Chapter 54 Three Updates in One

From past life to present life, Lin Xiang has never done anything illegal or criminal. He is always respectful to police officers and is a perfect young person. But now he has been "captured" by militia soldiers wearing uniforms that look like police uniforms.

"Captain Qian, did you misunderstand something?" Zhao Jianjun's bright forehead was dim. What was going on? He came here to do business, how could he be a liar! "We are really from the 119 Food Factory, not liars!"

Captain Qian's narrow eyes sparkled with wisdom: "Of course a liar won't say he is a liar! Do you think I am stupid?"

Three people from the food factory: "..."

Lin Xiang hurriedly reminded Director Zhao: "Director, introduce the letter!"

Kong Zhenzhen also just remembered: "Yes, yes, show them the letter of introduction!"

This time, the trip was across counties, so they issued a formal letter of introduction.

But Captain Qian still didn't believe it after seeing the letter of introduction: "There are many fake letters of introduction these days. You came up and said you wanted to buy our coconuts. How can you not be a liar? Is it really such a good thing? Pies don't fall from the sky!"

Lin Xiang was speechless. Captain Qian's realization really made him the first person to fight against fraud in the 1970s.

Under the suppression of the powerful militia soldiers, the three people from the food factory had no choice but to go to the Jiefang Commune office building. Fortunately, the three of them cooperated actively and did not suffer any punishment.

When they arrived at the commune, Captain Qian and the soldiers of the militia company went to the commune officials to confirm the authenticity of the letter of introduction.

"Manager Wu, look, there are scammers pretending to be from the 119 Food Factory to deceive us. They even forged a fake letter of introduction. They are really capable!" Captain Qian was busy reporting the matter, ready to severely punish these scammers!

The commune official Wu carefully checked the red official seal on the letter of introduction and said, "This letter of introduction is authentic."

Captain Qian: “…Ah?”

Lin Xiang felt like laughing when she saw Captain Qian's face full of disbelief. Then she looked at the situation of the three people on her side and found it even more bizarre. What was going on?

Who could have imagined that coming out to discuss production cooperation would lead to being caught as a liar!

Finally, Director Zhao called the 119 Food Factory using the commune's phone number, which completely proved his identity.

Captain Qian's dark face turned red and red, and then red and red again. He pursed his lips tightly and twisted his hands in front of him. His whole body showed embarrassment and helplessness. Finally, he took a deep breath, stepped forward and shook hands with Zhao Jianjun, and said excitedly: "Brother Zhao... No, Director Zhao, just now I... Oh... I'm so sorry!"

This was the first time in Zhao Jianjun's life that he had encountered such a thing. He tried so hard to prove his identity that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He immediately shook Captain Qian's hand and said, "Just call me brother. Why call me Director? It's so formal. Brother Qian, we don't know each other until we fight."

Kong Zhenzhen smiled helplessly as she watched Captain Qian smiling happily and shaking hands with Director Zhao. She whispered to Lin Xiang, "We are really surprised. We almost got locked up."

Lin Xiang couldn't help laughing: "Who would have thought that Captain Qian would be so aware of fraud? But it's a good thing."

Due to an unexpected incident, Lin Xiang and the other two were delayed in the Wudaogou Production Brigade for some time, and it was already evening when they finally agreed on the cooperation.

The conditions in the Wudaogou Production Brigade were not very good, the place was poor, and the chances of earning work points for everyone were more difficult than for farmers working in the inland areas. Now, the wild coconuts growing everywhere could provide an opportunity to improve the lives of the brigade members. How could Captain Qian not be happy about it!

Because private transactions are not allowed, the coconut plantation must go through the public route like general orchard acquisitions, and must be reported to the commune and county governments.

The drafted contract was signed for three years, with the Wudaogou Production Brigade responsible for the operation and planting of golden coconuts, and picking the coconuts when they were nine months old and supplying them to the 119 Food Factory.

Lin Xiang explained the various clauses to Captain Qian in detail, making sure they were explained clearly. Captain Qian knew that his production team was taking advantage of the situation. The coconuts were growing well and they didn't need much time to take care of them. They just had to calculate the time and organize people to pick them in a unified manner. In this way, they could earn some money, which was a lot of money.

He immediately patted his chest with tears in his eyes and said, "Brother Zhao, Xiaolin, Xiaokong, don't worry, we will definitely handle this matter properly!"

