Jiang Qizhen's eyes were full of disbelief.
He knew that his sister and brother-in-law didn't have a good relationship, but there was nothing he could do but ask his brother-in-law to introduce him to Smith.
If I had known that this adopted daughter knew Smith, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.
He said, "I see Smith is very enthusiastic about you, please do Dad a favor and introduce him to me."
"Eight or nine years ago, Uncle Jiang and Aunt He announced to the public that I was no longer an adopted daughter and that we had severed our relationship. It's not appropriate for Uncle Jiang to call himself the father." Jiang Wanyue said calmly, "This is the second time Mr. Smith and I have met, and it's even more inappropriate to introduce him to others."
"What business are you discussing with Smith?" Lucas suddenly came over and asked curiously, "He is the general manager of the French Lanka Company. The Chinese are all begging him to do things. Why is he so enthusiastic about you?"
While he was speaking, his green eyes were always looking at Jiang Wanyue.
Jiang Wanyue felt uncomfortable with his scrutinizing gaze and said coldly in English, "This is a commercial secret and must not be disclosed to anyone."
Lucas's face changed: "Aren't you a member of the Jiang family? According to your Chinese etiquette, you should call me uncle. Your attitude is too rude when your uncle asks you something."
Jiang Qizheng smelled some gunpowder and said, "Wanyue, it's normal for you to be indifferent to me. After all, I sent you to the countryside myself. But Lucas is your uncle, an American, and he works at a machinery factory in New York. You shouldn't..."
"Stop preaching." Jiang Wanyue frowned, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"you!"
Jiang Qi was furious and raised his hand.
Jiang Rongjun bit her lip.
She felt uncomfortable listening to Jiang Wanyue speaking fluent English.
If Jiang Wanyue hadn't snatched away her life, she would have been the one who learned English.
At this time, Jiang Yuanyuan held Jiang Qizheng's arm and said, "Brother, it was you and sister-in-law who proposed to sever the relationship. You are not qualified to discipline Wanyue now. Besides, Wanyue's discussion of official business with Smith must not be spread outside. If we offend Smith, Wanyue can't afford it, right?"
Jiang Qi was still talking about something.
But Jiang Wanyue was too lazy to listen and strode out of the foreign guesthouse.
She glanced at the time, it was exactly twelve o'clock, so the three of them called the driver Wu Zhiqiang and went to the state-owned restaurant opposite the guesthouse to have lunch.
"If Director Xiang is not in a hurry to go back, I want to go to the duck farm again." Jiang Wanyue said, "The ducks in the county duck farm have been bought up by the fishery, and there is no next batch. We can only buy some from the provincial capital. The main thing is that the truck just happened to come here, so we don't have to worry about it later."
Xiang Lingxiao had no objection at all.
The truck drove all the way to the duck farm.
Accountant Wen, as an accountant at the bamboo weaving factory, should not have been responsible for the affairs of the fishery. However, along the way, she was full of admiration for Jiang Wanyue and took on the responsibilities of an accountant, calculating money and making deliveries with the duck farm.
Because the truck's loading capacity was too small and ducks were living creatures, they could only load a thousand ducks to take back.
On the way back, Xiang Lingxiao could not hide his excitement. After all, it was his first time meeting a foreigner, so he could be considered to have seen the world. Amid the quacking of the ducks, Xiang Lingxiao's voice could be heard: "Old Wu, you didn't see that the foreigners' eyes were like cat's eyes, which looked a bit scary... Also, the coffee was really bad, so bitter. I heard that foreigners love to drink this stuff. They have never tasted our Chinese tea. If they tasted good tea, they would definitely look down on coffee..."
Accountant Wen continued, "To be honest, foreign snacks are really delicious."
Jiang Wanyue also interjected a few words.
The truck sped all the way and soon arrived in Lianhu County.
He drove directly to the button factory and ordered the required batch of buttons before returning home.
The car had not driven far when Jiang Wanyue saw a man riding a bicycle on the side of the road. There were two baskets hanging on both sides of the back seat. The baskets were full of yellow ducklings.
"Isn't this Secretary Feng?" Xiang Lingxiao was the first to recognize him. "He's the Secretary of the Fengshou Brigade. Am I right?"
Jiang Wanyue looked carefully and was sure that she was not mistaken. The man riding the bicycle was Secretary Feng.
It seems that Secretary Feng really listened to her advice and bought ducks. This should mean he is going to open a duck farm.
It’s just that the number of ducks is a bit small, probably only a few hundred.
However, the Fengshou Brigade is poor, and it is probably not easy for them to come up with the money to buy ducklings. Once these ducks grow up and they make money, they can expand the scale.
I guess this bicycle was also borrowed from the commune.
Seeing Secretary Feng like this, she thought of the earliest time when she was the same. In the middle of the night, she and Principal Zheng rode a bicycle, carrying grass carp, all the way to the county town, which took about five hours.
Maybe he had been caught in the rain, so he wanted to hold an umbrella for others.
She was about to ask the truck to stop so that Secretary Feng could put the ducks on the truck. That way, the bicycle would be lighter and Secretary Feng would be able to feel more relaxed.
Before she could say anything, Xiang Lingxiao shouted, "Old Wu, stop the car, park by the roadside!"
Wu Zhiqiang stepped on the brakes and slowly stopped the car.
Secretary Feng was afraid that he would hit the truck, so he quickly got off the truck and pushed the bicycle onto the grass beside the concrete road.
"Secretary Feng!" Xiang Lingxiao pushed open the door of the truck and jumped out. "We just left the county. It will take at least four hours to ride back. It's too tiring. Come on, get on the truck and I'll take you for a ride."
Secretary Feng waved his hand quickly: "No need, I can just ride back, it only takes four hours, and I can get there before dark."
"Why are you being so polite?" Xiang Lingxiao shouted, "Old Wu, come down and help move the ducks at the back. Make some space for the ducklings. The adult ducks can squeeze in, but the ducklings can't."
The bicycle was also picked up and tied to the truck with ropes.
Secretary Feng had no chance of winning.
Jiang Wanyue followed him out of the car: "Don't be embarrassed, Secretary Feng, we are all from the same commune, it's easy to help each other."
She was sitting in the front passenger seat before, but now there was one more person to squeeze in, so Secretary Feng, who was bigger in stature, was asked to sit in the front passenger seat.
Jiang Wanyue sat at the far right in the back, Accountant Wen sat in the middle, and Xiang Lingxiao sat on the far left.
Accountant Wen is in his forties and Xiang Lingxiao is in his twenties; they are from two different generations, so there is nothing wrong with them sitting together.
The truck arrived at the commune very quickly. Secretary Feng got off the truck first to return the bicycle, then got back on the truck and drove all the way to the Fengshou Brigade. After dropping Secretary Feng off there, the truck turned around and went back to the fish farm.
There are still ducks being processed at the fish farm, so this new batch will be kept in captivity first.
In the past few days, the new factory buildings of the fishery and bamboo weaving factory have been almost completed. They are also two-story concrete houses inlaid with lattice glass, which looks pleasing to the eye.
After the construction of the factory building was completed, the workers began to prepare to build a house for her family.
Her house originally had a thatched roof, and this time she plans to replace it all with tiles so she doesn’t have to repair the roof all the time.
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