Today is Sunday, and Fang Zhuoran rarely works overtime.
Accompanying Grandpa Fang and his wife, they are loosening soil and topdressing fertilizers for the flowers, plants and fruit trees at home.
At this time, loosen the soil and add some fertilizer, the flowers will bloom more vigorously and the fruits will be bigger.
Doudou circled around the three adults, which was a total disservice.
Lin Mai walked over and told them that Fang Zhuoyue refused to come to the capital to repair the machine.
She said aggrievedly: "Sister Tao and Zhuo Zhuo broke up. It was obviously because of Zhuo Zhuo's mother, but Zhuo Zhuo blamed me. This is unfair to me.
It doesn't matter if he is decadent, the TV factory doesn't want to take care of it, and if the machine doesn't help repair it, I will suffer heavy losses."
Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang haven't done anything yet, but Fang Zhuoran's face has already darkened.
He put down the hoe in his hand, wiped his hands with the towel hanging on the branch, and said with a serious face: "I'm going to scold Zhuo Zhuo.
Who gave him the courage to not help his sister-in-law repair the machine, and not be afraid of me beating his tendons and ripping out his bones!"
After that, he went to the couple's bedroom, with Lin Mai following closely behind.
When he arrived in the bedroom, Fang Zhuoran picked up the receiver Lin Mai put on the table and called him.
Lin Mai did not hang up the phone, and Zheng Xudong on the other end of the phone did not dare to hang up either.
Hearing a voice coming from the receiver, he hurriedly picked it up to answer it and also gave a feed.
Fang Zhuoran introduced himself to his home, and then asked Zheng Xudong to hand the phone to Fang Zhuoran, saying that his elder brother ordered him to answer the phone.
Zheng Xudong told Fang Zhuoran that just now, Fang Zhuoran had left and he could not give him the phone.
Fang Zhuoran asked: "Do you know where he went and when he will come back?"
Zheng Xudong: "He didn't say anything, he just took his wallet and left."
Fang Zhuoran had no choice but to hang up the phone.
He asked Lin Mai for Fang Zhuoyue's assistant's phone number and called him, asking the assistant to tell Fang Zhuoyue to call him immediately.
The assistant said: "Mr. Fang rarely comes to the factory during this period. He is either drinking heavily in small restaurants or getting drunk at barbecue restaurants. It is not easy to find him."
When Fang Zhuoran heard this, his brows furrowed tightly: "Has it been like this all this time?"
The assistant cautiously replied: "Yes."
Fang Zhuoran said: "Try to find him as much as possible. After you find him, ask him to call me."
However, until dinner, I didn't get a call from Fang Zhuoyue.
Lin Mai was anxious, and the other party Zhuoran said: "Zhuo Zhuo doesn't even pay for your eldest brother. It seems that I have to take the time to go back to Jiangcheng to invite him."
Fang Zhuoran said nothing and ate his meal with a gloomy expression.
After finishing his meal, Lin Mai was not even in the mood to read the news and went back to his room listlessly.
Fang Zhuoran followed her silently.
Before the two of them reached the bedroom, they heard the phone ringing from inside the room.
Lin Mai was pleasantly surprised: "Zhuo Zhuo must have called. He is still afraid of your brother."
The two men quickened their pace.
Entering the bedroom, Fang Zhuoran picked up the phone and answered it.
The call was indeed from Fang Zhuoran. He lazily asked Fang Zhuoran what he wanted from him.
Fang Zhuoran, who rarely loses his temper, listened to his careless and drunken voice, and thought of Lin Mai's anxious look all day long, and couldn't help but feel furious.
There was a lot of yelling on the phone, and Fang Zhuoyue was scolded.
Let him cheer up quickly and take good care of his TV factory. Don't let his sister-in-law's investment be beaten by a dog and never come back.
He was also ordered to fly to Jiangcheng tomorrow to repair the machine.
Fang Zhuoran was still lazy and told Fang Zhuoran on the phone that he really had no intention of taking care of the TV factory and let Lin Mai take over the whole thing.
He didn't have the time to go to the capital to repair Lin Mai's machine, but he could handwrite a manual and fax it over.
Ask Lin Mai to ask a technician to repair the machine according to the instructions.
His attitude made Fang Zhuoran very angry, but there was nothing he could do across the phone line.
Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang were very angry when they learned that Fang Zhuoyue didn't want to run the TV factory.
That TV manufacturer Lin Mai invested three million before rolling out a batch of TV sets. As soon as he started making money, the brat gave Lin Mai his pick. It was so irresponsible.
Grandpa Fang immediately called Fang Zhuoyue and scolded him, telling him not to waste his sister-in-law's money.
His sister-in-law's money didn't come from the strong wind, it was earned through her hard work.
But Fang Zhuoyue broke the rules and refused to listen to anyone who tried to persuade him.
Lin Mai asked Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang not to be angry.
She will take a morning flight to Jiangcheng next Sunday to have a face-to-face talk with Fang Zhuoyue to see if she can make him change his mind.
