owlsbooks 250. Cast net for fish
250. Cast net for fish
Collective housing building is a major event that benefits the whole village. After Chen Daqiang reported it, he finally got the approval result three days later.
When the news spread back to Chenjia Village, all the villagers immediately beamed with joy, just like celebrating the New Year.
And those account holders who were worried before, now watching the neighbors start to tidy up the yard, ready to break ground at any time, it is really itchy.
As a result, the families who originally planned to grit their teeth and share the money, saw the wife complaining about her husband, and the elders complaining about their children and grandchildren.
Even their children would be laughed at by their peers on the way home from school, and would be too ashamed to lift their heads...
On the afternoon of the fourth day, there were a total of 52 households in the village, and all of them pressed their red handprints on the consent form for collective housing construction.
Chen Daqiang was so excited that he dragged Chen Dazhuang to drink for half the night that night, only put on his clothes in the early morning, and went home drunk humming a little tune to sleep.
In the past few days, Chen Youcai had a rather fulfilling and busy life.
During the day, he rushed to work in the hospital, and at night, he went to the small teppanyaki shop in the food court of Zhangjia Town, looking like a desperate Saburo.
He often stood in front of the cutting board for several hours, so busy that he couldn't stop fingering, he didn't even catch his breath, and looked at Zhao Xiaolin and Zhang Dagui and his wife in dismay.
"Brother Talented, have you noticed that Luo Xiaocui is always looking at you secretly?"
It was another night of hard work. After finishing the meal, while Luo Xiaocui was serving food outside, Zhao Xiaolin came up to Chen Youcai, whispered mysteriously, and kept winking.
"..."
Chen Youcai rolled his eyes, sat down on the pony saddle, and rubbed his sore wrists.
He was so busy that he didn't even touch the ground, how could he have time to pay attention to that woman who obviously had ulterior motives?
"I'm a little suspicious, is she trying to steal our seasoning formula?"
Seeing that Chen Youcai was indifferent, Zhao Xiaolin pursed her lips unwillingly and said, "I also saw her sneaking into the Long Kee Teppanyaki shop diagonally opposite before going to work, and it took a long time before she came out."
"Why is she stealing the seasoning formula? Does she want to sell it to other stores?"
Chen Youcai frowned, just as footsteps were heard at the door of the back kitchen, he immediately and Zhao Xiaolin tacitly kept silent about what happened just now.
"Brother Youcai, I think everyone has been very busy these two days. If you don't mind, let me go to the Chinese medicine store to make seasonings in the future!"
When the dishes for the last table were served, Luo Xiaocui put down the tray, walked up to Chen Youcai, and asked with a smile.
Her gazing eyes stared at Chen Youcai with gentleness like water, but it made Chen Youcai quite uncomfortable, with goose bumps all over her body.
"If you want to go, just tell Aunt Zhang, but remember not to leak the recipe. After all, our store's business depends entirely on this secret recipe."
Zhao Xiaolin kept winking at the side, but to her surprise, Chen Youcai hesitated a little, but agreed directly.
Luo Xiaocui was also stunned, never expecting Chen Youcai to let go so easily.
Hmph, sure enough, men are all lustful, and with a little trickery, they can be made submissive and docile.
"No, I don't agree!"
Zhao Xiaolin spoke angrily, and kept staring at Chen Youcai with hatred, which was called resentment.
"Sister Xiaolin, I heard from Aunt Zhang that the recipe of the seasoning was obtained by a talented brother, who is he willing to give to make it, it seems that you don't need to make irresponsible remarks, right?"
With Chen Youcai's consent, Luo Xiaocui obviously gained a bit more confidence.
She immediately withdrew her pretty face and smiled, picked her fingernails casually, and said in a strange way: "Besides, you are not the wife of a talented brother, so why do you want to meddle?"
"You, you! Talented brother, if you promise her, don't regret what happens in the future!"
Zhao Xiaolin's face turned black with anger, and she said harsh words. The corners of Chen Youcai's mouth turned bitter, and he shook his head and said, "I trust her, let's leave it as it is."
Zhang Dagui and his wife, who heard the movement, also entered the back kitchen. After learning what happened, although they were a little surprised by Chen Youcai's decision, they expressed their understanding.
They thought that it was Luo Xiaocui who coaxed Chen Youcai into a circle and successfully replaced Zhao Xiaolin's position in their hearts.
"Hey, do you want to be so angry?"
After finishing packing up after get off work, Zhao Xiaolin walked in front of her at night on the way back to the village, with a stern face, ignoring Chen Youcai at all.
With a wry smile, Chen Youcai stepped forward to stop her hand, and explained in a low voice: "If Luo Xiaocui is not given a chance, how can she show her fox tail?"
"...Wow, so you have already seen that something is wrong with her!"
Zhao Xiaolin was stunned, pouted her lips indignantly, and said angrily, "Then why didn't you say it earlier, making people worry for nothing!"
"I also have to get the evidence first, how can I just talk nonsense when I have doubts?"
Chen Youcai smiled and said, "Do you still remember that there was a fat man surnamed Long who stopped us on the road, but I beat him up and sent him to the police station?"
He let out a turbid breath, and his expression became a little complicated: "I have inquired, the Long Kee Teppanyaki restaurant diagonally opposite our store is opened by that Fatty Long."
"I also saw with my own eyes that Luo Xiaocui met people from Longji in the alley behind the square."
Zhao Xiaolin's eyes froze when she heard it, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses. Her big, black eyes became very bright.
"Brother Talented, are you saying that Luo Xiaocui wants to steal our secret recipe and sell it to Longji?!"
She was gearing up immediately, and excitedly said: "Then when she goes to sell, let's catch her and see what she has to say!"
"Hehe, if you want to steal my things, if you don't give them some profound lessons, how can you make them remember?"
Chen Youcai's eyes flashed, he took out a piece of cellophane from his pocket, handed it to Zhao Xiaolin, and said, "Tomorrow, you will give the formula to Luo Xiaocui."
"Hey, I understand, first trick her with a fake formula!"
Zhao Xiaolin nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and took the cellophane, but Chen Youcai shook his head and said, "This is the original formula."
What, actually give the truth to Luo Xiaocui? ?
Zhao Xiaolin was so startled that her jaw almost dropped, she quickly tried to persuade her, "Brother talented, don't take it seriously, if she secretly copies the formula, we will really suffer a lot!"
"Don't worry, I know what to do."
Chen Youcai smiled, but he was thinking about a piece of information that he accidentally came across while browsing the forum posts on Wantao Software last night.
"As long as the old merit item is destroyed, its original effect will completely disappear, and it will be replaced by the newly exchanged same merit item!"
In order to verify the authenticity of this information, he also deliberately sent private messages to several active IDs in the forum to ask for advice, and the replies he got were all roughly the same.
Chen Youcai also settled down, and solved the doubts that had lingered in his mind for a long time:
Why since Cao Kun's death, even the medicines produced by Kun's Pharmaceuticals have lost their effectiveness, and have been characterized by the marketing department as counterfeit and shoddy products, thus disappearing from the market.
The source of everything is just the destruction of the formulas of those medicines.
Chen Youcai thought of the secret recipe seasoning in his hand, presumably they would follow the same law, so he dispelled his worries.
If merits and props similar to the secret recipe seasoning are leaked in the future, the source should be destroyed immediately to prevent it from falling into the hands of wicked people!
It was precisely because of this that he dared to take out the real seasoning formula and hand it over to Luo Xiaocui.
The big net has been cast, just waiting for her and Fatty Long to be caught.