Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

Chapter 1728 - 945: Connections, Huh? (2)

Xue Yuantong was thrilled and made a small request: "Can I have a French fruit tart?"

Aunt Gu’s words became sharp in an instant: "You look like a cake!"

Xue Yuantong was angry: "You tricked me again!"

She instantly became sober, demoting the best mom in the world to a mom not as good as Jiang Ning!

After teasing her daughter, Aunt Gu began to talk about serious matters: "Mom is now in the city with company people, today we’re going to inspect a project at the factory where your uncle invests."

Xue Yuantong was confused for a moment: "Mom, there was an aunt some time ago, and now there’s an uncle, how come I’ve never heard of them?"

Aunt Gu: "Of course you haven’t heard of them, how old were you back then?"

Aunt Gu thought for a moment and then said: "It’s the one who invited us to drink that bean juice!"

Xue Yuantong instantly recalled.

She remembered once going to her grandmother’s house as a child, and there was a decent-looking adult who said he came back from the Capital and brought a special drink, called bean juice, for her and her mom to taste.

She took a sip and immediately spat it out, saying it was too awful to drink!

There was nothing to be done; young Tongtong was just that honest.

"Mom, I know, his stuff is particularly bad!" Xue Yuantong still remembered.

Aunt Gu was full of mixed feelings; she remembered more than Tongtong. When Tongtong spat out the bean juice, that cousin said unpleasantly, "It’s rare to go to the Capital, I specially brought you something, and you still find it unpalatable! You won’t be able to go to the Capital even in ten years!"

Aunt Gu was unconvinced at the time; as expected, ten years have passed, and she still hasn’t made it to the Capital.

In reality, Aunt Gu was clear in her heart, other relatives didn’t want to drink that bean juice, the cousin was afraid of wasting it, and pretended to be kind by inviting her family to drink.

Aunt Gu was really puzzled; it’s not like she didn’t lose her husband early, but she hadn’t done anything bad. Why did some relatives always look down on her family?

Tongtong had an idea: "Mom, when you inspect his factory project, make sure to find faults, anyway, don’t choose him!"

Aunt Gu: "Is Mom that kind of person?"

Tongtong inwardly thought "tch!"

Aunt Gu: "Your aunt a few days ago said, she plans to invite your uncle to our home for dinner this weekend, mentioned it several times, what do you think?"

Even though Aunt Gu was the mother at home, she would always discuss many things with her daughter, allowing her to participate in decision-making.

Tongtong: "Then I have to invite Granny Qian to help with the cooking!"

Aunt Gu almost laughed out loud; Granny Qian from the river dam once used moldy flour to steam buns, sending everyone in the neighborhood except her family to the hospital.

"Alright, let’s not agree for now." Aunt Gu said, then hung up the WeChat call.

Although the company reimburses the phone bill quota every month, deep down things cannot change; she mostly uses WeChat calls.

Next, she found Jiang Ning’s number in the contact list, this time it wasn’t a WeChat call.

Jiang Ning quickly answered: "Aunt, are you at work?"

Aunt Gu: "Yes, I’m handling things outside. I’ve ordered a 6-inch cake at the TangRen’r Bakery on Nanhong Road, it can be picked up at 10:30, just report your phone number then."

Jiang Ning: "It’s not Tongtong’s or your birthday today, right?"

Aunt Gu laughed: "It’s the weekend, ordered a cake for you two to eat, our home isn’t like before now."

Jiang Ning: "Thank you, Aunt."

Aunt Gu pretended to be displeased: "So distant, why are you thanking me?"

Jiang Ning thought, ’It wouldn’t be right to thank Mom, I’m still a student.’

So Jiang Ning said: "Aunt, you’re too good, Tongtong will definitely be happy."

Aunt Gu happily hung up the phone and then followed the inspection team into Xinye Clothing Factory.

Recently, Evergreen Liquid established a new department, preparing to execute an overseas aid plan, planning to acquire several textile factories.

Aunt Gu didn’t know why she was selected, although she had rich experience working in clothing factories, she was completely clueless about acquisitions.

’But, it feels pretty cool!’

Aunt Gu stood in front of Xinye Clothing Factory, where she once worked, at that time she was just a humble employee, standing like a minion.

Now, she has transformed into one of the acquisition representatives.

Several men in suits and ties stood at the factory gate, upon seeing the Evergreen Liquid delegation, they immediately bowed down for handshakes, displaying a very low attitude.

Even the former bald factory director now had a full head of black hair, no doubt secretly used Evergreen Liquid.

Among them, a decent-looking middle-aged man was one of Xinye Clothing Factory shareholders and Aunt Gu’s cousin.

Aunt Gu’s reaction was calm; she only found out later that this cousin was a shareholder of the clothing factory.

She didn’t know whether, back when she joined the factory years ago, he recognized her or not, perhaps he didn’t recognize her, or perhaps he did but couldn’t be bothered to care.

This time, the cousin undoubtedly recognized her.

He quickly came over to greet: "Xiao Gu, Xiao Gu!"

Aunt Gu smiled: "Brother Dou."

After a greeting, Brother Dou reminisced: "Wow, haven’t seen in over ten years, didn’t expect Xiao Gu you actually work for Evergreen Liquid, I’m genuinely hoping for the best for you!"

A slightly younger woman nearby was curious: "Sister Gu, you used to work in this factory, right? How come you haven’t seen each other?"

Brother Dou’s face stiffened for a moment, surprised: "Xiao Gu, you really worked at this factory, how come I didn’t know, look at you!"

Aunt Gu politely said: "Just came to gain some experience before, now isn’t it being utilized?"

Other factory management personnel, whether factory directors or shareholders, cast glances, followed by a round of greetings and pleasantries.

Aunt Gu looked at the formerly domineering leaders now engaging equally in communication, feeling both strange and inexplicably comfortable.

Brother Dou had already researched the few heads of the negotiation and acquisition, knowing that Xiao Gu was just here to make up numbers, not very important, he didn’t take it too seriously.

He didn’t talk about acquisition but instead chatted about each other’s children.

Conversation extended to Brother Dou’s daughter: "My little girl is in eighth grade this year, your President Shao’s alma mater, Fourth Middle School, is pretty good. You’re working in Evergreen Liquid, if she can get into Fourth Middle School, then it will be even closer for our families!"

"Speaking of relatives, she calls you Aunt!"

Aunt Gu laughed and said: "Then she has to work hard, now the Fourth Middle School’s entrance scores have gone up, this year it’s estimated to reach First Middle School levels, not much lower than Second Middle School."

Brother Dou was worried, he knew very well what his little daughter was like; let alone Fourth Middle School, even just reaching the score line was a stretch!

Though he had a factory, he was merely one of the investors, with modest wealth, yet not enough power to simply push his daughter into the highly sought after Yu Zhou Fourth Middle School.

Brother Dou saw other investors leading the delegation into the factory area, he lagged behind a bit: "Xiao Gu, your Evergreen Liquid has close ties with Fourth Middle School, do you know anyone there?"

Aunt Gu: "Yes."

Brother Dou showed a flash of joy: "Is your relationship with them strong enough?"

Aunt Gu said: "It’s definitely strong."

Brother Dou felt assured and followed with: "When enrolling for freshman year this year, could you ask them to help arrange a student placement? Can it be done?"

Aunt Gu just said: "It’s not likely, she’s just a student."

Brother Dou was momentarily puzzled: "?"

Aunt Gu slightly smiled: "She’s my daughter, studying at Fourth Middle School."