Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Hot and sour pancakes made from leftovers served with hot...
Cheng Yu did not hide it from Su Tianli.
"Yes, I was a temporary worker in a machinery factory, and later I went to a chemical factory, mainly for two reasons."
"First, I have already mastered all the mechanical routines at the machinery factory, and I can't learn any new skills if I continue to stay there. But the chemical plant is different. The machinery here is the legacy of Project 156, which are all old Russian stuff... I have never come into contact with it before, so I am very curious."
"Plus, they all said that I was actually He Jingdong's son, and I kind of wanted to know what kind of person he was."
Su Tianli suddenly realized.
Then she asked, "So...what do you think of He Jingdong and Aunt Xu?"
This was the first time she spoke so openly about Cheng Yu.
In fact, Su Tianli seldom cares about other people's affairs.
——She didn’t even want to care about the fact that her biological father was unwilling to support her stepmother.
But today she couldn't help it.
So as soon as she said it, she felt a little regretful.
Cheng Yu was very calm, "…all of this is He Wanqian's nonsense. No authoritative department has ever investigated or made a final conclusion, so I will not admit it."
After a pause, he continued, "But at that time, He Jingdong and Xu Jiaxi came to find me together... He Jingdong heard that I could repair machines in the machinery factory, so he said that he hoped I could follow him to the chemical factory as a temporary worker."
"I went..."
"Then I found that both He Jingdong and Xu Jiaxi were difficult to get along with, they were... not sincere, so I insisted more on my previous idea," said Cheng Yu.
Su Tianli asked Cheng Yu, "Have you ever been with Aunt Xu?"
Cheng Yu thought about it and said, "She is a very weird and awkward person."
"Have you noticed that you and Aunt Xu look a lot like each other?" Su Tianli asked again.
Cheng Yu said, "Mr. Zhang, the special actor who plays the leader, has no blood relationship with the leader, but he looks exactly like the leader."
Su Tianli nodded, knowing very well that Cheng Yu was quite determined not to acknowledge this marriage.
Come to think of it.
When she heard from Aunt Cao about how Cheng Yu was injured for the first time, she really felt that He Jingdong was so hypocritical! Of course, at that time, it could be said that Aunt Cao might have a filter for He Jingdong, which was why she thought this person was not good enough.
But even Cheng Yu didn't recognize his words.
Then this He Jingdong...is a pretty big problem.
Since Su Tianli already knew Cheng Yu's attitude, she no longer asked.
She prepared to go into the house.
Then--
Cheng Yu stretched out his long legs, walked ahead of her, turned around, and blocked her way perfectly.
Su Tianli: ???
Cheng Yu looked at her eagerly, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Su Tianli was confused, "What are you doing?"
Cheng Yu opened his mouth, wanting to say, "Don't you have any other questions?" or "Ask me a few more questions?"
But looking at her bright expression, his face turned red and he couldn't speak no matter what.
Su Tianli saw that he didn't speak for a long time.
She turned around, walked around Cheng Yu, went into the house, and asked Yao Xingang openly, "Uncle Yao, I want to ask you something!"
Yao Xingang was talking to his daughter Yao Meiyu with a smile on his face - his family of five helped Su Tianli with the work for five whole days, and each of them received nearly four hundred yuan, which added up to more than eighteen thousand yuan!
At this moment, his family is discussing whether to pool together one thousand dollars to buy a fourteen-inch TV.
Yao Meiyu refused to pay anything...
In fact, the whole family didn’t want her to pay, they just liked to tease her.
Yao Meiyu was so angry at her parents and brother and sister-in-law that she cried out in anger.
At this moment, Yao Xingang was stunned for a moment after hearing what Su Tianli asked, "What?"
Su Tianli asked, "I heard that He Jingdong was injured and hospitalized recently, so he couldn't repair the machines, so the chemical plant stopped working?"
Yao Xingang's expression gradually became serious. Instead of answering, he asked, "Where did you hear the news?"
