how did you do it..."

"Oh, that's not important. It's just a meal and a little money."