Wei Aiguo almost always goes out for a walk whenever he comes back from a holiday.

They brought back a lot of things for Song Yan, especially a lot of raw stones. After being nourished by the space, Song Yan took them to the Ding family. Ding Yaqiu would draw up blueprints of what each piece of jade would be made into, let Song Yan take a look, and then carve it.

In 1981, their monthly salary could reach two hundred yuan.

At that time, workers were already very happy to earn fifty or sixty yuan a month.

Of course, wages will continue to rise over time.

Later, when Song Yan opened his jade shop, he would pay a certain percentage of the selling price for particularly exquisite jade carvings.

The higher the price of a fine carving, the more money they make.

Anyway, the Ding family was quite happy.

...

A few days later, Wei Aiguo returned. He, Jin Wu, and Leopard agreed to meet at his home the next day, bringing their wives with them.

Their cooperation needs to be agreed upon, with specific clauses.

We also let them see the accounts.

Even close brothers should keep clear accounts.

The next morning, Song Yan prepared the dishes to entertain the guests.

Jin Wu and Leopard arrived early with their wives.

Jin Wu's wife, Du Yu, is a primary school teacher, while Leopard's wife, Pan Lanlan, is a university professor.

They were both cultured people, but Pan Lanlan was a bit more arrogant.

Song Yan smiled but remained silent.

Pan Lanlan was too young when the college entrance examination was cancelled; it was only reinstated last year.

Therefore, she wouldn't have a formal university degree; perhaps she attended a worker-peasant-soldier university. Or perhaps she took over someone else's job.

Wei Aiguo started the conversation. "We brothers got together and wanted to do something. It just so happens that the policies have loosened and reforms are being promoted."

Even brothers working together should lay down their dirty laundry beforehand.

So let's sit down and talk about it today.

After Wei Aiguo finished speaking, he looked at Song Yan, and then she was to finish the rest of the conversation.

Song Yan: "We men know what we're supposed to do, and they're not suited to get involved in these things."

Their job was simply to bring us sisters together.

The rest we'll handle.

Du Yu was quite modest. "I've never heard of these things before, Song Yan. Please remind me if anything comes up!"

“I haven’t done anything either! I just listen to my brother!” Song Yan pushed Chang Xiaohu forward.

"What Wei Aiguo said earlier is good. Let's sit down and talk about it."

Earlier, Leopard said he needed 200 yuan. I thought it was just his brother's family needing money, and he was just making up an excuse to get money from me. I didn't take his words seriously at all!

I only found out today that what they said was true.

"Actually, my family isn't short of a few hundred yuan. Since we've formally discussed it today, I'll add a little more," Pan Lanlan said with a hint of arrogance.

Leopard: "How can you talk like that? What was agreed upon is agreed upon. Do you think anyone would be short of two hundred yuan?"

"Look at you, why are you getting so worked up? Song Yan didn't say no, didn't he? We women have the final say! It's just a matter of a few hundred yuan!" Pan Lanlan was quite arrogant.

The reasons for letting them invest were twofold: firstly, to thank them for helping to save Yueyue, and secondly, to leverage their connections.