"I have discussed this issue in depth in Xinjiang and Adilijiang. Their production this year is less than in previous years, and not only them, but also the fruit farmers at the Changji Apple Base generally have less production this year."

"In addition to the Changji apple base, the output of the other two large apple bases in Xinjiang has also decreased."

"At least until the apples come out next year, the total number of apples on the market will be less than in previous years, but the demand has not declined, and has actually increased."

This principle is very simple, and Cao Jianguo also understands it.

He said: "If you don't tell me, I've noticed that apples this year are much more expensive than in previous years."

"It's almost the same, but the market is ever-changing, and it's not necessarily a good thing to stock up too much now." Cao Shujie didn't discuss the matter any further.

Wang Yuelan saw her son blinking all the time and said, "Shujie, are you sleepy? You haven't rested for a while. Okay, go upstairs and take a nap."

"fine."

As soon as Cao Shujie finished speaking, his grandfather Cao Zhenghu also said to him: "Shujie, go and rest for a while."

"Dad, I also want to rest." Mengmeng followed suit.

When Cheng Xiaolin wanted to call her daughter, Mengmeng suddenly clapped her hands on her mouth and yawned: "Ah, I'm so sleepy."

"What a naughty kid." Cheng Xiaolin muttered to her.

But Mengmeng finally went upstairs to sleep with her father.

This night, Cao Shujie slept very peacefully.

Cao Shujie woke up only when his wife came up and called him to eat.

Mengmeng was still sleeping next to her. Cao Shujie pushed her twice. Mengmeng opened her eyes and looked at Cao Shujie drowsily, with a smile naturally showing on her face.

"Dad, hehe." Mengmeng laughed.

Cheng Xiaolin called to the father and daughter: "Get up quickly and go have a meal. You don't even know what time it is. Are you still going to sleep tonight?"

"If I don't sleep, I won't go to school anyway." Mengmeng's head turned very fast.

Hearing what his daughter said, Cao Shujie was still wondering: "Honey, why is the kindergarten on vacation again? It's not the winter vacation yet, right?"

There are still 40 days until the Spring Festival. Is it too early for the winter vacation?

"I heard from Sister Qiuling that the houses in the kindergarten are being repaired, and some houses are leaking." This is what Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cao Shujie was stunned.

Speaking of which, Caojiazhuang Kindergarten has been in operation for more than 20 years, and the houses are naturally old.

"Safety is no small matter, so you should pay attention to this." Cao Shujie said.

"Shujie, one more thing. It's very cold in the kindergarten now. Don't your village committee have money? Why don't you help install the radiator? It won't cost much anyway." Cheng Xiaolin mentioned this matter.

Cao Shujie was heartbroken when he heard this. They were all children, not like their grown-ups who had to bear the cold.

"I'll tell Uncle Long tomorrow and discuss it," Cao Shujie said.

Installing the radiator is a trivial matter and he can sponsor it himself. The problem is burning coal.

This is a big expense. With the kindergarten's small income, it was difficult to raise wages. Now they have found another way to raise their wages. But if they are asked to use another sum of money to buy coal for heating, can they afford it?

When he expressed this idea, Cheng Xiaolin continued: "Isn't this simple? The kindergarten fees are not high. If you need heating, you will definitely have to pay extra, and it doesn't need to be more. 50 per child is almost enough for one winter."

Everyone can afford 50 yuan now, and it’s for the benefit of the children, and no one will bother with it.

"Honey, you are so smart." Cao Shujie raised his thumb and praised.

Cheng Xiaolin refused to accept the verbal bribe and turned around and walked downstairs: "You two, get up quickly and don't wait too long. I have to clean up after dinner."

…

The moon sets and the sun rises, and in the blink of an eye another day comes.

In late December, Cao Shujie and Cao Jianlong met at the Caojiazhuang Village Committee Office to discuss the installation of heating in Caojiazhuang Kindergarten.

Who knew that Cao Jianlong told him: "Shujie, even if you don't come to me about this matter, I have to come to you. I forgot to tell you yesterday. Xiao Li also came to see me. The kindergarten building is too old and there are some places."

There is air leakage, and there are cracks in the walls in some places. It is too dangerous. All our children in Caojiazhuang go to school there. If something unexpected happens, what will we do then?"

Cao Shujie really hasn't looked carefully at the quality of those houses?

Hearing what Cao Jianlong said, Cao Shujie also became interested.

"Then you really need to practice it." Cao Shujie nodded.

"Well, Xiao Li told me that the town has related funding, but the money is not much. The kindergarten itself doesn't have much money. She hopes that our village committee can sponsor part of it."

