Chapter 130

Xu Wen abruptly stood up straight, pursed her lips, walked around to the side of Lu Yuanzheng’s face, stared at him and asked, “For me?”

“You were too aggravated on the island”

Xu Wen’s talent wasn’t limited to her ability to foretell the future that she had lived two lifetimes

What she did on the island was more than visible to all

It required a real talent of her own Even if she had cheated, the ideas were hers

It was real labor that went into building the school, and leading her sisters-in-law into business

She was clearly of an idle nature, yet she was stuck here only because of him

Xu Wen sighed softly and raised his hands to hold up his face and rubbed it hard, “Why are you still taking the bull by the horns? We’ve talked about this several times in the past year, haven’t we? I don’t have a career It’s the same everywhere I like it here! You’re my home! Can’t we just work hard to make this place what we want it to be?”

Lu Yuanzheng let her pinch his face into various shapes, and his voice was a bit slurred, “That’s only if my being here is meaningful If I don’t have any meaning here, I’d rather go somewhere else”

He went to Pengcheng, although he didn’t know as much about the future of this place as Xu Wen did, he could also see the potential of this city, at the very least, he had watched the city change from day to day with his own eyes

He was not sentimental on a whim, he was just thinking of another way

Take off this green, like Xu Wen as a businessman Make lots and lots of money, and let Xu Man buy whatever he wants to buy whatever he wants to go wherever he wants to go

He didn’t say it clearly, but Xu Man understood, a little crying and laughing The thumb and forefinger of both hands pinched a little bit of his face and pulled it outward, until his cool face was deformed, and then she was satisfied and let go, and opened her mouth with a sentence: “Lu Yuanzheng, are you stupid?”

How she fiddled with Lu Yuanzheng’s face, he was indifferent, but Xu asked so that Lu Yuanzheng wrinkled his eyebrows, eyes half narrowed, warning thought quite thick

Xu Wen is not afraid of him, cackling, “Silly or not? Why give up what you like to do what you don’t like? You and my brother are different For my brother, doing business is more profitable than farming, it can improve the life of the whole family and pay off the huge debt he owes for building the house

You like the green, you like the sea, you like guarding these ordinary people on the land Besides, your salary already exceeds that of more than half of the people in the country, and you can support your wife and children without stress Well, although your wife can also support herself, she prefers to spend your money

Also, brother, I have to popularize something for you! Just because you’re a good soldier doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be a good businessman”

This was a bit of an unconscionable thing for Xu Man to say, but it wasn’t very important at a time like this, “It’s easy to do business wanting to be a big boss isn’t easy You see, even if you’re not a soldier, you’re still a standard male son, it’s fine to let you paint with a brush, but letting you push cups with people at the drinking table and say some hypocritical polite words, is it hard for you?”

Lu Yuanzheng frowned as he thought about that image

Xu Man had told him a lot of things in the business world, of course, picking the ones that Lu Yuanzheng didn’t like So much so that a few years later, Xu Man almost couldn’t get past Lu Yuanzheng in his initial business endeavors

At the end of the day, Xu Wen concluded, “Comrade Lu Yuanzheng, if you really feel that you are afraid that you are not worthy of your excellent, intelligent, beautiful, generous, virtuous and knowledgeable wife, I will show you the way, in addition to military skills, you can learn more about computer knowledge”

Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows, obviously skeptical of the words “excellent, smart, beautiful, generous, virtuous, and knowledgeable”

In fact, these words are not impossible to ask, and she can afford them

But she praised herself that tone that tone, it is difficult to make people nod and agree

So Lu Yuanzheng lowered his head and swept a glance below her waist and abdomen, “The open way is not necessary! The dark path can be tried instead”

The on-time implication in his eyes was too obvious, so obvious that Xu Wen couldn’t even pretend to be stupid if she wanted to, and her entire body felt like it had been scalded, her face quickly becoming hot

Her first reaction was to look around and see that no one was paying attention to the two of them before she raised her hand and pinched at Lu Yuanzheng’s waist, “Lu Yuanzheng! Are you trying to kneel on durian?!”

