Chapter 106 Chapter 106 Have you kissed enough? Two more kisses...
Liang Xin was stunned for a moment, but was not surprised. "Thank you, Lu Chong□□."
Lu Chongfeng: “?”
"Why don't you feel surprised at all?"
"Why not?"
Liang Xin opened the door and let him go home. "I was just startled."
"That's called shock?"
Lu Chongfeng pushed the door open and let Liang Xin in first. After Liang Xin went in, he followed her to the living room and asked, "You guessed that the country would agree?"
"I can't predict the future."
Liang Xin pointed at the faucet in the garden and said, "If you wash outside, the fishy smell will dissipate quickly. If you wash in the kitchen, the whole house will be filled with the fishy smell."
"Okay, go sit down and drink tea. You don't need to interfere today."
Lu Chongfeng placed a basket of seafood by the pool in the yard and returned to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife, scissors and a chopping board.
"My daughter is awake."
Sister Ji carried Dudu to the garden. When Dudu saw his mother’s sleepy face, he immediately smiled and stretched out his little hands towards his mother.
Liang Xin held her daughter in her arms and weighed her. "She has grown up in the blink of an eye."
"Nursing a baby is different every day."
Sister Ji rolled up her sleeves and prepared to help Lu Chongfeng prepare the seafood. "Even before the age of three, she changed in the blink of an eye."
Lu Chongfeng came out with a knife and a chopping board, looking at Liang Xin, and said to Sister Ji, "Sit down and rest."
"There are so many. I'll do it faster."
Sister Ji refused to rest. Liang Xin thought for a moment and said, "Sister, come over and have a cup of tea first. Then help me run a trip to the bakery. Let Sister Xuelian and Sister Limao come over for dinner tomorrow."
"I'm not thirsty. I'll go now."
Sister Ji walked out, and Lu Chongfeng moved a stool closer to the shed and asked curiously, "There are so many seafood today, why don't you treat them to a meal today?"
Liang Xin hugged Dudu who was eating and said, "Today is a feast specially prepared by you to treat me. How can I share it with others?"
The corners of Lu Chongfeng's mouth slowly curled up, "It's your feast, you have the final say, there are so many dishes anyway, there will be enough for a few more people."
Liang Xin then shouted to her elder sister who was about to walk out the door, "Eldest sister, ask them to come for lunch today."
Sister Ji responded and disappeared out the door.
Lu Chongfeng was brushing the lobster with a new toothbrush. "Since the Ministry of Light Industry has given its initial approval, the instant noodle factory should be able to officially open soon."
Liang Xin nodded, her eyes fixed on her daughter's delicate face. When she heard Lu Chongfeng say nothing, she looked up at him again, "What's wrong?"
"Last time I heard you mention to Minister Liang that you could arrange for a group of veterans to come to the factory."
Lu Chongfeng picked up a chopstick and poked it into the lobster's tail, then pulled it out to urinate in the sea. "I thought of several comrades who were injured and retired. They wanted to save face, so they would not ask the army for help no matter how difficult it was. Although the whole country is now implementing the large-scale contract responsibility system, they are disabled and do farm work in the fields..."
"I understand."
Liang Xin interrupted him and said, "Comrades like this are very suitable to work in the quality inspection department."
Lu Chongfeng smiled, "My wife still understands me."
Liang Xin glanced at him, buttoned up her clothes, picked up Dudu and burped him, "Veterans with disabilities like you can be given priority to work in the factory."
"The existing people in the family factory, plus the families of the 1st and 2nd Regiments, will help the local area find jobs for unemployed young people." Lu Chongfeng turned to look at Liang Xin, "You still have so many positions... No, I mean do you still need so many people? You don't have to put so much pressure on yourself just to make it easier for me."
"Who are you looking down upon?"
Liang Xin held Dudu and went to look at the flowers. "Ignore Dad."
Dudu lay on Liangxin's shoulder, looking at his father getting farther and farther away, kicking his little feet happily.
Lu Chongfeng finished processing the seafood in the basket in the yard when Li Mao arrived first.
"What's going on? I heard from the eldest sister of the Ji family that she wanted us to have lunch here at noon?"
As soon as Li Mao entered the room, he saw several enamel basins filled with seafood by the sink. "Oh! Have you bought the vegetables? The prices of these seafood don't seem to be the same as before. They must have gone up!"
"Don't cook for lunch. Just call everyone over to eat together."
