Chapter 372: I can’t let anyone snatch my brother away

The courtyard of Li Ye's house consists of the main house plus the east and west rooms.

Old man Li Zhongfa naturally lived in the main house, Li Kaijian and her three daughters, Han Chunmei, occupied the west house, and Li Ye and his sister Li Yue lived in the east house.

When the family moved back from the countryside, Li Yue was already grown up, and since there was a difference between a boy and a girl, an addition was made to the east room, so the brother and sister both lived in separate households.

After Li Yue brought Fu Yiru to his room, he carefully looked out through the window.

Because Li Ye was kept by Li Zhongfa and did not come back, it was obvious that he was caught and questioned.

Fu Yiruo asked with a guilty conscience: "Sister, do you think Grandpa will call me over to question him later? Mom won't let me speak, what should I do?"

"You don't have to say anything, your brother will solve it for you," Li Yue said firmly, "Your brother is a kind person, especially to his family.

Those two step-sisters treated it like a treasure, let alone you? Don't worry, we can just watch over it."

Fu Yiru nodded thoughtfully, thinking back to the little bits and pieces of her interactions with Li Ye these days, and she felt more at ease.

“Clang clang clang~”

At this moment, the sound of a teapot falling to the ground was faintly heard from the main room, and Fu Yiru immediately became nervous.

But soon, she saw Li Ye coming back leisurely.

Fu Yiruo immediately said nervously: "Brother, is Grandpa angry? I seemed to hear the sound of something being thrown just now."

Li Ye smiled and said, "No, my grandfather discussed with me and decided to keep the status quo for now and wait a few years before making any decisions.

Grandpa will take care of our father's side for you, just be natural, even if there is any problem, grandpa will take care of it for you."

“Huh~”

Fu Yiruo breathed a sigh of relief and said with joy on her face, "Sister, I told you that grandpa isn't such a fierce person, right? Just now I saw that grandpa is a kind person. On the contrary, our father looks like a tough guy and doesn't seem easy to mess with."

When Li Kaijian parked his motorcycle across the front of 212 and looked at her coldly, Fu Yiru was deeply touched. He was three times more majestic than the "father" in her mind.

but

Li Ye: “Hehe~”

Li Yue: “Hehe~”

A few minutes later, Li Zhongfa's low roar fell into the ears of the three siblings. Although the door of the main room was closed and they could not hear what Li Zhongfa said, there was no doubt that he was scolding his son.

Li Yue said calmly: "Did you see that? Grandpa's kindness is different for different people."

Fu Yiru was lying by the window, looking at Li Kaijian who was running away with his head in his hands through the gap in the curtains, and couldn't help but utter something.

"There is always a mountain higher than the other. Grandpa is indeed more domineering than Daddy."

. . . . . . .

Not long after Li Kaijian returned to the house, his sisters Li Juan and Li Ying arrived at Li Ye's door.

Li Juan shouted, "Brother, have you changed your clothes? Mom asked me to wash them for you while the water is coming."

In 1984, many places in Dongshan did not have 24-hour tap water. Even in the county seat of Qingshui County, tap water was only supplied for a period of time at noon and in the evening. Everyone took advantage of the water to wash clothes and cook, and fill up the water tank at the same time.

"Oh, I'm in this room! Wait for me!"

Li Ye agreed and went back to his room to change clothes. It was the hottest month of July and there was no air conditioning in the 212 jeep. After a whole day of hard work, his clothes had been soaked with sweat several times.

Sister Li Ying walked to Li Yue's door and whispered, "Sister, mother asked me to ask if Miss Yi's clothes need to be washed?"

Li Yue said: "Don't worry about it, I'll wash her."

"Well, I'll go wash my brother then."

Li Ying agreed immediately and ran to Li Ye's door to wait. Later, she had a quarrel with Li Juan about who would wash the shirt and who would wash the pants.

Fu Yiru looked at her two younger sisters, each holding a stool and a basin, chattering while washing clothes, and couldn't help but feel envious.

"Sister, they are both so nice to my brother."

"That was earned by your brother's kindness," Li Yue pouted, "In the past few years, your brother has really taken care of them. He gives them the best food, clothing and everything else. He's almost treating them better than their biological sister."

Li Ye started to change his attitude towards Li Juan and Li Ying three years ago. At the beginning, the two sisters were not used to it and were very cautious when interacting with him, just like his stepmother's children.

But after three years of subtle influence, Li Juan, Li Ying and Li Ye became closer and closer, almost like real children.

Fu Yiruo looked at the two sisters washing and scrubbing, and suddenly said to Li Yue: "Sister, why don't I wash clothes for my brother too! Take me over and give me one of my brother's clothes."

"Don't make things more complicated," Li Yue said with a mixture of anger and laughter, "You are my biological son, why are you joining in the fun? Your brother only has a few pieces of clothing, so is he going to give you a sleeve?"

Fu Yiru pouted and whispered, "My own child needs my brother's love and care, too! We can't let others take him away."

“.”

Only then did Li Yue realize that Fu Yiru was "jealous", and then she saw Fu Yiru change her sweat-stained clothes and move towards the faucet with the washbasin.

Li Yue had no choice but to follow him out with her clothes. Fu Yiru was a guest today, so she had to take care of him.

Seeing Fu Yiru and Li Yue coming over with washbasins, Li Juan and Li Ying felt a little embarrassed. Li Ying wanted to take the washbasin from Fu Yiru, but was rejected by Fu Yiru.

"I'm used to doing my own laundry, so you don't have to worry about me."

Li Ying wanted to pull Fu Yiru a few more times, but her sister Li Juan stopped her.

Because there were several small clothes in Fu Yiru's washbasin, which looked different at first glance.

