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Chapter 69
On the outskirts of city A, before dawn, Zhao Hai woke up with a dazed look amidst the sound of cock crowing.When he came to the living room after washing, his elderly father had already put steamed buns and soybean milk on the table.
Father: "Hai, hurry up and eat something. Is it going to deliver something to Boss Jiang today?"
"Yes, yes." As soon as Zhao Hai heard the word "Boss Jiang", he woke up with a jolt, rubbed his eyes and sat at the table, and began to stuff breakfast into his mouth hungrily.
Their family had a chicken farm on the outskirts of the city, which was originally in charge of their father, but after his father got old, Zhao Hai simply quit his job outside and went back to his hometown to carry the factory.
Unlike his old-fashioned father, after he came back, he started expanding, rebuilding, and scientific breeding. Last year, he found a batch of high-quality breeders.
He was eating breakfast now, and the fat chickens outside were clucking one after another.
His father sat across from him, sipping soy milk in small sips, hesitant to speak on his face.
Zhao Hai was a little strange: "Dad, what's wrong?"
"Sea." My father hesitated, and said, "Recently, there are rumors in the village that it is not good for you to do business with Feng Qianguan."
Zhao Hai raised his eyebrows: "Not good? Why?"
The father continued: "Well, you don't know yet, your second uncle came to me yesterday and told me that Mr. Jiang, Feng Qianguan, is the granddaughter of Jiang's group who has severed ties with Jiang's family. The whole Jiang's family doesn't want to see her."If you want to cooperate with her, the business of other restaurants in City A may not be easy in the future."
Zhao Hai knew the second uncle in his father's mouth, and he was a little happy: "Dad, why do you think so?"
"What's wrong with thinking so?" Father frowned, "Why don't you... find an excuse to reject her today. I'll ask your second uncle again to see if I can take you to open up sales, and those restaurants in Jixiang BuildingGet on the line too."
Zhao Hai was speechless for a while.Looking at his father's worried expression, he could only patiently say, "Dad, you're trying to mess with me. Let alone the fact that there are so many restaurants in City A, Jiang's only has a few of them. Those restaurants don't want our chickens, and other outlets don't sell them."It's too much. Besides, my chickens are so strong, they don't want to be their loss!"
Zhao Hai paused, and then said: "Also, you don't know who the second uncle was in the past. He persuaded you to miss many opportunities. Do you believe that he will really take me to work in JixianglouBusiness, what's the joke?"
His father moved his lips, the expression on his face was clearly dissatisfied, but Zhao Hai had grown up, he didn't give his father a chance to speak, he just put a large pickle with chopsticks into his father's bowl: "Don't worry, I can see you todayI can’t just order Feng Qianguan’s dishes back for you to taste, you’ll know that we’re selling it right after you eat it. The fat chicken raised by your son has been under Mr. Jiang’s hands, and it’s an immortal chicken!”
The father listened to Zhao Hai running the train with his mouth full, and his son blocked everything he wanted to say.He was stupid, so he could only silently eat steamed buns with pickles.
After Zhao Hai finished his breakfast, he rolled up his sleeves and went out to kill chickens.The slaughterhouse is also in full compliance with hygienic standards.At eight o'clock in the morning, Zhao Hai loaded the processed fresh chicken into the truck and prepared to transport it to the city.
While loading the trucks, the owner of the breeding factory next door also came out to work.
When Zhao Hai saw him, he raised his eyebrows: "Second Uncle, good morning."
The second uncle's eyes drifted from the clean factory building behind Zhao Hai to the neatly packed boxes in his truck, and his expression was a little subtle: "Delivery?"
Zhao Hai nodded: "Yes, send it to restaurants in the city."
The second uncle's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Feng Qianguan?"
Zhao Hai smiled: "Yes, this is the restaurant. You also saw the news!"
