Chapter 202: A Passerby in a 1990s Housewife's Rebirth Novel (11)

After finishing her meal, Jiang Yue left the mess to the puppet to clean up. The puppet was like, "What?!" Jiang Yue got dressed and went outside for a stroll. She ran into some couples who weren't bothered by the cold. Apart from Jiang Yue, who was just sitting around doing nothing, there weren't many people out shopping in the snow. Jiang Yue got so cold after walking for a short while that she ran home.

After getting home and drinking a cup of hot water, this guy felt more comfortable staying at home. He read for a while but then got a little bored. This guy still has decades ahead of him, so maybe he should find a job? Thinking of this, Jiang Yue shook her head violently. My god, what a terrifying thought! She worked for 80 years in her past life and still wasn't satisfied, and now she's thinking about working again in this life.

If I don't work, staying at home every day for decades isn't a good idea. I don't want to be a boss either, and going abroad is too troublesome these days. Traveling is also inconvenient. I'm too young to play chess with old men or dance with aunties in the park. After thinking it over, I've decided to find a job.

However, this job was different from before. There was no overtime, no need to give face to the boss, and you could leave anytime if you weren't comfortable. You could find another job when you got bored. Besides work, Jiang Yue also found something else to do: sponsor the education of some good students from impoverished families. Jiang Yue remembered that in those days, there were still many people who had to give up their studies due to family reasons.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yue took out several high-level puppets from her space and conveyed her meaning. They then got busy. Unlike later generations when the internet was so developed that a phone call to the school would provide the details, the situation was much more complicated now. First, they had to find out the school's phone number, then call each one one by one. If they couldn't get through, they had to write to them for consultation. Finally, they had to make sure that the money hadn't been embezzled. Charity was not an easy thing to do.

After entrusting this matter to the puppet, Jiang Yue thought about whether to donate a few schools. Building some simple schools wouldn't cost much money now, the main concern was the teachers. Sigh, let's take it slow, this isn't a simple matter. Forget it, let's just leave it to Bai Ze, she can just provide the money.

With the task handed over to Bai Ze, Jiang Yue started thinking about where to find a job. She asked a few of her girlfriends that evening, but the kind of job Jiang Yue was looking for didn't actually exist. It was exactly what she imagined – she'd be fired without even having to quit. Well, she was probably overthinking it.

A month later, Jiang Yue bought all the houses she had chosen and opened a restaurant. Because the prices were higher than those in the market, business wasn't as good as she had imagined. However, Jiang Yue didn't force it and decided to slowly build up her reputation. Wasn't that how all the private kitchens in later generations started?

The matter of sponsoring students' schooling has also been settled. Bai Ze selected one hundred people who were in relatively difficult circumstances. Based on the local cost of living, Bai Ze set the amount of sponsorship. This amount was roughly enough to cover tuition, food, and a set of clothes for a year. That was all. The students who received the sponsorship were very grateful. Jiang Yue received quite a few thank-you letters and report cards in the past month.

There was still a lot of money left. If it only went out and didn't come in, it would eventually run out. After buying the houses and shops that were originally planned, Jiang Yue bought some more shops and houses. She rented out all the shops except for those she used herself. Now she had a little over one million yuan left, which she kept as a reserve.

After spending all her money, Jiang Yue needed to find a way to make more, but she really didn't want to go through the hassle of starting a company. So she turned her attention to stocks. In 1996, there were a few stocks that could make a lot of money. From Jiang Yue's observation, some of these stocks were probably lost by the author, or perhaps the author didn't understand them when writing the book. Anyway, with Bai Ze around, she wasn't afraid of losing money.

Jiang Yue planned to make a big profit from the stock market this time. She sent Bai Ze to Shenzhen to avoid contact with her as much as possible, as she wanted to avoid trouble. She kept a small amount for herself and gave the remaining one million to Bai Ze. He left with several high-level puppets. After Bai Ze left, Jiang Yue took out a set of magic robes from her spatial storage. She planned to wear these while Bai Ze was away, since they could transform and self-clean. Without Bai Ze around, Jiang Yue felt much less safe.

After the start of spring, Jiang Yue's kittens grew up, and she brought them back. The two kittens were sisters, two little female kittens. Then she went to the flower, bird, fish and insect market to find a few koi. After bringing them back with the help of elixirs, they were very healthy and even underwent some benign mutations, becoming more beautiful and more intelligent.

Jiang Yue has found a job as an editor at a magazine in the past few months. After accumulating knowledge over several lifetimes, her literary skills are beyond question. In fact, this job was introduced to her by her third uncle, one of his students who is now the editor-in-chief. A while ago, Jiang Yue was so bored that she went to chat with them every day. Her third uncle and aunt couldn't stand seeing her loitering around in the street, so they recommended her to their student.

Jiang Yue happened to be very free, so she tried to get hired after talking to the editor-in-chief. Now she spends her days reviewing manuscripts and urging authors to submit their work. Occasionally, she also writes a couple of articles herself. In the afternoon, Jiang Yue had just poured herself a cup of tea and was about to look at a manuscript when the magazine bought a computer. Everyone gathered around when the computer was being set up.

These days, computers are a rarity. After the installation was completed, the staff left, and a bunch of people stared at the computer, not knowing how to use it. Although computers had existed for a couple of years, most people had never used one. More and more people gathered around the computer, and some who wanted to try it were stopped by others. What if they broke it after fiddling around for a long time?

A short while later, Director Wang, who had seen the workers off, returned. He then sat down, turned on the computer, and began to give everyone a lesson on computer-related knowledge. He started with the hardware, introducing the host, screen, keyboard, and mouse, and then explained the functions of the computer and how to use it. He mentioned that the most important thing about buying a computer is to access the internet, and that dial-up internet access is still very troublesome.

Internet access is expensive, costing several yuan per hour. Director Wang demonstrated it once and then shut it down. In the following days, the hot topic in the office shifted from personal gossip to this computer. Everyone was talking about it, and Jiang Yue followed suit and went to take a look. She had to admit that the last time she played with such an old computer was hundreds of years ago.

In the following days, the company made a decision to hire someone to build a website and put all the previously published issues of the magazine online. The original plan was to find someone in the company who knew computers, but they couldn't find anyone. Jiang Yue didn't step forward either. If others knew that she knew computers, she would only have more and more problems in the future. In the end, they found a college student who knew computers to take over.