Chapter 129

Xu Wen nodded, “Brother, sister-in-law, I think if you guys put it out for sale, you can make two kinds One is this ice water The other kind is ice cubes, then churned Put a bunch of bowls outside, and put some honey beans, diced fruit, and other small ingredients inside, so that people can add them to the bowls themselves And of course the price can be raised a little”

“Right oh! Ask how clever you are” Sang Xiaoqing’s face was eager to try, and she looked like she wanted to go and try it right away

It was Xu Wen who was more sensible and advised to stop: “Alright! Doing business is also like farming, a little bit at a time You can’t plant wheat today and then plant cotton In the end, nothing can be harvested

We just set up this store, our own business are not yet understand After a while, when we get the hang of it, we’ll add a little bit more”

Xu Wen did not mince words and gave Xu Wen a compliment, “Second brother, you’re becoming more and more like a boss!”

She felt that a good businessman should be like this, to be a little more sober You can’t just see the money, you have to know what you should do and what you can do

You can’t be like a bear breaking a stick, breaking one and losing the other

Of course, she is a dog-headed military advisor who is only responsible for making ideas

“Why did you move out, Second Brother?”

“Are you guys here to deliver goods to Uncle Two?”

The siblings spoke in unison again

Xu Wen answered first, “Right The goods are now in front of the house where you used to live, and I’m asking the neighbors to keep an eye on them”

“There’s no such thing as being afraid of the heat on a hot day You guys sit down for a while, I’ll go to the construction site and call Second Uncle back”

After Xu Wen finished speaking, he stood up and left

Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng didn’t stop them There were a lot of things, so it wasn’t appropriate to leave them outside alone, and there were indeed those who were afraid of the sun

When Xu Wen left, Sang Xiaoqing answered them, “We moved out mainly because I came We both live with Second Uncle, and it’s inconvenient for me and him It just so happens that when I was looking for a storefront, I saw this two-story building and rented it The location is quite good, but the rent is really expensive, it costs a hundred dollars a year”

Sang Xiaoqing said with a pained look on her face

This rent was a year’s net income for a large family in their Taoyuan production team

Xu Wen didn’t say anything, this is a special economic zone, I’m afraid that a hundred dollars is only this year’s price, and next year, not to mention a hundred dollars, it would be cheaper to go up to five hundred dollars

Lu Yuanzheng suddenly interjected: “Sister-in-law Can you find the landlord now? Ask if this house is for sale Let’s take it over”

Sang Xiaoqing was stunned, her head shook into a rattle drum: “That’s not possible! This house won’t cost more than a few thousand dollars to buy Your brother and I don’t have that kind of money!”

Not waiting for Lu Yuanzheng Xuwen to speak, she added, “You can’t even pay for it! Your brother said that he already owes you a lot of money and can’t ask for any more! We’re still brothers and sisters-in-law, so we can’t always let you take care of us”

Xu Man shook his head, “I’m not taking care of you It’s us who want to buy”

Now this house price, the future will not have

The place Xu Wen rented would definitely be demolished in the future

Xu Wen definitely can’t afford to buy it now, and they don’t want to lend them money

Xu Wen can’t say, “You guys buy it! You can’t say, “You can buy it, it’ll multiply many times over when it’s demolished in a couple years!”

No one will believe this kind of magic words, or they will ask her how she knows, she can’t explain

Lu Yuanzheng knew because Xu Wen had told him

Sang Xiaoqing skeptically looked at Xu Man: “What are you doing buying this house for a good reason? First things first, you can’t sell it and give it to me and your brother”

“Definitely not I’ll take the rent if you have to”

Sang Xiaoqing was relieved and let them wait a while to go out and call the landlord

The landlord didn’t live far from here

He was a bit surprised to hear that Lu Yuanzheng and Xu asked to buy a house, and bit the bullet and asked for five thousand dollars

Although Sang Xiaoqing did not quite understand what he said, but the landlord put up a hand can not be five hundred dollars, she inhaled a breath: “Your house is made of gold bricks oh? Want five thousand dollars?”