Su Tianli said directly, "He Wanqian came to find Cheng Yu just now, trying to persuade Cheng Yu to repair the machine that He Jingdong had not finished repairing. Cheng Yu didn't want to go, so He Wanqian said that the chemical plant had stopped working or something..."
Yao Xingang breathed a sigh of relief, "Just listen to her nonsense!"
"Then I can also say that the chemical plant was indeed shut down for five days..."
"But! This is not because He Jingdong broke his leg and failed to repair the machine."
"Because the real reason why the chemical plant stopped working for five days is——"
Having said this, Yao Xingang paused.
Everyone in the room fell silent and looked at Yao Xingang in surprise, wondering if there really was some unspeakable secret.
Yao Xingang had whetted everyone's appetite before he said word by word: "...Because of the National Day, the chemical plant has a five-day holiday and will resume work tomorrow!"
Everyone uttered a "tsk" in unison.
Su Tianli and Cheng Yu looked at each other.
Then, she also noticed the deep smile in his eyes.
Mother Yao asked Cheng Yu, "Xiao Cheng, if He Jingdong doesn't get better... will you help him fix the machine?"
Cheng Yu hasn't spoken yet——
Yao Xingang turned to his wife and said, "You mean you should just stand on He Wanqian's side! But I have to say this first. If He Jingdong falls, the factory will have to shut down. In other words, the other engineers and technicians in the factory are just making up the numbers!"
Mother Yao rolled her eyes at her husband and said to Cheng Yu, "Xiao Cheng, ignore your Uncle Yao... Actually, Auntie hadn't even finished her sentence just now when your Uncle Yao interrupted her..."
"Auntie means that if someone from the chemical plant really comes and asks you to help repair the machine, then you have to take back everything you should have taken before!"
Yao Xingang said to Cheng Yu unconvincedly: "Xiao Cheng, don't listen to your aunt's nonsense. In fact, Uncle Yao didn't finish what she said just now-"
"What I mean is, if someone from the factory really comes to ask you to repair the machine, you have to say it like I just said."
"Anyway, we have to get Joe!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Cheng Yu felt warm in his heart.
This feeling of being surrounded by many people, cared for and protected by many people is really rare.
He subconsciously looked at Su Tianli.
Su Tianli also looked at him and smiled.
He was very grateful.
Because he knows,
People weren't around him.
Everyone gathered around the litchi.
so,
Lychee is really a little sun!
Cheng Yu smiled and nodded.
The vacation is over.
Everything is back to the way it was before.
It’s time for Su Tianli to go to and from get off work!
Now she had too much money to spend, so she gave Cheng Yu some money and asked him to find a way to find scalpers to exchange them for industrial tickets.
Before she had a car, she could only ride on Yao Meiyu's bicycle.
Cheng Yu also knew that buying a car as soon as possible was the top priority.
He has good connections in the local area.
So soon, he found an acquaintance and exchanged them for industrial tickets, and bought a brand new, beautiful bright red women's bicycle and a brand new pedal tricycle.
At this time, he still had a lot of money left from what Su Tianli gave him, so he rode his new tricycle all day, went to several scrap recycling stations, and bought a lot of good things.
That night, everyone got off work or closed their stalls... and then they found that there were two more cars in the house?
This time, everyone was so happy!
Zhang Wei said happily: "Great! This new tricycle looks very sturdy! I don't have to worry about the old broken car falling apart at any time!"
Yao Meiyu circled around the beautiful bright red women's bicycle, "Wow! The color is so pretty! Lychee! This bicycle is so pretty!"
A Juan also touched Su Tianli's new bike with envy, "I also want to learn how to ride a bike..."
Su Tianli stared at the various parts scattered in the yard and asked Cheng Yu, "What do you want to do? Assemble a car by yourself?"
Cheng Yu didn't say anything, but pursed his lips and smiled as he handed Su Tianli a stack of papers.
Su Tianli took it and looked at it without knowing what was going on. Her almond-shaped eyes instantly widened!
This, this...
