Chapter 31: Then put yourself in the highest place
The man came closer and glanced down.
When he saw that the iron pot was filled with sand, he was stunned and asked coldly, "What is this?"
Chen Xiang used a shovel to dig out a few sweet potatoes from the sand.
The red-skinned sweet potato is two fingers wide and slightly elongated. Its surface is wrinkled by the hot sand, and golden caramel juice is oozing out from the cracks. It looks delicious at first glance.
She heard the man's question and answered truthfully while fiddling with the sweet potatoes: "I don't have a stove at home, so I came up with this rustic method."
The man said in a cold tone: "Young comrade, you have quite some ideas."
Chen Xiang: "Isn't there a saying that as long as your thinking doesn't slip, there are always more solutions than problems. We living people can't be stumped by a little difficulty."
She paused for a moment and smiled innocently: "In fact, it's all for the purpose of supporting the family and making some money to live."
Hearing this, the man couldn't help but look up at the girl.
The girl's round face always had a smile on it, and her cheeks, blown red by the cold wind, looked like red Fuji apples hanging on a branch in winter.
It is bright red and lovely.
She doesn’t look very old, probably only 17 or 18 years old, but she always speaks for her family and her life.
Is he married?
He was too embarrassed to ask such a private question, nor was he interested. The man retracted his gaze and looked at the sweet potatoes in the basket, muttering, "They are all a little small..."
Chen Xiang didn't shy away from answering: "The big sweet potatoes are all sold out, and only these small ones are left. If you want to buy them, I'll give them to you at a lower price."
The man put one hand in his pocket, his brows never furrowed from beginning to end.
He simply asked, "How much is left?"
Chen Xiang: "About twenty or so."
"Help me pack it all up and let me know how much it costs." The man's voice was filled with a sense of detachment from the world.
Chen Xiang was a little surprised.
I didn't expect that the other party would book the entire place as soon as he opened his mouth.
After a brief shock flashed through his mind, Chen Xiang quickly responded, "Okay, big brother, wait a moment."
Having said that, she immediately got busy.
You know, wrapping more than 20 sweet potatoes in a row with rice dumplings leaves is not an easy task.
While Chen Xiang was busy, the companion who had been standing across the road with the man saw that he was taking a long time to come back, so he walked over to him.
He first glanced at Chen Xiang, then turned his head and asked the man, "Emperor Di, why did you suddenly think of buying roasted sweet potatoes?"
Guandi stood in front of the tricycle, facing the cold wind and answered: "My old man has bad teeth, so he likes these soft things."
After the man finished speaking, he pulled out a box of Daqianmen cigarettes from his pocket, shook out two cigarettes, and handed one to his companion beside him.
Then he looked up at Chen Xiang and said, "Little comrade, can you lend me a light?"
After saying hello, he bent down, held the cigarette between two fingertips, handed it to the stove, and lit one end of the cigarette.
Guan Di put his hand away only after he saw starlight and a wisp of green smoke coming out of the cigarette butt.
He put the cigarette in his mouth, took a deep puff, turned to look at his companions, and asked, "How's the progress on the railway?"
My companion wrapped his clothes tightly around him, shook his head while smoking a cigarette, and said, "It's difficult. Building a railway requires land, but the people don't agree to occupy the land. We can build a little and stop a little. I think this deal between the engineering team and the steel plant is difficult enough to be successful."
Guandi sneered coldly.
Just when I was about to say something, I saw Chen Xiang carefully wrapping the sweet potatoes one by one in rice dumplings leaves. However, there were too many and she had no idea what to put them in, so she was in a dilemma.
Guan Di picked up the cigarette, quickly took off his gray overalls and spread them out, saying directly: "Put it here, I'll take it back."
This immediately solved Chen Xiang's urgent problem, and she quickly whispered thank you.
Move all the sweet potatoes onto his work clothes.
After putting it away, Guandi picked up the money by the collar and the hem of the clothes, then tied it tightly with his sleeves and asked in a cold voice, "How much is it?"
Chen Xiang: "There are 25 sweet potatoes in total. Big brother, please give me 30 cents."
Guandi stretched out a hand, first pinched the cigarette in his mouth, took two more puffs, threw it on the ground and crushed it, then reached into his trouser pocket, took out a dark purple fifty-cent bill and handed it over.
Chen Xiang took it and quickly went to her wallet: "Wait a minute, I'll give you the change, ten two-cent coins will do?"
She only has one or two cents here, not even a nickel...
