Unfortunately, He Wei couldn't even catch a glimpse of Mao Huimei.
After taking over the factory, Mao Huimei immediately placed orders for machines and contacted Ma Yongpeng to purchase apples. She wished she could chop the apples into four pieces.
Xia Mian was exhausted just by helping out and running errands, and felt that doing business was really not something a human being could do.
He Wei couldn't catch the person, so he had to think that she would definitely encounter many problems when she set up a factory for the first time, especially financial problems. When that time came, he would lend a hand and it would definitely ease the relationship between them.
However, before Mao Huimei encountered any difficult problems, he received news that Sanmei Beverage Factory and Jingyishan fruit farmers had signed a contract.
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“Nonsense!”
In the He family's study, He's father slammed the table in anger, pointing at He Min and saying, "Who told you to take the initiative to lower the price of fruit!"
He Min said aggrievedly, "Second Uncle, I just took office, so I want to show you some achievements, right?"
"Your greatest achievement is that you can ensure the normal production of the cannery!" He's father said angrily, "We have cooperated with those fruit farmers for three years and everything has been going well. Why are you messing around? Have you asked for instructions on this matter?"
He Min said unconvincedly, "If it weren't for that Mao Huimei who suddenly showed up, I could have saved the factory hundreds of thousands of dollars just in raw materials this year. Didn't I just want to give you a surprise?"
Seeing that she still didn't repent, He's father didn't even have the energy to be angry. "If it weren't for Mao Huimei, I wouldn't agree to you doing this! Does our factory need those hundreds of thousands of dollars?"
"The He family's reputation is worth tens of millions, and you want to destroy it with hundreds of thousands?"
"Uncle," He Min became anxious when she saw that his attitude was not right, "It's not that serious."
"But I think there is still room for recovery. The juice factory is messing around. Without funds, nothing can be done." He Min said, "I will go and sign the contract with the fruit farmers right away, and sign it according to the original agreement."
He's father didn't expect that after sending his niece to study abroad for a few years, she still couldn't change her inherent rogue and petty nature. He said disappointedly, "Forget it, go back. Don't worry about this matter. I'll find someone else to handle it."
He Min's face changed drastically, "Second Uncle!"
He's father ignored him and said, "Go out and call my secretary in."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Call Xiao Wei as well."
He Min didn't dare to say anything else and walked out with a look of regret on his face.
After a while, He Wei came in.
Seeing that Father He seemed to be thinking about something, he asked, "Is there any way to deal with this?"
Father He gave him a disappointed look and said, "The reason why I let you go out to gain experience is that I thought that if you did the project yourself, your horizons and mind would naturally be broadened. I didn't expect that you would spend all your time playing with girls!"
"You have let me down too much!"
He Wei lowered his head and dared not speak.
He's father said angrily, "You knew that He Min was trying to lower the price, why didn't you stop her? You could have just told me a word!"
"She has already acted first and asked for permission later. I can't lose face for her in front of outsiders..."
Father He said, "Okay, I won't hold you accountable for this. Then why didn't you buy the Three Emperors Canning Company?"
He Wei said, "The Sanhuang Cannery has so many historical problems, and it can't get a loan..."
Father He interrupted him expressionlessly, "Have you ever seriously sat down and talked with Director Zhang?"
He Wei didn't say anything...
"Stop all the projects you are working on and be my assistant from now on."
He Wei said in surprise, "Dad!"
There was a sudden knock on the study door, and He Wei's stepmother pushed the door open and said, "Old He, I'm going back to my parents' home. Nana is really driving me crazy."
He's father obviously knew what was going on. Lu Nana had caused a great deal of trouble in the Lu family during this period.
He sighed and said, "Go ahead and persuade him slowly."
After the stepmother left, He's father's mood was interrupted, and he was not as angry as before when looking at He Wei.
But I still couldn’t help but sigh, “Children really are a debt!”
"Nana is the only girl in the Lu family. Instead of teaching her to stand up for herself, they just spoil her. Now something big has happened, right?"
He Wei had a cold expression. After that day, he tried to persuade Lu Nana several times and even forced her to listen to the recording, but she just believed Qi Kai and not her family.
"Mao Huimei..." He's father suddenly spoke.
He Wei was startled, thinking that he knew something, but then he heard him sigh, "How come the girl is so capable?"
"What if you have even half as much as him?"
He Wei asked tentatively, "Dad, do you know her?"
He's father said, "She knows him. She's the daughter of Mr. Xia from Xinsheng Foods."