After the details of the draft contract were finalized, Captain Qian insisted on keeping the three of them at home for a meal, and the dish served was the most prestigious salted fish in the family. In addition to handing over all the fish caught from the sea to the seafood station for work points, the members would also keep some for themselves to supplement their family income. Fresh fish would not last long, but salted fish could be hung directly on the wall at home and eaten for a long time.

The salted fish was cut into pieces and braised, and some eggplant, beans and potatoes were thrown into the pot. Captain Qian was still embarrassed: "I have seen swindlers before. They look decent but actually have bad intentions. That's why I was distracted today!"

Zhao Jianjun didn't care about the unexpected incident and said nonchalantly: "Hey, Brother Qian, your vigilance is worth learning. That's good, very good. Our friendship has deepened after this incident!"

Zhao Jianjun was so excited that he drank a few sips of white wine with Qian Yong. By the time the three of them got on the bus and left, and then took the ferry back to Langhua Island, they were already a little dizzy.

Lin Xiang always felt that Director Zhao's steps were a little erratic when he boarded the ship, but Kong Zhenzhen didn't care: "Don't worry, our director looks drunk but he's actually not drunk."

"What if he doesn't look drunk?" Lin Xiang asked curiously.

Kong Zhenzhen smiled and said, "Then he will definitely lie down on the ground immediately! Even if you call him, he won't wake up."

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening when the passenger ship docked. The sky was stained dark, almost merging with the dark sea. In the dim night, a touch of white military uniform was particularly eye-catching.

"Hey, isn't that Captain He?" Kong Zhenzhen teased the newlyweds, "Newly married people are different. My husband would never come to pick me up."

Director Zhao, who seemed drunk, agreed: "My wife won't come either."

Lin Xiang saw her man from a distance, and the corners of her lips curled up. When getting off the boat, she ran to the front in small steps, saying goodbye to her colleagues as she ran: "Director, Sister Zhenzhen, I'm going home first, you guys should slow down too."

The salty sea breeze lifted the ends of Lin Xiang's hair and brushed against her rosy cheeks from a busy day outside. The woman ran to the white military uniform.

——"Hongyuan, you know what! We were caught by the militia and were almost taken to the Public Security Bureau!" Lin Xiang talked about her gossip excitedly.

——"Why are you back so late?"

The two spoke at the same time. He Hongyuan quickly received the message from his wife's words. His eyebrows raised instantly. His dark eyes quickly looked her up and down. Seeing that she was safe and sound, he asked, "What happened? You were not going to discuss work matters, so why were you arrested by the militia? And you are being taken to the public security bureau."

Before Lin Xiang left today, she told He Hongyuan that she was going to a nearby production team to plant coconuts. The distance was not too far, and she estimated that she would be back in the evening. However, He Hongyuan came back from the army and waited for a long time but no one came, so he had to wait at the dock. He thought that Director Zhao and Kong Zhenzhen from the 119 Second Factory would go with them, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Now, after listening to what my wife said, it doesn't seem that simple.

Lin Xiang is enthusiastic about eating other people's gossip and is also excited about sharing her own gossip.

"We went to the Wudaogou Production Brigade to explain the situation to their brigade leader, hoping to negotiate a cooperation agreement. However, they thought we were scammers and, under the pretext of going out to discuss the matter, they directly notified the militia to come and arrest us!"

Recalling the situation at that time, Lin Xiang couldn't help but frown, it was really amazing.

"You know, I have always been law-abiding and a good young man. But today, for the first time, I was escorted by militia soldiers with guns pointed at me." Lin Xiang was very interested in talking about her strange experience, and He Hongyuan's brows gradually relaxed when he heard it.

"That production team leader is quite vigilant." Seeing that his wife was not frightened, He Hongyuan couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "You are quite brave."

Lin Xiang said proudly: "Of course! I have seen the world too!"

After all, I've experienced such incredible things before, so what's there to be afraid of?

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In the next few days, Lin Xiang and Kong Zhenzhen drafted the final contract in the factory. Three days later, they went to the Wudaogou Production Brigade again and signed and fingerprinted with Captain Qian in the presence of the Jiefang Commune officials to confirm the coconut supply. Ma Defa took the simple contract with both parties' signatures and fingerprints to the Jiefang Commune and the town government for filing, and everything was done.

