Chapter 122 He was so cute when he was little, how come...
Fu Ci assumed Tang Mingli had gone to the cafeteria, but when she arrived, she didn't see her.
I asked the cafeteria staff and found out that she had indeed been there, but left a few minutes ago.
He followed the direction the employee pointed out, asking several employees along the way, before finally finding the person he had been searching for all this time at the factory gate.
Tang Mingli was somewhat surprised to see Fu Ci smiling and walking towards her.
How did you know I was here?
Fu Ci didn't explain how he had searched for her, only vaguely saying, "I just happened to ask one of your employees."
Tang Mingli responded with an "oh," without giving it much thought.
Her gaze fell on the row of words at the factory gate again, which seemed somewhat familiar.
Fu Ci followed her gaze and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Tang Mingli shook her head: "These words just seem a little familiar."
Fu Ci smiled and told her, "You forgot? You wrote these words."
"When did I write this?" Tang Mingli asked with a puzzled look, then looked at the words again and suddenly realized.
No wonder it looked familiar; it was definitely her handwriting.
But when did she write it?
She couldn't remember anything at all.
Fu Ci helped her recall: "That time, I asked you to write down a few company names for me."
That reminded Tang Mingli.
At the time, Fu Ci came up with several names for the new company and discussed with her which one to choose.
She was practicing calligraphy at the time. The two discussed it for a long time and felt that all the names were good. Unable to make a decision for a while, Fu Ci asked her to write down all the names.
She wrote it down, thinking she was just helping him record these alternative names, but she never expected him to use them directly.
The penmanship on paper and the enlarged characters carved on marble are somewhat different at first glance, so it's no wonder that she found them both familiar and unfamiliar.
Although this factory is just a small startup, the signboard at the factory gate is still a kind of storefront, and Fu Ci actually had her handwriting engraved on the factory gate.
After learning the truth, Tang Mingli couldn't describe how she felt; all she knew was that her eyes were wet.
She whispered, "My handwriting isn't good."
Fu Ci disagreed: "It looks good. Several customers who came to the factory to inspect it have praised it."
"Really?" Tang Mingli blinked, unsure whether he was telling the truth or just trying to comfort her.
“Really.” Fu Ci said earnestly, “I didn’t choose it blindly just because you wrote it. It’s because it’s really well written that they had it engraved at the factory gate.”
"Yeah?"
Tang Mingli found this statement unconvincing.
Fu Ci's view of everything she did was already heavily tinted.
To put it bluntly, even if she farted, he might think it smelled good.
Sigh, just thinking that made Tang Mingli's ears turn red without her realizing it.
How could she have come up with that metaphor?
After admiring her own handwriting at the door for a while, Tang Mingli's stomach growled a few times.
She was hungry.
I ate early last night and did a lot of exercise, so I haven't eaten anything all day. I must be hungry.
Upon hearing this, Fu Ci suppressed a laugh and suggested, "Shall we eat at the factory canteen today?"
Tang Mingli naturally had no objections.
She also wanted to know what he usually ate.
The factory has over a hundred employees; it's neither too big nor too small.
Cooking for so many people naturally can't be as elaborate as it would be at home.
When they arrived, three bowls of stir-fried dishes were already neatly arranged there.
The meal consisted of two meat dishes and one vegetable dish. The meat was clearly visible and not just minced meat scraps, and the vegetables were also stir-fried until they were glistening with oil.
This kind of food would be considered excellent even today.
After getting their food, the two found a table in the corner and sat down.
Tang Mingli took a bite and nodded: "Not bad. Although it's communal cooking, the chef's skills are quite good."
When Fu Ci heard his wife's serious comments, he laughed and said, "The chef used to work in a state-run restaurant."
Tang Mingli was surprised again. A state-run restaurant was a secure job, so why was the chef willing to give it up?
Fu Ci shook his head and, without hiding anything, directly stated his opinion to his wife: "Unless it's an important government department, I think it will be difficult to find a secure job in the future."
For example, the reason why the chefs in their factory are willing to work here is because the state-run restaurants are becoming increasingly unprofitable and are almost unable to pay wages.
In contrast, the treatment here is not only better than that of state-run restaurants, but they can also sell the swill they make every day, which adds up to a considerable income over a month.
Tang Mingli nodded repeatedly as she listened.
She came from the future, and she knew better than Fu Ci that in a few years, many employees of state-owned factories and state-owned units would face a wave of layoffs.
During lunch, Tang Mingli asked Fu Ci what he had done at work that day. Fu Ci took the opportunity to tell her about the incorrect orders.
After listening, Tang Mingli asked, "What do you plan to do with that batch of finished products?"
"Deliver it directly to the customer."
This was an answer Tang Mingli hadn't expected.
She thought he would try to sell them, and since she was also in downstream sales, she could help him sell them.
However, after hearing Fu Ci's explanation, Tang Mingli understood.
The style of these clothes was originally customized by the customer. To rashly put the same style of clothes one size smaller into the market for sale is to betray integrity.
So these clothes either need to be destroyed or given to customers.
Since that's the case, we might as well just send it over directly; it would be a way of expressing our apology for their mistake.
Tang Mingli nodded repeatedly as she listened.
Fu Ci's business acumen is beyond her reach.
