Feng Haidong lived an unremarkable life and passed away peacefully. After his death, he found himself back in 1996.
Now in his prime at the age of thirty, Feng Haidong resolves to try just a ...
Feng Haidong discovered that after his rebirth, he lived with a different attitude and treated every member of his family differently.
It seemed that my family had suddenly become harmonious.
Just like after lunch, my son would conscientiously go and do the homework left over from the morning class.
When Feng Haidong washes the dishes after meals, his wife will follow him into the kitchen and talk to him about things that happen at work.
“Our company went to a brewery in another city to collect a debt, but they didn’t have the money to pay the balance. They pawned a large amount of beer, which is now all stuck in the warehouse. The manager said that we would get bonuses if we sold the beer, but we can’t sell so much.”
As Feng Haidong listened to his wife's words, he also recalled the incident.
In my past life, my wife's workplace did bring back a batch of beer that was used as collateral for final payments from a brewery in another city.
Feng Haidong remembers that a lot was brought back at the time, almost filling two large warehouses of his wife's workplace.
Looking back now, Feng Haidong can still remember the beer he drank back then. It tasted pretty good, with a fairly rich malty aroma.
Unfortunately, my wife's boss had no idea about marketing at the time. The beer that was brought back to pay off debts didn't sell much, and almost all of it went to waste, which further dragged down my wife's company's finances.
This triggered a series of chain reactions. The following year, his wife embezzled public funds to fund her younger brother's stock trading. Meanwhile, the company, facing financial difficulties, conducted an early audit of its accounts and discovered the embezzlement.
As Feng Haidong listened to his wife complaining about how his company was counting on selling that batch of beer to pay his salary, he thought to himself: This might also be an opportunity for me.
Thinking of this, Feng Haidong said to his wife, "Does your company offer beer samples to your employees? I'll go to your company this afternoon and get a case to try."
Upon hearing her husband's words, Lu Wanling first agreed: "There are indeed samples available. Each person can take three cases. If you want to buy more, we can purchase them at cost price internally."
However, Lu Wanling then asked, "Don't you never drink beer?"
As Feng Haidong put the washed dishes into the cupboard, he said with a smile, "I was just curious. Just how bad did your company get that you couldn't sell any beer?"
Lu Wanling immediately said, "I heard from people in my workplace that the beer tastes pretty good. They said it has a light malt aroma, and the beer that came into our unit this time is quite dark in color."
Following his wife's description, Feng Haidong also unearthed related memories from the depths of his past life.
The beer factory that brought in this batch of beer to my wife's workplace was an experiment in the transformation of a brewery in the province.
It is said that this batch of beer was brewed by people specially invited from abroad using traditional foreign techniques.
Both the raw materials used and the brewing process are very particular.
The winery in that province wanted to build a reputation by using high-quality raw materials and exquisite craftsmanship.
Unfortunately, the brewery's sales channels were not very good at that time, and because the taste of the beer was somewhat different from the mainstream in China, the acceptance of the beer was not high during the promotion process.
After that, when sales were poor at the beginning, the winery started making a series of blunders.
First, they dismissed the highly paid foreign technicians, and then hired technicians from a domestic brewery to revise the brewery's brewing process.
As a result, the brewery's beer tasted worse and worse, and it eventually disappeared completely in the competition.
The batch of wine that my wife's company brought back to pay off debts just happened to be produced by that winery in its early stages.
Feng Haidong is naturally incapable of saving that winery now.
Besides, even if he went to their place, they probably wouldn't easily believe him.
However, Feng Haidong felt that he could find a way to sell some of the beer that his wife's company had sold to pay off debts, and make a profit from it.
When Lu Wanling saw that her husband had decided to go to his workplace to get the beer, she thought for a moment and said, "Then why don't you go and get a case this afternoon to try? I wasn't planning on getting it; I wanted to give it all to my younger brother and his family."
Feng Haidong turned to his wife and said, "Don't they have some too? Since it's three boxes per person, I'll find a tricycle this afternoon to bring back three boxes."
Lu Wanling was immediately surprised: "Why do you need so many? You don't usually drink, how long are you going to drink three cases?"
Feng Haidong said with a smile, "Don't worry, three boxes might not even be enough."
Upon hearing this, Lu Wanling's expression changed abruptly, and she stared intently at her husband for a while.
Then Lu Wanling said very seriously, "Feng Haidong, I know your factory isn't getting any work right now and isn't doing well. You don't have much to do every day, so you might be feeling a bit frustrated, but I don't want you to drown your sorrows in alcohol."
After listening to his wife's words, he saw that she looked very serious and earnest.
Feng Haidong was immediately amused: "Hahaha, what are you thinking? Do you think your husband is the kind of person who drowns his sorrows in alcohol?"
Seeing that his wife seemed somewhat indifferent, he...
Feng Haidong could only pull his wife into his arms and say very seriously, "My dear wife, don't worry, your husband won't drown his sorrows in alcohol. I've already figured out a way out, and I'll start working hard. Your husband will definitely get back on his feet and earn money to support you and our son."
She was held in her husband's arms like this, listening to him make a very serious promise to her.
A feeling of being moved suddenly welled up in Lu Wanling's heart.
She knew her husband well; he was never a boastful person.
If a husband says he's going to do something, then he must have already thought about what he's going to do.
Although Lu Wanling still didn't know what her husband had decided to do.
But she was willing to believe that whatever her husband was going to do, he would do his best to do it well.
Lu Wanling said in her husband's arms, "Okay, we'll be counting on you from now on. Go to our company's warehouse this afternoon and I'll tell them to bring back three boxes for you."
Feng Haidong said, "It's settled then."
The couple then came out of the kitchen together. Feng Haidong stayed in the living room to help his son with his homework, while his wife went to the bedroom to take a nap.
In the afternoon, Feng Haidong took his son to school and borrowed a tricycle from a vegetable vendor he knew at the market in front of the residential compound.
After returning home and waiting for his wife to wake up from her afternoon nap, Feng Haidong immediately hopped on his tricycle and took her to work.
When Feng Haidong rode his tricycle, carrying his wife, into the gate of her workplace.
A voice suddenly rang out from behind: "Oh, I thought it was someone else? It's you two, Wanling and me! Haidong did a good job today, he even brought your Wanling to work."
Upon hearing the voice, Feng Haidong knew immediately who was speaking without even turning around.
In his previous life, this person could be considered an "enemy" of Feng Haidong's family.
Now, he and Lu Wanling are both accountants in the same unit, and both are considered strong contenders for the next head of the finance department.