Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 794: The begging came

Lou Xiao'e had never suffered any hardship, because she had parents above her and a lover, Chu Xiangqian, who gave her pocket money, food and meat.

Even supplements were not in short supply during the three-year famine.

During these three years, everyone else had become thin due to hunger, but although Lou Xiao'e was not fat, she was quite plump.

You can tell at a glance that there is no shortage of food.

Although Qin Huairu lost her virginity to Chu Xiangqian earlier than Lou Xiaoe, this woman was a thoughtful person. Even though Chu Xiangqian coveted her body, he was still on guard against her.

It was a really hard year, and only then could I have a full meal in the small courtyard in Maoer Hutong after playing poker with Chu Xiangqian.

But now, Qin Huairu has finally reaped the rewards of her hard work.

Last time, I bought a lot of antiques from an old relative of the Lou family through Lou Xiaoe, and when I sold them to Chu Xiangqian, I directly sold them for nearly 4 yuan.

If this money was used a few years ago, it could have bought the courtyard house in Qianmen.

However, Qin Huairu and Lou Xiaoe earn a lot, and Chu Xiangqian certainly earns more.

Just for the five paintings by Bai Shi, Chu Xiangqian would not hesitate at all even if it was 5 yuan, let alone 4 yuan.

Now that the two women have enough money in their hands, they naturally live a good life.

Even if Chu Xiangqian chased Qin Huairu away now, she would still stick to him.

As for Lou Xiao'e, this woman didn't care about money. When she was still in Luoguxiang Siheyuan and had just started dating Chu Xiangqian, she secretly gave all the dozens of gold bars and jades that she had brought from her parents' home and hid under her bed to Chu Xiangqian for safekeeping without telling Xu Damao.

Even though Chu Xiangqian had a cheat at that time, he was still surprised to see so many gold bars.

Of course, although Chu Xiangqian has a low bottom line and likes to be a thief, he definitely won't be a gigolo.

Therefore, these gold bars and jade artifacts have always been kept separately in boxes in the Novice Village warehouse.

If Lou Xiao'e doesn't want to go back in the future, then give it to herself and her child.

And Lou Xiao'e's action shows that she has long been devoted to Chu Xiangqian.

Of course, this is actually also related to the fact that the Lou family is not short of money.

Having been used to being wealthy since childhood, she could do something like giving all her family assets to her lover.

It’s just that Father Lou has had a hard time in recent years.

He refused the tens of thousands of dollars in dividends from the steel mill every year, which shows that the old man had actually seen the danger a long time ago.

Fortunately, after more than ten or twenty years of accumulation, the Lou family still has a strong financial foundation.

But when Lou Xiao'e's two brothers went to Hong Kong Island seven or eight years ago, they must have taken most of the family wealth with them.

It can be seen that Father Lou is not without any retreat options.

Chu Xiangqian occasionally showed concern and knew that her two brothers were doing well.

Not only do the brothers all live in villas, but each of them has seven or eight servants.

Moreover, even though Chu Xiangqian had cut off his deer glue business with the Lou brothers in the past two years, the Lou family had started importing donkey glue from China since the year before last because deer glue was so popular.

The profit is not as exaggerated as that of deer glue, but the quantity of donkey glue is large, so it is no problem to make three or four hundred thousand yuan a year.

In the second half of last year, I heard that the two brothers already had channels to import deer glue from the mainland.

Unfortunately, no matter how good the sika deer raised in the mainland are and how good the craftsmanship of making deer glue is, the quality is still inferior to the deer glue produced by the Novice Village.

Chu Xiangqian had long anticipated the appearance of deer glue on the market.

After all, if something is sold at a high price, there will inevitably be people who will follow suit. Chu Xiangqian is not so overbearing as to not allow others to do the business he has gotten involved in.

And he couldn't stop it.

The business of the two brothers of the Lou family is getting better and better, and it is natural for an old hand like Lou's father to take advantage of the situation.

Through old connections in the mainland, he purchased porcelain and tea from the mainland, and even got involved in the rice wine business, exporting it to Hong Kong Island.

After operating for a year or two, the two brothers made at least 700,000 to 800,000 yuan in profit each year.

Two years ago, Li Gongtan's annual profit was actually only a few hundred thousand. The two brothers of the Lou family were not considered wealthy in Hong Kong Island, but they were also considered wealthy.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian vaguely guessed that Lou's father was thinking of helping China to export and earn foreign exchange. On the one hand, his two sons would develop better and better, and on the other hand, it would be a kind of protection for himself.

But in this way, Father Lou would probably be even more reluctant to leave the capital.

Not only is he unwilling to leave his hometown due to his age, but living in the capital can also help the Lou family stabilize their supply channels.

