The two vehicles drove onto the rural road, and ten people climbed onto the trailer of the tractor. Li Yuzhu and Su Wei turned on the headlights and started the tractor, heading towards the town.
Upon arriving in town, two tractors stopped in front of the restaurant, and everyone got off and walked towards the restaurant.
The restaurant specializes in lamb offal soup. Li Yuzhu ordered twelve bowls of lamb offal soup, along with six other dishes (three meat and three vegetable), and unlimited baked buns. They would settle the bill after the meal.
Li Yuzhu exchanged ten yuan at the restaurant and paid overtime wages to ten people.
The two tractors returned to the pig farm around 10 p.m. Li Yuzhu said, "It's too late to unload tonight. You guys come early tomorrow morning to unload the trucks."
Everyone was exhausted by then, and no one wanted to unload the truck. They said okay, jumped off the tractor, and went home.
Li Yuzhu said, "Su Wei, why don't you stay at my place tonight?"
Su Wei said "okay" and walked home with Li Yuzhu.
Back home, Li Yuzhu took out her key, opened the door, and turned on the lights.
When they moved from their hometown, they had some blankets left behind. Li Yuzhu took two blankets out of the box, and the two of them used one to cover themselves with the other.
After running around all day, everyone's feet smell bad, and you can't go to bed without washing them.
When they moved before the Spring Festival, there was water in the water tank. Li Yuzhu filled two basins halfway with water each, and then the two of them washed their feet and went to bed.
The next day, after breakfast, Dong Daming led his men to the pig farm to start building pigpens.
Li Yuzhu asked Su Wei to drive a tractor and take a few people to the stone quarry to pick up stone powder, while she drove a car and took a few people to the cement plant to pick up cement.
In the morning, the meat processing plant sent out several trucks, along with two veterinarians and technicians, to the pig farms to load piglets. After visiting several pig farms, they loaded all 2,600 piglets onto the trucks before noon, and then returned home after lunch.
Li Yuzhu brought back cement and together with Su Wei, they hauled stone powder. In the afternoon, the two trucks spent half a day hauling bricks, and the pig farm had almost enough material. Stone powder and red bricks were piled up everywhere in the pig farm.
Before the sun set, Dong Qing led his convoy back to his hometown pig farm, where the vibrant pig farm awaited the arrival of these little lives.
Before the convoy carrying piglets entered the pig farm, a long string of firecrackers was set off outside the farm gate. The convoy drove into the pig farm amidst the crackling of firecrackers, creating a scene as lively as a wedding procession.
The convoy drove into the pig farm yard, and Dongtao instructed everyone to unload the piglets.
The newly built pigsty was just completed today, and the cement floor has just been laid. It will be ready for use in three days.
The newly built pigsties all have water flushing pools, which directly flush the manure into the external manure pool, making the pigsties very hygienic.
Piglets can be spaced out at a higher density; pigpens are not a problem for now.
Dong Qing said, "We bought 1,600 more piglets than originally planned. The pigpens are definitely not enough. There's plenty of empty land at the pig farm. We'll continue building pigpens tomorrow."
Dongtao said, "Okay, I'll arrange that tomorrow."
Today, we bought several carts of tofu residue from Sucun. Dongtao said, "Feeding them only tofu residue and soybean cake won't work. We should supplement them with wheat bran and corn!"
Dongqing said, "Tomorrow I'll buy some wheat bran and corn locally to feed them first. I'll be going out tomorrow, and when I come back I'll buy a truckload of soybean cake, a truckload of wheat bran, and some more corn. We'll feed them fresh tofu residue with it. They'll be fed raw food. The technician will guide them on how to feed them and how to give them water tomorrow."
The pig farm arranged a room for the technician and veterinarian. Today, they specially bought two beds and two new quilts so that the two of them could temporarily eat at Dongtao's house, with the pig farm paying for their meals.
After arranging things at the pig farm, Dong Qing said to Su Wei, "Follow behind my car."
Su Wei nodded after hearing this.
Dong Qing and his wife got on another tractor, and Li Yuzhu started the tractor and drove towards the city.
They drove back to the city, and the two tractors stopped outside the gate of the machinery factory's residential area. Dongqing asked his wife to take Suwei to the restaurant first, and then he turned and walked towards the residential area.
Li Yuzhu led Su Wei into the restaurant, into a private room, and then ordered a few dishes.
Dong Qing quickly entered the private room, followed by a person who was none other than Chen Hong, the deputy director of the machinery factory.
Dong Qing didn't tell Chen Hong the purpose of the dinner invitation, only that he wanted to have dinner together tonight. Of course, he didn't let his wife tell Su Wei about this either, so as not to make the two of them feel awkward or embarrassed sitting together.
Dong Qing introduced the two parties, only saying that Chen Hong was a friend from the machinery factory and Su Wei was his driver, without saying anything else. Su Wei didn't think anything of it, and Chen Hong had no idea that it was a blind date dinner.
During their meal, Li Yuzhu and Su Wei spoke very little, while Dong Qing and Chen Hong talked mainly about the machinery factory and the recent production situation of the tricycles.
After dinner, Dong Qing called Chen Hong out of the private room. After they left, Li Yuzhu said, "Su Wei, I can tell you now that the person who came to dinner tonight is named Chen Hong. Dong Qing told you about him when he was on his last trip. He, like you, doesn't know the real purpose of coming to dinner tonight. It's just for you two to get to know each other. What do you think of him? If he's agreeable, you two can talk. If not, consider it a normal dinner and don't let Chen Hong come back. Let him go home."
Su Wei never dreamed that coming to the restaurant tonight would be a blind date arranged by Dong Qing and his wife.
Chen Hongren is very handsome, has a leader-like appearance, and speaks eloquently. He doesn't feel that he is not on the same level as others. At this point, second marriage is really not that important to her.
Su Wei blushed and said, "It's hard to say whether it will work out after just one meeting. Let's talk for a while first. If it works out, I'll take you back to my parents to meet."
Su Wei has experienced several setbacks in her marriage, so her behavior is normal; the opposite would be abnormal.
Dong Qing led Chen Hong out of the restaurant, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed one to Chen Hong, put one in his own mouth, then lit it with a match, took a couple of puffs, and said, "Brother Hong, I won't beat around the bush anymore. What do you think of this girl?"
Even someone as dense as Chen Hong could guess what Dong Qing meant. He said, "The girl is nice and pretty. You're not going to introduce me to someone, are you?"
Dong Qing said, "Do you think I invited you to dinner specifically for this? To be honest, I've been incredibly busy lately. I haven't even had time to visit my son at my mother-in-law's house. I really haven't had time to invite you to dinner. You've already met her. So, if you're willing, I can go in and ask her. As long as the girl is willing, you two can have a proper talk."
Chen Hong said, "Right now, I have nothing but a decent job. I have no money. Although the girl doesn't have a job, her current income is several times my monthly salary. As long as she's willing, I have no reason not to."
"Alright, you wait here. I'll let the girl out so you can wander around!"
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