When he said this, he couldn't help but say with envy, "I've never seen a woman who is better at raising children than Ms. Xia. She has three daughters and a niece, and she raises them all well."
He Wei was stunned. "New food?"
"Yes, all the skewers sold on the street use her seasoning and ingredients."
He's father praised, "He started out by setting up a street stall, and later he bought a small instant noodle factory and built it up. It's pretty much the same as my father did back then."
"I heard that Mao Huimei has been following her since the beginning. Her husband can't take care of her, so she relies entirely on her daughter."
"By the way, her husband is the actor named Mao Zhishan. You should know him, the handsome one."
He Wei was in a daze. Her mother ran a factory and her father was an actor, so Qi Kai targeted her because of this...
It's ridiculous that for half a year, he had always treated her as a gold-digger who wanted to get close to a rich man and didn't try to understand her. If he had been a little more serious...
He's father didn't notice He Wei's expression, but just sighed, "Now Xinsheng Food is getting bigger and bigger, and my daughter has opened her own factory."
He's father was extremely envious, "She is from a small county town. Compare her with you and He Min! Really... your vision and mind are not even as broad as that of a little girl!"
He Wei came back to his senses and was a little surprised, "Dad, are you saying that the beverage factory can be established?"
"How come they can't do it?" He's father exclaimed in amazement, "Who would have thought that two little girls could make such a big plate in just a few days? The young are really formidable."
He Wei said, "New Life Foods doesn't have millions to spend on them, right?"
"What do you mean by millions?" Father He said, "Xinsheng Food Factory has received a lot of orders recently, and my working capital is barely enough. President Xia even complained that my daughter was messing around during this tight time."
"She also complained that Mao Huimei didn't help. She didn't care about Mao Huimei's factory at all."
"That's why I say those two girls are amazing." Looking at He Wei's confused expression, He's father explained, "Although the factory couldn't get a loan, they used compensation trade to get the largest share of the machine expenses."
"The cannery's labor and system are ready-made. It was just that purchasing the fruit was a little difficult, but He Min helped to make it go smoothly."
"As long as they have about 100,000 yuan and can survive for a few months, once the products are qualified and listed on the market, they can sell them back, then export them and sell them domestically. There will be no worries about the market!"
He's father exclaimed, "Compensation trade, this is the first time I've heard of this method. How do you think they knew about it?"
He Wei was stunned, "They didn't rely on Young Master Ning?"
"What Young Master Ning?" He's father was puzzled.
Seeing that he didn't know, He Wei explained, "The Xia Mian who was tossing around with Mao Huimei is President Xia's niece, and the lifesaver of Mr. Ning's nephew."
"She is also Mr. Ning's girlfriend."
Father He was surprised and asked, "Really?"
"Boss Xia never said anything about it. He probably didn't want to involve too many interests. It would be easy for people to misunderstand if he claimed to be a lifesaver."
He Wei: …
He was one of the people who misunderstood.
He's father said, "It is said that Ms. Xia is an open-minded person. If I were in her shoes, I might not do better than her." Then he told He Wei, "If she doesn't say it herself, she must not want others to know. You should keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone."
He Wei remained silent. How could he still have the face to do that
Father He suddenly said, "Ah, that Mao Huimei seems to be about your age."
"Mr. Xia is worried about his eldest daughter's marriage recently. Xiao Wei, would you like to consider it?"
"I've seen that girl a few times. She looks like her parents. She's very pretty and has a steady and sensible personality. And looking at her courage and ability to open a factory, she's definitely a good wife."
The more Father He thought about it, the better it seemed. He persuaded him, "Why don't I ask Mr. Xia to introduce you to him, or you can meet him first. Young people can make friends right away."
He Wei was full of bitterness, "No need. I know her, I will pursue her myself."
He's father was overjoyed when he heard this, "Do you really want to pursue her?"
He Wei paused and nodded.
"Then I'll leave the purchase of fruit from the cannery to you," He's father slapped his thigh and said, "She has signed contracts with the fruit farmers. You can ask her to share some with us. It's reasonable for us to charge a higher price."
Looking at his father's appearance, He Wei felt a little bit of anticipation in his heart. He would make up for the mistakes of the past and hoped that they could start over.
However, until the first batch of concentrated juice from Sanmei Beverage Factory came out three months later, He Wei was unable to successfully have a calm conversation with Mao Huimei.
She was really too busy and didn't want to see him. The work intersection that He's father had painstakingly arranged for him was negotiated on her behalf by Fang Yongpeng.
He Wei tried every way to get close to her, but all he got was polite greetings or ignorance. Instead, he watched her and Fang Yongpeng getting closer and closer...