Liang Xin supported Dudu's back and asked, "Has the staff representative meeting selected the first batch of cadres?"
"I've chosen it."
Li Mao said as he walked out, "Send back the meat I bought this morning. I'll go home and cook it and bring it over. Otherwise it will go bad in the hot weather. The list is at the bakery, but I haven't brought it over yet."
Lu Chongfeng walked to the living room carrying the enamel basin and glanced at Li Mao outside the door. "Why does she seem to be busier than us?"
Liang Xin laughed and said, "He is now the director of the production workshops of two factories. He holds important positions and is indeed as busy as you."
Lu Chongfeng was surprised for a moment, "Is Deputy Captain Lei's sister-in-law so popular in the factory?"
"She was able to get into a technical secondary school even though she couldn't read. She was very capable."
Liang Xin put Dudu in the crib in the room. Just then, Sister Ji came back, so she followed Lu Chongfeng to the kitchen to help.
"Do you know how to burn it?"
"I know. I've asked the master chef."
Liang Xin walked to the stove and used newspaper as a starter to light the firewood. "It will be faster if we cook several pots together."
Lu Chongfeng did not refuse, "This big pot will make it more convenient to steam lobsters."
Lu Chongfeng took a bamboo stick and pierced the lobster from its tail to its head. As soon as the water in the big pot boiled, he put the lobster in and boiled it over high heat for about ten minutes. When he opened the lid of the pot, the lobster was already red and cooked, with a huge size, plump meat and attractive color.
Liang Xin took a look and smelled the fresh and rich aroma of seafood, "I'm already craving it."
Lu Chongfeng picked up the lobster and dried it. "Why don't you eat it first?"
"The guests are all welcome."
Liang Xin used the fire tongs to pick at the ashes in the stove. "I've eaten it. What if they come?"
"You eat the meat and keep the shell." Lu Chongfeng knocked on the lobster shell. "The shell is quite intimidating even if it's left there."
Liang Xin was amused by him, "The sauce is not even seasoned, the seafood has no taste."
"Wait, I'll make the sauce."
Lu Chongfeng took out an enamel bowl, cracked an egg, leaving only the egg yolk in the bowl, crushed it with a white porcelain spoon, put in sesame paste, and stirred it while adding lettuce oil.
After mixing, add white vinegar, white sugar, mustard sauce, ketchup, fine salt and MSG into an enamel bowl to make the sauce.
Lu Chongfeng waved to Liang Xin, "The sauce is ready, come and eat."
Liang Xin watched him make the sauce and already knew what the final product of his big lobster would be. She knew he was teasing her, so she stood up and walked over, "Then I'll peel the shrimp and eat it."
Lu Chongfeng immediately picked up the lobster, twisted off its head, removed the legs and put them aside, cut the body in half, removed the intestines and shell, picked up the snow-white shrimp meat and was about to dip it in the sauce.
Liang Xin quickly grabbed his wrist, "Are you really going to let me eat first?"
Lu Chongfeng looked puzzled, "Of course!"
Liang Xin looked at his puzzled but serious face and couldn't help laughing. She leaned over and kissed his face.
Lu Chongfeng's expression suddenly turned into one of surprise, and he leaned closer to Liang Xin again, "What's the matter? Have you kissed enough? Two more kisses?"
Liang Xin poked his face and said, "The guests are coming, and you really want me to finish all the main dishes first. Don't you care about your face?"
"It was originally prepared for you." After hearing Liang Xin's words, Lu Chongfeng passed the lobster meat in his hand to Liang Xin's mouth again, "For my sake, even if I give him a few more lifetimes, he will never be able to compare with your mouth."
"What a messed up metaphor."
Liang Xin said this with a smile on her face. She pushed his hand and said, "Hurry up and prepare the dishes. Stop making trouble. There are still several dishes to be prepared."
Liang Xin watched him put the lobster meat on the plate and sat back in the stove.
Lu Chongfeng watched Liang Xin sit down before turning around and going back to cut the lettuce.
"Liang Xin!"
Zhong Xuelian's voice was heard from outside, and Liang Xin responded.
Zhong Xuelian took Deputy Political Commissar Ji to the kitchen and said, "I also brought the braised pork with mustard greens that my mother-in-law cooked."
"I asked you to come for dinner, why did you bring dishes?"
Liang Xin refilled the firewood, "You guys sit outside for a while, the seafood will cook very quickly."