Guandi said in a cold voice, "No need to look for it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he and his companion turned around and walked away. Their steps didn't seem fast, but in the blink of an eye, they had walked quite far.
Chen Xiang hurriedly counted out ten coins and ran after him: "That big brother, wait a minute!"
Guan Di looked back and saw the girl chasing after him, his brows furrowed.
Chen Xiang stopped in front of the man and ran a few steps. Her heavy body made her mouth dry and her throat felt like it was on fire.
She swallowed hard and panted, "Here's your money!"
"Three cents is three cents. I don't want one cent more!"
As Chen Xiang was talking, she had already raised her hand and stuffed the handful of coins into Guandi's arms. She finally said, "Since the old man has bad teeth, let the sweet potatoes cool down before eating."
After saying this, Chen Xiangduo didn't stop for a second. He turned around and jogged back to the tricycle. After casually collecting his things, he pushed the tricycle away.
Guan Di stood there, looking at the girl's broad back, his brows furrowed again.
My companions didn't understand what it meant for Guandi to stand there and stare at the back of a girl selling sweet potatoes.
He asked curiously, "Do you know this person?"
“…”
Seeing that he was silent, his companion said to himself, "After all, the little girl has a stubborn temper. It's not easy for her to go out..."
Guan Di withdrew his gaze, his face looking a little unhappy.
Whether it was because of the biting cold wind or because he remembered something, he turned around and walked back into the factory, this time his steps were incredibly fast.
The companion who was left behind hurriedly caught up: "Di Gong, wait for me..."
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Chen Xiang pushed the bike and walked along the iron fence beside the road.
She carefully recalled the man's facial features. If her analysis was correct...
That man should be the future heir of Changling Steel Plant. The old man he just mentioned is the famous Guan Zhen!
And he is Guan Zhen’s eldest son!
——Guan Di!
The reason why she was able to guess his identity was because she had met Master Guan in her previous life, so when she saw Guan Di for the first time, she felt that this man's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Master Guan.
His eyebrows are deep and cold, he never smiles, and when he looks at the other person, his gaze is as sharp as a knife.
It's scary enough even before the words are spoken!
The second reason was because his companion called him "Emperor Worker".
At first, when Chen Xiang heard the name, she secretly complained in her heart, wondering why this person had such a name.
It was not until later when she recalled this relationship that she understood.
"Di" means "Di" in "Guan Di", "Gong" means "Worker", when working in a factory, people would add "Gong" after their names to show respect.
For example, if her last name is Chen, people would call her Chen Gong.
Therefore, even when he expanded his steel plant to the international market, sometimes people would suddenly call him “Emperor Engineer”. This is what Chen Xiang heard in an interview program in his previous life.
However, the Guandi on TV at that time was completely different from the Guandi I had just seen.
The former was already gray-haired in his middle age, looking as old as an old man, while the current Guandi is still very young...
What happened in just a dozen years to make him change so much?
Because of the steel plant? Because of the enterprise?
But no matter how I think about it, it doesn't look like that. Guan Di and Zhou Dongmeng are the same, men who have enough ability to hold up the sky.
So what is the reason?
Chen Xiang stopped in her tracks, racking her brains thinking about the interview program from her previous life.
The host seemed to have asked Guan Di, "Only when you reach the top of the mountain can you appreciate the crowds halfway up the mountain and the view from the top. Guan Di has come a long way to where he is today, and it can be said that he has perfectly interpreted this saying."
"But at your current level, you don't need to go around giving speeches, interviews, and other activities. But our column team has seen a string of numbers before. I heard that you participated in 272 TV programs in a year. Why is that?"
The moment I saw Guandi just now.
The memories of the Guan family and the steel plant in my mind burst out like a flood with a dam opened.
Chen Xiang still remembers Guandi’s answer to this day!
He said: "If you can't find someone, then put yourself in the highest position and let her find him. Whether it's Guandi standing on the top of the mountain or an unattainable steel factory, it's all for the purpose of finding someone..."
He repeatedly appeared in the public eye just to let that person know that he had been looking for her.
From morning till night.
From youth to gray hair.
There is no moment of giving up.
Chen Xiang stood in the cold wind and pursed her lips.
She was still wondering at that time, who was Guandi looking for?
Very strange...
Who is that person?
Even she, who has lived once, doesn’t know…
Chen Xiang felt a headache from thinking about it. He sighed deeply, put away the messy thoughts in his mind, and thought to himself, it would be great if he knew who Guan Di was looking for.
Then she will definitely help.