Xia Mian was not surprised when Mao Huimei told her that Fang Yongpeng had resigned.
Xia Mian could still help a little during the summer vacation, but after school started, Mao Huimei was the only one who was busy. She lost a lot of weight in just one month, and later she often heard Fang Yongpeng's name.
It can be said that later on, Fang Yongpeng took on most of the work himself and often supervised her to eat on time.
Xia Mian looked at Mao Huimei teasingly, "It seems that I won't have to be urged by my second aunt to celebrate the New Year this year."
"That's not right. We still have to urge them. Instead of urging them to date, we should urge them to get married."
Mao Huimei blushed a little, but still said generously, "That idiot hasn't confessed yet, why are you rushing to get married?"
"If you don't confess, then don't bring him home."
"I quit my stable job for you! And he hasn't confessed his feelings to me yet?!" Xia Mian was shocked.
Nowadays, being a teacher is a very rare and good job with a stable job. Moreover, the beverage factory is facing its most difficult and uncertain situation right now. Although Xia Mian knows that things will get better in the future, Fang Yongpeng doesn't know.
His sacrifice was not insignificant.
"How many Doctor Nings are there in the world?" Mao Huimei said with a smile, "Confess your love a year in advance."
Xia Mian thought about it and realized that it was true. She immediately raised her chin with pride and said, "That's right, Doctor Ning is unique."
Mao Huimei laughed.
"That He Wei hasn't contacted you recently, has he?"
Mao Huimei said, "No, it seems that something happened to Lu Nana, and I can't take care of her recently."
Xia Mian was stunned for a moment, "What happened?"
Mao Huimei said, "I heard that she was pregnant and forced her family to marry Qi Kai."
Xia Mian knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, "This Qi Kai really does everything he can."
Although Lu Nana is love-brained, Lu's father is not a fool because he can expand his business. Although He Wei said that he doesn't care about Lu Nana anymore, after all, they have been together for many years. As long as he shows the recording to Lu's father, he will not agree to their marriage.
I didn't expect Qi Kai could come up with such a dirty trick.
Nowadays, spending the night before marriage is considered indecent, and getting pregnant before marriage is a huge scandal.
How could I, if I truly loved someone, allow her to suffer such criticism
"So you're still going to get married?"
Mao Huimei said, "I don't know. I also heard about it a week ago."
Xia Mian shook his head and sighed...
As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door, and Ning Shaobai's voice came from the door, "Mianmian."
Mao Huimei giggled, "Doctor Ning is off work, hurry up."
During the summer vacation, the decoration drawings of the second courtyard were completed, and Xia Mian and Xiao Feng moved to the Mao family.
Generally, when Xia Wenyue and Mao Zhishan were not around, Ning Shaobai would not easily enter the yard, and when he went to look for Xia Mian, he would knock on the door and call for help.
When Xia Mian heard the voice, he stood up excitedly. They hadn't seen each other for several days.
She had been in college for more than a month. She was forced to live on campus during her freshman and sophomore years, and her dormitories were checked every night, so she could only go home on weekends. Although Ning Shaobai would occasionally go to school to see her after get off work, they still couldn't meet every day.
Xia Mian ran out and saw the tall and handsome young man and couldn't help but pounce on him, "Doctor Ning!"
Ning Shaobai smiled and hugged her. He rubbed his chin against her head and was about to speak when the cell phone in his pocket rang.
Ning Shaobai held her in one hand and took out his cell phone with the other. After seeing the caller ID, he patted Xia Mian on the back and said, "From school."
Xia Mian quickly stood up and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"
After she went to school, Xiao Feng was basically under Ning Shaobai's care.
The child is almost eight years old and has already developed gender awareness. The Mao family has only girls, so Xiao Feng prefers to follow Ning Shaobai.
If Xia Mian is not at home, he will occasionally live with Chenchen, and most of the time he will live in Ning Shaobai's house.
So for convenience, the parent phone number left at the school is also Ning Shaobai's.
When filling out the application form, Ning Shaobai smiled when he saw Xia Mian skillfully write down his number, "Second child should be less of a worry than first child."
Now it seems that not much has been saved.
After hanging up the phone, Ning Shaobai took Xia Mian away and said, "Let's go to school. There was a fight."
"Are you injured?" Xia Mian was anxious when he heard it, "Are you okay?"
"Why would Xiao Feng fight?"
Mao Huizhu and Chenchen were called home twice because of fighting, but Xiaofeng was never called home once.
That kid has such a soft character. If he could be forced to fight, the matter must be serious. Xia Mian was very worried.