"It's okay. My mother-in-law cooked early today. She usually starts cooking at this time after get off work."
Zhong Xuelian peeked inside and saw a large lobster cooked on the cupboard. "Such a big lobster! This is the first time I've seen one!"
"It's not like before when every household could only afford to eat meat during the Spring Festival. Now that we have oil and water, the price of these seafood is not the same as before."
Deputy Political Commissar Ji said: "I heard that there is a trend of eating and drinking outside now. These big lobsters and crabs have become expensive dishes on the tables of restaurants."
"It's okay. I went down to ask the fishermen in the commune to leave it for me." Lu Chongfeng fished out the blanched tomatoes from the boiling water and dug out the seeds. "The trend of eating and drinking hasn't reached the mouth of the river yet, so these seafood are still not that valuable. The price of this big lobster has increased a bit, but it's not as much as meat, 60 cents a pound."
Deputy Political Commissar Ji nodded and said, "From now on, when we eat at home, we must be careful not to let anyone get hold of us."
Lu Chongfeng knew that Deputy Political Commissar Ji meant well and loved to nag, so he nodded casually and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, you can go outside and have a rest. Just let Old Ji help you squat in the stove."
Liang Xin looked at Deputy Political Commissar Ji with a smile.
Deputy Political Commissar Ji was never a male chauvinist at home. He rolled up his sleeves and walked over. "Go ahead. I also have something to discuss with Lao Lu about work."
Lu Chongfeng picked up the cut snails and said, "I'll fry them first. You can eat while I wait."
Liang Xin and Zhong Xuelian sat on the sofa in the living room, eating melon seeds and snacks, waiting for the meal to be ready.
"oops!"
When Li Mao arrived, he saw two men busy in the kitchen, and then two women sitting leisurely on the sofa, "You guys are living such a carefree life!"
When Deputy Captain Lei saw this scene, he had no choice but to go to the kitchen. It was impossible for him to stay in the living room and sit on the sofa to chat with the two leaders' family members.
So, Li Mao also sat on the sofa, picked up a handful of melon seeds, looked into the kitchen, couldn't help but sigh, and leaned back on the sofa, "This is the first time in my life that I enjoy a day like this."
"Aunt Liang."
"Aunt Li."
"Aunt Zhong."
"Aunt."
The five children from Li Mao's family and Zhong Xuelian's family also came in together. After calling everyone one by one, they went to play with Dudu.
Zhong Xuelian handed the list of cadres to Liang Xin, "These are the people who were voted in by the staff congress to be cadres. You will have to arrange their specific positions."
Liang Xin opened the list and read it carefully. It was about the same as she expected. She looked at Zhong Xuelian and said, "The higher-ups have preliminarily approved the cooperation plan between the instant noodle factory and the Japanese company. It won't be long before the contract is officially approved and signed. Over the years, you have been responsible for training the family members and relatives of martyrs before they join the company. Sister Xia Xia is urged by Commander Yang to come back. After she comes back, the bakery will be handed over to Sister Xia Xia. You studied human resources and administration at the night university. Go to the instant noodle factory first to select employees and prepare for technical training from the Japanese side. However, your main job is still in charge of financial work. I feel most assured that I will leave the financial affairs to you."
Zhong Xuelian smiled faintly, "It's just right for training technical work, and no one is more familiar with it than me. So when Sister Xia Xia comes back, I will switch to work in the instant noodle factory."
"How dare you brag!"
Li Mao curled his lips and said, "Master is sitting here, and you just open your mouth and say that no one is more familiar with training technology than you. I think you are really arrogant!"
The smile on Zhong Xuelian's lips froze, and she quickly looked at Liang Xin and said, "That's not what I meant. I was talking about the technical training of new employees. I have been in charge of training in the bakery over the years. I didn't mean anything else. Don't listen to her instigation."
Li Mao rolled his eyes. "You are so arrogant and yet you accuse others of sowing discord!"
"Mrs. Li Mao's speech is becoming more and more cultured."
Liang Xin finished laughing and pointed at the director of the production workshop and said, "This production workshop is only responsible for producing noodles. Generally speaking, it should be called the production department. In addition to the production workshop for noodles, there is also a seasoning workshop. So you are not the production director, but the production department director."
Li Mao's face also showed the smile that Zhong Xuelian had before, "So, my position is still understated?"
"Too small."
