Shui Xiu objected, "How can her word not count? She's the third-in-command of the bonsai garden!"
"You said yourself that you're the third leader, not the first leader!"
Shui Xiu plopped down on the bench dejectedly. "With such a good thing happening, instead of thinking about her own brother, she just knows how to flatter the village chief! It's such a waste of their kindness to her and her mother!"
"Alright, stop complaining. Zao Hua'er has been very good to us. She gave us the house and even arranged work for us in the bonsai garden."
Shui Xiu frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly slapped her thigh and burst into laughter.
"What's wrong, Mom?"
Could it be that my wife is having some kind of mental breakdown?
Shui Xiu rolled her eyes at him, "Don't talk nonsense! I just remembered, aren't Fu Youde and Fu Youcai supposed to be taking people with them? Just have them take you!"
She was thinking to herself that when the Fu brothers took kickbacks, it wouldn't be right for her family to suffer losses!
The more she thought about it, the more she realized it made sense, so she happily went to find Chen Zaohua.
Chen Zaohua has been learning bonsai every day recently, putting all her energy into the bonsai garden. Only after studying it in depth did she realize how shallow her previous knowledge of bonsai techniques was.
She rubbed her sore arms and calves, while Xiao Leizi massaged her shoulders from behind.
Chen Zaohua was enjoying herself when the door was suddenly pushed open, and Sister-in-law Shuixiu rushed in.
"Zao Hua'er, I have something to tell you!"
"..."
After hearing what her sister-in-law said, Chen Zaohua immediately and resolutely refused her:
"Sister-in-law, I don't care about the business. Besides, I'm just an ordinary employee, not some kind of third-in-command. This isn't a bandit's den, there's no such thing as being in charge here!"
Shui Xiu was speechless with anger, "You, you, you..."
"Sister-in-law, you don't need to say anything. I'll say it for you. You cook for my little Leizi every day and treat us so well. I'm such an ingrate."
Chen Zaohua continued, "I said this house is yours, and it is. Xiao Lei and I are moving out today, so you won't need to bother taking care of it anymore!"
With that, she quickly packed her luggage, grabbed Xiao Leizi, and left.
Shui Xiu realized what was happening and tried to stop her, but Chen Zaohua was quite strong, and Shui Xiu couldn't stop her at all.
Chen Zaohua went directly to the village chief's house and happened to run into Li Xiangdong coming out of the door.
Li Xiangdong raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong?"
Why are you carrying luggage?
Xiao Leizi eagerly answered, "My aunt asked my mother to arrange a job for my uncle."
Li Xiangdong asked in surprise, "Isn't your uncle already working at the bonsai garden?"
"My aunt wants my uncle to be the manager!"
"Always so dissatisfied, always wanting the best of everything, always wanting to be the best, always wanting to possess everything, always like this, it's really annoying."
“If she hadn’t always been the one causing trouble, perhaps my mother-in-law wouldn’t have been beaten to death, the whole army wouldn’t have left Forty-Eight Bends, and we could still be living here properly. So what if we’re poor? At least the whole family can be together…”
Chen Zaohua murmured to herself, her expression filled with sorrow.
Li Xiangdong was shocked, wondering if letting Chen Zaohua return to Sishibawan Village was the right thing to do.
"Sister Zaohua, the clivia at home also needs your care. Why don't you come back to Huichuan with me in a few days?"
Chen Zaohua sighed, "With Grandpa Jinshan here, the clivia is fine for now. Aren't you going to build a flower and tree base in Huichuan? I've already learned how to do that, so I can get things up and running sooner."
"But you..."
“It’s okay. Before, with my mother-in-law and Quan Jun around, I had to put up with her. Now, I don’t care about anyone.”
Chen Zaohua straightened her back. "Besides, all she has left to do now is fawn over me."
Li Xiangdong laughed and said, "Your idea is absolutely right, isn't that exactly it!"
Soon, Fu Youde and Fu Youcai selected two clever young men, took the money, and embarked on the journey to acquire five-needle pine trees.
The progress here was going smoothly. Guo Hailiang, Chen Zaohua and her son, and Li Guoqing stayed behind to continue learning how to make bonsai, while Li Xiangdong took Zhou Hongsong directly onto the train to western Sichuan.
He needs to go see Phoenix Ridge and the hot spring there.
If possible, it's time for Chunyi Yong Winery to get started.
However, building a winery is very complicated. It requires advanced equipment, skilled workers who are proficient in winemaking techniques, trademark registration, and market development. Each of these tasks requires a lot of effort.
In particular, poaching experienced skilled workers from state-owned factories to work in his private enterprise is almost impossible in the current environment.
After all, state-owned enterprise workers now have an iron rice bowl, which not only concerns their wages and benefits but is also a symbol of social status.
Li Xiangdong pondered the whole way, but couldn't come up with a good solution. He could only take it one step at a time.
The Luo family already knew when Li Xiangdong's train would arrive and were waiting outside early.
Grandma Liu Jiangsu and Grandpa Luo Hong prepared a big meal for the opening, including a stew of plump chicken and duck, along with golden tofu puffs and bright green pea shoots.
Zhou Hongsong, who was very enthusiastic, directly showed off three bowls of rice!
Luo Yonggang and Bai Yufeng's son, Luo Jinbu, toddled over to Li Xiangdong, placed his two chubby little hands, adorned with silver bracelets, on Li Xiangdong's knees, and said with a smile, "Eat, eat..."
Li Xiangdong dipped the tip of his chopsticks into some meat broth and put it into Xiao Jinbu's mouth so he could taste it.
Xiao Jinbu stared wide-eyed, his eyes as bright as black grapes, as if he had tasted something incredibly delicious.
Then he reached out and grabbed directly from the plate. Oh my god, this tastes so much better than milk!
Everyone at the table burst into laughter. Li Xiangdong scooped him up and held him in his arms, playfully pinching his little nose. "You can't eat meat yet! You know that!"
Little Jinbu struggled in Li Xiangdong's arms, insisting on eating meat, so Li Xiangdong had to take him outside to see the geese to distract him.
Suddenly, Aunt Bai Yufeng came over, took Xiao Jinbu away from the fight with the goose, and quietly called Li Xiangdong aside.
"Xiangdong, your aunt wants to ask you something?"
"What's wrong?"
"Sigh, it's all because of my brother's marriage! In the past year or two, so many people have proposed to him, all of them are very nice young women, and I've even taken a liking to them all. But my brother just won't go to meet any of them! I asked him if he has someone he likes outside, but he won't say. He's just sitting there like this, not getting married, not going on blind dates, and now there are all sorts of rumors going around, it's so embarrassing!"
"Auntie, you want me to persuade Uncle Yulong to go on a blind date?"
"No! I'm asking you, do you know if my brother has someone he likes?"
Li Xiangdong was speechless. He couldn't very well say that Uncle Yulong seemed to have taken a liking to his older sister!
Bai Yufeng, observing Li Xiangdong's changing expression, suddenly realized a possibility, and her face instantly turned pale.
"No, no, could it be that my brother has taken a liking to a married woman?!"
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