Obviously this is an assembly drawing!
It looks like a "multi-functional dining car", and different functions of the car are shown on different pages.
For example, when the cargo bed is folded up, it becomes a three-wheeled vehicle with a small compartment.
but,
When the small compartment is unfolded, the middle of the compartment becomes a cooking table;
Then go around the carriage and you just need to set up the small rectangular table and put small stools on it, and it will be a narrow long table for diners to sit down!
The most amazing thing is that he even designed the roof!
In other words—
With this car, we can open business regardless of whether it is sunny or rainy.
And there is no restriction on location - for example, when Mao Li and Zhang Wei set up a stall, they have to find a flat ground to put the stove after arriving at the big place...
Now, if the small boxcar is made by Cheng Yu,
Then don't think about this issue anymore.
You can do business wherever your car is parked!
Su Tianli looked at Cheng Yu with eyes wide open in shock.
Then--
She saw on Cheng Yu's face...an expression of embarrassment, shame, and anxiety?
Su Tianli was a little surprised.
She thought: Why is he so uneasy? He is so strong and powerful! Look at this blueprint!!! He is so powerful...
Cheng Yu spoke hesitantly, "Lizhi, do you think this car is feasible?"
Su Tianli nodded desperately, "That's totally feasible! Cheng Yu, why are you so awesome?"
Cheng Yu was stunned.
He also looked at Su Tianli in surprise.
He thought about her reactions.
For example, she would say, like his former master, "Think less about unrealistic things, and if you have too much free time, do more work";
For example, she would say, like his co-worker, "How much does it cost to get all the parts? Besides, is it really necessary to make this thing? Why bother? If you need to transport goods, everyone can just get a tricycle."
For example, some people with bad mouths would say, "Wow, you come to show off your ability and awesomeness again? If you are really so capable and awesome, why are you still a temporary worker?" etc...
Cheng Yu never expected that
Su Tianli actually...
She actually praised him generously?
Su Tianli really thinks Cheng Yu is amazing!
Because of Cheng Yu's health problems, no one wanted him to work any more;
Of course Cheng Yu is also very well behaved.
Everyone took care of him with their own hands, and he was grateful for it.
So he obeyed the instructions and only did some less heavy work.
But this does not affect his observation ability!
One could even say that he had a keen insight.
His design drafts reflect many unique details.
So in Cheng Yu's design, he designed the pot into a rectangle and divided it into three parts:
One part is the cooking station, which has three small compartments, that is, it can cook three portions of noodles or rice noodles at the same time;
One part is the stir-fry pan, which is a frying pan suitable for stir-frying noodles, fried rice, stir-fried vegetables and pancakes;
One part is the frying pan, which has the smallest space, so it will save more oil. In the design draft, Cheng Yu even hangs a small leaking grid above the frying pan...
He even wrote a note on the side: Freshly fried food is too hot, put it on top to cool, and the dripping oil will go back into the pot to save oil.
Su Tianli exclaimed again and again.
——Cheng Yu even noticed that when Mao Li was using a colander to cook noodles, she would always habitually stick a pair of chopsticks in the colander... She did this because as soon as the water boiled, the chopsticks would fall down, indicating that the noodles would be cooked soon.
Mao Li is a quick-handed person, she always does other things while cooking noodles. So, as soon as the chopsticks fall, she will pay special attention to the cooking process to prevent the noodles or vermicelli from being cooked too clumpingly.
Therefore, Cheng Yu took two targeted measures:
First, he designed a chopstick with a bell on the end, which would make a bell sound when the chopstick was inserted into the strainer and fell down.
The second method is to install a drawstring with a bell next to the cooking gear, which is actually a small bearing, and adjust the rotation speed. In this way, after putting the raw noodles into the strainer, you only need to pull the rope, and after two or three minutes, the bell will make a "ding" sound to remind people that the time is up.
"Cheng Yu!" Su Tianli was full of admiration. When she looked at him, there were even little stars in her eyes. "How can you be so smart? You are so amazing!"
