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After much persuasion, Ziqiang finally managed to send Tang Qiumei down the mountain. From then on, Ziqiang followed Qingfeng around to learn martial arts.

Qingfeng was a man of strong emotions. At first, he was afraid that the boy would not be able to endure hardship and would give up halfway, so he thought of tempering his character first.

So at the beginning, Ziqiang did nothing but serve tea and water to Qingfeng, and lived and ate with the workers, doing manual labor!

Unexpectedly, Ziqiang is really hardworking. He finished all the work at hand, took good care of Qingfeng's daily life, and even took time out of his busy schedule to observe how the skilled workers worked on the construction site. When he encountered problems he didn't understand, he would write them down in a notebook and ask Qingfeng for advice whenever he had free time.

Qingfeng asked him, "You've been here for so long, and your master hasn't taught you anything. Do you blame me?"

Ziqiang said humbly, "From the very first day I started learning, my master taught me to start with small things. I know that if my master doesn't teach me skills, it must be because I haven't done enough. I will continue to work hard!"

Qingfeng said with satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad. You're a good kid, you're patient. You're right, when you first came here you weren't qualified to learn the trade. Alright, starting tomorrow you don't need to go to the construction site to work with the workers anymore, you can just follow me from now on!"

Upon hearing this, Ziqiang was overjoyed and said, "Master, do you mean you can teach me something?"

Qingfeng said calmly, "Otherwise what? You silly boy!"

"Great, great! I can finally learn skills from Master!" Ziqiang happily hugged Qingfeng.

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Qingfeng was caught off guard and was completely stunned.

Because Ziqiang was hardworking and intelligent, he was well-liked by Qingfeng. In the following years, Qingfeng passed on all his knowledge to Tang Ziqiang.

Tang Ziqiang was also a keen researcher, constantly studying and pondering, and his skills eventually surpassed those of his teacher.

That's a story for later, so let's leave it at that. Just to say that with enough people on the construction site and the Tang family's financial support in place, the factory was being built smoothly and quickly.

In Tangjiagou, Xu Lanzhi and Jiedi were in charge of training the employees. After two months, the twelve newly recruited people were already proficient in operating the machines they were assigned.

One day, a woman suddenly came looking for Xu Lanzhi, but Xu Lanzhi was not there; it was Wang who saw her.

Upon seeing Madam Wang, the man immediately knelt down and said, "Madam, thank you so much for saving my life!"

Wang was stunned and quickly helped the woman up, saying, "Child, such a grand gesture is too much for me to accept. You must have mistaken me for someone else!"

"Madam, you and your wife personally delivered grain and money to our family, how could I possibly be mistaken!"

Wang then took a closer look at the woman, saying that she looked somewhat familiar, but she still couldn't recognize her.

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The woman had no choice but to introduce herself: "Madam, I am Peach Blossom's mother!"

Wang said in surprise, "Oh my, I really didn't recognize you if you hadn't told me! You've really recovered. Last time we met, you were just skin and bones!"

The woman kowtowed to Madam Wang again, saying, "Madam, I can never repay the great kindness and virtue of your family in this lifetime!"

Wang helped her up and said, "It's good that you're alright. Otherwise, what would happen to those three children? This is your good fortune!"

Looking at the furnishings of the Wang family, Hongying said enviously, "Madam Xu is truly blessed to have such a large family fortune and such a sensible mother-in-law like you!"

Madam Wang said with some displeasure, "Hongying, you're wrong. It's my good fortune to have such a wonderful daughter-in-law as Lanzhi. All of our wealth was earned by Lanzhi and the children through hard work!"

Hongying's attempt to flatter him backfired, so she quickly changed the subject, saying, "Isn't Mrs. Xu home? I need to talk to her about something!"

Just then, Xu Lanzhi and Cuixi came in together. Xu Lanzhi asked, "Who is looking for me?"

Hongying knelt down before Xu Lanzhi again: "Madam Xu, this humble woman Hongying greets you!"

Xu Lanzhi quickly helped her up, saying, "Oh dear, just say what's on your mind. You keep kneeling down, it's making me feel so bad!"

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"You saved my life, I should kneel!" After saying that, he was about to bow again.

Cui Xi, standing behind Xu Lanzhi, couldn't stand it anymore. She said in a rough voice, "I told you not to kneel! Don't you understand good or bad advice?"

