Reborn in 1979, with a female educated youth lying next to me.

"who is it?"

Li Zhenhe wiped the sweat from his forehead and recounted all the information he had gathered.

"The person who caused the trouble wasn't in the same industry; he worked in a garment factory."

“His father was a section chief at a garment factory and had connections in the county.”

"I asked around, and his name is... yes, Cao Xiangyang!"

Liu Jia was taken aback.

Cao Xiangyang.

What a small world!

In his past life, Cao Xiangyang was competing with him for women; in this life, he's competing with him for business!

It's truly amazing how coincidences happen!

Seeing that Liu Jia remained silent, Li Zhenhe became even more anxious.

Upon learning that it wasn't a competitor stealing business, Li Zhenhe sensed that something was amiss. Unexpectedly, Liu Jia was at a loss when he heard this.

After running around for so many days, hoping that Liu Jia's deal would go through, it still fell through.

Worried that Liu Jia might not understand, Li Zhenhe quickly said some words to reassure him.

"Brother, if this deal doesn't go through, there's always another one. Don't worry, good things come to those who wait, we'll have another chance in the future."

Li Zhenhe was also upset that his plan was thwarted halfway through.

But right now, there's no other way.

At this moment, all Liu Jia could think about was, how could things be so coincidental?

I've been handling the bamboo basket matter myself, and nothing has gone wrong along the way.

Just when it was time to sign the contract, Cao Xiangyang suddenly appeared!

Is it really a coincidence?

Liu Jia shook his head. "Things aren't that simple."

"What?"

"That goes without saying. What business can a clothing manufacturer like him compete with a basket weaver for? I'm thinking that Director Li either took bribes from them or they found something wrong with him."

As his thoughts became clearer, Liu Jia's voice grew firmer.

Li Zhenhe gasped.

"what is it now?"

"Let me think about it. I need to sort things out before I can come up with a solution."

Unable to calm down now, Liu Jia couldn't recall the details of his previous life.

However, mentioning Cao Xiangyang is definitely related to Guo Xiaoyan.

Or, there is another possibility.

That is, Guo Xiaoyan told Cao Xiangyang about her plan to make bamboo baskets.

Liu Jia remembers discussing future plans with her father, and Guo Xiaoyan was also present at the time.

Liu Jia kicked away a clod of yellow earth, and his brows furrowed.

Guo Xiaoyan, are you really that impatient?

Did he immediately align himself with Cao Xiangyang after returning to the city?

This is too fast!

Wang Liqiu, who was standing next to him, was completely confused. Although he didn't understand the whole story, he could tell from Liu Jia's expression that things were serious.

Hearing the voices behind him, Wang Liqiu turned around and glanced back.

"Third Brother, let's talk about it at home. Everyone's off work now."

Liu Jia took a look.

Sure enough, a large group of people walked towards them from behind.

"Brother Li, are you working tomorrow? If it's your turn to take a day off, don't leave tonight. Running here twice in one day is tiring enough. Just stay at my place for the night."

Li Zhenhe's face was covered in a layer of dust, his hair was blowing up in the wind, and he was covered in sweat, leaving black streaks on his cheeks...

This is just the surface; Li Zhenhe's buttocks must have been shaken to pieces long ago.

Liu Jia couldn't bear to think about it.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhenhe nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then I won't leave tonight, since I have nothing to do tomorrow anyway."

"Let's go then, we'll talk about it when we get home!"

The two walked back while talking, and Wang Liqiu, as before, followed closely behind them, holding a hoe.

After returning home.

Liu Jia first fetched water for Li Zhenhe, and he washed him in two basins before the water in the enamel basins became cool.

Then, Liu Yutian and his family returned.

Zhang Guilan went to the south room to cook, while Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe went to the north room.

Sitting on the earthen kang, Liu Jia stared at the calendar in front of him, but his mind was filled with thoughts about Cao Xiangyang.

Li Zhenhe didn't disturb Liu Jia and reached out to tear off three calendar posters.

Liu Jia smiled sheepishly.

"I've been so busy these past two days that I forgot to tear it up."

