Upon hearing this, Jin Jinxiu happily replied, "Then when do you think would be a suitable time to do it?"
Qian Sheng said, "The New Year is almost here, and it's not easy to buy things now. Why don't we wait until after the New Year?"
Jin Jinxiu said, "It will be too cold after the New Year."
Qian Sheng said, "It's almost Chinese New Year, every day is cold. These hot dishes will get cold in no time!"
Jin Jinxiu fell silent. The old man was right!
During dinner, Qian Sheng said, "Duoduo, you've been admitted to university. Dad wants to throw you a celebratory banquet. What do you think?"
Qian Duoduo was taken aback: "What banquet?"
Jin Jinxiu immediately added, "This isn't what your aunt said. You and her daughter both got into university, and we wanted to throw a feast for you two and invite our close friends from the village."
Qian Duoduo said, "I have no objection to that, Dad. Should we go and buy the things for the banquet?"
Qian Sheng nodded and looked at Jin Jinxiu, saying, "I'll go talk to Qian Xiang about this."
Qian Duoduo said, "Dad, why don't you leave this to me?"
Jin Jinxiu shook her head and said, "Give it to you? How are you going to sell the meat?"
Qian Duoduo glanced at Qian Sheng, who was eating with his head down, and said, "I'll go find Liu Haibo from the commune or Wang Pangzi from the county and ask them to help us buy some things when they go shopping. That would be much better than us buying things ourselves."
Qian Rao, who was eating, looked up and asked, "Duo Duo, who are these Liu Haibo and Fatty Wang you mentioned? They sound like men, right?"
Qian Duoduo nodded and said, "They're all men." Seeing Qian Rao put down his rice bowl, about to say something, she immediately said, "Fourth Sister-in-law should know Fatty Wang, right?"
Wen Yugui nodded and said, "I know him. He's a purchasing agent for the county's state-run restaurant. He's a lucrative employee. But I didn't expect Duoduo to know him. Is it because of Third Brother?"
Qian Sheng shook his head and said, "Isn't there a tofu shop in our village?" Seeing everyone nod, they realized that they had been back for a while, and even Yu Zhu was working odd jobs at the tofu shop.
Qian Sheng said, "When our tofu shop first started, Duo Duo and Qian Xiang went to the state-run restaurants in the commune and county to promote it. The five-spice dried tofu made by Yu Zhu was also developed by Duo Duo."
Everyone looked at the dish made with spiced tofu on their own table, then turned to Qian Duoduo in surprise. Finally, Chen Runan said, "Now I really understand what Brother Yu was saying. In our family, Duoduo is the smartest!"
Qian Sheng said, "Hehe, in our family now, besides the eldest son and his wife and the second son and his wife, I guess Duoduo is the richest."
Jin Jinxiu asked, puzzled, "Honey, what do you mean?"
Qian Sheng chuckled: "Although our village's tofu workshop is a village-run enterprise, Duoduo invested in it with the recipe. I even wanted to give her the position of deputy factory manager, but Duoduo didn't want it."
Jin Jinxiu looked at Qian Duoduo, who was keeping her head down and not saying a word, and asked in confusion, "Why don't you go? You'd get paid for that, wouldn't you?"
Qian Duoduo said helplessly, "I've gone to work, where would I find the time to study? If I don't have time to study, how am I going to pass the university entrance exam?"
Jin Jinxiu thought it made sense. Although "deputy factory director" sounded good, a college graduate was even better! The old maid was right!
Qian Sheng nodded and said, "That's what the old lady said back then too. I thought it made sense, but the old lady couldn't be taken advantage of, could she? In the end, we discussed it with the old Party Secretary and decided to pay Duoduo a salary, with her earning 50% for every dollar sold. Now it seems that her spiced dried tofu is selling better than her regular tofu."
Jin Jinxiu looked at the old maid with bright eyes. It turned out that while she was away from home, the old maid had become a little rich woman!
When asked about this, Qian Duoduo said, "Dad, Sister-in-law Guo Ni is going to university now. Yuzhu can help her with her studies, but Yuzhu still has to go back to school. That means Xiaohua will be all alone, which won't do."
Qian Sheng nodded: "So what are your thoughts?"
Qian Duoduo said, "We should find a capable teacher in the tofu shop. This time, let Sister Xiaohua be the team leader and guide the people. As for the raw materials, I will provide them."
Qian Sheng nodded and said, "Okay, come with me to the tofu shop later and see who's more suitable."
Qian Duoduo shook her head and said, "It's almost Chinese New Year, and we have to prepare a banquet for our family. I don't have time. Besides, there are only a few people at the tofu shop." Then she asked, "Dad, what are Wang Shuang and Wang Dan from Uncle Wang's family doing?"
Qian Sheng was taken aback. He knew that Duo Duo had a good relationship with the two sisters. However, the two sisters were honest and well-behaved children, but their families didn't pay much attention to their studies.
He said, "These two girls are staying at home."
Qian Duoduo said, "You can talk to Uncle Wang later and see if the two of them are willing to work for me. The salary and everything else are already paid."
Qian Sheng said with a smile, "I reckon your Uncle Wang will come over with a bottle of wine tonight to have a drink when he hears about this."
Wang He's family members laughed when they thought about his personality!
Jin Jinxiu said, "In that case, we'll leave the grocery shopping to Duoduo."
Qian Rao said, "Can this Fatty Wang and Liu Haibo handle it?"
Qian Duoduo said, "Liu Haibo is the purchasing agent for the commune's state-run restaurant. He's a bit too shrewd. After being taken advantage of twice by me, he finally calmed down and didn't dare to cause any trouble. Wang Pangzi is the purchasing agent for the county's state-run restaurant. He's a pretty generous person. If you ask me, he's just 'easygoing and fat,' and his physique matches his name perfectly!"
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