The leisurely life of a reborn dad

"Brother Xu, you are too humble. You and I are far behind." Cao Shujie was not deferring to Cao Shuxu against his will.

Cao Shuxu is very capable, otherwise he would not follow Zhang Xiaolong’s team to build QQ mailbox.

It was his fault that he did not follow Zhang Xiaolong to continue developing WeChat.

In other words, he lacked enterprising spirit at that time.

Cao Shujie has reason to believe that if Cao Shuxu had followed the past, he would probably be able to achieve financial freedom without starting his own business.

But having said that, no one can say for sure about fate.

Cao Shujie originally wanted Cao Shuxu to stay and have dinner at his house, but Cao Shuxu said that he would visit some relatives' houses today and come to have a drink with Cao Shujie another day.

"Brother Xu, don't forget, call me when you're done, I'll be available at any time." Cao Shujie said.

"Okay!" Cao Shuxu left.

After he went out during the Chinese New Year, he rarely came back.

It was a rare trip back this time, and Cao Shuxu also wanted to take this opportunity to wander around.

Cheng Xiaolin came down from upstairs and saw her husband alone in the living room. She wondered: "Shujie, where is Brother Xu?"

"He's leaving first. He wants to visit a few doors while he's back and come back when he's done." Cao Shujie said.

"I thought you were going to have two drinks at lunch today."

Cheng Xiaolin walked to the sofa and sat down, raising her hands and beating her legs lightly and heavily.

After Cao Shujie saw this, he walked over to his wife and took over the job.

When the couple talked about the 'big banquet', many people in the village came back early.

Cheng Xiaolin took advantage of the warm weather in the morning to go out for exercise and walked along the central street of Caojiazhuang.

She discovered that there were some faces in the village that were rarely seen in daily life. Sometimes she would go up and say hello when she met someone familiar.

She understood that those people had just come back from outside. Some came back specifically to attend the 'big banquet', but some of them took this opportunity to come back and had no intention of going out.

There are now 1,396 people in Caojiazhuang, more than 900 of whom are at home all year round, and there are still more than 400 people who are still working hard outside for various reasons, or studying in other places.

Even if you exclude those students, the remaining people can't see any signs of development outside. After hearing on the phone that their hometown is developing better and better, these last group of "die-hards" also have the idea of ​​​​going home to develop.

Cheng Xiaolin told her husband what she saw and heard when she went for a walk: "Shujie, I think there will be fewer people going out in our village next year."

Cao Shujie nodded, he believed it.

Just as he was thinking about having an in-depth discussion about this issue with his wife, his mother, Wang Yuelan, came in from outside, carrying a red plastic bag in her hand.

Seeing that her son had come back, she waved to him: "Shujie, come here."

"Mom, what are you carrying?" Cao Shujie went out to help.

Wang Yuelan pointed to the red plastic bag and said it was the mutton given by Cao Jiankun, who raised sheep in the south.

"Their family killed two sheep and sold the mutton. I happened to be walking that way. They had to give me this bag, so I didn't want it."

Wang Yuelan said: "I might as well give him 100 yuan, who would have known that your uncle Kun would cut me another 2 pounds of meat."

"He's a loser today anyway."

Cao Shujie took the plastic bag from his mother's hand and said, "I'm going to wash it and mince it into mincemeat later. I'll make mutton dumplings for dinner tonight."

"Can Linlin eat it too?" Wang Yuelan immediately looked at her daughter-in-law.

When she saw Cheng Xiaolin nodding, she breathed a sigh of relief: "I was worried that Linlin would be nauseous if she smelled the mutton smell. It's okay."

"Mom, my morning sickness has already passed. I can eat whatever I want." Cheng Xiaolin was very touched by her mother-in-law's attentive care.

After mixing the mutton stuffing and before starting to wrap it, Wang Yuelan said to her son: "Shujie, go and ask your uncle to come over and eat dumplings together."

"Okay!" Cao Shujie came out of the house, drove south, came to the door of the uncle's house, stopped the car, and went over to knock on the door.

"Uncle, are you at home?"

Cao Jianlin heard the sound and came out to open the door for him: "Shujie, why are you here?"

"Uncle, we are making mutton dumplings at home. Come over and eat some together." Cao Shujie explained his intention.

Seeing that the uncle wanted to refuse, Cao Shujie couldn't help but pull him towards the car.

"The door isn't closed yet."

"Uncle, I'll close the door for you." Cao Shujie closed the door again, locked the three-ring lock, and drove north with his uncle.

The round trip is only 2 kilometers, and Cao Jianlin said that just give him a call.

"Uncle, I'm calling, but you don't have to go." Cao Shujie said.

Cao Jianlin smiled. His nephew was right. If nothing happened, Cao Jianlin didn't want to go to his nephew's place to eat.

When they were about to get home, Cao Jianlin told his nephew that both his brothers would be back from Anyi City when the village held a big banquet.

"That's very good."

In the evening, Cao Shujie took out the fruit wine and poured it for his grandfather, uncle and father, and they drank and chatted.

Cao Jianlin was very emotional.

I remember coming back from Anyi City at the beginning of the year, building and renovating a house in my hometown, and moving in. This year has slipped away quietly.

But given another chance to choose, Cao Jianlin would still choose to come back from Anyi City.

He understood why he insisted on returning to Caojiazhuang.

It’s so lonely in Anyi City.

The two sons each have their own families, have children who need education, and have their own careers to be busy with.

He thought about living with his two sons, either for two months, half a year or a year, back and forth.

But it's easy to say that, but when we actually moved there, it was okay at first. But as time went by, the habits of the three generations were different, and he was not used to it.

After thinking about it in the end, I might as well go back to my hometown and stay with my old father more often.

Besides, he has known these people in his hometown since he was a child. Even if he has been away for decades, he can still talk to them when he comes back.

There was nothing to do, so a few people gathered together to talk, chat, play chess, and kill time.

Otherwise, he would cook two dishes at home, drink a glass of white wine, watch TV and listen to Peking opera, and no one would nag him, and his life would be very comfortable.

Now, looking back, his two sons come back occasionally to spend time together, and he feels that this is much better than before.

…

In the days approaching the end of the month, Cao Shujie had been traveling back and forth between Caojiazhuang and Qingshi Town. Other than that, he had not gone further.

In the past few days, more people in the village have returned from outside.

Cao Jianlong, Gao Changyin and the others also began to arrange for people to purchase various ingredients, preparing to make them more abundant.

During this period, Cao Shujie told Wang Leigang that the farm restaurant would be requisitioned on New Year's Day. Wang Leigang didn't say a word to refute, and just let Cao Shujie watch the arrangements.

He also said that the chefs at the farm restaurant were arranged at will, and they all obeyed Cao Shujie's call. (End of chapter)