Mixed in 1980

Chapter 499 Making Tofu
Daping Village is located at the foot of the Taihang Mountains.

Separated from the mountains by a river, with the cliffs of the Taihang Mountains on the other side, the village is situated on a vast plain, ideal for agriculture.

A young man with a slightly balding forehead, wearing a down jacket, squatted at the village entrance smoking. He watched a Mercedes SUV slowly drive by in the distance, rubbed his hands together, and exhaled a puff of smoke.

The SUV stopped in front of me.

The car door opened, and Chen Yanche got out of the car: "Senior Brother Lin, you've worked hard. You didn't even go home for the New Year. Make up for the holiday later."

"You have a conscience, kid."

Lin Yi rubbed his balding forehead: "It's cold outside, stop dawdling, get in the car quickly, I'll give you directions, let's go back to our post first."

The location is the village committee, which was rented by the company.

After helping Lin Yi into the car, Chen Yanche started the engine and drove slowly forward, looking around with his eyes: "This village is not bad, the houses are all built quite well."

“Young people go out to work or do business, and when they make money, they come back to build houses. It’s the same all over the country. In reality, they are still poor.”

Lin Yi pointed to the road and casually said, "Besides the elderly, there are only left-behind children in the village. There are also a few households without elderly people, so they just leave their children at home and no one takes care of them."

Chen Yanche hummed in agreement: "And this year? How many young people stayed?"

"Yes, but not much."

Lin Yi shook his head: "Young people all want to go to the city to make a living, especially white-collar workers. It's impossible for them to stay. But some middle-aged people do stay."

“Middle-aged people, if they go to the city, they will become migrant workers. The work is unstable, the wages are hard to earn, and they can’t make much money at the end of the year.”

“When they come back for the Spring Festival, we take turns visiting them to persuade some of them to stay and try. It’s good that they can stay with the elderly and children.”

"We've arrived. Stop here."

As they spoke, they arrived at the village committee, where a company sign was hanging, named by Chen Yanche himself: Chen Xiaowu Green Food Co., Ltd.

That name is so corny.

When they decided on this name, Zhou Jingshu couldn't help but complain: "You and Fourth Sister are really siblings, both terrible at naming things, one is Chen Laosi, and the other is Chen Xiaowu."

Chen Yanche was quite satisfied. A food company didn't need to be so high-end. The name Chen Xiaowu was simple, down-to-earth, easy to remember, and easily recognizable.

Just like brands like Lao Gan Ma and Chuan Wa Zi.

As soon as the car stopped, another PhD student, Qiao Yu, came out with a group of people to greet him: "Boss Chen, that's quite something. You've been missing for several months, and we've finally seen you again."

"With my senior sister here, I feel at ease."

Chen Yanche immediately offered a compliment, then opened the trunk: "Look, I brought some good stuff for everyone. Let's have a good get-together today."

"Junior brother, you are magnanimous."

Qiao Yu quickly told people to move the things. In the trunk, there were several transparent compartments filled with king crab, red roe crab, tiger prawns, and a few grouper: "I haven't eaten seafood in a long time, and I'm really craving this."

Upon arriving at the post, Qiao Yu immediately got to work. Having grown up by the sea, she was very skilled at handling seafood, but it was simply unavailable in the rural areas around here.

Seeing Chen Yanche put down his luggage and come out, Qiao Yu joked, "If it weren't for the recent uproar on Douyin, I wouldn't have known your family was so amazing."

Chen Yanche joked, "It's not too late to know now. Here's a chance for you to pay homage."

"Go aside!"

Qiao Yu chuckled and teased, "You're so unserious. But speaking of which, your sister is really amazing. She actually developed a brand new financial product. Wow!"

Speaking of his fourth sister, Chen Yanche felt proud. At her age, she had already surpassed most economics experts in turning Hetian jade pebbles into financial products.

Qiao Yu raised her hand, showing off her bracelet: "I bought it on Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace), it comes with a certificate. I put it up at the jade market a couple of days ago, guess how much it went up in price?"

"One-tenth?" Chen Yanche guessed.

"I bought it not long after the appraisal center was established. Someone gave me a quote, which has increased by 20%, and I estimate there's still a lot of room for it to go up," Qiao Yu said smugly.

Chen Yanche nodded and said, "If you have money, buy more. The price will rise, and the increase will be significant."

"Insider information?" Qiao Yu's eyes lit up.

Chen Yanche nodded slightly: "Buy high-quality products, those with all ratings reaching four stars. A lot of capital will be entering the market soon."

"I can't afford it," Qiao Yu hurriedly shook her head.

At current prices, the price per gram of all four-star jadeite is already over ten thousand yuan, and even a small safety buckle can cost two or three hundred thousand yuan.

My salary is very high.

Even in Beijing, one can buy a house outright after saving for a few years, but after only half a year of work, savings are not much, and one cannot afford luxury goods.

"I'll lend it to you," Chen Yanche joked.

Qiao Yu shook her head again: "Forget it. Borrowing money to get into finance, no matter whether you make money or not, once you get addicted, you'll fall into a pit sooner or later. You can't go astray."

"Wise choice."

Chen Yanche rolled up his sleeves and helped kill the fish: "Once the planting and breeding experiments are successful, each of you in the management team will be rewarded with a piece of seed fish."

