Chapter 124: Why Did You Choose Me?
At this time, Lu Qiaoge escorted Su Hongmei to the main door.
When she came back, she saw Tao Tao waiting for her on the big tree by the bridge.
Seeing Lu Qiaoge walking over, Tao Tao told her everything it had seen all at once.
Lu Qiaoge thought to herself, it seems the Lin Family has never given up searching either.
Then she heard Tao Tao continue: 【When I went there, Old Man Lin was lying in bed, his son wasn’t there, and when he was alone in the room, I went to the next door, and the next-door room was so much fun.】
Lu Qiaoge became interested and asked, “How was it fun?”
【The chairman from Hong Kong scolded his son for not making progress and being unworthy of being his heir, then his son said: why did you choose me why did you choose me why did you choose me…】
Lu Qiaoge asked in surprise, “Just that one sentence?”
【Yeah, repeated it many many times, then his dad slapped him, and he stopped talking, but ran to the next-door room.】
【I heard the chairman muttering to himself, why did I choose you, I don’t know why I chose you either.】
【I saw he wasn’t talking, so I ran back to the next door, the chairman’s son…】
Good grief, keeping it so busy?
Lu Qiaoge interrupted Tao Tao: “His name is Zhen Xi.”
Tao Tao was thrilled.
Previously, it could only chat about the excitement with its wife, but now it was great, it could tell so many little friends.
【That man named Zhen Xi has such a bad temper, he smashed the teacup in the room and the flower pot on the window sill, while smashing he said: why else, for your eldest son, you chose me as heir to stimulate him and train him, I’m born of a mistress, how am I worthy to be heir, I’m just a whetstone for your eldest son!】
【After he finished smashing, he took some medicine, but I don’t know what kind, anyway not long after, he wasn’t irritable anymore, and mildly told the waitress that he accidentally broke the teacup and flower pot, and he would compensate the hotel.】
Lu Qiaoge’s eyes flickered.
It seems it’s not the father-son harmony it appears on the surface.
Actually, she didn’t understand it either.
Chairman Zhen’s health was good, Qin Hengzhi said his eldest son was also excellent, even more excellent than Zhen Xi, but just because Zhen Xi was born to Chairman Zhen’s most favored Third Madam, last year he publicly announced Zhen Xi as his heir.
It was said that as soon as this news came out, it was like an earthquake in Hong Kong.
But such an irritable Zhen Xi still needed medication to control his emotions, could he be the heir?
Was it really a whetstone?
Or was the chairman’s position comparable to an emperor’s throne, full of scheming and fraught with danger at every step?
Lu Qiaoge asked, “And then?”
Tao Tao said: 【Then I flew to outside Old Lin’s room, I perched on the window sill, he saw me, and deliberately lowered his voice when speaking.】
Lu Qiaoge said to Tao Tao: “Thanks for your hard work, Tao Tao, go play, I need to head to the food factory first.”
Lu Qiaoge rode her bicycle to the food factory, where Meng Qingshan and others were organizing straw hats.
No price had been discussed yet, but for these people, every cent counted as money.
They were all really excited.
Someone praised Chang An for being so clever with his hands, that weaving straw hats was taught to everyone by Chang An.
Chang An wasn’t good with words, just grinned foolishly.
The people here were all so nice, and they were all city folk, yet no one looked down upon him.
People from the military factory were just great.
He really liked this place.
After Lu Qiaoge returned, Du Shuang and a few others surrounded her, asking when Su Hongmei would come to pick up the straw hats.
Lu Qiaoge said: “I arranged with Comrade Su for next Monday, because the inspection team is coming to visit and express condolences tomorrow morning, which isn’t convenient, and in the afternoon we still have to undergo health inspection, you all have your health certificates, next it’s whether our factory’s hygiene passes or not.”
Hu Ze said with a smile: “You can inspect again, I’ve been to food factories in the city, ours except for the crude conditions, is no worse than theirs in other aspects.”
Lu Qiaoge went around once, the white coats were all made, waiting to be worn tomorrow when people arrived.
Health certificates were all posted on the office walls.
The office was very clean, the walls pasted with old newspapers.
The workshop had three flat pans and two iron pots, for making corn cakes and flaky pastries.
The ground was paved with broken bricks and stones, the walls brushed with lime, the window frames unpainted—after all, paint was hard to get now—but all wiped clean, and fitted with window screens against flies.
Seeing this, Lu Qiaoge couldn’t help but think of that Xiao Cangcang.
It had been several days since she’d seen it.
Then Lu Qiaoge remembered the wheelchair she had made for Zhang Quan, she needed to check the scrap workshop, not sure if that Wei Qiang would remember.
She, a little mediator, was so busy.
At this time, Chang An brought an object similar to a bicycle basket in front of Lu Qiaoge.
Without Zhou Li saying anything, Lu Qiaoge knew this was the bicycle basket made for her.
It was woven from willow branches and reeds.
Lu Qiaoge had Chang An install the bicycle basket on the spot.
Installation was simple too, secured with thin hemp rope.
As long as not putting particularly heavy things, it could last at least two or three years.
Lu Qiaoge was very satisfied.
She said beamingly: “Older Brother Chang, you’ve taught everyone, maybe in a few days someone will come to our service station’s handicraft group to place custom orders.”
Lu Qiaoge was very satisfied with these people, and before leaving, she specially exhorted: “Tomorrow morning part of the inspection team might come to take a look, after all we’re currently the only factory under Xiangyang Neighborhood Committee, so tomorrow you all must be on duty.”
She glanced at Zhou Li again.
Zhou Li hurriedly said: “Granny Li is watching my child, I give her five yuan a month, Little Black can help too, my son is very well-behaved.”
Over there, Chang An was full of smiles, nodding vigorously.
Yes yes, his son was very well-behaved.
The old black cat also understood human nature.
Lu Qiaoge thought to herself, if he really was Old Lin’s son, it would be bitter days finally over and sweet ones beginning.
Lu Qiaoge couldn’t stay long, she ran back to the neighborhood committee to report on the work.
It was about Su Hongmei.
Huang Juan was very happy: “Our neighborhood committee can add a weaving group besides making paper boxes to increase everyone’s income.”
Lu Qiaoge nodded: “Elder Sister Su didn’t mention price, but I think it should be quite reasonable.”
Shao Le, who had just returned, saw Lu Qiaoge and came over, sure enough hearing fresh news again.
He said: “If the foreign trade section takes a liking to it, could we exchange it for foreign exchange?”
Old Hu’s eyes lit up, although they were a military factory with national support, if they could exchange for foreign exchange it wasn’t impossible.
Then he thought, it probably wasn’t that easy.
Why were the neighborhood committee’s several factories dissolved?
Wasn’t it because they overlapped with enterprises run by the nearby district government, the authorities felt 516 shouldn’t compete with local ones in this area, as it would affect unity, so the neighborhood committee’s pickle factory closed, and the coal cake factory went to the local fuel company.
He said: “Qiao Ge, you mainly focus on the service station’s handicraft weaving, let’s draft some regulations, after selling, how much to hand over to the neighborhood committee, how much they divide.”
Lu Qiaoge deeply agreed.
Now business wasn’t allowed, even such acquisitions had to be unit-led.
If not handled well, it could lead to big problems.
