Fu Wan knew her family's worries, so she stepped forward, took Ye Xiaocui's arm, patted her hand, and comforted her, "Don't worry, Mother, everything has been taken care of."
Someone deliberately caused trouble; that person has been arrested by the police, and the food factory is operating normally!
"What? Someone is deliberately causing trouble?"
Upon hearing this, Boss Fu's face instantly darkened. He knew it! How could the food from his own factory possibly send a child to the hospital? It turns out someone was pulling strings behind the scenes!
Ye Xiaocui was also very angry, but after her anger subsided, she became puzzled.
"Ah Wan, have you figured it out? Is someone really trying to sabotage us?"
Didn't the newspaper say that two children got food poisoning? There were even photos in the report!
Fu Wan nodded, "I've figured everything out. It's a long story, so please come inside and I'll tell you slowly."
The family went inside, and Ye Xiaocui went to the backyard to put down her hoe. She then quickly pulled Fu Wan aside to ask about the details.
"Ah Wan, what exactly happened? Tell us quickly!"
"Oh dear, we've been on our nerves these past few days, haven't been sleeping well at night. Your third uncle and the old village chief have asked about it several times; everyone's really worried!"
Seeing this, Fu Wan had no choice but to tell Fu Laoda and Ye Xiaocui about how Xu Zhenbang worked for Sakata Taro, even feeding his nephew and niece diseased pork and croton seeds, and then colluding with the newspaper to smear the food factory's reputation.
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaocui immediately turned red with anger.
"Damn it, how could there be such a wicked person? Luckily, the police are here. This kind of person should be arrested and paraded through the streets in a labor camp!"
Boss Fu was also furious. If Xu Zhenbang hadn't already been arrested by the police, he would have definitely called a few of his brothers to put him in a sack and teach him a lesson.
Putting aside his smear campaign against the food factory, just looking at his methods—drugging his nephew and niece, causing the five-year-old to vomit and have diarrhea, and even making his elderly father lie for him against his conscience—this kind of person is simply the scum of the earth, the worst of the worst.
Boss Fu despises cowards like this the most. Even if he could use some fair and square means, Boss Fu would think more highly of him!
"Alright, Mom and Dad, don't be angry anymore. Anyway, the person has been handed over to the police now," Fu Wan didn't want to upset her family any further because of this. "The food factory and cannery have resumed production. We can just wait for news from the police at home."
After saying that, seeing that Ye Xiaocui still looked indignant, she rolled her eyes and tried to divert Ye Xiaocui's attention.
"Mom, come quick! My brother and I bought some things when we passed by the supply and marketing cooperative today."
"What, you bought something again?"
Ye Xiaocui's attention was instantly diverted. Seeing that Fu Wan had bought things like flour that she could use at home, Ye Xiaocui couldn't help but feel happy.
"Hey, I was just telling your dad the other day that we're running out of wheat flour, and Lingling and Mingzhu don't really like cornbread buns. Well, that's great, I'll make some shrimp and seaweed buns tonight!"
Fu Ming was still basking in the joy of the speedboat being delivered. After comforting Ye Xiaocui, Fu Wan turned around and saw that Boss Fu was still frowning because of Xu Zhenbang's matter. She pulled Fu Ming and gestured for him to go up and persuade him.
Despite their usual bickering, these two men have similar temperaments, and Boss Fu is capable of doing things like sacking Sakata Taro or Xu Zhenbang.
Fu Laoda is already quite old, and Fu Wan doesn't want to have to go to the police station to bail him out again.
Fu Ming understood, his eyes darted around, and he leaned closer with a big smile.
"Dad, what's wrong? Are you thinking of going to beat someone up?"
"Let's not worry about this. Wan knows what she's doing. But let me tell you, something big is going to happen in our family tomorrow!"
Boss Fu glanced at him and asked, "What's the big deal?"
"Hehe, Awan's speedboat will arrive tomorrow!"
Upon hearing this, Boss Fu was taken aback, and then his furrowed brows instantly relaxed.
"Really? The speedboat is almost here?"
“Yes, yes, yes, A-Wan answered the phone and said she’ll arrive tomorrow morning,” Fu Ming nodded repeatedly, a hint of pride in his voice.
"But Awan has already agreed to let me go first, hehe, Dad, you have to go after me in line."
Before he could finish speaking, Boss Fu slapped Fu Ming's arm.
"You brat, I'm your father! How can a father be ranked after his son? When I learned to drive a boat, you were probably still nowhere to be found. When the speedboat arrives, I'll definitely be the first one to get on and check it out!"
Ye Xiaocui overheard the conversation between the two in the kitchen and was speechless.
"Your dad is the same, he's in his fifties or sixties, how come he's still like a child!"
Ye Xiaocui shook her head and complained as she kneaded the dough, while Fu Wan laughed and took a bite of the freshly washed radish.
"This shows that my dad is young and has a childlike heart. Mom, you should learn from him!"
“I’m not like him,” Ye Xiaocui pouted, then remembered something.
"By the way, Wan, I had your third uncle sell all the fish we caught at sea the other day."
The prices of moon clams and sun clams were decent, around 60 cents a pound. Adding the large yellow croaker, the other fish brought in about 80 yuan. Your third uncle gave me that money; I'll give it to you later. Go deposit it in the county."
Fu Wan waved her hand dismissively, "No need, keep this money for your daily needs. Mother, have you divided up the wild boar meat yet?"
"It's all been divided up. Your Uncle Chen specially borrowed a 28-inch bicycle to ride over and get it. Mancang Dahai and Da Niu also came over yesterday."
Everyone in the village is saying our house is spacious and bright. You didn't smell it because you came back late last night, but the whole village smelled of braised pork. Just smelling it makes you want to eat, let alone eat it!
Fu Wan and Fu Ming did indeed work at the food factory until midnight last night before returning home. Hearing Ye Xiaocui say this, she was also very happy.
The boatmen on the three boats were mostly from Fujia Village, so most of the villagers in Fujia Village should have eaten the wild boar hunted by Fu Wan's family.
Although the wild boar wasn't particularly big, in an era when people couldn't even get enough to eat, being able to taste some meat was already a very good thing.
Not to mention that the meat was free, which was like money falling from the sky for the villagers.
That night, Fu Wan's family finally got a good night's sleep.
The next day, while having breakfast, Boss Fu glanced at the sunlight outside and turned to ask Fu Wan, "Wan, I checked the weather forecast last night, and it should be sunny for a few days."
The winds at sea aren't too strong, so why don't we send the boatmen out to sea for the next few days?
Ye Xiaocui nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
"It's time to go out to sea. We've been resting for several days now, and winter is just around the corner. If we don't take advantage of the good weather to go out to sea, there won't be many more opportunities to do so later."
Once it snows heavily and the sea freezes over, we won't be able to go out again.
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