Chapter 247 Will
Zhang Yunqi was really surprised by his father's idea.

Joining the Yunxi Village Crop Planting Professional Cooperative is equivalent to going to Yunxi Village to grow crops, right?
Zhang Yunqi really didn't know what to say. This was simply unrealistic. At the very least, who would take care of the old man's food, clothing and living if he went to that remote place alone?

Of course, Zhang Yunqi knew that he couldn't just reject his father like this. After all, he was bored at home everyday and wanted to find something to do, which was normal. Therefore, he told his father that the whole family would discuss this matter together in the evening before making a decision.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yunqi went to Liansheng.

He and Li Jilin met at Liansheng to deal with all the matters, big and small, before the resumption of work at Longjingyuan. The finance department has prepared more than 200 bonus envelopes for the opening of the new year, and the newly packaged cans and raw materials are also in place. The next step is to wait for the resumption of work to fully restore production capacity, focus on publicity and promotion of sales, and jointly hold Spring Festival new product ordering meetings in various regions with new and old dealers to build up terminal sales market channels.

Of course, these are the company's general policies. All the specific matters related to the resumption of work at Longjingyuan are placed on the shoulders of the new general manager Li Jilin.

After the two men finished their discussion, it was already past four in the afternoon. Li Jilin had just returned to the office and had not even had time to take a sip of tea when Purchasing Manager Wu Xinghua knocked on his office door and said he had something to discuss with him.

Li Jilin was a little surprised at the time. After all, the purchasing department has been upgraded to the raw material supply division, which is directly managed by Zhang Yunqi. Wu Xinghua does not have a good relationship with him, so if there is anything, he should go directly to Zhang Yunqi. But Wu Xinghua is a veteran employee of Longjingyuan Cannery after all, with more experience than him. Over the years, he has been in charge of the purchasing department, which is the most profitable department of the cannery, and he has strong connections in the district.

The two chatted for a while. Li Jilin had too many things to do and didn't want to beat around the bush, so he asked directly: "Manager Wu, what can I do for you?"

Wu Xinghua offered him a good cigarette, smiling on his plump face: "This is what happened, Mr. Li. Before the New Year, the group of suppliers from Guiping joined others in making trouble and had their supply agreements terminated. Afterwards, they regretted it so much that they kept coming to me to talk about it, hoping that Mr. Li and the boss would show some leniency and give them a way out. After all, they have been doing business with Longjingyuan, and now they are suddenly not allowed to do so, which means they have lost their livelihood."

Wu Xinghua dusted off his cigarette ashes and continued, "Of course, I can't agree to this. In my personal opinion, they deserve it. It's their own fault! But after all, I have been in charge of the raw material supply of the factory. I have to consider the problem from the overall perspective of the factory. I have carefully reflected on it. The suppliers in Guiping County have been with Longjingyuan for so many years and have supplied a large amount of cheap and high-quality soybeans to our factory. Even if they have no credit, they have worked hard. On the other hand, they were indeed short of money at the beginning and had to settle the accounts with the farmers at the end of the year. So they were confused and followed others to make trouble. It can be considered excusable."

Li Jilin understood what Wu Xinghua meant. He understood it as soon as Wu Xinghua opened his mouth. But it was not important. What was important was that Wu Xinghua would never have spoken to him so politely in the past. When Longjingyuan was a public company, Wu Xinghua never took him, the factory director, seriously. He dusted off his cigarette ashes and said, "Manager Wu, the suppliers you mentioned in Guiping are Zhao Gui, Li Qingguo, and Song Jiansheng, right?"

Wu Xinghua nodded with a smile: "Boss Li, what do you think about this matter?"

Li Jilin said, "I was the one who terminated the supply agreement with Zhao Gui, Li Qingguo, and Song Jiansheng. Now that it has been terminated, it is unlikely to be changed, otherwise it will be unfair to other suppliers." After a pause, he said meaningfully, "Of course, after all, you have been in charge of the purchasing department before, and you know the situation of the suppliers below better than I do, so if you want Zhao Gui, Li Qingguo, and Song Jiansheng to continue to do the soybean business in the factory..."

Wu Xinghua quickly waved his hands: "It's not what I think, I'm just making a suggestion. The specific approach will be decided by Mr. Li."