"It's settled!" Qiao Yu's eyes lit up.

Chen Yanche knocked the fish unconscious with a single blow: "Would I lie to you? I have plenty at home. Once you've done this, I'll pick out a nicer bracelet for you later."

"Then I'll have to work my ass off," Qiao Yu said with a smile.

Watching Chen Yanche skillfully prepare the fish, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Your knife skills are impressive! I never would have guessed that a young master like you could cook." "What's so special about that? Don't rich people need to eat?"

Chen Yanche rolled his eyes: "My dad's cooking skills are really good. He used his excellent cooking skills to win over my stepmother back then."

Qiao Yu nodded slightly, then frowned: "Your father, your stepmother? Did I hear that right?"

“My mother, my second mother, and my stepmother, the three of them grew up together. When they were little, they said they would marry the same person, and it came true.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu's mouth dropped open.

Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan are both powerful women who donate billions of yuan to charity. Xu Jinqiu is now the top philanthropist in China and a true philanthropist.

They actually married the same man? Putting aside social and ethical issues, what kind of man could possibly keep three women in check?

Women with money become assertive; just look at the female entrepreneurs interviewed.

After a long pause, Qiao Yu finally reacted and asked curiously, "Your three mothers are all so formidable, won't they fight?"

"Anyway, I've never seen them argue."

Chen Yanche cleaned and prepared the fish, saying deftly, "I've never seen a man act like my father."

Qiao Yu nodded in agreement: "That's true."

He scooped out a king crab and handed it to his junior brother, then asked curiously, "What about you? With such a wealthy family, have you never thought about having multiple wives and concubines?"

Chen Yanche chuckled, looking at him like he was an idiot: "Throughout history, which man hasn't thought about this? It's not a matter of thinking, it's a matter of ability."

"In Hong Kong's wealthy families, it's common to have three wives and four concubines."

"How many families don't have problems at home? What's the point of living like that?"

"The most valuable quality in a person is self-awareness."

"Either find someone you like, settle down and get married, or don't get married at all and do whatever you want. You can't have it all."

"You know Zhao, the shipping magnate of Hong Kong, right?"

"His third son, Zhao Shizeng, nicknamed 'Third Young Master Hua,' or 'Uncle Hua,' is the real player. He's slept with thousands of celebrities and models, but he just won't get married."

"This is also a kind of attitude towards life."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu opened her mouth wide once again: "Rich people really know how to have fun. Haven't you ever thought about learning from them, since you have the means?"

Chen Yanche rolled his eyes and did not reply.

Qiao Yu was still curious when a clear, crisp cry came from outside, accompanied by a very distinctive local accent: "The tofu seller is here!"

Chen Yanche didn't understand what he meant at all.

Lin Yi, who was washing vegetables, quickly stood up and hurriedly walked out, saying, "You guys are busy, I'll go buy some tofu."

Chen Yanche looked at Qiao Yu with a suspicious expression.

Qiao Yu suppressed a laugh: "Tofu beauty, Old Lin, tsk tsk... Spring is here, what a pity, we're just not on the same path, it's impossible."

"Let's go take a look." Chen Yanche walked out.

Squatting at the entrance of the village committee, I took out a cigarette, lit it, and looked at the "Tofu Beauty." To be honest, she was quite pretty; I'd give her a 7.5 out of 10 for looks.

She has a great figure too.

Her smile was very warm and sincere, and she exuded a kind of simplicity. If there was any flaw, it would be that her skin was not fair enough.

"See that? Old Lin's eyes are practically glued to that guy's body." Qiao Yu walked out and looked at the two people doing business with a mocking expression.

Chen Yanche nodded slightly: "That's good. This girl is even filming with her phone. Is she selling products and livestreaming at the same time?"

“I don’t do live streams, I just shoot footage and document selling goods in the countryside. I’m still an internet celebrity with over seven million followers, and each video gets over a million likes,” Qiao Yu explained.

Chen Yanche took out his phone: "What's your online name?"

"Wealth!"

"Fugui?" Chen Yanche was stunned. A girl with such a name? One of the two new panda cubs that Fourth Sister raised was also named Fugui.

"The more rustic and down-to-earth the name, the more people will like it."

"I'll take a look later." Chen Yanche opened Douyin, searched for the name, followed the account, and then read the profile. He didn't find anything wrong.

He glanced at the two people making the sale and said, "Isn't this great? If Senior Brother Lin is interested, he should go for it boldly. What's there to be afraid of? It's not like you're not good enough for him."

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't know the situation."

Qiao Yu shook her head: "The situation inside is complicated. Given Lao Lin's condition, I'm really worried that he might jump in headfirst into a huge pit."

As they were talking, the girl had already ridden away on her tricycle. Lin Yi was still reluctant to leave until the tricycle disappeared from sight before turning around.

Seeing Chen Yanche and Qiao Yu staring at him teasingly, Lin Yi blushed slightly and coughed lightly: "Why are you looking at me? I'm just buying a piece of tofu."

Is it as simple as tofu?

Chen Yanche took out a cigarette and handed it to Lin Yi: "Tell me, what's going on? I'll think of a way to take it down easily."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu patted her junior brother on the shoulder: "Don't meddle. Didn't I just tell you that things inside are complicated?"

(End of this chapter)