The second uncle moved his lips, and put on his face the feeling of an elder looking at a younger generation: "Zhao Hai, I didn't say you, you are short-sighted, you gave up all the opportunities in the future when you do business with Feng QianguanThe Jiang Group is a big player, and the chicken they need is how many times that of Feng Qianguan..."
Zhao Hai closed the back door of the truck with a snap, and patted the ashes on his hands: "Then you take me to do the business of Jixiang Building?"
The second uncle's words were immediately choked back.
Zhao Hai is not an honest man like his father, he could see that his second uncle wanted to find a sense of superiority, but he didn't have the patience to maintain a superficial relationship with the other party: "What do you mean by this picture, and you won't introduce me to JixianglouYou want to make me envious of your factory and steal chickens in the middle of the night?”
"You...you." The second uncle stopped talking, his face turning red and turning pale.
Just at this time, the phone rang, and the second uncle seemed to have found the steps: "I still have business to do, so I won't talk nonsense with you, it doesn't make sense to reason with you."
The second uncle took out his phone, looked at the screen, and his eyes lit up.He picked up the phone and said loudly with joy, "Oh, Master Tang from Jixiang Building, what's the matter, this batch of goods is not enough, you still want to buy?"
Zhao Hai looked at him, and saw that the next moment, the expression on the second uncle's face suddenly changed, his eyebrows frowned, and he stopped smiling, but turned his back and hurried away.
The second uncle's lowered voice came from the wind: "Isn't the consumption in the past few months like this? I've kept this batch for you, and I'm ready to send it over. You're just telling me no now?"
Zhao Hai raised his eyebrows and jumped back into the car.
When the vehicle drove across the village road and passed by the second uncle, Zhao Haichao whistled outside the car and specially greeted him: "Second uncle, I'm going to deliver the goods first, see you later."
The second uncle clutched his phone, his figure froze for a moment, and the next moment he was hit by the exhaust of the car all over his head and face.
...
After Feng Qianguan expanded, Jiang Ci set up a small warehouse next to the back kitchen with a large freezer inside.After Zhao Hai arrived, he greeted her and moved the fresh chicken into the freezer in a familiar way.
While Zhao Hai was carrying it, he couldn't help but look at Feng Qianguan with bright eyes.
He didn't sell the chicken casually. At the gourmet festival, he tried dozens of restaurants before finally choosing the target.After tasting Feng Qianguan's dishes, he was sure that the cooperation with Feng Qianguan would be a good deal.
In restaurants, it is the taste that wins in the end.The taste of Feng Qianguan is so outstanding, as long as the owner is not an unparalleled Buddhist, the restaurant will definitely expand and become more and more famous.
Zhao Hai has his own calculations. When he expands his chicken farm and develops other sales channels, he can proudly say: Feng Qianguan uses my chickens. In City A, it is first-class, which meansWhat are you wearing?Meaning my chicken was top notch too.
Jiang Ci doesn't quite understand Zhao Hai's confusion. She just feels that the supplier in front of her is very enthusiastic about her. The chicken delivered every time is very fresh, and the handling is very clean. Basically, it can be used in restaurants.Very smooth.
When Qi Yan arrived, he saw a dark-skinned young man wandering around Boss Jiang. After busy work, Boss Jiang treated him very politely.
Qi Yan: "..."
Jiang Ci saw him and laughed, "You're here."
Qi Yan nodded, hesitated for a moment, and looked curiously at Zhao Hai next to him: "This is...?"
His expression seemed to be pure curiosity, but Zhao Hai shivered intuitively when he met those dark eyes.
Jiang Ci smiled and said, "Our supplier, Boss Zhao."
"Boss Zhao, hello." Qi Yan stretched out his hand and shook Zhao Hai calmly.
Jiang Ci remembered Zhao Hai's request, and said, "Boss Zhao, if you don't mind, you can stay here and wait for our staff meals, and then pack a copy for your father."