For something like durian, which has a strong flavor and a shell that is even more one-dimensional, Lu Yuanzheng is respectful, but he knows that the more he rejects Xu Wen the more he will definitely come to toss him around, so he smiles, “The dark path is too soulful! Kneeling durian is worth it”

Xu Wen: “”

She took a deep breath and twisted her head

There was nothing to say to a hooligan

Speaking of which, there was a bit of a craving for durians, and lately she had been so busy that the durians on the trees were ripe

When she came here today, she also heard a few small warriors discussing what in the world could smell so bad in their sisters-in-law’s fields!

On the contrary, a few of her sisters-in-law said that it smelled sweet, and Xu Wen thought that she would definitely go and eat it when she came back

Lu Yuanzheng also turned around, leaning his back against the railing, watching with a smile as Xu Man shapely walked into his sister-in-law’s pile

This woman ah!

She deserves the best in the world!

Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng first sent the old folks to Xu Wen’s place so that they could wait in the store to taste his sister-in-law’s handiwork

One thing is for sure, Sang Xiaoqing’s cooking is really good

In her hometown, the conditions are so poor that she cooks with flavor, not to mention that after opening a restaurant, she is willing to put oil and other seasonings, and the food is even more fragrant

But only a week did not come, Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing store business is a lot better, although it is not yet to the meal time, the store has been waiting for someone to eat

There was also a wooden board with a menu in front of the cash register

They only serve lunch and dinner, mainly dumplings But they also sold some home-made stir-fry dishes and other staple foods such as big cakes and steamed buns and rolls

Because Lu Yuanzheng brought one or two dozen people, Xu Wen had to greet the guests and give Sang Xiaoqing a hand in cooking, and couldn’t spare the time to accompany Xu Man to his second uncle’s side, so he handed Xu Man his own help in remembering the bill, “Take a look first, and then leave if you can understand it, and ask me if you can’t understand it”

Xu Man leaned on the cash register and opened the account book

Xu Wen’s handwriting was slightly scribbled, but he remembered the accounts clearly

He remembered exactly how many items were sold on any given day, and how many were left over, and how much money had been sold in total

Worthy of being her brother, he thought of the same thing as her

As soon as she saw the account book, Xu Man was relieved, saving her a lot of work

Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng made an appointment with Xu Wen to come over for lunch later and then go to her second uncle’s side

When they arrived at Uncle Er’s door, he was loading goods onto a particularly long crate

Xu Wen wondered, “Second uncle, why are you loading so early?”

Wasn’t it the night market? It was only morning!

The second uncle was carrying them to the car to stack a heavy-looking pickle jar, hearing Xu Man’s words, he was startled, and when he let go of his strength, he saw that the jar was about to fall from the fall and hit the second uncle’s feet

Lu Yuanzheng’s long legs, stooped down to catch the pickle jar, avoiding the second uncle’s feet to be smashed

Second uncle was scared to death, one hand lightly patting his chest, he turned back and glared at Xu Man, “You girl, all of a sudden you made a noise, scared me to death!”

Xu Man: “”

“Although it’s a bit embarrassing to scare you, but, Second Uncle, this sound is only called not sudden?”

She spoke in a voice that was not high or sharp

Second uncle: “”

“Why are you here?”

“It’s Saturday! I’ve come to make a delivery for you! Why are you loading the truck so early, Uncle Two?”

Second Uncle sighed, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and pointed to the door of the house, “Come inside and talk!”

