Chapter 147 The Anniversary of My Daughter's Death
Just as she finished speaking, Tu Yao's phone rang.
Tu Yao glanced at the screen, sighed, and answered the call.
Across from her, before she could speak, Madam Jiang asked with a smile, "Little Mao, what kind of food do you like to eat, and what color quilt do you like?"
"I've just taken care of a new plant, would you like to take a look?"
Tu Yao hesitated for a few seconds, then said, "...Madam, you are cheating."
After their last meeting, as the transportation company gradually got back on track, she thought Madam Jiang had given up.
The old lady laughed happily on the other end of the phone: "Little Mao, let me teach you a trick. It's called holding back and waiting for an opportunity."
Tu Yao was silent for a moment: "...I understand, thank you."
Regardless, Madam Jiang still presented her with the best solution.
She still had to say thank you.
After hanging up with Madam Jiang, Tu Yao dialed another number.
"Koike, you should cancel the order."
Xu Chi raised an eyebrow: "You guessed it was me?"
Tu Yao sighed, "There's no one else but you."
"You should take it back. Madam Jiang sent a flower basket; now everyone should know we have a powerful backer..."
Xu Chi paused slightly, his voice softening as if he were negotiating with her: "...Can't we not leave?"
Tu Yao immediately said seriously, "No."
She couldn't accept the millions in gifts and help she had received; she wasn't yet able to reciprocate in kind.
But she was capable of fulfilling Madam Jiang's requests.
After a moment of silence, the person on the other end suggested, "Or we could not cancel the order, and you could spend two days with me after you return from Madam Jiang's place?"
Tu Yao was taken aback: "Huh?"
Xu Chi's eyes flickered. "You're unwilling?"
Tu Yao looked troubled: "But... it seems like I'm with you almost every day."
Whether in Xianhe Village or Yanjing, recording programs, Second Brother's concert, and everything that happened with Little Brother, Xiao Chi has always been there.
There was sudden silence on the other end of the phone.
"...Xiaochi?"
Xu Chi was sitting in the study, opposite a custom-made mahogany screen. Because of the translucent wood, his figure and the slight furrowing of his brows from a moment ago could be easily seen through it.
But the next second, he could clearly see the smile gradually widening at the corners of his mouth.
"……you're right."
"But... the order still can't be cancelled, because I do have things to ship to the port city."
Tu Yao was skeptical: "Three thousand tons?"
"right."
His tone sounded flawless.
Tu Yao nodded: "Okay, I understand. Thank you anyway."
In the port city, Xu Cang discovered that his younger brother had filed another procurement contract.
He opened it without much hope, but breathed a small sigh of relief after seeing the amount.
This time it's not seventy, eighty, or ninety thousand.
What did you buy?
The next second, Xu Cang frowned deeply.
Three thousand tons of scrap iron and steel?
...
In the evening, Nan Ke and Tu Chaoxi finished packing their luggage, one going south and the other north.
Their younger siblings, one was going to the hospital to treat his leg, and the other was going to accompany a shrewd old lady.
Tu Chaoxi frowned: "I've asked twice, but Tu Xiaomao insists on going."
"They said I'd be staying for two days, but my eyelids kept twitching, and I felt like it would definitely be more than two days."
Nan Ke couldn't help but sigh.
With the two younger children gone, even though the house was no longer deserted, they still felt a little uneasy beforehand.
As the two walked out of the room, they saw Tu Yao run to Lin Yue's side, take out a piece of paper, and hand it to him.
Lin Yue was taken aback. He took the map and opened it. It was a simple hand-drawn map.
"This is……"
Tu Yao said excitedly, "Brother, this is what I drew a couple of days ago. The company has seven racing teams and eight outsourced racing teams, right?"
“These three outsourced convoys are based in the southern province. I checked, and they are only 200 kilometers away from Yonghe County. Following my route, you can see that it is only a little over 180 kilometers away.”
Lin Yue looked at the map. Although it was drawn rather roughly, all the points that needed to be marked were marked.
He opened his phone, checked it carefully, and nodded: "Yes, you didn't draw it wrong. This road is passable."
Tu Yao became even more excited. After hesitating for a moment, she said softly, "...Brother, once the mushroom house is built, I can start growing button mushrooms next spring. By then, the main road in the village will definitely be repaired, and large trucks will be able to pass through."
After hesitating for a moment, she continued, "I don't have many button mushrooms right now, so... could you leave me a whole convoy later?"
Looking into the girl's expectant eyes, Lin Yue's heart ached instantly, and he almost immediately said in a hoarse voice, "Of course! You are the main investor in the company, so you can keep as much as you want."
Not far away, Tu Chaoxi and Nan Ke looked at the girl in front of them with complicated expressions.
...Their sister never forgot her Crane Village and her button mushrooms.
It's likely that they had already drawn up this map when they were plotting against Lin Qiuping.
Tu Yao was a little embarrassed: "Xianhe Village is still too far away, and these three car teams are outsourced, so they may not be willing."
"However, I've checked, and several new routes are planned for the Southern Provincial Capital next year. I'll see if I can rearrange them then, and maybe it won't take more than 180 kilometers."
Lin Yue stared at her intently, shook his head, and spoke with unprecedented seriousness.
"Then let's not outsource it."
Tu Yao was taken aback.
Lin Yue carefully folded the map. "The young man will work hard and will prepare a special transport team for you before next spring, so it doesn't matter how far away it is."
"Once you have a lot of button mushrooms, I'll prepare two, three, four..."
Before Tu Yao could react, the map in Lin Yue's hand was suddenly taken away.
Tu Chaoxi opened it and took a look. "It's drawn quite well, but I think we could add an air transport route. Third brother, try harder and don't limit yourself to land transport."
Nan Ke nodded and said gently, "It's not just land transportation. I've heard that large-scale breeding bases have partners in land, sea, and air transportation."
"Yes, someone as capable as Tu Xiaomao might quickly become a big and powerful business. Third brother, you need to work harder to keep up with her pace."
Lin Yue nodded emphatically: "Okay!"
Tu Yao blinked, listening blankly to their back-and-forth banter, and couldn't help but laugh.
She didn't forget her button mushrooms, and neither did her brothers.
...
The next morning, Tu Chaoxi watched as Tu Yao slung her small bag over her shoulder and pushed out her suitcase, and couldn't help but ask for the third time.
"Tu Xiaomao, are you really willing to go and accompany Madam Jiang?"
"Although the old lady sent a flower basket, she hasn't really said that you can come over these past two days. Are you just going to go see her alone with your luggage?"
He spoke to her gently, saying, "If you don't want to go, that's fine. I'll talk to her about it. I'll repay this favor."
Tu Yao shook her head. "She didn't say anything because she didn't want to pressure me. She was afraid that I really didn't want to go."
Madam Jiang asked her what dishes she liked to eat and what color quilt she liked, but she hesitated to ask if she was willing to go there, leaving her room for choice.
"But I'm willing to go."
Tu Chaoxi asked, puzzled, "Why?"
Tu Yao pursed her lips; she had already asked Mr. Cormier.
...In three days, it will be the anniversary of the death of Madam Jiang's daughter.
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