Li Ying was too young to understand, but Li Juan was already in high school and knew that women's clothes were different from Li Ye's big shorts and could not be washed by others.

Li Ying couldn't persuade Fu Yiruo, so she had to get her a small stool and let her wash herself side by side with her sister Li Yue.

This is only because Mr. Li's family is well off. If they were a poor family, they wouldn't even be able to afford four washbasins.

But as she was washing, Li Ying discovered that Fu Yiru was "unruly". She always wanted to "take" Li Ye's clothes and put them in her own basin.

How is this possible?

How many days does my brother come back every year? How can I share these few opportunities for him to feel that his sister is very useful with others?

For a moment, Li Juan and Li Ying were like two hens protecting their chicks, cautiously keeping a distance from Fu Yiru.

[How can I grab this? ]

Fu Yiru was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She felt that the two sisters were so funny. They treated Li Ye's clothes like treasures.

But after lying down with Li Yue at night, I couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

"Sister, if I snatch Li Juan and Li Ying's brother away, will they hate me to death?"

"Why do you want this? You don't have to snatch it. She is also our sister, different from the other two."

Fu Yiru stared at the ceiling of the room, and after a long while, she sighed and said, "It's just different, so I cherish it even more!"

. . . . . . . .

In order to avoid any further complications, Li Ye prepared to go to the capital with Li Yue and Fu Yiru early the next morning.

After arriving in the capital, we will decide whether Fu Yiru should return to Pengcheng or stay in the capital and wait for school to start.

But Li Zhongfa stopped Li Ye.

"I'll ask the driver to take Xiaoyue and the others to the train station. You stay for a few days. There are some problems at the instant noodle factory. You have to come up with some ideas."

Li Ye looked at Li Zhongfa in surprise, and then asked, "You want me to give you some advice? Is there a problem on the Hong Kong side? Didn't you ask Lao Pei?"

The instant noodle factory is the Qingshui River Food Company established by Qingshui County and Hong Kong. Li Zhongfa is in charge of the Qingshui side, so if there are problems that Li Zhongfa cannot solve, they must be on the Hong Kong side.

But Li Zhongfa had a very pleasant chat with Pei Wencong during the Chinese New Year, so there was no need for him, the big boss Li, to step in!

Li Zhongfa didn't say it directly, but said: "Go to the factory and take a look first!"

Li Ye had no choice but to agree. He called Ma Rui in the provincial capital to arrange two soft sleeper tickets, and then called Beijing to ask someone to pick him up at the station.

It was not until Li Ye and Li Zhongfa arrived at the Qingshuihe Food Company that they learned that this joint venture factory had started working hard after the Spring Festival and had met the production conditions in May. However, it was now July and the Hong Kong side did not agree to put the product on the market.

Xiao Liu, the technician in charge of R&D and production, took out a few packets of samples and said with a displeased look on his face: "Those people from Hong Kong insist on saying that the taste is not right and does not meet the standards for listing. Try this and see how delicious it is."

How delicious can instant noodles be?

Li Ye smiled and took the packets of Qingshuihe brand instant noodles.

It feels heavy in the hand, and it is obvious that Li Zhongfa is a down-to-earth man. The weight of this packet of instant noodles is heavier than those in later generations that "increase the quantity without increasing the price".

But Li Ye said: "The amount is not low, but it cannot disrupt the market balance. Look at the products of several other instant noodle factories. They can secretly add 10 grams more than them, but no more."

Technician Xiao Liu was stunned and was about to speak when he was stopped by Li Zhongfa.

The attitude of the Hong Kong side is very tough, and he still relies on his eldest grandson to make the decision!

Although Li Zhongfa did have a friendship with Pei Wencong, he represented Qingshui's side after all, and he didn't know the ins and outs of some things, so it would be more appropriate for Li Ye to mediate.

Besides, my grandson is studying economics, so he can look at the problem more rationally, and some small suggestions may not be useless.

But what Li Yeke proposed was not a "suggestion."

"This packaging bag is not good. The picture is too plain and it doesn't arouse customers' appetite at all. Since it is braised beef noodles, you should at least put a few slices of beef on it to let people know what the ingredients are, right?"

"Also, why is there no serration on the packaging bag? Instant noodles must be convenient for people to eat. You can't expect customers to be so hungry that they have to look for scissors everywhere, right?"

“.”

After making two requirements for the outer packaging, Li Ye cut a small hole in the instant noodle bag, took out the seasoning, squeezed it into the bag, and then directly picked up the bag and poured hot water into it.

"Hey, can you actually eat like this?"

Technician Xiao Liu was already impatient, but when he saw Li Ye's new idea of ​​"eating instant noodles without a bowl", he was a little surprised.

Li Ye said: "This is only for emergency use. We should not actively promote it. If a customer gets scalded, it will be difficult to determine the responsibility. So we still recommend soaking it in a bowl and eating it."

Five minutes later, Li Ye just used chopsticks to scoop out noodles from the small opening of the convenient packaging bag and eat them.

After just two bites, he said, "This taste is really not good. The beef sauce is not strong enough and the spiciness is too light. I need to study it more."

Technician Xiao Liu was completely overwhelmed. It turned out that the grandson of his director was even more pretentious than those people in Hong Kong Island!

Li Zhongfa was also speechless. "Grandpa, I asked you to solve the problem, but you came up and picked out so many problems. How long will it take for our product to be on the market?"

Li Zhongfa thought for a moment and asked, "So what do you think should be adjusted to meet the listing standards?"

Li Ye asked curiously, "Hasn't it been decided long ago? At least 80% of customers in the country have to think it's good before it can be put on the market!"

(End of this chapter)