Before Qi Yan came, Zhao Hai was pestering her about this matter.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Hai was stunned for a while, and his expression suddenly became a little subtle: "Ah, forget it, thank you Boss Jiang, next time, I will come to trouble you again. I just remembered that there are still batches of goods to be delivered today..."
Jiang Ci sent Zhao Hai away inexplicably, turned around, and Qi Yan's tall body was still stuck in the shop.
"Why don't you go into the box?" Jiang Ci led him inside.
Qi Yan looked away as if nothing had happened, smiled quietly, and followed Boss Xiao Jiang towards the shop.
...
After the vernal equinox, it came to Qingming in an instant.Jiang Ci gave the store a holiday, and posted a holiday notice on Feng Qianguan's homepage and door one day in advance.
On the day of Qingming, she changed into a solemn black dress, and went out early, heading towards Zhao Sulan's house.
When passing by the flower shop, Jiang Ci got off the car and bought a bouquet of flowers.
More than an hour later, Jiang Ci arrived at the teacher's family building on the outskirts of the city, and Zhao Sulan was standing silently at the door waiting for her.The expression on the old man's face was a rare loneliness.
Jiang Ci patted Zhao Sulan on the shoulder, and walked out of the community with the old man in his arms.In her previous life, she would not have done this kind of intimate behavior with others, but after arriving in this world, many things have changed.
Feeling a burst of relief, Zhao Sulan raised her head and smiled at her.
"Grandma, don't be sad." Jiang Ci comforted her, "She will be happy only when she sees us living well."
"Yes." Zhao Sulan nodded slightly.
Jiang Ci took a taxi and took her grandmother to the cemetery on the outskirts of the city. The two held bouquets in their hands and walked slowly on the path.Stopped at a remote tombstone.
Xiao Jiang Ci's mother is buried here.
The moment Zhao Sulan saw the tombstone, tears flashed in Zhao Sulan's eyes, and she began to ramble on to the tombstone.
Holding the bouquet, Jiang Ci stepped back a few meters.
In the cemetery, besides them, there were also some people who came to pay their respects.Jiang Ci didn't pay much attention, and she didn't turn her head until a man obviously stopped beside her.
Jiang Ci frowned slightly: "Jiang Haichao?"
The solemnly dressed middle-aged man in front of him was none other than Jiang Haichao.Jiang Ci could see that he had taken care of himself specially. The high-end suits concealed his slightly fat body, and his bald head was also covered with hairstyle.
Jiang Ci looked at it twice, feeling a little surprised.The middle-aged man in front of him seemed to be a lot different from half a year ago—there were more wrinkles on his face, his eyes were darker, and even though he wore a suit and combed his hair, he still couldn't help showing the feeling of aging.
Jiang Haichao held a bouquet of pale yellow chrysanthemums in his arms.
"What are you doing here?" Jiang Ci blurted out, and then felt that she was asking too much.Obviously, Jiang Haichao came to pay homage to his ex-wife, who was Xiao Jiangci's mother.
"I'll come and see your mother." Jiang Haichao sighed.
Jiang Ci was very surprised, but before she could think of what to say next, Zhao Sulan turned her head suddenly when she heard the voice.
Seeing Jiang Haichao, Zhao Sulan's tear-filled eyes burst into blood.The old lady scolded: "Jiang Haichao, you still have the face to see my daughter. You have the face to stand here when you treat Jiang Ci like this!"
Jiang Ci was afraid that Zhao Sulan would lose her temper, so she hurriedly supported her, and turned her head and said in a cold voice: "Mr. Jiang, please go back. My mother and you probably have nothing to say."
Jiang Haichao's forehead twitched when he was scolded, and seeing Zhao Sulan's excited expression, he squeezed the chrysanthemum in his hand, but he didn't step forward.
Jiang Haichao: "Jiang Ci, let me tell you a few words."
Jiang Ci stared at him, fell silent for a while, then turned around to appease Zhao Sulan, and then led Jiang Haichao to a nearby secluded tree.
