Chapter 23

He Family

Sha Zhu sat in the room drinking gloomy wine and eating deep-fried peanuts that had been sitting for more than ten days.

Listening to the children's shouting coming from the Jia family, Sha Zhu's hatred for Cao Cao Weiguo grew stronger.

It was all because Cao Cao Weiguo didn't follow the rules that he was reported by fellow workers and punished by the factory leaders!

Now Cao Cao Weiguo had caused him to go to the workshop for reform, unable to bring leftovers from the kitchen, and unable to help the Qin family.

Sha Zhu was full of resentment toward Cao Cao Weiguo, but he didn't reflect on his own behavior of harming others to benefit himself.

His behavior of bringing leftovers from the kitchen was actually wool-gathering from the state.

If this behavior were to be investigated deeply, it would be a jail sentence.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Just as Sha Zhu was drinking in annoyance and irritability, the door was suddenly knocked.

"Sha Zhuzi, are you asleep?"

"Sister Qin, I'm not asleep yet, is something the matter?"

Qin Qin Huairu pushed the door and walked in, looking at Sha Zhu with heartache:

"Sha Zhuzi, don't be discouraged. If you perform well, with your culinary skills, you will definitely be able to return to the kitchen."

Qin Qin Huairu's comfort made Sha Zhu so moved that he wanted to cry.

He thought to himself: Sister Qin is the person who cares about him the most!

Sha Zhu stood up and walked toward Qin Qin Huairu with a flushed face: "Sister Qin, you are really good."

Grabbing Qin Qin Huairu's hand, Sha Zhu felt as if his heart was on fire.

"Ah!"

"Sha Zhuzi, what are you doing?"

Qin Qin Huairu was startled and pushed Sha Zhu away: "Sha Zhuzi, I am your sister."

Sha Zhu stumbled backward, and his brain suddenly cleared up a bit.

"Sister Qin, I'm sorry, I drank too much, I didn't mean it."

Sha Zhu apologized in a panic, and Qin Qin Huairu comforted him with gentle eyes:

"Sha Zhuzi, sister doesn't blame you, sister knows you are suffering in your heart, but sister hopes you can be strong."

With a bit of gentle care and comfort, Sha Zhu's heart was filled with emotion and warmth.

"Sister Qin, don't worry, I will pull myself together; this little thing can't knock me down."

Qin Qin Huairu nodded happily: "Sha Zhuzi, sister believes in you, you are the He He Yuzhu who fears nothing."

After comforting and encouraging Sha Zhu, Qin Qin Huairu took the peanuts and half a bottle of wine home.

Sha Zhu lay on the bed, thinking of Qin Qin Huairu's care for him, and felt warm in his heart, as if he were soaking in a bath.

Yan Family

The Third Mistress looked at the meatball soup, frozen tofu, radishes, etc., poured into the basin as if she had found a treasure...

"There are actually meatballs!"

"These are good things!"

"Cao Cao Weiguo is really generous; this person is worth associating with."

The Third Master picked up three heads of sugar garlic: "There are even better things here; three heads of sugar garlic, our family can eat for several meals."

The Third Mistress swallowed her saliva looking at the sugar garlic: "Master of the house, peel a clove and let me taste it; I haven't eaten sugar garlic for more than two years."

The Third Master quickly hid it behind his back: "Eating sugar garlic late at night is not good, it's easy to get heartburn; let's eat it tomorrow."

Having lived together for decades, the Third Mistress naturally knew her husband's character.

If she weren't really too greedy, she wouldn't have opened her mouth.

The Third Mistress sighed: "This Cao Cao Weiguo is getting better and better; our family must have a good relationship with him."

The Third Master nodded in agreement and pondered: "I plan to invite him to our house for a meal tomorrow, using these leftovers, and we'll add some cabbage leaves, vermicelli, and have a hot pot."

The Third Mistress was somewhat reluctant: "With so little stuff, our family doesn't have enough to eat ourselves, so don't invite him."

The Third Master calculated: "You, your vision is too short-sighted. What kind of person is Cao Cao Weiguo? If our family invites him to dinner, would he be embarrassed to come empty-handed? We are throwing a brick to attract jade. Besides, inviting him to dinner will bring us closer, and in the future, if he has good things, won't he give some to our family?"

Cao Family

Cao Cao Weiguo locked the door and quietly entered the portable farm.

He cleared an open space and planted chili and tomato seeds.

Then he went to the granary and took out a pile of wheat grains, putting them into sacks and woven bags.

He filled all the large bags, totaling twenty-three bags.

He planned to find a mill in the countryside on the weekend to process these wheat grains into flour.

Although he could "do whatever he wanted" in the farm, it was limited and couldn't reach the point of getting whatever he wished.

He could do some rough and simple things: harvesting, sowing, plowing, catching, slaughtering, logging...

But fine work like milling flour, cooking, pressing oil, making tools, etc., still relied on manpower and machinery.

After packing the wheat grains, Cao Cao Weiguo began to organize the storage space.

He stored the items from the check-in rewards separately.

There were really too many things and the space was too small; it wouldn't fit without reasonable distribution.

Food and items that were easy to spoil or mold were left in the storage space.

Tools and items that were not easy to break, such as fishing rods, toothpaste, soap, flashlights, kitchen knives, etc., were put into the portable farm to free up more space for storing ingredients.

Some pigs and sheep were ready for slaughter; keeping them would not only not increase their meat, but would also affect the meat quality and compete for food with the young ones. ===== CHAPTER 42 =====