The leisurely life of the reborn daddy

"No matter how good things are outside, you have to go home eventually."

At Cao Shujie's home at the north end of Caojiazhuang, Cao Shujie said to the brother and sister as they packed their luggage and prepared to leave.

Cao Yirui didn't take it to heart at all.

He had just gone to college for half a year, free from his parents' control. It was time for him to look around and feel that everything was new and new. The key was that no one cared about him. This was the life he wanted.

But Cao Xuemeng is different.

Although her experience was still short, she had a long talk with her father Cao Shujie when she came back this time, and her thoughts had changed unconsciously.

Unconsciously, Cao Xuemeng also realized how difficult it had been for her father over the years.

After graduating from university, she stayed in Beijing and did not come back to work at the Xuemeng Food Factory as her father had thought. To some extent, Cao Xuemeng was also rebellious at that time and did not want to follow her father's arrangement and follow that path so early.

Even now, Cao Xuemeng still has the idea of ​​letting herself go.

But Cao Shujie came over and said in a low but irrefutable voice: "Mengmeng, I allow you to start your own business outside for another two years, no matter whether you make a profit or a loss, unless the scale of your company can catch up with Xuemeng Food Factory in the future, otherwise you will come back and work in the company according to my arrangement, get familiar with the work, and then continue to develop Xuemeng Food Factory when it is suitable."

"Dad, you asked me to manage the factory, so what are you going to do?"

"Besides, didn't you say before that you would hand over the factory to my sister?" Cao Xuemeng reminded her father not to take his words lightly.

"Ha ha!"

Cao Shujie didn't care at all. He was thick-skinned enough: "I was just talking casually. Besides, your sister is only two years old now. When she reaches your age, I will be over seventy years old. By then, I won't know if I am in my right mind. What can she understand?"

At this point, Cao Shujie suddenly said, "Mengmeng, if you don't want to come to Xuemeng Food Factory, then in another 10 years, when I retire, I will disband Xuemeng Food Factory, and your mother and I will find a quiet place to live out the rest of our lives."

Cao Xuemeng thought her father was joking, but seeing the serious expression on her father's face, Cao Xuemeng suddenly felt a little panicked: "Is my father serious? Or is he joking?"

If that's true, we're doomed.

Under the indoctrination of Cao Shujie over the years, Cao Xuemeng had the idea of ​​inheriting the Xuemeng Food Factory since she was a child. Besides, the factory was named after her.

What happens if it's disbanded?

"Don't I still have my younger brother?" Cao Xuemeng asked his father.

Cao Shujie looked at his son, who looked like he had taken stimulants because he was going back to the capital. His IQ was indeed not low and he had a good eye for things, but his character was not good enough and he was often easily influenced at critical moments.

Being too smart but not being able to control that intelligence is a big taboo. He shook his head: "His two tricks are useless."

"..."

Cao Xuemeng thought to herself: "I don't trust you at all."

Cao Xuemeng always felt that her father was coaxing her.

However, it was getting late today, so Cao Xuemeng said goodbye to her grandparents and finally looked at her mother Cheng Xiaolin. The mother and daughter hugged each other and said goodbye.

At this moment, Cheng Xiaolin was just like her mother and mother-in-law when they watched them leave home to go to the capital. She looked at her daughter with blurry eyes, but at least she didn't cry.

But Cheng Xiaolin's emotions were very complicated and agitated.

But Cheng Xiaolin didn't say anything to try to keep her, it was meaningless.

Wu Shangying drove and took Cao Xuemeng and Cao Yiru, brother and sister, away.

Guan Shuangxia was sitting in the passenger seat. She would switch driving with Wu Shangying later. The journey was quite long, and the two of them didn't feel tired taking turns driving.

This time they returned early, as Cao Xuemeng was going back to take care of the opening of the Three Musketeers Design Studio.

Cao Yirui really couldn't stay at home. He always felt that his mother wanted to talk to him about finding a daughter-in-law during college.

Cao Yirui admitted that his mother was indeed very tolerant of him in this regard, and repeatedly said that she could help him take care of the children. However, Cao Yirui felt that if he found a partner and got married at such a young age, less than 20 years old, wouldn't he be bound by his family for the rest of his life?

"No, no, I still want to see the beauty of the world." Cao Yirui felt that that would be too disadvantageous.

