Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 323: The Daughter Is Still Missing

Zheng Manhua was so furious she felt dizzy. She rubbed her head and leaned against the doorframe, really wanting to beat this brat.

Xu Qinghuan laughed, patting Qin Baifan’s head, "Alright, stop talking nonsense. If you were really kidnapped, you’d be tied to a dog chain next to a chicken coop now. They wouldn’t feed you, and if you were too hungry, you’d eat chicken droppings off the ground, getting three beatings a day. Would you be scared?"

Yue!

Qin Baifan stuck out his tongue and hugged Qing Xiao tightly, "Wah, wah, wah, Qing Xiao, my good buddy, you must protect me! If I’m kidnapped, you have to rescue me like you did with Erdan."

He tried to kiss Qing Xiao’s nose, but Qing Xiao lifted a front paw to push his head away, the disdainful expression in its human-like eyes clearly saying "Don’t touch me."

It was just ordered to be a nanny and wasn’t interested in developing some cross-species friendship with a human child.

Zheng Manhua was shocked at how human-like the wolf was, while feeling that her son deserved the cold shoulder.

"Huanhuan, I’m really thankful to you this time. You’re a great benefactor to our family, truly, this is not an exaggeration." Zheng Manhua said, "Before I came here, the old man said from now on, if you and Comrade Jiang ever need any help from us Qin family, just ask."

She handed over an envelope, "This is a two-entry courtyard in Houhai. It was originally the old lady’s dowry. The courtyard is very clean, and we won’t be using it anyway. If you like it, keep it; if not, you can sell it."

Xu Qinghuan quickly refused, "No, no, no, I can’t take this. Really, I can’t."

Zheng Manhua insisted on giving it, and Xu Qinghuan said, "Manhua, to be honest, if you had given me this big gift when we saved Baifan initially, I would have accepted it. But now, I really can’t take it. If I do, I wouldn’t be able to face Baifan ever again."

Zheng Manhua hesitated, not because she wanted to settle accounts with Xu Qinghuan quickly, but because they were helped immensely, and how could they not reciprocate?

Qin Baifan came over, snatched the envelope from his mom’s hand, and stuffed it to Xu Qinghuan, "Sister, keep it. In the future, when you and Brother Xingye have a little sister, I’ll use this as a betrothal gift."

Just then, Jiang Xingye came in. He didn’t expect that his future daughter would be talked about so early.

He flicked Qin Baifan lightly on the forehead, "Kid, you’re so quick!"

Qin Baifan saw Jiang Xingye and jumped up to cling onto him, "Brother, take me up the mountains to hunt rabbits, I want to eat braised rabbit."

"Rabbits are so cute; you can eat them?" Jiang Xingye supported his rounded butt, considering him his future prospective son-in-law, so his attitude was quite good.

"Rabbits are cute, but they’re delicious."

"So it’s just about eating the rabbits. Why say they’re cute?" Jiang Xingye lifted him up a bit.

Zheng Manhua was speechless, shaking her head, "This kid... don’t know who he takes after?"

She was about to say, "What’s happened to this kid," but feared Xu Qinghuan might misunderstand. She didn’t mean that she disliked her son being like this; rather, this character was much better than being timid and silent.

She felt the child’s change was significant.

"Huanhuan, we really appreciate it." Zheng Manhua said, "You should really accept it; it’s from Baifan, not me."

Xu Qinghuan was out of options and reluctantly accepted it, deciding to find a way to repay it later. Relationships grow closer through mutual exchange.

Zheng Manhua’s visit also had another mission, entrusted by Zheng Siqi.

"Old Jiang, there’s something!" Zheng Siqi said.

Jiang Xingye put Qin Baifan on the ground, ruffling his hair, "Go play!"

Qin Baifan called out Qing Xiao and dashed off. Throughout, he never let his mom hold him once, making Zheng Manhua grit her teeth, biting her tongue about her own son.

She said, "Xingye, Huanhuan, I haven’t mentioned before that I’m a reporter for Huaguo Daily. I heard from Si Qi that your factory is booming. I’d like to take a look; what do you think?"

"Great, wonderful!" Xu Qinghuan said, "Though we can’t be sure our factory can make it to your newspaper, if there’s any opportunity, you could help us promote it a bit."

"By the way, Manhua, can you ask anyone familiar at your newspaper or TV station whether we can advertise nationwide on either? We’d like to introduce our products to everyone."

She added, "How much does a page cost? We can pay for it."

"No problem, I brought a camera this time; I’ll take lots of photos, and I’ll help you arrange this."

For both public and private reasons, Zheng Manhua was happy to do this, and she had noticed that her son genuinely enjoyed being there. In just a few days, he was happier than playing in the big yard back home.

Shangjiang Team’s public grain had been handed in, and the empty warehouse was now divided into two factory zones: one for furniture manufacturing and another for threshing machine production lines, with a maintenance room in between.

The maintenance room employed five people: a production team’s electrician, Dong Liangcheng, and three educated youth, Song Anping, Luo Guihua, and Huang Dahai.

Many people opposed Dong Liangcheng’s inclusion, but Jiang Xingye insisted on him because of his skilled hands, making him suitable for the job.

Moreover, Dong Liangcheng was growing quickly, with strong comprehension skills. Whatever Jiang Xingye said, he could execute immediately—far better than the blockheads from the production team.

Liu Zhijian was the most inconspicuous person at the youth spot, and Jiang Xingye unexpectedly discovered he was a math genius, so he assigned him as the factory’s accountant.

Luo Zaisheng was an expert bricklayer, recently researching how to build a brick factory at the production team. If they earned money, they certainly planned to construct proper factory buildings next year.

As Jiang Xingye introduced the usages of the educated youth at the spot, Zheng Manhua recorded quickly, "It’s truly remarkable how you can leverage the talents of the educated youth appropriately."

Entering the factory area, Zheng Manhua gasped. She originally thought it would merely resemble a street-side workshop, but unexpectedly, in terms of layout and overall situation, it was hardly different from the big factories in Yan City.

The furniture factory occupied a larger area, and most astonishingly, from the planer to the saw and polishing machines, everything was automated equipment.

The assembly line production was quite fast, too.

"May I take pictures?" Zheng Manhua set up her camera, feeling like her eyes couldn’t keep up, "Did you arrange all of this?"

Hearing that a Huaguo Daily reporter had arrived, Jiang Baohua rushed over immediately. While Jiang Xingye was modest for a moment, he gave nothing but high praise unreservedly, "All him, everything was set up by him alone. We, the team leaders, just helped with paperwork and such."

Zheng Manhua was astounded; Jiang Xingye was indeed a talent. No wonder someone like Xu Qinghuan could spot him at first glance.