"Okay, the food factory will come to the village to pick up the goods in a week. Payment will be settled monthly, is that alright?"
Huang Qinqin suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to tell the village chief and the others the payment method.
For ease of management, factories usually settle accounts every two weeks or every month for long-term partnerships.
"no problem."
Once the matter was settled, they had nothing more to say, but before leaving, Huang Qinqin gave them a final reminder.
“Village chief, Party secretary, if you have enough manpower, you can prepare more in advance. For the first few months, we may need to sign separate agreements every month.”
"But once things stabilize, we might sign a long-term cooperation agreement. Even if we don't sign a long-term agreement, I can guarantee that as long as I'm still at the department store, this cooperation will only be with Xujia Village."
Neither the brigade secretary nor the village head expected that this would not be a one-off deal!
If that's the case, they could consider building a small processing plant in Xujia Village.
Of course, this matter needs to be considered in the long term, but Huang Qinqin has indicated that there will be long-term demand in the future, so they need to start preparing as soon as possible.
...
After leaving the village committee, Xu Weiguo asked, "It's still early, why don't we go back to the old house and take a look?"
The last time Xu Weiguo came back was before Xu Junhui's wedding. They invited the village chief and others to the banquet. But they didn't go back to the old house that time.
I don't know if the old house has collapsed. In the first few years after they moved to the city, they would come back twice a year to pay respects to their ancestors. But in recent years, with the campaign to destroy the Four Olds, they gradually stopped coming back.
Xu Weiguo happened to have some time today, so he decided to go back and take a look. He also wanted Huang Qinqin to familiarize herself with the area, since they wouldn't be staying there anymore, they still needed to know where their house was.
"OK."
"By the way, Dad, Junhui, are there still bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest at this time of year?"
"There are basically none now, and if there are, they are very few and hard to find. They are usually more common from February to June."
Seeing Huang Qinqin's thoughtful expression, Xu Junhui asked softly, "Wife, do you like bamboo shoots?"
"It's alright, since we don't eat it often. It seems like there are very few fresh bamboo shoots for sale in the city; most of them are dried bamboo shoots or something like that."
Huang Qinqin was just thinking that since there were so many bamboo forests in Xujia Village, there must be a lot of bamboo shoots. If possible, these bamboo shoots could perhaps become a local specialty.
Xu Junhui nodded: "They do sell very little, but in addition to dried bamboo shoots, the village also makes pickled bamboo shoots. They're great for stir-fries, noodles, and porridge."
Huang Qinqin had never tried pickled bamboo shoots before, so when she heard him say that, she naturally imagined the taste of pickled cabbage and the texture of bamboo shoots. Then, she swallowed hard, completely unable to contain herself.
It sounds delicious. There are bamboo groves in Huangjia Village, but they are not big, just a small area.
Every year, the bamboo shoots are eaten up immediately, leaving no time to make dried bamboo shoots, let alone pickled bamboo shoots.
Xu Junhui said understandingly, "I haven't eaten this in a long time either, and I suddenly feel like eating it now. Let's ask the village chief for some before we go back."
Huang Qinqin's lips curved into a barely perceptible smile, and she said in a tone that suggested she was helpless, "Alright then, I'll go with you to the village chief's house again later~"
Xu Weiguo walked ahead alone, and suddenly felt a bit bloated. They seemed to have forgotten that there was such a big person in front of them.
......
Xu Weiguo looked at the old house in front of him; one of the walls had begun to collapse. He pointed to the house and said, "This is our house."
"However, it's been so long since anyone lived here that it's become a dangerous building. But it's not a big problem. If we plan to come back and live here in the future, we can just tear it down and rebuild it."
"The important thing is that the land here still belongs to our family. I remember the land deed was in your mother's possession."
Huang Qinqin looked around and found that the houses in the village were actually smaller than her grandfather's house. They were nothing compared to the Xu family's courtyard in the city.
Then she noticed a large brick house next door and asked curiously, "Is this the village chief's house?"
Xu Junhui followed her gaze and said with a complicated expression, "No, this is my grandparents' and third uncle's house."
Normally, most elderly people in the village live with their eldest child. But their family is an exception.
They initially lived in this old house, but later Xu Weimin got married and wanted to expand the house.
But in the end, for some reason, a new house was built next to it.
Then she wrote a letter to Xu Weiguo saying that the family now has two houses, there are few people in their family, and he is not at home for many years.
So they gave the small house to them, and the big house was for Grandpa Xu, Grandma Xu, Xu Weimin's family, and Xu Fang to live together.
Xu Junhui was young at the time and didn't understand why they had to live separately even though they had built a new house. He understood when he grew up.
If they live together, they'll share everything – eating, drinking, and even using the toilet. If they live separately, they can still use the money Xu Weiguo sends home. But they won't need to provide food for Zhang Yumei and him anymore.
So later, when Zhang Yumei became pregnant with Xu Hongxia, seeing that Xu Junhui was starving and malnourished, and that her own health was deteriorating day by day after her pregnancy, she made a huge scene and managed to get some money back.
Looking back now, Xu Junhui thinks his father was quite confused, or rather, not confused, but knowing that Zhang Yumei had been wronged, he chose his mother over his wife.
It was only after the family split up in the last few years that he treated Zhang Yumei very well; otherwise, Xu Junhui felt that their family would probably have fallen apart long ago.
Xu Weiguo's feelings were complicated when he saw the house next door. It was a house built with his money, but he had never lived in it for a single day.
He couldn't help but compare himself to Chen Ming, and he found that they seemed to be the same.
They self-righteously sacrifice for their so-called relatives, even at the expense of those who truly care about them. In the end, they give their money and effort, but receive no appreciation in return.
It seems that only they themselves are moved. They keep making excuses for them in their hearts, unwilling to admit that they were stupid back then, mistaking a fish eye for a pearl.
Fortunately, it's not too late. Xu Weiguo's current goal is to live a good life with Zhang Yumei and try his best to bring Xu Weimin down.
He had been keeping an eye on Xu Weimin's movements during this period, but so far there had been no results.
Just as Xu Weiguo was about to tell Xu Junhui and the others to go back, he caught a glimpse of Xu Weimin leading a group of people towards them.
He immediately pulled Xu Junhui and Huang Qinqin aside and hid them, then quietly observed what Xu Weimin was doing back home.
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