This experience really made the second factory breathe a sigh of relief. They have finally decided on the best planting site for golden coconuts, which are most suitable for extracting coconut juice in the whole Haining Province. Even if there are competitors in the future, their factory will have a considerable advantage in raw materials.

However, the problem of raw materials has been solved. Lin Xiang thought that perhaps in the near future, other brands of coconut juice similar to 119 coconut juice would appear on the market. In order to seize the market, especially to leave the impression that 119 = coconut juice in the minds of the people, Lin Xiang began to improve the packaging.

The packaging on the 119 coconut juice bottle is similar to the orange soda and pear soda produced in the factory, with simple text and somewhat rough fruit patterns, the same idea used when coconut juice was first produced. There is a brown coconut on the packaging paper with the text 119 coconut juice next to it.

It is conceivable that based on the similar style of soda packaging across the country, when coconut juice from other factories comes out, with similar packaging and similar color and taste of coconut juice, it may be difficult for ordinary people to distinguish them.

Lin Xiang had taught herself to paint for a few years before. She was not an expert, but she was able to do simple sketches. So she thought of drawing a coconut tree on the packaging, and a coconut shell that was half dark brown and half opened to reveal milky white flesh. The color difference was obvious and it was very appetizing. She then drew three bamboo straws in the shape of straws at the opening of the coconut. The third straw was slightly bent, resembling the numbers 119, and wrote "119 Coconut Juice" next to it.

The purpose is to deepen the connection between coconut juice and 119, so that people will think of the brand 119 when they mention coconut juice.

When the new packaging was replaced, the second factory of 119 Food Factory received the first batch of raw coconuts supplied by Wudaogou Production Brigade.

Unlike coconuts that are picked at will by individual investors, whose quality is difficult to fully regulate, the Wudaogou Production Team leader Qian organizes members to pick coconuts in accordance with the requirements of the 119 Food Factory. The coconuts are plump, thick-skinned, juicy and watery, and are basically of the same standard. This ensures the overall production quality of a batch of coconut juice.

Zhao Jianjun looked at the bottles of freshly produced milky white coconut juice being transported on the conveyor belt and said with satisfaction, "Qiu Hongxia just said that this batch of coconuts is really good. In the past, the ones we bought from other places were always inferior and we had to pick and choose them. This batch can all be used directly. It's very good!"

After the raw materials were finalized, Zhao Jianjun had to busy himself with promoting the coconut juice throughout the province. He immediately used his connections to find out whether the head of the Product Inspection Section of the Haining Provincial Grain and Oil Company was busy recently and whether he had returned from a business trip, so that he could go there sooner or later.

Kong Zhenzhen was also happy to have accomplished something great, as if she was inspired by something: "It shows that we are on the right track! Wudaogou Production Brigade is really the most suitable place to grow those golden coconut trees."

Trucks loaded with newly packaged coconut juice left Food Factory No. 2 and were delivered to nearby department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives. Workers at the neighboring factory could not help but gasp when they heard the rumbling sound of the trucks' engines from time to time.

"This second factory has been pulling in truckloads of products lately. How can they sell so much?" After all, the front of the second factory was very deserted before, and not many of the several types of soda were sold. It was nowhere near what it is today.

Someone curled his lips, not knowing whether it was out of envy or dissatisfaction, and said: "The coconut juice is selling well, don't you know? Many people in the city are buying it, it's selling as well as orange soda!"

"How good can it be? It can't surpass our canned shrimp sauce. They can't make trouble for long. They only sell it in Phnom Penh. Our canned shrimp sauce is not only sold throughout the province, but also in five or six surrounding provinces and cities. Who doesn't know the people in the second factory? They fish for three days and dry the nets for two days."

"Well, they can't sell much, this is just a fuss."

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After solving the two major issues, Lin Xiang left work early on Saturday and went to the seafood station to buy vegetables in a good mood, preparing to have a good holiday on Sunday.

However, there were not many things in the seafood station's pond today. Some of the fish and shrimps looked half dead and small in size. She picked for a while but found it difficult to start.

"Comrade, why are the fish and shrimp so small today? Haven't you been out fishing recently?"

The staff at the seafood station smiled and said, "Recently, the fishermen around here haven't been able to catch anything good. They're unlucky. If you want to eat it, try going out to the sea tomorrow."

Lin Xiang was surprised: "Are we going to the sea tomorrow?"

