Chapter 358 Maintaining superficial friendship
Chen Feng specifically mentioned that Wu Mengting just didn’t want her mother to think too much.
Sure enough, after hearing what Chen Feng said, Zhao Xiaolan’s stern eyes softened.
Guo Mengyao also hurriedly stepped forward to say hello to Zhao Xiaolan with a smile on her face: "Hello, aunt, Chen Feng and I were classmates in high school. We had a good relationship in high school, and we have been on and off since then. We have kept in touch. I used to live in Guangcheng, and we are back here in Linnan. Not many come. However, last year I came back to Lin Nan’s hometown to start a business, and now Chen Feng is also my partner.”
Guo Mengyao went out of his way to introduce the news. Saying that she has always been in contact with Chen Feng is undoubtedly trying to strengthen her relationship with Chen Feng.
In fact, after they graduated from high school, they hadn't seen each other for more than ten years and had no contact. It was only last year that we reunited after a long absence, and then we got in touch.
But can Chen Feng expose her lie? Obviously not.
"It's good for you too." Zhao Xiaolan looked at Guo Mengyao with a gentle expression, and asked with a smile, "You said you were partnering with Ah Feng to do business, what kind of business?"
Chen Feng didn't want his family to know. I invested 30 million in Guo Mengyao Company, said quickly: "Mengyao is in the cosmetics business, and her business is not bad, so I partnered with her and invested some money in her company. It's not a lot."
After finishing speaking, Chen Feng also glanced at Guo Mengyao.
Of course Guo Mengyao understood. Although she didn't know why Chen Feng wanted to hide it from the family, she still cooperated and said: "Yes, I have always been in the cosmetics business in Guangcheng. I have my own cosmetics brand, but I mainly find people. OEM production. Last year, I planned to produce and sell it myself, so I bought a cosmetics factory here, and then Chen Feng also took some money to partner with me and became a shareholder of our cosmetics company.”
When Zhao Xiaolan heard this, she frowned slightly and looked at Chen Feng: "How come you never told your family about this?"
Chen Feng smiled and said: "I'm afraid you will worry or think too much. , I didn’t tell you.”
Zhao Xiaolan frowned and asked, “How much did you invest?”
“It’s not a lot.”
"How much exactly?"
"One or two...a million."
Chen Feng had no choice but to tell the truth to his family about this matter. So as not to irritate the family too much.
"Is it true that you make so much money from stock trading? Another one or two million." Zhao Xiaolan looked at Chen Feng with some suspicion.
"I got lucky." Chen Feng said calmly, "Otherwise, how do you think I made all this money? It's not all from winning the lottery or robbing banks, right?"
Zhao Xiaolan thought about it too. My son knows that although he is smart, he has never been very courageous. He has been a decent person since he was a child and will not do anything illegal or disciplinary.
“I don’t want to interfere with your affairs, as long as you know what you are doing.”
Zhao Xiaolan said with a pun.
"Auntie, you don't have to doubt Chen Feng's ability to make money, and he won't do anything illegal, don't worry."
Guo Mengyao defended Chen Feng with a very righteous look.
"It seems that you know our Ah Feng very well." Zhao Xiaolan said with a smile.
Guo Mengyao also nodded with a smile and said: "I have known Chen Feng for more than ten years. Of course I know him well, and we are very compatible. When the company was reorganized last year, he helped me a lot. Now Our company is developing very well. These days Monthly profits have grown rapidly, sales have exceeded 100 million, and total sales this year are expected to exceed 200 million, or even 300 million.”
Zhao Xiaolan originally thought that Guo Mengyao’s cosmetics company was a small company. Hearing what she said, I couldn't help but be slightly surprised. , couldn't help but ask: "With sales exceeding 100 million, how much can you earn?"
Guo Mengyao smiled slightly and replied: "The profits of our cosmetics are relatively high, but our The cost is also relatively high, in addition to production costs In addition, there are publicity costs and channel costs. After excluding these costs, the profit left for our company is about 30% of sales.”
“If it is 100 million, you will have 30 million. Earned it?" Zhao Xiaolan was a little stunned.
Guo Mengyao smiled calmly and nodded: "Absolutely."
This was the first time Chen Feng heard about this profit rate. He had invested 30 million in her before, but he hadn't even checked the accounts properly.
So Chen Feng was also a little surprised by the huge profits from this cosmetics, but if you think about it, you can understand that cosmetics are inherently a lucrative business, and it is a secret known to the whole world that women and children can make money.
