Walking out of the airport hall and looking at Huang Zhiqiu waiting at the exit in the rain, Shao Mo felt a sudden pain in her nose.

She quickened her pace and went to meet him. "Mom, didn't you tell me not to pick us up? It's so cold, what if I catch a cold?"

Huang Zhiqiu happily held her back and said, "It's okay, I have more clothes on."

Compared with her warm hands, Huang Zhiqiu's hands were as cold as ice. Shao Mo felt so distressed that she quickly took a taxi back to the factory.

In the car, Huang Zhiqiu was extremely happy when he heard Shao Mo say that she had helped the bamboo weaving factory get an order of 80,000 for next year.

"That's great, Momo. When I get back to the factory, I'll call your grandpa and ask them to hurry up and collect more bamboo. The paper mill in town is doing well this year. I heard they're going to expand next year, so the price of bamboo will definitely go up. We should buy more and store them before the New Year when everyone needs money."

"Well, but if it's too cold in winter, will the bamboo be frozen and cracked?"

Huang Zhiqiu hesitated, "It's not impossible."

"How about this, we sign an agreement with the villagers who are willing to sell bamboo, pay a portion of the deposit first, and then pay the rest of the money when they transport the bamboo to the processing workshop next year."

Huang Zhiqiu nodded quickly, "That's a good idea. I'll tell your uncle when I get back."

"Um."

After talking about the bamboo weaving factory, Huang Zhiqiu became concerned about whether his daughter and son-in-law were doing well in the capital. In addition, Huang Zhiqiu was also very concerned about Lingchuan's self-study exam, and his words were full of support and encouragement.

After arriving at the bamboo weaving factory, Huang Zhiqiu introduced her to the personnel situation of the factory.

"Several workers are not in good health and don't want to do it after this year. In addition, the order volume for next year will double that of this year, so I plan to recruit 20 more bamboo weaving workers."

"We can recruit people, but the recruitment conditions this year have to be changed. The age limit is 45 years old or below. In addition, we can recruit a group of apprentices who are over 18 years old, have primary school education or above, and have good conduct. Both men and women are welcome to join the factory and learn while working under the guidance of senior employees.

For each apprentice an old employee brings up, he or she will receive a bonus of 10 yuan, and the more the better. Before the apprentice becomes a regular employee, he or she will be provided with food and accommodation, and can also receive a living allowance of 5 yuan per month. After the apprentice becomes a regular employee, he or she will be treated the same as other workers.

Mom, the operation of the bamboo weaving factory is basically stable now. We have to think about the long term. Although the old craftsmen have solid skills, their thinking is relatively old-fashioned and conservative. Only young people can bring more changes to the bamboo weaving factory. "

Huang Zhiqiu nodded continuously, "Momo, you are right, you young people do have more ideas."

After Jiandan and Huang Zhiqiu finished discussing the development and plans of the bamboo weaving factory for next year, Shao Mo took out the design draft she had drawn in the past two days.

Huang Yu and Chen Bin happened to be in the factory, so Huang Zhiqiu called them over, and also called two of the most experienced bamboo weaving workers in the production workshop. They sat down to discuss together, and finally decided on five sample designs for the Dragon Boat Festival rice dumpling boxes.

Huang Yu and two experienced bamboo weaving workers made five samples within a week and sent them to Jiang City for review by the person in charge of Ronghua Company.

After the meeting, Shao Mo called Huang Zhiqiu to her office for a private talk.

"Mom, our bamboo weaving factory needs to set up a research and development department. The main responsibility of this department is to design and develop new products. Both the employees in charge of research and development and those who have access to new products must be absolutely reliable.

Think about it, if the new product we spend days or even months designing is learned by others and is already made before it is put into production and market, wouldn’t our work be in vain?

In particular, the order drawings and samples signed with Ronghua must be kept absolutely confidential. There are countless bamboo weaving factories across the country, and Ronghua only cooperates with us because our products are novel and distinctive.

Hearing this, Huang Zhiqiu became more serious. "Momo, you are right. From now on, all the sample drawings will be kept by me personally."

Shao Mo thought for a moment and said, "How about this. Let Brother Chen find a suitable place tomorrow to be used as a separate R&D department. The design and production of samples will be completed there. After get off work, no one can take the samples and drawings away. And buy a larger safe to store the samples and drawings."

"good."

The next day, Huang Zhiqiu and Chen Bin acted separately according to Shao Mo's suggestion, and Shao Mo brought gifts to visit Mrs. Zhao.

Shao Mo and Ling Chuan left Zhao's house after having lunch. They returned to the bamboo weaving factory and heard the noise coming from Huang Zhiqiu's office upstairs while they were still downstairs.

When I went upstairs, I found that it was Peng Fang and Huang Jianguo who came. They were excitedly talking to Huang Zhiqiu.

Shao Mo's face turned cold, and she and Ling Chuan stepped forward to pull Peng Fang and his wife apart.

"Mom, what happened?"

Huang Zhiqiu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his daughter and son-in-law. "Momo, it's okay. Your second uncle is here to ask about Huang Zhao."

"Yun Mo, where is my Huang Zhao? I haven't been able to contact him for half a year. Did something happen to him?"

Peng Fang's tone was not good, but looking at the other party's worried eyes, Shao Mo couldn't get angry.

"Second aunt, I don't know much about cousin Xiao Zhao's affairs."

Huang Jianguo said in distress, "We called the Yun family several times, hoping to find Yun Yao to ask for clarification, but as soon as the Yun family heard that we were looking for Yun Yao, they hung up the phone. Yun Mo, how about you go and ask the Yun family for us? Your cousin Xiao Zhao was working well at the Yun family's construction site before, how could he quit without saying a word?"

Peng Fang wiped her tears and said angrily: "The Yun family didn't dare to let Yun Yao answer the phone, they must have something to hide! If anything happens to my Xiao Zhao, I will never forgive them!"

Peng Fang and his wife argued for quite a while before they were willing to leave.

Before leaving, he also took away the biscuits and fruits that Huang Zhiqiu had left in the office.

"Momo, is there really no news about your cousin Xiao Zhao? Otherwise, why don't you ask a friend to help look for him? Although your grandpa didn't say it, he was still worried. One night he was dreaming about Xiao Zhao's name, and it was your uncle who called me later and told me."

Shao Mo thought about it and decided to tell Huang Zhiqiu the truth. Sooner or later, the Huang family would know that Huang Zhao was abducted by Yun Yao anyway.

"Mom, I really don't know the current whereabouts of cousin Xiao Zhao, and I have been asking people to help find him, but there is one thing I haven't told you."

"What is it?"

"Cousin Xiao Zhao, he was kidnapped."

Huang Zhiqiu couldn't believe his ears. How could a 20-year-old man be abducted? Even stealing a pig is better than abducting a strong young man, right?

(End of this chapter)