Hongying said in a panic, "I'm so sorry, we country folk have nothing else to say but to kowtow and express our gratitude!"

Cui Xi said unhappily, "Who isn't a country bumpkin? I don't see anyone kowtowing every day!"

Hongying was immediately rebuffed and awkwardly said, "What this lady says is correct, it was my fault. May I ask how this lady should be addressed?"

Xu Lanzhi tugged at Cuixi and said, "Alright, stop being so loud and you're scaring people."

Then he said to Hongying, "She is my good sister Cuixi. She is a very nice person, but she has a fiery temper!"

Seeing that Cuixi was quite at ease in front of Wang Shi and Xu Lanzhi, and hearing Xu Lanzhi call her sister, Hongying couldn't tell the truth from the situation, so she stopped talking.

Xu Lanzhi said gently, "Not bad, not bad, you're much better now, you look great!"

Hongying then said, "Thanks to the old lady and the madam, things are really better this time. We still have three mouths to feed at home, so I shamelessly came to the madam to ask for a job!"

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Xu Lanzhi also remembered that she had indeed promised her a job, so she said, "Can you leave the child at home alone?"

Hongying said, "Taohua cares about her younger siblings even more than I do, so there won't be any problem!"

Xu Lanzhi thought for a moment and said to Cuixi, "The workers at the wool mill have just finished their training. It's not appropriate to send new people there now. Why don't we send Hongying to the chicken farm?"

Cui Xi could tell from Hong Ying's appearance that she was a troublemaker. The chicken farm was currently managed by Qiu Mei, who was an honest and simple person. Cui Xi was really worried that if Hong Ying went there, Qiu Mei wouldn't be able to control her!

Cui Xiji said, "Boss Sai said that the world is not peaceful and business is not as good as before. There are fewer orders for chickens. There are not many chickens in the chicken farm now. Qiu Mei and her two wives are used to doing this job. It would be unsuitable to replace them."

In my opinion, let's send her to the planting base first; they're short-handed for peanut planting right now. We'll transfer her over when we recruit the next batch of female workers!

Upon hearing this, Xu Lanzhi thought the arrangement was quite reasonable and said, "Then let's do as Cuixi said and go to the field to plant peanuts with them. If you need to take care of the children, I'll allow you to go home half an hour early tonight, and you'll be paid the same as everyone else!"

Hongying thanked her repeatedly, and Cuixi said, "I happen to have something to do in the fields. Come on, I'll take you to the base!"

Hongying politely bowed to Madam Wang and Xu Lanzhi again: "Madam, Madam, I'm going to work now. I'll come to pay my respects to you again tomorrow!"

Cui Xi said coldly, "Hong Ying, you're here to work, so you can go work in the fields by yourself tomorrow. Why are you bothering your auntie?"

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Wang also said, "Cuixi is right. Just focus on your work, and the person in charge will calculate your wages. You don't need to come over often!"

Hongying said sheepishly, "I understand, Madam!"

As soon as Hongying left, Wang said, "That Hongying talks too much and is too polite. I'm tired of dealing with her. It's a good thing Cuixi is here!"

Xu Lanzhi smiled and said, "That's right, I didn't realize she was such a troublemaker when she was in the hospital!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted for a while, and Xu Lanzhi massaged the old lady's back again. Then, Wang Shi remembered Zhao Di and said:

"Didn't you say you were going to pick up Zhaodi yourself? Then hurry up and bring my eldest granddaughter back. A young girl working away from home must be suffering so much!"

Xu Lanzhi said emotionally, "That's right. I was going to go, but I was delayed by building the factory and training the employees. I'll make some preparations and leave in the next day or two. I'll definitely bring your eldest granddaughter back!"

Just then, Jiedi rushed in and said, "No need to pick her up, no need to pick her up, my eldest sister is back!"

Wang and Xu Lanzhi were both stunned. After a long while, they said, "Third girl, is what you said true? Has your eldest sister really come back?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Di entered the room and said to the two stunned people, "Grandmother, Mother, your daughter is back!"

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When Wang and Xu Lanzhi saw Zhao Di, whom they had been longing for, standing in front of them, tears welled up in their eyes.

Wang scolded, "You brat, you finally decided to come back? I've missed you so much!"