Jiang Ci: "Speak."
She could tell from Jiang Haichao's expression that he had something to say today, and if he was not allowed to say it, Jiang Haichao would probably continue to come to her.
To her surprise, Jiang Haichao's body lacked the feeling of arrogance that Xiao Jiangci remembered, probably because of the changes in hormones that made him lose his heart.His voice was very low: "Jiang Ci, I know that in the past few years, I have done something badly... I feel guilty for coming to see your mother today..."
Jiang Ci silently listened to Jiang Haichao's confession, and she knew that now Jiang Haichao wanted a daughter.
However, the little Jiang Ci from the past is really gone.
Jiang Ci thought it was a bit ridiculous, but she didn't interrupt Jiang Haichao's words, and after quietly listening to him, Jiang Ci said, "Mr. Jiang, I can only say that there is no medicine for regret in this world, and the damage that has been done cannot be erased."
Jiang Haichao's expression suddenly changed.
Jiang Ci stared at him, thought for a while, and added: "If you really want to make amends, next, please restrain your current wife and daughter, and don't bother me anymore. As for business matters, it's in business matters.Solve it on the Internet. I won’t do anything wrong, and I hope you won’t either.”
Jiang Haichao stared blankly at the person in front of him. The person in front of him was too calm, looking at him as if he was looking at a stranger.The father-daughter love he saw in little Jiang Ci's eyes had completely disappeared since a year ago.
Jiang Haichao felt sore in his heart, remained silent for a while, and opened his mouth with difficulty.
Jiang Ci: "What did you say?"
"Yes. I will let Guo Donglian and Jiang Xiaotang stop bothering you." Jiang Haichao said in a difficult voice.He felt that he was aging rapidly.
"Okay, please go back." Jiang Ci nodded to Jiang Haichao, then turned and returned to Zhao Sulan.
Jiang Haichao looked sadly into the distance.
The girl in black put the bouquet in front of the tombstone, stood quietly for a while, then helped Zhao Sulan tenderly, and left step by step.
The two figures disappeared at the end of the path.
Jiang Haichao clenched his fists, and the sudden regret crushed him.
He has been walking in a direction that he thought was more beneficial, but he doesn't know why. When he recovered, he seemed to have lost a lot of things.
...
On the next day of Qingming, Zhao Hai woke up early, filled the truck, and rushed to Feng Qianguan with great interest.The chicken farm employs helpers. Normally, if there are other orders, Zhao Hai will send helpers there. Only Feng Qianguan's orders must be delivered by himself.
After all... As Feng Qianguan's supplier, he would never miss out on benefits like employee meals every time.
After entering the store, Zhao Hai took the initiative to move all the fresh chicken into the cold storage. After moving, he used the back kitchen sink to wash his hands. While washing, he asked Jiang Ci with a playful smile if he could have a meal for the staff today.
Jiang Ci has nothing to do: "Yes, I will pack it later and bring it to your father to taste. Don't you need to deliver it today?"
"No need, no need." Zhao Hai quickly thanked him.
Jiang Ci: "By the way, there are some green balls outside, you can try them."
Around Qingming is the day to eat Qingtuan.Jiang Ci didn't serve this dim sum in the store, but made it with Zhao Sulan yesterday, and the extra parts were placed in the store today, the staff and regular customers are first come, first served, as for who gets to eat, it depends on luckup.
Zhao Hai froze for a moment, and his mind immediately flew out.
Youth League from Feng Qianguan!
Zhao Guan turned on the faucet, didn't even bother to wipe his hands, wiped the water droplets from his hands on his clothes, and hurried out.
There were three white porcelain plates on the table near the counter, two were empty, and the remaining one contained a few green balls.
The gray-green ruo leaves were cut into small pieces and placed on the bottom of the plate. The turquoise balls were about half the size of his fist, round and obediently lying on the ruo leaves.The surface of the dumpling has the texture of glutinous rice, shining brightly under the light of the glazed lamp.
