"Dad, take this and eat it on the way."
After the fourth daughter-in-law finished speaking in a very low voice, she quickly slipped back into her and the fourth son's room as if she were in a hurry to run away.
Zhao Youcai lifted the cloth covering the basket and looked inside. Inside, there lay a military water bottle and two large meat buns in a brown paper bag, still warm.
Zhao Youcai suddenly remembered that during dinner last night, the fourth brother and his wife had indeed secretly left a meat bun for each of them.
Zhao Youcai originally thought that the couple planned to hide it for their next meal, or that the fourth son's wife was going back to her parents' home and he wanted to bring it back for her parents to try.
I never imagined that the fourth brother and his wife would save money to feed him. It's impossible not to be moved.
To describe my impression of the original owner's family, those awful sons and daughters-in-law...
The fourth brother and his wife weren't that off-putting.
Although the fourth brother and his wife are the kind of people who are hard to talk to, they are still much better than the youngest brother, who is an ungrateful wretch.
In addition, Zhao Youcai's feelings for the couple have grown even stronger recently because of the breakfast his fourth wife brought him today.
Zhao Youcai did not refuse the couple's filial piety, and walked towards the town with a smile on his face.
I showed off the two meat buns on the way.
After Zhao Youcai had prepared the vegetables as he had the day before, and finished working at the farm and breakfast stall, the entrance to the steel plant gradually became lively.
When the purchasing director of the textile factory appeared before Zhao Yanfeng with a fawning expression, Zhao Youcai was somewhat stunned.
What's going on here?
They can't be here to sabotage your business, can they?
However, the thought was quickly dismissed as soon as it surfaced in my mind.
Just by looking at the undisguised look of disgust on Zhao Yanfeng's face, it was clear that the one who was disliked was the purchasing director of the textile factory.
The moment the purchasing director of the textile factory saw Zhao Youcai, his eyes lit up!
He stopped fawning over Zhao Yanfeng and scurried over to Zhao Youcai.
"Finally, I see you, Brother Zhao! Why were you in such a hurry to leave yesterday? You didn't even give me a chance to explain. That's not very nice of you!"
"Explanation? What do you want to explain?"
"I don't think there's any misunderstanding between us."
Zhao Youcai asked with a cold face.
"Of course there's a misunderstanding!"
Upon hearing Zhao Youcai's words, the purchasing director immediately became anxious.
"Brother Zhao, could you send some of the vegetables you grow to our factory?"
Zhao Youcai sneered; this bastard's schemes were practically flying off his face.
What is Zhao Youcai to us? He's a treasure when you need him, but a weed when you don't.
Don't you have any idea what happened yesterday?
They just handed me the receipts like they were dealing with a beggar, afraid of getting involved, and were eager to distance themselves from me by paying a "high price." What kind of nonsense is this?
The perceptive Zhao Yanfeng calmly stepped forward, took Zhao Youcai's arm, and led him inside.
The cafeteria worker was very clever. When he saw Zhao Youcai come to deliver the vegetables, he didn't step forward to show his skills. But the moment he saw the purchasing director appear, he rushed forward and took the lead in carrying the vegetables with great efficiency.
Zhao Yanfeng was very satisfied with this worker; he was a good comrade who was observant and attentive to his work.
However, Zhao Yanfeng was in no hurry to praise the worker. Ignoring the textile factory's purchasing director who was shamelessly following behind her, she pulled Zhao Youcai's arm and walked towards the purchasing department office, explaining the whole story as she went.
"The leaders from above came down to inspect today, bringing along leaders from nearby cities to visit."
"The leaders are having meals at both factories these days, which is why he came to find you in such a hurry."
Zhao Youcai understood.
I knew from the vegetables my brother-in-law from the textile factory sent yesterday that they were not the kind of food that would be served to the leaders.
Those tough cabbage stalks, so fibrous they couldn't be cooked through, were only palatable to the factory workers.
If those kinds of dishes were served to the leaders, even if the leaders from other cities and districts were lenient and didn't expose them, the leaders of this city and town would definitely lose face.
In addition, there are only these two large factories in the town. The vegetables from the steel factory are fresh and delicious, which is worlds apart from those from the textile factory.
After all, from the canteen's perspective, only when the factory is profitable can the canteen have enough savory food.
Leaders who don't understand how the factory operates won't bother looking at any of the income and expenditure details. The quality of the cafeteria food, however, leaves a more direct and lasting impression on them.
In particular, the food in the canteens of the two factories was vastly different; it's obvious even to a child which one was at fault.
If this really happens, the first person to be blamed will be the purchasing manager.
No wonder they were in such a hurry.
Zhao Youcai could only sneer after hearing this.
Heaven has its own way of retribution, who can escape it?
I still remember the faces the textile factory workers had when they told me to leave yesterday. Who would have thought that karma would come so quickly?
Knowing that the textile factory's purchasing director was being pressured by work and had no choice but to seek help from Zhao Youcai, he felt it would be a waste of yesterday's humiliation not to give Zhao a sarcastic remark!
As for whether to continue the cooperation, Zhao Youcai is not a rigid person; he would be a fool not to make money.
However, now that the initiative is in their own hands, whether they can regain their status as equals with the steel mill in their hearts depends on the other party's sincerity.
After everyone sat down, Zhao Youcai took the teacup that Zhao Yanfeng handed him and began to drink it with slurping, without even glancing at the restless purchasing director of the textile factory.
Not only did he treat people like air, Zhao Youcai also angrily lifted the vegetable basket, revealing the golden-brown, oily fried dough sticks inside.
The two directors were stunned.
This family must be incredibly extravagant! They're willing to use so much oil just to fry dough sticks!
It's not that they've never eaten fried dough sticks before, it's just that the oil they use has been used for many days, and they simply can't bear to change it.
The fried dough sticks were a dark, unappetizing color, let alone edible.
Looking at the fried dough sticks that Zhao Youcai brought, they still looked like they had just come out of the fryer, not soft at all, and they looked and smelled delicious!
Zhao Youcai chuckled and placed the vegetable basket in front of Zhao Yanfeng. "Since a big leader has come from the factory, those vegetables alone aren't enough. Let's give these to the leaders. We don't have any more, but one per person should be enough."
After all, the fried dough sticks at his breakfast stall are actually two sticks, which can be torn in the middle.
The purchasing manager of the textile factory was filled with regret; he was practically green with envy.
How could he be so blinded by greed as to offend Zhao Youcai for the sake of that bastard!
Now things are much better; the steel mill not only has fresh vegetables, but also delicious, oily fried dough sticks.
Thinking about the factory manager's orders from yesterday, if he couldn't satisfy the leaders with the food, his job as purchasing director would be over.
If the town only had a textile factory, he wouldn't be worried. Unfortunately, comparisons are painful; compared to the steel factory, his textile factory's canteen wasn't even fit to carry shoes!
Then something happened that made the textile factory's purchasing director even more nervous.
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