"Yes, a few fishermen came over just now and were talking about it. They said that tomorrow is a high tide day, and you can pick up some fish yourself with a bucket and a shovel, and it doesn't cost any money."

Lin Xiang went to the grocery store to buy a slab of pork ribs. On the way back to the family compound, she passed by Zhou's house and knocked on the door to find Zhou Yuezhu: "Yuezhu, do you want to go to the sea tomorrow?"

"Are you going to catch the sea tomorrow? Oh yeah, it seems like you've never been there since you came here." Zhou Yuezhu had participated in it many times, but she wasn't very interested. However, she was interested in taking her cousin-in-law with her.

The two agreed on a time and exchanged a few pleasantries. Zhou Yuezhu hugged her cousin's wife and wanted her to stay for dinner, but Lin Xiang was still thinking about He Hongyuan who would be back from the army soon, so she could only decline: "Yuezhu, Aunt Feng, I will come over to play another day. I'm leaving now."

Feng Li stuffed a plate of fried sweet potato cakes into Lin Xiang's mouth before leaving. She looked at the girl's back as she left and turned to talk about her daughter: "Xiangxiang and Hongyuan are married, and they are living a good life. Let's see if you can make me worry less."

Feeling guilty, Zhou Yuezhu stuck out her tongue and said to her mother, "Mom, I will definitely make you worry-free!"

Thinking that the girl is already eighteen years old, Feng Li's mind flashed through several young gay men she had watched grow up. They were all the best in character and ability in the compound. "When the time comes, I'll find someone for you. Pick one who is good in all aspects."

"Mom, marriage can't be based on what conditions are good. It should be about marrying someone I like."

"You are good at talking nonsense, do you know what you like..."

The mother and daughter were discussing the important matter of marriage. Lin Xiang had already returned home with spare ribs and sweet potato cakes. When she passed by her neighbor Jiang Wenfang's house, Lin Xiang saw her three daughters skipping rope in front of the yard. She handed the steaming sweet potato cakes to them and offered them flowers, saying, "Lingling, Yingzi, Xiaofang, go wash your hands and each have a sweet potato cake."

Jiang Wenfang couldn't let her three children go to the neighbor's house, so she stopped them and said, "Xiao Lin, you just got home from get off work and haven't eaten yet? Don't give them any food, we just had dinner."

"Mrs. Jiang, it's okay. We can still have snacks after dinner." Lin Xiang liked these three little girls very much. They looked gentle and cute, but a little timid.

The youngest, Xiaofang, stretched out her hands, which were black from playing, to grab the sweet potato cakes, and said obediently, "Thank you, Auntie."

"Hey." Lin Xiang moved the plate away and said seriously, "You must wash your hands before you can catch it."

Xiaofang, who was only three years old, blinked her big eyes and asked in confusion: "Why?"

"Look how dirty your hands are. If you eat sweet potato pancakes with these hands, your stomach will hurt."

In the 1970s, personal hygiene was not taken seriously. Many people did not pay much attention to details and were often confused. Children were raised in a rough manner at that time. In the family courtyard, many children ate food with their black hands.

Fortunately, the three little girls listened to the advice and lined up to wash their hands. The eldest sister Lingling grabbed a sweet potato cake and divided it into four small pieces. She gave one small piece to her mother and one small piece to each of the three sisters. She said politely, "Auntie Lin, we'll have one piece. Thank you!"

As he spoke, he took out two sorghum candies from his pocket and gave them to Lin Xiang: "Please give some to you and Uncle He as well."

Lin Xiang was almost melted by these little girls, they were so adorable.

When He Hongyuan returned home, the winter melon and pork ribs soup in the kitchen was ready. The sweet winter melon had a thick and tender taste, and paired with the tender pork ribs, the whole soup was light and slightly oily, refreshing and not greasy.

He Hongyuan walked to the restaurant while smelling the delicate aroma of winter melon and pork ribs soup, put down the enamel cup in his hand, opened the lid, and hot steam dissipated, and the aroma gushed out instantly.

"Where did the dumplings come from?" Lin Xiang looked down and saw seven or eight plump white dumplings in the enamel bowl, which were very tempting.

"I just went to Yang Lujia to report my work. Director Tian gave it to me and insisted that I bring it back so we can try it out."

