Old Cai said with a self-righteous expression, "What's wrong with me getting a free meal? What's wrong with me getting a free meal?"
"You're even using my space to cook! What's wrong with me mooching some of your food?"
Huo Yanping: "..."
Considering that this was a base after all, and that his godson and his wife would have to work under this man, he decided not to bother arguing with him.
Xue Ru found the ingredients and went to the cafeteria to arrange for special meals, and Qin Weiguo followed her.
The two of them left.
Huo Yanping and Cai Lao, who had been laughing and joking just moments before, stopped their playful antics at the same time.
Mr. Cai: "Does Mr. Gu know about what's going on here?"
Huo Yanping nodded, "Yes!"
Old Cai breathed a long sigh of relief. "It's good that he knows! With him backing us up, things won't get too bad, no matter how bad they get."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Huo Yanping, raised an eyebrow and said, "Old Gu's men have an extremely high casualty rate. Aren't you worried about your daughter and son-in-law being transferred by him?"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yanping sighed and said, "I'm worried!"
He propped himself up on his hands and leaned back, looking worried, and said, "I'm worried that Old Gu might have run into some trouble..."
Like father, like daughter.
Huo Yanping knew how capable his daughter was.
The fact that Old Gu was able to recruit his daughter must be no small matter, especially since his son-in-law was also taken away with him.
Huo Yanping frowned and pondered.
Old Cai also looked thoughtful, "Speaking of your daughter and son-in-law, I just remembered something else."
He mumbled, "I called home last night, and your sister-in-law told me that it seems Old Wang's wife was also transferred from her workplace by Old Gu."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yanping immediately sat up straight. "What?"
He asked incredulously, "Old Wang's wife? Old Gu transferred Academician Ruan away too?"
Old Cai nodded, "Not only her, it seems there's also Zheng Mingyue."
Huo Yanping: "Zheng Mingyue? Old Gu's former clerk?"
Mr. Cai: "Hmm."
Huo Yanping immediately grabbed at it.
"Did Lao Gu rehire one of his veteran subordinates?"
He paced back and forth, saying, "What exactly is he trying to do? What is so important that he needs to use his old subordinates?"
Old Cai shook his head. "I don't know. But it seems to be related to his new wife."
"Madam? The legendary Madam Yu?"
Huo Yanping glared: "Tell me... is Old Gu blinded by lust, or is he deliberately making things up?"
Old Cai shrugged. "It's highly likely that it's a well-founded claim, because Old Yuan's third concubine is also by that Madam Yu's side."
Huo Yanping: "??!"
I'm becoming more and more curious about that legendary Madam Yu.
But.
Due to his duties, he could not possibly leave the Northwest except to return to Beijing to perform his duties.
Otherwise, he really wanted to see who Old Gu had married!
It's one thing for a wedding to become known worldwide, but now it's made Old Gu extremely paranoid, to the point that he's even resorting to having an old man take away his daughter and son-in-law just to ensure that person's safety!
While Huo Yanping and Cai Lao were secretly speculating in the Northwest, Gu Guanhai went straight to the black market after returning to Beijing.
A food shortage is no joke; even mobilizing the entire black market wouldn't be enough to fill the gap, so...
He also needs to find a way to bring some grain back from abroad.
Fortunately, his wife is good at earning money, and he also squeezed a large sum of money from those wealthy families in Hong Kong. He now has a lot of foreign exchange in his hands; otherwise, things would be quite difficult to handle.
Even with money in hand, Gu Guanhai was still so busy that he never had a moment to spare.
Coordinating disaster relief efforts is no small matter.
Especially regarding the procurement of food, although Gu Guanhai didn't need to personally handle many things, he was still the final decision-maker, and many things required his signature to be implemented.
While Gu Guanhai was busy dealing with the food shortage in the Northwest, Lao Yuan went straight back to the Bureau of Supernatural Abilities after returning to Beijing.
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