Chapter 237 Return Gift
"Mr. Lu is so busy, but he still brought something for me. I'm so embarrassed." Su Jiaojiao took the cardboard box calmly and invited Wang Hua to sit down.
"Mr. Lu originally wanted to come with me, but when we were leaving, he felt a little unwell and asked him to stay and preside over the meeting, so I came here on my own." A strong wind was blowing outside, and Wang Hua's hair was all messed up. He straightened his hair, looking tired. "Xiu Ming's father is also sick, and Mr. Lu has taken over his business. So, we have to hurry to Guangzhou after Mr. Lu gets better."
Su Jiaojiao said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.
Chen Guilan went to the kitchen to boil water for tea. Wang Hua hurriedly stood up and said to Chen Guilan, "Auntie, please stop working. I have to leave soon."
"Have a cup of tea to warm yourself up." Chen Guilan responded from the kitchen.
"I came back to take Xiuming to the capital. Grandpa asked him to go back and spend time with his father." Wang Hua saw that Su Jiaojiao didn't ask, but told her anyway, "His father drinks too much at social events all day, which caused gastric bleeding. Xiuming came here to spend time with his mother during winter vacation and hasn't been back since."
Qin Xiuming was attending university in Yangcheng. To accompany his son, Lu Jiaping had also gone to Yangcheng to take charge of the group's business there. Now that he was ill, Mr. Lu asked Lu Jingyou to go to Yangcheng to replace him.
However, Mr. Lu’s decision is very puzzling. Jiahe Group has many backbone businesses, and Lu Jingyou is not the only one.
But in the past year, Lu Jingyou has been transferred here and there.
Speaking of the hidden truth of this matter, Wang Hua guessed that Mr. Lu wanted to skip the Lu Jiaping brothers and let Lu Jingyou take over in advance.
Now that Lu Jiaping has a son, his relationship with Lu Jiahe and his brother has undergone subtle changes.
Although on the surface everything was the same, the two brothers were not on good terms behind the scenes.
"Then when will you go back?" Su Jiaojiao didn't want to know about the Lu family.
"We'll leave tomorrow morning." Wang Hua saw that Su Jiaojiao didn't respond, and knowing that she wasn't interested, he changed the subject. "I called Xiuming, and he said that Qinji Garment Factory will reopen on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. He said he'll be over with his mother in the afternoon, and that he'd like to visit you guys on the way."
"Then come over when you are free in the afternoon. I will bring something for Mr. Lu." Su Jiaojiao wanted to bring him some local specialties. He gave her such a big box of gifts, so she had to give something in return.
"Okay, I'll come get it when the time comes." Wang Hua agreed happily. He sat for a while, drank a cup of tea, then stood up and said goodbye, saying that he was going to the project department.
Of course he understood his leader's thoughts.
It’s the little girl who doesn’t understand.
But it’s good enough to have a return gift. The leader will be happy and he can report to the leader.
After Wang Hua left, Su Jiaojiao opened the cardboard box. On top were various snacks such as nuts, candies, and pastries, and underneath were two roast ducks from Dexianju, dated yesterday.
He actually knew that she loved the roast duck from Dexianju.
"Why did you buy so many things? How much did it cost?" Chen Guilan didn't understand the relationship between Lu Jingyou and her daughter. She asked Su Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, tell me the truth. What's going on between you two?"
She believed that the house was a model unit.
But she couldn't understand other things. Not to mention the furniture in this room, she felt something was wrong about Su Jiaojiao going to the northwest to sell leather jackets last summer vacation. Ordinary friends couldn't do this.
Regardless of how much this box of snacks is worth, the thought alone is enough to make it worthwhile.
"Mom, didn't I say I'd give him a return gift?" Su Jiaojiao knew Chen Guilan would think that way. "We're just friends. Don't overthink it. I know how to handle it."
"So what gift do you plan to give him in return?" Chen Guilan asked.
"I went back to the village to find my second uncle and asked him to help me buy some shrimp paste and wild sea cucumbers from our sea." The local Wutong hair shrimp in Wutong Village has been on CCTV.
The river at the south end of Wutong Village is the estuary. The small shrimps produced in the area three miles north and south are called Wutong shrimps. They have thin skin and tender meat, and are transparent when viewed in the sun.