Xu Wen didn’t say anything

Five thousand dollars objectively speaking is not expensive, at the very least for her, this person who knows the future of housing prices is simply not too cheap

But except for her, no one in the room could predict the future

This landlord is a native local They have always heard of poverty here, it is a border town, the people in the neighborhood mainly rely on fishing for a living

Even if it has now become a special economic zone, the living conditions are better than before, that an ordinary people look at the immediate future can not imagine how good

After all, the entire Pengcheng City does not have a real commercial house yet

Being squeezed by Sang Xiaoqing, there are also a few snappy, asked Sang Xiaoqing: “How much do you want to offer?”

Sang Xiaoqing raised her index finger

This time the landlord quit, “One thousand dollars? A thousand dollars won’t even cover it! No way!”

“Your house isn’t new! A newly built house is worth two thousand dollars, but this house is a decade or two old, how can it be cheaper?”

The two of them didn’t speak the same language, so Xu asked to be the interpreter

After a while, each took a step back, and the deal was finalized at two thousand dollars

Xu Wen silently breathed a sigh of relief She really didn’t know how to bargain, but luckily she had Sang Xiaoqing

She and Lu Yuanzheng hadn’t saved too much money, so if she really needed five thousand dollars, she really couldn’t get it out

If she really needs five thousand dollars, she really can’t come up with it Two thousand dollars can come up with it, but she will still have to live a tight life in the future

Because also out of a thousand dollars to Xu Wen partnership business, Xu Wen successively gave her a few dividends

Before building the house also gave Xu Wen part

Lu Yuanzheng is a dead salary, thanks to him now in addition to the allowance and part of the island subsidy, and the allowance is almost the same money All of them have been saved up by Xu Wen

Xu Wen’s university grant and military wife’s grant were enough for them to spend

After the payment, let this house belongs to the village mayor as a witness signature, and then take to the relevant departments notarized

The house changed hands

When they went back to the store, Xu Wen and his second uncle also arrived

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng had to go back to Rainbow Island Sang Xiaoqing cooked a bowl of dumplings for each of them to eat and talk

In fact, there’s not much to talk about, what should be talked about has already been talked about, mainly to talk to the second uncle about the price of goods

Xu Wen took out a piece of paper, in order to facilitate the second uncle who does not recognize the words to read, the name of the goods next to a small drawing of the physical

Each item is labeled with the cost price, suggested retail price, and available price range

The cost price was calculated by Xu Wen

The raw materials for the island’s sisters-in-law to do all sorts of handicrafts and carpentry were all listed by the sisters-in-law, and Xu Man was responsible for purchasing them Although the money was paid by the sisters-in-law themselves, the cost of purchasing raw materials was clear to Xu Man

After calculating the cost, plus the gross profit is the selling price

But with small items, people like to haggle In order to facilitate the second uncle to give a preferential price to large customers, so an additional interval is given

The lowest number in the range is the very small profit, to ensure that sister-in-law, Xu Qiang, the second uncle party does not work for nothing

The highest number in the range is the maximum selling price, and any higher than that is considered to be asking for a lot of money

Xu asked this form is hand-drawn, but the words written clearly, drawn image, most of them are Arabic numerals, the second uncle can read and understand

Xu Wen instructed the second uncle, “Second uncle, if you are not selling at a uniform price, it is best to keep an account When the time comes, Xu Wen will be able to explain to his sisters-in-law here”

Second uncle’s face was bitter, “How can I write?”