There was even a vague idea that the couple and their daughter were being used as hostages.
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After having supper, Chu Xiangqian felt that the room was too stuffy, so he simply took Qin Huairu and Lou Xiaoe to sit under the eaves, enjoying the cool breeze, watching the dripping rain and chatting about trivial matters.

I couldn't help but mention to Lou Xiao'e that some things in Hong Kong have experienced price increases or shortages in the past six months.

As long as Lou Xiao'e is not stupid, she will go back and talk about this matter with her parents.

Chu Xiangqian had long been unwilling to touch this kind of small business.

But for her two brothers, even if they only earn tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands a year, it is still profit.

If they could do the same import and export business as Eiyuan, Gangsheng and Feifei, and have channels to purchase satin, silk, the four major embroidery, cloisonné and other things, making a million-dollar profit every year would be like a piece of cake.

For the mainland, hundreds of thousands of foreign exchange are also an invaluable contribution to a place.

Unfortunately, Lou Xiao'e was so busy flirting with Chu Xiangqian at the moment that she didn't care about the gossip Chu Xiangqian said casually.

Qin Huairu on the side frowned and thought for a few seconds, then looked at the silly girl Lou Xiao'e, who was only concerned with hugging Chu Xiangqian's arm and flirting with him with a smile, and couldn't help but shook her head secretly.

I wanted to get a piece of the pie, but then I thought, I have neither brothers nor parents who run a big business.

This incident can only serve as a reminder to Lou Xiao'e, and it is considered as a way to show goodwill and win over this card-playing partner.

However, it is not entirely without benefits. At least it should be much easier to buy better and more antiques in the future.

Maybe the Lou family would take the initiative to help make the contact, or even sell some of their collections to me at a reasonable price.

And with more and better antiques, she would definitely be more favored in front of her man.

Thinking of this, Qin Huairu's mentality stabilized, and she looked at Lou Xiaoe with a more intimate gaze.

As for jealousy, that's definitely there.

However, not only did the two of them not have any conflict when it came to their core interest, which was the favor of men, but Chu Xiangqian was so capable in that aspect that no one alone could make him foam at the mouth.

Moreover, in the antique business, she could benefit from the connections with the Lou family, so Qin Huairu was naturally closer to Lou Xiao'e than jealous of her.

As they chatted, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but start wanting to play cards again.

After two fights in one night, the two women finally released their pent-up anger for more than two months.

The next morning, they got up early, cooked, and helped Chu Xiangqian wash up and eat. Without waiting for Chu Xiangqian to finish eating, the two happily went to work.

This is also what Chu Xiangqian is most satisfied with the two of them. Although they are clingy, they never complain, let alone interfere with him. They just work honestly and wait for him to come to them.

Of course, they both knew that it was unrealistic to ask for more since one of them was a widow and the other was divorced.

However, before Qin Huairu and the other person went to work, they mentioned that there was a batch of antiques that were kept in the house on the east side of the yard.

After Chu Xiangqian finished his breakfast and looked at the antiques, he couldn't help but praise the two women again.

Maybe it was because I liked Bai Shi’s paintings so much the last time I saw them that among the antiques I collected this time, there were 9 landscape paintings by famous artists from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

You can tell at a glance that it is highly unlikely that it was received by a second-hand goods recycling station.

Although some of the other antiques are good, Chu Xiangqian has many good things, so he doesn't care much about them.

I put all the things into the Novice Village warehouse, and after some thought, I left 5 in cash.

But on second thought, having too much cash is not necessarily a good thing. It would be better to give gold bars which are easier to hide.

So he placed two large yellow croakers weighing ten taels on the dining table in the main hall, and then went to the jewelry store in the Novice Village and made four gold bracelets, which he put in two fairly exquisite wooden boxes and placed on the table.

He wrote another note, telling Qin Huairu and Lou Xiaoe to just wear them at home and not to show them off outside.
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In the next few days, Chu Xiangqian either stayed at home to accompany his good son Chu Jingrong, or was pestered by Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng and Feifei to play poker.

Looking forward to getting pregnant soon.

Or he would wander between Jinzhi, Jinxiu, Qin Huairu and Lou Xiaoe.

By the way, every morning, he would practice in the backyard and call his master, his mistress, Yixiantian and Lao Jiang.

This can also be considered a kind of companionship, and the master and the other three were very happy with his action.

After all, the better Chu Xiangqian's kung fu is, to some extent, it means that they taught him better.

However, as long as Chu Jingrong is still in the capital, the four old men will not be lonely every day, so the master and the others don’t care whether Chu Xiangqian is in the capital or not.

That day, Chu Xiangqian brought Aiguo, Aimin and Aiyuan to the grave of his biological father in the forest farm. While paying their respects, they formally told the old man that the second boy of the third generation of the Chu family was born.