"I figured that the children from the three villages would go to school here, so I would ask Zhuang Xuejian and Zhu Hongwei for some money, and by the way, I would also solve the radiator issue."

"Tighten your belt, no matter how hard it is, you can't hurt your children." Cao Jianlong patted his belly.

This would be more convincing if he were as skinny as a stick.

But now he stretched out his hand and patted it, and his stomach was still trembling.

"Uncle Long, it's time for you to lose weight." Cao Shujie said jokingly.

Cao Jianlong touched his bulging belly and laughed: "Your aunt also often said that I can't help it. Now that the living standard at home is good, I used to be reluctant to eat meat. Now that I have it every time, I want to eat something vegetarian."

"Uncle Long, what I said is true. Don't wait for the Third High School to find you. You will be in trouble then."

Cao Jianlong nodded cautiously: "You are right."

After they discussed the kindergarten, Cao Jianlong was responsible for the subsequent specific work. Cao Shujie told Cao Jianlong that he had to go to the factory in town to take a look.

"I am currently installing equipment over there. Once the installation is completed, production will begin early next year." Cao Shujie mentioned this.

"Really, it's been almost a year, and you can be considered productive." Cao Jianlong sighed a little.

No one expected that it would take so long for Cao Shujie to start producing the factory after he bought it last year.

Cao Shujie thinks this is quick: "If I build a factory myself, it will take longer."

"Go and get busy, I will take care of this matter." Cao Jianlong was very responsible.

…

After coming out of the village committee compound, Cao Shujie drove towards the town again.

When they arrived at the factory, Cao Shujie and Cao Shulin said hello. When they saw Xue Jianwei, his hands were oily, black oily stains were still stuck on his forehead, and his hair was also oily and stuck to his skin. He looked a little embarrassed.

"Gong Xue, are you installing the equipment?" Cao Shujie asked him with a smile.

"Boss Cao, are you back?" Xue Jianwei was particularly happy to see Cao Shujie.

"I just finished installing the drying equipment and came out to take a breath," Xue Jianwei said.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket: "Boss Cao, do you want to smoke?"

Cao Shujie waved his hand: "Xue Gong, it's not like you don't know that I don't smoke."

"It's better if you don't smoke. I saw an advertisement two days ago. Someone smoked and his lungs were completely black, like a honeycomb. Just looking at it made me panic."

Although Xue Jianwei said this, he still lit a cigarette and skillfully put it into his mouth, took two puffs, and looked like he was enjoying it.

"Gong Xue, how is the equipment installed now?" Cao Shujie asked him.

Xue Jianwei quickly finished the cigarette, threw it on the ground, crushed it with his feet, picked up the thinned cigarette butts and threw them into the trash can nearby. He pointed to the inside of the workshop: "Boss Cao, let me take you in to take a look."

This is more intuitive.

Cao Shujie and Xue Jianwei entered the workshop together. Xue Jianwei took Cao Shujie around, pointed to the equipment installed in the workshop, and introduced it to Cao Shujie.

"Over there is the cleaning and screening equipment, here is the secondary cleaning, and then the conveyor belt is being installed, and next to it is the control cabinet..."

There are more than a dozen people working hard in the workshop.

Equipment installation must be done step by step.

Theoretically, the equipment made according to the drawings is so accurate that the error is very small. However, the actual installation process is limited by the installation environment, installation location and installation size. If there is a little error in each link, the final difference will become larger and larger.

The larger it is, the equipment can only be installed from scratch.

Xue Jianwei explained this clearly to Cao Shujie, and Cao Shujie was able to understand.

"Now we are assembling these equipment as soon as possible, and the second step is to install water, electricity, gas and network."

"If we finish these things before the year, we are basically done. We will do the remaining work after the Spring Festival." Xue Jianwei said.

"Xue Gong, are you going back on New Year's Day?" Cao Shujie asked him.

If we go back again, we will have a three-day New Year's Day holiday, plus the time spent traveling back and forth by car, which will result in a delay of at least 5 days, no more.

Xue Jianwei waved his hand: "We won't go back on New Year's Day. According to the plan, we will finish on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month and leave on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month."

"That's it, then should you go home directly or go back to the company?" Cao Shujie was quite puzzled.

Those of them who often go on business trips, and during the Spring Festival, they rush back to the company from Qingshi Town on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and then go home to celebrate the New Year. The time is quite tight.

"If you don't return to the company, we will disband on the spot and go home directly."

"Then your company doesn't give out Spring Festival benefits?" Cao Shujie was curious.

Who knew that Xue Jianwei told him: "The nature of our work is different, the company wants to facilitate it, and the annual holiday fee is 600 yuan."

Cao Shujie admired the arrangement of Dikang Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.
To be continued...