The leisurely life of a reborn dad

Let's say that after Cao Shujie returned home and told his wife about taking time to go to Chengjiapo, her husband felt very puzzled: "Shujie, why do you think of going to Chengjiapo again?"

This rhetorical question made Cao Shujie suddenly feel embarrassed: "Isn't it normal for us to go back and see the old man? Besides, I haven't been too busy recently, otherwise we should go back in the next two days?"

He pointed to the mobile phone: "There are more than a dozen mobile phones there. It's a waste if they are idle. Let's get two of them back for our parents."

At this point, Cao Shujie paused for a moment and then said: "Either I go to Chengjiapo, pick up our parents, and let them come to our orchard and park."

Cao Shujie came up with another idea.

Hearing what her husband said, Cheng Xiaolin quickly refused: "Shujie, don't bother. They are too busy to leave now. Let's go back."

"Then do you think there is a suitable day to go back?" Cao Shujie asked his wife.

Cheng Xiaolin thought for a moment and then said: "Tomorrow is Saturday, and Mengmeng is also resting, otherwise let's go tomorrow."

Cao Shujie agreed without even thinking: "Okay, then I'll prepare something."

"What are you ready for?" Cheng Xiaolin asked him.

"Bring two boxes of deer blood wine and give our dad some to drink to keep him healthy."

Cao Shujie clapped his fingers and said seriously: "They don't have deer antler slices over there, right? I'll bring two more boxes and some strawberries for your nephew."

"Bring some more fruit wine and let the old couple drink and play when they have nothing to do." Cao Shujie said.

"others……"

Cao Shujie thought for a moment, walked to the kitchen, opened the freezer and took a look at the contents. He saw that there was a lot of beef in it, and said, "Let's bring some more beef back."

"That's all you think about." Cheng Xiaolin nudged him.

Cao Shujie smiled and said to his wife: "These are all small things, we have something."

Just as he was about to go out, Cao Shujie remembered something again: "Honey, I almost forgot one thing. Is Yingying about to give birth? I remember when I went there on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they said there were still about two months left. ’s due date.”

Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "If we go by the expected date of delivery, it will be within this period of time, but they haven't called me yet, so it probably hasn't arrived yet."

This statement was reliable, and Cao Shujie didn't think much about it.

After finishing speaking, Cao Shujie turned around and went out, riding an electric tricycle towards the mountain.

He wanted to go up and pick some fruit wine and deer blood wine, and some more strawberries.

In mid-May, the strawberries in the orchard have already entered their peak fruiting period. According to the experience of previous years, this wave of strawberry picking will be over in another month.

Next we have to wait for the kiwi fruits to mature in July and August and the apples to mature around the Mid-Autumn Festival.

However, Cao Shujie is more concerned about whether the kiwi fruits from the agricultural planting cooperative can be sold at a good price in August this year.

This has a lot to do with the number of visitors they can attract during the summer vacation.

The more people come, the more people will pick kiwi fruits, and the price will be higher.

At this stage, the kiwifruit planting area in Caojiazhuang alone is more than 1,800 acres, which is more than before.

If you add in the kiwi fruit planting areas in Taodong Village and Zhujiazhuang, the number is even greater.

When we came to the mountain, there were quite a few people coming in and out of the orchard.

Cao Shujie parked his electric tricycle at the entrance of the orchard and walked towards the orchard.

Even though his home is very close to here, Cao Shujie hasn't been here much recently.

This can be regarded as completely delegating power to Cao Shuchao.

Today is not a rest day. There are not many people coming to Caojiazhuang. Cao Shuchao did not lead a patrol today. He is busy in the orchard.

Seeing Cao Shujie coming, he came up and said hello to Cao Shujie.

"Brother Chao, after these two days are over, I plan to convene a village committee meeting to discuss the use of village committee proceeds to transform this mountain." Cao Shujie told him.

This trip was specifically to Hemu Kanas Mongolian Township. Cao Shujie took a lot of photos. His purpose was to imitate that place and transform the mountain so that its appearance would look better than the bare stone surface now. Better.

It doesn’t matter if there are no scenic spots. You can create scenic spots. As long as you have a flexible mind, everything else won’t be a problem.

He also said to Cao Shuchao: "You will also participate when the time comes."

"Okay." Cao Shuchao agreed.

After these few months of contact, he no longer rejects the role of 'preparatory security director', and even wants to take over as soon as possible so that he can provide more help to Cao Shujie.