Zhao Hai licked his lips and picked up one.He doesn't have any special interest in Qingtuan. Before and after Qingming, many shops will sell this kind of seasonal snacks. It's not like he hasn't tasted it.But most of those dumplings were sweet and greasy. After eating a few times, he was not interested in buying any more.
Jiang Ci passed behind him, and casually said, "It's stuffed with red bean paste, sweet, can you eat it?"
"Yes, of course." Zhao Hai carefully held up a piece of Ruo Ye with his fingers, through the thin leaves, he could feel the heavy texture of the green ball.
The mugwort itself has a unique aroma. The green group has been cooled, but the aroma has not weakened, but has become more fresh and soft, drifting into the nasal cavity.
Zhao Hai took a deep breath, and felt that the whole person was light and refreshed, as if the Lingtai was clearer.
There is also a faint sweetness in the aroma, which is emitted by the stuffing hidden in the glutinous rice.
Zhao Hai was slightly startled, and then put the green ball into his mouth.The first thing the mouth touches is the soft skin of the Qingtuan.The dough made from glutinous rice and mugwort is soft and fragrant, with a hint of Q-bomb tenacity, which attracts people to bite down——
The outer skin is broken, revealing the sweet filling inside.The bean paste stuffing is freshly boiled with red beans. It is cool and sweet at the moment, and the texture is extremely delicate and soft.After the surface of the tongue touched the stuffing, Zhao Hai felt as if there was a stream of sweetness melting in his mouth, and the sweet taste flowed into his heart all the way.
With the freshness of mugwort, the sweetness of bean paste, and a subtle floral fragrance, the little green group seemed to hold the whole spring in front of him.
Zhao Hai closed his eyes.
In early April, even the wind is gentle.
This is...the green ball he had never eaten before.
Zhao Hai burst into tears from the bottom of his heart. Ever since he came into contact with Feng Qianguan, he felt that his threshold for delicious food had been raised, but every time he came into contact with a new dish, he was still amazed beyond words.
Faced with this kind of food, you can only eat a few more mouthfuls to show respect.
Unknowingly, a youth group has been eaten.Zhao Hai decisively extended his hand to the next one.
When Qi Yan walked into Feng Qianguan, he saw that...familiar guy again.
The young man was holding the green ball in his hand, with an intoxicated smile on his dark face, and he was stuffing something into his mouth while talking to Jiang Ci with puffy cheeks.
Qi Yan and Jiang Ci nodded, and greeted Zhao Hai: "Boss Zhao."
Zhao Hai was slightly taken aback when he saw the familiar face.In fact, he didn't know who the person in front of him was, he only knew that he was a regular customer of Feng Qianguan, and he seemed to be a very powerful person, in short... not easy to mess with.
"Hello, hello." Zhao Hai bulged his cheeks and spoke.
Qi Yan took a tissue from the table, thoughtfully handed it to the young man in front of him, and signaled with his eyes.
Zhao Hai took the tissue in a daze, followed the other person's line of sight to look down, and suddenly found that his trouser legs... were stained with a few chicken feces that were slightly dried.
Zhao Hai: "..."
To wipe, or not to wipe.
Or wipe it.
Don't accidentally rub into the restaurant.
"Thanks, thank you." Zhao Hai stuffed the whole green group into his mouth, clapped his hands and took the tissue, then lowered his head to wipe it.
After Zhao Hai finished wiping, he threw the paper towel into the trash can and went to wash his hands again.After walking out of the bathroom, he walked around Feng Qianguan's hall in a daze for a few times.
On the table, only two of the three white porcelain plates were left, and they were all empty, except for the one containing the green group.
Zhao Hai: "???"
Zhao Hai: "..."
The author has something to say:
Finally finished writing (vomit soul
The next update is on Wednesday_(:3JZ)_