Actually, Guo Xiaoyan used to be the one who tore down the calendar posters every day; Liu Jia never cared about it.

It was mainly because Guo Xiaoyan was meticulous; she would tear off the calendar posters for that day every night.

Guo Xiaoyan kept all the torn calendar posters in her drawer, stacking them neatly, saying that she could write something on the back later.

Liu Jia couldn't even remember how long it had been since he last opened that drawer, and he only tore off the calendar poster when he remembered.

"Has anyone seen my big flower...?"

"A white hen with red-dyed wings..."

"Whose chicken coop did this get into? Let it out..."

Next door, Aunt Liu was calling out to her chickens from the rooftop, and with each last word, she would deliberately tilt her head upwards slightly.

Full of charm.

Liu Jia's thoughts were interrupted, so he started chatting with Li Zhenhe.

As they talked, the topic naturally came up.

The house in front of me was a bit dilapidated, but it was very clean.

"Bro, you can't stay single forever, can you?"

Li Zhenhe blinked and looked at Liu Jia.

Liu Jia was both amused and exasperated.

"Brother Li, I'm in a real crisis right now, how can I think about being single or in a relationship? Solving the contract issue is the most urgent thing."

Li Zhenhe steeled his resolve, craning his neck and saying, "At worst, I'll go find Director Li and make him explain why he broke his promise!"

"Don't you dare! That's exactly what I'm afraid of. We need to plan this carefully, find Director Li's Achilles' heel, and strike right at him."

Once we find out why Director Li is wavering, everything will be much easier.

The prerequisite is to figure out Cao Xiangyang's motives.

Whether he genuinely wants to do business or is deliberately making things difficult for himself is a very important question.

Li Zhenhe laughed for a while, "Brother, now that you mention it, I feel like Director Li is a big, long worm!"

"I was just using an analogy, and you actually took it seriously?"

As he spoke, Liu Jia also laughed.

Not long after, Li Zhenhe ate with Liu Jia's family and slept on the earthen bed with Liu Jia that night.

Li Zhenhe told Liu Jia a lot about the supply and marketing cooperative, and said that as long as the bamboo basket deal was settled, he would still help Liu Jia deliver the goods even if he no longer worked at the supply and marketing cooperative.

After making several trips during the day, Li Zhenhe fell asleep while talking.

Liu Jia, however, was not sleepy at all.

In her previous life, Guo Xiaoyan and Cao Xiangyang established a relationship not long after Guo Xiaoyan returned to the city.

However, the two did not go through the marriage formalities, nor did they even register their marriage.

On the surface, Guo Xiaoyan has always been single, but in reality, Liu Jia knows that Guo Xiaoyan has been waiting for Cao Xiangyang.

At first, Cao Xiangyang worked in the clothing industry. Later, he started his own business, which grew bigger and bigger, but he did not marry Guo Xiaoyan.

Guo Xiaoyan did not say what the reason was.

And I myself wasted several years because of Guo Xiaoyan.

Liu Jia carefully recalled the past, but the more he thought about it, the less he understood.

Cao Xiangyang was in the clothing business in his previous life and had never been involved in the bamboo basket project before.

How come things are different now compared to my past life?

Liu Jia tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

I don't know how much time passed before I finally managed to doze off for a while.

It felt like I'd just taken a nap when the chickens outside started crowing.

next to.

Li Zhenhe was still snoring when Liu Jia sat up from the earthen bed.

We need to pack up quickly; I'll go to the production team to ask for leave later!

If you can't find Cao Xiangyang, you can find Guo Xiaoyan.

Anyway, we need to find out what happened today!

After dinner, since it was still early, Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe went to Zhou Fengshou's house together.

As soon as he entered, Liu Jia called out, "Is Uncle Zhou home?"

"Third Brother, what brings you here so early in the morning?"

Zhou Fengshou did not respond, but Zhou Caixia's voice came through.

As Liu Jia walked, he said, "I had something to take care of, so I was thinking of asking for leave, Uncle Zhou..."

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Jia's brows furrowed.

Li Zhenhe, who was standing next to him, felt his heart skip a beat!