The leisurely life of the reborn daddy

When Cao Shujie returned to Caojiazhuang from the factory, he looked like a general who had just won a battle.

Everyone in the village who saw him smiled at him, and some gave him a thumbs-up.

They really think Cao Shujie has done a great job. The company has made 50 billion in half a year, and this news has spread. He also gave employees salary increases and bought provident funds for them. He is really awesome.

Cao Shujie is also not in a hurry about Yiling Hemielda Food Company's plan to purchase agricultural and sideline products grown by farmers at high prices.

For Cao Shujie, Xuemeng Food Factory has been purchasing fruits from fruit farmers at a price equivalent to the market wholesale price over the years. This price is much higher than the price that fruit wholesalers collect from the fields.

If those fruit farmers value immediate benefits and feel that Yiling Hemielda Co., Ltd. can give them higher returns, Cao Shujie thinks they can go there and don't need to rely on Xuemeng Food Factory alone.
As for the follow-up operations on Hemilda's side, Cao Shujie no longer cares about it now. He will first develop the Xuemeng Food Factory.

Even in Cao Shujie's view, maliciously purchasing raw materials at prices higher than the market price is itself a price war.

But for a healthy and mature company, engaging in a price war is a very stupid behavior, which will push the company into a dead end.

This behavior is not desirable either from the perspective of sustainable development or from the development direction of the entire industry.

Since Hemielda Food Co., Ltd. is willing to spend money to do this, Cao Shujie supports it. After all, it can allow the people to benefit in the end, which is a good thing, but Xuemeng Food Factory will not do this.

From the beginning of production to the present, Xuemeng Food Factory has always insisted on purchasing at the market wholesale price. This price itself is already higher than the price that fruit wholesalers or middlemen purchase from the fields. Xuemeng Food Factory uses this to purchase high-quality fruits. It has never deliberately lowered the price for the people even once. The people have also obtained much higher returns from it than before. They are working together in a two-way manner.

Xuemeng Food Factory mainly adheres to the principle of product quality as the first priority. Only high-quality fruit raw materials can make better quality products. This equal relationship will never change.

Besides, Xuemeng Food Factory’s purchases are nationwide. So what will happen even if Hemielda Food Co., Ltd. acquires Hongda Agricultural Products Co., Ltd.?
The production capacity of Hongda Agricultural Products Co., Ltd. is not enough compared to Xuemeng Food Factory. How much fruit raw materials can it purchase?
Can it stockpile thousands of tons of goods like Xuemeng Food Factory does now?

Cao Shujie felt that if there were no problems with the company, they would not be able to do it from the perspective of the company's normal and sustainable development.

After all, their production capacity is there, and the actual product storage demand cost is very high. For example, Cao Shujie is now building a cold storage, and the cost is very high during the construction period.

As far as Cao Shujie knows, there is no other agricultural and sideline products processing factory in the entire Yiling City that has a large number of self-built cold storage like Xuemeng Food Factory.

Even though the original Hongda Agricultural Products Co., Ltd. also had a cold storage, the quantity was too small and they could not store fruit raw materials on a large scale like Xuemeng Food Factory.

From this perspective, although the American Hemielda Food Co., Ltd. has acquired Hongda Agricultural Products Co., Ltd., it is impossible for it to play the trick of turning water into oil, let alone produce a row of cold storage out of thin air.

There is a big problem here.

Yiling Hemielda Food Co., Ltd. issued a notice stating that they would purchase fruit raw materials at a high price. So how much can it purchase?

If you think about it carefully, you will find that the other party has never come forward to make it clear at any stage.

When they first saw the other party's announcement, factories like Cao Shujie's that are engaged in deep processing of agricultural and sideline products were indeed a little panicked, because the other party was openly going to engage in a price war.

At first glance, it sounds like the other party is a large agricultural and sideline products processing factory in the United States. They are very rich, with assets of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars.

It seems that they will spend a lot of money on price wars in the future, and in this way bring down other competing companies in the same industry.

This is people's normal thinking. However, when Cao Shujie calmed down and thought about it, he found that the results of his thinking were very naive.

Even if the American Hemielda Food Co., Ltd. is very rich, it is impossible for it to invest tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of funds in a small branch of Yiling Hemielda Food Co., Ltd.

Cao Shujie felt that even if the other party was stupid, he couldn't do this.

That's not business at all, that's irrational and impulsive.

This is not some idiot-like business competition, this is a real business operation. Anyone who can achieve this scale is not a fool.

