Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

While sisters Cao Lili and Qiao Simei were fighting their daily battle of wits, Xiang Dongfang also followed Cao Zhiqiang to the Citroen CX20 hatchback parked outside the school gate.

It was obvious that Xiang Dongfang was very attracted to this stylish car.

"Is this your car?" Xiang Dongfang asked subconsciously, "It's so beautiful."

"No, it belongs to my friend." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "Just lend it to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Qianjin, who was opening the trunk, interrupted with a smile:

"That's true. Although Lao Li did buy this car, Lao Li is now your subordinate, the president, so the car he gave you as a gift is naturally your own car.

If you like it, when he comes back later, I will tell him and just give it to you, I believe he will be happy."

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "As poor as you are, move your things quickly!"

"Oh, that's right!" Zhang Qianjin looked at Xiang Dongfang, then nodded with a smile, opened the trunk, and started moving boxes one by one.

After Zhang Qianjin moved out the five big boxes of fruits, Cao Zhiqiang said: "Well, Lao Zhang, let's move these to my sister's house together. You and I will have two boxes each, and the lightest box of bananas will be moved to Teacher Xiang."

,is that OK?"

"Of course I have no problem." Zhang Qian said, "But the lightest banana weighs five kilograms. Can Teacher Xiang do it?"

"If it's five pounds, I should be fine." Xiang Dongfang smiled.

"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang went to say a few nice words to the gatekeeper. After the gatekeeper nodded, Cao Zhiqiang, Zhang Qianjin and Xiang Dongfang, moved the five boxes of fruit to Cao Lili's house.

To be honest, this is indeed a bit heavy.

Because except for the banana, which weighs five kilograms, each of the other boxes weighs more than ten kilograms.

Cao Zhiqiang and Zhang Qianjin each have to move two boxes, which means each of them has to move more than 20 kilograms.

Although it is not impossible for an adult man to lift twenty kilograms, it will be a bit strenuous if he has to walk a long distance.

Fortunately for Zhang Qianjin, when he usually sets up a stall, he does hard work. In addition, he is older and has more physical strength. He can carry a box weighing more than 20 kilograms fairly well.

Cao Zhiqiang is different. He is only nineteen years old, and his body has not yet fully grown. In addition, he rarely does physical work, so it is indeed difficult to carry something weighing more than twenty kilograms.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang walked around and finally moved the things upstairs with great difficulty.

Of course, during this period, Zhang Qianjin wanted to move one more box for Cao Zhiqiang.

If Xiang Dongfang wasn't here, Cao Zhiqiang would probably have agreed.

But since there is a girl here, Cao Zhiqiang can't lose his status no matter what he says, so he has no choice but to move.

As a result, by the time Cao Zhiqiang moved his things into the room, he was already out of breath and sweating on his forehead.

Unfortunately, after Cao Zhiqiang moved the things over, Qiao Simei and Cao Lili were busy enjoying the pleasure of unpacking, and did not notice Cao Zhiqiang's weakness at all.

As for Zhang Qianjin, after he moved his things in, he immediately left to wait outside without saying a word or staying, and he didn't even drink any water.

The reason is very simple. This is Cao Zhiqiang's sister's house, and they are basically Cao Zhiqiang's relatives. It is not suitable for Zhang Qianjin to stay.

If he had no energy at all, then he would have spent so many years as a self-employed person in vain.

Xiang Dongfang, on the other hand, very discerningly picked up a book and fanned Cao Zhiqiang. While fanning him, he asked, "Are you exhausted? Do you want some water?"

"I'm really thirsty." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Xiang Dongfang nodded, put down the book he was fanning, picked up a glass very familiarly, and poured a cup of tea from the teapot.

After discovering that the cup of tea was very hot, she took out another glass without saying a word, and then poured the previous cup of hot tea into the new cup.

Just pour it back and forth a few times, and the hot tea will become warm.

Feeling that the tea was ready to drink, Xiang Dongfang handed the tea to Cao Zhiqiang with both hands: "President Cao, you can drink it."

"Huh?" Cao Zhiqiang, who subconsciously took the tea cup, was startled, "Why did you call me President Cao?"

Xiang Dongfang smiled: "Didn't Brother Zhang tell me on the road before that you have been promoted and are the president of the publishing house, so I will call you President Cao. Why, isn't it right?"

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Hey, I was just about to tell you that we don't have to be like this anymore. You are not my subordinate. It sounds too awkward for you to call me that."

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly: "That's it... how about this? Let's talk about it as equals. I'll call you Zhiqiang, and you'll call me Dongfang. How about that?"

"Okay, Dongfang!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded.

"Yes, Zhiqiang." Xiang Dongfang also nodded with a smile.