Liang Xin looked at the list of other departments and said, "Not only will you be the production director, you will also be the deputy factory director. In addition to the production department, you will also be responsible for the supervision and management of the raw material procurement and warehousing department and the packaging department."
Li Mao was surprised and said, "What if I can't handle this?"
Liang Xin smiled and said, "If you learn how to use cadres, you will be able to manage it."
"She can't manage..."
"Who said I can't manage it?"
As soon as Zhong Xuelian opened her mouth, Li Mao interrupted her, "I am in charge of all the production at the flour mill. I also work part-time delivering bread to the bakery. Liang Xin is very good at judging people and knows that these are things I am used to doing, so she arranged me like this. No one is more suitable than me to be the deputy director! I will do it!"
Zhong Xuelian didn't look at her, but looked at Liang Xin, "I can't be worse than her, right?"
Liang Xin laughed, "You are also the deputy factory director, in charge of the finance department and the administrative logistics department. Can you manage it?"
"Know the right people and assign them to the right positions, and select the virtuous and capable."
Zhong Xuelian was so happy that she almost burst out laughing, "I understand this principle!"
The two of them couldn't stop laughing even when they reached the dinner table.
Li Mao suddenly slammed the table in excitement and shouted, "Who knows where Yu Honghong is now? I want her to see that I, Li Mao, who was squeezed out of the pharmaceutical factory by her, have become the deputy director of the family factory!"
This time, Zhong Xuelian did not argue with her. "As long as she is at the base, she will know the news of the family factory, and there will always be a day when someone calls you Director Li in front of her."
Li Mao immediately became more excited and picked up a piece of food with chopsticks.
"Four."
Lu Chongfeng suddenly squeaked, attracting all eyes at the dinner table.
Li Mao answered subconsciously: "What?"
Lu Chongfeng pointed at the snails on the plate and said sinisterly, "You took away four of the snails I picked out."
The dinner table fell into silence.
Li Mao looked at the snail he had just picked up with his chopsticks, then looked at the other snails on the plate, "This... the snail meat is still in the shell. You have to use your mouth to suck it out. What are you picking on?"
Lu Chongfeng pointed at the pieces of ginger on the conchs and said, "Because Liangxin doesn't like ginger, I picked all the ginger off the conchs and put them in front of her. But before she could eat any, you took four of them away."
dining table:"......."
Liang Xin smiled.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"
Li Mao put the snails on his chopsticks into Liang Xin's bowl, then picked up the ginger from the three snails and put it into Liang Xin's bowl. He looked at Lu Chongfeng and said, "I've returned it. Is this okay now?"
Lu Chongfeng gave Li Mao another sinister look and said, "Okay."
“Ouch! Ouch!”
Li Mao could only exclaim, "Ouch," and couldn't say anything else.
The adults and children at the table all laughed at the same time, and the laughter gradually grew louder and louder.
It turns out that Deputy Division Commander Lu is this kind of Deputy Division Commander Lu.
When the nickname "Lu Hualuo" spread throughout the division, China Technology Company, acting as the agent for the family factory, and Japan's Sanjing Co., Ltd. formally signed a formal contract for Sino-Japanese cooperation in the form of investment equity.
Chinese family members hold 60 percent of the shares in the factory and are responsible for operation management and sales, while Japan's Sansei Corporation holds 40 percent of the shares with production lines and core technologies.
The export of the new flavors of Conscience Instant Noodles overseas is handled by Sanjing Co., Ltd., with overseas sales accounting for 50% each.
The first Sino-Japanese joint venture factory in the food industry outside the Special Administrative Region immediately made the front pages of major newspapers.
The final brand name and trademark of the instant noodles produced by the Family Factory were also officially unveiled in the Women’s Daily.
Brand name: Conscience.
Brand logo: A cartoon image of a military wife wearing a white hat and green apron.
At the same time, the list of finalists who received the annual 20% discount card for Conscience Bakery was announced. Thanks to the comrades who drew the trademark for Conscience Instant Noodle Factory, and they will be given priority to taste Conscience Instant Noodles. Please stay tuned.
Before the announcement, the military region’s logistics department had already helped the family factory register its trademark with the Administration for Industry and Commerce.
The first thing Liang Xin did was to take two college graduates who had already joined the sales and marketing department, and selected four veterans who had already joined the factory, and brought them to Hongqu Commune near the train station.
"Comrade Liang Xin, I have long heard of your name."
"Hello, Director Liu."