"Director Tian, ​​you are too polite. Let's send something over some other day." Lin Xiang picked up a dumpling and put it into her mouth. The classic pork and cabbage filling was fragrant and soft, and her cheeks were bulging from chewing it. "It's delicious! It smells so good!"

He Hongyuan saw her eating dumplings and she looked so cute, just like the little squirrels that can be seen on the island. He couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "Yang Lu often brags to us about Director Tian's cooking skills."

Lin Xiang was curious about the middle-aged love that was spreading dog food. At the dinner table, she mentioned tomorrow's plan: "I heard that tomorrow is a high tide day, suitable for catching the sea. I just came back and I have made an appointment with Yuezhu. Do you have time? Let's go together."

He Hongyuan accepted the offer immediately as he had no urgent tasks and Sundays were free.

"By the way, try this sweet potato cake. Aunt Feng fried it. Fried ones are so delicious." Lin Xiang put one in the man's bowl and mentioned the scene she had just come back from. "I gave sweet potato cakes to the three children of Jiang's wife's family. The three little girls were so cute that they only took one and divided it into four portions, one for their mother and one for each of the three little girls. They ate such a small piece so deliciously. Seeing this made my heart soften. Have you seen the four boys in Political Commissar He's family? Oh my God..."

Lin Xiang usually doesn't like to say bad things about people behind their backs, but she couldn't help but complain: "He's so naughty and has no manners, just like a little bandit. Jiang's three little girls are still the cutest."

He Hongyuan naturally understood: "The four children of Political Commissar He are indeed a little... they were not raised well before, and now they need to be improved. It's just that the old people in his family are too used to the children. But, you like little girls so much?"

Lin Xiang hummed casually while biting the sweet potato cake.

"Why don't we just give birth to a little girl?"

He Hongyuan said this out of the blue, almost making Lin Xiang choke!

"Why are you suddenly talking about having a baby?" Lin Xiang was not mentally prepared to be a mother.

"Isn't that what you said? The little girls in Instructor Sun's family are all cute." He Hongyuan had never thought about it before, but now that he thinks about it, it seems really nice to have a little girl who is like his wife, small and cute.

He is a person with divergent thinking. As soon as this idea came to his mind, he started to think: "The Chinese New Year is just over a month away. If I get pregnant next year and have a baby the year after, it just so happens that my zodiac sign is the rabbit, which is a good idea."

Lin Xiang: “…?”

Brother, you have thought of a one-stop service!

"Who wants to get pregnant next year?" Lin Xiang had to make more preparations. She thought, "How about the year after next? People born in the Year of the Dragon are more powerful, right?"

He Hongyuan frowned: "The little girl is a rabbit, how cute she is."

Lin Xiang was too lazy to answer him: "Do you feel that you are too old and want to become a father sooner?"

He Hongyuan: "..."

The man stopped talking.

That night, He Hongyuan demonstrated with his own actions that he was still young and in his prime, which was the best time for him.

That was the end of the conversation yesterday. After that, He Hongyuan didn't mention the matter of having children again. Lin Xiang was happy and prepared to have a child after some mental preparation.

The next day, at dawn, Lin Xiang and He Hongyuan got up early to go to the beach. Thinking that it was the beach in the early morning, Lin Xiang dressed in full armor, fearing that she would freeze. There was no other way. In her previous life, she had passed adolescence and entered society, and had worked in the workplace for several years. She had long lived a healthy life of wearing autumn pants and soaking wolfberries in a thermos. He Hongyuan was relieved to see that his wife had put on a thin cotton quilt. Finally, he raised his hand to help her tidy up the hair that was caught in the collar of the quilt, and then went out to the gate of the family compound to wait for Yuezhu to go to the beach.

For this secret operation, Zhou Yuezhu also called her target Shen Jianming.

Shen Jianming was no longer so shy. When he saw Captain He, he saluted and called him Captain politely. Then he turned to Lin Xiang, who was younger than him, and after a struggle called her sister-in-law.

Lin Xiang is now very calm. Since she married He Hongyuan, she has been called sister-in-law by older military comrades dozens of times. At first, she was quite embarrassed, thinking that this was taking advantage of others. Later, she became numb. Who would let her man's age and position prevent her from doing so?

Privately, He Hongyuan was not intimidated by the military, and Shen Jianming gradually relaxed. He was still shocked when he saw his girlfriend Yuezhu joking with his cousin.

This is the King Yanluo in the army, a living overlord, and he is really brave!