The room was not as clean as when Xu Wen was there, a little messy and dirty

Second Uncle’s hands were busy tidying up an empty space, “I’ve been too busy all day to care about tidying up, it’s a bit messy, so you guys can make do”

Seeing Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng sitting down without saying anything, he spoke, “Although each of our goods is small, there are too many types Some of them take up a lot of space It takes me at least three hours a day just to load and unload So in order not to delay things, I now start loading part of the goods in the morning”

What wasn’t said was that he wasn’t really young after all, and he was a bit overwhelmed by moving it up and down in one go

“I’m sorry ah second uncle! It’s me who didn’t think things through” Xu Wen was a bit apologetic, she only thought about how to maximize her sisters-in-law’s talents to generate income for her sister-in-law, but she didn’t realize that each of these more than a hundred sisters-in-law was like more than a hundred kinds of goods Many sister-in-laws made more than one thing

If it was just clothes and shoes that didn’t take up much space, it would be fine, but most things took up a lot of space

For example, the sister-in-law who knew carpentry made some small tables and chairs

The stone altars and urns used by the pickle makers were particularly heavy

Carrying them up and down twice a day really tested their backs and legs

Second Uncle waved his hand, “You’re being considerate enough! Frankly speaking, except for the trouble of carrying them up and down, everything else is fine Other than the hassle of moving up and down, everything else is fine, and the income is even higher than that of a construction site I’m just a local farmer, I wouldn’t even dream of earning ten dollars a day at most!”

Although these ten dollars are not all his But it was only 70 cents a day for a full day’s labor in the production team Even four dollars was still worth a week’s work back home, so what was there for him to be unaware of?

Lu Yuanzheng pointed to the long cart outside the door, “Second uncle, where did this cart come from? It doesn’t look like the cars we usually see”

“I specially asked a former construction site carpenter to make one for me The cart can’t hold so many things”

Xu asked, “Then, Second Brother, you calculate how much this car costs”

Second Uncle waved his hand, “This is on me, no need to keep score”

“That won’t do! We’ve agreed that brothers must keep score If we use this to sell goods, we have to count the cost”

Uncle Two couldn’t resist Xu Man, so he only reported the cost of the wood and the wheels, “I just invited my laborers for a meal, they didn’t ask me for any money Let’s not write this down, right? Even if you don’t make a crate, it’s normal for us to have a meal when we’re all from the same hometown”

Xu Man only had to nod his head

“Second uncle, I just looked at the accounts that second brother remembered I saw that some of the things my sisters-in-law made are selling well, and some are not Some of them haven’t produced a single thing in a week?”

Second Uncle nodded, “Right! That’s right In fact, it’s normal Most of the people in the night market are the local people and us foreign workers Only a few foreigners and rich people go there occasionally We common people earn our hard-earned money If you don’t need it, you won’t spend it

If you look at the books, you’ll see that only daily necessities and food can be sold That northeastern sister-in-law’s sauerkraut sells well But bedding is not so good It’s a hot day in Pengcheng, who’s going to cover up?

The tables, chairs, benches, and small magazines are selling well Your brother alone took several sets”

Xu asked, “I said those tables and chairs in my brother’s store look so familiar”

“Originally your brother gave me money I don’t want, he disagreed, saying that business is business, relatives are relatives can’t be so confused”

“My brother did the right thing!”

If Uncle Two doesn’t want the money and sells it at a loss, what if he doesn’t mind twice or three times even once?

And when the second brother sees that the second uncle is too embarrassed to ask for money, he will be too embarrassed to buy from the second uncle next time and go to someone else instead

Why don’t you take care of your own family when you’re in business?

The second uncle was busy explaining, “I didn’t say I don’t want any money at all, my sister-in-law’s share still has to be taken”

“I’m not saying I don’t want any money at all, but my sister-in-law still needs her share Second Uncle, I have to say something about you on this A lot of relatives or good friends do business together, and then they fall out of favor when they are doing business Mostly because of the unequal distribution of money or power

This is just the beginning, and everyone thinks it doesn’t matter if they have a little more or a little less But doing business is a matter of years and years There can’t be muddled accounts, or else one day in the future when you want to sort it out you’ll find that you can’t sort it out at all”