——In fact, when she was at Farm 109 in Northwest China, because the farm was very close to the satellite city and the farm accepted a large number of outstanding educated youth every year, Farm 109 was, to some extent, also a source of students for the satellite city.
Many educated youth were selected to go to satellite cities.
However, Cheng Yu’s situation is different from those educated youth!
Cheng Yu only has an elementary school education!
In other words, he was able to produce such drawings entirely by relying on his observation, imagination and practical skills!
The most important point is that he has ideas!
Cheng Yu was stunned.
He couldn't believe it at all...
The thing he was most worried about, for example, being mocked, dissuaded, or opposed by Lizhi...this situation did not happen at all!
On the contrary, she opened her beautiful starry eyes and looked at him with surprise and admiration?
Approximately,
This was probably the first time someone had praised him so much.
Cheng Yu was completely stunned.
The eye circles turned red.
Su Tianli was already holding Cheng Yu's manuscript, and she turned and ran into the house, "Come and see! We are going to make a fortune again!"
At this moment, everyone has just returned and is chatting and laughing while cleaning up the mess.
When I heard Su Tianli say that she was going to get rich again...
Everyone dropped their work with a loud bang.
They rushed over and surrounded Su Tianli, asking anxiously:
"What's going on? Another farmers' fair is coming up?"
"Have you thought of a new type of lychee jelly? That's right, many people are following the trend of our lychee jelly, and all the wild lychees have been picked by them... We really should think of other varieties!"
"Lychee, are we going to open a branch?"
…
Su Tianli raised the design draft in her hand and said, "Look! This is the draft drawn by Cheng Yu!"
Then everyone started passing the manuscript around.
Cheng Yu walked in and saw this scene.
Then, he also heard the imagined words.
To be honest, although he had been suppressed all along, he had already gotten used to all kinds of persuasion and obstruction, whether tactful, direct, earnest, etc.;
Although Litchi gave him a completely different reaction just now,
However, he still heard objections from others.
only--
My friend said, "This thing looks really good, but it's too complicated. Can it be made?"
Lizhi said, "Since Cheng Yu can draw it, it proves how to make this thing, what accessories are needed... He knows the performance and functions! I believe him!"
My friend asked, "So many accessories are needed, can they be fully equipped?"
Lizhi said, "From this draft, we can tell that Cheng Yu has a clear mind. He must know where to find these parts. If it doesn't work, we can just buy them!"
My friend said, "It will probably take ages to make something this complicated!"
Lizhi said, "What does it matter? We still have the tricycle now, so we can just use it first... Even if this thing takes a long time to be made, when it is made, won't we be able to save a lot of trouble and effort?"
Cheng Yu looked up at the sky.
He tried so hard to hold back his tears.
No one has ever...
I trusted him unconditionally!
sky,
How would he repay Litchi's trust?
At this time, Yao Meiyu asked Su Tianli very cautiously, "Lizhi, you just said... Cheng Yu's manuscript can make us rich? How? Sell this manuscript? Who will buy it?"
Then he muttered quietly, "If I sell the manuscript... this manuscript has nothing to do with me! Even if I can make a fortune, it won't be my turn to share the profits, right?"
Cheng Yu was startled.
He tried his best to calm the surging emotions in his heart.
Listen carefully to Su Tianli's answer.
Su Tianli laughed and said, "Selling the artwork will definitely not work!"
"Of course... After Cheng Yu makes the snack cart, we'll take it and set up stalls everywhere!"
"With our demonstration, someone will definitely come to us to buy this van!"
"Look, isn't this making a fortune?"
Cheng Yu suddenly realized.
But, my friends don’t think so.
What everyone is most worried about is policy issues.
"Lizhi, let's not do the snack cart business... After all, the government doesn't allow a free economy right now. Once this snack cart comes out, it's like... it's a bit like instigating everyone to set up stalls and do business!"