Liang Xin introduced the others one by one. "Director Liu, without further ado, have you prepared the statistical list we mentioned on the phone before?"
The others didn't know why Liang Xin asked them to go to Hongqu Commune today, so they just watched quietly from the side.
Director Liu returned to his desk and took out a stack of letter paper from the drawer. "The statistics have been completed, Comrade Liang Xin. You still can't figure out where they are. Why don't I take you to the houses to have a look?"
Liang Xin smiled and said, "I was just about to say that. Director Liu is really understanding."
Liang Xin and others followed Director Liu onto the commune's truck, drove out of the commune, and drove along the distant railway tracks.
On the way, we happened to see a train coming with a clang.
Liang Xin said to Xu Xin, "You have all taken these trains, right?"
Xu Xin nodded, "I sit here every year when I have school holidays."
The others nodded. They all came to Jiangkou from other places and naturally had taken this train before.
A veteran said: "We have seen these houses on the train."
"Comrade Zhang Jianhua hit the point."
Liang Xin had just said one sentence when the truck stopped.
Cars were still rare in the village, and as soon as the roar of the engine entered the village, the members were attracted and looked at the people on the truck.
Liang Xin climbed down from the truck, walked up to the householder that Director Liu introduced, shook his hand, and said, "Uncle, do you understand why I'm here?"
The member smiled innocently and shook his head, "I'm not sure yet, but I recognize you. You are our famous hero."
“That was all several years ago.”
Liang Xin looked at the adobe house next to her and said, "Uncle, our family factory will help you repair and paint the exterior wall for free. Are you willing?"
The member was stunned and turned to look at his own adobe house. "Is there such a good thing? My son is getting married and I'm worried that I don't have enough money to paint the outside of the house. Comrade Liang Xin, are you telling the truth?"
"Absolutely."
Liang Xin walked to the back wall facing the train tracks and said, "Our family and factory can help you repair and paint the houses in this row for free, but there is only one condition."
When the members heard that their family could also benefit from it, they immediately asked, "What are the conditions? Tell me!"
Liang Xin said: "After our family factory helps you repair the outer wall, you have to keep this back wall to advertise our Conscience Instant Noodles."
"advertise?"
Uncle asked curiously: "What is advertising?"
Liang Xin said, "Just write a few words on this wall and draw a pattern so that all the passengers passing by can see the advertisement for our instant noodles. Can you agree to this condition?"
"Why can't I agree to such a good thing?"
"That's right! Isn't this what it means to paint slogans? I wish I could paint it on our wall. It's glorious!"
"With this condition, you can help us paint the house for free?"
"I've told you the truth, why are you still asking? If you regret running away after asking, you'll have to pay for it!"
The family members of the house near the train tracks were already overjoyed. Everyone looked like they had taken advantage and were afraid that Liang Xin would run away. The members living inside couldn't help but ask:
"We can give you all four walls of our house. Can you help paint ours as well?"
"For now, I just need the wall that the train can see. If I need it again in the future, I will definitely find you."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "Since everyone agrees, we will find someone to start working tomorrow. However, before painting, we need everyone to sign a contract to promise that after we help you repair and paint the house, other factories want to copy us and give you some benefits to let them use the walls. Then we will suffer a great loss. Don't you agree?"
After receiving unanimous approval and assurance from the audience, Liang Xin took out a stack of contracts from her briefcase and continued, "Since everyone agrees, sign this contract guarantee, and someone will come to help repair and paint your home tomorrow."
The family members and factory workers who were already stunned by what they heard, saw Liang Xin being surrounded and immediately stepped forward to help and signed with the other members' fingerprints.
The truck continued to move forward, and negotiated with the houses on both sides of the Jiangkou Station train track. After signing the contract guarantee, the truck thanked Director Liu and headed back to the factory.
As soon as they sat in the factory's conference room, another college graduate, Feng Haiyan, couldn't help but ask, "Director Liang, how did you come up with such a promotional idea? You really have a brilliant mind!"
Liang Xin smiled and said, "Do you understand what happened this afternoon?"
The few people who went with me in the afternoon nodded quickly.
Liang Xin looked at all the employees in the marketing department and said, "Jiangkou Station is just a starting point. The exterior walls of houses and shops along the route of other train stations across the country and the exterior walls of conspicuous shops in every city must be repaired and paid an annual rent to have advertisements for our Conscience Instant Noodles written on them."
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