"Shujie, aren't you busy today?"

Cao Shujie waved his hand and said, "I'm going to my mother-in-law's house tomorrow to pick up something."

As he spoke, Cao Shujie said to him: "Brother Chao, go help me pick some good strawberries."

"Okay." Cao Shuchao turned around and walked towards the strawberry garden.

Cao Shujie also went to the wine cave to move deer blood wine and strawberry fruit wine.

He didn't mind the trouble and carried her twice, carrying two boxes of wine each time.

After waiting for Cao Shuchao to pick strawberries for him, Cao Shujie chatted with him for a while and told him that there must be no security problems in Caojiazhuang, and then he came down from the mountain with his things.

During dinner in the evening, he told his parents about going to Chengjiapo tomorrow.

Wang Yuelan said to him: "Shujie, it's not that I'm criticizing you, it's that you don't have the intention. You should have gone there long ago."

Cheng Xiaolin next to her heard her mother-in-law say this and pursed her lips. She felt that having such a sensible mother-in-law was a blessing in her life.

Apart from anything else, her mother-in-law takes good care of her emotions in all aspects.

"Mom, don't be so tired, you and my dad. Our family doesn't need that little money. If you exhaust your body, it's not worth it." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Wang Yuelan nodded, and she said excitedly: "It's okay, I'm strong."

Finally, Wang Yuelan remembered something and said to her daughter-in-law: "Linlin, I will transfer some money to you later. Take it and help me buy something for Mengmeng, her grandma and grandpa."

Cheng Xiaolin definitely didn't want it, and said that she and Cao Shujie had already prepared things.

But Wang Yuelan repeatedly emphasized: "Linlin, what you have prepared is yours, what does it have to do with me?"

"I asked you to help bring one as a token of my gratitude."

After speaking, she took out her mobile phone on the spot and used WeChat to transfer 5,000 yuan to her daughter-in-law: "Take it."

This style of action is very free and easy, and it can be seen that she has really made money in the past few days.

But Cheng Xiaolin didn't want the money. She always felt that it was unreasonable to make money by taking it.

Cao Shujie saw that it would be pointless if the stalemate continued, so he quickly stood up and said, "Mom, let's take it."

After he finished speaking, he winked at his wife, and Cheng Xiaolin understood: "Thank you, Mom, I will definitely convey your thoughts to my parents."

"Well, that's right." Wang Yuelan nodded with satisfaction.

Knowing that her son and daughter-in-law would leave for her parents' home early tomorrow morning, Wang Yuelan urged them not to stay up late and go to bed early.

Early on the next morning, Cao Shujie packed the things he had prepared in the trunk of the Range Rover. After his wife came out with her son Cao Yirui in her arms, Cao Shujie took Mengmeng into the car and drove directly out.

Walking along the two-way four-lane road to the west, Cao Shujie found that there were obviously more people coming to the village today than in the past few days.

This shows that the Saturday weekend factor is really important.

The journey went smoothly. More than an hour later, Cao Shujie and the others arrived at Chengjiapo.

This time we came here and the road was much easier.

The previously potholed roads are no longer visible and have all been replaced by secondary roads.

Because of this, Cao Shujie drove at least 20 minutes faster than before.

He stopped the car and was unloading his things when his mother-in-law Li Xiaojuan heard the noise and came out of the house.

When she saw her son-in-law Cao Shujie and her daughter Cheng Xiaolin, Li Xiaojuan was surprised: "Why are you here?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Xiaojuan walked over quickly and reached out to hug her grandson: "Ruirui, let grandma hold her."

It's a pity that the little one just came here once the day before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It's only been two months and he has no impression of her anymore.

Seeing Li Xiaojuan about to hug him, the little guy instantly turned around and put his arms around his mother's neck.

Li Xiaojuan was a little embarrassed, and Cao Shujie said, "Mom, he hasn't gotten used to it yet. He'll be fine in a while."

"It's okay. You guys go inside and rest for a while." Li Xiaojuan went to move things for them again.

When she came to the car, she noticed that her son-in-law was not driving the same car as before.

"Shujie, are you changing cars again?" she asked.

Cao Shujie nodded: "Mom, I just bought it some time ago."

"Did that car break down?" Li Xiaojuan asked.

Cao Shujie shook his head: "I've been driving it for five years, so it's time to buy a car to freshen it up."

Hearing what his son-in-law said, Li Xiaojuan said no more.

She still couldn't understand some things, but who made her son-in-law rich? She, the mother-in-law, couldn't blame him for spending his own money.

