Mingmen Family

Chapter 199 Stealing the Secret Recipe

At Xu time in late spring and early summer, the sky was already dark, and the village behind the Yejia tea factory was completely silent, and most of the people fell into a deep sleep.

A young man in his twenties walked up to a gate in the dark with a bag of things in his hand, tapped on the gate lightly, and whispered: "Uncle, uncle..."

"Who is it?" Cao Dazhu asked through the window.

"It's me, Xiao Wu."

Cao Dazhu heard his nephew's voice, so he put on his clothes and went out to open the door.

"Why are you staying up so late, kid?" Cao Dazhu asked while letting Cao Wu in.

"Hey, let's talk in the room, talk in the room." Cao Wu said with a smile.

The two entered the room, Cao Wu put the things in his hands on the table, and said to Cao Dazhu: "This is Xiao Wu's filial uncle."

Cao Dazhu took a look and found two pieces of meat, two packs of snacks, and a bottle of wine. He couldn't help but look suspiciously at Cao Wu: "Where did you get the money?"

"I've saved a little money over the years. I don't think I haven't seen my uncle for a long time. Come and visit you."

Cao Dazhu naturally didn't believe it, and said, "What's your plan, tell me quickly. Otherwise, I won't dare to accept your things."

"Uncle, what did you say? My father left early, and you were the one who took care of my nephew. Now that my nephew is so old, shouldn't it be right to buy some good things to be filial to you?" Cao Wu said.

Cao Dazhu's wife, Liu Shi, also came in at this moment, and she curled her lips secretly when she heard this.

She said calmly: "I said Xiao Wu, if you have anything to say, you should hurry up and talk about it. Your uncle is very tired from work, and he has to get up early tomorrow. After you finish talking, he can rest early. This is you filial piety to him."

Cao Wu saw that his aunt sat down after pouring tea, and she didn't seem to be going out at all. He cursed inwardly, and had to say to Cao Dazhu: "Uncle, I heard that the tea factory is going to recruit people. You see, my nephew is also in my twenties." I'm older, I don't have a good job on weekdays, I can't make money and I can't marry a wife, it's a lot to worry about. Can you recommend me to try this time?"

"I assure you, I will definitely work hard when I enter the tea factory, and I won't embarrass you."

Liu Shi was a little moved when he heard this.

Cao Dazhu's father is an old man in the Ye family's tea factory, so the whole Cao family is regarded as Ye family's slaves, the ones who sign the death contract, not only are they not free, but so are the children they give birth to.

Although he is a Zhuang slave, the Ye family is not responsible for supporting everyone.When the children grow up, they have to find work in the Yejia tea house, tea house, tea factory, or even tea gardens and farms by themselves.If you can't find something to do and have no income, the Ye family won't care if they starve to death.

Of course, the Ye family has a big business and needs people to do things everywhere.As long as you are honest and hardworking, you can always find work.Even if you don't earn much, you can barely make ends meet.

The Ye family is benevolent and does not treat domestic slaves harshly.

Of the three brothers of the Cao family, the second pillar did not stand still, and the third pillar also died of illness when Cao Wu was seven years old.The remaining Sanzhu daughter-in-law is widowed with two daughters and one son.In these years, Cao Dazhu has been helping his family a lot.

Now that Cao Wu's two elder sisters are married, if Cao Wu can enter the tea factory, the third house will no longer have to help, and the eldest house will be much more relaxed.

"No." Cao Dazhu refused straight away, "You can't do it."

In recent years, he has often asked the steward with a shy face, trying to find a job for Cao Wu.But Cao Wu was tired of earning money, and he was returned soon after he did it.

How important is the tea factory, where would someone like Cao Wu be recruited?
A flash of resentment flashed in Cao Wu's eyes, but he quickly covered it up.

He made a lonely look, and said sadly: "Uncle, I know that I have let you down because I have been idle for the past two years. But isn't that because I have no chance to enter the tea factory? The eldest brother is your son, and he inherited his father's business. Then It should be. If the tea factory is still the same and does not recruit so many new people, I will not come to ask uncle."

"But now the second master has made Longjing tea, and the third girl has made osmanthus tea. I heard that jasmine tea will be made in the future, and the tea factory needs manpower everywhere. A group of people were recruited a while ago, and I heard that the next Recruiting again. Uncle, can't you pull out your nephew?"

After hearing this, Liu's heart moved and she looked at her husband.

"Where did you hear these words?" Cao Dazhu asked.

"Everyone is talking." Cao Wu said.

Cao Dazhu stopped talking.

A while ago, his eldest son, who was his apprentice, was sent to the mountain to learn how to make Longjing tea. The tea factory did recruit a group of people to fill their vacancy.He only heard about the fact that the third girl was going to make jasmine tea and that the tea factory was recruiting again in the afternoon, and everyone knew about it unexpectedly.

Thinking about his nephew's situation, he finally gritted his teeth: "It will be done. But I'm ugly. If you are still the same as before, choosing the easy and fearing the heavy, lazy, and being punished and fired by the supervisor, I don't care about it. Don't even think about it." Let me beg for help with an old face. I will not care about you in the future."

"Don't worry, Uncle. My nephew used to be young and ignorant. Now I know how to make progress." Cao Wu lowered his head, looking embarrassed, "The main reason is that my nephew is getting older, thinking that he should earn money and marry a wife son."

"If that's the case, that would be great." Cao Dazhu nodded slightly, "Empty talk is useless, I'll see how you behave next."

"Then uncle, you should rest early, and my nephew will not bother you." Cao Wu said a few more polite words to Mrs. Liu, then got up and left.

Mrs. Liu went to lock the door, and said to Cao Dazhu when she came back, "I hope that kid can do his job well."

The couple has two sons. The eldest son learned how to make tea from Cao Dazhu, and the second son, who is quick-spoken, went to work as a waiter in a teahouse.It's not that they didn't worry about Cao Wu, but this nephew was spoiled by his mother and sister.

Therefore, when the tea factory recruited people, Cao Dazhu didn't think about recommending his nephew.

At this moment, his nephew wanted to make progress, so Cao Dazhu still went to find the steward the next day, and after saying all the good things, he gave up his embarrassment for two lifetimes, so the steward agreed to speak for Cao Wu.

But he also said: "You also know how important the place of the tea factory is, and the people are carefully selected. It doesn't count if I agree here, and the old master and the second master have to nod."

Cao Dazhu nodded again and again: "I know, I know. But these years, the second master has been in charge of the tea factory. As long as Cai Guanshi nods here, the second master will be fine."

The tea factory used to have Zhang Zhongkun, the shopkeeper, and Wu Qingping, the manager.However, more than [-] people were transferred to the tea garden to make Longjing tea. Ye Hongsheng couldn't teach tea making and worry about personnel management, so he transferred Zhang Zhongkun.

As for Wu Qingping, Ye Hongrong in Huizhou felt that Zhou Xiang alone was not enough, so he transferred him.

(End of this chapter)