Ning Shaobai knew that she was confused because of her concern, so he touched her head and said, "Calm down, Chenchen and Huizhu are here too."
"Although Xiao Feng doesn't like to fight, he has learned three years of fighting skills for a long time. Ordinary children can't beat him."
Although he said this, the car was driving very fast.
It took less than five minutes to get to school.
Xia Mian and Ning Shaobai rushed to the third grade teacher's office, just in time for the end of school. All the teachers had packed up and left work, leaving only Teacher Liu from Class One, Grade Three and a dozen children.
Chenchen, Mao Huizhu and Xiaofeng were all standing well and apparently didn't suffer any injuries. There was a little girl next to Xiaofeng who looked rather miserable.
His hair was tied up like a bird's nest, his school uniform was messy, and his face was covered with bruises. At this moment, his pair of wolf-like eyes were staring fiercely at the seven or eight little boys opposite him.
Those little boys were better than her, but they also looked like they had been punished. They were listless, some rubbing their stomachs, some covering their arms. Xia Mian saw a bloody mark on the back of one of their hands caused by scratches made by fingernails. It was obviously the work of Mao Huizhu.
As for the wound on the face, it was definitely not done by their child. Their children don’t hit people in the face.
Xiao Feng kept staring at the little girl and carefully handed her a piece of candy.
The little girl just glanced at him and turned away indifferently, not appreciating the gesture at all, which resulted in Chenchen and Mao Huizhu staring at her.
Seeing them come in, the three children immediately smiled:
"Auntie!"
"Sister Mian!"
"uncle!"
Xia Mian hurried forward, carefully lifted up the children's clothes and took a look. After confirming that they were injured, he breathed a sigh of relief, "What happened?"
Several more parents arrived, most of them came to see if their children were okay first, and then asked the teacher about the situation.
Teacher Liu saw that everyone was talking at once and couldn't explain clearly, so he said, "Wait until all the parents are here, and then I'll explain it together."
As he was talking, a very tall and strong man came in aggressively, "What's going on? Who bullied our Jiabao?"
The plump woman behind him came in and rushed to the strongest of the seven or eight children, screaming, "Bao'er, Bao'er, who beat you up like this? Who?!"
The boy immediately pointed at the little girl and Xiao Feng and said arrogantly, "It's Pighead Girl and the Three Musketeers!"
Xia Mian glanced at the three younger ones. She didn’t expect that they already had a group name at such a young age.
The boy glanced at the four children proudly, and even glanced at Xia Mian with contempt, being extremely arrogant.
Xia Mian soon realized where his confidence came from. The woman actually pushed the little girl without asking any questions.
The teacher stepped forward to stop them, "Fu Peng's mother, calm down. Fu Peng was the first to bully others."
Fu Peng's mother's eyes widened immediately, "How is it possible? Teacher Liu, you are lying with your eyes open! Didn't you see the wound on my son's face?"
As he said that, he pushed the teacher aside and went straight to catch the little girl. Xiao Feng hurriedly stood in front of the little girl and said, "It was Fu Peng who bullied Ding Sijin first."
Fu Peng's mother glared at him fiercely, "Where did you come from, you little brat? Why are you meddling in other people's business?"
Fu Peng immediately shouted, "Mom, it's him, he hit me too!"
"Okay, you are so naughty at such a young age..." Fu Peng's mother said as she was about to catch Xiao Feng.
Xia Mian grabbed her wrist and said coldly, "Madam, please be polite! We haven't made things clear yet, so it's not just your decision!"
"Just looking at the injuries, this little girl is much more seriously injured than your son! Don't act stupid and bully others here!"
The woman tried to break free, but found that Xia Mian was incredibly strong. She angrily asked, "Who are you? What does this have to do with you?"
"I'm the parent of these children," Xia Mian said, "If you want to beat our children, do you think it's my business?!"
Fu Peng immediately shouted, "You're talking nonsense. Pighead girl has no father or mother, no parents at all!"
Xia Mian pushed Fu Peng's mother away and sneered, "I told you to just come straight at the little girl."
"So he is a bully who only cares about the weak and fears the strong."
"What did you say, you stinky bitch?!" Fu Peng's father pointed at Xia Mian and said, "Say it again if you dare!"
As he spoke, he walked over aggressively, looking like he was going to beat someone up, "I'm not going to take care of you today...ah!"
Fu Peng's father's sudden scream startled everyone, and then they saw the 1.80-meter-tall strong man kneeling on the ground with a "thump". Everyone even felt that the floor was shaking.