The eyes of this kind of shrimp are purple-red, which is different from those of shrimps found elsewhere.
The taste is delicious, and because things are rare and valuable, the price of Wutong shrimp is also high. A bottle of shrimp paste weighing about 300 grams sells for 50 yuan.
The villagers were reluctant to eat the shrimps, so they pickled all the shrimps they caught and made shrimp paste, which was then sold to big restaurants or used as gifts.
"Yes, our sycamore shrimps are very famous, but what if they don't know the value of it..." Chen Guilan couldn't think of a better specialty to return the gift, but some areas don't eat seafood and are not interested in this expensive and rare sycamore shrimp.
No matter how expensive something is, people will love to eat it.
"Don't worry, they know what they're talking about." Su Jiaojiao knew what was going on. "I'll go back to the village to find my second uncle."
Lu Jingyou has been in Jiao County for more than a year, so he must know this kind of Wutong shrimp.
She remembered that Wang Jian once mentioned that he had eaten Wutong shrimp at the Guolv Hotel and that everyone in Jiahe Group loved it.
When Chen Guisheng heard that his niece wanted to buy prawns and sea cucumbers, he went out without saying a word to find his friends to ask about them.
Su Jiaojiao did not go with him. She gave Chen Guisheng 600 yuan and asked him to buy whatever he wanted. She came in a hurry, so she brought a Dexianju roast duck for them to try.
Xiao Suisui quickly tore the roast duck bag apart, pulled out a duck leg and sat on the windowsill to gnaw on it.
"Rou Bo's sister-in-law Wang Yunfeng came over just now, showing off that she has a son and a daughter. She's going to the city to help sew wedding quilts in the next few days." Xu Yue'e has been particularly fond of gossip since she woke up. "She thinks I'm envious of her. Bah, if she wants to go, she can go!"
Who is Carrot?
Su Jiaojiao was stunned.
"Luo Bo is your uncle..." Chen Juan coughed lightly, "Ever since my mother went to his house for dinner, she has been calling him Luo Bo, and she even said it in front of his sister-in-law."
Su Jiaojiao smiled with her lips pursed.
My second aunt is worthy of being the hot pepper in the production team back then. She has a sharp tongue.
"What are you afraid of?" Xu Yue'e said disapprovingly, "They can do things like that, so why are they afraid of what others say? I just told his sister-in-law that restaurants don't fear bloated men. Don't put those rotten radishes in your dishes, or you'll get beaten up."
"Then you can't give people nicknames..." Chen Juan was speechless. "This Wang Yunfeng is not an easy person to deal with. She will definitely tell my aunt."
"I just asked her to tell Wang Yunying that if she can't afford to invite guests, then don't do it. Don't try to fool people with carrots." Xu Yue'e snorted coldly, "I called him carrot and gave him a break, but why are they still calling you a little bean!"
Su Jiaojiao didn't say anything.
Although she also disliked her uncle's family, she couldn't join her second aunt in complaining about them.
After Xu Yue'e finished complaining, she hugged Xiao Suisui and went to sleep. She knew that little girls didn't like to talk about these things, and it would be boring for her to talk alone.
Su Jiaojiao then went to visit Chen Juan's small family workshop. Chen Juan was still making the same long-sleeved shirts as before.
Long-sleeved shirts are simple and require few steps.
As Chen Juan became more and more skilled, she no longer wanted to change to new models. Chen Guilan's long-sleeved shirts were selling pretty well, at least she didn't lose money.
The aunt and niece worked together quietly for a year.
Su Jiaojiao has been very busy over the past six months and had forgotten about this for a moment. "In a few days, go to Fenghua Textile Factory and ask Chen Mei for some slub cotton fabric to make a batch of Korean-style short-sleeved shirts. I have the samples and patterns. When you go to get the fabric, pick them up from me. If you start making them now, they'll be ready for sale around May Day."
Fenghua Textile Factory is a wholesale manufacturer after all, and individuals need large quantities of goods. Chen Juan doesn't need much, so they may not be willing to give the lowest price.
You can save some money by looking for Chen Mei.
"I'll look for her?" Chen Juan didn't want to go find Chen Mei. "What if she doesn't want to help?"
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