Chapter 66 Chen Pan recited the lesson over and over again...

Qin Yang and his team are not only building a building, but also need to build a special factory.

Grandpa Chen Pan's budget was only four thousand, but he still chose to rebuild the bungalow.

Because this was a so-called company, the original central wall of the courtyard was demolished. The original standard Longcheng courtyard, with an outer and inner courtyard, was transformed into a single, larger courtyard. Within it were two rows of houses. One row served as a warehouse, while the other row contained several rooms of varying sizes, making up four bedrooms, four offices, and a small kitchen.

The walls over there were also completely transformed from mud walls into tall brick walls, and the original small, broken wooden gate of the yard was replaced by an extremely tall iron gate.

Everything was done, and with the addition of the large signboard for Chenji Grain and Oil Company at the entrance, everything seemed to be in good shape by late November.

Anyway, when the two rows of bungalows and the outer walls of the Chen family were built, the large building next door by Qin Yang was still under construction.

To be honest, the power and business scope of the agency Angkor Wat are not generally large and extensive.

In the end, he helped her with the matters of starting a company and registering the property rights of the house.

After Chen Pan's house was finished, his grandparents returned home to prepare for the wedding of his eldest grandson, Chen Erbao. Chen Pan then spoke to his grandfather again, asking them to quickly discuss the factory's opening and work out a set of regulations.

"Okay! Okay, okay, I'll discuss it when I get home!" Once the new house was finished, Chen Aiguo actually felt a bit reluctant to do anything else. The total cost of buying the house was 7,800 yuan, with 300 yuan in taxes and fees, a little over 200 yuan spent on dinner and back, and 200 yuan for the real estate agent. Building the house cost another 4,000 yuan, and then buying the gate, house number, and windows cost another 1,000 yuan. They still hadn't turned on the lights, and the painting and cementing were still in progress.

The two rows of houses still lacked water and electricity, and the separate flush toilets for men and women that my granddaughter had requested hadn't been installed. All of this cost money, and all the money they'd earned in recent months had gone into it. Thinking about the even more money needed to open a factory, Chen Aiguo, while agreeing verbally, was actually groaning inwardly.

The nearly two-month journey of buying a house, starting a company, and building a house really wore away all his initial excitement.

"Grandpa, if that doesn't work out, why don't you open the factory at our house? This is the most cost-effective way for now. And when the factory over there opens, you can put the names of both your great-grandfather and your second grandfather on it. That way, everyone will be more motivated. If you've agreed on everything, you can go see the village chief first. He should be able to help you with all the paperwork."

If villagers set up factories in the village, it would be considered an achievement of the village chief, and such things would receive the full support of the village chief.

Thinking of some important things, Chen Pan, who said he didn't want to care about anything for the time being, couldn't help but say a little more.

Actually, his family's situation is a bit complicated. Generally, they only need to open a factory in the village, then rent a place to sell the flour and cooking oil they produce directly here. They can even sell it outside and have the products delivered directly from Qingshui Village.

But the Chen family wanted to buy a house in Liuping Town, so they turned the factory building that could only be rented into a house they purchased themselves.

Using the name of a company, they purchased a house and, taking advantage of the Liuping government's preferential policies for establishing companies and factories, successfully obtained a Liuping property ownership certificate, something others might not be able to obtain even if they purchased a house. Once they received the certificate, they used the newly purchased house as the company's registered address and officially established a company there. Currently, the property ownership certificate is registered under the name Chen Pan, but due to his age, he is not a legal representative or shareholder of the company. Therefore, the legal representative of the company is actually Grandpa Chen.

But they don't really want to set up a factory in Liuping, and there is no way to set up a factory here.

So now they want to set up a production factory, and they want to open it in Qingshui Village, Grandpa Chen’s hometown.

All the products produced have to be brought to Liuping Company for actual sales.

