The leisurely life of a reborn dad

"Fangfang, how are you preparing for your thesis?" Deng Miaoshan, a good bedmate who came with her from undergraduate studies, came over and asked her.

Cao Huifang pointed to the paper she was revising: "It's not bad, I've revised it three times, and I'm almost ready to submit it this time. What about yours, how are you preparing?"

"It's okay. I'm just going to get a diploma. After I get the certificate, I'll apply for a job. You know, I'm just going through the motions." Deng Miaoshan found connections in her family to arrange the job.

With a graduate degree, it will be easier to arrange work for her, and the work she can arrange will be better.

"You're so good. You're so young and willing to work at a job until you retire." Cao Huifang looked at her good sister and had heard her tell her several times about the jobs arranged by her family.

I remember that some of their good classmates, Ye Beiwen, Huang Jingmin, Xu Fang, and Zhang Na, went their separate ways after finishing their undergraduate studies.

Only she and Deng Miaoshan were left to continue their studies.

"Fangfang, it's not a matter of willingness or unwillingness. It's because I know how capable I am. Instead of looking for other jobs, I would rather listen to my parents' arrangements for taking the public examination. Not to mention making a fortune, at least the harvest will be good despite droughts and floods, and the salary will be good." better."

Deng Miaoshan was very pragmatic and sober. She looked at her good sister Cao Huifang, opened her mouth, and continued: "But Fangfang, you are different. You study hard, are enterprising, and have such good conditions at home. Do you want to go south to make a career?" It’s right to break through.”

"To put it bluntly, even if you live in the south and live in a mediocre way, at least your horizons will be improved. Then you can go back to your town, enter your brother's factory, and ask your brother to arrange a good job for you. Work……"

As she spoke, Deng Miaoshan felt a murderous aura. She looked up and saw her good sister Cao Huifang looking at her with a pair of murderous eyes. When she saw Cao Huifang getting up to pounce on her, she quickly stood up and ran away.

Surrendering while running: "Okay, okay, Fangfang, I know you will succeed."

The two of them played around for a while and then calmed down, thinking that they would graduate in less than two months and they would be separated by then. They didn't know when they would meet again, which made them a little sad.

"Fangfang, what do you think Ye Beiwen, Huang Jingmin, Xu Fang, and Zhang Na are doing now?" Deng Miaoshan asked curiously.

Cao Huifang hasn't contacted them for a long time, and she doesn't know their current situation now.

She thought for a while and then said: "Huang Jingmin and Xu Fang got married right after graduation. Maybe they are living a sweet world at home now."

"I remember Ye Beiwen also said that she had found a partner, but there were a lot of conflicts. She even came to me to complain about it once."

"Zhang Na, she should have applied to work in the factory."

"Isn't there a 'sister group'? Let's get them together for a video chat and see what they are doing." At the end of the sentence, Cao Huifang remembered this incident.

Deng Miaoshan also slapped her forehead with her backhand: "Look at my brain, how could I forget about the WeChat group?"

While talking, Deng Miaoshan opened WeChat on her mobile phone, found the 'Sisters Group', and then clicked on the group video.

Except for Cao Huifang and Deng Miaoshan, Ye Beiwen connected quickly. She was in a room with a round clock hanging on the wall behind her.

After a while, Huang Jingmin also answered the phone. When they separated, she was still very lean, but looking at it now, Huang Jingmin had a lot of flesh on her face and had gained a lot of weight.

"Amin, are you pregnant?" Cao Huifang had seen her sister-in-law look like after pregnancy, and knew that women will become obviously puffy and fat after pregnancy.

Sure enough, Huang Jingmin said that she was already more than 7 months pregnant and would unload the goods in two or three months, so she would not have to suffer this pain again.

She also complained to the three of them that getting married and having children was really tiring.

"Sisters, I sincerely advise you not to get married early if you can play for two more years. Really, it will be better after marriage, but after pregnancy, your time no longer belongs to you."

"You know, I have to go to the hospital for prenatal check-ups every three to five days, and I have to draw two tubes of blood every time I go there. Oh my god, my arms are full of needle holes."