After changing each other's names, Cao Zhiqiang stopped thinking about it and drank the cup of tea in Dongdongdong.

After finishing the drink, Xiang Dongfang poured another cup of tea for Cao Zhiqiang and continued to make the hot tea in the same manner to quickly warm it up.

After drinking two cups of tea in a row, Cao Zhiqiang no longer asked Xiang Dongfang to pour tea. Instead, he took out a durian himself and wanted to open the durian for everyone on the spot.

"It stinks so much, what is this?" Qiao Simei asked.

"This is called durian." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "It is imported from Malaysia and brought from the south. It is very scarce in China now, but it is not in short supply in Hong Kong. This is... a friend brought it to me.

, quite rare.”

"Oh, this is durian." Qiao Simei nodded, "But it's so smelly, how can it be delicious?"

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "You don't understand this. This thing smells bad and tastes delicious. You will know later."

After speaking, Cao Zhiqiang used a knife to prick open the outer skin of the durian, washed his hands, dug out the durian meat inside piece by piece, and placed them on separate plates for everyone to eat with spoons.

After Qiao Simei carefully took a bite, her eyes immediately widened: "Wow, it's delicious, smooth and sweet. It feels like eating ice cream, no, it tastes better than ice cream!"

"It's really delicious." Cao Lili also nodded, "It tastes a little weird, but it's really delicious."

Xiang Dongfang, who also took a sip, nodded: "Yes, it is indeed extraordinary. I have never tasted this taste since I was a child."

Speaking of this, Xiang Dongfang looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "Isn't this thing difficult to transport? I've heard of durian. It seems to be very difficult to preserve and easy to break."

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "This thing is very easy to break, so you have to eat it quickly and finish it early, otherwise it will break in two or three days."

"That's it." Qiao Simei said with some pity, "I want to save such delicious food and eat it later. Can't I put it in the refrigerator?"

Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile: "When I say store it for two or three days, I mean the time it needs to be kept in the refrigerator. If you don't put it in the refrigerator, it will go bad in one day. But don't worry, if you like it, just ask my friend to bring it over next time."

"Okay!" Qiao Simei smiled, "Don't forget to bring more next time, this stuff is so delicious!"

"Simei!" Cao Lili glared at Qiao Simei, and then asked Cao Zhiqiang, "Brother, this thing is so easy to break, it must be difficult to transport, isn't it easy to get?"

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "Currently, this has to be transported by air, and no other method will work, because it is a southern fruit. If it is not transported by air, train or car, it will be spoiled."

"Then forget it." Cao Lili frowned.

"Air transport is too extravagant. Isn't this just the smile of a concubine riding in the world of mortals?

Such a scarce and troublesome fruit will definitely waste people and money, so it’s better not to do it because it will have a bad impact.”

Upon hearing what Cao Lili said, Cao Zhiqiang immediately smiled and said, "Okay, since you said that, Lili, then I will listen to you."

Well, actually there are a lot of durians in Cao Zhiqiang’s system space, because they are all signed in by the system.

However, Cao Zhiqiang also felt that this thing was a bit eye-catching, so he could just eat a few secretly and it wouldn't be a big problem.

If you eat too much, you will definitely get into trouble.

Because during this period, although durian had begun to be introduced to Hainan for cultivation, the climate had not yet formed, and commercial flowering operations were not yet possible, especially when it could not be transported to the north.

Therefore, during this period, 99% of the durians available in China were imported.

But the problem is that durian is not a fruit that is officially allowed to be imported into the country at this time. Therefore, all the durians imported into the country at this time are basically imported illegally. They are usually brought in secretly by people who are on business trips abroad when they return to the country.

It's just that the customs inspection during this period was very sloppy, especially for food. The imported fruits brought into the country by private individuals would basically not be faced with any difficulties.

However, this method of private transportation can only be used in small quantities, and it will not work when the quantity is large.

Therefore, if you use a small amount for early adopters, there will be no problem. If it appears in large quantities, it will be really difficult for Cao Zhiqiang to handle.

In fact, it’s just like other people. It’s okay to be strict with your mouth and eat secretly.

But Qiao Simei was young and couldn't hide her words in her heart. It would be bad if she showed them off.

In addition, there is an outsider like Xiang Dongfang here, making it even more inconvenient for Cao Zhiqiang to get more of this scarce fruit.

After everyone finished eating a durian, Cao Zhiqiang revealed the real purpose of the trip.

The purpose is very simple, just to take Cao Lili and Qiao Simei out for dinner later.

Of course, eating is not the main purpose. The main purpose is to take the opportunity to meet Cao Jiajia.

After putting it off for so long, it’s time for the family to officially meet and get to know each other.