While Zhao Xiaolan was still waiting to ask again, Wu Mengting just finished breakfast and walked over from the back room.
"Sister Mengyao, long time no see." Wu Mengting took the initiative to greet Guo Mengyao with a bright smile.
"Yeah, long time no see." Guo Mengyao was also smiling, and she immediately stepped forward to put down the gift box she was holding in her hand, then opened her arms and hugged Wu Mengting.
Her behavior made Wu Mengting a little confused. Although the two knew each other, they were not very familiar with each other. She was uncomfortable with hugging him so affectionately.
"Haha, I knew you were playing at Chen Feng's house this time, so I came over to meet you immediately. I have never played here before, and you and Chen Feng are going to take me to have fun this time."
Guo Mengyao looked very familiar and close to Wu Mengting, which made Chen Feng on the side feel a bit toothache.
"Okay, of course, I can take you to play now." Wu Mengting agreed happily.
"Then don't be too anxious. I just came here and haven't said a few words to my aunt yet."
Zhao Xiaolan said with a smile: "What do you have to say to me, an old woman? You young people can play with yourselves first." Go. Come back home for dinner at noon. Ah Feng, Xiaoting, please treat Mengyao well."
"Thank you, Auntie." Guo Mengyao said with a bright smile, "I have always heard from Chen Feng that the food you cook is delicious, so I will try the food you cook for lunch."
"Okay. , I will cook a few more special dishes for lunch, and you can eat more." Zhao Xiaolan is still very confident in her cooking skills.
"That's great, I'm in a good mood today. Auntie, you're so kind! When I see you, you are very kind, just like my mother."
Guo Mengyao flattered Zhao Xiaolan like a little girl. Although Zhao Xiaolan was somewhat relieved to see her like this, she was also a little embarrassed. After all, the two had just met.
Both Chen Feng and Wu Mengting couldn't stand it anymore.
Chen Feng spoke first: "Mengyao, let's set off now. I'll take you to go shopping in an old street here."
Wu Mengting also said: "After shopping in the old street, Street, let’s go to the Taiyin Palace again. There are many murals and a large well. There are beautiful koi in the well. Let's go."
Wu Mengting took her hand and walked out. Guo Mengyao could not refuse, so she could only say to Zhao Xiaolan: "Auntie, let's go first. Let’s play and come back for lunch, please.”
"No trouble, I'll call you when the food is ready."
"Okay, we will be back right away."
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Wu Mengting pulled Guo Mengyao walked out of the door of Chen's house for more than ten steps and then let go, and the smiles on each other's faces disappeared. Although they didn't point it out directly, how could they truly live in peace if they were both women and fell in love with a man at the same time? If you can't fight directly, you are very calm.
"Have you had breakfast?" Of course Chen Feng sensed something was wrong in the atmosphere and immediately asked Guo Mengyao to divert their attention.
"No. Is there anything delicious on the street here?" Guo Mengyao asked.
“Noodles, glutinous rice, steamed buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk, milk, etc., and wontons. The wontons here are quite good, why don’t you try them?”
"Okay, let's go eat wontons."
So, Chen Feng took the two of them to a breakfast shop on the old street. The main breakfast is glutinous rice and wontons.
The old street is relative to the new street where Chen Feng's family is located. Most of the houses here were built twenty or thirty years ago. In the past, the old street was the center of the town. Later, the new street was diverted. People here The traffic has dropped a lot, but there are still a lot of shops.
This breakfast shop is one of them. It has a history of 20 to 30 years and has been passed down for two generations. Chen Feng used to eat here often whenever he was at home.
Although Chen Feng and Wu Mengting had already eaten, they both ordered. Chen Feng ordered a portion of glutinous rice and wontons, and the two women each had a bowl of wontons.
The glutinous rice here does not feel as delicious as before, with some cutting corners. Chen Feng even suspected that the rice was not glutinous rice. After all, glutinous rice and shrimp are more expensive now, and glutinous rice here usually only costs three yuan. One serving. In rural areas, it is too expensive and no one eats it, so we can only reduce costs.
However, the wontons here still taste the same as before, with thin skin and plenty of meat. The three of them were satisfied after eating them. A small bowl of eight, plus a few green vegetables, costs eight yuan, which is not cheap in their country.
After eating the wontons, Chen Feng, the landowner, took his two girls to play on the old streets. Some of the houses were made of wood and were at least seventy or eighty years old.
