The leisurely life of the reborn daddy

Chapter 159 Approaching the New Year's End (5000)

Cao Shujie picked up Mengmeng and walked home.

But the little guy didn't cooperate, he kept kicking in Cao Shujie's arms, looked at Cao Zhenghu behind him, and shouted: "Grandpa, save me!"

Cao Zhenghu followed behind with a smile and walked home, he stretched out his hand to grab Mengmeng's little hand, and said, "Mengmeng is obedient, grandpa will take you to play later."

He wanted to go to the village to see how many of those old brothers were left.

Like he is 81 years old, he is still alive and well at his age, there are really few in the village.

Because of this, Cao Zhenhu actually cherishes these people in his heart.

After sitting at home for less than half an hour, Cao Zhenghu said this. Cao Jianguo originally wanted to let his father have a good rest at home today, but his father did not cooperate.

After a final discussion, Cao Shujie drove his grandfather around Caojiazhuang all morning. During this morning, Cao Zhenghu was reminiscing with his old brothers, and Cao Shujie played the role of a driver perfectly.

When he took his grandfather and drove back to his home in the north of the village, the expression on his grandfather's face did not look calm.

"Grandpa, are you okay?" Cao Shujie asked him.

Cao Zhenghu waved his hand and said, "I'm fine, but there are not many old brothers alive."

"Grandpa, our family's life will definitely get better and better. What do you want to do?" Cao Shujie persuaded him slowly.

Hearing Mengmeng's yelling in his ears, Cao Shujie wondered, what's wrong?

He pointed to the room and said, "Grandpa, listen, that cute kid is making a fuss again."

When he said this, Cao Zhenghu was curious: "What did I do to see Mengmeng?"

Not to mention him, even Cao Shujie was curious, what was his daughter doing?Make his wife so angry.

He and his grandfather went into the house one after the other. Before seeing Mengmeng, Cao Shujie heard his wife's roar: "Mengmeng, why don't you throw your toothbrush into the trash can? You are such a waste of things. See what you brush your teeth with."

Cao Shujie became even more curious. When he saw his wife and Mengmeng, the little guy was standing in front of his mother with his head bowed, with a very honest look: "Wife, what happened?"

"Shujie, look at the good things your daughter has done." Cheng Xiaolin was furious when she saw him.

She pointed to the puddles of water on the ground and said, "Did you see that water? It was sprayed out by Mengmeng's mouth."

"Use your mouth?" Cao Shujie's mind instantly flashed a picture of her daughter with a sip of water in her mouth, pouting her mouth and spraying all the water on the ground.

Maybe she didn't just squirt. Just thinking about that scene, Cao Shujie was so angry that he wanted to beat someone, not to mention his wife, as the party involved, how angry would he be?

"What else is she doing?" Cao Shujie was curious.

Then he heard his wife say: "What else can I do, I just bought a toothbrush for your daughter, and I'm teaching her how to brush her teeth. Who knows that she brushes the soles of her shoes with a toothbrush. Do you think it's annoying?"

Cao Shujie was so angry that he wanted to beat his daughter.

But Cheng Xiaolin said: "This is not over yet. After your daughter finished brushing the soles of her shoes, she put the toothbrush into the bucket of the mop again. Shujie, do you think she is dirty?"

"Snapped!"

Cao Shujie saw his daughter standing in front of her mother, drooping her little head, as if admitting her mistake, but the secret joy on her face betrayed her true inner thoughts.

Cao Shujie didn't care about anything else, so he raised his hand and slapped his daughter's little butt.

Mengmeng was stunned by her father's slap, she never thought that the first person to slap her was her father who loves her the most.

"Wow!" Mengmeng cried loudly.

Cao Shujie hardened his heart and didn't try to coax her.

Cheng Xiaolin looked at her husband with some reproach, but she didn't say anything about him, instead she reprimanded Mengmeng: "I told you just now that you didn't listen, now it's okay, your father is so angry that he wants to beat you, don't cry."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mengmeng's crying stopped abruptly.

