Chapter 155

November 22nd was a Sunday. This day was the day the Jiangnan District Crafts Store had agreed to come to the Ye Zhugou Village bamboo weaving factory. Also, the first batch of wild game from the Ye Zhugou Village special breeding farm was ready for market. Therefore, Yu Gaoshan also chose this day to bring a truck to Ye Zhugou.

Su Xinghui didn't go home this day. He waited at the township government gate early in the morning because this was the first acquisition business for Yu Gaoshan and his Huimin Trading Company, which was very critical for them.

Not long after, Su Xinghui saw a van and two trucks drive over. One of the vans and one of the trucks were, of course, from the Jiangnan Crafts Store, and the other truck was Yu Gaoshan's.

All three vehicles stopped at the township government gate. The van door opened first, and Deputy Manager Li from the crafts store got out. The person who got out next surprised Su Xinghui a bit—it was Lu Xiaoya.

As soon as Lu Xiaoya jumped off the van, she smiled at Su Xinghui, "Su Xinghui, didn't expect me to come, did you?"

Su Xinghui was indeed a bit surprised, but on second thought, today was Sunday, so it was normal for her to come here to play. He smiled and said, "I really didn't expect it, but I still have to welcome you, Lu Xiaoya."

Lu Xiaoya pouted and said, "You wouldn't come to Jiangcheng to see me, so I had to come here to see you!"

Su Xinghui was sweating. He thought to himself that he was indeed a bit unreasonable. Since he went to Jiangcheng last time, he hadn't been to the Lu family for almost two months. Because of the phone bill incident last time, he hadn't even called Lu Xiaoya much.

Speaking of which, Lu Zhenghong had helped him so much, he really should have gone to find him to report his work often.

Thinking of this, he said, "I've been too busy during this period, and I haven't been home much. When I have time next time, I'll go to Jiangcheng to see you!"

Lu Xiaoya nodded and said, "Okay, then you must remember."

At this time, Yu Gaoshan got out of the truck behind. He walked towards Su Xinghui with a smile. Su Xinghui called out "Brother Gaoshan," and then asked Lu Xiaoya, Deputy Manager Li, and Yu Gaoshan to go into the township government to sit for a while.

This Sunday, Dong Jianshu had returned to the county seat for something, but Chen Hongfu was still at the township government. During this period, because the township government's work was so busy, even local staff rarely went home on Sundays.

When Su Xinghui brought them in, he ran into Peng Kehong head-on. The two didn't have much to say to each other now. Peng Kehong glanced at them and then lowered his head and entered the Party and Government Office.

Su Xinghui brought them to Chen Hongfu's office. Chen Hongfu was reading a document inside. Seeing Su Xinghui bring them in, he looked up and smiled, "Manager Li, Boss Yu, welcome, welcome!"

Chen Hongfu had already heard from Su Xinghui that they were coming to collect goods today, so he was also waiting for them in the office specifically today.

If it were a few months ago, he would probably have started a battle on someone's mahjong table on such a Sunday. But then again, in the current Meng Hu Ling Township, affairs were so busy that even if he wanted to play mahjong, he wouldn't have the time.

Deputy Manager Li nodded and said, "Chen Shuji, I'm troubling you again."

Yu Gaoshan also said, "Chen Shuji, I guess I'll have to trouble you every month from now on."

Chen Hongfu laughed loudly, "How can you call it troubling? I wish you could just live here and collect goods from us every day."

Chen Hongfu chatted with them for a while, then said to Su Xinghui, "Little Su, then you take them to Ye Zhugou today."

Su Xinghui nodded in agreement, then took them out, got in the car, and went to Ye Zhugou.

All the villagers in Ye Zhugou Village were as happy as if it were a festival today. Today was not only the day for the bamboo weaving factory to collect goods, but their special breeding farm also had wild game ready for market for the first time. This made them full of hope for a good life after sales.

Fang Youcai and other village cadres led the villagers to wait at the village entrance. Seeing several vehicles drive over, they shouted loudly, "Welcome, welcome, a warm welcome!"

If it were before, Lu Xiaoya would definitely have thought such a scene was very funny. However, after coming to Ye Zhugou several times, she knew that these villagers' welcome to them came from the heart, and this was the only way the villagers could express their gratitude to them. Therefore, not only did she not think it was funny, but her expression was instead very solemn.

Seeing Su Xinghui get off, Xia Zhu in the welcoming crowd called out shyly, "Brother Xinghui!"

Su Xinghui smiled and responded.

Lu Xiaoya suddenly jumped off the van and shouted, "Xia Zhu!"

Xia Zhu called out in surprise and joy, "Sister Xiaoya, you're here!"

Lu Xiaoya stepped forward and affectionately held Xia Zhu's hand. The two were like real sisters.

This time, Deputy Manager Li was very pleasantly surprised to see Xia Zhu's bamboo weaving painting "This Land So Rich in Beauty." In his view, this bamboo weaving painting by Xia Zhu almost completely replicated the majestic momentum and charm of the original work, and the scale was also larger than the previous ones. Therefore, he decided on the spot to raise the acquisition price of this bamboo weaving painting to one thousand five hundred yuan.

This made Xia Zhu very happy, which meant that her income this month could increase quite a bit. Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya were also very happy for her.

Although Xia Shisheng's injury was almost healed, he still had to recover for at least a year or two. During this period, he had no labor ability, and the medical expenses were not small. Even after his recovery period was over, he couldn't fully recover his labor ability. It could be said that this family would have to be supported by Xia Zhu from now on.

Therefore, this income was very important to Xia Zhu.

Including this one thousand five hundred yuan, Deputy Manager Li paid the bamboo weaving factory over twenty thousand yuan this time. The reason why the bamboo weaving factory's income increased so much this time was also because some women in neighboring Qishuping had started sending bamboo weaving here.

The wild game that could be sold from the special breeding farm this time included fifty pheasants and over thirty bamboo rats. After weighing and according to the acquisition price in the signed contract, Yu Gaoshan paid Gao Daping over eight thousand yuan in acquisition funds on the spot.

The special breeding farm had quite a lot of expenses over the past few months: building the breeding farm, buying breeding sows, buying feed, and paying workers' wages. The twenty thousand yuan loan was used up, and some of the bamboo weaving factory's income was also used. Now that they finally saw income, this also made Fang Youcai and the others breathe a long sigh of relief.

Everyone was loading the goods, so Lu Xiaoya went to Xia Zhu's home with Su Xinghui to play. Actually, there was nothing fun to play; she just wanted to come and see Su Xinghui. As long as Su Xinghui was with her, she could do anything.

Arriving at Xia Zhu's home, Lu Xiaoya saw an unfinished ink landscape painting on the table at a glance. It was a village, and this village was backed by a lush bamboo forest, which looked very familiar.