On high tide days, many people come to the sea. The beach is crowded with military personnel carrying buckets and shovels. They go farther away to find a place with fewer people and fight on their own.

Lin Xiang had never seen so many things when fishing at sea. All kinds of fish, shrimps and clams appeared as the tide receded, and a lot of good things were thrown into the wooden barrel with a clanging sound.

There were no familiar people around, so Zhou Yuezhu and Shen Jianming didn't pretend to be strangers. Shen Jianming followed Zhou Yuezhu with a wooden bucket, helping her pick fish and shrimps, shells and conches. On the slightly cool beach, Zhou Yuezhu, who wanted to look pretty for a date, wore a long-sleeved shirt and trousers. But the shirt was a little thin because she wanted to look pretty. The sea breeze blew over her, and goose bumps appeared on her arms.

Shen Jianming was sharp-eyed and sharp-eared. He quickly took off his military uniform and put it on the target. The uniform, with his hot body temperature, wrapped Yuezhu and instantly dispelled the coldness.

"I'm wearing your military uniform, aren't you cold?" Zhou Yuezhu looked at the person shyly and wanted to return the military jacket to him.

Shen Jianming hurriedly held her hand, but then realized that they were in public, so he quickly pulled his hand back, lowered his eyebrows and said with a red face, "I'm not cold, just don't freeze!"

At this time, Lin Xiang was squatting on the ground digging crabs. The crabs that did not have time to retreat after the tide receded were struggling to move forward in the mud and sand with their short legs. Hearing the movement not far ahead, she looked up and was filled with dog food.

Wow, young people falling in love is so sweet.

When she turned around, she met the gaze of He Hongyuan, who had just turned his gaze away from Yue Zhu and Shen Jianming. She saw the man looking at her with a burning gaze for a few times.

The tacit understanding between the young couple made Lin Xiang blurt out: "I'm not cold, I was so foresighted and dressed warmly!"

Seeing the man's eyes dim, Lin Xiang rolled her eyes and coaxed him, "How about I take off my cotton padded jacket and give you a chance to show off?"

He Hongyuan: "..."

He Hongyuan was amused to the point of having a complicated expression, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Lin Xiang was so happy that she could hardly hold back her laughter. She didn't understand before, but it turns out that the more you tease such a serious and solemn man, the more interesting it is!

The serious man also has skills. Although he didn't have the chance to put on Lin Xiang's coat, when they were about to leave, he came back with a huge lobster that he had caught from somewhere.

Good guy, it is more than 20 centimeters long and estimated to weigh nearly one kilogram. The reddish-brown shell is hard, comparable to the later Australian dragon.

Lin Xiang's eyes lit up instantly. This would be a great treasure in the future. It was even bigger than the Australian dragon she had eaten at the department's celebration banquet when she completed a project at work!

"Wow, how did you pick up such a big lobster!" Lin Xiang's mind and eyes were filled with the big lobster, and he instantly forgot about the seafood he had picked up before.

He Hongyuan looked at the glimmer in his daughter-in-law's eyes, and his expression became slightly proud: "I just picked it up casually, and it happened to run into me."

Lin Xiang: ...You are awesome!

Keep the other seafood and eat them later, but eat the big lobster immediately.

Lin Xiang and He Hongyuan visited Zhou's family carrying a huge lobster and two selected hairtails, just as everyone was enjoying a lively meal.

Brigade Commander Zhou and Aunt Feng had lived on the island for many years and had never seen such a large lobster. They were also curious: "This lobster is really big. You caught such a big one just by going to the sea."

Lin Xiang was preparing steamed lobsters in the kitchen. The more rare the ingredients were, the more they had to retain their original flavor: "Hongyuan was lucky. He saw it as soon as he said it."

The lobsters were wrapped with scallions and ginger slices and steamed in a pot for 20 minutes. When white steam began to rise from the seams of the pot lid, Zhou Shenghuai was handing He Hongyuan an envelope.

"Hongyuan, you...my second brother said that you didn't answer the phone when he called you, so he wrote a letter and sent it to me, asking me to pass it on to you." Zhou Shenghuai was indeed in a difficult situation. Last time, Hongfei was locked in a room in the guesthouse. After he left, he went home to complain and had a big quarrel with his father. However, Zhou Shengqiang knew the temperaments of his two sons clearly and knew that Hongyuan would never take the initiative to target anyone, so he thought about calling to reconcile the conflict between his two sons. However, Hongyuan simply refused to answer his father's calls. As long as the service soldier informed him that the call was from the Northwest Military Region, he would refuse the call. So his second brother came to him.

