AWB The answer from Chapter 138 is that I like it.
The answer from Chapter 138 is that I like it.
The early morning at the end of August was chilly. After running the air conditioner all night, He Qiaoyun couldn't help but sneeze when she got up.
After getting up and tidying up the house, I cooked myself a bowl of steaming noodles, and another ordinary day began.
After breakfast, she went to the small supermarket to pick up her car and ordered a gift box.
When the owner of the custom gift box shop saw her, he said, "You're ordering gift boxes again? Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner. How many do you want this time?"
He Qiaoyun smiled faintly, "We've only confirmed the order from one company so far. We haven't had time to contact the others yet. Let's take a look at the designs first. I need to be prepared so they can have an idea of what to expect."
The shop owner smiled and said, "That's true." He took out three gift box designs and said, "These three are currently the best-selling ones. Take a look."
The first gift box is a fully sealed, handle-integrated style, which is the most common type on the market and therefore relatively inexpensive.
The second one is a windowed box, with a transparent film in the middle so you can see what's inside.
The third one is even more exquisite, with a box and a paper bag, like a mooncake packaging box.
He Qiaoyun took photos of each person, then asked some questions about the details before leaving.
Before she left, the shop owner pulled her aside and asked, "By the way, I remember last time a lot of people in your village also got this gift box, why are you the only one who came this time?"
He Qiaoyun forced a smile, "They're busy selling goods via livestream right now, they don't have time for this."
The boss said, "Oh my, live streaming is great! You can make money from live streaming!"
He Qiaoyun just smiled and didn't say anything more.
After leaving the custom shop, she sent the photos of the cardboard box designs to Chen Jingzhou: "These three designs are all nice, and they're all popular styles. I also grow some grapes; you can put two kinds of fruit together. Consider the grapes a gift from me, as a thank you for introducing me to so many sales channels last time."
His law firm only has about twenty people, so delivering about twenty bunches of grapes is no problem at all.
After sending the message, she put away her phone and drove back to the village.
Back in the village, we passed by the village entrance and first went to see the greenhouses.
The fruit in the greenhouse was growing very well. She took pictures of each one and sent them to the supermarket manager to confirm the harvest of the second batch of fruit.
After finishing her inspection, she walked back and ran into He Gui and his wife, who were cleaning up rotten fruit with worried expressions.
It seems the live stream wasn't very successful.
He Gui didn't greet her, and she treated him like a stranger as the three of them passed each other.
Since it was still early, she went to the orchard on her way.
The new batch of fruit hasn't ripened yet, but we should be able to harvest a new crop before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
After finishing her rounds, she went home, made lunch, and was about to eat when she heard Sister Xia's voice from outside the door, "Qiaoyun, are you home?"
She stepped out of the yard and opened the gate. "Just got back? Have you eaten?"
Sister Xia came into the house. "I've already eaten. I heard you were back, and I had nothing to do. My grandchildren are all going back to the city for the start of school, so I thought I'd come and chat with you."
He Qiaoyun smiled, "Come in and sit down, I'm about to eat."
Xia Jie glanced at the food on her table and said, "Your cooking smells delicious."
On the table were a plate of braised prawns, a plate of pickled cabbage and beef, and a seaweed and egg drop soup. It looked very lavish, and they really seemed to be spending a lot of money.
Unlike them, they never eat freshly cooked dishes for lunch. They usually just reheat the leftovers from last night and that's their meal.
He Qiaoyun asked, "Would you like to sit down and have something to eat?"
Sister Xia waved her hand, "No need, you eat, I'm already full."
"Ah."
While eating, she asked, "By the way, I just saw He Gui and the others cleaning up the rotten grapes. They didn't make any money from the live stream, isn't the Party Secretary doing anything about it?"
Sister Xia immediately became interested. "Of course we'll take care of it. The Party Secretary was so worried when he saw that they all wanted to make a fortune overnight through live streaming, so he immediately stopped the live streams and told them to find someone to come and collect the grapes."
He Qiaoyun couldn't help but click her tongue, "What a pity. I saw a lot of people cleaning up the bad fruit when I went over just now. If they had found someone to collect it earlier, it wouldn't have turned out like this."
Although they are hateful, as a fellow grape grower, I can't help but feel sorry for these grapes that have finally grown but have rotted.
Sister Xia: "Who says otherwise? If we had let you help them with live-streaming sales back then, we wouldn't be in this situation now."
As they chatted, the conversation drifted to other trivial matters. Suddenly, Sister Xia abruptly asked, "How's it going with that guy who drives the Land Rover?"
He Qiaoyun didn't expect Sister Xia to take such a 180-degree turn in the topic, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer.
Seeing that she hadn't responded for a while, Sister Xia asked, "What's wrong? Did you have a fight?"
He Qiaoyun forced an awkward smile. "It's not exactly an argument, it's just that I feel we need to cool off a bit."
Sister Xia asked, puzzled, "Why? Is it your problem or his?"
He Qiaoyun's expression was somewhat solemn. "I don't know, I just feel very confused."
Feeling lost and helpless, I wanted to escape, but deep down I couldn't let go and would unconsciously think about all the little things I had spent with Feng Jiashu.
Xia Jie was completely confused and asked again, "So, do you really like him?"
These words made He Qiaoyun think about them seriously for a long time.
The answer I got was yes.
Feng Jiashu was the best man she had met in her fifty-plus years. Putting aside his good looks and privileged family background, his conversation and values were compatible with hers, and she felt comfortable and at ease with him. He was undoubtedly a rare and wonderful man...
Sister Xia then asked, "Does he have someone else? Or do you have someone else?"
He Qiaoyun's thoughts were pulled back, and she was even more at a loss for how to answer the question.
Feng Jiashu had already explained Ruan Shu's situation to him; he had no choice but to accept it, as she hadn't yet recovered from the shock of what happened.
Seeing that she hadn't answered for a long time, Sister Xia asked, "What are you thinking about?"
She smiled and shook her head. "It's nothing. Relationships are too complicated. The more you think about them, the harder it is to get over them, and it just makes you more upset. Oh well, let nature take its course."
After lunch, Sister Xia went back home. He Qiaoyun cleared the table, and seeing that it was still early, she locked the door and went back to her room to nap for half an hour.
Life in the village was boring, but working from sunrise to sunset, busy yet fulfilling and carefree.
As for those messy things, I would occasionally think about them before going to sleep, but they would never last more than three minutes because I was too tired and would fall asleep quickly.
Two weeks later, after confirming the time with the supermarket, she arranged for helpers to go to the greenhouse to cut grapes.
Just like last time, I was busy from morning till night, and only breathed a sigh of relief when I watched the refrigerated trucks carrying the goods leave.
After paying the helpers, she tidied up each greenhouse and cleaned up the trash on the ground. By the time she finished, it was already getting dark.
She put all her tools in the car and drove home.