There were tears in her eyes, she pouted, wiped her tears, looked at her mother at a 45-degree angle, then looked at her father, and when she finally saw Cao Zhenghu, she seemed to have found a new backer, and she ran directly to Cao Zhenghu, feeling very wronged She cried out in a crying voice: "Grandpa, Dad hit me."

Crying and choking his nose over and over again, it really looked like that.

"Hey, whoever dares to hit our Mengmeng, grandpa will decide for you, you go and beat him back." Cao Zhenghu said with a smile.

Mengmeng came to him and asked him to help make decisions, which made him very happy.

When Mengmeng heard what the old man said, she immediately stopped crying, looked at her father, then at her grandfather, and finally said with her mouth pursed: "Grandpa, I dare not beat my father."

"That's right, then Mengmeng will play with the old man, let's go find toys." Cao Zhenghu took Mengmeng's hand and walked outside.

Cao Shujie looked at an anime toothbrush with an orange handle thrown on the ground, and he knew it must be his daughter's toothbrush.

"Where did you buy it, buy another one for her." Cao Shujie said to his wife.

Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "That's the only way to go."

She also muttered: "This brand of toothbrush is very precious. Who knew that I just opened the package and wanted to give Mengmeng the toothbrush to play with for a while, so she took the toothbrush to brush her shoes and washed the toothbrush with the dirty water used to wash the mop."

"It makes my stomach hurt."

Cao Shujie said with a smile: "My wife, give me the link, and I will buy another one for her."

"Forget it. I bought two in total. I originally wanted to use them instead. Let her use this one first." After Cheng Xiaolin let go of that tone, she felt much better.

After his grandfather came back, Cao Shujie spent less time in the orchard. He spent most of his time with his daughter and grandfather, and often accompanied his grandfather around Caojiazhuang.

Some old people I met on the road showed envious eyes to Cao Zhenghu.

Who doesn't want to have a promising person in the junior generation when they get older.

"Brother Hu, come out for a walk again." Cao Zhengyin, the accountant of Caojiazhuang, began to greet him before he arrived.

He is of the same generation as Cao Zhenghu, but there is a ten-year difference in age.

"I'm free at home, so I'm going out for a walk." Cao Zhenghu asked him, "Zhengyin, what are you doing here?"

"Brother Hu, isn't it the end of the year? The village committee will settle the bill. I'll check the bill with Secretary Jiangang." Cao Zhengyin said.

Cao Zhengyin never dared to be careless when it came to money matters.

In particular, the village committee has three large sums of income this year. After they have money, there are many projects in the village. At this time, Cao Zhengyin is more cautious.

After all, these three sums of money were all deposited by him. If there is a problem later, if it is not accounted for, he is the first person responsible.

Cao Zhenghu didn't know the details, but he could tell that Cao Zhengyin was really anxious. After chatting for a few words, he said, "Zhengyin, go get busy."

"Okay, Brother Hu, when I'm done, I'll go find you for a drink." Cao Zhengyin said.

Cao Zhenghu agreed wholeheartedly.

The day of December, like a child's temper, one moment he was still laughing and laughing, and the next moment he was lying on the ground, rolling and crying.

Cao Shujie never expected that the second snowfall in December would come so quickly, but this snowfall was not heavy, and it stopped just after covering the ground.

It was too cold in winter, and there was nothing to do in the fields, so people from house to house hid at home for leisure.

Cao Shujie and his wife Cheng Xiaolin were making mutton dumplings and were going to call his parents over for a meal.

It is worth mentioning that his grandfather Cao Zhenghu has been living with him since he came back.

The main reason is that the heating on his side has a boiler and a constant temperature return water. Like the heating on his parents’ side, the temperature will drop after the heating is stopped. This kind of cold and hot temperature is the most troublesome.

Fearing that his grandfather would not be able to stand the alternating hot and cold temperatures, he would catch a cold and eventually cause other abnormalities, Cao Shujie and his father Cao Jianguo had a serious negotiation and left his grandfather with him.

After the couple finished making dumplings, Cheng Xiaolin said to her husband, "Shujie, call our parents and ask them to come over for dinner."

"Okay, I'll call right away." Cao Shujie was very happy.

Stand up and walk outside.