Even Cao Shujie now wants to see what the other party can do.

He also hoped that the other party would invest a large amount of money to purchase raw materials. When the other party's money was almost spent, Cao Shujie would come in with a large amount of money and continue to purchase raw materials at his original price. He believed that he could purchase a lot.

When Cheng Xiaolin saw him come back and asked him about it again, Cao Shujie no longer took it seriously.

He confidently told his wife what happened in the factory today and shared his analysis with her.

After listening to this, Cheng Xiaolin looked at her husband's high-spirited look, as if the old Cao Shujie had returned. This made Cheng Xiaolin like him from the bottom of her heart. She even felt a little emotional. She wanted it.

But time doesn't allow it now, she has to pick up her son from school.

"Shujie, is there any problem?" Cheng Xiaolin asked him.

Cao Shujie told his wife: "Don't worry, there is no problem."

After hearing what her husband said, Cheng Xiaolin didn't ask any more questions.

"Then it's up to you. Go and rest for a while, and I'll go pick Ruirui up." Cheng Xiaolin said.

After hearing this, Cao Shujie quickly told his wife, "You stay at home. I'll pick him up."

"Come to think of it, I haven't picked him up once since I sent him to kindergarten." Cao Shujie felt a little ashamed.

When Cheng Xiaolin heard her husband say this, she thought she had nothing to do at home, so she said, "Let's go together."

After September turned into autumn, as the fruits in the orchards were cleared, all the kiwis in Caojiazhuang were sold out in August. Now, fewer people come to Caojiazhuang to play than before.

And according to the rules of previous years, the park will be closed on October 10th every year.

For example, the barren mountain next to Mengmeng Orchard has not been completely transformed yet, and Cao Shujie will also take advantage of this period of time to continue the final transformation of the barren mountain.

Caojiazhuang is about to enter a period of rest and recuperation.

The couple were chatting and unknowingly arrived at the entrance of Caojiazhuang Kindergarten. When some passing tourists saw Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin, they obviously recognized them and greeted them.

Looking at the smiles on the tourists' faces, Cao Shujie was also very happy. He felt that being able to provide such a place that makes tourists happy is a success in itself.

Little Cao Yirui was very resistant to kindergarten at first, but now he likes it.

He felt that he could play with more friends there every day. After Cao Yirui had been in the kindergarten for a few days, he took the initiative to bring his toys from home to the kindergarten and share them with his friends.

Li Qiuling originally thought that Cao Shujie's son would be a problem child, but after spending time with him, she found that Cao Yirui was a quite sensible child.

He is not as naughty, disobedient, and trouble-making as he imagined. Or he may bully others and fight frequently.

However, none of what she thought happened. This boy was quite easy to get along with. He had a keen eye and high emotional intelligence. Smart children were more likely to be liked by others.

Cheng Xiaolin was also very happy when she heard Li Qiuling's praise.

It's also a good thing for Cheng Xiaolin if her son can do better.

And their child really doesn't need a fool.

Whether it is the orchard or farm planted by her husband in Caojiazhuang, or the travel company that Caojiazhuang is currently running, or the Xuemeng Food Factory in which her husband has invested billions in Qingshi Town, or the investment outside, these are not things that an ordinary child can take over.

Cheng Xiaolin is also considering how to educate the two siblings in the future.

This does not mean that they will send Mengmeng and Ruirui to a faraway place. Cheng Xiaolin means that she wants to hire some professional teachers to provide one-on-one special tutoring to the siblings.

For them, this was just a problem that could be solved by spending a little money, and Cheng Xiaolin didn't think it was difficult to handle.

We stood at the entrance of the kindergarten for about 10 minutes. As more and more parents came over, when they saw Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin there, everyone chatted with them in a very friendly manner. When talking about the changes in Caojiazhuang, everyone's faces were filled with joy from the bottom of their hearts.

This is not an act.

According to the normal development trajectory of a normal rural area, young and middle-aged laborers would leave their wives, children and elderly parents behind to go to the city to work and find new ways to make money.

Only helpless old people or lonely children are left in the village.

They have a special name, called left-behind elderly or left-behind children.

The elderly may squat helplessly in a corner or under a tree, numb to the reality of life, and fear of the future may be brewing in their eyes.

Children may suffer physical and mental trauma due to their parents' long-term absence, or they may develop autism or inferiority complex.