……

Without looking at the car that had gone far away, Cao Shujie returned home with his daughter, his wife, parents and parents-in-law, and told his parents-in-law that he would stay in Caojiazhuang for a few more days.

The old couple Cheng Rengui and Li Xiaojuan have nothing else to do now. Besides, the children's theme park and orchard in Caojiazhuang are closed, so there is no need for them to set up stalls at this time.

Because of this, they are now very free, and their son-in-law asked them to stay for a few days. After discussing it, they can also spend time with their little granddaughter.

The older they get, the more they want to see their children.

On his way home, Cao Shujie passed by the doghouse and saw Xiao Hei lying motionless on the ground. Cao Shujie inexplicably thought of the deceased Daha, Erha and Dahei. He felt that Xiao Hei was very lonely being locked in the doghouse.

Since they were brought home in 11, Erha, the shortest-lived of the four dogs, has been with him for 13 years. The longest-lived one is naturally Xiaohei, who is still alive.

But Xiao Hei has now reached the end of his life. Every strand of hair on his body seems to reveal the decay of life. In his eyes there is only nostalgia for Cao Shujie, his master.

Cao Shujie also looked at its cloudy eyes, somewhat absent-mindedly. When Cheng Xiaolin passed by, she called out to him, "Shujie, it's cold outside, hurry in."

"Or you can give Nuannuan to me and I'll take her into the house to warm up for a while." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cao Shujie subconsciously wanted to chat with Xiao Hei for a while longer. He handed his daughter over and watched his wife bring Nuan Nuan into the house. Cao Shujie opened the door of the kennel and let Xiao Hei out.

He couldn't remember how long it had been since Xiao Hei went out with him to exercise like they used to.

It is now difficult to get Xiao Hei to walk a few steps outside. His frail steps clearly show his unwillingness.

Xiao Hei's current age is almost equivalent to the period when humans live over 100 years old, which is the twilight years.

This is because Cao Shujie has fed it a lot of good food over the years and often took it out for exercise.

Cao Shujie really wants to take Xiao Hei for another run, but there is nothing he can do.

His trembling limbs could not support his dozens of kilograms of weight, and he slowly walked out of the kennel. It was hard to see his former majestic appearance.

He finally managed to get out of the doghouse, but after taking a few steps, Xiao Hei could no longer hold on and fell to the ground.

Cao Shujie couldn't help feeling a little sad. He took a stool and sat down next to Xiao Hei. He reached out and stroked Xiao Hei's back. Like an old man, Cao Shujie kept reciting every little detail of the past years.

In Cao Shujie's eyes, this life started as a new one when he returned to Caojiazhuang in March 2011. However, Cao Shujie was very busy in the first 3 years and he did not really take a rest.

On the contrary, in the following ten years, Cao Shujie tried his best to let go of everything, delegated power in several companies, and let several generals under him take the helm.

After a long time, it is inevitable that there will be some unhappy things, but in Cao Shujie's opinion, as long as they don't go too far, it's not a big deal.

But human nature is despicable, and there are always people who test Cao Shujie's bottom line again and again. In this situation, Cao Shujie will not show any mercy when he becomes ruthless.

A group of people were dealt with by drastic measures, killing the chicken to scare the monkey, and the others stopped.

Unlike other companies, Xuemeng Food Factory, Flour Mill, and Steel Ball Factory are all Cao Shujie's personal businesses, while 70% of the shares of Caojiazhuang Tourism Company are owned by Cao Shujie. Of the remaining 30%, 20% are invested by the Caojiazhuang Village Committee, and the last 10% is invested by the people of Caojiazhuang in the name of the collective.

On the other hand, a company like Yaxu Electronics Factory went public eight years ago and received a considerable amount of financing on the same day.

Over the past eight years, Yaxu Electronics Factory has devoted itself to researching technology, enhancing its foundation, and steadily developing its own industry.

It is this down-to-earth attitude that has enabled Yaxu Electronics Factory to reap considerable profits.

As for the stock of Yaxu Electronics Factory, it has experienced ups and downs with the market in recent years. However, when the market index once again reached a high point and fell, the stock price of Yaxu shares continued to rise, leading the industry as a pioneer. Its unparalleled attitude attracted people's attention.