He had to pass the letter on, but even if he did, his nephew would probably not accept it.

"Also, my second brother said that Hongfei is spoiled by his habits, and asked you not to bother with him." The words were conveyed and the letter was tried to be passed on. Zhou Shenghuai felt that he had completed the task, but whether the letter was received or not was not something he could control.

However, this time Hongyuan actually stared at the yellow envelope and raised his hand to take it.

Zhou Shenghuai was shocked. Did his nephew soften his attitude towards his biological father?

After Lin Xiang finished steaming the lobsters, she walked towards the living room and happened to hear what Commander Zhou said. She saw her man taking the letter from his father, pinching the envelope with his slender fingers, turning it left and right twice, and then tearing it open.

The envelope was not even opened, but was torn into waste paper in a few seconds.

He Hongyuan threw the shredded letter into the dustpan as if it were trash, then turned to his uncle and said, "Uncle, you have completed your task, so don't worry about the rest."

Zhou Shenghuai: "..."

It's still my eldest nephew, he hasn't changed at all. How could he be so calm and obedient as to accept the letter?

Lin Xiang withdrew her gaze, and sighed silently in her heart, He Hongyuan was indeed the ruthless man of few words, but he didn't say what he should say. When the man tore the letter, he lowered his eyebrows and used force with his bony fingers, which was particularly handsome.

The giant lobster is the main dish of today's lunch, and the other dishes are just accompaniments.

Shrimp meat is sweet, tender and has the most authentic taste of food, and the giant lobster from the deep sea is the best among them.

A huge lobster sat in the middle of the table. When the shell was cracked open, the shrimp body was full of tender white shrimp meat, attracting everyone's attention. Even the shrimp meat in the pliers was long and thick, almost as much as the meat of an ordinary small lobster.

The taste comes from the deep sea, fresh and delicious, as if there is a gentle sea breeze blowing, dancing on the tip of the tongue, sweet, with a light sweetness that is endless aftertaste, the meat is firm, full and tender, no seasoning is added, but it feels like the freshest and sweetest food the tongue has ever tasted.

If this were put in later times, it could be sold for thousands of dollars at most.

Lin Xiang and the others shared the huge lobster meat, which tasted sweet and rich, and was so delicious that they couldn't stop eating it.

This was the first time Zhou Yuezhu had eaten such a large lobster in her life, and she never expected it to taste so good: "The lobster meat is so fresh and tender!"

Lin Xiang rarely gets to eat this either, and this is only the second time: "Ask your cousin to bring back more."

He Hongyuan, who is highly expected by everyone:

If I had that ability.

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For several days after eating the crayfish, Lin Xiang and Zhou Yuezhu could not forget the taste. Even in early December, when they made an appointment to go to the city for a walk, they were still missing it.

"After eating that big lobster, I have no interest in small lobsters anymore. The taste is so different, so fresh and tender!" Zhou Yuezhu held her head high, her face full of enjoyment.

Lin Xiang teased her: "Wipe your saliva quickly."

Zhou Yuezhu pinched her cousin's slender waist and said, "I don't drool, cousin, please stop ruining my image!"

"Comrade Shen Jianming is not here, what do you want to do with your image?" Lin Xiang found that it was interesting to tease the serious and solemn He Hongyuan, and it was also fun to tease the lively and cute Zhou Yuezhu.

"Alas, he's out on an emergency mission this time, and we don't know when he'll be back." Zhou Yuezhu hasn't seen her target Shen Jianming since that day when she went to sea. He left on a mission.

"Don't worry, we will be back soon." Lin Xiang and Zhou Yuezhu boarded the passenger ship and after 40 minutes of shaking, they arrived at the North Bank Pier in Phnom Penh. After landing, they went straight to the department store.

Each of them grabbed two pieces of cloth and prepared to buy some delicious food and facial cleansers. Turning around, Lin Xiang saw people coming and going at the soda counter. It was rare that people who came to the city to buy things liked to drink some soda. However, it was winter now, and although the winter in Langhua Island was not too cold, it was not as hot as the summer, so the taste of soda was not that popular.