The handsome young man who had been silent the whole time retracted his legs nonchalantly, twisted his arm and said calmly, "Who are you scolding? Who do you want to punish?"
Fu Peng's father's face turned red with pain, and he opened his mouth and said, "Fuck you... Ah! Ah--"
"Bao'er's dad!" Fu Peng's mother screamed and rushed towards Ning Shaobai. Ning Shaobai raised his leg and kicked the strong man on the back, stepping him on the ground.
Fu Peng’s father probably didn’t even react in time, he was completely stunned.
Fu Peng and his mother were also stunned.
Ning Shaobai looked at them coldly and said, "Can you shut up and listen to what the teacher is saying?"
Fu Peng yelled fiercely, "Let him go!"
Ning Shaobai's answer to her was to suddenly exert force on his feet.
Fu Peng's father screamed, not caring about anything else, and said angrily, "Shut up, old woman!"
Fu Peng's mother didn't dare to say anything anymore. Ning Shaobai let go of her feet only when he saw that they had calmed down.
Fu Peng's mother hurried forward to support her husband away from Ning Shaobai. Fu Peng's father obviously didn't have the face to stay any longer, so he shook off her hand and pushed the door open to leave.
Fu Peng’s mother had no choice but to stay and stand beside the well-behaved Fu Peng.
Xia Mian said, "Teacher Liu, please continue to tell me what is going on."
Teacher Liu came back to his senses and said quickly, "Oh, that's it..."
"Fu Peng and a few other kids always bully Ding Sijin. Today, they tore up all of Ding Sijin's books and poured her ink onto her desk."
"Xia Yufeng used glue to help Ding Sijin glue the books. Fu Peng and the others couldn't bear to see this, so they brought a few kids to bully Xia Yufeng again."
"Mao Huizhu and Zhou Yuchen went to help Xia Yufeng when they saw it, and then the kids started fighting."
In fact, they were just nine or ten-year-old children, and the fight wouldn't cause any injuries, but it was indeed not a good thing.
Teacher Liu said to the parents of the children who bullied others, "Something happened to Ding Sijin's family. Now she has only her grandmother to take care of her. It's not good for the children to bully others because of this. I hope the parents will go back and talk to the children properly."
Most of the parents were embarrassed, and one or two did not take it seriously.
Chenchen suddenly said coolly, "Fu Peng also stabbed Ding Sijin with a compass. Several boys beat Ding Sijin. Ding Sijin was injured and had no money to buy medicine!"
"You have to pay for the medical expenses!"
"Also, if you tear up her textbooks, break her pencil case, or pour out her ink, you have to pay for it."
Several parents looked at each other, and no one was willing to pay compensation.
Xia Mian reached out to grab Ding Sijin, ignoring the little girl's hedgehog-like struggle, and lifted up her back and stomach to take a look, and sure enough, there were bruises all over.
She looked around and washed the girl's dirty hands and arms in the washbasin in the office. There were indeed a few pinholes and bruises.
Xia Mian held her in his arms and stood in front of Fu Peng's mother. "Pay for the medical expenses and nutrition expenses. Take out fifty yuan first."
No one expected Xia Mian to stand up for Ding Sijin, and she went straight to the most unreasonable mother Fu Peng. Everyone was a little surprised.
Fu Peng's mother immediately jumped up and said, "We haven't sued you for medical expenses yet! How dare you come to us for money?"
She looked at Ning Shaobai fearfully, but she didn't dare to say anything unpleasant. "Little girl, don't meddle in other people's business. What does this little bastard have to do with you?"
"Who is the little bastard?" Xia Mian said angrily, "Aren't you just bullying him because he has no parents?"
"I am her parent today! Pay me money!"
The little girl in his arms suddenly stiffened, and Xia Mian suddenly felt sad for some reason.
Xiao Feng suddenly spoke up, "Ding Sijin is neither a bastard nor a pig-headed girl."
"Her father is a martyr." The child looked up at the adults, his big black grape-like eyes full of confusion, "Her father died to protect us, shouldn't we protect her?"
"Why are you bullying her?"
The child's innocent and naive question struck everyone's heart. Several parents felt ashamed and took out money and stuffed it into Ding Sijin's pockets.
"Alas, our children are ignorant. We will educate them well when we return."
"Yeah, take this money. It's not much. Just buy some nutritional supplements."
"Compensate for your stationery and textbooks."
"… "
Xia Mian stood in front of Fu Peng's mother, who looked like a rogue, and said coldly, "Fifty yuan, don't even think about leaving if you pay a penny less."
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