In fact, the scale of Yaxu Electronics Factory has indeed been expanding in recent years.

They opened several branches across the country, and also opened a branch in Xinjiang, specializing in wind power research.

Cao Shujie has been holding shares in Yaxu Electronics Factory for many years. Although the restricted sale period has long passed, he has not sold a single share.

Even when Yaxu shares fell sharply with the market, Cao Shujie still took out a large amount of cash to publicly increase his holdings in Yaxu shares.

It was also this incident that once caused Cao Shujie to be jokingly called the "most reliable major shareholder" of the A-share market by fellow stockholders, rather than the Panda Team.

It seems that it is because Cao Shujie has not sold his holdings in Yaxu shares over the years. Instead, Yaxu Electronics Factory was able to rejuvenate when it actually completed the infrastructure construction of charging piles across the country and began to exert its operating efficiency. In the end, its stock price continued to set new highs.

Cao Shujie also relied on the fact that he owned more than 40% of the shares of Yaxu Electronics Factory. The value of these shares alone exceeded 600 billion yuan, more than a hundred times the original investment.

As for how much Cao Shujie is worth now, no one can really tell for sure. The most important thing is that the Xuemeng Food Factory under his name is not a listed company.

Several other companies are also not listed companies. The operating conditions and financial information of these companies are not disclosed to the public at all, especially since the outbreak of the epidemic, the outside world has never heard of how much profit Xuemeng Food Factory makes in a year.

Including the past eight years, everyone has been just guessing.

But everyone knows that Xuemeng Food Factory has never neglected the benefits and treatment of its employees.

Some people also say that Cao Shujie’s net worth has already reached over 100 billion, even though we don’t know what the exact number is?

Some people even jokingly call him the most authentic billionaire, but Cao Shujie himself has never directly admitted it.

"Xiao Hei, after all these years, you are the only one who has been with me. Tell me, what do you want to eat? I'll get it for you right away." Cao Shujie said.

Xiao Hei called out "oh woo woo" twice, as if he was making his own cry, or as if he was telling Cao Shujie what he wanted to eat.
But in the end it wasn't made clear.

Cao Shujie even pretended to ask him, "Xiao Hei, what did you just say? Say it again. Your voice was too soft just now, and I didn't hear it clearly."

"What? You want to drink, oh my God!" Cao Shujie was shocked and frightened Cheng Xiaolin who was playing with her daughter in the room.

Come out of the room quickly and ask him what happened.

Then I heard Cao Shujie talking to himself: "Wife, Xiao Hei said he wants to drink, do you think I should give him some?"

"Just drink it, it's not a big deal." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cheng Xiaolin has an open attitude towards this matter.

She felt that this was just like when some elderly people reach this age, they want to eat or drink whatever they want, as long as it is available, they should be prepared, and they should not worry about whether eating or drinking these things are not good for the body.

Cao Shujie got his wife's promise, and said to Xiao Hei happily, "Xiao Hei, wait for me. I'll go to the house and get you some good wine."

"Let me tell you, I still have quite a few things here that have been stored for more than ten years." Cao Shujie said. He had money, so he bought a lot and indeed hoarded quite a lot for a long time.

It may not be the most expensive, but it will definitely taste delicious.

The key point is that Cao Shujie would not think that a bottle of wine is so expensive that he would not be willing to give it to Xiao Hei.

"Oh!" Xiao Hei raised his head weakly and barked.

But the sound was too soft and had no power at all.

The moment the little black dog lowered its head, it fell to the ground, closed its eyes and fell asleep.

At this moment, Cao Shujie was rummaging around in the wine room, trying to find the best wine so that he could drink it with Xiao Hei.

But when he came outside with a bottle of wine and two small bowls, he sat down on the stool, called Xiao Hei happily, and prepared to pour wine for it.

But no matter how Cao Shujie called Xiao Hei, he just didn't respond.

Cao Shujie paused while pouring the wine, his hand shook, and the good wine in the bottle spilled all over the floor.

The wine splashed on Xiao Hei's hair and on the ground beside him, but Xiao Hei didn't cry out again, nor did he shake his body hard to get rid of the water like he did before after getting wet.

"Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei!"

Cao Shujie called out a few more times, but still no response.

He put the bowl aside, bent down and shook Xiao Hei's dog head.

