Li Yuzhu returned home to find the living room lights on. Dong Qing was sitting in the living room smoking, while Dong Sanmei sat next to her younger brother watching TV. Dong Qing asked, "You're back?"
Li Yuzhu nodded without saying anything and walked straight to her bedroom.
The next day, after breakfast, Li Yuzhu took a travel bag and walked out of the bedroom to the living room, saying, "Su Wei and I are going out in the car."
Dong Qing said, "Be careful on the road. On the return trip, we brought back a truckload of soybeans and unloaded them directly into the soybean product factory's warehouse."
The soybean product factory produces a large volume of products every day, so it really can't function without storing some soybeans in the warehouse.
Li Yuzhu said, "I understand. Dong Daming has been back in the city building his villa for half a month now. I don't have time to go there, but you can make time to go and take a look."
Dong Qing said, "I'll go check it out in a bit."
After Li Yuzhu left, Dong Qing went back to her bedroom to change her clothes, and then walked out of the house downstairs.
After leaving the residential area and entering a tobacco and liquor store, I bought several cartons of cigarettes, paid for them, and headed towards the construction site.
Dong Qing arrived at his family home in the city. Four villas were under construction, and his eldest sister, Dong Damei, was there too. He asked, "Sister, aren't you at work?"
Dong Damei said, "I'll buy some wire and bring it over, then I'll go back to work right away. Didn't you go out with your siblings today?"
Even though her younger brother and Li Yuzhu were divorced, Dong Damei still called her that, and she didn't want to change it.
Dong Qing said, "The company is about to be established and there's too much to do, so I've sent Li Yuzhu and Su Wei out for a ride."
After Dong Qing finished speaking, he gave each of the workers a pack of cigarettes. He bought Daqianmen cigarettes, which cost 5 yuan a carton and 50 cents a pack. In those days, most people couldn't afford to smoke this kind of cigarette.
After Dongqing finished handing out the cigarettes, he handed the remaining packs to his eldest sister, asking her to take them back for her husband to smoke.
Afterwards, I took a look at the construction site. The four villas were built together, and the first floor had already been built. The precast concrete slabs had just been installed, and the layout of the first floor was now complete.
The villas designed and built by Dongqing are very well-designed, with kitchens, toilets, bathrooms, and all the necessary spaces.
Accompanied by Dong Daming, Dong Qing went into the first floor and took a look around. Everything was being constructed according to his design drawings.
The floor plans for all four houses are based on the same blueprint. You can see all four houses by looking at just one house, as they are all the same size and layout.
Dongqing asked, "Uncle, when is the project expected to be completed?"
Dong Daming said, "The main structure will be completed in another three months. The later painting and flooring work will probably be finished by the beginning of winter. The plumbing, electrical work, and door and window installation will all be completed before the Lunar New Year. You can move in after the Lunar New Year."
Dong Qing expected it to be around that time. He said goodbye to Dong Daming and walked into the courtyard, then walked out of the construction site with his older sister.
The siblings walked down the street, and Dong Damei asked, "Brother, your wife divorced you because of an investment, but your relationship hasn't really broken down. He's coming back from his trip, so let's discuss remarriage."
Dongqing said, "Things aren't as simple as you think. Yuzhu's mother has a deep-seated prejudice against me and refuses to let her daughter remarry me. She's busy finding her a husband every day. Let's wait and see."
Upon hearing this, Dong Damei looked at her younger brother in disbelief. In her opinion, her brother's parents-in-law had long forgiven him. She didn't expect her mother-in-law to have such a deep prejudice against him. She said, "It's all because you're looking for trouble. Now, the three of us sisters don't think your investment project in the wholesale market is a good idea. You're just playing with fire. No wonder Yuzhu's mother doesn't want you to remarry. What can your eldest sister say about you?"
Regardless of what her three older sisters think about Dong Qing's investment project, Li Yuzhu's heart is still in suspense; she just can't stop it.
She's just letting things take their course, letting things develop naturally. What's done is done, and she can only silently support him. The important thing is that he loves Dongqing, and she doesn't want to reverse things for him.
Sometimes she longed for their relationship to have broken down before the divorce, for the marital property to be divided, for her to leave him, and for her to fall in love again and marry someone else.
But that wasn't the case. She still loved Dongqing. She could only pray silently that her ex-husband's investment would be successful and that the two of them would move from darkness to dawn.
Dong Qing said, "You can trust me. This investment will definitely succeed. I won't regret it now that I've made it. If I have any regrets, it's because I've let Yu Zhu down. I owe her so much."
Dong Qing owed Li Yuzhu a life in his previous life, a debt he could never repay in this lifetime.
"You've done what you should and shouldn't have done. What's the point of telling you now? Just know you owe Yuzhu. Since it's a debt you incurred, you have to pay it back. I hope you can wait. Before you remarry, don't fall for any other girls. Wait until Yuzhu's mother agrees to your remarriage before you do. I'm going to work now."
After Dong Damei finished speaking, she walked towards the machinery factory. Dong Qing watched his older sister's departing figure, his heart filled with helplessness and regret. He blamed himself for dragging Li Yuzhu into the investment. Was his behavior too cold-blooded, prioritizing career over love?
He suddenly had an answer. His persistence had nothing to do with cold-bloodedness. His persistence and firm belief in investing were to give his ex-wife and son a good life.
Things had come to this point, and he could only let nature take its course. He couldn't afford to waver even slightly; if he gave up, all his previous efforts would be in vain. Thinking of this, Dong Qing shook his head helplessly and turned to walk towards the company.
We must put all unpleasantness aside for now and seize this time to register the company so that it can get back on track as soon as possible.
The car was indeed very fast on the road. This trip, delivering goods to five households, only took five days to return, and the net profit from this trip was nearly 70,000 yuan.
Li Yuzhu brought back a truckload of soybeans, totaling more than forty tons.
Merchants who make tofu in Sucun have been urging their families to bring back soybeans. This truckload is a large quantity, and there are also many soybeans stored in the pig farm warehouse. Some of the soybeans there must be processed immediately, and the rest must be taken back to the soybean product factory for use.
Thinking of this, Li Yuzhu said, "Su Wei, it's still early. Go to the village office and ask Second Uncle to announce over the loudspeaker that anyone who wants soybeans should go to the Dongcun pig farm to buy them."
Su Wei said "okay" and walked out of the bean product factory toward the village office.
The loudspeaker in Su Village immediately broadcast Su Wei's second uncle's voice: "Attention all tofu-making households! Anyone who needs soybeans, go to the Dongcun pig farm immediately to purchase them. This is only valid this afternoon."
Su Wei's second uncle shouted this over the loudspeaker several times.
Li Yuzhu asked Zhou Hui to arrange for people to unload soybeans into the warehouse. She and Su Wei rode bicycles to the county machinery factory, where two tractors were parked in the backyard.
The two men rode their bicycles to the machine factory, parked them in the bicycle shed at the main gate, and then turned and walked towards the backyard.
They went to the backyard, got on two tractors at the same time, started the tractors and drove towards the Dongcun pig farm.
As soon as they drove to the pig farm, the tofu merchants from Su Village gradually arrived, opened the warehouse door, and Su Wei was in charge of weighing the tofu, while Li Yuzhu was in charge of bookkeeping and collecting money.
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