"I can't imagine that after this little thing comes out of my belly, I will have to hold him every day..."

Before he finished speaking, another black screen video shot came on, followed by the sound of a little baby learning to speak.

A white baby face appeared in the camera. Before it was clear whether it was a boy or a girl, Xu Fang also appeared in the camera: "Sisters, what do you think of my daughter Nuan Nuan? Is she pretty?" pretty."

"Nuan Nuan is so beautiful." Huang Jingmin originally wanted to say that raising a child is really tiring, but when she saw the little girl Nuan Nuan, she couldn't say the next words.

Then he changed the subject: "Xu Fang, when I give birth to a son, how about the two of us becoming parents-in-law?"

"Don't worry, as a mother-in-law, I will definitely not treat our daughter badly." Huang Jingmin said seriously.

Xu Fang glared at her angrily: "You, sir, can wait until the baby is born."

"That's necessary. Even if this baby is not good, I will have another baby." Huang Jingmin seemed to be determined not to give up until she achieved her goal.

Ye Beiwen was curious and asked her: "Huang Jingmin, I heard that color ultrasound can tell the difference between men and women. Didn't you go check it out?"

"At the worst, if you put some money in, there will definitely be someone willing to help you."

She thought quite clearly, but Huang Jingmin shook her head: "I didn't check, what's the point of checking? Besides, what if it's found out? Do you have to have a boy? If it's a girl, don't you?"

"Look how cute Nuannuan is!"

"And Fangfang's brother's niece. I remember her name was Mengmeng. She's so cute. I just want to have a baby like that." Huang Jingmin said.

When an old classmate mentioned her niece Mengmeng's name, Cao Huifang smiled from the bottom of her heart.

"Cute and cute," she said.

Deng Miaoshan originally wanted to say that the sisters would find a time to get together, but when she saw that Huang Jingmin was seven months pregnant and Xu Fang was also feeding her child, she knew in her heart that the sisters really couldn't get together this time.

In a few years, she and Cao Huifang will also get married and have children. By then, they will have no time. They don't know when they will see each other again. Asking more questions will only increase their worries. It is better to chat for a while and talk.

The five of them were chatting, but Zhang Na's video was always dark. I don't know what happened.

…

At this time, in the workshop of a textile factory, Zhang Na was busy making samples. She had already seen the video invitation in the sister group, but Zhang Na hesitated and turned off the mute again. Looking at the video invitation that kept flashing, she finally Didn't connect to the video either.

The good sisters at the time, Deng Miaoshan and Ye Beiwen, had better family conditions. Cao Huifang's brother was also very powerful and was now a well-known entrepreneur in Yiling City.

Deng Miaoshan and Cao Huifang were busy taking the postgraduate entrance exams.

Huang Jingmin and Xu Fang also got married after graduation and even had children.

Although Ye Beiwen didn't take the postgraduate entrance examination, she still found an office job. She was the only one who had no money, no one, and no problem, so she finally got an interview at a clothing factory.

An undergraduate diploma seems like waste paper.

With the situation like this, Zhang Na is embarrassed to start a video chat with her sisters.

Until all the videos in the group were turned off, Zhang Na didn't get through.

She looked at the quiet 'sister group' and stood alone for a long time. Then she put the phone in a plastic bag, tied it, and stuffed it into her trouser pocket again.

It was too hot in the workshop, and I was sweating all over my body after working for a while. There was no plastic bag to protect my phone, so water easily got into my phone.

…

In the dormitory of Yiling University, Deng Miaoshan and Cao Huifang were chatting with their mobile phones aside. They mentioned that Zhang Na had been silent just now. Deng Miaoshan and Cao Huifang also had doubts in their hearts. They didn't know what their old classmates were busy with.

"She may be busy with something and can't attend to the video, so let's hurry up and get busy." Cao Huifang continued to read her paper.

Deng Miaoshan was also busy with her own affairs.

As graduation approaches, both of them cherish their last moments in their hearts.

On this Labor Day, neither of them had any rest because of the paper work.

After Labor Day, the school became lively again, but nothing changed for Cao Huifang and Deng Miaoshan.