In the past, Xiao Hei would raise his black and brown dog head to scare Cao Shujie and amuse him, but he didn't do that this time.

Not even a scream.

Cao Shujie was neither happy nor angry. He took the opened wine bottle and poured it directly next to the little black dog's head.

"Xiao Hei, drink it, drink it well, drink one more cup..."

"Do you still want to eat meat? I'll get you some beef."

"Xiao Hei, now you four brothers are all together. Next time, you four brothers will reincarnate together. But I won't raise you. If I continue to raise you, who knows who will give whom away?"

"If you really don't want to be reincarnated, you can also play mahjong in the palace of Hades."

"Hey, do you want me to burn a set of mahjong for you? I wonder if you can catch up with Daha, Erha and Dahei after they've been gone for so many years?"

"Hey, Xiao Hei, I'll open another bottle of wine for you, drink it well, and then you can go on your journey after you're full!"

At the end of his speech, Cao Shujie couldn't control his emotions.

I have been raising it for 20 years!
At this time, Cheng Xiaolin, who was playing with her son in the room, heard something strange outside. She hurried out to see what was going on, and only then did she notice that her husband Cao Shujie was talking to himself outside.

On this day, Xiao Hei left.

"Dad, Mom." Cheng Xiaolin called her parents and her parents-in-law over and handed her daughter to them. She went to the yard and stood beside her husband.

Seeing that her husband remained silent, Cheng Xiaolin knew in her heart that her husband must be very uncomfortable at this moment.

"Shujie, it's okay, it's really okay." Cheng Xiaolin coaxed her husband like she was coaxing a child.

But Cao Shujie was very sober: "Wife, don't worry, I'm fine, I just didn't expect Xiao Hei to leave at this time.

"Are you really okay?" Cheng Xiaolin put her arms around her husband's head and held him in her arms.

"It's okay. I'm almost 50. What can happen?" Cao Shujie slowly broke free.

Looking at Xiao Hei lying there motionless, he said, "I have to bury them together!"

……

On the way from Caojiazhuang to the capital, Cao Xuemeng and her brother Cao Yirui were sitting in the back seats.

Cao Yirui looked at the scenery outside the window receding, his heart was wild, thinking that he was free again.

No one cares about him, it’s better this way!

"Sister, when will the company distribute dividends again?" Cao Yirui asked excitedly.

Cao Xuemeng rolled her eyes at him: "It's just the beginning of the new year, and the company hasn't started business yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Hey, I'm not in a hurry. I just want to take some money and go out for a walk." Cao Yiru explained.

Cao Xuemeng said to him: "Won't you ask our parents for it?"

"How dare I? I spent less than 500 out of the 200 million in half a year, and the rest was invested in your company. Sister, I'm counting on you for the rest of my life." Cao Yirui pretended to be pitiful.

But Cao Xuemeng didn't buy it: "My dad said that he would let me work for two more years at most, and then I can go back to work in the factory."

Cao Yirui got furious when he heard this: "Sister, that won't work. I won't graduate yet. If you're not here, will I stay here by myself?"

"Isn't it good? Don't you think it would be great to be free and unfettered without anyone to bother you?" Cao Xuemeng said to him.

But Cao Yirui was a little panicked. This was not what he wanted.

"Sister, don't worry. Let me tell you, dad is just teasing you. When you go back to work in the factory, you will be a real factory girl and your life will be over." Cao Yirui said loudly.

It seemed as if he wanted to wake up his sister in this way.

But he was wrong. Cao Xuemeng was also looking at the scenery outside the car window that was gradually becoming unfamiliar. He felt empty in his heart and didn't know what he was thinking.

Cao Yirui was unwilling to give in and kept nagging and talking non-stop.

But Cao Xuemeng suddenly said at the end: "Ruirui, have you noticed? Our dad has white hair now."

"It's not a big deal. Isn't white hair normal? There are also people with premature graying of hair. I will dye my hair silver when I get to school." Cao Yiru said.

Cao Xuemeng ignored him and continued, "My father will be over 50 in two years. He asked me to go to work in the factory. Do you understand what he meant?"

"Ruirui, you are not young anymore, you should be sensible." Cao Xuemeng said.

These words made Cao Yirui fall silent.

After all, these two siblings are not children from ordinary families. (End of this chapter)