Li Jilin thought that this old fox was very good at shirking responsibility. He put out his cigarette butt and said directly: "I can't decide either. The boss has to make the decision."

Wu Xinghua's face was obviously embarrassed, but it was only for a moment. He nodded: "Then I have nothing else to do, Mr. Li, you go ahead."

Li Jilin watched Wu Xinghua get up and leave the office. Thinking about this matter, he lit a cigarette and took two puffs when the financial manager Tang Cailing came to him with the salary payment list for the cannery employees last month and asked him to sign it.

It just so happened that he had something to discuss with Tang Cailing.

After signing, he said to Tang Cailing, "Take it to the boss for confirmation." After a pause, he said, "By the way, Cailing, you have been in charge of Liansheng before, and now Longjingyuan is also under your charge. What do you think of the accountant and cashier who came over from Longjingyuan? In terms of work."

Tang Cailing thought about it and gave a rational evaluation: "He is a good person, but his work enthusiasm seems to need to be improved. In addition, Accountant Liu sometimes doesn't cooperate with my work. I heard that she and Wu..."

Li Jilin waved his hand to interrupt her. "They used to be idle in state-owned enterprises and have acquired some bad habits. You can strengthen management. If you really can't train them, I will deal with it later. However, there are some historical issues left over from Longjing Garden that you may not be familiar with. It's okay. Take your time. Now, you can help me do one thing. Sort out the detailed payment list and pricing list of Longjing Garden in the past. Don't let others know!"

Tang Cailing was stunned for a moment and suddenly felt a little uneasy, but she didn't dare to ask more questions and just nodded in agreement.

After Tang Cailing left, the administrative manager and the production manager came to Li Jilin one after another to discuss work matters.

The conversation lasted until after nine o'clock in the evening.

When Li Jilin returned home, the house was empty. His daughter Yufei was sitting on the sofa in her pajamas, hugging her knees and watching TV. When she saw him come in, she put down the remote control, stood up and said, "You're back? Haven't eaten yet? I'll cook noodles for you."

Li Jilin put his briefcase on the coffee table and asked with a smile: "Where is your mother?"

Li Yufei was tying her scarf in the kitchen: "Director Li, you must be so busy that you don't know what to do. Mom went to her grandfather's house in Lijin early in the morning. She has to go to work on the eighth day of the first lunar month."

This sentence made Li Jilin feel a little worse.

Although Longjingyuan has gradually shown signs of prosperity under Zhang Yunqi's reorganization and rectification, his wife Xie Jing no longer has any good feelings towards this place.

Over the past year, the plight of the cannery has made his director live in dire straits day and night, and has inevitably affected his family. Suppliers come to make trouble every now and then, and employees gossip and make sarcastic remarks behind his back, causing great trouble to his wife and daughter's lives and making them suffer a lot of grievances.

It can be said that his wife Xie Jing had had enough of the cannery employees' harshness and ingratitude, and had always wanted the whole family to move out of the cannery and work and live in her hometown, the provincial capital of Lijin. However, it was okay two months ago, and she just complained at most. After all, Longjingyuan was in its most difficult period at that time. She knew that Li Jilin would never just leave for his personal future. However, after he successfully completed the acquisition of Longjingyuan by Liansheng, his wife's thoughts and emotions reached a peak.

Xie Jing believed that he, as the factory director, had put in enough effort for Longjingyuan over the years. Now that Longjingyuan Canning Factory was acquired by Liansheng, the employees had a new way out. Even if they were laid off, they could get resettlement fees and all the unpaid wages. He didn't need to get stuck in this quagmire anymore. He had done his best to find a new job for more than 200 employees. Leaving at this time was fair and just! So Xie Jing tried his best to get his father-in-law to work on his career and transfer him to the Lijin Economic and Trade Bureau. However, whether it was because of the high salary and trust given by Zhang Yunqi, or because Longjingyuan had placed his career pursuit on it for more than ten years, he finally decided to stay.

Because of this incident, the relationship between Li Jilin and his wife Xie Jing became extremely tormented.