His grandfather is playing beast chess with Mengmeng, not to mention how good Mengmeng's chess skills are, she can't even recognize the chess completely, and sometimes she will take two moves confidently with the grandfather's chess.

Cao Zhenghu wanted to correct her, but Mengmeng covered her ears with her hands, and just didn't listen, still going her own way.

There are no boundaries in this game of chess, and naturally there is no relationship between winning and losing.

After Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan came over, Cao Shujie was busy cooking and cooking dumplings.

Before they had eaten, did Cao Jianhua come over with two bottles of wine, a box of milk and a box of eight-treasure porridge?
Cao Shujie was a little puzzled, why did his Uncle Hua come here?
Before he had time to say hello, Cao Jianhua shouted, "Uncle Hu, why don't you tell me when you're back. If I had known earlier, I would have spared time to come and see you a few days in advance."

"It's okay, Jianhua, you can just come and play, what else do you bring with you?" Cao Zhenghu beckoned him to sit in the room.

In the past few days, not only Cao Jianhua came here alone, besides him, there were many people of the same generation as Cao Jianguo in the Cao family compound who came to visit Cao Zhenghu.

Cao Jianhua held Cao Zhenghu's hand and did not let go. He and Cao Zhenghu babbled about what happened in Caojiazhuang, and also heard Cao Zhenghu talk about what happened in Anyi City.

Regardless of Cao Zhenghu's age, he ran back and forth between his two sons' houses, which is really not comparable to those little old men in Cao's village who have never seen the world.

No, Cao Zhenghu is now talking about the construction of the elevated road in Anyi City.

But the elevated thing touched Cao Jianhua's blind spot, and he didn't understand what it was at all.

Seeing Cao Zhenghu's talk rise, he didn't interrupt Cao Zhenghu's speech, and listened quietly all the time.

After Cao Shujie fried the dishes, he began to invite Cao Jianhua to sit down for dinner.

Cao Jianhua was polite and sat down.

"Jianhua, I heard that you not only run a supermarket, but also raise pigs, a lot?" Cao Zhenghu took the initiative to ask about it.

That's what his grandson said.

Cao Jianhua was worried and didn't know how to bring up this matter. Hearing Cao Zhenghu's initiative, he said quickly: "Uncle Hu, to tell you the truth, I have raised 300 pigs."

"But it was bad luck. When I bought the piglets, the price was the highest. Less than a month after I bought them, the price plummeted." Very open to see.

His statement made Cao Zhenghu burst out laughing: "Jianhua, there is an old saying that goes well, if a family is rich, hairy people don't count."

"Uncle Hu, you are right. I really didn't take this seriously before. No, I have suffered a big loss this time, and it can be regarded as a lesson." Cao Jianhua was really low-key this time.

"It's almost Chinese New Year, the price should go up?" Cao Zhenghu asked him.

Cao Jianhua nodded, and said with a smile, "Uncle Hu, you're the one to see!"

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with this, it's just experience." Cao Zhenghu said modestly.

Cao Shujie has not paid attention to this aspect recently, he asked: "Uncle Hua, how much is a catty of live pigs now?"

Hearing this question, Cao Jianhua said happily: "Some time ago, it cost 16 yuan and 8 kilograms, which is more than [-] yuan per kilogram."

Hearing this number, Cao Shujie nodded and said, "Uncle Hua, this price is really not cheap."

Cao Jianhua also meant the same thing. Now each of his 300 pigs weighs close to 200 catties.

According to the plan, Cao Jianhua wanted to raise it until the eve of the Spring Festival next month and sell it at a good price.

But he has also calculated that the feed cost they eat every day is not a small amount. If he keeps them for another 10 days, the feed cost incurred in selling them next month is not small, and every day The rise in the price of a catty of pork may not be able to even out the cost of feed.

Also because of this matter, Cao Jianhua was very tangled in his heart, what should he do?
He thought about it, and in the name of you coming to see Cao Zhenghu today, he also came over to have a chat with Cao Shujie.

"Shujie, what do you think I should do?" Cao Jianhua asked seriously.

After several twists and turns, he didn't have any keen intuition about the market at all. After selling this batch of pigs, what should the next batch of pigs raise?
Or don't raise them at all, see if you can find someone to cash out the pig farm, and get back some of the investment.