Chen Feng also specially took them to see the ruins of an old house at the end of the street. Now only a two-person-high section of stone and brick wall and the ancient style gate door with a historical atmosphere remain. , from which we can also see how wealthy the landlord's family was back then. It's a pity that everything was destroyed by wind and rain, and now only this little is left. The rest of the original site has been encroached by dense modern floor-to-ceiling houses.
After visiting the old street, Chen Feng took them to visit the Taiyin Palace. During this period, the two women slowly started talking and laughing again, which made Chen Feng's originally worried heart slowly relax. Come down.
Until Zhao Xiaolan turned on the phone and called them back for dinner, nothing bad happened to the two women, and they acted like normal friends.
This made Chen Feng very satisfied with them.
The two women must know this in their hearts. No matter how they feel about each other in their hearts, they can still maintain a friendly attitude on the surface.
That's enough.
When the three of them returned home, not only Chen Dayong was there, but also Chen Rui and Li Guihong.
Under normal circumstances, because he has to take care of the business of the car beauty shop, the owner Chen Rui will not come back for lunch, and many times he will not come back for dinner. The family will send it to him. .
And now Chen Rui goes home to eat, undoubtedly because of Guo Mengyao's appearance.
Facing Chen Feng's family, Guo Mengyao seemed very calm and calm. After Chen Feng's introduction, he greeted Chen Dayong and Chen Rui one by one.
During the meal, Guo Mengyao also chatted and laughed with the Chen family, especially flattering Zhao Xiaolan a lot. In comparison, Wu Mengting seemed a bit taciturn.
After finally finishing the meal, Chen Rui and his wife left first, and then Chen Dayong also left. The three women were left to clean up the dishes together, while Chen Feng sat aside and checked his cell phone.
"Mengyao, are you staying to play in the afternoon?"
Zhao Xiaolan only helped clear the table, while Guo and Wu were competing to do the rest of the work. She also Just stood aside and watched, and then asked Guo Mengyao.
"Well, things in the company haven't been busy these two days. Some minor problems can be handled by my subordinates. So, I plan to give myself a two-day holiday."
"Oh, let Meng Ting will have some fun with you, Ah Feng has something else to do in the afternoon."
Chen Feng looked at Zhao Xiaolan in surprise, wondering what else he had to do in the afternoon.
"Didn't your dad grow a lot of potatoes before? They are ripe in the past few days. You go dig them with him."
When Chen Feng heard that he was going to dig potatoes with his dad, he was surprised. No objection, nodded and said: "Okay, I will go after a while."
"Digging potatoes? It must be fun, then I'll go with you."
Guo Mengyao said with curiosity and yearning.
Zhao Xiaolan persuaded: "I'm going to dig in the fields. It's very dirty and very tiring. You'd better not go."
Guo Mengyao said in a coquettish tone: "Auntie , I have never dug potatoes when I grew up. Today Since it just happened to happen, let me go and see it. It must be fun!”
Zhao Xiaolan couldn’t stand it and said in confusion: “This is farm work, yes. What’s fun?”
"Auntie, just let me go." Guo Mengyao trailed off and continued to act coquettishly.
Chen Feng had goosebumps. He had never realized that Guo Mengyao had such coquettish skills before. Although her voice in bed had a similar tone, at least she never behaved like this in front of Chen Feng.
It can only be said that Guo Mengyao, a woman who looks like a strong woman, also has a soft side, and she sells it very cutely.
"Oh, okay, okay. If you want to go, just go and wear an apron, otherwise your clothes will get dirty."
"Okay, Auntie, you are very kind."
Guo Mengyao came over in small steps, with a smile on her face, took Zhao Xiaolan's arm affectionately, and shook it. Shaking Zhao Xiaolan completely lost her temper.
No one else has such a flattering and obedient look.
Chen Feng can't stand it anymore, thinking that you are already thirty years old after all, and you have the character of a strong woman. That's what it is now, right?
Wu Mengting, who was washing the dishes over there, looked a little stiff. She did not expect that Guo Mengyao would be so "cheesy", so thick-skinned, and flatter Zhao Xiaolan so much. Of course, a strong sense of crisis immediately surged in my heart.
Zhao Xiaolan also couldn't stand Guo Mengyao's stickiness. After being shaken by Guo Mengyao's arm for a while, she immediately stood up and said she wanted to go to the front to check out the store, and then hurriedly walked out.
Chen Feng looked at Guo Mengyao as if he were an alien, while Guo Mengyao raised her chin towards Chen Feng with a hint of pride.
Chen Feng gave her a thumbs up, and then quickly pointed his thumb down to express contempt.
Guo Mengyao immediately glared at him.
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