If it doesn't work, then she will have no choice but to take over the whole business. She can't just watch a TV factory that has just started to make profits end like this.
Everyone in the family wants to accompany her to Jiangcheng next week to help her convince Fang Zhuoyue to manage the TV factory well.
But Lin Mai planned to go back the same day, but she was afraid that Fang, Grandpa and his wife would not be able to bear the hard work with her, so she refused to take them with her.
Doudou has a heart disease. Although she looks like an ordinary child, Lin Mai doesn't dare to let her work out.
Besides, her little brat wouldn't be of much use, so I didn't plan to take her with me.
In the end, Lin Mai only agreed to Fang Zhuoran to go with her.
Fang Zhuoyue kept his word and wrote out the instructions that night and faxed them to Lin Mai.
Lin Mai handed the instructions to General Manager Sun overnight and asked him to ask technicians to work overtime to repair the machine.
I hope to be able to use a machine to prepare brine and braise vegetables tomorrow.
Since the machine broke down, the brine has been prepared manually.
In order to ensure that the secret recipe of the brine is not leaked, just like the secret recipe of the meat filling, several preparers master the recipe, and each person only masters a part.
When there is a machine for mixing, each mixer only needs to follow the machine's prompts and add the appropriate amount of the marinade that he has mastered.
But if the machine is broken, you have to add marinade according to experience.
It is easy to make deviations manually, so the taste of the stewed vegetables will be different.
Although the deviation is not big, there is no difference between one meal and two meals. Customers with sensitive taste buds can still taste the difference after eating a few more meals, which greatly affects the reputation.
In the previous life, the sales of Jiangcheng's famous Fat Duck Braised Duck Neck declined because the taste had changed and consumers didn't buy it.
It can be seen how important it is to stabilize the taste when selling braised vegetables.
General Manager Sun worked conscientiously and urged the technicians to repair the machine overnight.
Before six o'clock the next morning, the first batch of braised vegetables was braised by machine and distributed to various thyme braised vegetable chain stores.
Lin Mai finally let go of a stone in his heart.
At noon on Wednesday, Lin Mai had just finished lunch in the cafeteria and saw Tao Zhiyun as soon as he came out.
Tao Zhiyun hadn't seen her yet and was still asking about her from the passing students.
Lin Mai walked up behind her lightly and covered her eyes.
Tao Zhiyun asked with a smile: "Is it wheat?"
Lin Mai let go of his hand: "Why do you have time to come to the capital? Shouldn't you be studying hard at W University and practicing Italian?"
"I think so too." Tao Zhiyun walked side by side with her. "Abraham. Mr. Abraham has recommended me to study at the Marangoni Institute in Milan. He has already contacted the school for me. I must go and register."
Lin Mai said: "He moves really fast.
So how good are you in Italian? Can you handle daily conversations?"
Tao Zhiyun nodded: "Yes."
Lin Mai asked her when she would leave for Italy.
Tao Zhiyun said: "I will leave for Italy tomorrow. I specially set out from the capital just to meet you."
"Then I'll see you off at the airport tomorrow."
Tao Zhiyun waved his hand: "No, it's not good to delay your study for such a trivial matter.
When I return from my studies, you can pick me up at the airport."
Lin Mai thought that he had indeed asked for too much leave, and the counselor was not happy, so he did not persist.
She and Tao Zhiyun are good friends, so there is no need to pay too much attention to them.
However, Lin Mai would serve her a farewell drink after school in the afternoon and wish her a safe journey.
Tao Zhiyun did not refuse and told Lin Mai that she would bring her mother and Qiqi to the banquet.
Lin Mai was shocked and said: "Auntie and Qiqi sent you to the capital? This is too exaggerated."
Tao Zhiyun smiled: "They are not sending me to the capital, but they want to go abroad with me."
Lin Mai was even more shocked: "You are going abroad to study, not travel. Is it appropriate to bring your mother and son with you?"
Tao Zhiyun spread his hands: "I know it's not appropriate.
But this study abroad trip will take at least a year, and I couldn’t bear to be separated from Qiqi for such a long time, so I simply brought him with me."
"Bringing Auntie along is so it's easier to take care of Qiqi?"
"Yeah." Tao Zhiyun nodded.
Lin Mai had no objection to Tao Zhiyun taking his mother and son out of the country.
What she worries about is that if two more people go, Tao Zhiyun's financial burden will be heavy.
The company only covers the expenses for Tao Zhiyun's study abroad. The expenses for Tao's mother and Qiqi have to be borne by Tao Zhiyun himself.
The consumption level of foreign countries is not as high as that of China, and Tao Zhiyun's little savings may not last long.
Lin Mai suggested that Tao Zhiyun could advance a sum of money from the company to cover the living expenses of her mother and son in a foreign country.
After she comes back from abroad, she will slowly return the company.
But Tao Zhiyun said no, after she went abroad, she could use her spare time to wash dishes and earn money to support her mother and Qiqi.