"Where's my dad?" Cheng Xiaolin asked her mother.

"He went to mix the feed. He didn't know you were coming. If he knew, he would have prepared in advance." Li Xiaojuan said.

As she spoke, she glared at her daughter: "It's the same with you damn girls. You didn't even tell me in advance when you came."

Cheng Xiaolin smiled: "Mom, I forgot to tell you."

"Why don't you forget yourself too?" Li Xiaojuan said.

How to answer this?

Cheng Xiaolin stopped talking.

Mengmeng has been turning her head to look everywhere since she came over.

"Mengmeng, what are you looking for?" Li Xiaojuan asked her granddaughter in confusion.

"Grandma, isn't Brother Dongdong here?" she asked.

He was asking about his cousin Cheng Tiandong.

Li Xiaojuan told him: "Your brother Dongdong is with your uncle. He is in the hospital today and does not live with me."

Mengmeng said: "Grandma, do you have anything to play here?"

"Go to the west room and have a look. There are toys belonging to your brother Dongdong in that purple box." Li Xiaojuan told her.

Afraid that her granddaughter would not be found, Li Xiaojuan simply took her there again.

By the time they came back, Cao Shujie had already put down his things, took out his mobile phone and handed it to his mother-in-law: "Mom, this is a new mobile phone just released by Xiaomi. You and my dad can each take one and use it."

He also specifically emphasized: "If you wear it out in the future, let me know and I will send you a new one."

Li Xiaojuan felt quite surprised: "Why did you bring your mobile phone again?"

The last time they came, they brought a mobile phone, but that phone ended up being used by his daughter-in-law Liu Yingying.

Cao Shujie told him that this was a gift from the boss of Xiaomi Technology.

Unexpectedly, his mother-in-law also knew about Xiaomi phones.

After taking the Xiaomi 5, Li Xiaojuan asked her son-in-law: "Shujie, do you still know the boss of Xiaomi?"

For ordinary people like her, this is something incredible.

Cao Shujie didn't think it was that great. He told his mother-in-law how he met Lei Jun: "We met by chance and we had dinner together several times."

After listening to this, Li Xiaojuan found it too difficult to understand.

That's the big boss of a mobile phone factory.

But I also thought that her son-in-law was not easy now, so getting to know him didn't seem to be a big deal.

Cheng Xiaolin also told her mother about the mobile phones. Unexpectedly, Lei Jun went to her son-in-law for a drink and gave him 20 mobile phones.

"How much will it cost?" Li Xiaojuan was still muttering.

Cheng Xiaolin asked her: "Mom, I remember that Yingying's due date is this time, right? Is she hospitalized?"

As a result, Li Xiaojuan told her: "Yingying has been hospitalized. She is thinking of giving birth naturally. If she had a caesarean section, the baby would have been born long ago."

Then she pointed to her daughter's home and said, "I can't leave these two days. When they give birth, I will go to the hospital."

So that's it.

Cheng Xiaolin has always wondered why there was no movement when her younger siblings gave birth.

Cao Shujie asked his wife: "How about we go and have a look?"

But after Li Xiaojuan heard about it, she told them: "Don't go there yet. Let's go together after she gives birth."

"Okay!" Cheng Xiaolin said.

While his wife and mother-in-law were chatting, Cao Shujie took his daughter Mengmeng to the cattle farm across the wall.

Compared with the previous cattle farm, the current cattle farm is larger and more standardized.

Cheng Rengui raised 20 cows there. He split the land at home in half, usually planted with fruit trees, and the other half with pasture.

In this case, when the forage is harvested, the cost of raising it can be reduced to a certain extent.

Otherwise, if cattle are so expensive and feed is not cheap now, if he can't find a way to save, where will the profit come from?

Cheng Rengui can also feel that the cost of raising cattle in the past two years is much different than when he first started raising cattle.

Cheng Rengui was surprised when he saw Cao Shujie and the others. He quickly put down his tools and came towards his son-in-law.

He also wanted to hug his granddaughter.

But when he smelled cow dung on his body, Cheng Rengui stopped and stood opposite his son-in-law.

"Shujie, have you just arrived?" Cheng Rengui asked them.

When he saw his son-in-law nodding, Cheng Rengui stopped working and told his son-in-law to go home and rest for a while and have a cup of tea.

He also told his grandson Mengmeng that there were still delicious things at home and asked her grandma to bring them all out. (End of chapter)