Xia Ruzheng looked at Xia Ruqian from the side, with a smile on his face, which made Xia Ruqian feel embarrassed and secretly pinched her. Xia Ruzheng pointed at Xia Chunfu, meaning, "I'm laughing at this," which made Xia Ruqian even more embarrassed. Xia Ruzheng also smiled more proudly.

Wen Zhichao sat on the side, listening to the conversation between the father-in-law and son-in-law, but his eyes involuntarily looked towards Xia Ruzheng.

The two sisters are one passionate and gorgeous, the other gentle and delicate. However, the gentle and delicate flower has a heart of steel and is not so easy to break.

Thinking of Xia Chunfu's explicit and implicit words, Wen Zhichao's heart was burning with passion, but when he thought about his own appearance, he felt that he was ruining her. Where could she find a normal man?

Although Xia Ruzheng was playing with Xia Ruqian, he could feel Wen Zhichao's gaze on him. After a while, he saw him lowering his eyes, hiding the loneliness in them.

Xia Ruzheng also felt uncomfortable, and suddenly felt strange. Why did this man's emotions affect him?

Xia Chunfu also felt that he had neglected Wen Zhichao a little, so he quickly pulled Wen Zhichao into the topic, asking him about weddings in the city and the like. Wen Zhichao quickly joined the conversation and there was no sense of incongruity.

For some reason, Xia Ruzheng felt relieved. Seeing him isolate himself from this festive and lively atmosphere always made people feel uncomfortable.

After eating the chicken soup and egg noodles prepared by the two sisters, Xia Chunfu went to the village for a meeting. Xia Ruqian and Liu Guoqing were enjoying their time together, so they went to the room with the stove. Suddenly, only Xia Ruzheng and Wen Zhichao were left in the room with the stove.

"Um..." Xia Ruzheng felt that the quiet atmosphere was a little strange, so he broke the silence and asked, "What are your plans for the New Year?"

Wen Zhichao didn't dare look at her at this moment. He only looked at the flickering flames and said, "Plans? Not yet."

"Don't you want to do business?"

Wen Zhichao said frankly, "I do have this idea, but... there are too many things that hinder me."

Xia Ruzheng groaned, thinking that his situation was different from others and that it would be more difficult for him to start a business, so he comforted him, "Don't worry, no matter what the problem is, there will be a way to solve it. You have the ability."

It sounded like a simple polite remark, but Wen Zhichao still felt a warm feeling in his heart. Even his parents didn't trust him, so where did this girl get her confidence from? Then he thought, she was probably just being polite. Suddenly, he felt a chill in his heart.

"What about you? What are your plans for the New Year?" Wen Zhichao asked back.

Xia Ruzheng straightened up, his smile a little awkward, and said, "I'd like to make a plan, but I don't know where to start. I think my father has always wanted to marry me off, but he can't find the right person!"

After saying that, he laughed first.

Wen Zhichao also comforted her: "Don't worry, a good girl like you will definitely have a good home."

After saying this, I was stunned. Others thought it was just a compliment, but I meant it from the heart. What about her... Was it the same for her? What I thought was just a compliment was actually her true feelings?

Wen Zhichao couldn't help but look at Xia Ruzheng, but saw that Xia Ruzheng was still smiling. He said, "Thank you. I hope you can bring good luck to me."

As expected! Wen Zhichao sighed.

Xia Ruzheng thought it was silly for the two of them to just sit there, so he simply told him about his business idea: "I think now is the best time to start a business. All walks of life need individual entrepreneurs to join. Of course, the average person's capital is not as large as that of the country, so I think it is better to start a small business with a small amount of capital."

While competitive pressure isn't as intense these days, there are risks unseen in other eras, shaped by the unique characteristics of this era. Sometimes these risks stem from policy changes, sometimes from the hidden dangers of an imperfect legal system, and sometimes from the effects of power struggles at the top.

Wen Zhichao tacitly replied, "Then what business do you think is best to start?"

Xia Ruzheng said, "If I had sufficient funds and wanted to recoup them quickly, with the goal of making more money in a short period of time, I would do something like a cassette tape business. If I wanted to develop long-term rather than just make money quickly, I would do clothing."

Forgive Xia Ruzheng for living a truly miserable life in her previous life. All she knows is that many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars' tapes sold incredibly well in mainland China, many of them pirated. I'm sure many people even resorted to this practice: cleaning old tapes, remastering them, and then selling them cheaply, earning a pretty penny. If you truly pursued this line of work in the 1980s, you could have made a lot of money. But once mainland China's entertainment industry took off, selling pirated discs and cassettes became much less viable. Plus, with the improvement of the legal system, it was illegal. As for clothing, Xia Ruzheng only knew that styles would diversify in the future, with people wearing a wide variety of styles and colors. Having sold clothes for a few months, she felt a bit more confident in the industry.

Wen Zhichao thought about it and nodded: "These two industries really don't require any skills. As long as you are willing to work hard, you can make money."

Xia Ruzheng felt his face tighten. What did that mean? There were many tricks involved, right? While the technology industry certainly held greater potential as development progressed, for now, these basic industries were still the best.

As for opening a restaurant, Xia Ruzheng felt that it required a certain amount of connections. It would be really embarrassing if there were no acquaintances to support the business when it first opened.

Xia Ruzheng quickly added, "But all of this can only be done in big cities. People here haven't yet been liberated. They still think doing business is speculation and undermining socialism. You definitely won't make money here."

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