International students who did not have public funds to study abroad could make a living by washing dishes in the past. Why can't she?
Lin Mai thought what she said made sense, but he still told Tao Zhiyun that if he encounters difficulties in a foreign country, he must tell her.
Tao Zhiyun shook her hand: "I will."
After school in the afternoon, Lin Mai hesitated and asked for leave from the counselor, not to study in the evening.
Not attending evening self-study had little impact on my studies, so the counselor gave me the leave with a straight face.
Lin Mai drove home, rolled up his sleeves and started cooking.
Doudou had returned from kindergarten early at that time and was playing in the yard with the children from her neighbors.
Smelling the aroma coming from the kitchen, she ran to the kitchen.
Seeing the kitchen counter filled with various ingredients, the little guy asked curiously: "Mom, why are you cooking so many dishes tonight? Are there guests coming?"
Lin Mai nodded: "Aunt Tao, Qiqi and Grandma Qiqi are coming to our house for dinner."
Doudou was so happy when she heard this, she clapped her hands and said, "Qiqi is coming to our house, Qiqi is coming to our house!"
Fang Zhuoran came back from get off work and was surprised to see Lin Mai in the kitchen.
After asking for the reason, he stayed in the kitchen to help Lin Mai.
At around six o'clock, Tao Zhiyun's family of three arrived.
The two little guys happily hugged each other and jumped up and down as soon as they met.
It was Grandpa Fang, Grandma Fang and Qiqi's grandma who reminded Doudou not to exercise strenuously, so the two little guys became much quieter.
Doudou took Qiqi's hand and walked to her room, saying that she had a gift for him.
After a while, Qiqi ran out of Doudou's room holding a painting.
She happily told everyone that Doudou won the second prize in the children's painting competition in Xicheng District, and she gave him the painting as a gift.
Everyone gathered around curiously to see the painting that Doudou won the second prize.
Even Lin Mai ran out of the kitchen to watch.
Doudou's painting is very realistic, with a couple holding a child walking towards the morning sun.
There is also a line of small words written on the painting: We are a happy family.
Everyone praised Doudou for his talent in painting.
Lin Mai asked Doudou: "When did you participate in the competition and why didn't you tell your mother?"
Grandma Fang said: "You are so busy and often away from home. Doudou has no chance to tell you."
Doudou looked embarrassed and said: "Just two weeks ago, the teacher asked all us children to draw.
Then in art class this afternoon, the teacher said that my painting won the second prize in the district.
I originally wanted to tell my mother, but I forgot about it. I only remembered it when I saw Qiqi. Mom won’t be angry with me~"
Lin Mai felt guilty and touched Doudou's little head: "How could Mom be angry? It's too late for Mom to be happy. Our Doudou is so good at painting!"
Seeing that Lin Mai was not angry, Doudou smiled happily.
Lin Mai thought that he had planned to hire a teacher for Doudou to learn painting.
She had been busy making a living before, and then she was busy with business. In addition, there were no training classes in society in this era, including art training classes, so she forgot about it.
Now that Doudou is six years old, we cannot delay this matter any longer, otherwise we will miss the best period of enlightenment, so it is imperative to hire a teacher for Doudou.
Although there are still no training classes in society, she can go to the Academy of Fine Arts to hire a student to enlighten Doudou.
This matter will be arranged after Children's Day.
The two families happily had a farewell drink, and Lin and Mai personally took Tao Zhiyun's family of three back to the hotel where they were staying.
By the way, Lin Mai gave Tao Zhiyun the pair of gold earrings that Tao Zhiyun had taken a fancy to in Hong Kong but didn't want to part with.
Tao Zhiyun was extremely surprised.
While wearing the pair of small gold earrings, she joked: "Maizi, you are so good to me. If you weren't also a woman, I would have suspected that you fell in love with me."
"Nonsense, I like men, tall and handsome."
Fang Zhuoran felt a little sweet in his heart after hearing Lin Mai's words.
But at the same time, I am a little distressed. It is not easy to be a man these days.
Not only to prevent the same sex from coveting his little wife, but also from the opposite sex.
My heart is so tired.
It's Saturday in a blink of an eye.
As soon as Lin Mai came back from school, she started packing her belongings for her couple to go to Jiangcheng tomorrow.
It only lasted a day, and she didn't bring much with her, only some necessities.
After everything was packed and the nanny auntie had cooked the food, Doudou came over and asked her to go to the dining room to eat.
Doudou took Lin Mai's hand and said, "Mom, grandma asked the nanny to make your favorite spicy prawns."
After hearing this, Lin Mai felt salivating in his mouth and walked quickly towards the dining room.
But as soon as she walked to the dining table and smelled the spicy prawns, she couldn't help but retched.
When Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang saw this, they exchanged looks with joy.
If Maizi is like this, she might be pregnant, right?
But Fang Zhuoran was not only unhappy, but also stared at Lin Mai seriously.