With the advancement of urbanization construction across the country, one city rises and thousands of villages become empty. The streets and alleys are deserted and weeds grow in front of and behind the houses. When you return to your hometown in old age, you will feel a sense of desolation in your heart.

Perhaps 20 years ago, rural life should have been about small bridges, flowing water, houses and flowers everywhere.

Chickens and ducks are in groups, cattle and sheep are in pens, and smoke rises up into the cloudless sky.

However, more rural villages have now become deserted, with houses left uninhabited for a long time and becoming dilapidated. Many fertile fields are overgrown with weeds instead of growing crops, and childhood playmates are nowhere to be found, having all drifted away from home!

To be frank, Caojiazhuang eight years ago can be compared to all of these.

But since the day Cao Shujie returned from the capital seven years ago, whether he admits it or not, he has been slowly and invisibly influencing changes in all aspects of Caojiazhuang.

It was not until later that Cao Shujie became the village director under the strong expectations of the whole village. It was also from that time that Cao Shujie carried out drastic reforms and development in Caojiazhuang, and step by step built the unique agricultural planting cooperative and Zhongcheng Breeding Cooperative of Caojiazhuang.

Although Zhujiazhuang, Taodong Village, Qingyun Village, Yelou Village and so on joined later, it was Caojiazhuang itself that really benefited from the dividends.

Especially with the development of Caojiazhuang's tourism industry, every household has taken advantage of Caojiazhuang's unique development trend.

There are still young and middle-aged people from Caojiazhuang hanging around outside, but they are not many.

It can even be said that their income outside is not as high as that of the villagers in Caojiazhuang, but those people are unable to return to Caojiazhuang for the time being due to family, children, studies and other constraints.

However, more than 90% of the young and middle-aged labor force in Caojiazhuang have returned.

Everyone lives and works in peace and contentment in this place. Because of this, these ordinary people unconditionally support Cao Shujie on many things. No matter what decision Cao Shujie makes on a certain matter, they have never thought that Cao Shujie would cheat them on this matter.

Even for some ordinary people, even if Cao Shujie cheated them, they didn't care.

They saw hope in Cao Shujie.

When they met Cao Shujie, the villagers, whether they were old or young, showed their respect for him from the bottom of their hearts.

After chatting with the villagers for a while, after the children came out, Cao Shujie picked up his son, and the family of three turned around and walked east again.

Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin each held one of Cao Yirui's hands, and the three of them were talking about something. From time to time, Cao Yirui's laughter could be heard.

Looking at him jumping around, he looked particularly lively and cute, and the people behind him were also happy for them.

There were also elderly people who pointed at the backs of Cao Shujie and others and talked nonstop to their children.

For several days in a row, Cao Shujie traveled back and forth between his home and Qingshi Town. Apart from that, he did not go anywhere else. He studied the company's next development direction every day.

Cao Shujie has also paid close attention to the new product proposed by Tang Jingsong last time. He has never forgotten that new product and hopes that the company will innovate based on the traditional fruit preserves processing technology.

As for the movements of the foreign-funded Hemilda Food Co., Ltd. in the city, Cao Shujie had people pay close attention to it at the beginning, but later he himself stopped paying attention to it and let the other party do all kinds of mischief. Cao Shujie even gradually developed the demeanor of a master.

No matter how strong he is, I will remain unmoved!

In Cao Shujie's view, he was just a clown and was not worthy of being in a respectable occasion.

For a while, Cao Shujie seemed to have hidden himself away. Even though many people saw him every day, they felt that Cao Shujie didn't speak much.

Whether in Caojiazhuang or in the company, Cao Shujie is like a street kid every day, greeting the villagers, chatting happily with the company's employees, and occasionally going to some female employees to say some funny words.

He also always cares about the family situation of the company's employees. If he really encounters an employee with family difficulties, and after asking the Human Resources Department to confirm the authenticity, Cao Shujie will actively organize donations of money and materials.

At this time, the employees suddenly felt that their boss Cao Shujie seemed to have changed overnight.

It gives them an indescribable feeling, but they also feel that it is really good for the boss to be like this now.

He seemed more real, more flesh and blood, no longer the boss who seemed a little "cold, unsociable" and "high and mighty" in their eyes.

Not only employees have discovered this, but managers in the company have also discovered this.

For a long time, Cao Shujie didn't hang out with them to eat, drink, or brag. Even a few men discussed which woman had bigger breasts, whiter skin, or a more curvy butt, and they even gossiped about other people's love lives.

But now he is back! (End of this chapter)