Lin Xiaoxiao replied with a smile, "I arrived yesterday, but I was in a hurry to take care of things at the factory, so I only came today."
"I heard from Feng Yu that you were very capable in the village. I didn't expect that you would now have a factory in Beijing. Not only are you good-looking, but you are also so outstanding." Du Juan pulled Lin Xiaoxiao to sit down and stuffed a lot of delicious food into her hands.
Kong Xi smiled as he brewed tea, while Lin Xiaoxiao took out some pastries and placed them on the table: "Uncle Kong, since you like tea, it's best to have some pastries with it."
Kong Xi had just seen Lin Xiaoxiao carrying a lot of things, and waved to Lin Xiaoxiao, saying, "Our two families have a good relationship, so you don't need to bring these things next time you come."
"That's right, that's right, so you won't get tired." Kong Xi and Du Juan said this, but they were very happy inside. They had money and tickets, but it was hard to buy things. As officials, they couldn't possibly lead the way to the black market just for a bite to eat, could they?
If people find out, what will this look like?
So, every time, Dujuan would send some money and tickets to Baihehua or other friends, asking them to buy things for her so that the family's meals would be passable.
"As you said yourself, the two families have a good relationship, so there's no need to be so fussy."
Du Juan looked at Lin Xiaoxiao and liked her more and more: "I originally thought you two would get married later and was thinking of going to the capital to attend your wedding banquet. Who knew you would do it so quickly? You only went to the capital for a short time and you have already accomplished such a wonderful thing."
"Han Qiushi is so lucky, I wish my Kong Hui was so lucky too."
Lin Xiaoxiao: "......" How was she supposed to respond to that? In this world, only Han Qiushi has such good fortune.
Fortunately, Kong Xi took over the conversation and started asking Lin Xiaoxiao about the situation in Beijing and the troops.
Since they were all on the same side, Lin Xiaoxiao didn't hide anything and told Kong Xi everything that had happened in Beijing recently, including the fact that the factory had been burned down.
She said that she came back alone this time because of the fire. After finishing this topic, Lin Xiaoxiao casually mentioned that she wanted to install a telephone in Wangjia Village.
Kong Xi immediately agreed: "No problem. Wangjia Village has a factory, and now that business is doing so well, we need a phone to communicate and negotiate with outsiders."
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement. With a telephone, not only would communication with herself be much more efficient, but also with the fabric factories outside. With easier communication, Qinglv would get better and better.
If communication were always done via telegram or letter, it would take a very long time and there would be instances where communication was inadequate.
Leaving aside the situation in Beijing and Wangjiacun, even when Wangjiacun went to the textile factory to pick up goods, because the person they had arranged with had to take leave, and the people in the factory didn't know how the communication was handled, they couldn't get any goods and had to go back home.
It took two whole days to finally get the fabric the factory needed. That's the downside of not having a phone. If I had talked to the textile factory beforehand, I wouldn't have had to make this wasted trip.
After finishing the phone call, Du Juan continued chatting with Lin Xiaoxiao, while Kong Xi went to discuss the train freight and the installation of telephones in Wangjia Village.
Considering that Lightning and Han Qiushi's teacher were still waiting for her to feed them, Lin Xiaoxiao could only decline Dujuan's invitation to stay for a meal. She took the letters from Kong Xi and Dujuan to Han's father and Bai Hehua and prepared to return to Wangjia Village.
Lin Xiaoxiao had just come out of the building when she ran into Kong Hui, who was waiting at the door. As it was getting dark, the Kong family was worried about Lin Xiaoxiao going home alone, so they asked their son to drive her home.
As soon as Kong Hui saw Lin Xiaoxiao, he shouted, "Sister-in-law!"
Lin Xiaoxiao quickly climbed into the passenger seat.
Kong Hui and Han Qiushi were both in the army, so Kong Hui knew Han Qiushi's situation quite well. The two chatted casually for a while and soon arrived at the entrance of Wangjia Village. Lin Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment and asked Kong Hui if he wanted to have a meal at his house before leaving.
Kong Hui immediately refused, making excuses that he had other things to do, and then turned the car around and left.
Lin Xiaoxiao thought to herself that having something to do was a lie, but avoiding suspicion was the real reason. After all, she had come back alone, and bringing another man home for dinner would not sound good.
Upon arriving in the village, Lin Xiaoxiao first went to receive the lightning, and then started a fire to cook a meal.
With just one dog and one meal, Lin Xiaoxiao wouldn't need to start cooking, but since she was going to visit Teacher Han Qiushi later, nothing was more practical than a box of meat.
For dinner, I steamed two pounds of rice, made a braised fish, stir-fried chicken pieces, and a vegetable dish.
Lin Xiaoxiao and Shandian ate together. She ate the meat, while Shandian ate the bones under the table. After they finished eating, Lin Xiaoxiao put the food on the stove to keep it warm.
When it was completely dark, Lin Xiaoxiao left Shandian at home and took some food and two pieces of clothing to the cowshed.
It wasn't until almost nine o'clock that she came out of the cowshed. If she hadn't gone there, she wouldn't have known that the person who brought them food last time was indeed Wang Lijuan.
Wang Lijuan usually delivered things secretly, but that day her master happened to open the door because he had something to do, and that's when he saw Wang Lijuan's face.
She hadn't expected Wang Lijuan to be so bold. Although the people of Wangjia Village wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for the people in the cowshed, they were still bothered by it and subconsciously wanted to stay far away from them.
Reputation is one thing, but if this is discovered and reported, Wang Lijuan's fate will not be good.
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