“Then every day when you’re done selling, take the time to come and find me, tell me and I’ll write it down for you” Xu Wen said

“That’s fine!” Uncle Er responded

After dinner Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng had to return to Rainbow Island, allowing Xu Wen to help Second Uncle organize the goods when he wasn’t busy, and agreed to deliver the goods once a week in the future

Xu Wen, Sang Xiaoqing, and Second Uncle sent Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng to the harbor pier

Xu Wen kept telling Sang Xiaoqing and the others to go back first, so as not to delay the business

Xu Wen scratched his head, “There’s no delay It’s only been four days since we put up the license, and we haven’t officially opened for business yet

It’s just a few old folks I know from the construction site coming over to take care of the business”

“Then I’ll bring some of my sisters-in-law from our area to support you next week”

Lu Yuanzheng also spoke up, “I can take the initiative to authorize a few warriors’ leave and let them come along”

He still had this bit of permission

Being able to eat a meal from their hometown must be very happy for those lads

What’s more, it was on him

Doing business required accumulation over time, and his sisters-in-law’s careers hadn’t unfolded that quickly for the time being, and it wouldn’t take a week for them all to make a fortune off of this

But, all in all, the sisters-in-law more or less have their own things to do

Rainbow Island is a little more smoky

It was like countless ordinary homes

During the day, the man and the woman of the house are busy with their own business, and then in the evening, after work, the two families or mouths eat dinner together, take a stroll on the beach, walk around, and bring the baby with them

It’s very cozy

Compared to last year when the island was depressing, now can be considered a harmony

However, married people only account for more than one percent of the island’s officers and soldiers, more unmarried young people of school age

It was hard to imagine the mood of these brothers and sisters who watched the veterans live a flavorful life every day in their boring lives

It just so happens that Xu Man has not been very busy lately, and occasionally she will go to the elementary school to substitute for two classes when there is a lack of teachers

Song Baoying arranged a mobile teacher position for her

Because Xu Man was always on the move, she was afraid that she would be on vacation or have her hands tied because she had to work in a regular classroom

It was obvious that Xu Man was a person who liked freedom

Xu Man was really not idle

Dongsheng went to kindergarten

The new kindergarten was temporarily inside the elementary school

She had more free time and began to organize the test points of the college entrance exams of each year according to the prompts of the magic mirror

It was just that the test points were not the test questions

She wanted to help more people get into college, but didn’t want to help people cheat

Of course Xu Wen is not a holy mother, it is impossible for Buddha’s light to shine on the earth

She learned the soft promotion of self media and wrote an article for several big newspapers

In the article, she talked about her learning methods and experience, and said that if you don’t mind her low ability you can come to Rainbow Island

She taught for free, with only one requirement, female and between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five

Xu Wen of course had to reveal herself as a current college student at Beijing University

Many newspapers found Xu’s selflessness and spirit of sharing and defying the hardships of being rooted in a tough region particularly encouraging, and published Xu’s articles in droves

Do you want counseling from a college student at one of the country’s top institutions?

Undoubtedly, yes

Even the teachers of major high schools found the part of the syllabus and test points published in the newspaper to be particularly good

So letters from all over the country flew like snowflakes to the southernmost island of China, which could not be found on the map for the time being

Only Xu Wen didn’t know at the moment

She was busy sending a second batch of goods to her second uncle’s side

This time, there were more types than last time, and the quantity was slightly less

Xu Wen knows that this kind of groceries, time is easy to become a bad account, intends to from the beginning to remember the account clearly

So this time, she deliberately brought two account books

She has been cramming some basic accounting knowledge in the past few days, such as “debit”, “credit”, “accounts receivable”, “accounts payable” and so on “and so on

Also had to incorporate the habits of accounting bookkeeping in this day and age

Barely built ledgers to carry along

Accounts like groceries are particularly trivial

For example, socks, cost, inventory, sales, selling price, basically changing every day

Not to mention the fact that there were so many different kinds, that even the open-ended Xu Wen had a bit of a headache

She thought that what they lacked was not just a specialized accountant, but also an increase in the cultural knowledge of the entire staff

For example, if Second Uncle could do a good job of counting in and out while selling goods, her side would be much better at math

Unfortunately, Uncle Two couldn’t even read yet, which was also a hassle

On Saturday, Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wenzhen took a few sisters-in-law and warriors and traveled to Pengcheng on the Rainbow

This was the first time the Rainbow had traveled alone

Everyone was quite excited and gathered around the deck to chatter

On the contrary, it was Xu Man who was rarely quiet, standing beside the railing at the side of the ship, looking at the vast sea with a pensive face

Seeing Xu Man frowning all the time, Lu Yuanzheng was a bit puzzled and pulled a chair to sit beside her, “What are you thinking about?”