They are all preparing for the graduation season in June.

…

On the other side, Xuemeng Food Factory is also preparing for war.

As the market becomes larger and larger, more and more customers are developed, and coupled with Xuemeng Food Factory's investment in advertising, they completely open up the market.

At this time, we also felt that the production capacity of the two factories had once again hit a bottleneck.

Fortunately, some of the production lines of the Xuemeng Food Factory Phase 2 project are about to be put into use, and Cao Shujie is not worried about insufficient production capacity.

The factory is busy, but Cao Shujie's energy is not in the company during this time.

His wife was found to be pregnant in October last year and is now 8 months old. Her due date is July 3, but she may give birth ahead of time at any time.

During this period, Cao Shujie was very nervous. He even thought about taking his wife to the hospital in advance.

But Cheng Xiaolin was very steady, and in turn advised her husband not to be nervous and just continue living at his original pace.

Mengmeng is really looking forward to it. It doesn't matter if her mother gives her a brother or a sister, she is the sister anyway.

The summer vacation is coming soon. After the summer vacation, Mengmeng is old enough to go to first grade.

When the time comes, he has to go to town, and Cao Shujie will pick him up and drop him off, or his father, Cao Jianguo, will help pick him up and drop him off.

Quite busy when I think about it.

At this time, Cao Shujie was wondering why Caojiazhuang couldn't build a primary school.

But this is not just about having money.

Without a source of students, would it be possible for dozens of children from Caojiazhuang, Zhujiazhuang and Taodong Village to join a class?

Cao Shujie knew very well that there were some things that he really couldn't change. Unless with the development of the economy, their area would become richer and richer, and the immigrant population would increase. Then the number of children would also increase. If they build another primary school, maybe they can OK.

It's a pity that it is in vain now.

Everything in the factory was running normally. When Cao Shujie saw that nothing was going on, he skipped work early and went home to accompany his wife.

Mengmeng is staying in the kindergarten now, and the house feels much quieter.

Cao Jianlong came to see Cao Shujie, and he told him that the 2nd branch of the Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative composed of four villages in Qingyun Village was buying cattle.

Like the three villages of Caojiazhuang, Taodong Village and Zhujiazhuang, the 2nd branch of the Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative composed of the four villages in Qingyun Village felt the charm of making money after sharing the money together. This time they also thought about more Buy cattle and earn more dividends next year.

But the first hurdle is right in front of us. The price of calves this year is far beyond the imagination of many people.

In October last year, Cao Shujie and the others bought calves for 4,200 yuan each.

Wait until April this year before contacting those farms to buy calves. You won’t be able to buy good ones for less than 5,000 yuan.

In just six or seven months, the average monthly increase was more than 100 yuan, which is still more than they bought.

If you buy less, a calf will cost more than 5,500 yuan, and calves with better breeds will cost more than 6,000 yuan.

Even Cao Shujie was surprised for a while when he heard the price. The price is really not low.

The purchase cost of each calf has increased by at least 800 yuan. In addition, the cost and price of concentrated feeds such as corn, soybeans, and pasture have increased across the board. In the next few years, the profits of raising cattle will gradually shrink. It is a problem that has to be faced.

As for Cao Shujie personally, he is still asking others to help him continue to buy cows and breed them himself.

However, the quantity is limited, and this cannot be fully realized in a short period of time.

Cao Shujie asked Cao Jianlong, how many people in Qingyun Village want to raise cattle?

In Cao Jianlong's words, there are still many people who want to raise cattle. Although the money they earn is less, it is only a little less.

However, the rise in the price of calves and the fall in the price of slaughter cattle have stopped some crazy people and allowed farmers to return to their senses.

According to the last statistics, farmers in four villages who continued to raise cattle bought a total of 3,615 cattle, spending 18.4365 million yuan, which is a huge sum of money.

This step also blocks many farmers from wanting to make a fortune.

With no other options available, people in other villages turned to farming when they could no longer participate in farming, hoping to continue to increase their income by planting fruit trees, growing pasture, and growing corn.

