"Then I would like to thank Minister Zhang." Xu Ying said with a smile. With the support of Minister Zhang, even if Director Ge's arms are long, they can't reach their business department. Even her cousin will most likely be made trouble by Director Ge.

Minister Zhang smiled and waved his hand, then took Director Sun and several others into the state-owned restaurant to welcome them.

Minister Zhang not only brought the heads of the food factory and the textile factory, but also called all the leaders of their existing bakery, seasoning factory, and daily necessities factory...

“I called you all here today not for any big reason, I just want to tell you that our county is going to set up a wholesale city.

Everyone knows that the new Director Ge was going to cooperate with Xiao Xu and others before, but he went back on his word and turned to cooperate with another businessman. I don’t know what happened in between, but it is enough to show that Director Ge’s character is not very good.

I, Zhang, would like to give my full support to Xiao Xu's wholesale city. I also hope that we can all unite and make Xiao Xu's wholesale city better, bigger and stronger.

Director Ge's wholesale city is cooperating with the Beijing Food Factory. We are the people of the same county and should unite as one, and not be disrupted by outsiders." Minister Zhang spoke enthusiastically.

Director Sun was the first to stand up and said, “Xiao Xu has brought a lot of benefits to our factory and has helped the people in our county get many jobs.

I am the first one to support this wholesale city. All the products from our food factory will be sold in this wholesale city.”

Director Niu then stood up and supported, "We also sell our products in the wholesale market of the elementary school."

The seasoning factory benefited a lot from Xu Ying's business. The instant noodle seasoning packets made him a lot of money. He followed suit and said, "I'll go to Xiao Xu's wholesale city too."

"I'll go too." The director of the machinery factory followed up. Huo Chen was helping him there. This wholesale city was run by a couple, so if he didn't go, he would be asking for trouble.

The director of the bakery got the pastry recipe from Xu Ying. Although he was unable to attend the diplomatic meeting, he supported Xu Ying in his heart.

"I'm going to Xiao Xu's wholesale city too." The bakery factory manager followed.

For a while, the other small factories saw that these big factories all went to Xu Ying's wholesale city, so they didn't have to go.

The popular people in this wholesale city have gone there. If they don’t keep up with the pace, what will they do if no one comes to patronize them?

All of a sudden, everyone promised, "Let's go to Xiao Xu's wholesale city."

"Yes, we shall all go."

Xu Ying understood Minister Zhang's good intentions. She smiled at him gratefully, raised her glass and said, "Then I wish our wholesale city a prosperous opening.

I hope that all the merchants who come to our shop can make a lot of money. When the shop is about to open, I will give each merchant a big gift. "

When everyone heard this, they said happily: "Xiao Xu, don't give us any big gifts, just help us develop some new products, and we will give you a commission when the time comes."

Xu Ying looked at everyone with a smile: "Of course no problem."

Everyone was just saying it out of politeness, but they didn't expect Xiao Xu to actually agree.

At this moment, everyone looked excited and drank the wine in one gulp: "Xiao Xu, this kind of thing can't be joked about.

We all take it seriously, and we'll be waiting for you to design new products for us."

Xu Ying nodded and agreed to each one: "I, Xu Ying, keep my word."

Now the factory managers of each factory couldn't help but look forward to it and hoped that the wholesale city could be built as soon as possible.

Minister Zhang was also very happy when he heard the news. If new products could really be developed for each factory, it would be a great thing, and their county's economy would be further developed.

"Eat, eat. There are many happy events today. Everyone should eat more. I will treat everyone to a meal today." Minister Zhang said generously.

But how could they really let Minister Zhang treat the meal alone? Many responsible persons planned to implement the AA system after the meal.

Xu Ying was in a good mood and couldn't help but drink a little more after raising her glass.

She was just about to eat when the phone rang. As soon as Xu Ying picked up the phone, she heard Huo Chen's choking voice on the other end.

Xu Ying woke up with a start. She and Huo Chen had been together for such a long time, and no matter what happened, she had never seen Huo Chen cry.

Thinking of Grandma Huo's illness, Xu Ying quickly stood up and found Minister Zhang to explain everything, then turned around and rushed home quickly.

When Xu Ying arrived home, the Huo family had already hung up white cloth. Xu's mother walked up to her daughter and rolled her eyes when she smelled the alcohol on her daughter, no matter how much she loved her daughter.

But he still couldn't help but scolded: "Go back and change your clothes quickly to cover up the smell of alcohol on your body. What's going on? How dare you drink?

You made Huo Chen feel so uncomfortable."

Xu Ying nodded. She was just in a hurry and was worried about the man so she forgot to change clothes.

But it is indeed a bit wrong for her to go out drinking after her husband's relative passed away.

Just as Xu Ying was about to change her clothes, Huo Chen pulled her into his arms and murmured with red eyes, "Grandma is gone."

Huo Chen couldn't stop feeling the pain in his heart whenever he thought about his grandmother passing away. He had been despised and scolded since he was a child. No one wanted to play with him and they called him a bastard and an unwanted child.

He felt lonely and wanted to curse back, but that was the indisputable fact.

He has had only his grandmother to accompany him for more than 20 years. Apart from his own wife, his grandmother is the most important relative to him.

But now that his grandmother was gone, the fortress that Huo Chen had built in his heart seemed to collapse in an instant. He felt that the world had become a little dim, and he became confused.

"Grandma has gone to heaven. She must be watching us from heaven. Don't worry. We are here with you, my child, and I. We will be with you. When we are old, we can be reunited with Grandma."

Xu Ying patted Huo Chen's back gently and comforted him.

The two little ones in the distance might have sensed their father's distress, so they staggered over from the mat beside them and grabbed Huo Chen's fingers: "Dad, no, don't cry, don't cry."

"Don't cry." The two little ones raised their heads and looked at Huo Chen for comfort.

Huo Chen felt much better leaning in Xu Ying's arms. Now he lowered his head and looked at the two children, feeling even more relaxed.

He directly held the two children in his arms: "Daddy, don't cry."

Zhiyi looked at Huo Chen and gently raised her little hand to wipe the tears from his face.

"I'm going to change my clothes. I didn't know grandma was going to pass away. I just had dinner and drank some wine with Minister Zhang." Xu Ying said embarrassedly.

Huo Chen nodded and carried the child into the house.

Grandma Huo passed away peacefully. She was fine in the morning, waking up and having breakfast. But at noon, she was silent and had fallen into a deep sleep.

When Grandpa Huo passed away, the family had no money. Grandma Huo always felt that she had wronged her husband and that she didn't even have a proper funeral when he died.

Huo Chen kept this in mind and directly paid for most of Grandma Huo's funeral, and even buried Grandpa and Grandma Huo together.

"Grandpa, grandma, I hope you can be reunited."

(End of this chapter)