Now, the manufacturing plant and the sales company have been completely separated. Legally, they are just one manufacturing plant and one sales company, with one being the supplier and the other the distributor.

In order to successfully purchase the house and obtain the property ownership certificate in Liuping, they ultimately had to take advantage of a special policy that prioritized the various paperwork required for opening a company or factory in Liuping. This made a simple matter a bit more complicated. This method also allowed them to completely transfer the property to Chen Pan's name, saving them from unnecessary trouble later on.

Her grandparents cared so much about Chen Pan, so when she came to Chen Pan, she naturally wanted to return the favor and give her grandparents more advice.

Afraid that Great Grandpa and the others would think too much, Chen Pan even told them to tell Great Grandpa and Second Grandpa as soon as possible that their family had bought a house and started a company here. Don't really say everything at the end, or they will think too much.

"Okay, when we get back later, I'll talk to them one by one in private. If they don't want to open a factory, we won't force them. By then, everything we have will be exactly the same as before."

Although he felt that his eldest and second brothers would definitely not disagree with such a thing, Chen Aiguo still told his granddaughter about it before leaving just in case.

"Well, we won't lose anything anyway. You can handle the situation as you see fit."

The so-called factory was to standardize the supply of flour from their great-grandfather's family and rapeseed oil from their second-grandfather's family. By bringing everything together, money management became stricter, and the handling of things together became more streamlined, everything was laid out and everyone worked together.

This also changed the way everyone was paid. Previously, everyone pooled their money each time they stocked up, then shared the proceeds when they received payment. The cycle repeated itself when they needed to stock up again. With the company, everyone initially received a monthly salary, and any excess income and profits became payment for goods. At the end of the year, everyone shared a portion of their profits equally. At this point, everyone also had to set aside a certain amount of funds for ongoing operating expenses and working capital.

Anyway, thinking about the personalities of his great-grandfather and second grandfather, as well as the characters of his great uncle and fourth uncle who had been delivering goods to them recently, Chen Pan felt that setting up a factory would not be difficult.

So, in order to attend the wedding of the second son of the eldest family, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen, who had not returned to the village for a long time, prepared to go back early.

As the elders, they went over to help with the preparations in advance.

Preparation one day in advance and the wedding the next day, that’s two days in total.

After the recent autumn harvest, there is also the issue of paying the public grain. When Chen Aiguo and his grandmother went back this time, they also discussed with their great grandfather and second grandfather how to pay the public grain.

In addition, if they really wanted to open a factory, before leaving this time, Chen Aiguo and Xu Chunhua had a feeling that it would take at least a week to return.

"Okay, okay, hurry up, or you'll miss the latest bus."

When Chen Pan was talking to his grandfather outside about going back to open a factory, Grandma Chen packed up all the things she needed for this trip and immediately came out with bags and bags to urge him on.

"There are so many things, let me give them to you!"

Seeing the red and green silk, clothes, and four-piece suits prepared by his grandmother, Chen Pan immediately went up to her.

"No, just take care of the store. You must stir-fry those leafy greens in the kitchen early these days. The meat is already marinated in the jar, you can use whatever you like when the time comes. Anyway, we will be away for the next few days, so you must eat well before going to school, and don't make the same mistake as last time. If you are too lazy to cook, you can go to the noodle shop next door and have some ramen or something. You don't have to open the front door these days, and I've asked your grandfather to post the notice of our recent temporary closure. In the next few days, you just enter the Qin family's main gate, close the door when you come in, and lock the back door when you go to bed at night."

This is the first time they have had to temporarily close the store in the nine months since it opened.

Seeing that her granddaughter couldn't go back with them because she had to go to school, Grandma Chen couldn't help but give her a few more instructions.

"Okay——" Chen Pan nodded hurriedly.