In addition, there is now subsidized income for planting. Because of this, many farmers who are unwilling to take risks to participate in breeding have begun to contract large areas of land.

When there was no land to contract in their own village, they simply went to other places to contract, planting corn, pasture, and fruit trees.

The purpose is very clear. After the corn and pasture are harvested, they can be sold to Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative.

After the fruit trees bear fruit, they can be sold to Xuemeng Food Factory.

As long as these two things don't fail, this business can continue for a long time, and there is no need to worry about too much market risk.

Whoever says people are stupid is really stupid.

…

At Cao Shujie's house, Wang Yuelan had just cooked lunch, brought the food to the dining table, and called her daughter-in-law to come down for dinner.

"Linlin, you need to rest more now. Don't be too tired." Wang Yuelan warned her.

Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "Mom, don't worry, I know what's going on."

She said: "Others are still working at this time. I am raising my baby at home every day, and there is nothing wrong with me. In fact, I need to exercise more, otherwise it will be difficult to give birth."

"Oh, being pregnant with this second child will make you suffer a lot. When he comes out, give him two slaps to make him remember it for a long time." Wang Yuelan said with gritted teeth.

One sentence made Cheng Xiaolin laugh.

"Mom, where is my grandpa? Let my grandpa eat together." Cheng Xiaolin didn't find her grandpa when she came down.

Wang Yuelan then told her that her father-in-law Cao Zhenghu was picked up by her eldest brother Cao Jianlin early in the morning and went to live with him for a while.

"Grandpa went there by himself. Can he do it?" Cheng Xiaolin was a little worried.

Wang Yuelan shook her head: "Your uncle rode an electric tricycle to pick me up, don't worry."

Cao Jianlin's main consideration was that his nephew's wife was about to give birth to a child. By then, his brother's family would definitely have to take care of his daughter-in-law and children, and they might not be able to take care of his old father. So he first picked up his old father to get familiar with it.

Besides, the old father has been living with his nephew since he came back from Anyi City. Logically speaking, this should be the job of the two brothers. At this time, they took advantage of the time when the nephew's wife gave birth to the baby and took the old father over. Just right.

"Linlin, after dinner, Shujie will come back to take you to the county hospital for examination. I have everything ready." Wang Yuelan said to her daughter-in-law.

During this time, Wang Yuelan did not think about other things, and concentrated on taking care of her daughter-in-law at home, and also prepared the things the child needed in advance.

She heated the cotton pads and diapers for the children's buttocks in advance in a large pot and dried them in the sun. They were all full of the smell of sunshine.

There are domestic and imported milk powders. She bought 4 brands at once, just to see which one was more suitable for the little one. If it still didn't work, she kept buying.

Cheng Xiaolin also knew what her mother-in-law was doing in private, and told her mother-in-law that there was no need to buy so much.

But Wang Yuelan didn't listen. In her own words, be more prepared and be prepared.

"Mom, did Fangfang call you? She is about to graduate." Cheng Xiaolin mentioned this matter while eating.

Wang Yuelan muttered and said: "That damn girl called me two days ago and said that after finishing her graduation next month, she would go to the south to find a job. I asked her to find a job near home, but she had to listen to me. , it made me so angry that my stomach hurt."

Seeing her mother-in-law really 'angry', Cheng Xiaolin was helpless.

Her sister-in-law is a very individual person, and because of this, she is more insistent on her own opinions.

A few years ago, when she was still an undergraduate, she said she would go to the south to find a job. A few years later, she has not changed her mind.

Cheng Xiaolin thinks this is rare.

"Mom, it's okay. I think it's not necessarily a bad thing for Fangfang to go south and try her luck. Maybe she can find a path suitable for her own development there." Cheng Xiaolin in turn advised her mother-in-law.

After hearing this, Wang Yuelan sighed: "Linlin, I am not against your sister going to the south to find a job. I am worried that she will find a partner there. If she ends up there again, it will be troublesome to come back in the future. .”

"Tell me, what am I trying to do?" Wang Yuelan had a melancholy expression on her face. She felt bitter in her heart, but didn't know what to say.