The eighth brother-in-law was drunk, with his right arm around Li Jin's shoulder and his left hand slapping the table repeatedly.
No one present expected that Eighth Brother-in-law would behave like this when drunk, and for a moment the table fell silent.
Hongshui quickly realized what was happening and hurriedly pulled his brother-in-law away, saying, "My father-in-law has already drunk half a jin of liquor, he can't drink anymore. Brother-in-law, please go and sit down."
A young man from Hong Shui's family also stood up to help, smiling as he put his arm around his eighth brother-in-law, "Come on, brother, let's drink together!"
Unexpectedly, the eighth brother-in-law didn't give his two brothers-in-law any face at all. He shoved Hongshui aside and said with a sneer, "Don't pull me! I just wanted to have a drink with my father-in-law, and this is disrespecting me! Uh... hiccup..."
He hiccuped, patted Li Jin on the shoulder, and continued, "Father-in-law, do you think your eyes are playing tricks on you? My sister is so wonderful, why doesn't your family approve of her, but insists on choosing someone who poisoned you?!"
"Hahahaha~ hiccup—"
There was indeed such a story before.
In an attempt to break up Li Weijun and Liu Yuxiu, they once tried to arrange a marriage between their eighth brother-in-law's sister and Li Weijun. However, Li Weijun was still in love with Liu Yuxiu and never went to meet her!
Li Jin never expected that his eighth brother-in-law would still remember things from several years ago!
Li Jin's face was very pale and bluish, clearly indicating that someone had touched a nerve.
The people inside looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
Just then, Eighth Sister came out of the toilet and, seeing that no one in the yard was speaking, asked Sixth Sister, "What's going on?"
Sixth Sister hurriedly told her, "Oh dear, your Zhisheng is drunk and acting crazy again..."
After hearing what her sixth sister said, the eighth sister was furious. That damned thing actually caused trouble at her nephew's 100th birthday banquet!
She rushed to Li Jin as if she were on fire, and apologized sincerely, "Father-in-law, my husband has become so arrogant after a couple of drinks! Please don't take it to heart!"
After saying that, she grabbed her brother-in-law's ear and pulled him outside.
Seeing that the two had left, the others quickly tried to smooth things over, saying other things to make him laugh. Li Jinqiang smiled and stayed with them until the banquet ended.
That evening, Eighth Sister brought her husband, who had sobered up, to apologize to Li Jin.
The eighth brother-in-law was so embarrassed he wanted to disappear into the ground. He stammered an apology, "Father-in-law, I had a few drinks and didn't know what I was doing. Please forgive me! I didn't mean anything by it, I just heard that Wei Jun's wife went to jail. Could you perhaps consider my sister...?"
My sister-in-law's younger sister got married just six months ago, but her husband died of illness, and she has been a widow for a year and a half now.
Li Jin was so humiliated by her eighth brother-in-law's intimate gestures that she had no desire to be his in-law.
If they really become in-laws, no matter how good or bad things get, they'll have to be shamelessly humiliated in front of everyone.
Li Jin's expression remained indifferent. He waved his hand and said, "I don't care about Li Weijun's affairs. If you want to arrange a marriage for him, go ahead and do it yourself. I can't interfere."
...
After this incident, Li Jin refused to stay at home any longer. After packing his luggage, he urged Li Xiangdong to set off for Northeast China as soon as possible.
Li Xiangdong also wanted to go to Northeast China to escape the summer heat as soon as possible, because the summer in Huichuan was unbearably hot.
The only time it gets a little cool is in the early morning. Once the sun comes out, the whole world is like a steamer. Even if you've just taken a shower, your whole body will immediately become sweaty and sticky. You have to keep turning over while sleeping on the mat. If you don't move, the part of the mat that touches your body will become burning hot!
"The weather this year is so abnormal, it's so hot and humid, and it's not raining at all!"
Li Xiangdong complained, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan.
Zhao Sufang looked at the foggy sky outside and said, "It's holding back the rain; it might just turn into a huge downpour!"
Li Xiangdong pondered for a while, and it seemed that apart from the heavy rain three years ago, Huichuan had not experienced any other torrential rains that caused disasters!
"Mother, are you coming with us to the Northeast?"
Zhao Sufang shook her head, "The food factory has been shipping out products particularly quickly lately, so I have to keep an eye on it."
The mention of a food factory immediately sparked an idea in Li Xiangdong's mind.
There are too few beverage options on the market now, especially for children. Apart from orange juice and malted milk powder, there are hardly any others.
There's also an ice cream market, where they only have two kinds of popsicles: cream popsicles and red bean popsicles.
Speaking of red bean popsicles, the process of making them is very simple. Just put cooked red or green beans with sugar into the bottom of the mold, pour in sugar water mixed with food coloring, and then unmold them after they freeze.
Red bean popsicles are made with red food coloring, and green bean popsicles are made with green food coloring. It's simple, straightforward, and inexpensive, making it very popular.
Back in his past life, Li Ping carried a white lacquered box and went from house to house selling popsicles, specifically these small red bean popsicles that cost one cent each.
"Mom, let's develop some new drinks and popsicles! This market is a blue ocean right now, it's sure to sell like hotcakes!"
When the topic of doing business came up, the whole family immediately quieted down and gathered around to listen to what Li Xiangdong had to say.
Li Xiangdong could easily create all sorts of ice cream drinks in later generations. Ugly Doll Hawthorn Juice, Little Milk, Snow Lotus Snowman Bastard, etc., were all simple ice cream drinks that did not require special research and development of production lines. They could be mass-produced simply by adjusting the formula.
However, Baiyanghe Food Factory in Lijiapo is now quite large-scale and has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the College of Biology and Food Science of Bincheng Agricultural University.
Every year, teachers from the School of Raw Food Science lead teams to Baiyanghe Food Factory for practical teaching and graduation internships.
Baiyanghe Food Factory pays the College of Raw Food Science and Technology 10,000 yuan annually for horizontal research. This funding includes, but is not limited to, guidance, consultation, and adjustments to food formulas provided by experts from the College of Raw Food Science and Technology.
Zhao Sufang immediately said, "I'll tell Teacher Bai your ideas and the taste you want, and let them decide on the specific recipe."
"Hurry up, Mom! There's only a little over a month until the end of summer, and then popsicles won't sell well! But drinks are fine, we can drink them all year round!"
Zhao Sufang agreed and quickly went to the brigade headquarters to call Teacher Bai.
Li Jin said with a smile, "Your mother is very energetic now, people call her 'Desperate Saburo'!"
Li Ping said with particular pride, "My mother is now a role model for women throughout the county!"
"Come on, let's design the packaging for our drinks and popsicles!"
Li Xiangdong encouraged the children to unleash their imaginations and promised that if they designed something good, it could be used in production!
The children were very enthusiastic, each holding a notebook and diligently writing and drawing.
Teacher Bai quickly provided the ice cream recipe, and mass production could begin as soon as new molds were added.
Meanwhile, He Chaochao and Zhou Hongsong returned from Yanjing and brought back another box of jade artifacts for Li Xiangdong!
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