"Xia, do you know each other?" Li Zhaodi's smile faded, and she looked at the two of them suspiciously.

The man in front of me was wearing a white shirt, had a scholarly look, and appeared very gentle.

"I don't know him."

"know."

They both said it at the same time.

Li Zhaodi saw the man's name tag. She couldn't read the words, but she recognized the logo on it; it belonged to a certain department.

She couldn't remember which department it was.

"Auntie, my name is Hou Fangguan, and I'm Caixia's college classmate." Hou Fangguan saw the light in her eyes and quickly introduced himself.

"I've now been assigned to work in the aquaculture department."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhaodi felt even more enthusiastic and responded several times.

Her only wish now is to find a son-in-law who will live with her family.

Ideally, he should be gentle and have a higher education, and not be inferior to the Lin family's grandson-in-law.

Wei Caixia gave him a cold look, her gaze settling on his thin face. "Mother, we're not familiar with each other. You should go home now and stop wandering around here."

The two stalls are operated separately, and the stalls are very small; it gets crowded if more than two people stand there.

Moreover, Wei Caixia felt very uncomfortable seeing Hou Fangguan's greedy eyes.

He thinks he can just say a few nice words and she'll keep fawning over him? Dream on.

Li Zhaodi was pushed away; knowing her daughter's temper, she didn't dare stay any longer.

"Hou, this isn't my stall. I'm just here to work. Don't block our business. Goodbye." Wei Caixia directly told him to leave.

Just then, a customer arrived, but she was busy greeting him and didn't have time to pay attention to him.

Hou Fangguan stood to the side and watched. There were many customers coming and going, and customers who wanted to place orders were queuing up.

He was so envious that he couldn't take his eyes off it.

Two men came in later, and they looked menacing, so he had to leave.

Once outside, Hou Fangguan glanced back and thought to himself that he could surely win over one of the two of them.

In truth, he despised Lin Ziyan, feeling that she was already married and had children with someone else and was not worthy of marrying him.

But they also coveted the businesses she owned...

…

Lin Ziyan, who was grilling meat, sneezed several times, and her ears became red and hot.

Lu Yun Shen took the skewers from her hand. "Go sit over there and wait. You can take off your cardigan if you sit in the shade. Don't catch a cold."

Xiao Jin and Song Yi were still fishing, while Lu Qiuying had already retreated to her tent to catch up on sleep.

Lin Ziyan and Sister Fang sat together by a tree, looking up at the pale blue sky.

"I plan to buy land and build Hairun Industrial Park." Lin Ziyan didn't hide her thoughts and briefly explained her recent land search.

All the land surrounding Hairun's factory has been leased out, and the lease terms are very long.

Rather than being passively surrounded by others, it's better to go out and explore.

They can sublet the land they are currently renting, and as long as a company rents it, they can get their land deposit back.

According to the previous agreement, Hairun has the right of first refusal to lease the nearby land.

Now that someone else has beaten them to it, it's not them who are breaking the contract.

Before renting out the area, the department managing the property should ask them in advance to confirm that they do not want to rent it before signing a contract with them.

Mu Fang nodded, "The current plot of land is indeed too small; even including the surrounding areas, it's not big enough."

"Instead of moving the factory again in a few years, it's better to do it right the first time."

Lu Qiuying emerged from the tent, "You really intend to turn Hairun into a conglomerate?"

"Of course," they both said in unison, then looked at each other and smiled.

They also plan to spin off Yueji into an independent company.

Lin Ziyan said calmly, "It won't become a group so quickly; we still have a long way to go."

The aquaculture company was merged into Hairun.

From now on, she will be in charge of the department, and Hairun will be managed by Sister Fang.

Lu Qiuying rested her chin on her hand and looked at the distant sea, which was like scattered gold dust, paving a glittering golden road.

The sky seemed to have been painted with blush, and the sun shyly hid away.

The glow of the sunset covered the lawn, as if it were tinged with a halo.

Song Yi turned on the light he had prepared beforehand and took out a chilled beer from the styrofoam box in the trunk.

Barbecue and beer are a perfect match.

As night falls, the park lights up, and several elderly people stroll along the paths.

Lights were turned on in every household in the coastal fishing village.

The sea was shrouded in darkness, and the wind howled, sweeping across the rooftops of every house.

Jiaojiao sat in front of the door, staring intently at the path, not wanting to blink for fear of missing anything.

She's been sitting here waiting for her sister to come home today.

The chubby girl took the little dumpling's hand and walked up to her. "Your sister won't be back for dinner tonight. She'll be back later."

Jiaojiao nodded slightly, her eyes reddening.

"Jiaojiao..." The little dumpling grabbed her hand, called out with a smile, and then kept repeating it.

The chubby girl sat next to her without asking any questions.

Jiaojiao was holding the little dumpling when the little dumpling bit her, and she immediately bit back lightly.

The two started playfully fighting, and the little dumpling was amused and giggled.

“Sister Pearl, my deskmate said my ears are ugly, so I yelled at him,” Jiaojiao suddenly said.

Fat girl, "Is it a boy?"

"Well, he also drew a line on the table and said I couldn't cross that line, so I wouldn't be ugly..." Jiaojiao spilled the beans, telling everyone about what happened at school.

“My ears are very pretty, as cute as a kitten’s,” Jiaojiao said angrily.

"Boys are so annoying..."

The chubby girl burst out laughing, not expecting that Jiaojiao was troubled by this.

"Jiaojiao is cute and pretty, he just has no taste," the chubby girl quickly reassured him.

When she was little, her deskmate was also a boy, but he didn't say she was ugly; he just drew the same lines on her with chalk.

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