Xu Wen sighed softly, “The matter of bookkeeping! The matter is about parties, even if two parties, it’s still troublesome Cooperation is a matter of days and days, we have to let both Second Uncle and Sister-in-Law know exactly how much money they’ve earned!”

There was nothing Lu Yuanzheng could do about this, bookkeeping was not within his capabilities

After a while, Lu Yuanzheng suddenly asked Xu Man, “Ask, are you happy doing this?”

“Huh?” Xu Man looked up at him, saw that Lu Yuanzheng looked serious, and thought for a moment, “It’s alright?!”

Doing anything with him was fun

Lu Yuanzheng didn’t say anything

Xu Man blinked and noticed that his mood wasn’t quite right either and asked him, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Yuanzheng shook his head

Nothing specific had actually happened

He was a warrior, and the gun in his hand should be protecting the country and the people, and that was the point of their endeavors

It had been over a year on the island, getting further and further away from the war, further and further away from the shore

Yet closer and closer to politics, his job was becoming more and more like that of a mayor or a clerk

The only thing that had vaguely brought back some of the feeling of being on the battlefield back then was the intensive training a while back and this time when the islands were out on the boat to open the way

He didn’t know what was wrong, but he seemed to be in a bit of an indescribable daze these days

Xu Wen put his hand on the back of his railing hand, “Don’t worry! Your existence will never be without meaning”

Lu Yuanzheng didn’t say anything

Xu Wen turned around, leaning his back against the railing, looking at the man who was suddenly somewhat sentimental for a moment and really didn’t know how to comfort him

He had been charging through the frontline battlefields for nearly a decade This time around, he had been stationed on Rainbow Island thinking that it was a short period of rest and recuperation, and that he would still have to face the enemy’s artillery fire directly

Instead, he realized that it was truly as Xu asked, this era was becoming less and less in need of war

Reason and objectivity know that this is a good thing, after all, war is for peace

Usually also very accustomed to, just some moments to think about will be vaguely some loss

Xu Wen thought for a moment and said, “Actually, war has always been around”

Lu Yuanzheng looked at her sideways

Xu Man tucked her wind-blown hair behind her ear, “The real battle on the surface will turn to the dark side Each country is secretly poking and prodding to improve their fighting strength You will slowly find these large and small armed devices or weapons you are familiar with being constantly updated All nations, like you, are building up their strength

Whoever gives up first in this process will become passive when that day suddenly comes”

Lu Yuanzheng lowered his eyes, “But you said there was no war until forty or fifty years later”

He was twenty-six now, and in fifty years, seventy-six

By then even if there was really a war it wouldn’t be his turn as an old man to go to war

“Words can’t be said like that How can I put it? A lot of small frictions on the borders in times of peace are not something a little old man like me can know about Intelligence wars of various countries and border trysts have actually never stopped It’s just that most of them are whitewashed away externally with a seemingly reasonable excuse You’re not as idle as you think, you’ll really fall behind if you don’t make an effort to learn about the new era of army management and weapons”

Xu Man’s voice paused, suspiciously surveying Lu Yuanzheng, “What’s wrong with you? It feels like you’ve had something on your mind these past two days”

Lu Yuanzheng avoided Xu Man’s gaze and looked towards the distant sea level, “I’m thinking that if I have no use for the army, I’ll transfer to the local area”