"But now, the government is just pretending not to know that we have spontaneously set up a night market and set up stalls to do business. We are relying on the fact that the law does not punish the masses... But what if the government wants to make a fuss with us?"
"Yes, yes, Litchi, this is the main issue we are worried about."
Su Tianli smiled and said, "I understand your worries!"
"But after what happened at the farmers' fair... I think I have roughly guessed where things will go from here."
"The free economy will come one day."
Everyone looked at each other.
Su Tianli turned to look at Cheng Yu, "Cheng Yu, I'm optimistic about you! I want to partner with you in this business!"
Everyone was shocked.
Cheng Yu's face was also full of disbelief.
Of course, what he couldn’t believe was that Litchi wanted to sell the snack cart as a commodity?
Su Tianli smiled and said to him: "So when you make the snack cart, you must remember to control the cost!"
Cheng Yu simply couldn't recover from his shock.
Su Tianli continued, "How about this, Cheng Yu, we will be partners, and I will pay for all the money! You will be responsible for the technology. We will split the profits 50-50... ok?"
Cheng Yu never thought that he just wanted to reduce everyone's workload.
But in the end he found himself a...real job?
Su Tianli thought for a moment and said, "Well, the initial investment... let's say 5,000 yuan. I'll give you a year. I want to see the finished product of the snack cart one year from now at the latest!"
"During this year, I hope you can keep a good account and not miss even a screw! Because this involves the cost accounting of the snack stand in the future!"
"At the same time, I need you to record the process of making the car... because we may be able to mass-produce it in the future!"
"Cheng Yu, do you have confidence?" Su Tianli asked him with a smile.
Cheng Yu stared at her smiling face in a daze and nodded silently.
At this time——
Yao Meiyu hugged Su Tianli's arm and said, "Lizhi! I want to invest! You pay 5,000... I don't have that much money, I, I'll pay 500! You can decide how many shares you want! I only ask... when you and Cheng Yu eat the meat, I can drink some of the broth with you!"
A Juan also said firmly: "Second sister, I will also contribute!"
Old Mrs. Su was older and timid, so she quickly grabbed Juan's hand and said, "Juan, we don't have much money..."
The old lady whispered: "Look, Lizhi needs to invest 5,000 yuan to open a snack stand! Who can afford a 5,000 yuan vehicle..."
A Juan was both amused and annoyed, "Grandma, the 5,000 yuan that my second sister mentioned also includes the cost and salary that Cheng Yu usually spends on making the car! Besides, I trust my second sister!"
Then, A Juan said to Mao Li and Zhang Wei, "Sister A Li, Brother Wei, don't you forget... when the farmers' fair wanted to collect booth fees, Wonton Brother also clamored that he would never pay! Later, my second sister said that she would help him pay half of the booth fees, and then split the net profits with him in half?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up!
Yes,
So later Su Tianli got more than a thousand yuan from Wonton Brother!
When Wonton Brother was settling the bills and counting the money for Su Tianli, he was so excited that he cried.
He said that actually the Dadadi night market had not been popular for very long. He worked there for four or five months regardless of weather conditions, and basically earned 70 to 80 yuan a month.
Unexpectedly, he earned more than 2,000 yuan in total during the five days of the farmers' fair!
Of course, he didn't have that much capital, so Su Tianli lent him some...
So when he was doing the accounts, after deducting all the costs, he simply gave half of the net profit to Su Tianli!
Next, he plans to stop selling for a while. He needs to send the money he earned in the past six months back to his hometown and build a house.
Then, after the Chinese New Year, he brought his wife and children from his hometown to Guangzhou, preparing to open a husband-and-wife stall, selling porridge, noodles and other foods in addition to wontons.
Look!
It was because of Su Tianli's vision that Wonton Brother made so much money...
At the same time, Su Tianli did not put any effort into Wonton Brother’s stall, but still earned more than a thousand yuan!
so! ! !
Su Tianli's vision in business is unquestionable.
A Juan said to Su Tianli: "Second sister, I and..."
As she said that, Ajuan glanced at the worried old lady Su and changed her tone, "I'll give 500 too!"