Taking the two largest bags from his wife, Chen Aiguo, who had already changed into a new Zhongshan suit and hat, immediately nodded in agreement, "Yes, we're not here for the next few days, so you must not stay up late any more. You must go to bed before 10 p.m. You must eat breakfast in the morning. If you don't want to eat the cakes we left for you, you can go out and buy some buns, steamed buns, soy milk, fried dough sticks, etc.

We've also told the Qin family next door that we'll be gone for about a week. If you need anything, go find your brother Yangyang and Aunt Qin next door. And don't worry about the painting and cement scraping on the back house. I'll let your brother Yangyang help us out occasionally. I only paid a small fee, so I'm not worried about them running away or not doing their job properly!

"Okay, got it! It's almost six o'clock, Grandpa and Grandma, you should hurry up."

Seeing that his grandmother was extremely anxious when she walked to the door of the store, Chen Pan immediately nodded, then raised his hand and pushed his grandfather who had suddenly started chattering away.

"You old man, don't you know how to say these things in advance? I give you a few instructions, and you just follow suit, you're such a smart student."

She gave her granddaughter a look that told her to stay alone, then she immediately quickened her pace with two plastic bags in her hands.

"How did I suddenly become such a shrewd scholar?" Chen Aiguo said to his menopausal wife. He then turned to look at his granddaughter who had followed him out. "Panpan, hurry in and lock the front door. Lock it now and don't open it for the next few days. When you go to school, make sure to lock the back door as well."

"Okay, grandpa and grandma, just watch yourselves. If anything happens, just call me."

Chen Pan, who was unable to attend the wedding, waved to them earnestly.

After his anxious grandmother finally took away his grandfather who seemed to have been scolded, Chen Pan returned with a smile, and then really closed the roller shutter door outside early.

The two free hot water buckets and four free plastic bags that were usually placed outside have now been moved inside.

The two large oil drums that had been burning for months without a proper extinguishing were now completely extinguished, with no warmth to the touch. The two large chopping boards that had been spread out flat on the table since they opened the shop were now cleaned and stood upright.

Looking at the display cabinet and the storage cabinet behind it, although the countertops were very clean, the glass and the innermost part were still a little dirty.

Chen Pan thought about it and simply went to the kitchen to get a basin of hot water, and came out with two towels and a bottle of detergent.

"Lu Xun (1881-1936), a great modern Chinese proletarian writer, thinker, revolutionary, and educator. His original name was Zhou Shuren—"

I don’t know when it started, but whenever there is no one around, Chen Pan will subconsciously recall what she learned in school.

Thinking about what he had learned from the Chinese textbook before, Chen Pan slowly memorized Lu Xun's life and some of his other articles.

"Hope is neither existent nor nonexistent. It's just like the road on earth; in fact, on earth—"

Chen Pan, who finished all her homework at school early today, was concentrating on washing and scrubbing in the small front room of her house, which was about ten square meters.

She essentially enjoys being alone, and at this moment she is a little bit selfless.

As Chen Pan rubbed more and more vigorously, the sound became louder and louder.

Qin Yang, who was outside holding a large bowl, stood in front of the back door of Chen Pan's house and continued silently in his heart: "In fact, there was no road on the ground. When more people walked on it, it became a road."

Chen Pan recited the two most classic sentences of the text over and over again, while in the dark shadow outside, Qin Yang followed Chen Pan and silently recited the last two sentences of the article on both sides.

Finally, in the darkness, he silently turned around, holding the large bowl. Then, in a voice so low it was almost inaudible, he said, "I have braved the bitter cold to return to my hometown, over two thousand miles away, a place I haven't been since over twenty years. Since it's deep winter—"

The article, which he had not read or thought about for several years, now appeared clearly in Qin Yang's mind without missing a word.

Standing outside in the darkness, Qin Yang quickly memorized the entire article.

Qin Yang then looked at the bowl in his hand, took a deep breath, and then raised his hand to knock on the red wooden door in front of him: "Panpan, are you home? My mother made dumplings and asked me to bring you a bowl."