Second uncle nodded after some thought, “You’re right”

Seeing that her second uncle was relieved, Xu Wen did not say anything more, and took out the accounts that Xu Wen remembered to transcribe them into the account book that she had taken

While she was busy keeping the books, Lu Yuanzheng went to the pier with his second uncle to move the goods

The goods that Uncle Lu had worked so hard to load halfway had to be unloaded again

But fortunately, there is still Lu Yuanzheng, a strong laborer, to help

By the time the second uncle and Lu Yuanzheng came back sweating, it was already lunchtime

The three of them simply went to Xu Wen’s place for dinner

Xu Wen had already prepared the meal and greeted Xu Wen, “You guys eat first!”

He had to take care of the guests

For a restaurant owner, meal time is the busiest time

Lu Yuanzheng and his second uncle each drained a bowl of ice water in one gulp and exhaled freely

Xu Man watched Lu Yuanzheng scrape a layer of sweat off his forehead with his index finger and fling it to the ground, and asked curiously, “Aren’t you not afraid of the heat?”

They trained to work against this temperature every day

Lu Yuanzheng glanced at her and didn’t say anything

Second Uncle spoke, “Not being afraid of the heat doesn’t mean it’s not hot! Working is a last resort, even if it’s hot, you have to grit your teeth and do it!”

Xu asked, “”

She raised her head to meet Lu Yuanzheng’s grudging line of sight, and inexplicably felt a little weak

It wasn’t that she didn’t care about Lu Yuanzheng, mainly at home Lu Yuanzheng didn’t act like he was afraid of the heat

Especially when the two of them were entwined, he was clearly covered in sweat, but it was cool to the touch

Xu Wen always thought that Lu Yuanzheng was not afraid of heat

No, it won’t be hot

Xu Wen coughed lightly and decisively changed the subject, ”Second Uncle, while you two were busy shipping goods to the docks, I’ve already organized the first week’s accounts In that case, I won’t let my sister-in-law do it from now on for these ones that don’t sell one or two pieces a week Also, you stick around for another two weeks and see, if the current business is really profitable, we’ll go rent a storefront and open a department store like my brother did”

After all, it wasn’t like Uncle Two to push such a large cart of stuff every day to load and unload it

However, Xu Man looked through the books, Uncle Two’s daily income from the stall was very unstable

On a good day, he could sell up to a dozen dollars a day, but on a bad day, he could only earn a few cents a day

In that case, if you rent a storefront, the cost would be too high, and Uncle Two and his sisters-in-law would be working for nothing

Like the second uncle said, savory what people buy, because savory on the steamed bread is the most cost-effective way to eat

Cloth shoes and sleeves are bought because they are needed for work

Tables, chairs and benches of this kind of about only open store will buy, but also to be Xu Wen their kind of small shopkeepers only need, big store people have decorative requirements Most of the time, no one even asks for them

So heavy things still have to be moved around

There are also some sister-in-laws compiled some knick-knacks, good-looking is good-looking, but not very practical

Banana leaf fans sold quite fast

The brooms sold

Xu Wen took out a pen and paper and wrote down the goods that sell well and those that don’t sell well, so that the second uncle could help refer to them and see if they are needed all the time or temporarily

These do not need is always bad or temporary bad sale

If they have been selling well, go back and ask your sisters-in-law to do more, and if they have been selling poorly, go back and tell your sisters-in-law not to waste any more time

For those that are temporarily selling well, you can make more for a week and then stop when business is bad The ones that don’t sell well for a while will be put away at the second uncle’s house for a while, and will be sold again when they are in season

After Xu Man and his second uncle had sorted things out like this, his second uncle needed to bring a lot less stuff to the stall

Sang Xiaoqing had just been busy for a while, came out and stood by the table, lifted up the apron on her waist and wiped her hands, and laughed: “Look at us ask, we’re just smart! We can do anything By the way, ask and Xiaozheng, can we go to your island to have a look?”