80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 562

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 562 – My wife is my lucky star (1) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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Chu Qiao stopped talking after a while.

She said she’d have Gu Ye return the call and ended the conversation.

After this interaction, she was even more convinced that Zheng Yuqiang’s call was about purchasing machine tools.  

Hongchang Auto Parts Factory was a new factory. 

That day, she learned from Old Man Zheng that they still needed to buy a lot of equipment. 

If they purchase Xingda machine tools, they would need at least ten, right?  

They were going to make a fortune!  

Chu Qiao tried hard to hide her excitement, but her mood was so elevated that she couldn’t stop humming a tune. 

The aunt in the telephone room couldn’t resist asking, “Xiao Chu, did something good happen?”

“Yeah. An old friend of Gu Ye’s whom he hasn’t seen for years is coming to Shanghai. Isn’t it wonderful to have friends coming from afar?”  

Chu Qiao quoted the classic line, confusing the aunt. 

The only part she noticed was ‘from afar’. 

Someone came over after Chu Qiao left to ask what the good news was, and the aunt responded, “Section Chief Gu has a relative from far away coming to visit.”  

Later, Gu Ye returned home in high spirits. 

As he entered the residential building, someone approached him and said, “Section Chief Gu, you have relatives visiting!”  

Within only two or three hours, the aunt’s words had evolved into: 

“Section Chief Gu has relatives coming to visit tonight.”  

Gu Ye was taken aback. Relatives were coming?

His family had no relatives in Shanghai. 

His father’s relatives were all back in their hometown, and his maternal grandparents’ relatives had cut ties during those years for fear of being implicated. 

It was probably his father-in-law or brother-in-law who was coming.

Gu Ye accelerated his pace. He had just settled the final payment today and was excited to return home and tell his wife the good news. 

He also needed to hand over his commission and demonstrate his earning potential to his father-in-law and brother-in-law. 

He was confident he could provide Qiao Qiao with a good life.

Chu Qiao was still wrapping the dumplings. 

She had already finished making the beef and radish filling, and a large bag of it was frozen in the refrigerator. 

After her call with Zheng Yuqiang, she minced some more beef, chopped scallions, and prepared a scallion-beef filling. 

Once wrapped, she intended to send some to Old Man Zheng and deliver a portion to her father-in-law.

“Beef and scallion? I’m having fifty pieces for dinner tonight.”  

Gu Ye’s eyes lit up. 

He loved dumplings and never grew tired of them.  

“There is also beef and radish stuffing. The ingot-shaped ones stuffed with beef and radish, while the pinched edges are scallion-beef. Oh, and you should return a call. Zheng Yuqiang from the Hongchang Auto Parts Factory called earlier. He said no one was in your office, so he dialed our residential number. I assured him you’d call back once you got home.”

“I suspect it is about purchasing machine tools. Zheng Yuqiang is from the car parts factory I mentioned before, which was the new factory where I gave the Lüdagun to the gatekeeper. Zheng Yuqiang is the gatekeeper’s son, and he most likely handles equipment procurement for the factory..”

-Lüdagun / Fried chop rice cake (驴打滚) : A classic Beijing snack of glutinous rice rolls coated in soybean powder, named whimsically after ‘donkeys rolling in dust’. 

Gu Ye was still trying to recall which factory Hongchang Auto Parts was. 

He had visited so many auto parts factories recently that he struggled to recall them all. 

But after hearing Chu Qiao’s explanation, his eyes lit up even more. 

If there hadn’t been people in the hallway, he would have grabbed his wife and kissed her.  

His Qiao Qiao was truly his lucky star!  

“I’ll make the call.”  

Gu Ye went inside to put down his briefcase, which was loaded with 29,000 yuan in cash. It was so full that it nearly burst. 

He rushed downstairs to make the call. 

Whether it was to purchase machine equipment or not, he needed to respond quickly.  

Hongchang Auto Parts Factory 

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Yuqiang was also in a good mood. 

He took a stroll around the workshop before heading to the guardhouse to see his father.  

Old Man Zheng was stewing bones for his two beloved dogs. 

He lived in the guardhouse, and as a former soldier, he wasn’t particularly fussy. 

He was equally capable of enduring hardship and enjoying comfort. 

Back in his marching and fighting days, simply being able to lie down and sleep was a luxury, having a bed was already a blessing.  

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