After returning to the capital, he was thinking about going back to Hong Kong the next day or the day after tomorrow to manage the shipping and coal export business, when his two brothers-in-law Xue Jianrong and Xue Jianguo came to visit him together.

Xue Lao Er saw the questioning and surprised expressions in Chu Xiangqian and his sister Xue Jinglan's eyes, and waved his hands and said, "I was drafted by my eldest brother to accompany the guests today.

If you have any questions, ask Big Brother."

Xue Jianrong chuckled and glanced at his younger sister who was hugging Xue Jingrong. Xue Jinglan knew at a glance that her elder brother wanted her to get away.

He rolled his eyes at Xue Jianrong, but he was his biological brother after all. Nevertheless, he wanted to take his son to find his master's wife.

But on second thought, if it is too difficult for my elder brother to ask Chu Xiangqian for help, and it is difficult for me to refuse my man, then I will be the one who suffers.

When he stood up, he placed his beloved son in the arms of his father, Chu Xiangqian.

While saying this, he went to make rice porridge for Chu Jingrong and then left the main room.

Xue Jianrong and Xue Jianguo did not notice their sister's little thoughts, but when Chu Xiangqian saw his wife wink at him, he immediately guessed what she was thinking.

He secretly thought that his daughter, once married, was like water spilled, but he was very happy in his heart.

Later I heard from my eldest brother-in-law that after taking over the task of training the special forces last year, there were no problems with personnel, equipment, logistics, etc.

Even the reserve personnel of the special operations battalion were 1000 people selected from the best of all the troops in the capital.

The results of training according to the training plan written by Chu Xiangqian are quite good.

Of course, the plan ended up with some additions and some reductions, but Chu Xiangqian didn't care about it.

After all, the times are different, and the combat objectives and enemies faced are also different. It is impossible to train completely according to the training model of special forces decades later.

However, in March and April of this year, even after three months of training and the elimination of 3 people, many of the remaining soldiers gradually began to have problems with nutrition not keeping up with the training.

At the beginning, the superiors allocated a lot more meat and more grain, and we had a meal of braised pork and egg soup, steamed buns, rice and vegetables every day to fill our stomachs.

However, the superiors don’t care about the consumption or this small matter. Once the order is given, it is the responsibility of the people in charge of logistics.

By June, the special operations battalion, which had been training for nine months, had officially been reduced to 6 people.

It became increasingly difficult for logistics personnel to obtain enough meat.

Chu Xiangqian knew the reason after thinking about it.

Before the army was formed, everyone in the surrounding areas of the capital was keeping an eye on it, so supplies were easier to get.

But now that you have formed an army and are no longer under their jurisdiction, the logistics matters are Xue Jianrong's responsibility.

Moreover, after 9 months of training, there is still no sign of anything particularly impressive. There is only consumption and no output. Some people must feel that the effort and reward are not proportional.

It would be better to set up reconnaissance companies and reconnaissance battalions in each unit.

Xue Jianrong, who was really troubled by logistical problems, initially wanted to do a side job after training like other troops.

But pigs, chickens and ducks do not grow up that quickly, and they do affect the training of the troops.

As soon as the report was submitted, Xue Jianrong was scolded.

What Xue Jianrong couldn't understand the most was that his superiors didn't ask about the matter anymore.

The report was stuck directly at the military body level.

Chu Xiangqian waved his hand to indicate that he understood without waiting for his brother-in-law to finish speaking.

It was obvious at first glance that it must be some big shot who secretly wanted his brother-in-law to come and ask for money from him.

And you can tell which boss it is with just a little thought. After all, the number of bosses who know him is no more than 10.

We can figure out who it is by process of elimination.

It is even possible that his real father-in-law and the old man of the Xue family are among the participants.

However, Chu Xiangqian didn't intend to care about this matter. He didn't lack it anyway.

And after all, if a meritorious person asks for it, let alone a little meat, I would be willing to give him even ten thousand cattle and sheep.

But these elders were too embarrassed to ask again and again, so they forced their eldest brother-in-law to come over.

By the way, I also brought my second uncle along.

Chu Xiangqian glanced at Xue Jianguo, and saw that he looked at him and then subconsciously avoided him. Chu Xiangqian knew that his guess was right.

While patting Chu Jingrong's butt who was kicking his legs in his arms, he said with a smile, "I'll call Hong Kong Island later and try to ship 500 sheep and 200 cows over within a week.

You can raise them yourself, but whether you can keep them is your own business."

Xue Jianrong was overjoyed after hearing this, but after a few seconds, he frowned like his second brother Xue Jianguo.

(End of this chapter)