He could understand his wife's reluctance to continue living in this place. If she was just complaining and blaming him for a few days, that would be fine. However, what made him very uncomfortable was that his wife ignored his opinion and transferred her career to the Xiangnan Normal University in Lijin City, the provincial capital, and went to work in the provincial capital after the New Year.

What made him even more unbearable was that now, she wanted to transfer her daughter Yufei to the Normal University Affiliated High School to attend high school!

Li Jilin had an argument with his wife because of this matter, but his arguments were weak and unreasonable. As one of the four famous schools in Xiangnan Province, the Affiliated High School of Xiangnan Normal University was not comparable to Jiangchuan No. 1 High School in all aspects. For the future of his daughter Yufei, he really had no reason to object.

With such mixed emotions, Li Jilin looked at his daughter Li Yufei, who seemed to have never cooked before, cooking noodles in the kitchen with a scarf tied around her neck. He walked over and said, "Let me cook, you go do your own thing."

Li Yufei smiled and put the noodles in the boiling water: "I'm fine, Longjingyuan will resume work soon, you are so busy, take a rest."

Li Jilin said nothing more.

He stood at the door and watched his daughter busying around in the kitchen. After a while, she finally finished making a bowl of noodles. He sat at the dining table and tasted two bites. The noodles were a little mushy, soft and messy. There was also too much salt, making it choking. The two fried eggs were still half-cooked, but perhaps because he was really hungry, he ate them with relish.

Li Yufei sat opposite with a bottle of milk and asked if it tasted good.

He said it was delicious.

Li Yufei looked at the noodles that had become a lump and smiled.

Li Jilin looked at his daughter's expression and suddenly felt that it was not a good thing for a girl to be too smart, because it was not easy for her to feel happy from ordinary things. After he buried his head in eating a few mouthfuls of noodles and was not so hungry anymore, he asked: "Why didn't you go to Lijin with your mother?"

Li Yufei bit the milk straw and said: "What are you going to do?"

Li Jilin said: "Go to the Normal University Affiliated High School. Your mother and grandfather have mentioned this several times. Your grandmother also wants you to go. She loves you so much, but you are so hesitant and don't even give any specific suggestions."

Li Yufei smiled and said, "Director Li, do you want to discuss this matter with me seriously and ask for my opinion? Or are you just talking casually?"

Li Jilin nodded: "Of course I'm asking for your opinion."

Li Yufei replied: "But have you adults ever expressed your opinions to a child like me? Where to study and what school to go to, isn't it you adults who argue about it from your own standpoint and finally make the decision directly?"

Li Jilin was speechless.

Li Yufei said again: "Dad, let me tell you something."

Li Jilin was stunned for a moment: "You go ahead."

"You know my classmate Zhang Yunqi." Li Yufei's eyes were deep.

Li Jilin noticed his daughter's expression, but he didn't say anything, just nodded.

Li Yufei said: "Zhang Yunqi was the top scorer in the high school entrance examination. When he was in the first year of high school, he didn't study hard and sold game consoles on the street like a hawker all day. I told him once because from my point of view, he was a bit idle and not what a student should do. But later I found out that I was wrong. Facts have proved that he is better than most of his peers. This also made me understand a truth. We are always used to standing on our own position and imposing our will on others. This is wrong. So if mom wants to work in the provincial capital and you want to stay in Longjingyuan, I think there is no problem. It's all good, because you and mom have the right to pursue your own careers. Why do you have to fight over this matter? At the same time, you can give your opinions on where I go to school, but I think I have the right to decide, and the provincial capital is not far from here. Mom can go there to work and come back every week, and we can go up there at any time. This home is still this home."

Li Jilin was speechless for a long time.

He had never thought that his daughter could have such a rational and profound understanding. He suddenly felt that Yufei had grown up. His daughter was not only beautiful in appearance, but also beautiful and independent in soul. This made him as a father feel relieved, but also ashamed of his previous limited thinking. He said: "Did you say the same thing to your mother?"

Li Yufei nodded.

Li Jilin asked again: "So you don't want to go to the provincial capital to study?"

Li Yufei tapped the bowl with chopsticks, her pretty face smiling sweetly: "Director Li, when I go to the provincial capital, can you still eat such delicious noodles?"

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(End of this chapter)