Old Mrs. Su sighed and went to the kitchen to cook a midnight snack for everyone.
Mao Li and Zhang Wei looked at each other and felt a little moved.
They are lovers and they don't need too much romance to understand each other's feelings.
Mao Li said to Su Tianli, "Lizhi, then Zhang Wei and I... will also give 500 each!"
Yao Meiyu quickly said, "Ali, if you two don't have enough money, I'll lend you some first."
——Mao Li and Zhang Wei were truly cornered by their families, without a penny in their hands. Recently, Su Tianli only gave them money once. In other words, they now only have more than 380 yuan each.
There is still a big gap between 500 per person and 500 per person.
Mao Li thanked Yao Meiyu, "Ayu, thank you! But I don't need to borrow it from you for the time being."
Mao Li glanced at Zhang Wei sadly and said to everyone, "Zhang Wei has officially been laid off... The chopstick factory gave him a month's salary as an additional payment, and also gave him a three-month salary subsidy as per policy requirements. So if we both come up with 500 each, it's enough. But he won't have a job anymore."
Zhang Wei smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."
That being said, he actually couldn't just ignore it.
If it weren't for Litchi's shelter,
If I hadn't found a way to make money from lychees,
He is like a loser.
Not only did his closest family members not help him, they also looked down on him...
He was just holding his breath and wanted to make money! Make a lot of money! Then he could give those people a slap in the face!
Su Tianli smiled and comforted Zhang Wei, "It doesn't matter. In the next ten years, we will make more money than they do in the system! But we can't just focus on the next ten years, we have to look further ahead."
"Another point is that making money is not our only goal."
"Making money only makes our quality of life a little better..."
"Spiritually, we still need to pursue something!"
Then Su Tianli's face turned serious. "For example, it is already October 1978... Classmates, we will take the college entrance examination next June. Have you started to review systematically?"
Everyone was stunned.
Yao Meiyu, "I suddenly realized that I haven't gone to the toilet since I came back! Well, I went to the toilet! Unless grandma has prepared a midnight snack, don't call me!"
Mao Li, "I'll go first, I'll go first!"
Zhang Wei, "I...I don't think I've washed the pot yet. I, I, I'll go do something for a while!"
Ajuan, "I'm going to the kitchen to see if grandma needs my help!"
Only Cheng Yu quickly ran to get his homework book, professional books and notes. "Lizhi, this is my learning result today. I also completed today's learning task ahead of schedule!"
After saying this, he puffed out his chest proudly.
Yao Meiyu scolded Cheng Yu, "You are showing off!"
Mao Li, "It's shameless to run away!"
Zhang Wei, "Cheng Yu, can we still be revolutionary comrades? You are betraying our friendship!"
A Juan, "Hmph, I'll go tell grandma that Brother Cheng doesn't want to have a midnight snack tonight!"
After a moment of silence,
Everyone burst into laughter.
At this time——
Old Mrs. Su called out to everyone, "Children, come and have a midnight snack!"
Generally speaking, people’s midnight snack depends on what food is left over from the day.
However, the food left over tonight is... a little bit of odds and ends, including a small amount of braised skewers, some spicy chopped pork (this may be too spicy for Guangzhou locals so it doesn't sell well), etc.
So Old Lady Su prepared some batter, cut the small skewers into small pieces, mixed them with chopped pepper and minced meat in the batter, and baked them into pancakes.
Then I made each child a cup of hot milk with white sand in it.
This midnight snack is ready!
Then, everyone thanked Old Lady Su and ate the hot and sour noodles.
He slurped hot milk to relieve the spiciness.
Cheng Yu took a bite of the pancake, then stopped to look at Su Tianli, lowered his head and smiled secretly...
He repeated this action many times.
How to say it?
It’s just a little bit… hard to believe.
I can't believe that this is the lively and happy life he is experiencing now.
I'm afraid he's not worthy.
But I'm also afraid that this is just a dream.
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