The tycoon's wicked wife from the era of literature has been reborn.

Chapter 96 The time has come
"Xiao He, the phone!"

The old lady leaned over the counter and called out to the outside.

These past two days, Gao Qinghe has been receiving two or three phone calls from Jiang Baohai every day. In order to avoid running around, she often goes to the convenience store to browse around.

I have now successfully infiltrated the Gossip Team of Shanghe Village and become a member.

Upon hearing Auntie's shouts, the other members of the girl group cast teasing glances at Gao Qinghe.

Even Gao Qinghe subconsciously thought it was Jiang Baohai calling.

She nodded to the old lady, slowly cracked the sunflower seed in her hand, then tossed aside a handful of shells and walked into the convenience store to answer the phone, as was her usual practice.

"Hey?"

Gao Qinghe's voice was sweet and cloying.

Lu Gaoming was so frightened that he got goosebumps all over!
"Gao Qinghe?"

A clear, authoritative female voice came from the other end of the phone, and Gao Qinghe felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

"Ahem!" She quickly adjusted her tone, and her languid posture immediately became upright.

With a serious expression: "Director Lu, it's me, it's me."

Lu Gaoming found this person strange; his tone of voice changed so much from one moment to the next.

He inquired about Gao Qinghe's health, "The weather changes a lot during the transition from spring to summer, making it easy to catch a cold. Are you alright?"

Gao Qinghe: "Haha, I'm fine, thank you for your concern."

Lu Gaoming then said, "Come to the factory when you have time. Your commission has been paid out, and the check has been sent to me."

Gao Qinghe had made a guess earlier, and now that she heard the confirmed answer, her tone was filled with a smile.

"Okay, I'll be there as soon as possible."

Lu Gaoming delivered the message and hung up the phone without any pleasantries.

As soon as Gao Qinghe walked out of the convenience store, Auntie and the others immediately came up to her and asked how she knew the factory manager, and what factory he was from.

Thinking about what she needed to do next, Gao Qinghe said, half-jokingly:
"Oh, it's nothing. It's just Director Lu from the button factory in the county. I just helped her get a button order, and she asked me to go to the city to collect my thank-you fee when I have time."

Auntie exclaimed in surprise, "Xiao He, you even know the factory manager? You're really capable!"

Others asked, "They pay you for helping the factory get orders? Is it a lot? How much do they pay?"

"Of course I should pay them for buying things for them, but I don't know how much it is. It should be quite a lot. Director Lu is a generous person. I'll find out when I get to the city."

Everyone was filled with envy, praising Gao Qinghe for not only being beautiful but also having great abilities.

Some people even tried to get Gao Qinghe to help them make money.

Gao Qinghe neither refused nor agreed, only saying that she would ask around and if the factory still wanted to sell it, she would take everyone to try it out.

Whether it's true or not, everyone felt comfortable hearing it, thinking that Gao Qinghe was someone who hadn't forgotten her roots.

He made it big on his own but didn't forget to help the villagers.

Gao Qinghe responded eloquently, winning a wave of praise.

He bought two packets of brown sugar and a bag of nutritional milk powder from the convenience store, waved to the crowd, and walked towards the first team.

Some people wondered, "Where is she going? It's not the way back to the Gao family's house."

"I guess she went to Zheng Laowu's house to find Yanqiu. The two of them have been together every day these past few days," Auntie speculated.

The direction where Zheng Laowu's house is located is the same direction that Gao Qinghe went.

Everyone nodded in agreement; that was probably it.

Gao Qinghe was not surprised at all that her destination had been guessed.

Carrying the things, they went straight to Zheng Laowu's house.

It was late afternoon, and the busy people were still in the fields or working for the construction team.

Gao Qinghe wasn't sure if Huang Yanqiu was home or not.

But she knew that someone from the Zheng family was definitely there.

Sure enough, when they arrived at the Zheng family's courtyard, they saw Zheng's mother feeding the chickens with crushed corn.

After a few clucking cries, a dozen or so roosters and hens soon surrounded him. Old Zheng's large family hadn't yet divided the property, and with so many people, they needed many rooms.

So it was two mud houses standing close together, surrounded by a waist-high blue brick wall, making it look better than the other houses.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to afford the 1,800 yuan dowry for their youngest son's wedding.

"Auntie, where's Yanqiu?"

Gao Qinghe walked straight into the courtyard and asked with a smile.

Upon hearing the sound, Zheng's mother turned around. Her first glance was at the person, and her second glance was to see if the woman had brought anything with her.

Seeing that she was holding something, including a bag of brightly packaged nutritional milk powder, Zheng's mother immediately smiled warmly.

"Hey! What a rare guest! Come in and have a seat!"

Zheng's mother hurriedly put down the chicken feed she was holding, scooped water to wash her hands, and led Gao Qinghe into the house.

While making her some sugar water, he said politely, "Look at you, you came all this way, why did you bring anything? You're too kind."

No wonder Zheng's mother was so enthusiastic; now everyone in the village knows that Gao Qinghe has found a coal mine owner boyfriend.
A few days ago, they even came to donate money to the village to repair the tap water system; it was quite a prestigious thing.

Even if you don't care about the monk, you should at least care about the Buddha. You never know when you might need someone's help in the future, so it's natural to want to leave a good impression.

On another note, Gao Qinghe and Huang Yanqiu are cousins, so she can also be considered part of the new bride's family.

As for Huang Yanqiu's dear brothers and sisters, none of them have come since that incident.

Zheng's mother didn't want to mention them at all. She placed the sweet soup in front of Gao Qinghe, sat down opposite her, and asked with a smile:
"It's really unfortunate that you're looking for Yanqiu at this time. Today it's Lao Wu's turn to help out at the construction team. His leg isn't fully healed yet, so he sent Yanqiu instead. Lao Wu was worried about his new wife, so he went with her. I estimate the two of them won't be back until they finish work in the evening."

What are you worried about?

To put it bluntly, they're afraid the person will run away again.

Gao Qinghe smiled politely but said nothing.

Mother Zheng tentatively suggested, "How about this, you wait at home while I kill a chicken, and we'll have dinner at my house tonight!"

"no need."

Gao Qinghe put down the things she had brought and stood up.

"Please tell Yanqiu when she gets back that the thing I promised her has come to fruition, and that she should get ready and leave tomorrow if all goes well."

Leaving tomorrow!

Where to go?

Zheng's mother was a little confused. How come she didn't know what Huang Yanqiu had asked Gao Qinghe for?

Before she could ask, Gao Qinghe had already left.

He seemed reluctant to say more, appearing quite mysterious.

Zheng's mother can't stand the word "leave" right now; she's still traumatized by Huang Yanqiu's previous elopement.

They couldn't wait for the young couple to finish work and come back in the evening.

No sooner had Gao Qinghe left than Zheng's mother locked the courtyard gate and headed to the construction team's work site.

After walking for half an hour, I arrived at my workplace, panting.

Seeing her youngest son sitting by the roadside waiting, and Huang Yanqiu working, her pounding heart finally calmed down a little.

"Mom, what brings you here?" Zheng Laowu asked in surprise.

Zheng's mother ignored him completely and walked straight toward Huang Yanqiu.

Huang Yanqiu was busy when she saw her mother-in-law walking aggressively towards her, and she felt completely bewildered.

But the next moment of confusion, she heard Zheng's mother say:

"What did you and Gao Qinghe discuss? What about leaving tomorrow? Where are you going?!"

Huang Yanqiu was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.

This is a signal from Gao Qinghe; the time has come!

(End of this chapter)