Although this deal ultimately didn't make money, if we can turn defeat into victory and gain more trust from the client, who can say that's not a win in itself?
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After a brief two-day stay in Shenzhen, the two passed through customs.
The moment Tang Mingli set foot in Hong Kong, she thought that she would finally be able to witness Hong Kong as depicted in 1980s Hong Kong films.
During their time in Hong Kong, a major event also occurred in the Li Dazhu family of Guangcheng.
After two years of delay, Li Baohua's parents finally agreed to her marriage with Deng Qingyuan.
The compromise was made for several reasons. First, Li Baohua was getting on in years, and she insisted on her decision. Second, Li Dazhu's divorce had indeed implicated his younger sister. Finally, Deng Qingyuan had given a very generous dowry.
After Li Dazhu got married, had children, and then divorced, his family was practically penniless.
Fearing her parents might change their minds, Li Baohua immediately took her household registration book and went with Deng Qingyuan to get their marriage certificate after they nodded in agreement.
As for the banquet, since Deng Qingyuan's parents are no longer alive and he has no relatives, the two plan to keep everything simple.
Mr. and Mrs. Li were genuinely happy when they received the betrothal gifts, but they started to feel distressed afterward.
Thinking of her wonderful daughter marrying such an old man, Li's mother couldn't help but shed tears.
After crying so many times, both Li's father and Li Dazhu got annoyed.
Li Dazhu, in particular, had gone on several blind dates since his divorce, but all of them ended in failure.
This frustrated him greatly and made him extremely irritable.
So when he saw his mother weeping again, saying that her daughter had been taken advantage of by a pig, he immediately became furious.
"Enough, stop crying all the time. You're ruining the whole family."
Li's mother was already upset, and when her son said those words, she became even more grief-stricken.
"What did I owe you siblings in my past life? You're all such a worry."
"Just say Li Baohua, don't drag me into this."
"You think you're less troublesome than your sister?" Li's mother sneered. "If you hadn't been attracted to Tang Mingmei's good looks and married your first blind date, none of this would have happened."
"Your blind date may not be very pretty, but she looks like she's good at bearing children. She has the genes to have sons; her mother had three sons before she had this daughter."
"You were so greedy for beauty that you married Tang Mingmei, that jinx. Not only is she bad-tempered, but after giving birth to a daughter, she refused to cooperate and had a son instead, and even wanted a divorce."
Li's mother became increasingly distressed as she spoke, and wailed, "Why is my life so miserable?"
Although Li Dazhu disliked his mother's words, he also agreed with some of them.
He chose Tang Mingmei without hesitation because she was beautiful, an only child, and her cousin had married well. By all accounts, she was a thousand times better than his blind date.
Who knew that besides being pretty, she was good for nothing else, and her relationship with her cousin who married into a wealthy family was so strained.
Li Dazhu now feels immense regret when he thinks about it.
If only he had chosen a blind date instead, his life wouldn't have turned out like this.
Now, he truly feels that he has nothing, not even as good as Deng Qingyuan, who is scolded by his mother as an old man.
At least Deng Qingyuan will be able to get married soon and start his own family. If all goes well, he might have a child soon.
His younger sister is plump and healthy; she should be easy to raise.
Li Dazhu became increasingly agitated and anxious the more he thought about it.
He's not bad off either; he's a full-time employee at a meat processing plant. If you marry him, you'll never lack meat during holidays. So why don't you like any of the men you've been set up with?
After thinking it over, I think it's still because of the divorce.
Every woman he goes on a blind date with asks him why he got divorced, and he always cites conflicts with his mother-in-law as the reason. Is that reason not convincing enough?
Li Baohua pushed open the door and saw his crying mother, his stern-faced father, and his dark-faced elder brother. His smile immediately vanished.
Fortunately, she and Deng Qingyuan held their wedding banquet a few days later. After the banquet, she would not stay in this house for even a second longer.
From now on, she'll only visit each other during holidays and festivals; she doesn't want to do anything more.
Seeing her daughter return, Li's mother found a new outlet for her frustrations.
"Hehe, it's been so long since you got off work, and you're only just getting back now. Don't think that just because you and Deng Qingyuan have already gotten your marriage certificate, no one will say anything."
Li Baohua smiled.
“We got our marriage certificate, which means our relationship is legally recognized by the state. What can anyone else say?”
If Deng Qingyuan hadn't insisted on waiting until after the wedding banquet to live together, she would have packed her clothes and gone there on the day they got their marriage certificate.
Li's mother just blurted out these words without thinking, not expecting anyone else to say anything after they got their marriage certificate. But her daughter's attitude made her very unhappy. If she couldn't find fault with this, couldn't she find fault with something else?
Then he said, "So all those nice things you said to get me to give you my household registration book were lies, right? Now that we've got the marriage certificate, you've immediately shown your true colors."
To everyone's surprise, Li Baohua replied, "Whatever you say, I'm too lazy to argue with you."
These words left Li's mother feeling like she had a fishbone stuck in her throat, and tears streamed down her face again.
Why is this happening?
Why are all her sons and daughters so unfilial?
They were all so cute when they were little, how come they all changed after growing up and getting married?
Li's mother couldn't understand it.
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