She observed for a few minutes and found that 119 coconut juice was selling better.

I saw many people specifically asking for 119 coconut juice. Even some people who didn’t remember the brand would say, “There’s a coconut tree and a split coconut on the package, with three tubes stuck in it. That’s right, it’s 119!”

I slowly thought of the three bamboo straws stuck in the coconut, and then I remembered their shape, which was clearly the shape of the number 119.

It describes Lin Xiang's new packaging, which is bright and distinctive.

Coconut juice continued to be a hot seller in Phnom Penh, and Zhao Jianjun also received a reply. The head of the product inspection section of the provincial grain and oil company returned from a business trip. He called Lin Xiang and went to the provincial capital together to try to push 119 coconut juice to department store counters across the province.

Lin Xiang was on a temporary business trip and didn't even have time to inform He Hongyuan about this.

She hurried home at noon, packed her clothes, took some money and tickets with her, and set off with her luggage and suitcase. She only asked her next-door neighbor, Mrs. Jiang, to help tell her husband.

Jiang Wenfang watched Lin Xiang rushing off on a business trip. She was wearing a shirt that stood out neatly, her trousers outlining her straight legs, and she was wearing a pair of small leather shoes. Her two braids swung out a slight arc as she walked hurriedly. She felt a little envious for a moment.

This Xiaolin next door is really different, different from many people.

Lin Xiang and Director Zhao took a boat to the city, then took a train to the provincial capital. After landing, they left their luggage at the guesthouse and went straight to the provincial grain and oil company.

The grain and oil company in each city manages the sales of products in the department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in that city. If you want to sell products across cities, you must obtain approval from the provincial grain and oil company. The requirements of the provincial grain and oil company are much stricter than those of the municipal grain and oil company. Many products in the city will be rejected after inspection. Not all products can be sold across cities.

This time, the 119 factory was well prepared. Lin Xiang prepared detailed sales data and public reputation of coconut juice in the past two and a half months. The sales of the emerging coconut juice continued to grow, and the demand for orders received by 119 also increased day by day. In addition, he found several department stores to issue letters of introduction, which described the love and recognition of 119 coconut juice by the people of Phnom Penh as told by the sales clerks in the department stores, which was also a kind of endorsement.

With both objective data and subjective reputation, Zhao Jianhua and Lin Xiang are confident.

“If our coconut juice can really be put on the shelves throughout the province…” Director Zhao couldn’t help but feel excited when he said this. The soda produced by Factory 2 can only be sold in Phnom Penh so far, and it is not qualified to be sold throughout the province. Even Factory 1 only has five kinds of canned seafood that are on the shelves throughout the province, and the other ten or so kinds have not been approved. Whether coconut juice can break through history and become a major breakthrough for Factory 2 depends on this!

Zhao Jianjun clenched his fists and walked to the gate of the Provincial Grain and Oil Company with Lin Xiangxiong in high spirits. Just as he was about to boost morale, he suddenly saw a comrade on the side of the road holding a bottle of soda and drinking it with his head tilted back. There was a milky white liquid in the bottle.

"Comrade, where did you buy this coconut juice?" Lin Xiang asked curiously.

A passerby pointed to the department store in front and said, "Oh, this is the coconut juice that the Hongguang Soda Factory in the provincial capital just delivered today. It tastes pretty good."

Lin Xiang and Zhao Jianjun looked at each other. Here they come. The coconut juice factories that followed their footsteps have really arrived. After asking around, they learned that in the past two days, soda factories in three different cities in Haining Province have started selling their latest product, coconut juice.

Seeing that 119 coconut juice is selling well, there are always many people eager to get a piece of the pie.

Lin Xiang had expected this in her mind, and she just said to Director Zhao: "Director, we have the advantage of starting and raw materials, this time we must take over all the counters in the province."

When all soda factories start selling coconut juice, the competition will be even more intense. If 119 wants to stand out in the orange-flavored soda market like Arctic Ocean Soda, it needs to ensure that its coconut juice tastes the best and seize the market as soon as possible, leaving the deepest impression in the hearts of the people and making a name for itself! Otherwise, 119 will sooner or later be targeted by others in the coconut juice market.

The most critical step now is to capture the entire provincial market so as to gain the upper hand.

Zhao Jianjun took a deep breath, as if he was going to the battlefield: "Well, only success is allowed! Failure is not allowed!"