But the second thought was just an idea that occasionally flashed in his mind, and Cao Jianhua didn't want to do it if he hadn't had to.

Several people drank wine together, and Cao Shujie played the role of pouring the wine most of the time, but when Cao Jianhua mentioned the price of pigs, cattle, and sheep, Cao Shujie said directly: "Uncle Hua, I dare not say too much. There is a 10% certainty that the price will definitely continue to rise about [-] days before the festival, but it is hard to say in the next year or the next year.”

This statement was in line with Cao Jianhua's own considerations. He asked, "Shujie, do you think it's better to raise pigs or cattle after the next year?"

"Uncle Hua, the price of beef has been rising now. I haven't asked about the price of calves, but it should not be low." Cao Shujie said.

"In addition, the growth cycle of cattle is longer than that of pigs." Cao Shujie stretched out four fingers: "You can raise at least three crops of pigs a year, and if there are more, you can raise four crops, but if you raise cattle, you need one at the fastest." It takes a year for the slaughter, and if it is slow, it will take a year and a half, and there is a lot of investment in the middle."

What Cao Shujie said is all real experience. He said: "My plan is to buy a batch of calves next year. In addition, I will buy some lambs and some piglets to feed them together."

"In addition to this, I also consider planting grass in the new year to reduce the feeding cost of feed."

Cao Jianhua: "..."

The more he listened, the more confused he became.

Listening to what Cao Shujie said inside and outside the meaning, he will start raising pigs after the Chinese New Year. Does this mean that he is more optimistic about the future pig market?
But he still needs to buy calves and lambs. Cao Jianhua's interpretation is that Cao Shujie will continue to be optimistic about raising cattle in the future.

He began to think about these things in his heart, thinking about what he should do to be better.

As for the idea of ​​selling out the pig farm, Cao Jianhua subconsciously ignored it.

To put it bluntly, he was still unwilling and wanted to try again.

In the end, Cao Shujie said a very important thing: "Uncle Hua, don't look at me raising this or that. In fact, my cost is much lower in comparison."

Cao Jianhua didn't understand, he asked, "But what you said about planting grass?"

"Yes, in fact, it's not just about pasture, farming is also a very systematic knowledge. If you really want to go further in this area, Uncle Hua, I suggest you read more about the relevant content." Cao Shujie said Said.

Cao Jianhua had a headache when he heard that he wanted to learn, even though this knowledge was closely related to his earning money, Cao Jianhua hadn't settled down to study it.

When he left, he was still a little confused and didn't understand some things, but he was too embarrassed to ask Cao Shujie.

But he also kept in mind what Cao Shujie said when he was drinking at night, thinking about finding a notebook to write it down when he got home, and studying it carefully after he sobered up.

With less than 20 days left before the Spring Festival, Cao Shujie received a call from his sister Cao Huifang.

Cao Huifang told him on the phone that Yiling University is on holiday, because several universities and colleges in Yiling City, vocational high schools are all on holiday together, and since the end of the year is approaching, they have not been able to buy tickets for two consecutive days , Cao Huifang was too lazy to buy a ticket, and wanted to ask her brother if he had time to go to Yiling City to pick her up.

"Okay, you can wait in the school, I'll pick you up." Cao Shujie immediately agreed.

As the end of the year approaches, he wants to take his family around Yiling City to buy some clothes, gifts and other spares for the New Year. Unfortunately, his car is too small, and there won't be enough seats for the whole family to travel together.

Cao Shujie wanted to get a 7-seater commercial vehicle more and more at this time, but it was too late to buy a car at the end of the year.

"When the fruit is sold after the Chinese New Year, change to a suitable car." Cao Shujie thought to himself.

He made up his mind this time.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, Cao Shujie drove towards Yiling City with his wife and children.

On the way, he was discussing with his wife what to buy, Mengmeng only thought about buying toys for her, and didn't think about anything else.

Cao Shujie also teased her: "Mengmeng, do you want to buy you some firecrackers?"

"I don't want it, I dare not let it go." Mengmeng shook her head.

　I still owe 1000, write tomorrow, good night!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)